At 8/20/2020 11:23 AM, AG wrote:
>> I get my TV news out of Nashville. Over the years, they have developed
>> a lot of downtown businesses based on Country Music and tourism. Those
>> businesses are really hurting with the Social Distancing restrictions.
>
>One of the things my wife does is teach music. The studio, like
>everything else, was shutdown, but she continued to teach via zoom.
>But even at that, she went from 20 students down to 4. But in the past
>several weeks, that reversed and she's got a schedule so full she had
>to add another day.
>
>Short-term, the shutdown was devastating, medium-term, the recovery is
>great, long-term, the debts incurred by the business may still sink
>it.
>
>Lockdowns are great when it's only nameless, faceless people losing
>their livelihood. Every businessperson is crying out "just tell me how
>I can run my business safely, but PLEASE don't shut me down.
Theory would imply, if the virus lasts a couple of weeks, then in an
extensive shutdown should only require a month. When only half
measures are taken it just prolongs the pain. Of course we know how
theories work out, and people.
So I predict we will continue with half measures, idiots, and continue
the decline until it works itself out.
But more events are coming down the road, especially after bitcoin
toasts the planet.
WayneS
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