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Re:Ask HN: Have you been laid off? by georgemcbay on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:19AM (#22625026)
My "circles" (which include a friend married to a Médecins Sans Frontières doctor who had been in Wuhan last October) knew that COVID-19 was possibly a serious concern, but also "knew" that it could have wound up as another SARS (not that SARS wasn't terrible, but it was also very localized in terms of overall impact).

I don't think we should excuse the many failures of our leaders, but I also don't think the now-obvious economic impact of this crisis was that clearcut even a month ago.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you been laid off? by epitrochoidal on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:04AM (#22628148)
>I don't think we should excuse the many failures of our leaders, but I also don't think the now-obvious economic impact of this crisis was that clearcut even a month ago.

Good way of looking at it.

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