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Old 03-26-2020, 04:40 PM
 
Location: Homeless
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Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.


To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our health, educate our kids, take care of family members.

We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go back to normal after a few weeks, or even a few months. Some things never will.

In the short term, this will be hugely damaging to businesses that rely on people coming together in large numbers: restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms, hotels, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, shopping malls, craft fairs, museums, musicians and other performers, sporting venues (and sports teams), conference venues (and conference producers), cruise lines, airlines, public transportation, private schools, day-care centers. That’s to say nothing of the stresses on parents thrust into home-schooling their kids, people trying to care for elderly relatives without exposing them to the virus, people trapped in abusive relationships, and anyone without a financial cushion to deal with swings in income.


https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ing-18-months/

Interesting hypothesis..
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Old 03-26-2020, 04:50 PM
 
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The future looks depressing...
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Old 03-26-2020, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Hey, the plebs still have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and etc. And, for the online cheaters needing an emotional affair, there's good ole Ashley Madison.
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Old 03-26-2020, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Tri STATE!!!
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Hey, the plebs still have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and etc. And, for the online cheaters needing an emotional affair, there's good ole Ashley Madison.
Very funny . And there is is still mega church. Send your money in
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Old 03-26-2020, 04:56 PM
 
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I really appreciate it if Democrats would social distance themselves from my money...
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Old 03-26-2020, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Eastern Tennessee
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Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.


To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our health, educate our kids, take care of family members.

We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go back to normal after a few weeks, or even a few months. Some things never will.

In the short term, this will be hugely damaging to businesses that rely on people coming together in large numbers: restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms, hotels, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, shopping malls, craft fairs, museums, musicians and other performers, sporting venues (and sports teams), conference venues (and conference producers), cruise lines, airlines, public transportation, private schools, day-care centers. That’s to say nothing of the stresses on parents thrust into home-schooling their kids, people trying to care for elderly relatives without exposing them to the virus, people trapped in abusive relationships, and anyone without a financial cushion to deal with swings in income.


https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ing-18-months/

Interesting hypothesis..
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Or -- maybe not.. who knows.
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Old 03-26-2020, 05:00 PM
 
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I really appreciate it if Democrats would social distance themselves from my money...
.....LOL amen
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Old 03-26-2020, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.


To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our health, educate our kids, take care of family members.

We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go back to normal after a few weeks, or even a few months. Some things never will.

In the short term, this will be hugely damaging to businesses that rely on people coming together in large numbers: restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms, hotels, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, shopping malls, craft fairs, museums, musicians and other performers, sporting venues (and sports teams), conference venues (and conference producers), cruise lines, airlines, public transportation, private schools, day-care centers. That’s to say nothing of the stresses on parents thrust into home-schooling their kids, people trying to care for elderly relatives without exposing them to the virus, people trapped in abusive relationships, and anyone without a financial cushion to deal with swings in income.


https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ing-18-months/

Interesting hypothesis..




I prefer to see myself as a realist, even though I've been called a pessimist on more than one occasion..


But even I'm not THAT pessimistic.


There will be a vaccine eventually, and probably other treatments even sooner than that..


People aren't meant to be socially distant......at least not this much.
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Old 03-26-2020, 05:08 PM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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Minnesota Scandinavians, when you explain the 6' social distance -- "So close?"
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Old 03-26-2020, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Tri STATE!!!
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I really appreciate it if Democrats would social distance themselves from my money...
Agreed. And Republicans should self quarantine for the next 4 years.
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