I am increasingly worried we are societally hoping for best without planning for worst. The default case is multiple epidemic waves in fall & next year As a thought experiment, assuming no drugs/vaccines anytime soon & multiple pending shutdowns, what should we do differently?https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1247210477765251075 …
-
-
it seems unlikely the government will subsidize the 40% of the workforce that will end up unemployed for 18 months
-
and I can't quite figure out how we keep a food supply chain rolling in that event. huge swaths of the American food supply chain is picked by itinerant workers.
- 6 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
"Most households can't afford to do this" is the understatement of the century. We need to balance engineering a continued Great Depression with saving lives. So I think we'll need to *gradually* reopen the economy while maintaining social distancing. It'll be a limping...
-
...economy, not one running at full capacity by any stretch of the imagination, but it's better than one running at -100% like now. How soon do we reopen? I'd say as soon as case numbers come down enough. We have to manage this risk. We can't eliminate it. (Absent a vaccine.)
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
Doubt the California economy can sustain lockdown beyond mid-May. Not sure about rest of country since most states started lockdown later.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.