CNBC: "Goldman sees unprecedented stop in economic activity, with 2nd quarter GDP contracting 24%"

Lmao no

Just remove the lock down and let people go back to work. Its that simple.

Not exactly. If you let it go, when the Virus overwhelms the health care system you end up with panic as soon as all healthcare stops. People fighting to get there loved ones into hospital - mortality rates skyrocket, no treatment for cancer, heart attacks, car accident victims etc etc. Mass panic and social upheaval. Sorry to say that as bad as this is sucking now, it models much better than just letting it go.

I am ex-military and I am very worried that no matter how hard we try we wont be able to keep things peaceful. But we have to try no matter how hopeless it looks.

Good luck --- kindness and calm are the best weapons we all can use. If nothing else grow a garden and share with your neighbors. Its the right thing to do.

Then you get a case number in the millions within a couple weeks. If this thing killed fast then yes, your idea would work fine. But it doesnt. The death takes 3-4 weeks.Unlike right now, people wont want to work. At least we have work hungry people now.

Company gave out letters for “TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION” homeland security declared us critical operations.

House had rats.

Burned the house down to solve rat problem.

Rat problem solved.

House gone too.

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. The government over here are supplying people with money to keep them going but as supplies (food) run short the prices will rise. As time goes on food will become increasingly scarce and more expensive to the point where it may become more valuable than money.

You would have had to lock down the entire world, and that will never happen. If we lock down for 30 days in the USA, that's great. We might even kill off the virus in the USA.

But as soon as you begin letting international travel resume, BOOM, you are back into a pandemic again. We'd need to quarantine in place for a month, AND lock down international travel for 12-18 months. And that means closing our borders TIGHT! Then we might see our way thru this.

As long as we allow international travel, we're on the 12-18 month 'run it's course' program, regardless of how many internal quarantines we entertain along the way.

This isn’t the blob we’re talking about. It will fade.

People will die who were nearing their end.

Another virus will come along in its place.

Need a better plan. This one should never happen again.

Post a pic of it.

But everybody will be going back to work in a month or two, folks back eating in restaurants and traveling and going shopping, and 3rd quarter GDP will be up at least 24%, maybe 34%, from the 2nd quarter due to pent-up demand, so it's no big deal right?

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Unless the promising treatments come online soon and make a quick & huge impact, this work stoppage will either likely last 12-18 months, or the .gov will do like China and send people back to work in the middle of the pandemic.

Then pandemic resurgence and catastrophic deaths will be assured. But at least the sheep will be back to work. High sickness & death turnover means lots of perpetual job openings.

Assuming the People don't panic, riot, and burn down the House.

No, you should figure out that this is far more dangerous than they are saying publicly, since everyone went to such suicidal lengths. You do realise they analysed both the costs and benefits of such a move? Since the costs are so huge, the danger is also huge.

Hope you have your tomato plants started...

I don't want to fuckem, I want to slit their sacks and run their legs through them.

Saw*

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