When is this country going to be back to normal?

[aygart]

Option for moshiach please

When moshich comes it will not be the same as before COVID

[Dan]

Awareness about the benefits of vaccines and real medicine.

Halevai, but you can't fix stupid.

[aygart]

Halevai, but you can't fix stupid.

It won't fix everyone but I think it will help many who were wishy washy.

[PlatinumGuy]

Halevai, but you can't fix stupid.

+1

They'll just hunker down and blame modern medicine more.

[yuneeq]

+1

They'll just hunker down and blame modern medicine more.

The nut jobs I know think we already have herbal cures, just take vitamin C and some elderberries, and some blah blah blah.

[CountValentine]

The nut jobs I know think we already have herbal cures, just take vitamin C and some elderberries, and some blah blah blah.

Don't mock it. Maybe it will be a game changer but then again maybe it won't. 

[hvaces42]

9/11 gave us the TSA and a general awareness of suspicious activity. Plus many lives lost and trillions spent in Afghanistan/Iraq.

What will Covid19 give us after we defeat it? Or are you not expecting to defeat it?

We will defeat it. It should give us new perspective.

Look at what it has already given us on a communal level.

This is from a list a friend posted on FB.
No need for lavish over the top weddings and simchos.
Endless and unnecessary shopping.
Rethink the need for Pesach Programs.
Rethink the need for over the top fine dining.
Seminary/Yeshiva in Israel.

I for one am looking forward to being able to marry off my kids at a way lower standard than I could have ever dreamed of.

I think it will change the way this country does business with and relies on foreign supply chains. It will awake the country to the dangers of diseases that we were never open to accepting. Almost everyone that I spoke to 3 weeks ago laughed it off. That has changed drastically and will live on in peoples psyche for a long time.

[AsherO]

The nut jobs I know think we already have herbal cures, just take vitamin C and some elderberries, and some blah blah blah.

It must be true. I take these and I never tell anyone I’m sick, so...

[PlatinumGuy]

We will defeat it. It should give us new perspective.

Look at what it has already given us on a communal level.

This is from a list a friend posted on FB.
No need for lavish over the top weddings and simchos.
Endless and unnecessary shopping.
Rethink the need for Pesach Programs.
Rethink the need for over the top fine dining.
Seminary/Yeshiva in Israel.

I for one am looking forward to being able to marry off my kids at a way lower standard than I could have ever dreamed of.

I think it will change the way this country does business with and relies on foreign supply chains. It will awake the country to the dangers of diseases that we were never open to accepting. Almost everyone that I spoke to 3 weeks ago laughed it off. That has changed drastically and will live on in peoples psyche for a long time.

Don't understand what the foreign supply chain has to do with anything

[hvaces42]

Don't understand what the foreign supply chain has to do with anything

You think that will not change?

[AsherO]

Don't understand what the foreign supply chain has to do with anything

The virus came from China, obviously its their fault, and our fault for consuming their goods...

/s in case it wasn’t obvious

[yuneeq]

Don't understand what the foreign supply chain has to do with anything

The reliance on a foreign supply chain gave us a hit when China was locked down, and a further hit once we needed to make our own medical supplies. The major shortages of medical equipment would have been mitigated if we had more manufactured in the US.

[CountValentine]

So you think we will be willing to pay more for goods? How long you think that will last?

[Dan]

We will defeat it. It should give us new perspective.

Look at what it has already given us on a communal level.

This is from a list a friend posted on FB.
No need for lavish over the top weddings and simchos.
Endless and unnecessary shopping.
Rethink the need for Pesach Programs.
Rethink the need for over the top fine dining.
Seminary/Yeshiva in Israel.

I for one am looking forward to being able to marry off my kids at a way lower standard than I could have ever dreamed of.

I think it will change the way this country does business with and relies on foreign supply chains. It will awake the country to the dangers of diseases that we were never open to accepting. Almost everyone that I spoke to 3 weeks ago laughed it off. That has changed drastically and will live on in peoples psyche for a long time.

I don't see any of those things being long-term changes.

[Yammer]

Don't understand what the foreign supply chain has to do with anything

The fact that we are so reliant on a single country caused major issues.

So you think we will be willing to pay more for goods? How long you think that will last?

There are other countries that manufacturer for similar prices. Company's may want to "diversify" their plants.


Lastly there will prib5 be a bill introduced in Congress requiring Pharmaceuticals etc to have a certain percentage manufactured in the USA. ( Not sure if it will pass though...)

[PlatinumGuy]

The virus came from China, obviously its their fault, and our fault for consuming their goods...

/s in case it wasn’t obvious

That was my point as well

The reliance on a foreign supply chain gave us a hit when China was locked down, and a further hit once we needed to make our own medical supplies. The major shortages of medical equipment would have been mitigated if we had more manufactured in the US.

On the contrary right now there is plenty of new equipment coming in from China, while the US is being slow to ramp up production. AFAIK most of the items needed are regularly manufactured in the USA as well- ventilators, masks (3M), etc.

The fact that we are so reliant on a single country caused major issues.

Such as?

Lastly there will prib5 be a bill introduced in Congress requiring Pharmaceuticals etc to have a certain percentage manufactured in the USA. ( Not sure if it will pass though...)

You'd be hard pressed to find China manufactured pharmaceuticals outside China already.

Believe they have local USA R&D requirements/incentives already

[Mordyk]

The nut jobs I know think we already have herbal cures, just take vitamin C and some elderberries, and some blah blah blah.

im on a chat with one of those nut jobs. i posted a name for tehillim and he starts ranting about eating garlic until diarrhea

[Yammer]

Such as? You'd be hard pressed to find China manufactured pharmaceuticals outside China already.

Believe they have local USA R&D requirements/incentives already

1. The shutdown of the factories in a single country creating major supply shortages.

2. It's not going to happen overnight. But there  will be new incentives to open facilities in other countries.

[PlatinumGuy]

1. The shutdown of the factories in a single country creating major supply shortages.

Such as?

[yos9694]

You forgot to add an option for "this is normal"