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Matthew70 said:
www.fox5ny.com

NJ stay at home order continued indefinitely

There is no end in sight for the stay-at-home order in New Jersey due to the coronavirus outbreak that is blamed for the deaths of more than 6,000 people in the state.
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Well bye bye NJ economy
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I don’t think this is good. People are going to start ignoring these lockdowns if there is no end date in sight. They should’ve at least set it to expire at the end of May and then extend it in a month if needed. The NY metro area is definitely on the downward side of the curve.

The economic damage of these lockdowns is going to be catastrophic in the coming years. Really sucks for college graduates now, much worse than even 2009. The CBO is predicting nearly 10% unemployment persisting through the end of 2021 now, which is insane. I do support the lockdowns (and I support Gov. Cooper’s decision to extend NC’s through May 8th), but at the same time we need to end them as soon as we can to avoid further damage.
 
superjames1992 said:
I don’t think this is good. People are going to start ignoring these lockdowns if there is no end date in sight. They should’ve at least set it to expire at the end of May and then extend it in a month if needed. The NY metro area is definitely on the downward side of the curve.

The economic damage of these lockdowns is going to be catastrophic in the coming years. Really sucks for college graduates now, much worse than even 2009. The CBO is predicting nearly 10% unemployment persisting through the end of 2021 now, which is insane. I do support the lockdowns (and I support Gov. Cooper’s decision to extend NC’s through May 8th), but at the same time we need to end them as soon as we can to avoid further damage.
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We’re just getting started on the economic collapse. Add that to the virus still here and probably will be here in fall/winter with the flu. That a recipe for a perfect storm. I do find it interesting most states staying locked down are run by Democratic governors.
 
Shaggy said:
It's amazing we arent having a major outbreak. It was a complete failure on the lockdowns. Too many non essential businesses. Went to lows to buy and build a garden box for growing our own vegetables something that is IMO necessary at the moment.

Instead there were 300 people inside buying blinds and paint and little old ladies buying flowers. I bailed after standing in line for 3 or 4 minutes and not moving at all.

I've never seen so many people at lowes at any other time ever.
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We aren’t having a major outbreak because the virus is not nearly as deadly as hyped. I said this two months ago and it’s still the same today.
 
ForsythSnow said:
We took the proper measures to prevent it from being as deadly as predicted. How do you not understand that?
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They don't. They'll never get it. This was already predicted back when the shutdowns started saying these folks will say see, the shutdown was unnecessary. But that's cause they worked like they were supposed to. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to get these folks to understand that. You can also see the Venn diagram of the folks that think this way matching up with a particular person politically too.
 
Steven_1974 said:
They don't. They'll never get it. This was already predicted back when the shutdowns started saying these folks will say see, the shutdown was unnecessary. But that's cause they worked like they were supposed to. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to get these folks to understand that. You can also see the Venn diagram of the folks that think this way matching up with a particular person politically too.
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Just as we see who are the socialist on this board
 
ForsythSnow said:
We took the proper measures to prevent it from being as deadly as predicted. How do you not understand that?
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I agree we did. Now it’s past and we learned how to deal with it. Let’s move forward and open up slowly.
 
Shaggy said:
No. Dead people isnt equal economic hardship. How yall are still not grasping that is beyond me. Are yall truly that dismissive of lives lost?
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It goes both ways. It seems to me the ones that are most vocal against opening up are the ones that have stable jobs and incomes without any problems during this pandemic.. I'm one of those people I have not missed a paycheck... but I remember what it's like to struggle and not have enough money to pay my bills.. I'm not staying we need to open up everything right away all I'm saying is that it's a complex situation and just because someone wants to work or supports letting workers go back is not something to be demonized.
 
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