kneift
Like I've said before, tone is tricky in electronic communications so I wouldn't read too much into how it might sound. Every statement probably has more question marks and winks than can be easily put into punctuation?
? no really,
maybe?
Again, I'm all for free speech - but that cuts both ways. You seem to want to say anything without reproach, but sorry brother no one gets a free pass, you or me included. I can be a sanctimonious asshole, feel free to call me one - corona may take our lives, but it'll never take our freedom!!!
Statistics are simply an insufficient tool for accurately recording or representing such an event as this. While they may be true, the numbers are such a narrow slice of this reality as to be largely meaningless. It's like reducing 9/11 to a delta of the twin tower's height before and after. While that was the end result, is that all it really was about?
I don't think you're in the ostrich camp at all as you've said you're (begrudgingly) willing to social distance (despite not believing in the reasonings or not liking being told what to do or something?) While I have been to a few stores and even the post office in the last few weeks (no home delivery for me), I run a pretty tight disinfecting protocol at every stop as I've done all this for a living for many years. Sorry, not everyone has worked in biologically hazardous environments before - I have and am pretty confidant that I am not one of the Outbreak monkeys on the loose.
So while you're not an ostrich, I just find the weeds you're detailing to be trivial in the big picture of things. Money is made up and has no inherent value - if you don't believe so, just go talk to the Fed as they create trillions of dollars out of thin air this month alone. So yes, there are economic consequences that are part of this, but there is also a bottomless tap that can inflate our way out of it, which is now under direction of the Treasury. Alan Greenspan told us all this years ago, wasn't anyone listening?
So the almost worthless paper doesn't factor much into my equations, while the human experience does, especially minimizing human suffering. Should we feed, educate, and house more people at all times, of course. But it's not a lack of resources, it's a lack of empathy that prevents this. Anyone who says otherwise is alright, jack, just keep your hands off of my stack.
I'm not a xxxJ or -A in any sense (I let the missus handle that stuff). I'm deep INT
P-T - find the underlying truth and rules be damned when they don't help. Right now there are a lot of old rules and norms that aren't helping and preventing people and society as a whole to face up reality and make the changes needed. The sooner we all realize this and adapt the better off everyone will be and I make no apologies for taking up the soap box or megaphone to say so.
tl;dr - people over profit, do the right thing
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