Predictions:
1. The malaria drug will work great & ease the medical system emergency.
2. The outbreak will still be really bad in some places & overstress our medical systems there.
3. The quarantines & social distancing will work to tamp down transmission.
/1
1. The malaria drug will work great & ease the medical system emergency.
2. The outbreak will still be really bad in some places & overstress our medical systems there.
3. The quarantines & social distancing will work to tamp down transmission.
/1
4. Our domestic companies will pivot to ramp up & produce the supplies - medical, food, cleaning, etc. that we need.
5. The quarantines will be shorter than some fear.
6. The need for social distancing may be longer than anticipated.
/2
5. The quarantines will be shorter than some fear.
6. The need for social distancing may be longer than anticipated.
/2
7. Our researches will develop a vaccine faster than ever before.
8. Until they do, there will be areas of the country - probably rolling- where more extreme measures may still be needed to address outbreaks.
9. The economic measures the govt is implementing now will work.
/3
8. Until they do, there will be areas of the country - probably rolling- where more extreme measures may still be needed to address outbreaks.
9. The economic measures the govt is implementing now will work.
/3
10. The economy will be stressed, we may have a short recession, but it will quickly rebound.
11. There will be a baby boom at the end of the year.
12. There will be more bankruptcies in 2020 than in 2019.
13. There will be more divorces in 2021 than there would have been.
/4
11. There will be a baby boom at the end of the year.
12. There will be more bankruptcies in 2020 than in 2019.
13. There will be more divorces in 2021 than there would have been.
/4
14. Laws, policy, & the markets will change regarding the making medical supplies & pharmaceuticals.
15. The NIH & CDC will need to be reformed to respond better next time & dump nonsense spending items.
16. Natsec infrastructure analysis will expand its medical needs profile.
/5
15. The NIH & CDC will need to be reformed to respond better next time & dump nonsense spending items.
16. Natsec infrastructure analysis will expand its medical needs profile.
/5
16. The WHO will need to be reformed.
17. Measures will need to be found to punish/hold accountable the CCP.
18. We will weather this crisis better than we would have without the drastic actions of our public leaders, even if they were a bit slow off the mark.
/6
17. Measures will need to be found to punish/hold accountable the CCP.
18. We will weather this crisis better than we would have without the drastic actions of our public leaders, even if they were a bit slow off the mark.
/6
18. Our politics will become even more polarized as the left & the right dispute what worked & what didn’t.
19. More people will become libertarians & supporters of the 1st & 2nd Amendments after glimpsing how bad this could have been.
/7
19. More people will become libertarians & supporters of the 1st & 2nd Amendments after glimpsing how bad this could have been.
/7
20. More young people will think socialism is a good idea as they’ll have seen the margins some folks live on exposed.
21. There will also be a resurgence of traditional American values: self-reliance, independence, resilience, as people recognize their importance in a crisis.
/8
21. There will also be a resurgence of traditional American values: self-reliance, independence, resilience, as people recognize their importance in a crisis.
/8
