https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1504254775575076868

In case it's not obvious: SK has a population of 52M. If that proportion of infections/cases carries over to the US, then it would be higher than any of our peaks so far. Having that many people sick (1.2% of 350M) at once would be a disaster. Even the line cult should be afraid. Imagine if 3M people didn't show up for work one day. Or they had to take 5 days off. Other countries are going to do the right thing and close down again. There goes the supply chain stuff again. No one in the US is going to want to stop it because even the Dems want covid to be over. That means it's going to run through us without any problems. Even if 1% of the infections result in hospitalization, all ICUs will be taken up.

Enjoy whatever we have now while you can. Go out, have your bit of post-covid fun. But get your boosters if you haven't and start preparing for a repeat of 2020.

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I mean that's really the only way things can stay sane in the west isn't it, not direct provisioning of healthy groceries like they did in Vietnam, but direct Defence Production Act planning of mid level chain restaurants and soda.

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It is astonishing to me so many of my friends complained during lockdowns that they didn't know how to cook and that ordering takeout/delivery was too expensive.

      Cooking saves bucks and it is just a good lifeskill to have.

      • machiabelly [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        A significant part of the population literally not knowing how to cook has to be one of the clearest indicators of a complete lack of culture. In decent society you grow up making tasty treats with your grandparents. :tofu-cool:

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Too many boomers and even Gen-Xers moved away from their families to take high-paying jobs and now have no family nearby.

            • cawsby [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Back even in the mid Gen-X days (1992-1998) companies were paying mid-tier workers packing/moving costs to move cross-country.

              Deindustrialization of vast areas of the US depopulated farm/factory towns as automation sometimes eliminated 80% or more of workforces. Internal migration in the US peaked in 2000. Which is the last period of economic growth in the US that grew the middle class until covid hit and workers had more bargaining power.

              There is nothing like the net migration out of the Rust Belt in the late 1990's happening today in the US. Some towns went from four high schools to one in less than 10 years.

                • cawsby [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  All of that as well, however, the relocation bonozana during the 1980's and 1990's happened just before digital technology and remote work/collaboration took hold. It isn't something that will happen again but it had a profound effect on some towns.

                  Positions like phone tech support were paying moving costs for 100's of employees at a time. Gigs now that are contract with little to no benefits.

      • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        My wife barely knew how to cook because her boomer mom didn’t want the kids to make the kitchen dirty.