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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf we quarantine in place for 4 weeks and issue money to people who can't work remotely,
or cannot get sick leave, would that be enough to get us through this without too much strain on our hospitals and healthcare systems?
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If we quarantine in place for 4 weeks and issue money to people who can't work remotely, (Original Post)
Yavin4
Mar 2020
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TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)1. probably not
IndyOp
(15,524 posts)2. I think your idea is an important start - we don't know what else might happen
but we need a bold start to keep the worst of the worst consequences from occurring
blm
(113,065 posts)3. I think it would be smart to try.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)4. Take it out
to eight or nine weeks, and maybe that will work.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)5. We'll find out in 2 weeks with China starts to ramp up fully