Hey Pacifist,
I usually only lurk, but I'm mainly introducing a devil's advocate scenario.
I usually only lurk, but I'm mainly introducing a devil's advocate scenario.
AstroAg17 said:
Thank goodness Trump is the president. I suspect the conspiracies and general mistrust of government would be much worse from the loonies around here if it wasn't their guy leading the establishment. A lot of people may feel that if Trump is trying to restrict their freedoms there must be an important reason.
Sentence 1 is a brand new sentence for me.
Well, the part of the country that didn't buy into social distancing hate Trump, according to the data. So with this absurd observation, NY and CA are a bunch of loonies.Beer Baron said:AstroAg17 said:
Thank goodness Trump is the president. I suspect the conspiracies and general mistrust of government would be much worse from the loonies around here if it wasn't their guy leading the establishment. A lot of people may feel that if Trump is trying to restrict their freedoms there must be an important reason.
Sentence 1 is a brand new sentence for me.
Completely agree with this and you're the first person I've seen articulate it. The part of the country that bought into social distancing early would have done so under president Obama or president Hillary. The part that came along reluctantly now never would have with them.
And on top of that, the current situation has a negative impact on nutrition (as meal choices are dictated by availability at grocery stores) and exercise (as gyms and parks are closed).Ulrich said:
It's not as simple as death on one side and nice clean dollars on the other.
Suicide, drug use/overdose, homelessness, disease, and poverty in America increase when the economy does worse. A significant number of the dead would have died from other infections or underlying conditions relatively soon, and that has considerations when this is reduced to a math problem.