Originally Posted by
Big5
Just so I’m on board and thinking like the majority, what trigger are we praying for? More than 2007 furloughed? BK? Less than $2B cash on hand?
We're praying for November 3rd to come and go. My guess is after the results are tallied, a vaccine will be announced, or scientists will determine that we've reached herd immunity. We keep hearing that the vaccines in trial status are about ready. Politicians will also be more motivated to pass stimulus funds to reinvigorate the economy.
Politicians around the world will announce that they too have reached herd immunity in their countries too or the announcement of a vaccine will reduce their restrictions too. We're seeing anti lockdown protests globally, so it's not just an American phenomenon.
To clarify, before any uninformed attacks are made:
The virus is real, it's infecting people and there's a mortality rate.
Second, I don't think other countries locked down to influence American elections. I personally think it was a move done in attempt to save lives, but slowing the spread lead overzealous politicians enact powers they wouldn't otherwise have been able to, and they don't know when to relinquish them. The idea of lockdown is not to eliminate the virus, but rather to make capacity in hospitals giving resources to those who need ventilators etc. It slows the pace at which herd immunity is reached. So there's some science going on, but there's also politics involved because scientists do not run the government.