Now that a national emergency is declared, please read what Elizabeth Goitein’s great piece on what happens when a national emergency is declared. It may very well be a perfect ripe for abuse. [theatlantic.com]
One of my mentors is sadly had to cut his business trip short and is racing to get back to the US from Germany before the evening deadline due to the travel ban. Can't imagine the stress he and many others are going through right now.
@hazardwarning I can totally understand why you felt that way of not getting a newspaper, sometimes it triggers people as I know a person who had that experience and it traumatized him every day.
// @matigo @variablepulserate
@matigo I'm trying to tell people not to panic lately but some are not cooperating. I'm not since I have supplies for now.
This COVID-19 explainer from Beth Marie Mole is one of the best out there. [arstechnica.com]
Please go read it, you'll learn a lot from it.
@matigo Probably for select industries that does business with him of course.
Can say that this is going to be a huge blow in terms of the foreseeable future.
/@phoneboy
So the US will implement a European travel ban, which will kill the markets and into economic collapse in one fell swoop since it includes cargo and imported goods.
This is what I feared.
@matigo Also there are apparently Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) scouts are there every year looking for next big star talent so yeah this is huge.