I think I’m failing to understand something basic. What exactly is the endgame with this social distancing strategy? Doesn’t flattening the curve just mean moving the spike to later when you try to ease the mitigation measures?
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Bigger ways than distillers making hand sanitizers and GM making ventilators. 10m people have filed for unemployment in 2 weeks. Their jobs might not be back for months or years or ever. They needs jobs in the war economy. I hate the war metaphor but it’s the only one we have.
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Lemme me put it more simply: the people most willing to crash the economy probably have secure jobs or wealth to tide this out. They have no idea what the precariat is up against after $1200 band-aid and 6 mo support (best case) run out. Probably ~60-80m workers are vulnerable.
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Trump doesn't want the right thing, he wants the opposite of what you're calling for
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Namaste, the unroll you asked for:
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