Ridgerunner
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My question to government officials who say our economies should not be reopened until we have a cure or vaccine for the coronavirus is, how do we financially support everyone until the economy reopens? When businesses and employees have no income they pay no taxes, so where will governments get money to support everyone?
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It will probably take two or three more years to determine if the rest of the world or Sweden was correct in their approach to fighting the coronavirus. That success or failure will need to be measured by both the number of deaths over that period of years from covid-19 and by the damage done to nations' economies because of the shutdowns. Sweden may in the end suffer short term pain for long term gain. By keeping their economy/society open the Swedish population may acquire a herd immunity to the virus and suffer limited numbers of deaths in future years. The rest of the world may experience many more deaths from several more outbreaks of the virus; plus, suffer the pain of severely damaged economies.