[westoncb]

> This is looking 2001-dot-com-crash bad, but much, much faster.

Also probably much more transient, no?

Is there a reason to think this trend would continue beyond say... six months? (or whenever quarantine measures are mostly relaxed).

[Scarblac]

The Netherlands tested for antibodies in blood donor serum last week, preliminary result is that 3% of people have them. And not all of them show full immunity.

If we relax quarantine measures, the virus just comes back immediately. This is going to stay with us for years.

[0xFFC]

> And not all of them show full immunity.

Where did you get that number? This seems more like propaganda than scientific claim.

[xupybd]

That depends how many companies survive the six months. The good thing is it should reset things to a boom time in 5 to 10 years.

[petercooper]

Even if it's transient, I think you'll see a lot of companies use this situation as an excuse to clear the decks of what they perceive to be bad hires or underperforming employees that they'd otherwise let limp on in good times.