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Needs must when the devil drives: Coronavirus and the economy

By Malcolm King - posted Wednesday, 15 April 2020


The New York Times states that in the last three weeks, 16 million US workers filed for jobless benefits. About 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits in the last week alone. International trade is down 30 per cent. America is slipping in to a deep Depression.

If we decide to 'damn the virus' and do a 'controlled release', by lifting sequestration, are we willing to wear 30,000 deaths so that almost 285million people, can go about their lives?

If it is proven that people infected with Covid-19 have developed a strong immune resistance AND there is no sight of a vaccine being developed within the next two years, then the answer lies in a 'structured release' of the virus in to predetermined communities.

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Malcolm King is a journalist and professional writer. He was an associate director at DEEWR Labour Market Strategy in Canberra and the senior communications strategist at Carnegie Mellon University in Adelaide. He runs a writing business called Republic.

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