It will be a long time for most to be profitable, IF they survive. The trouble is, the businesses that were hardest hit are just those ones those small businesses that are said to be the backbone of our economy. They are the ones that are most likely to produce American-made products and provide services using American workers.
Instead, the Chinese-sourced and connected businesses - Amazon, Apple, Walmart, virtually all cell phone and technology manufacturers, and the big pharmaceuticals, to name just a few - are the ones that have been "permitted" to remain in business.
About the only thing that is going to work is hefty financial pressures on companies to avoid Chinese productions. And, for a long time, until we get control of our own manufacturing pipeline, that may mean depending on India, South Korea, and other Asian countries. Those countries, particularly India, are capable of ramping up production of essential goods, particularly medications and medical equipment.
I don't like it. I don't trust Indian companies to act other than in their own country's interests. I dislike Indians gaming the immigration system, then also benefiting after having forced Americans out of high-tech occupations through blatant discrimination.
But, short-term, it may be the best way we have to undercut China's increasingly aggressive and underhanded actions, politically, economically, and militarily.
Cold Fury has a short post that summarizes how this "existential crisis" is being used to gain/solidify power in the hands of the Left. Good graphic list - you might want to copy and paste it to all your social media sites. The Left usually manages to ignore writing about the topics, however good. But, they do pay attention to the memes.
Another argument for halting the shutdown is Farr's Law. I never heard of it before, either. It's explained here, along with a lot of other things, as well.
Here are some more links:
- to using Farr's Law and comparing WuFlu outcomes in different countries.
- An abstract that looks at AIDS infections using Farr's Law.
- This article makes a case for dumping ALL of the models, and just preparing for occasional sweeps of disease through populations. Treat, but don't shut down the economy.
That last is very difficult, in the face of hysterical media/activists, who want Big Daddy Government to solve ALL their problems. For those individuals, failure to take any and all actions necessary to spare them worry that "OMZ, I might DIE!!!!!" is tantamount to genocide.
I've become increasingly skeptical of the "Scientific Models" approach to making decisions about disease. It turns out that it is NOT Rocket Science (that's a shorthand way of referring to those models that are based on well-understood physical science principles, and that work, because the variables involved are relatively few. Physics doesn't change because people act differently; that's in contrast to almost everything with a human variable).
If human actions are involved, then toss out most of the models - which, are based on flawed stats. A canny guy who has a good understanding of how people act - that is, People Sense - is a better choice to consult his gut, and make a fair decision.
Like Trump.
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