Let's be realistic - here are some facts:
- took China to clean up Wuhan about 8 weeks, reopenings started about 11 into it
- we are not as organized as China, Wuhan was on a complete lockdown mid Jan - we are still loosy-goosy
- people will start dying, CNN and Fox will pile on, there will be a nation wide freak out
- scientific modeling, depending on levels of physical separation predict peaks in late April, August or November - this pandemic will be around for a while
- all talk about vaccine has subdued now, we now relize it'll take many months - perhaps a year or two - before we have the vaccine
- furloughs and layoffs are rampant in energy and hospitality industries, we are just lagging a few weeks - buying a sweater is not essential especially if there is an online store that can take care of it
- schools will remain closed, many folks will not be able to work anyway (have to take care of kids)
- even if we reopen, huge majority of customers will deliberately avoid in-person shopping
- if we reopen we'll not be profitable, we are talking about red ink here no matter what we do
So, it's all doom and gloom... Here are some positive things:
- over 150 vacciness developed, folks are testing this on humans now (fastracked)
- malaria d–gs are helping bring down mortality - they work on suppressing the virus and are very effective - this is proven, fastracked approvals for use for non-malaria cases
- we do not realize how little money we need to survive, we will be fine (our consumption levels will drop but that may be a good thing too - gluttony is bad for us and has to stop)
- our forefathers fought wars overseas, we can do the same on our soil - let's rally - this is our generation moon-shot thing
- we hustle, we fight, we invent - it's in our dna and this f—ing virus will be defeated and then we'll deal with the sources and messed up setup that dealt us this hand