Originally Posted by
Tomhawker
It sounds like facts are difficult for you.
Which facts am I struggling to understand? Sure the trend is decreasing at a national level, because the places that had the absolute highest levels of deaths have flattened out ie. New York. This doesn't mean that the rest of us nor New York are out of the weeds or that 100,000 deaths is something to not be sensitive about.
Originally Posted by
jake cutter
The amount of wasted space between him and thkooj makes me wonder why so many of you don’t know about the block/ignore function on this board.
Damn, what did I do to you to be deserving of such a comparison? You know this is a discussion board and unlike ThKooj I am not posting flagrant lies for the sake of trolling or misleading.
Originally Posted by
Excargodog
The fact that you can’t put this in perspective is your problem, not mine. Every single death is a tragedy to someone and yet 2.8 million Americans DO die every year. Explain to me how you intend to stop that. Take your time, I’ll wait.
I can put it into perspective, in fact that is exactly what I was doing. The perspective that while we do lose 2 million people a year, this is an event that is non-normal and has already taken 100,000 peoples lives. My comment about being insensitive is just that, my opinion. You dont know who on these boards may have lost someone and you just logging on and nonchalantly stating it like its isn't a big deal, is insensitive. My perspective is fine.
This went off track obviously, as my comments are usually geared around the economy and how some on this board seem to only want to see things in a positive light, as if we are going to snap back in a couple of months. As I said, AA/Envoy may be insulated for the time being, but the rest of the country isnt.
May Economic Decline
Economic activity “sharply” declined across the U.S. through May, leaving businesses “highly uncertain” about their futures and “pessimistic about the potential pace of recovery,” according to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday.
The Fed’s May
“Beige Book” — a monthly compilation of business activity reports from each of the system’s 12 districts — painted a dire picture of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic as states began to gradually lift restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The Fed reported a deep, nationwide plunge in consumer spending, manufacturing activity, travel and construction due to disruptions driven by the pandemic, sending shockwaves through the energy, real estate, auto, aerospace and agricultural industries.
GDP -5%
The U.S. economy shrank at an even faster pace than initially estimated in the first three months of this year with economists continuing to expect a far worse outcome in the current April-June quarter.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, fell at an annual rate of 5% in the first quarter, a bigger decline than the 4.8% drop first estimated a month ago, the Commerce Department reported.
I say all of this with the hopes that people get a realistic view of things. Sure, the economy could do better than they predict, although it hasn't yet and in many cases, is lagging behind still, with the nearly sole exception of stocks. If you dont have a back up plan, money set aside or the desire to wait this out, you need to look at it from the worst case scenario and plan accordingly.
Call me what you want, but this isnt going to be over in a few months and it has most likely added years to your flow. I certainly am not wishing that, because it potentially added years to mine as well, but I am making plans if things dont rebound sooner rather than later.