Quote from: figmentofmyass on Today at 04:01:34 AM

Quote from: The Pharmacist on March 29, 2020, 03:48:19 PM

Quote from: fiulpro on March 29, 2020, 12:05:26 PM

With the society collapsing

Dude, society is not collapsing. This is an outbreak of a virus that isn't particularly deadly, and it's only going to be a temporary thing. Yes, it's having huge effects on the economy but I don't think this is going to spark massive unemployment for the long term--and I'm hoping the effects aren't too drastic in a year or so from now.

Quote from: naaimmd on March 29, 2020, 02:15:26 PM

the whole world in chaos right now and we don't know what are waiting for us in 3-4 months and how many people will die in this situation by coronavirus and by not getting proper food and treatment

There are going to be more deaths from COVID-19, but compared to other causes of death that number is relatively small. It isn't as though this strain of coronavirus kills everyone it infects. Most people who get it feel like they have a cold, and this whole situation could have been much, much worse if it were a deadlier virus. It'll take some months, but the world will get back to normal.

several decades ago, people kept savings worth several months of income. being out of work for a couple months would not mean economic collapse. fast forward to a society where most people live paycheck to paycheck and have zero savings. most small businesses can't survive shuttered for a month.

i would like to share your optimism but we need to exit the crisis stage first---flatten the infection curve, secure enough hospital beds and ventilators, etc etc. on the current path, the USA simply doesn't have adequate healthcare infrastructure for the projected hospitalizations.

for things to improve, the population needs to start taking the threat seriously. people are still throwing coronavirus parties, not wearing face masks in public, not heeding shelter in place orders. it's insane!

tbh, americans are pretty retarded---they obviously have little to no regard for vulnerable populations like the elderly. the projected deaths are getting higher everyday. most of those deaths are gonna be our parents and grandparents, all because of these arrogant assholes who think "it's only a cold, what does it matter"? and they go around spreading this extremely infectious virus exponentially through our communities.

trump downplaying the pandemic every step of the way for the last 2 months has worsened the crisis immeasurably. americans never took it seriously. they still aren't.

If you're in a third world country, you will really experience the true effect of economic crash during this time of crisis. Most probably, the economic debt of that country will increase and become higher until they can't pay instantly the amount that they borrowed. The only good thing here is that you will support and take care of your people as your country is fighting for the Covid-19 pandemic. Economy of US went down as the number of cases in their country is constantly and consistently increasing, the same with Italy, their stock market also crashes. Do you think that this is just temporary? Or it will permanently affect other country's economy? Hoping for all of the countries affected to recover and survive this crisis, physically, mentally, and economically. It is not that easy for a country to manipulate their economy instantly so it is a long way to go to recover.