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I had the chance to talk to @landmanspeaking about #COVID19 epidemiology and risk... but this article is worth reading because it cuts to the very essence of the unspeakably difficult dilemma facing far too many: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/re-opening-georgia-for-business-is-a-life-or-death-decision-and-the-data-doesnt-help/
... Like Brock Eady of Jerry's Country Kitchen of Carrollton, GA who must make impossible decisions:
“I’m just trying to make payroll Friday,” [Mr. Eady] says. “But we may not be able to buy food to sell.”
“I’m just trying to make payroll Friday,” [Mr. Eady] says. “But we may not be able to buy food to sell.”
Contrast Mr. Eady's situation with a restaurant owner - Kasper Bundgaard Christensen - in Denmark where staff are home on payroll, due to a national plan to avoid layoffs...
"We pay 10% of their wage, and the government pays the rest." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52226763
"We pay 10% of their wage, and the government pays the rest." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52226763
"When this is over, we can look them in the eye and they can come to work for us again," says Mr Christensen.
In a country with multi-trillion dollar bailouts that aspires to be a beacon of hope: isn't that a model worth considering?
In a country with multi-trillion dollar bailouts that aspires to be a beacon of hope: isn't that a model worth considering?
And by considering it, we would also give more people the real chance not to choose between their paycheck and their health -- and thereby help all of us get back to something approximating 'normal' safely and faster.
