I have been working since I was 14. I had to buy myself and siblings our own clothing and school supplies. Worked two jobs to get out of debt from carrying my family. I have supported my family for two decades. I raised a younger family member from my early twenties. I have had plenty hardship. Now, things are pretty rosy. But, the only reason the financial burden has lessened if because dependents have died and I have through god knows what managed to claw about all of it.
Yeah when I came to SA we were very poor. There were often months when I didn't know how we would make it and we sold things to feed the children, but we did get through that time.
Through all that hardship, I cannot imagine going without any income for weeks and weeks. It makes complete sense to force them into food queues and let them face landlords who are going to evict them when all this ends.
The pandemic cares nothing for what you can imagine. It's a global crisis that shuts down economies regardless of whether you are willing to work or not. If people try to carry on working because they're willing to endanger themselves, it just kills more and grinds society to a complete standstill anyway.
But YoU WaNT peopLE to DIE if YOU want to LIFt the LocKdoWN!@$$
Stellar critical thinking in this thread.
You're the only one making that statement, so it sounds like a strawman to me. You might not want people to die, but the reality is that they will die if you reopen prematurely, and the economic gridlock will be worse as a result.
If you really want to see how to handle this crisis, you should study how other countries have successfully managed it, and compare their response to the US. Germany is on the verge of reopening because of Angela Merkel's
expertise and leadership. South Korea had its first case on the same day as the US and currently has
240 deaths.
Practically
everything Trump did exacerbated the crisis. It's at the point now where they're facing either an indefinite lockdown, or just letting it run its course naturally and hope that the economy will recover if we are willing to pay the price of all the lives that will invariably be lost. If you think we're better off to just reopen and let the chips lie, well... I think it's a big mistake seeing that all the economists believe the economy will be worse off by reopening too soon, plus you'll lose more lives in the bargain.
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