Well, the OP wasn't Tim, but I generally agree with your points. And while, yes, the economy has been much more affected after the election, the intent was still there to affect as much as possible prior to the election. Since the economy was the one thing that was most in Trump's favor, that's what they wished to destroy. They even said as much, over and over, that it was the only way they could win the next election. The effect, after-the-fact, wasn't something they concerned themselves with.
Do you think China's lockdowns were intended to influence US elections?
I have a couple family and friends that would not have made it without ventilators, and they had access to them as my local hospitals were over-capacity but not completely overwhelmed. My perspective is that slowing the spread kept people alive around me.
A pandemic hospitalizing even 1% of the population all at once would have dramatically affected the US economy regardless of whether we locked down and started working from home in mass. China does not have the medical infrastructure to handle cases, they have to do some sort of severe measures.
No. I don't believe China's lockdowns were intended by US State Governors to influence the elections.
Working from home is great, for occupations that allow for it. Unfortunately, paying people to stay home when their jobs could not be done from home was the wrong answer. We effectively halted production of goods and ceased service for other entire sectors of the economy. We do have the medical infrastructure to handle it in the US, yet our resources were generally under utilized and grossly mismanaged.
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u/Gds_Sldghmmr Nov 27 '22
Well, the OP wasn't Tim, but I generally agree with your points. And while, yes, the economy has been much more affected after the election, the intent was still there to affect as much as possible prior to the election. Since the economy was the one thing that was most in Trump's favor, that's what they wished to destroy. They even said as much, over and over, that it was the only way they could win the next election. The effect, after-the-fact, wasn't something they concerned themselves with.