RE: Venezuela Catastrophe - World Trade Under Risk - PANDEMIC
Dear @juanmolina
Spanish flu of 1918. This infection in just one year killed between 40 and 100 million people.
With intercontinental flights it is very easy to carry a virus or bacteria from one continent to another in a matter of hours.
Many people seem to underline that in current days Pandemics can be more deadly, because we travel easier and travel faster. Which is true. However often I'm wondering, if speed of information travelling in curent age isn't our biggest "saviour". Wouldn't you agree?
Anyway let's get back to your main topic. I'm curious how current Pandemic will impact Venezuela and it's goverment. Does Maduro still have financial support coming from China? Are people still going to the streets to protest, or everyone stays home?
Yours, Piotr
Indeed, just as globalization contributed to the rapid spread of the virus, technology should allow rapid eradication of the virus. Many Apps are being developed, the laboratories are working at full speed to produce a vaccine.
Financial support from China: More than a year ago, China decided not to give more money to maduro. There are commercial and strategic exchanges, but liquid financial support does not. On the contrary, Venezuela owes more than 15K million USD to China.
People do not protest. Anyone who attempts to congregate for any reason is brutally repressed by the National Guard and by government-funded urban paramilitary groups.
This quarantine came "like a ring to the finger" to the government, now social control is greater. They suspended the distribution of gasoline and people cannot move, there is no transportation of raw materials, medicines, food. The consequences will be large.
Dear @juanmolina
Jezz .... crazy shit.
I wanted to ask about your opinion on topic related to C-19.
In Poland our authorities have been discussing some models in order to decide what decisions should be made.
One which I particulary liked:
We're building 2 different groups. Everyone would receive form where he/she need to decide if he/she wants to belong to 1st or 2nd group.
People who are afraid of becoming sick (old, sick, with weak immune system or just simply to scared to take a risk).
All those people will not be allowed to exit house within next 2 months. Full house quarantine. Those people would receive financial support from goverment, would have their taxes reduced etc. Also food would be provided. Their only responsibility is to stay SAFE at home.
Everyone else - can be allowed to go to work, masks still necessary, social distancing still part of daily life. However this would allow economy to go back partly to normal.
It's being pointed out, that treating high-risk people and young and strong ones as one group, with similar restrictions (or lack of those restrictions) is a major mistake.
Also closing down all businesses and supporting financially entire economy is a huge expense. So focusing on giving full support to group 1, and allowing rest population to get back to their life could be cheaper and more efficient.
I wonder what's your opinion
Yours, Piotr
Wonderful!
It is very nice to know how the Polish government consults the opinion of its citizens instead of imposing authoritarian measures.
Regarding the reincorporation to productive life: Governments are concerned about the fall of the economy, but it would be a mistake to take a measure that reactivates the transmission of the virus by making the mobility of the population more flexible.
It is a difficult decision about a situation for which there is no historical precedent.
Sorry for such a late reply. I only had a chance to read your comment a moment ago
Thx for your comment. I love to see how responsive you are :))
Hi dear friend!
Thanks for stopping by.