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Restaurant bookings and travel were falling sharply in CA even before the official stay-at-home policies[0], so your alternative is a world where huge chunks of
by majormajor 7y ago
Restaurant bookings and travel were falling sharply in CA even before the official stay-at-home policies[0], so your alternative is a world where huge chunks of the economy are still fucked.
Unless you want to force people to eat at restaurants, travel to conferences, host events, etc...
[0] there's this from March 13, for instance https://blog.opentable.com/2020/covid-19-coronavirus-restaurant-industry-data/ https://blog.opentable.com/2020/covid-19-coronavirus-restaur... , googling conference cancellations and such is left as an exercise for the reader...
- paulgb 7y agoNYC too, to the point that the mayor tweeted encouraging "New Yorkers to go on with your lives + get out on the town despite Coronavirus", which did not age well even by 2020 standards.