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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7970678" data-attributes="member: 6716779">On another forum someone pointed this out. &nbsp;Whole it's easy to say stay at home and shut everything for 2-3 months not everyone can do that.&nbsp;Our cupboards are full and we have a pile of food in the other room and hallway. &nbsp;The average person has a week or two supply of food and a lot of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck without the safety net Europe and Australasia has. &nbsp;There's already food disruptions in the USA,&nbsp; article I posted early on the BBC 30 million people might starve elsewhere.&nbsp;Here if you're completely broke there's welfare and food parcel deliveries. &nbsp;If you're a trapped foreigner there's emergency housing/motel and food parcels available. You also get emergency Covid healthcare. Government bailout was a wage subsidy of $500+ per week conditional on companies paying 80% of their employee hours and there's a public list of companies getting it and how much.&nbsp;Unemployment has spiked but it's similar levels to European unemployment in normal times. &nbsp;Easier to say stay at home when worse case scenario you end up in a motel room with someone dropping off food once a week. &nbsp;Things will get worse once the lockdown finishes. Not sure if they'll keep paying for motel rooms although the charities became government funded as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7970678, member: 6716779"] On another forum someone pointed this out. Whole it's easy to say stay at home and shut everything for 2-3 months not everyone can do that. Our cupboards are full and we have a pile of food in the other room and hallway. The average person has a week or two supply of food and a lot of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck without the safety net Europe and Australasia has. There's already food disruptions in the USA, article I posted early on the BBC 30 million people might starve elsewhere. Here if you're completely broke there's welfare and food parcel deliveries. If you're a trapped foreigner there's emergency housing/motel and food parcels available. You also get emergency Covid healthcare. Government bailout was a wage subsidy of $500+ per week conditional on companies paying 80% of their employee hours and there's a public list of companies getting it and how much. Unemployment has spiked but it's similar levels to European unemployment in normal times. Easier to say stay at home when worse case scenario you end up in a motel room with someone dropping off food once a week. Things will get worse once the lockdown finishes. Not sure if they'll keep paying for motel rooms although the charities became government funded as well. [/QUOTE]

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