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Air travel collapsed, airlines followed, then Boeing & Airbus coughed, Alcoa Aluminum shuttered its plant in Ferndale WA / USA after seeing 25% decline in aluminum demand. APBA (USA) will wake itself up from a self-induced coma at mid summer and decide what its supposed to be at that time. Boeing dug into its cash reserves at $50B. GE Capital cancelled 737 Max orders for 69 planes. Meat packers in the USA are sputtering. Car dealerships haven't sobered up to the reality that they will probably have to start selling their products (if at all?) for a loss. Grocery market shopping has calmed down a bit with the stampedes for TP ending. Beef and pork markets are getting a little tight. Now they are starting to ration cases of tuna. Everybody here is digging in for the long haul with masks and gloves. Las Vegas casinos are ready to reopen but their workers are not. Phase 2 of vaccine testing has begun in Seattle WA. California, Oregon and Washington State will probably re-open together but not until the end of May. 1st declared COVID 19 death in USA has been revised from Kirkland WA to Santa Clara California by almost a full month. We saw the first theoretical negative futures value on the NYSE for oil with a barrel of oil just under $20. The Midwest oil shale fracking companies are dying just about as fast as COVID19 victims.
I always thought the USA was invincible, just like the UK. Together , nothing could equal the knowledge and power we have.
But — the government who has such a huge majority it can’t even be questioned let alone defeated , has dithered about like a bunch of old washer women .
I know it’s easy to criticise after the event, but allowing for everything they’ve put into place—- where is the money coming from ????
No taxes coming into the coffers as nobody’s working—— everyone on “the social” - milking the treasury dry!
Fear of God has been put into the nation, with everyone’ afraid of their own shadow!
We have enough unused hospital beds to keep the rest of the world ! Just not enough doctors or nurses?
I despair that with the fine weather—- lots of sun and a nation in lockdown, it won’t be long before there’s a revolt—- you cannot lock up a free nation, without dire consequences!
What happens when police clash with normally very peaceable folk—- flight of fancy??? I think not—— it’s not far away, believe me!!!