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Based on epidemiological models of the disease and its spread. If it's spreading like wildfire, like now, reopening the country would be foolhardy and dangerous.
No we don't. People can come and go as they please, there are no border checks between states preventing people from going where they want.
Normally yes, but right now, were as close as it gets to quarantine. Isn't RI using cops to keep fleeing NYers out of their state? If you are traveling state to state, where are you stopping other than gas stations and drive-thrus? What else is open?
I am interested in the antibody test. My prediction is that we are going to find that lots of people have already had this virus and are resistant to it now.
Totally with you. The moment this is available to me I am getting it.
I would ask county governments to make risk assessments based on known infections, population density, and death rate if any exist. I would expect Wake and Mecklenburg counties to have different conditions than other counties. I would look long and hard at either reopening selected classes in controlled locations or putting courseware online to move students toward graduation. Do we want to have students just repeat their current grades? Provide masks and tests when available. If counties think it is too risky based on the numbers, then I would respect that. If not schools, could we get some part of manufacturing up and running? How can we bolster distribution across the state? The state is losing tax revenue by the day.
We have to keep moving forward, either through conventional or unconventional means. Come on, we are innovative. It's time to put the thinking caps on. The question should not be "should we", it should be "HOW CAN WE" and once we figure that out, document successful actions into state emergency plans for the next time China lets some deadly virus slip out of one of their labs.
I've been retired for two years - I was a small biz owner for 15 years. (I happen to live in Raleigh, NC (Wake County).
The only biz that I would remotely consider opening these days is a virtual biz with contractors (1099's). If I hired employees and had to provide health insurance it would probably cost $1 million per employee per year. I can't imagine calling BlueCross and saying "I'm starting a new biz and need health insurance - what group rate can I get?" They wouldn't bother to answer - they'd just laugh and hangup.
So, I'd need to find/hire contractors who don't need health insurance - perhaps their spouse has insurance and he/she would get insurance coverage thru his/her spouse.
Now, I gotta find customers thru my new website. Potential customers would ask the normal - now painful - questions including "what's your track record?"
I can't imagine how this could work - I'll stay retired thank-you-very-much
Based on epidemiological models of the disease and its spread. If it's spreading like wildfire, like now, reopening the country would be foolhardy and dangerous.
In certain places, I agree. In other places it is not.
I think we should start looking at it now and balance ramped-up manufacturing of all things CV with the gradual reopening of the least impacted parts of America.
I've been retired for two years - I was a small biz owner for 15 years. (I happen to live in Raleigh, NC (Wake County).
The only biz that I would remotely consider opening these days is a virtual biz with contractors (1099's). If I hired employees and had to provide health insurance it would probably cost $1 million per employee per year. I can't imagine calling BlueCross and saying "I'm starting a new biz and need health insurance - what group rate can I get?" They wouldn't bother to answer - they'd just laugh and hangup.
So, I'd need to find/hire contractors who don't need health insurance - perhaps their spouse has insurance and he/she would get insurance coverage thru his/her spouse.
Now, I gotta find customers thru my new website. Potential customers would ask the normal - now painful - questions including "what's your track record?"
I can't imagine how this could work - I'll stay retired thank-you-very-much
It's definitely not a good environment to start a business, but what about reopening one with all those things already in place? Pretty soon, people are going to need their AC units serviced/fixed. Can we reopen those?
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It's definitely not a good environment to start a business, but what about reopening one with all those things already in place? Pretty soon, people are going to need their AC units serviced/fixed. Can we reopen those?
I ain't hiring people to go into homes to fix AC units or do plumbing etc.
Jobs/biz that require human contact - restaurants, mfg., retail etc. gotta be dying on the vine or soon will be.
We're still in the first inning of this game from what I can tell. A lotta people are already talking about "getting back to normal." I don't see this happening for a long time - months. And then, it'll be a slow ramp-up. Nd, we only ramp up if we don't see another Corona attack in several months which seems to be predicted
JMHO
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