Originally Posted by Turbosina

I pretty much agree with most of what you said here. However, this new data is just that -- new. If I were a governor, and I saw what happened in Wuhan, Italy, and Spain, I can't imagine just telling my citizens, 'Hey, we'll be fine. Ignore those scenes you see of overwhelmed hospitals and people dying in corridors." Now, of course, as more studies are done and more data shows that Covid isn't as lethal as feared, I think we're all hopeful that things will improve sooner rather than later.

I myself run a 45-person business when I'm not out flying jets around. We're now down to 35 people and I don't have much faith of us being around in a few more months. So I hate these lockdowns as much as anyone. By the way, though, that small business Payroll Protection Program is an absurd joke that has mostly benefited large businesses who had no need for it. I've spent the past 3 weeks trying to secure an loan -- we have a 7 year history and a long track record of more than eight figures in annual revenue (not 7 figures... far into the 8 figures every year). You know what we got? Nothing. It's a disastrous program designed by people who have precisely zero care for any business that didn't directly support their political campaigns.