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    Posted by steve on 16th of Mar 2020 at 11:50 am

    Hearing from friend in Ireland that they were told that things may remain closed for 4 months.  Generally speaking, they are about 2 weeks ahead of US in regards to Virus.  Only time will tell

    I lived in China until

    Posted by kevindeng0727 on 16th of Mar 2020 at 12:22 pm

    I lived in China until 17 yr old. From my sources, the economic activities there are still well below normal levels (we can fee that from recent economic numbers), even though the spread of Virus has been under control. In some ways I think service-based economies could be more vulnerable to social distancing - the demand for most manufactured goods (e.g. cars) are just delayed, but we won't be eating 5 meals a day in the future to make up for the loss.   

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