re: Bill Gates: we should keep the economy closed

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“It’s very tough to say to people, ‘Hey keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner, we want you to keep spending because there’s some politician that thinks GDP growth is what counts,’” Gates said. “It’s hard to tell people during an epidemic … that they should go about things knowing their activity is spreading this disease.”

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No, its tough to tell people who rely on a paycheck every Friday to pay their utilities, grocery, mortgage, car loan, credit card, etc that they have to stay home and will not be able to work for months.

It's easy for a billionaire to think staying home is no big deal.