wnjj wrote:
PawPaw, good points you made there but you left off a BIG one for lots of us:
Going to church or worship services, particularly on one of the most important weeks of the year.
Our kids are doing well with with distance learning but attend a small private school and were getting good grades. I don’t know how everyone else is doing in their school. The “homework” my sister’s public school child was given was extremely dumbed down. The public schools are still working to get their feet under them a few weeks in. I am concerned about those students.
While there is plenty of personal whining on here, many are concerned about others who are not in the same position financially. I am working an engineering job from home with full pay yet I know there are plenty of others will be hurt in this. I have compassion but it’s not limited to the virus medical victims only.
I suspect these forums are a huge case of observation bias with a disproportionate number of retired, wealthier, older folks.
Truth is. this in NOT affecting my personal finance. not even my camping season yet. But it is friends of mine that cannot go to work, cannot put food on the table because they have not had a paycheck in 4 weeks. and No. they have not had a sign up check, Why? because the Government servers can't keep up. Many haven't yet been able to even to open a claim. IF this keeps up. The economy will be killed, there will be not only riots, and house breakins, but countless suicides. You never know what a person that can't feed their children will do. So while it may not be earth shattering for most of us. For tens of millions of others. It is. The country by necessity has to go back to work, and live thru a virus that is more than 98% survivable.
and do remember. The ones saying no stay home for many more months, are the one that this is not affecting.
