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The problem with the US is that healthcare is so broken that nobody will want to go to the doctor to get checked because it's too expensive.

• wyre 7y ago
  And folks going into work sick because they need to afford rent
• cmurf 7y ago
  And you can shed the virus without symptoms. Who will take limited sick days for a 14+ day incubation before they're symptomatic? Who eats the cost of being out sick for multiple weeks? Business can legally fire people for not show up for work, even if they're sick. Essentially no one has wage insurance, and median savings $1200 per the Federal Reserve won't go far.
  • flukus 7y ago
    Even in a "socialist utopia" with public healthcare and good sick leave there are a lot of open questions like that and I get the feeling that the poor will be hit hard. If they shut down non-essential places then how do the people working there pay for rent and food? If they shut down schools then can the parents take paid time off to look after kids? What if the parents are nurses? So far I haven't seen an explanation of how all this plays out, or how it's playing out in already quarantined areas. I'm about to finish my current job which wouldn't normally be worrying, but if hiring stops and interviewing becomes impossible the equation changes pretty fast.
    • jfkebwjsbx 7y ago
      That "utopia" you describe is the norm in Europe. But yes, every country will get economically weakened, for one reason or another, and usually the ones who suffer most are the poor.