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Originally Posted by Lune
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but rather from a critical mass of well-justified avoidant behaviors on behalf of consumers and workers, which will remain as long as the infection is perceived as out of control.
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I think trying to argue that the economy is in sad shape primarily because people are refusing to work or shop is a non-starter.
The only people I hear don't want to go back to work are teachers, and I wonder where their well-
funded perceptions come from because everyone else I know is really really eager to get to work - I mean I'm being facetious everyone knows chaos and dumb kids are good for Democrats and teacher unions are the Democrat Party personified.
Also, while personal income growth dropped 4.2% in May, consumer spending rose 8.2% so people definitely want to shop in spite of having less money.
I think people are really having a hard time with the idea that most Americans are just getting used to it and don't care to exhibit the level of panic or care that they should. People are dying, but people are always dying. They're doing it in the hospitals not in the streets so what do they know except what they see on the news? And the news tells them something else every day. Put your mask on! Take it off! Put it back on!
Covid fatigue has set in.
There were too many conflicting stories, too much panic and then non-panic and then panic again.
Lastly, and I apologize for the huge chart, I think it's valuable to look at the case-mortality ratio. This is your chance of dying if you get Covid.
Cases and mortality by country
Yemen 27.90%
<-- lol omg
United Kingdom 15.30%
Belgium 15.10%
Italy 14.30%
France 13.90%
Hungary 13.60%
Netherlands 11.70%
Mexico 11.30%
Spain 10.50%
Chad 8.20%
Canada 7.80%
Sweden 7.20%
Ecuador 7.00%
Ireland 6.80%
Barbados 6.60%
Liberia 6.40%
Sudan 6.30%
Niger 6.10%
San Marino 6.00%
Syria 6.00%
Andorra 5.80%
Switzerland 5.80%
Slovenia 5.70%
Trinidad and Tobago 5.70%
Guyana 5.40%
China 5.40%
Iran 5.30%
Romania 5.20%
Egypt 5.00%
Burkina Faso 5.00%
Greece 4.90%
Indonesia 4.90%
Mali 4.90%
Peru 4.80%
North Macedonia 4.60%
Denmark 4.50%
Germany 4.40%
Finland 4.40%
Algeria 4.40%
Lithuania 4.10%
Tanzania 4.10%
Iraq 4.00%
Poland 4.00%
Bahamas 4.00%
Kyrgyzstan 3.90%
Guatemala 3.90%
Antigua and Barbuda 3.90%
Angola 3.90%
Sierra Leone 3.80%
Brazil 3.70%
Bolivia 3.70%
US 3.60%
European countries bolded. The reason I think this chart is important is because it negates the perception of how severe the outbreak is. For example if you're in the UK if someone you know gets it there's a roughly 1 in 7 chance you'll never see them again. In the US that chance is 1 out of TWENTY-7. Welcome back Jack, sorry about the slight brain damage, hope it doesn't make you vote for Trump twice.
So in the US people are being bombarded by the news but they don't see people dying. Sure the per/capita rate might be high, but people aren't seeing the mortality. Oh he got sick yeah nothing happened. Not gonna worry about it myself.
People in Italy were and are more compliant because they smelt the bodies. Ours are in some hospital or out back.