And Texas Caves In

bid_time wrote:

6door74 wrote:

bid_time wrote:

6door74 wrote:
...Hopefully those suffering financially can find a way to recover and get back on their feet or just get things back in normal order (myself included). Bankruptcy hasn't stopped others from getting to the top. ;)

That is the most crass statement I have read in the last 10 pages. 10 Million people lost there job in the last 2 Weeks. Let that sink in for a minute.

Hope you feel that way about the people who could care less about everyone else's health and complain about the effort to curb this.

My reply wasn't meant to be crass so I apologize if it came off that way. Like I said, I've been affected in this way as well. Thankfully not as much as others. There was some sarcasm for a specific situation at the end, and maybe it was in poor taste. For that I apologize as well. Bankruptcy isn't fun, can be devastating, and should be a last resort. However, it's not the end of the world, death is.

I don’t think anyone “could care less about everyone else's health". People like me are very supportive of social distancing and other measures to fight coronavirus. We also will likely continue such measures well into the future. However, the fight against coronavirus is coming at a heavy economic cost. These costs can not be ignored. They can be deferred, but sooner or later they are going to inflict a heavy toll, especially to the less fortunate. And the longer the economic costs are deferred or given short shrift, the bigger and bigger the toll gets.
When I read your post, this is what it said to me: “f*** those that lost their jobs (hope they find another one), but the only thing that matters is how many people die” – (even if they are old and have other serious medical condition and will probably die in 5 years anyways) – the last part is the add on that my mind immediately went to.
How many people die matters, but so do the 10 – 30 million people that lose their jobs. They also have a life to live, as do their wives and kids who are depending on them. There has to be balance, and I for one think people are not giving balance enough thought.

How does one strike a "balance" about the number of people dying over the number of people losing their job? Is there a threshold or ratio you have in mind? You loosen controls to let people work, more people die. It's a sliding scale.

This whole thing is unfortunate no matter which way you slice it. It's a global crisis beyond any in recent history. 2 very clear facts - 1 lots of people have and are going to die. 2, this is a wrecking ball through the global economy of which we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg.

People do have control how they treat one another. And hopefully future administrations, not just locally but globally will bolster funding and preparedness. Because it's not a matter of if this happens again, it's when.

12,000 people dead yesterday in the US, up to 13,000 today. Cases and deaths are still climbing. When this reaches the apex, hopefully soon, that does not mean it's over. It just means curve starts down the other side - so more than double the numbers. But we aren't near the apex yet and no telling when we will be.