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Quarantine doesn't send anyone to the stone age. The economic shock will be devastating. But there is no long-term, sustained growth without occasional pruning.

Quarantine doesn't send anyone to the stone age. The economic shock will be devastating. But there is no long-term, sustained growth without occasional pruning. Also... You make the error of assuming that (A) high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease mean that a person is "already dying," and (B) people who survive don't become debilitatingly sick.

marvin 7y ago
Some of this economic damage is also the result of toppling imbalances that have been artificially propped up since before 2008. The virus is just a convenient excuse; a crisis would have hit at the first sign of trouble.
- Zach_the_Lizard 7y ago
  > The virus is just a convenient excuse; a crisis would have hit at the first sign of trouble. Sure, the market was seeming to be overheated and due for a correction. Without the virus, maybe it's 2008. With the virus, it's starting to feel like 1929 again. Huge numbers of people are unemployed right now that wouldn't be in a normal recession. Wait till the unemployment numbers come out.