Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[vivster]

John2290 said:

vivster said:

What are you talking about? The demand for essential goods is not down at all. In fact it's actually up because of all those hoarders. Turns out people are still eating things. Agriculture is doing just fine and will continue to be fine because people will continue to need food. Same goes for water, electricity and internet.

You know how many people will be on the sunny side of this after we got the worst over? More than 90% of the population.

Essential food goods yes as long as it is produced in country. The amount of other good that is sourced or produced here in ireland for Italy alone, which we won't buy, has come to light since Italy won't in certain trade or has no demand for things they once did. Scale it up to the amount of countries that are about to need lockdowns on and off and you end up with a lack of goods that may not be essential food goods but are still essential like nappies, baby food and all the goods just to name one vulnerable population that needs things like this. Some countries are fine on some goods but it's such an interlocking crisscrossing mess that some countries go without, some countries have a surplus and that's before thinking about the livilihoods and of producers and distributors of non essential goods. This is a problem that can be solved, It has to be but it isn't one that can be solved nation to nation, there has to be oversight on this like never before for example the EU on a wider scale. 

Anyway, i know fuck all about what they can do or what they have planned or any solutions in the works for this i'm just making an observation of what is happening on the ground in my own country and other countries linked back to italy and other badly effected countries. People have stopped producing at the source and that is a big fucking problem that needs to be addressed ASAP.

Why is it vivster that you keep looking away from the facts and avoiding the bigger picture time after time the last few weeks, coming here telling us it is all going to be okay when we can see the damn problems emerging. Dude, this is time for reality, not self reassurance and putting your head in the sand. 

I fail to see how your crazy pessimistic attitude is helping anyone. Everyone is doing their best to manage this crisis and all you do is basically shit on people's great effort with your doomsday theories. Nothing has gone to shit yet because people are already working together across country lines to keep things running smoothly. I absolutely trust in humanity that when things get tougher, so will the people. The only reason why humanity is still alive on this planet is because of the amazing adaptability of humans and whole societies.