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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Gates on coronavirus: We need an 'extreme shutdown' of 6 to 10 weeks
Philanthropist and billionaire Bill Gates believes that America needs six to 10 weeks of extreme shutdown of regular life to get a handle on the new coronavirus outbreak (or COVID-19), contradicting comments from President Trump.
Its very irresponsible for somebody to suggest we can have the best of both worlds, the Microsoft co-founder said in an interview with TED on Tuesday. What we need is an extreme shutdown so that in six to 10 weeks, if things go well, then you can start opening back up.
Gates noted that while isolation in populated areas along with widespread testing is difficult and disastrous for the economy, the sooner you do it in a tough way, the sooner you can undo it.
Donald Trump recently argued that restrictions should be loosened by Easter Sunday, April 12, with healthy people returning to work while people who are sick remain isolated.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-on-coronavirus-161803530.html
Bill Gates is a billionaire. Donald Trump just plays one on TV.
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Bill Gates on coronavirus: We need an 'extreme shutdown' of 6 to 10 weeks (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Mar 2020
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We do and half the country will die first...the red half. Rump is gonna kill millions of us.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Trump cannot fire Gates. eom
gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)2. Gretchen just said the same thing re. economy.
if business opens up and we then spike. Most won't survive that second hit. How many times do you want to fight this war?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,096 posts)3. We do and half the country will die first...the red half. Rump is gonna kill millions of us.
Some of us said this repeatedly for years.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)4. AFTER ... AFTER testing not just shut down with sick people then we get Italy's death rate or
... even half of it would be bad.