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It's gonna be bad. It's gonna be /really/ bad in the US I fear. Not even sure we have the social cohesion or political will to do what we will need to do (furlo
by llamataboot 7y ago
It's gonna be bad. It's gonna be /really/ bad in the US I fear. Not even sure we have the social cohesion or political will to do what we will need to do (furlough workers with pay, free childcare for quarantine, weeks spent mostly at home, etc) when we realize it. May just let it burn through population and keep people working. Gonna be ugly.
- sneak 7y agoI am especially worried about people in US prisons or detention centers, where density is high, sanitation is low, and medical treatment woefully substandard. Tens of thousands of prisoners may well die in the next 60-90 days if this spreads as much as it seems it’s going to.
- allovernow 7y agoI'm more concerned with mass prison riots and escapees. Couple prison riots have been reported abroad. Then again, though we have one of the highest per capital prison rates in the world, most are non violent drug offenders so there may not be much to worry about.
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoThe average US citizen probably thinks they deserve it.
- taborj 7y ago[citation needed]
- briandear 7y ago> free childcare for quarantine ?? Who is going to be doing the childcare? This sort of doomsday nonsense is ridiculous. We went through the exact same “panic” every election year for the past 15 years. H1N1, SARS, MERS, Ebola. If you are old or immunocompromised, take precautions, but this thread is starting to sound like some prepper hysteria.
- freeone3000 7y agoAnd before that the Spanish flu, the flu of 1918, the bubonic plague, smallpox, measels...
- umanwizard 7y agoThis has already infected 10x more people than SARS and is spreading uncontrolled in many countries.