Consequences: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? (7)

There is at least one silver lining in the coronavirus outbreak: nobody is going to believe expert projections anymore, and that may carry over to things like climate models and economic forecasts. Of course, that doesn’t mean that any of these so-called expert modelers will ever lose their jobs. Meanwhile, common sense remains scarce. The nightly litany:

U.S. Oil Drilling Grinds to Halt at Key Shale Hotspots

Overcapacity / Oversupply Everywhere: Massive Deflation Ahead

Week Four of the U.S. Labor Market Collapse

Global Food Supply Chains Beginning To Erode As Crisis Looms | Zero Hedge

Canadian Meat Industry Warns Of “Immediate And Drastic” Impact To Supply | Zero Hedge

Lockdown-Backlash Begins: Angry Crowd Surrounds Capitol, Demands Michigan Governor

Jim Rickards: “Get Ready For Social Disorder” | Zero Hedge

Italian Beachtowns Plan “Plexiglass Cages” To Enforce Safe-Sunbathing This Summer | Zero Hedge

Welcome To The “New Normal” (In 50 Headlines) | Zero Hedge

“Something’s Gone Wrong”: UK Government, Banks Screw Up COVID-Loans, Small Firms Near Collapse | Zero Hedge

German Lawyer Who Criticized Lockdown Arrested, Taken To Psych Ward | Zero Hedge

Houston: The Banks Have A Huge Problem | Zero Hedge

Ron Paul: People “Should Be Leery About” A COVID-19 Vaccine | Zero Hedge

Fed Beige Book: “Economic Activity Contracted Sharply And Abruptly Across All Regions” | Zero Hedge

Small Business Bailout Fund To Run Out Of Money Today | Zero Hedge

Far Worse To Come: COVID-19 Collapse Of State & Local Governments | Zero Hedge

Over 25% of Michigan Workforce Filed For Unemployment | Zero Hedge

Bracing For Impact: US Banks Set Aside $27 Billion For Credit Losses From The Coronacession | Zero Hedge

Frontier Agrees On Debt Restructuring, Files For Bankruptcy | Zero Hedge

Homebuilder Sentiment Collapses As Mortgage Purchase Apps Plunge To Lowest In 5 Years | Zero Hedge

US Industrial Production Crashes By Most Since End Of World War II | Zero Hedge

Retail Icon JC Penney Prepares To File For Bankruptcy Protection | Zero Hedge

Here Comes The Depression: Empire State Manufacturing Crashes Most Ever To -78, Lowest In History | Zero Hedge

Google, Apple tracing app could turn people with coronavirus into pariahs: telecom expert

Police thy neighbor: Virus fears fuel quarantine shaming

Dr. Fauci Says Reopening Economy By May “A Bit Overly Optimistic”, Contradicting Trump Again | Zero Hedge

Hedge Fund Managers Quietly Apply For Bailouts As Small Businesses | Zero Hedge

Would you give up health or location data to return to work?

Harvard researchers say coronavirus social distancing may be until 2022

Coronavirus stay-at-home orders stir protests nationwide amid fears of economic collapse | Fox News

Lack of Savings Worsens the Pain of Coronavirus Downturn – WSJ

Wall Street feasts on federal coronavirus aid while Main Street starves

Coronavirus pushes annual deficit forecasts toward $4 trillion – Roll Call

Coronavirus US: Thousands of cars line up at LA food bank | Daily Mail Online

Lovelorn Aussie is first jailed for breaking virus quarantine

Fever surveillance ‘to become as common as CCTV’

 

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