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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I seriously can’t believe that you think being considered about almost certain economic collapse, is simply being worried about someone’s stock portfolio. You’re usually fairly reasonable. This is a shockingly simplistic way of disregarding people’s concerns over the economic damage this is causing to the entire world. [/quote]

[b]There are solutions to those economic problems that don't involve a rush to open in unsafe conditions. But, if you believe that your personal economic situation justifies risking your own health and the health of your family members, please go first. As I have repeatedly said, don't expect others to take risks that you won't take.[/b]
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Jeff, generally you seem to be an educated and well informed person.  I can't believe you are minimizing the economic damage this is causing to thinking that people who are concerned are only worried about their own economic situations.  I would have to assume that you have enough understanding of economics to realize how intertwined sectors are that a shutdown of this magnitude (not just in the U.S. but globally)  is going to have devastating effects on everyone.  And what solutions can possibly come close to solving the vast global economic damage that would be caused?  This is completely unprecedented.  Never before has anything on this scale ever happened.  I find it amazing of how dismissive people are of the damage this shut down is going to cause.  [/quote]

+1.  Even Charles Munger is baffled by this economy and he has seen many different depressions and recessions in his 96 years.   [/quote]

[b]NOBODY is dismissive of the economic damage. I want you to answer, however, why you are not addressing the things that need to be done to avoid the economic damage.[/b]  Because it is right in front of our faces that some countries far, far, outpace the US in addressing this. Let's talk about why the US failed, and why Korea and Taiwan did not.  It's not because either country viewed the virus as any less dangerous.  The dismissive ones are the ones who are pretending like this is a battle between the people who want to "reopen" and the "doctors who don't care about the economy."[/quote]

I have addressed what needs to be done to avoid the economic damage.  We need to reopen asap and accept the fact that there will be more fatalities.  [/quote]

Or, we could re-open with testing and the equipment necessary to protect the front line workers in many sectors of our society. Get the federal government to get on manufacturing the swabs (glorified q-tips) that we are lacking to get the tests moving. Your ire needs to be directed at Trump, who has totally dropped the ball, not at the governors. [/quote]

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