Originally Posted by
majorpilot
You set up a false premise, like either (1) economic catastrophe OR (2) taking drastic steps to stay home. You assume (wrongly) that we can all simply just carry on and there will be just maybe some loss of life, but business as usual.
Dude, got news for you. It’s BOTH economically AND medically damaging. This isn’t a choice and we don’t get to make it. Here is some simple math for you: In two days EVERY ICU bed in New York City will be FILLED. What do you think happens when people start getting turned away? Hopefully it won’t happen in NY because they’re flattening the curve, but watch Louisiana and Florida. They haven’t.
Do you think you just say “go back to work” and everyone will do that? Not likely.
Louisiana, Houston, Florida, Atlanta.... terrible things are going to happen there..
New York is doing nothing short of heroic.... thousands of lives are being saved there everyday. West Chester is proof that disaster can be averted with early measures...
Italy is proof what will happen when people do not listen to science...
Quote.....Nicola Zingaretti, the leader of the governing Democratic Party, visited Milan on February 27, with a group of students, encouraging people to go out as a sign of strength against the coronavirus threat.
“We must not change our habits,” he wrote in a social media post, according to the Guardian. “Our economy is stronger than fear: let’s go out for an aperitivo, a coffee or to eat a pizza.”
He tested positive with the coronavirus nine days later.
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Fortunately much of America is not being personally affected other than economically right now, but our urban areas may suffer terrible long term consequences.
Hang in there everyone. We will get through this and be stronger. For most of us it will be a blip on our career that we will tell some 20 year old FO that thinks they know it all that they really know nothing.