Discussion thread on lockdowns and their effectiveness
US lost jobs in April .... 21 million
US CV-19 cases in April ... 1 million
21 jobs lost per 1 case.
1 case takes down an entire medium-sized restaurant.
I don't think most people had any clue of these multiples.
Yes, this is an instantaneous derivative of the data and will normalize eventually, but is it now that we understand the virus more than we understand the scope of the health effects of poverty, stress, confinement, closed schools we have self-imposed as part of the treatment?
And does the 8th week of job loss make things worse more than the 8th week of "stay at home" orders makes things better?