One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever

Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by dharma1 on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:15PM (#24044106)

We may only be halfway, one third or less into this pandemic.

I really hope that

1) the early vaccines will work

2) other mitigation strategies (masks, social distancing, quick tests at scale etc) will succeed in keeping R under 1 and small businesses above breakeven in case we're in for another 1-2 years of covid flare ups

If the above don't work, we could be looking at mass unemployment, unbearable private and government debt, and more civil unrest

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Re:One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever by ba2plus on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:56PM (#24044463)

>If the above don't work, we could be looking at mass unemployment, unbearable private and government debt, and more civil unrest

Given the fact that there's never been a successful coronavirus vaccine, and that there's a huge portion of the American population that regards mask-wearing and hand-washing to be tyrannical affronts to civil liberties, I think we all know how things are going to play out.

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