You can skip this clickbait:<p>> he would prioritize keeping people across America in isolation to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic.<p>This is literally the content of this article
Opinion pieces in favor of keeping the lockdowns going are a dime a dozen right now. Why are none of these smart people extending their opining to cover exit strategies and timelines? What are the steps being taken to make sure that an eventual relaxation of lockdown doesn't just put us back at the mid-February state of the pandemic?
It's easy to stomach the idea of shutting the U.S. economy down when you're a multi-billionaire. All of the people famous enough to have op-eds published about how they would handle the situation are also rich enough where the economic impact doesn't affect them personally, other than some numbers in their portfolio.<p>There are millions of people who just got laid off and still have rent / mortgage / car payments due and nothing but unemployment insurance <i>if they're lucky</i> to make ends meet for the duration of this mess.<p>So what do you do for these people? Sending out checks for $1,200 isn't going to significantly alter the calculus here. The longer the economy stays shut down the more of a knock-on effect from halted production, interrupted supply chains, opportunity loss from unfulfilled manufacturing and shipping capacity, and ending with severe revenue loss at all levels of the economy, putting companies out of business.<p>I've heard the straw man that "companies are just greedy and value profits over human life," but the reality is that when companies go out of business, all the people they employed for "scraps" are now unemployed and in a buyer's market for what few jobs are left.<p>I think all of this might be esoteric here on HN where a lot of us seem to be employed in creative or tech positions that can function remotely, but these types of positions are still the exception rather than the rule in the U.S.<p>I'm not arguing that we should reopen the economy asap, either, but it would be nice to read an op-ed from someone whose livelihood was directly impacted by the shutdown.
It’s insane to me that we carry these little GPS trackers around with us everywhere and there is seemingly no middleground between “total government pandemic panopticon” and “try to remember every person you’ve been in contact over the last three weeks.”<p>If we solve that, then we make it possible for most people to go back about their business but still maintain the capability to send them a push notification saying “hey, you may have been exposed. You should monitor your symptoms and probably stay home”
One strategy I haven't heard much mention of is for the government to employ people directly in various capacities to fight the outbreak.<p>This would both stimulate the economy and boost public confidence in the government's response.<p>As it stands right now, having the President set unrealistic timelines when the outbreak hasn't even been contained seems like it's going to have the opposite effect in terms of shoring up public confidence.
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