[hef19898]

This effeciency doesn't simply go away, so. In the worst case scenarios we are discussing here, the relevant products are only asmall portion of global trade and supply chains. You could, for example, completely ignore Apple's operations under this scenario.

These critical porducts, and the coresponding manufacturing base, will be part of the critical infrastructure to be kept running. Automation is a huge benefit for this, as these operations can be run with a very limited number of people. Distribution and transportation is the same, it can be kept up for the essentials with a very limited amount of people. Even internationally, container ships continued to sail from Chinese ports. Granted, sometimes they sailed empty, but that was due to the shut-down of Chinese manufacturing.

In a true worst case scenario, dedicated ports will be kept running. again wth close to no people involved.

Administration for all this can be done to a huge part from home. Feet on the ground are by no means as important anyore as they used to be.

a situation like this should be avoided at all cost so. Hence the measures currently being taken.