Things are going back to how things were in March 2020 very quickly [1] [2]
As an aside, I’ve stopped being surprised with how out of touch and in a bubble HN posts are. There’s so much understanding of human nature out there that is missing here.
> I’ve stopped being surprised with how out of touch and in a bubble HN posts are.
I step away from the site every few days to help stay centered.
I hope things return to normal as quickly as possible, our economy depends on it. Very few people can afford to weather this without a strong economy.
In the US when you lose your job you lose your healthcare too. Healthcare can’t be fixed in a hurry but we can all agree to be reasonable and keep as many people working as we can.
These types of people predict the worst so that they are never wrong on the downside. That’s why the initial death projection was 2m people. Imagine if they instead predicted 1000 deaths.
Same stuff happens with global warming preds. You’re getting the worst case, x100, every time.
As an aside, I’ve stopped being surprised with how out of touch and in a bubble HN posts are. There’s so much understanding of human nature out there that is missing here.
1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/05/14/...
2. https://nypost.com/2020/05/09/carnival-swamped-with-bookings...