As far as keeping hope - this virus is far too weak to doom humanity - so it will be just a bump on the road.
Look at China - after 2 months it's gone through most of the population and their cases have slowed down so much that there are more people coming in infected from abroad than local cases in China.
So it takes about 2 months for herd immunity to really slow this virus down - same will happen globally.
So hope is real in this case - covid-19 ain't shit in the big scheme of things, sure we have a months of things being less than great ahead of us - but we'll make it just fine
This is my anxiety, my frustration.
Up to 3.5 million economic victims vs 182k worldwide COVID-19 victims currently. (7k Fatal, 78k recovered)
US COVID-19 4.5k victims 85 fatalities 73 recovered
If you look at the chart the US is the 3rd least of cases on the list.
It just seems the reaction doesn't match what's going on.
An economic downturn due to the coronavirus would put an abrupt end to the longest-running expansion in U.S. history. If it were like an average recession, it would translate to a roughly 6% unemployment rate (given today's 3.5% rate, which is near 50-year lows).
That would mean about 3.5 million lost jobs, Wilcox said.
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