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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Really, a couple weeks. And that's if we do it right.
And you can't stop taking the steps the moment you get a measurable drop or you're just wasting all the effort.
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Exactly right and we haven't started yet. Some areas of the country are social distancing while in other's it is business as usual. We should expect this to roll across the country in waves until there is some coordination. You need at least 4 weeks of sustained effort to make a difference.
I got an email yesterday that in my city operations will be closed until the end of April.
As to the original question of this thread - last week 3.2 million peopled filed for unemployment. That is about 5 times more than the worst week during the great recession.
My company started layoffs yesterday.