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wool_gather on March 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shelter in place for Bay Area counties

Indeed. The psychology of the dying people's relatives also factors into the economy. I'm sure some actuary somewhere has put a number on it.

dsfyu404ed on March 16, 2020 [–]

I'm sure anyone who's done a thorough job putting a number to it (probably insurance companies) is probably also smart enough to know that there is little potential upside and much potential downside to sharing that analysis with current society.

wool_gather on March 16, 2020 | [–]

Also very true. :)

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