Quoted from luckymoey:

It helps the little guy get or keep a job because companies of all size have access to low-cost, short-term lines of credit to pay suppliers and payroll, refinance their mortgage, pay less for student loan and credit card debt, etc. Also helps Local and State Governments have access to low cost financing which should translate to better services and ultimately lower taxes (but good luck with that). There will be a ton of Gov't and Corporate refinancing/bond activity. Many little guys also have pensions, IRA's, 401k's that depend on the health of the stock and bond markets. A temporary payroll tax cut would be a great next step to put money directly into everyone's pocket, versus Government trying to over engineer solutions and play favorites.

Quoted from Jasenwm:

Sorry that so many people on here are sheep and believe the proven lying media. If this thing is so bad why isn't there ONE case in the world of a healthy person under the age of 65 dead from this? It's all people over 65 more like 80+ that have weak immune systems. Those people die of the flu and any other illness. If you have a medical issue where it affects your immune system sorry but YOU have to be careful. So what should we do never do anything ever again, no school or sports or anything ever again? This is bs liberal media hysteria plain and simple. Can't go to school yet you can go to Walmart the mall and every other enclosed place. Doesn't that kinna defeat the purpose of canceling everything?

Quoted from Blitzburgh99:

The “normal” flu has killed over 20,000 this season already....to put things into perspective

Quoted from Blitzburgh99:

Look at the numbers of how many people die each day of various forms of death, and ask yourself “why is this one more important than others”.

Quoted from mbwalker:

Honest question: What's your number?

Quoted from Blitzburgh99:

A drunk driver killing someone “spreads” to others

Quoted from NC_Pin:

Because of the math. A "do-nothing approach" could lead to +1million deaths over the next year. The article below is the "worst-case" possibility, but that is what could happen if we don't take precautions.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/487489-worst-case-coronavirus-models-show-massive-us-toll
I am still baffled why people think Italy, Spain, France, Singapore, and others decided to shut down their entire countries over media hyperbole. Do you think those were easy decisions? Are they playing some sort of game? How were they able to get freaking Newt Gingrich to write an article warning America to "act big" .
https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-i-am-italy-amid-coronavirus-crisis-america-must-act-now-act-big-opinion-1492270

Quoted from DakotaMike:

It depends on where you live. We've got less than 10 confirmed cases in South Dakota. Yet all schools, public events, churches, universities, and athletic clubs are closed down. And many businesses are shuttered too. For less than 10 cases! We have no curve here to flatten. Yes, eventually cases will increase, but sensible measures can slow growth. We don't need to go full "Contagion" lock-down for this. At least not yet, and at least not here.
Why do people seem to think the only options are licking doorknobs or wearing a hazmat suit? There are measures inbetween those two extremes that can be taken. Also, just because someone thinks the COVID-19 response doesn't match the threat, doesn't mean that they're an idiot with their head in the sand. And don't hide behind the fact that cities and states have mandated shutdowns. If anyone here has actually attended city-council meetings, or watched the kind of laws that come out of state houses, then they'd know that plenty of reactionary and poorly thought-out decisions come from local and state governments.
Our response should match the threat, and in many regions of the US, the threat is very low. Reducing interstate travel (except for commercial trucking), would seem to be a smart move to reduce the spread. Not trapping people in their homes, damaging small businesses, and causing severe financial distress, for the sake of single digit cases (in many states). But that's just my opinion! Last time I checked we're all still allowed to have those, right?

Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:

Seems like a good place to ask a question. Trying to decide if playing pinball in public is considered safe or is it a dangerous activity to be avoided for now?
Let’s say you had an opportunity to visit an arcade with lots of pins and very few people and play for a day. You are healthy and have had no known exposure to corona. Is it dangerous to touch/play the games if you wash up before and after. Presuming nobody is going to be in your space, other than an occasional person playing beside you. You know not to be touching your face and will follow that. If you show up and the place is full of people or someone there appears sick, you are willing to turn around and drive home. What would you do?

Quoted from chad:

Clip from BBC posted March 17 2020.
The findings suggest the virus might last this long on door handles, plastic-coated or laminated worktops and other hard surfaces. The researchers did find, however, that copper surfaces tended to kill the virus in about four hours.

Quoted from LTG:

Possibly. But also moving the computer and all my resources. And I'm comfy here. Besides tech stuff, I'll find stuff to do. Freshen the place up a bit for when I can reopen.
A little short on parts, was getting a big order ready. But thought I better wait, once things slowed and then the closings were announced. Some things are necessary, some things can or will have to wait.
LTG : )

Quoted from freeplay3:

The sad reality of it is there will be a lot of vacant buildings if this goes longer then May 1st. A few of my locations are already sweating about it 3 days into the closures. It would be in the landlord's best interest to work with tenants. I'm sure we will see some kind of relief for business owners in the form of interest free or deferred payments.

Quoted from herbertbsharp:

That's what's been on my mind. It seems everyone is getting trained to be a permanent germaphobe. Part of me thinks it could completely kill location pinball (and arcades) again.

Quoted from pinballinreno:

As others have mentioned i do not have pandrmic virus protection on my insurance.
No rider means they wont pay.
Thanks. Insurance company!

Quoted from LTG:

Things have been interesting so far. A little over two days into closed.
I'm here anyway for tech support, and though closed, trying to keep similar hours so I don't mess up my noon to midnight schedule.
Tech support has been light. With people staying home, I thought it would be busier. Scammer phone calls are about normal. A fair amount of people calling to see if I'm open. Apparently not everyone knows that most businesses were shut down by the state. They seem surprised or don't believe me ?
I vacuumed the pool tables yesterday, they will need recovering this year, and started mopping the winter off of the floor. A slow process.
My dog is confused. She doesn't know what happened to all her fans and chest rubs. She's barking at people more, trying to get them in I think.
Been a few inquiries if I'm selling any machines yet. Several offers to run gofundme's for me. And several have paypal'd me money, which I have no way to retrieve it. So I hope they get it back eventually. Otherwise I'm involved in a gofundme for paypal.
I'm hoping to be back open soon and I hope everyone stays health and safe, their loved ones too.
LTG : )

Quoted from Frax:

I get the point you were trying to make but....yeah, no it's not. I don't really want to start a whole other discussion but I'll dumb it down to the fact that nobody is throwing anywhere near the amount of resources at peanut allergy as gets thrown at anti-smoking and epidemics, and that stupid ass shit like teachers intentionally feeding or using peanuts in their classrooms even when they've been told about a student's severe allergy.....still don't get fired in a lot of cases? Even though they send a kid to the ER?
Yeah. It's not the same.

Quoted from SadSack:

I'm glad you know the motivations of everyone whom rules over you. For me, I believe a lot of people want exactly what is going on.. a complete shutdown of the economy. The bankers needed it because the banks failed over the last week (as evidenced by the over-prescribed discount window activity) and the never-trumpers see it as an attack vector (as evidenced by the attacks when the incoming flights from China were banned and constant focus on the COVID-19 test fairy's absence).
Now this isn't a political post. It's a response to naivety.

Quoted from EJS:

This is starting to turn into some real BS. I know there is a virus going around and all and we need to be safe but there is a another side to this token...err quarter....that can't be ignored.
I just saw the announcement on the 5:00 news with a "stay at home" between 3-27 to 4-10 I'm guessing this is outside of the "social distancing" that keeps businesses in these crappy situation?
I was planning to get some of my games arranged in the house for proper power distribution so they could all be played at once and do some get togethers this summer but maybe do something a little sooner to help out some of our local businesses and operators to see pinball through the tough times. But then again we can't socialize.....this really stinks!

Quoted from hocuslocus:

It's a crap situation anyway you look at it. Listened to that speech the Governor of NY had yesterday, his proposed solution made a lot of sense. Regardless it's not going to happen till they are able to test people for the antibodies and the hospitals are able to keep up.

Quoted from SadSack:

It's going to be up to the individual governors who gets to turn on and who is "locked down". I'm expecting Easter Sunday will end the Montana quarantine measures. Schools probably stay closed and zoom makes a fortune. Testing for anti-bodies will tell the tale. But testing for the virus doesn't do jack at this time.
A bigger question to me is how you all can be terrorized or comforted by the lies spewed by confirmed liars? I mean the politicians, AMA, CDC, WHO, China, Italy, Iran et al as reported by the clearly biased media. There is a lot of nonsense and misleading going on from those y'all seem to trust much more than your own instinct. Does anyone know someone 1st hand who has succumbed that wasn't high risk? I'm waiting to sadly hear some anecdotals from personal contacts before I'm believing into the hype. Some states will be back rolling by Mid april and if everything is still stopped come June, we'll have greater social problems to contend with than a dry cough with a low-grade fever.