The thing I don't think this chart captures well is how many people have completely lost their jobs vs how many people have been furloughed until this lockdown is over. Not that it helps in the day to day, but of the people I know who have been affected, more have been temporarily laid off than have been completely let go. If that's the case, the number of unemployed could drop dramatically as soon as the restrictions are lifted.
CNN is reporting another sensational fact to make it seem like everyone is going to die. Even if all New York deaths so far were in NYC (they aren't) it would be 0.004% of the population. The media needs to tone it down and stop contributing to panic. They want to create images like this is equivalent to the mass graves of a concentration camp during WW2.
Big question and excellent point. When small and big companies resume operations and companies are not hitting their target numbers, less staffing is needed and that is not a pretty sight. Two companies that comes to mind is Walt Disney World and Universal.
Totally true. I actually think this will spike again next week as the new bill does give additional unemployment benefits that you have to be on unemployment to collect. It’s also sudden claims. In half the country last week every restaurant, bar, hotel or non-essential retail store closed. The chart shows the weekly claims over time. In 2009 the unemployment rate surged over 10% briefly so many more people were on unemployment then are right now but the claims were just staggered as more and more companies laid off workers over time. Death by a thousand cuts. What is happening now is unprecedented, but like you said hopefully the reversal for a large number of those jobs is historically fast as well.
Big difference is this is spread out over a whole season, (Oct to April), and is mitigated by slow spread due to the vaccine, etc.
Honestly this is somewhat of an ignorant statement. Deaths could climb dramatically in the coming days as NY runs out of ventilators and ICU beds.
Lump in doctors into it that are giving their estimates and advice?
Sometimes yes but doctors aren't reporting about refrigeration trucks used as morgues.
CNN is obviously looking for ratings just like any TV network. However, I’m guessing the story is still based in fact. NY is a mess right now and the government needs to prepare for the worst. I tend to agree that this will not be necessary, but I don‘t get paid to make that call.
They do not make it seem like everyone is going to die. They also don’t create images to be equal with the graves of concentration camps. Wow dude, we get it you don’t like CNN but your doing exactly what CNN is supposedly doing. Just stop. I’m not a big fan of any of the tv news stuff but your way overboard.
So I guess I should trust your word on it rather than that of the experts at the CDC, WHO, Johns Hopkins, etc who have basically said just what I said.
1000? Thats not even close to enough. What on earth are they thinking. With the amount of expo centers and large stadiums in the US this should be a no brainer.
