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Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by oh_sigh on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:22PM (#22713125)
Cheap car travel facilitated the global spread of the virus. They're not exactly innocent bystanders.

Globalization facilitated the global spread of the virus, anyone with an international supply chain is not exactly innocent bystanders.

Social activity facilitated the global spread of the virus. Meetup.com is not exactly an innocent bystander.

etc...

Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by the8472 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:30PM (#22713199)
Not sure what you're trying to say here. The point is that airlines were directly profiting by staying operational while the virus was already spreading. Had they been more proactive in curbing international travel then they would also have been able to resume business sooner.

Cars are not commercial entities that profit from spreading the virus. Rideshare and taxi services would be a different story, but even then they do so in a much more localized manner. Similarly if meetup didn't shut down its services soon enough the yes it did facilitate the spread for profit.

Economic globalization (movement of goods) on the other hand can work without moving people around as much.

Re:America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with... by Klinky on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:35PM (#22713250)
All true statements.

The same criticisms can be applied to any businesses within these industries initially looking to be given billions in monetary grants without equity in return.