There is a very delicate balance to be struck here between public health measures and staving off economic collapse which exacerbates the public health problem and nobody knows if that balance is achievable. It may not be, the indications are that it probably wonât be. The point is that swift, draconian action early on internatioon a co-ordinated international level might have had some chance of preventing the public health problem getting so bad that economic collapse was avoidable in the longer term but that may not be possible now and without draconian action now a severe economic crash is likely anyway.
More hysteria. Youâre very wound-up, lashing out at me wonât save anyone
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The complete opposite more likely
What would be your suggestions to deal with the coronavirus policy wise? Genuinely interested
The important thing is to let the experts decide whatâs best and not listen to people who are determined to create hysteria.
Iâm very focused on this virus at the moment. Iâve a business that will be affected, hopefully not too badly, but it definitely will be affected. Weâve already lost bookings and are considering cancelling a summer project we have run for the last few years. Iâve also got a relative who is over 70, with an underlying condition who is currently in Beaumont. Iâm getting a fairly clear view of most of the negative effects of this I think.
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Shut down unnecessary travel, close schools and universities. Cancel sporting events. Shut down mass gatherings of any type until such point the virus is in regression.
Iâve been unable to work for the last few weeks as my job entails a lot of travel and companies simply arenât booking me, theyâve frozen budgets and are just not looking for consultants. Iâm ok with that.
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Iâm with you in the business side, there wonât be a poster whoever posted on here who didnât have someone elderly in their lives, often ailing ones.
Fear will still cause more damage than it will ever fix
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Lack of fear will cause the most damage. The Iâm alright jack, machismo bullshit.
The horse has long bolted. The only hope we had was if China acted earler and locked down Wuhan. Thereâs no more chance of stopping it now than stopping a seasonal flu. We can slow it down though as you say by imposing strict travel bans and bans on mass gatherings. Most countries were far too relaxed about it though, if travel restrictions were put in place earlier at least it would have bought some time to plan and implement ramping up health care facilities, etc. As it is many countries are just going to be overwhelmed.
If China had called in the WHO or the US CDC in December out of fear, this could have been contained at source.
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Proactive versus reactive. There was ample warning.
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US & Europe - Buckle up for a fun day.
@Fitzy, presumable this will result in a huge hit for super? Iâm having a look around AusSuper for daily/weekly growth %s. More as I get itâŚ
Youâre probably joking I know but just to put your mind at rest. The virus canât transfer like that
Itâll wipe out a lot of the growth we got from 2019, but unless youâre retiring in the next year I wouldnât be too worried.
The office is my sanctuary for the foreseeable future.
On top of all this upheaval, the Saudis have turned on the oil taps. Putin is going scorched earth on the US oil industry. He may end up getting scorched badly himself. The political consequences of all this are unknowable but could be massive. It could end up with the overthrowing of dicators and despots. But it could end up in the end of democracy in the west as we know it. This is going to be a seismic world event in a lot of different ways.
Anyone know of a good mouse mover application to ensure I show as available on teams/skype 
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