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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by onion2k on Friday March 13, 2020 @01:35AM (#22565017)
I think you're trying to put a positive spin on what is clearly an appalling situation, but I think it's important to remember that at the heart of this people are going to die. People are going to lose parents and grandparents. The UK prime minister literally said that in a statement yesterday ("many more are going to lose loved ones before their time", https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51862282/coronavirus-pm-say...). Talking about how you believe it'll be good for the economy within 6 months is both a bit heartless and possibly very wrong.
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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by robbrown451 on Friday March 13, 2020 @01:43AM (#22565039)
Ok, well lots of people talk about its impact specifically on the economy, so I'm not sure how it is heartless, but ok. Can I only talk about the negatives? That feels dishonest, I'd think the HN audience can handle both sides of that particular part of the picture.

And late comedians are making jokes about the whole situation right now. Not about the deaths, but about other aspects of it.

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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by onion2k on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:04AM (#22565354)
$11.5 trillion dollars has been wiped off the stock market in the past few weeks[1]. That's not just the virus because there's an oil price war going on too, but it does seem like suggesting it'll be back to normal in 6 months implies you don't understand the scale of the problem.

[1] https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market...

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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by speedplane on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:10AM (#22565373)
> suggesting it'll be back to normal in 6 months implies you don't understand the scale of the problem

No one knows the scale of the problem. It's the uncertainty that's driving the volatility.

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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by Dylan16807 on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:29AM (#22565224)
Get off your high horse. When people are having a discussion about potential negative effects on the economy, it's perfectly fine to talk about potential positive effects on the economy.
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Re:Whitmer: Michigan closing all K-12 school buildings by robbrown451 on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:56AM (#22565326)
Thanks! :)
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