Don't know what other people

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:09:42 +0000

Don't know what other people are reading, but this is a good example of the type of thing I am seeing several times a day, reminding that white-collar unemployment will be massive worldwide unless we can ameliorate the infection problem, there are already tremendous losses among non-profits which will take them years to make up, then throw restaurant and other hospitality and travel unemployment on top with many companies going bankrupt and no funds for new ones to start:

MoMA Terminates All Museum Educator Contracts https://t.co/FqB1fl0dIl “...it will be months, if not years, before we anticipate returning to budget and operations levels to require educator services.”
— Colleen Theisen (@LibColleen) April 4, 2020

Big picture there is no

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:35:39 +0000

In reply to McConnell: Health care tops list for next virus aid bill

Big picture there is no greater priority than this, without it everything else is just sturm and drang stopgaps. And that's worldwide, not just the U.S.

1/2 Absent major technological breakthrough before fall (effective drugs) American life won’t normalize, economic activity won’t snap back. Which makes it frustrating why policy makers seem oddly unfocused about getting the kinds of therapeutics that should be obtainable.
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 4, 2020

2/2 If we can’t get a very effective medicine cabinet by Summer, and sharply reduce the threat from #COVID19, then the alternative will be to start considering what Fall looks like when we can only operate at a 75% economy — and take more steps now to mitigate ensuing hardships.
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) April 4, 2020

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Big picture there is no