[Genuine Realist]

This article may have already been posted, but if not it suggests reasonable success at test and tracing in the Bay Area.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...372556.php

On another note, San Diego is re-closing bars.  It seems intuitive to me that social distancing is antithetical to the purpose of a bar, so it was always going to be a long shot.  Nonetheless, it sucks for my brother, whose job is liquor sales to bars and restaurants.  No sooner was the announcement made than he was told that his furlough, which was initially supposed to last 3 months is now expected to last a full year.

BC

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that, BC.  I have a brother in San Diego, too.  He's a public defender.  His wife owns a facility that hosts weddings.  Their cash flow is, not surprisingly, zero from that side.  Actually negative since there are some basic upkeep expenses.

31 days and counting until the Federal stimulus for the unemployed runs out...

I think Universal Basic Income (UBI), first cousin to my beloved Net Wealth Tax, is inevitable, and an idea whose time had probably come anyway. I contributed to Andrew Yang, who was running on a primitive version of the UBI - unfortunately, the only idea he had. The concept is actually capitalist, not socialist - t0 insure a thriving mass market for consumer goods - and I think necessary in the present stress.

[Genuine Realist]

This article may have already been posted, but if not it suggests reasonable success at test and tracing in the Bay Area.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...372556.php

On another note, San Diego is re-closing bars.  It seems intuitive to me that social distancing is antithetical to the purpose of a bar, so it was always going to be a long shot.  Nonetheless, it sucks for my brother, whose job is liquor sales to bars and restaurants.  No sooner was the announcement made than he was told that his furlough, which was initially supposed to last 3 months is now expected to last a full year.

BC

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that, BC.  I have a brother in San Diego, too.  He's a public defender.  His wife owns a facility that hosts weddings.  Their cash flow is, not surprisingly, zero from that side.  Actually negative since there are some basic upkeep expenses.

31 days and counting until the Federal stimulus for the unemployed runs out...

I think Universal Basic Income (UBI), first cousin to my beloved Net Wealth Tax, is inevitable, and an idea whose time had probably come anyway. I contributed to Andrew Yang, who was running on a primitive version of the UBI - unfortunately, the only idea he had. The concept is actually capitalist, not socialist - t0 insure a thriving mass market for consumer goods - and I think necessary in the present stress.