A group of 4 of us gathered remotely in a Google Hangout last night to socialize. One an economist (works in recycling industry), one with a finance degree (beer forecasting), one an aircraft engineer, and me in IT.
The economist was optimistic that we'll quickly recover from Covid-19 economically. He thinks the stock market hit the bottom and we'll climb back out from here on.
The finance guy thinks the stock market is taking a dead-cat bounce, and that we haven't seen the bottom yet.
The aircraft engineer had a very bad internet connection, so the only thing we learned was that he found $500 in Robinhood that he had forgotten about.
I spoke one on one with my good friend who is generally brilliant at all things related to philosophy, behavior, and to a much lesser extent, finance and economics. He used to work at Boeing in the 80s as a hydraulic engineer. Anyhow, he believes the worst is yet to come, and the markets have underestimated this. I tend to believe this.
Once we're released to go about normal living, we'll see a 2nd wave of infection and businesses that can't survive another round of quarantine. Job losses will be permanent, with recovery being slow.
... a google image search shows these face masks with a valve. It eliminates the main reason to wear one, which is to prevent infecting other people, by including a bypass valve so your breath (sneeze) just exits without filtration.
...then this design appears to be superior since it protects all 3 points of entry for an infection:
