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Re:Near 90% Mortality Rate in Intubated Covid-19 Patients in... by DagAgren on Friday April 24, 2020 @07:12AM (#22966764)
Why do you assume those jobs could be saved? Do you think they would have carried on as normal if the pandemic had been allowed to spread unchecked?
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Re:Near 90% Mortality Rate in Intubated Covid-19 Patients in... by twblalock on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:41PM (#22970046)
Given the number of people who were working until the lockdowns were announced by the government, and how many customers were still buying nonessential services, I think the majority of those jobs would not have been lost.
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Re:Near 90% Mortality Rate in Intubated Covid-19 Patients in... by thinkharderdev on Monday April 27, 2020 @09:11AM (#22995468)
I don't think the data supports that assertion. I don't have the link handy, but OpenTable published data showing that in Atlanta at least, restaurant bookings were down ~90% before the stay-at-home order was issued. The situation was similar in many other areas as well.
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Re:Near 90% Mortality Rate in Intubated Covid-19 Patients in... by DagAgren on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:23PM (#22971363)
This is nowhere near as bad as things would be if it was left unchecked.
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