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Meat Grinder said:
I can find no fault in the U.S. Executive Branch response to this pandemic.
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I shouldn’t have let my personal views find their way into the corona thread. You and I have had this discussion before in the appropriate place (PM). We should do that again (or better yet, not)! Let’s let sleepin’ dawgs, sleep. Apologies
 
My son just informed me he was able to buy 4# of ground beef. He has him, his wife and 2 kids, glad he was able to get some. My wife and I have everything we need at home for the time being (Even Booze) but I feel for the young families out there.
 
Wellsonian said:
I shouldn’t have let my personal views find their way into the corona thread. You and I have had this discussion before in the appropriate place (PM). We should do that again (or better yet, not)! Let’s let sleepin’ dawgs, sleep. Apologies
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Neither should I. My apologies, sir.
 
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Buckykatt said:
My son just informed me he was able to buy 4# of ground beef. He has him, his wife and 2 kids, glad he was able to get some. My wife and I have everything we need at home for the time being (Even Booze) but I feel for the young families out there.
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We are stocked up on rice and beans to last a good long time. If we need to spice it up a little there is a huge wild turkey population around here.
 
WinOrLose said:
Just wondering what the fallout of several million people losing thier jobs world wide and the knock on effect on people who cant pay thier mortgages or put food on the table.

I get we have to keep people safe but I'm also worried about the long term effect.
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Exactly what I and my colleagues are working on or at least thinking about while we wait for the first lot of solid economic data to see how deep the pit it. Luckily here, our major agencies generally have some form of plan to keep running and collating the appropriate information. Still likely to be tested though. But there are people now talking "1929".

Nelson1812 said:
Have not read all this thread here … but today I heard a x-adviser to the government on Sky(?) Lord something... we got so many... saying President Trump may be right... in that we all may have to return back to work before this virus is defeated... otherwise it could be back to the dark ages... we just have to see how the next couple of months pan out.
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There are two distinct problems here. Health and economics. Most countries are focusing on the health problem because having hundreds die daily with the collapse health systems overrides everything else. (And even politicans for the most part are human beings). Trump and the US approach won't last at this rate with the spread of the virus overwhelm anything the White House thinks it can control. You can't have an modern economy with a highly contagious virus, killings thousands daily and no working health system. Economically in cuts out out labour supply which impacts supply chains - ie bread can't me made and transported to supermarkets. People will naturally hunker down and protect themselves and their immediate communities before worrying about wider matters including global trade. Trying to order everyone back to work as a central Government (how very socialist :D ) will just spike the pandemic further given infection rates and make matters worst.

Let's say your economy gets up and running, there's also the other problem that the virus still exists in other countries so global trade and in particular the movement of people won't suddenly 'come back on' all at once.

Economically this is going to hurt no matter what happens or what plans announced by any one Government.
 
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Ithikial said:
Exactly what I and my colleagues are working on or at least thinking about while we wait for the first lot of solid economic data to see how deep the pit it. Luckily here, our major agencies generally have some form of plan to keep running and collating the appropriate information. Still likely to be tested though. But there are people now talking "1929".


There are two distinct problems here. Health and economics. Most countries are focusing on the health problem because having hundreds die daily with the collapse health systems overrides everything else. (And even politicans for the most part are human beings). Trump and the US approach won't last at this rate with the spread of the virus overwhelm anything the White House thinks it can control. You can't have an modern economy with a highly contagious virus, killings thousands daily and no working health system. Economically in cuts out out labour supply which impacts supply chains - ie bread can't me made and transported to supermarkets. People will naturally hunker down and protect themselves and their immediate communities before worrying about wider matters including global trade. Trying to order everyone back to work as a central Government (how very socialist :D ) will just spike the pandemic further given infection rates and make matters worst.

Let's say your economy gets up and running, there's also the other problem that the virus still exists in other countries so global trade and in particular the movement of people won't suddenly 'come back on' all at once.

Economically this is going to hurt no matter what happens or what plans announced by any one Government.
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As of Tuesday we will have a regional travel ban in place, (ie county or shire for USA/UK folk, country if you're in Europe :p ), I believe our state borders are already closed(?).

My work has not slowed at all (yet), the mines are still going full noise and have changed rosters to suit the situation, FIFO 7/7 or 8/6 rosters are now 2/2 or 3/3, even heard of one going to 4/2!

As long as they're working, we're working - so here's hoping they don't have an outbreak!
 
Paleolithic Monk said:
We're still on mandatory "stay at home" quarantine here in Colorado. From my area in Colorado Springs, most people are being compliant. We can still go out for food (and liquor and marijuana LOL), walking or hiking and other "necessary" activities. Business and the people who keep them open are taking a big hit though.
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Good luck and stay safe my friend !
 
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