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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by cm2187 on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:32PM (#22598853)
Looking at Europe (but the US seems to be taking the same direction). All restaurants, shops, entertainment, tourist industry are closing, and will remain closed for several months. Large businesses will fire people (see airlines now), small businesses will go bust.

If these health policies undershoot their targets in term of number of people infected, then we may have to deal with this virus again next fall/winter, so add a few more months of similar pain.

I just don't see how this will not have lasting effects. Even in Dec 2008, at the very worst of the crisis, you had deep discounts in shops, but at least you could consume. But here all malls will be basically closed.

Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by sovnade on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:43PM (#22598954)
There's not even any indication that this is seasonal. It's spreading pretty well in Australia/India which are extremely hot right now. It will probably continue to spread in Europe/NA all throughout summer.

Our state and many others have closed schools, made all restaurants take-out/delivery only, barred gatherings of > 10 people, etc. I don't know how the small businesses are going to survive more than a couple weeks of this.