"Shelter in place". "Hey, we have a hammer! That looks a little like a nail! Hit it, quick!"
Idiots. What do they think is going to happen after the order is lifted? The virus is magically going to disappear?
This is going to continue until we either find a vaccine and time to make it and distribute it, or until enough people get sick, recover and have antibodies. They may be able to lower the rate of infection a bit, but it is going to come right back- then what are the going to do? close down the country again?
They are going to deal a very severe blow to the economy with all the panic. All the people out of work, all the downstream jobs that support them gone, it is going to leave a wreckage field. The most severe will be small biz, those without the pull to suck up for free money.
As far as I can tell, after reading past the headlines, this doom virus is just pulling demand forward- AKA, lot's of the old and the sick and especially the old and sick, are dying a few months sooner than they would have otherwise.
Italy just stated 99% of their dead had underlying issues.
This is a socialist wet dream.