Re:India’s second wave
by gilbetron on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @03:02PM
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The point isn't to do it for a year, but to do it for 2-3 weeks in a very strict manner. If you prepare for it, and then do it every time the spread starts going exponential, then you can keep the numbers incredibly low until vaccines are distributed.
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That's a dream. Money don't feed people. Foods do. And human activity necessary to feed a billion people sitting at home will require another billion to do the production, distribution and organization in a timely manner.
And the whole point of lockdown was to prevent people from performing these movements.
I don't see a good solution here.
Re:India’s second wave
by sudosysgen on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:33PM
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This is really not the case. You buy food from farmers, who can keep money, and you use existing government capacity to distribute it. It's been done before and can be done still.
But then the laborers who process the food have to go to work. And often work in close quarters in factories where it's easy to spread the virus.
Re:India’s second wave
by sudosysgen on Thursday April 22, 2021 @05:10PM
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A lot of food processing isn't strictly necessary. People can be expected to cook or live off existing stock for 2-3 weeks if they do not work.
Spend some time volunteering with local emergency preparedness teams and you'll get a better sense of just how much of the US food system is essential "just in time"
The more urban a place the more "just in time" everything is because the space is more valuable doing literally anything other than warehousing calories