The cost of the shelter in place order is doing more harm than good. When the dust settles, I am convinced that more people will have died as a result.
I'm on pretty solid ground here. The costs of poverty and economic collapse are arguably better researched than pandemics.
And it is hard not to be disgusted by the attitude of many people on HN, who are least affected by this.
Having some relatives in that part of the country, I would compare this to the dust bowl. A complete economic collapse that will over the next year require millions of people to flee to cities, as they have absolutely nothing left. What are people supposed to do when every single business has gone from their town?
But people here like to sneer at these "stupid rednecks" that are clearly not as smart as us, right?
I'm on pretty solid ground here. The costs of poverty and economic collapse are arguably better researched than pandemics.
And it is hard not to be disgusted by the attitude of many people on HN, who are least affected by this.
Having some relatives in that part of the country, I would compare this to the dust bowl. A complete economic collapse that will over the next year require millions of people to flee to cities, as they have absolutely nothing left. What are people supposed to do when every single business has gone from their town?
But people here like to sneer at these "stupid rednecks" that are clearly not as smart as us, right?