JoeShithe wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 6:48 pm
Maybe consider this..
The planet is the patient, humans are the virus and coronavirus is the vaccine.
The federal deficit is estimated now at $186 Billion up from $28 Billion. Provincial and territorial deficits are estimated at $63 Billion combined. Municipalities are running serious deficits.
This is spending, who knows what the tax shortfall will be.
I’m sympathetic but realistic. It’s past the point of recovery for either the economy or coronavirus.
I’m going back to my treehouse!
There is no sugar-coating it...the numbers paint a grim picture. We are inevitably doomed to be stuck in a tug-of-war of economic damage vs health restrictions until a vaccine is available.
Say what you will about media hysteria, but people saw COVID hit Italy, Spain, and NYC the way it did, and they got spooked. The average modern human has low mental toughness and when they hear about refrigerator trucks for corpses, or overwhelmed hospitals, or the first-hand accounts from the frontline workers, they get frightened. It’s too late to come back from that. The pandemic has
clearly scared people and it’s the fear that’s the most damaging part. Fear of death and dying, in small numbers or great numbers...it’s that
innate fear that had people eating up all the media hysteria in the first place! Hello! That’s how they sell stories. They may exploit it, but it’s still there. It’s too bad people can’t be more tough, eh?
I think it’s obvious now that the world is going to change significantly because of this virus. This is a big chapter in history now, and this is only the beginning.
That said, do your best to enjoy the life you have, even if that means being away from aviation. We are all going to die one day. Sometimes we get sh*t thrown our way, but we can’t let it make us miserable. I believe that the more
adaptable we can become, the happier we will be.