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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by sneak on Sunday March 15, 2020 @12:45AM (#22581349)
I have been telling a lot of my friends this, but many are scheduled to work on Monday (most in public-interacting roles) and if they don't go to work, they lose their job and can't make rent next month.

This is a real issue, and I have no solutions. The only thing I've been saying to them is that all bars and restaurants will be closed here in 2-3 weeks and that their bosses will understand then. They are understandably worried that in the aftermath of all of this, there will be so many unemployed servers/bartenders/cooks/drivers that it will be difficult or impossible to get their job, or any other job, back, with no way to pay rent in April or perhaps May either.

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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by mtsr on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:52AM (#22581846)
This is not going to be over in April or May, except maybe in the worst case scenario. The point of social distancing etc is flattening the curve and spreading the load on healthcare systems over a longer time.

The only thing that might help there is if warmer weather reduces the spread. But then it could very well come back in the fall.

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