Thread: Corona Virus

News for some one I guess. COVID-19 does not spare the young, that's a bummer.

Coronavirus Briefing: Young People

Does the virus effect your mind? There is evidence of this down South.

Thieves raid over 100 public toilets in East Gippsland amid coronavirus panic

Originally Posted by bob10

Does the virus effect your mind? There is evidence of this down South.

Thieves raid over 100 public toilets in East Gippsland amid coronavirus panic

Greynomads have been doing that for years, have seen them go in with a battery drill to wind it on.Hate to own a caravan park ATM
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Superheroes in scrubs. Australians are supporting their health workers. As reality sets in, people are coming together, in a good way. EDIT. It's the biggest public health war since Spanish influenza. Health workers need all the support they can get. And that means not stealing gloves and masks and sanitiser from hospitals, which has happened.

Coronavirus: Health workers helped by growing public support

I think one of the things we have to expect after this is over (whenever that is) that things will not be "the same". A lot of jobs that have gone will not come back - people who have unexpectedly faced job loss or loss of their business, even if the job/business survived, are going to be very much more cautious about running up debt and spending on non-essentials.

This means that a lot of the 'service' jobs are going to be in a lot less demand than they were a month ago - do you really need to buy a coffee on the way to work, or will you take one from home in an insulated cup? Do we need a new car now, or will the current one do for another year? And do we really need that holiday in Bali - might get stranded there?

And so on. This is going to slow the economy for years. On the brighter side, it should reduce the volume of waste and the levels of all types of pollution!

Some good news on the China front. I'll put the link in CA in case some regard it as political.

As gloom gathers across the economic landscape, China is actually starting to improve – and this may help put a floor under Australia.
Rice Warner also saw some positives in non-mineral primary production regarding demand from China.“Primary production is unlikely to be significantly impacted as the demand for produce won’t change,” the report said.“Some sections, such as seafood, have suffered from the downturn closure of exports to China, but these should recover soon as China is slowly coming out of its shut-down – people are being allowed to move around more and businesses are re-opening.”

In a new research paper on the effects of the crisis, superannuation research house Rice Warner observed “production in China is ramping up again, and the Chinese government will be stimulating their economy.”“This will increase demand for Australian products, especially primary production like iron ore that has not been greatly affected to date.“Supply chains should also recover quite quickly, and commercial construction will get back to normal.The immediate emphasis in China will be on domestic stimulus as exports will be stagnant for some time,” Rice Warner said.

Irish gin distillery's switch to making hand sanitizer, there's a good idea, to be sure.

The coronavirus economy: Switching production for the greater good | Business| Economy and finance news from a German perspective | DW | 20.03.2020

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I think one of the things we have to expect after this is over (whenever that is) that things will not be "the same". A lot of jobs that have gone will not come back - people who have unexpectedly faced job loss or loss of their business, even if the job/business survived, are going to be very much more cautious about running up debt and spending on non-essentials.

This means that a lot of the 'service' jobs are going to be in a lot less demand than they were a month ago - do you really need to buy a coffee on the way to work, or will you take one from home in an insulated cup? Do we need a new car now, or will the current one do for another year? And do we really need that holiday in Bali - might get stranded there?

And so on. This is going to slow the economy for years. On the brighter side, it should reduce the volume of waste and the levels of all types of pollution!

The World survived the 1918 Flu pandemic, which was many, many times worse than this. And prospered. I saw on the news today an Australian lab is actually testing a vaccine on humans. There will be a vaccination , as there is for the flu. The World will move on, and soon this will be just a bad memory, something to bore the grand kids about.