Tales From The Front

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Here are four possible paths, and no one, not even the great Gordino (in my best Carson/Carnack attire) can see this future.

#1 The WORLD is working hard, and a medical breakthrough happens quickly, and we are on the other side of this by the end of summer 2020.

I won't bet the farm on this scenario, would you?

#2 When the numbers hit a certain level, of deaths, then the last of the "hoaxers" and business as usual states will finally take it serious, and the lockdown begins in earnest. May happen before the month of April is over.

#3 It will be with us for the whole of 2020. Do devastating damage to both people and economies, many of which will not recover.

#4 It creates an even more divisive world, and escalates to violence and mayhem.

Well, there are dozens of other scenarios which will more than likely take place in between the extremes of the above 4.

I don't see rainbows and/or unicorns in our immediate future, but hope I am wrong.

Plant your gardens (if you can get seeds)...clean the house, and use the time to do some self improvement, good time to DIET, eat healthier, exercise and improve your mind.

And help those who can not calm their anxious THOUGHTS nor keep fear and troubles at bay.

I hope we are further along than Dr. Fauci thinks, but he does have access to information we don't.

Play the long game, and stay safe out there.

Hi Gordon,

My 2 United Nations cents (pre-empting the world currency*) is...

There will be many permanent changes.

I'm still in the process of trying to figure these out.

The idea is - if you know what's coming, you can prepare for it.

One change which I believe will be permanent is MORE people will work from home... This change has already slowly been happening. I believe it will become the new "norm" in many jobs...

Covid-19 has "forced" a work-from-home trial run!

Still working on figuring out the rest!

- Dien

* Was kidding about the world currency... Ain't gonna happen, that's my 2 Martian cents worth...

Why this won't happen? My view... Almost all world currencies "float" now... But, there are countries tied to a currency which they can't control - like many of the "Euro" countries. Many argue that a lack of a currency they can control is what helped to destroy the economies of Greece and Italy... I think people realize the weakness of this approach, now...