In Missouri, Kansas City and St. Louis have issued "stay at home" orders. They have joined other cities and States with higher population densities, in mandating that people only leave their house for groceries, medications, etc.
As more and more of these shutdowns are put in place, the effect on our economy is going to become Massive. We may see unemployment numbers rivaling the percentages that occurred during the Great Depression. As more people in the service and administrative businesses are being allowed to work from home, this could ultimately lead to conditions where people with such jobs may no longer have to fight rush hour to sit in an office all day....this could be a Good thing.
This illness has a huge potential to revamp society, all over the nation. If/when a resolution is found for this virus, we will have had weeks and months of changing our daily routines, and there may be some positives implemented that will reduce our overall impacts on the infrastructure and environment.
I suspect that things are going to change quite a bit...in the long term....as lessons are learned about how society can adapt and survive in the face of such a major disruption. In the interim, there may be Hell to Pay.
My street is usually busy. It's been pretty quiet except for yesterday when apparently the neighborhood was bent on spreading germs. Having company over & visiting neighbors & riding bikes & walking dogs.
