Opinion How many more deaths is an economic collapse/this panic going to cause than C-19 ever will?

How many more deaths will an extended severely damaged economy cause than the Corona-cold?

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OP is ironically feeding into the hysteria.
We can't say for sure because we don't have the data and are forming everything based on anecdotes around us.
For example, my entire cohort in the music industry is out of work for 2 months minimum.
 
Oceanmachine said:
I do agree that until millions or hundreds of millions die. It isnt black plague level. That killed hundreds of millions.
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Let's keep race outta this.
 
Profits over people; it's the American way
 
jrams said:
Profits over people; it's the American way
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Its the Chinese way too!!!

Ever wondered why the sound of the cash register opening and clossing is "Cha Ching!" ?
 
Amerikuracana said:
How many more deaths is an economic collapse/this panic going to cause than C-19 ever will?
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Zero.
Amerikuracana said:
I think it's going to be a lot more. The current panic shopping and lack of supplies, the stress of losing your entire retirement, losing your job, the suicides and sickness resulting from it all, general misery.
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. Panic does not kill people.
. Lack of supplies does not kill people.
. Stress does not kill people.
. Loosing money does not kill people.
. Losing your job does not kill people.
. Misery does not kill people.
If that was the case, many people would already be dead prior to the 'coronavirus'. I think you are mixing apples and oranges. Don't believe the 'hype'. Don't create unnecessary panic...
 
Bad poll. Of course, a general societal collapse would be worse than the coronavirus but we are nowhere near it even if your local market run out of toilet paper.
 
TheOldMan said:
The virus is a vessel for many to resort to violence and theft.

It's people that are the real danger imo.
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Our leaders have conveniently given themselves access to what 60 billion tax payer dollars? Who could have seen that coming.
 
GiTGuD said:
Alright lets continue normal life, have most people get the coronavirus, and have this virus be rampant as the flu, have most of the world population get it....have 3% of the population die.


Yep that's much better..lets do nothing at all.


BTW dumbass, you do know only 3k people have died in china because China actually did the effort to stop it right? They even locked people in and shit..... If they had continued just living life regularly, it will be way fucking more.
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I’m sure it’s still is far more than they are admitting.
 
JSN said:
The part you don't understand is that this isn't an either/or. You can limit interpersonal exposure down in ways that curbs the spread but affects the economy adversely or you can not take those measures and have it spread more rapidly and extensively and guess what, that will affect the economy adversely too.

Probably not a good thing if we have way more people needing intensive and emergency care than we have capacity in the hospitals, especially in a country where millions are un- or underinsured. People would to miss work too from being sick or dead too. That also creates problems in the supply chain.
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Precisely. You either have a quick shutdown of the economy due to trying to shutdown exposure OR you have a long slow death of the economy because of the long slow drawn out affect on the population. The faster you curb it, the faster you get back to business.
 
How is running out of TP going to cause deaths?
 
You're not doing your job if you're not exploiting a situation. Remember Halliburton 35 billion determined as overpricing or something during the Iraq war. You will see New York real estate projects that have bonds due by the end of next year infused with billions because of you know the virus. There is a virus but the amounts of money already pleaded and billions if not trillions more make you wonder.


“Today the Federal Reserve announced it would inject more than $1.5 trillion into Wall Street to mitigate the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Yes, you heard that right: 1,500,000,000,000 dollars sent to Wall Street in a split second.

I am so sick and tired of the establishment telling us what we can’t afford. If we can find over a trillion dollars for Wall Street in a heartbeat, we can find the money to cancel student debt, provide universal healthcare for all, and enact a Green New Deal. America has socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.”

~ Robert Reich
 
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Theres a fine line between reality and stupidity, and people are really really towing that line right now. The reality is Elderley and sick people are part of the population. This disease is obviously highly contangious , and all human lives matter. You cant just let everybody get infected because young people will survive. We all have parents grandparents, aunts,uncles , friends and family who are at risk. On the flip side, the hysteria, and no not the suggestion that people should be overly cautious right now, but the stocking up or a fucking year is getting a little ridiculous. The media is having a field day. Unqualified people are spreading information based on models that arent anywhere close to 100% accurate and people are going into pure panic mode over it. In a time when we have to work together while this passes, i hope peoppe dont forget those (like yourself) who are causing this massive divide and making it worse
 
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