# See what happens when Corona virus cuts short FL's tourist season? (Massive Rental Car Fire) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529 "2020-04-06T15:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/21 "2020-04-21T19:45:42Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > I’d rather wait until there are enough reliable test kits and places to test them to find and quarantine anyone infected and test those they were in contact with for the previous 2 weeks. We aren’t there yet. 80% of America agrees with me. Care to join us? That would be terrific if it was possible. > [@jtsanders](#): > > 80% of America agrees with me. That’s quite a claim! I believe that number is a bit high and falling every minute. Please show the latest up to date source of that 80% agreement. > [@jtsanders](#): > > Care to join us? No, thank you. If people can’t get back to work soon, ASAP soon, there will be problems much greater than any caused by a virus. Don’t believe me? Watch what happens in some of these areas where things remain shut down or shut down too long. It’s coming to a neighborhood near you. _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/22 "2020-04-21T19:51:00Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > No, thank you. If people can’t get back to work soon, ASAP soon, there will be problems much greater than any caused by a virus. Not according to economists. > **[32 Bipartisan Economists Urges U.S. in Letter Not to Reopen Prematurely](https://www.newsweek.com/32-economists-both-major-parties-sign-letter-urging-us-not-open-country-prematurely-1494352)** > > "Saving lives and saving the economy are not in conflict right now; we will hasten the return to robust economic activity by taking steps to stem the spread of the virus and save lives," the letter read. > **[Economists warn pulling back from social distancing too early would be...](https://www.vox.com/2020/3/29/21198750/chicago-poll-social-distancing-economy)** > > There’s very little support for "opening up" the economy early among experts. > **[Morgan Stanley warns Trump that reopening too soon could BACKFIRE](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8149013/US-coronavirus-Morgan-Stanley-warns-Trump-reopening-country-soon-BACKFIRE.html)** > > Trump said in an interview on Tuesday that his goal was a nationwide return to normalcy by Easter Sunday on April 12, in a bid to restart the economy and get millions back to work. Only organization I heard that agrees to opening the country now is the WH and Fox. Greed drives a lot of stupid decisions. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/23 "2020-04-21T19:52:49Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > I’d rather wait until there are enough reliable test kits and places to test them to find and quarantine anyone infected and test those they were in contact with for the previous 2 weeks. You can test people and have them test negative. 15 minutes later they can be positive, virus carriers. That happens. Then what? Rinse and repeat. Oh, and how does one go about quarantining somebody and everybody they’ve been in contact with for the previous 2 weeks? How does that work? Who supervises and who comes up with this contact list? Do you need a contact list from each person who was in contact? _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/24 "2020-04-21T19:58:40Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > Oh, and how does one go about quarantining somebody and everybody they’ve been in contact with for the previous 2 weeks? Quarantining IS working…and has worked in the past. It’s been a proven technique going as far back as the Bubonic plague. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/25 "2020-04-21T20:04:05Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Quarantining IS working…and has worked in the past. It’s been a proven technique going as far back as the Bubonic plague. It’s not working here. I’ve seen no evidence of it. _ **CSA** _ 🌴 🕶 🌴 ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/26 "2020-04-21T20:19:28Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > You can test people and have them test negative. 15 minutes later they can be positive, virus carriers. That happens. Then what? Rinse and repeat. Yes the rapid tests aren’t the most accurate test, though per a local infectious disease doctor, a lot of false negatives are from the test not being taken accurately (ie not getting the swab through the nose to the back of the throat and taking a good sample while back there). You’re taking exaggeration to the next level, though. > [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > It’s not working here. I’ve seen no evidence of it. keep opening stuff up and you’ll see how well it doesn’t work when people ignore quarantine restrictions. Despite your attitude towards all of this, I hope your area of Florida isn’t one that ends up becoming hard hit ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/27 "2020-04-21T20:26:31Z")
> [@pyrolord314](#): > > I hope your area of Florida isn’t one that ends up becoming hard hit The last statistics that I recall listed FL as having the 5th highest number of positive COVID-19 cases in The US. When you couple that statistic with the reality that their median age population is the oldest in The US, it does not bode well. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/see-what-happens-when-corona-virus-cuts-short-fls-tourist-season-massive-rental-car-fire/162529/28 "2020-04-21T20:28:43Z")
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