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Thread #167383 Message #4036515
Posted By: mg
28-Feb-20 - 01:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Financial concerns big or small
Subject: RE: BS: Financial concerns big or small
well, if we have any factory capacity left in US..how much is there? Much could be diverted to say textile factories to making hospital gowns, masks etc. Some laboratories diverted to making medicines. Lots of marijuana uses I think. Anyone who makes electronics could hopefully be making robots and UV items. Self-driving cars turned into self-driving ambulances. I really do not expect that virus itself to cripple the US. It might be fairly minor and probably will be. But quarantines have a massive effect on economies. Movement of goods. People losing jobs or fearing going to work. Food will still be produced and we might eat a lot of soybeans but I think we won't starve and lots of people are probably starting to plant gardens. We are adaptable people. We have a lot of land. Oh dear, but China owns a lot of it. Seen at least one potential case in a pet. I was waiting for that shoe to drop since it allegedly started in animals, which I am not sure I believe. I suspect it was a bioagent that escaped. I don't think anything was deliberately set loose.