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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRichard Engel: we're only now starting to understand the economic and social strain of this epidemic
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Richard Engel ✔@RichardEngel
As flights around the world are being canceled, Lufthansa announcing its cutting capacity up to 50% and the WHO saying containment is its highest priority, were only now starting to understand the economic and social strain of this epidemic, which could be just beginning.
1:52 PM - Mar 6, 2020
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Richard Engel: we're only now starting to understand the economic and social strain of this epidemic (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)1. Looks like Trump's only plan is hoping for a "miracle."
Johnny2X2X
(19,064 posts)2. Trump's plan is to lie about it
I guarantee there will be leaks from the CDC of Trump's effort to distort the numbers and hide the facts fro the public.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)4. Yep. Saying it will be solved by a miracle is a lie in itself. nt
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)3. It's like watching a line of dominoes fall.
Wednesdays
(17,367 posts)5. And the dominoes increase exponentially
One domino knocks two down, which knocks four down, and so on. In three weeks, we'll be calling March 6th "the good old days."