Thanks. I sure will.
Yeah TN is the first tourist state to fully re-open and within the first week the Covid-19 cases shot up 36% (as of two days ago) and people are flooding into the region just because they can.
It is just us 'poor hillbillies' dying so I doubt that it will get much attention but it is rather atrocious to say the least.
For the folks that are refusing to return to work they are being fired and since work is available to them they can no longer claim the extra unemployment and have to go out and actively job hunt to retain the normal unemployment.
It is a mess.
As far as your last paragraph there. I wholeheartedly agree and saw that potential also but so far I think they are doing a good job... or good enough.
:)
re: Covid-19
Oh, man. I've been concerned for a while now that by shutting things down and then reopening things would only end up getting worse. Close and reopen could be worse than just close (which is already bad enough as far as the economy goes), because it could lead to closing again, with the potential double whammy of more people sick and more turmoil in the economy.
I wish you and yours, and those around you, the best. I'm not sure what's going to happen in Oregon, other than it's a primarily Democrat state, and so far, the powers that be are taking a very slow approach at reopening.
re: good enough
I agree, they are at least doing good enough. But those here who are are much closer to it than I am seem to be getting restless about all kinds of things and I was kind of hoping we could just let things ride for a while before getting into it all over again. :)
Thanks on the good wishes. It started raining here so I am back indoors again.
I agree that just staying closed is a better approach especially since the real impact is the cost of human lives.
The economy has always been slanted in a decisively unequal way so in my thinking perhaps it is best that it collapses because then we might have the opportunity to restructure it in a more balanced fashion.
Personally I am quite accustomed to hardship, hunger and going without conveniences, health care, dental care, comfort and luxuries so I know that my view is biased. In other words nothing would really change for me.
re: good enough
Yeah they seem to be doing good and at the same time I see a lot of shilling going on about Hive which (in my ever not quite humble opinion) is really unnecessary because history speaks for itself in that regard and if anything it is counter productive to scream it from the proverbial mountaintop when everyone is already listening.
I also see a lot of folks pushing for content creators to be recruiting new users and also 'advertising' Hive more which is just stupid because (excluding the devs) the content creators are the backbone of the entire ecosystem and are already putting in long hours for marginal rewards.
I think that a better approach would be to have those uber-wealthy whales spending the money they earn off a few 'mouse clicks' spending their time and resources on onboarding and advertising.