Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[EricHiggin]

John2290 said:

Nautilus said:
This is officially the week that everything went to shit.Companies cancelling interviews over this(happened to me), stores closing down because the government demands it, flights being cancelled, theme parks closing, E3 cancelled...

Somethings I get, like Disney closing for the time being, but government forcing stores to close?It isn't the virus that's going to cause a dent on humanity, the economy will...

Honestly, this is getting out of hand... people should be more level headed.

The economy is secondary to the hospitals now. Gotta hope they stay together and fix the economy afterward. If the hospitals get out of hand, the econony is going down anyway with a degree of certainty. Funds are being put together to hold the economies up but you can't just throw money at the hospitals when they fall apart, there is a limited supply of staff and resources that needs to be rationed for the insane numbers that are about to flood them. These priorities are the ones that have at least given confidence we can get through this, it was getting really frightening there for a bit as it looked like they were just gonna let everything be slammed wide open. Be thankful they are now taking action. 

Saw a vid the other day where they mentioned around 30% of American nurses have kids in school, so if schools close, how many of these nurses will have no choice but to stay home and care for their children, instead of caring for patients? Not sure how legit that stat is, but it's just something else to consider on top of everything else.

Last edited by EricHiggin - on 12 March 2020