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Based on what data?

• evo_9 7y ago
  As a business owner I hope you are right, that this clears up in weeks not months; However it would be pretty irresponsible of me to take that line of thinking, no? The facts appear to be supporting the 3 month shutdown, they include: - The US Government has said, including the President, that this could last until August. Some expert think that's conservative. - A vaccine isn't likely for 12+ months. - Testing facilities are limited and will likely take 3-4 weeks for widespread roll-out. - We don't fully understand the dynamics of how the virus is spread. - Congress/Senate are readying a staggeringly large help package (800 BILLION); that relief is at least 2-3 weeks away and I would argue suggests the lock down is going to last well past 3-4 weeks (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/white-house-senate-republicans-coronavirus-aid-133732 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/white-house-senate-...).
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• AndrewKemendo 7y ago
  The fact that schools are currently closed in a growing number of districts for 4 weeks at minimum. That alone is going to cause wild downstream effects. There are a few reports of supply chains starting to slow down because of workers being sent home and people taking off to be with their kids.
• vincentmarle 7y ago
  https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/s... August