I'm in Spain & everyone is being advised (law on Monday) to stay at home except for work, supermarket or chemist, tax & social payments are put on hold for the self employed like me, same as being on the sick. Similar to France, Italy etc
Not everyone will go to work as many places will be closed other than supermarkets, supply chains, medical & infrastructure etc.
The government can take over anything that will help the fight, like hotels as make shift hospitals.
What folks don't seem to be grasping here is isolation is about slowing the spread & not necessarily stopping it, we can assume everyone will be exposed to it at some time or other so the idea is to try & take pressure off the medical services so hopefully people don't have to die simply because there isn't the facilities or staff.
Obviously this will effect the economy, I suppose another way to deal with it would be to put the economy first & forget about the death & suffering & eventually come out ahead, though I can't imagine any government would take that approach.
Not everyone will go to work as many places will be closed other than supermarkets, supply chains, medical & infrastructure etc.
The government can take over anything that will help the fight, like hotels as make shift hospitals.
What folks don't seem to be grasping here is isolation is about slowing the spread & not necessarily stopping it, we can assume everyone will be exposed to it at some time or other so the idea is to try & take pressure off the medical services so hopefully people don't have to die simply because there isn't the facilities or staff.
Obviously this will effect the economy, I suppose another way to deal with it would be to put the economy first & forget about the death & suffering & eventually come out ahead, though I can't imagine any government would take that approach.