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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by nullspace on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:48PM (#22634134)
I'm just a mere software engineer, so I have no idea about this stuff. But, I feel like this sentiment "has to be an endgame to these measures" feels like wishful thinking.

Why is it impossible that we're headed for an economic catastrophe until a vaccine is out? I can totally see it happening - something where we will have to ration out our basic supplies even. <-- already happening wrt some stuff.

That would just be the cost of saving a few million lives.

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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by MikeAmelung on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:53PM (#22634190)
Yeah, and at least they won't have to endure the rationing, because they were on death's doorstep already. I don't think a lot of people saying this kind of stuff are considering the deaths from an economic catastrophe.
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