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I thought it was obvious I was talking about financial institutions It's not obvious at all. The comment you were replying to said "can't pay the booze suppliers" so it's pretty clear they we using the normal business definition of creditor.
As normality is restored, they will have new opportunities during the ensuing large scale financial restructuring.
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Landlords don't have expenses?
Let them go bankrupt or have the banks suspend mortgages. Not having a homeless crisis is far more important than protecting rentiers. Just throw them under the bus. They are not actually doing anything anyhow.
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Suspend rent payments
Landlords don't have expenses?
Ah "cancel all debts to people not banks". Great idea, but emm. OK so the bank now doesn't have the assets on it's books, goes bankrupt can't pay you that money in your savings account.
"cancel all debts to people not banks, and let the government bail out those banks". Great Idea, but.... something something hyperinflation.
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Except "working age people" are pretty much not impacted by this. The massive death rates are for people with existing preconditions: heart disease, lung problems, etc. There have been no deaths with children. Practically speaking, the only thing a "working page person" (<60) could do is unknowingly spread the virus to someone else.
Sorry, I wish that were true. A non-trivial number of people under 60 year old also end up seriously ill and require critical care. In Wuhan half of all patients admitted to the ICU were age 25-49 ( https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... ). For these younger people their prospects are good if they receive that care. An overloaded health system may be unable to provide that care to everyone wh…
They've done this in Illinois too. What's happened is people are self-isolating to prevent the spread even though government is pleading with them to do so. So, they're having to force the issue. If people still don't get the hint they'll have to put curfews in place.
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It transmits in several ways, including droplets: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/transmissi... And WHO says it lives on surfaces for a couple hours up to several days. https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses So, personally, I'm not eating anything if someone coughs on it or around it. I'm not even buying fresh fruit and veggies at the store right now. I can't find any information…
> I'm not even buying fresh fruit and veggies at the store right now. Just cook it.
I mean, I cook some carrots, potatoes, broccoli, yes, but I don't want to risk cross contamination at this time.
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> I'm not even buying fresh fruit and veggies at the store right now. Just cook it.
Apples? Lettuce? I mean, I cook some carrots, potatoes, broccoli, yes, but I don't want to risk cross contamination at this time.
Yum-my.
Also, you can go looking for historical dishes. Early Americans had recipes that were heavy on things like cabbage and apples together because it might be all you had left in the cellar towards the end of winter.
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You just started your comment by listing details of your living situation, however.
This is true. That doesn't make it an invitation for the entire world to grill me about the specifics of my life. Previous opinion piece by me if people really want to know what I think about how I'm allowed to mention a thing about my life and then decline to answer invasive personal questions: https://witnesstodestruction.blogspot.com/p/a-pragmatic-appr...
If you don't want to discuss your apartment size, then I suggest to stop listing the contents and layout. It doesn't appear to me that others have a particular interest in your living specifics.
Myself I would find none of this to be invasive, offensive, threatening, or even very personal. As someone with extended multiple illnesses I do not have a secure living situation and I'm entirely unconcerned what fairly anonymous people know or think about it.