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As long as they follow the guidelines of the medical experts, everything should work out in the end. We are all in this together.
by jeegsy 6y ago
As long as they follow the guidelines of the medical experts, everything should work out in the end. We are all in this together.
- empath75 6y agoAs long as we ignore that the economy is in very deep trouble, the economy will be fine.
- TheFiend7 6y agoCan't gauge if you're being sarcastic or serious honestly.
- dudul 6y agoI genuinely can't tell if the parent is being sarcastic or not.
- ggrrhh_ta 6y agoI would say that if it cannot be decided whether a comment is sarcastic or not, then it actually sits in the saddle point of the truth.
- lol2143651 6y agoI read it as reveling in the misfortune of journalists who have brushed off the suffering of the unemployed and maligned the character of protesters.
- lame-robot-hoax 6y agoThe economy is in trouble because of the virus, not because of lockdowns or following advice of medical experts. People scared to die or spread a viral infection to loved ones => reduction in eating out, going to concerts, or traveling => major economic pain for the service industry.
- noarchy 6y agoObviously the voluntary actions people are taking is having an effect on the economy. But when you declare that entire sections of the economy are illegal ("non-essential"), then this has an even bigger impact. Now businesses that could have tried to stay open with certain precautions are simply out of business. This puts even more people out of work.
- makomk 6y agoAlso, the voluntary actions people are taking are affected by how they see this pandemic, which of course are in turn heavily affected by media reporting (and also how other countries have reacted).
- downerending 6y agoI'd guess the hairdressing and restaurant industries (for starters) would not agree.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThe restaurant industry would be wise to note that the steep decline in customers preceded the lockdowns, and are being very slow to tick back up in states that have lifted theirs. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/19/american-restaurants-are-struggling-to-fill-tables-weeks-after-reopening https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/19/american... Getting people to come back will require making them feel safe, regardless of whether the government says they can open.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoA dataset showing that restaurants had zero customers during lockdowns can't possibly be accurate, since they're still open for takeout. I'm sure there's some real trend being exhibited here, but how do we know people aren't just not using OpenTable?
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- runawaybottle 6y agoIn so many words, we fucked up our economy because we didn’t have a robust/flexible/scalable approach to managing the quarantine. It’s an epic fuck up for sure, it’s getting even more epic now that places like California are still extending the lockdown. We didn’t have the courage to lockdown sooner, and now we don’t have the courage to open up sooner.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoCalifornia's not still extending the lockdown. Restaurants are beginning to reopen, and almost all businesses are expected to open in June.
- runawaybottle 6y agoSo I’ll believe that when I see it. The deadline got moved three times already.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoSure, that's fair, but I think there's reason for optimism this time. Many counties are actually opening faster than they'd planned at the beginning of the month.
- uoaei 6y agoYour comment is funny because in essence, it's kind of true. Economy only works as long as people keep buying (heh) into the idea. I agree that the form of our economy can change substantially but human cooperation via barter and trade is a sound institution on this Earth, and this pandemic has shown that if people are unhappy with circumstances, they will simply pretend as if everything's fine. Makes me imagine an "end to civilization" where there is a large contingent of folks pining to return to normalcy while the world literally burns.
- lol2143651 6y agoComment of the day! #learntocode
- m0zg 6y agoYeah, and if that doesn't work, they can also, to quote none other than Joe Biden, "learn to code".