We shelter in place in all 50 states between now and August. Otherwise there will be more deaths than this. However, it is true that in order to restart the economy we will need to start it likely in June or late May at the earliest in some places. Already big companies like Macy's have already said if they cannot open by June that all of their stores will close permanently then and they will go out of business.
Many thousands of smaller businesses have already gone under and many likely will go bankrupt as businesses or as individuals already because of this. So, many lives are already temporarily or permanently ruined already because of the shutdowns in the states where they are occurring.
However, if we open up too soon deaths are going to increase dramatically from coronavirus. So, how will our country figure out just how much risk health wise we can take in all of this?
Part of the problem we are facing is the tendency of people to sue in this country. IF we cannot get over this it could be the ruination of our whole country economically during these times because there is no perfect path without risk to people's health to bring our companies and businesses back online that anyone can see at this point.
There are risks whenever we do this and then there are the risks of the permanent failure economically of our American Civilization if we wait too long to open up our businesses once again.
So, it's like "We are damned if we do it and damned if we don't."
This is the reality we all face now. There IS NO way forward now without extreme risk to everyone equally!
That's why they call Coronavirus: "The Great Equalizer!"
Because it is killing rich and poor alike every single day now worldwide!
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