On the other hand, war tends to produce fairly full employment. This disaster is in the process of producing the opposite -- in an economy that had achieved what was pretty much full employment. And in addition it's killing off companies of varying sizes, which will have really unfortunate consequences and huge ripple (really, tsunami) effects. However, I do think something is to be gained by viewing the virus as an enemy to be defeated, with some cost and some suffering for some time (which I think will likely be months rather than years, except for some of the economic consequences), and by means of a collaborative effort. Another difference is that the ones to suffer the most in this case appear to be the old and infirm rather than the young and healthy -- and I'd rather have it that way if the choice has to be made (and I'm smack in the middle of the high risk group ). But at this stage we also don't have any decent evidence at all concerning the effects in pediatric cases. Still a situation of very imperfect knowledge and unclear expectations.
And we now have a LOT of technology that reduces our inconvenience. (Which, for example, allows us to participate in conversations like this.)
Gary Merrill
Wessex EEb Bass tuba (DW 3XL or 2XL)
Mack Brass Compensating Euph (DE N106, Euph J, J9 euph)
Amati Oval Euph (DE 104, Euph J, J6 euph)
1924 Buescher 3-valve Eb tuba (with std US receiver), Kelly 25
Schiller American Heritage 7B clone bass trombone (DE LB K/K10/112/14 Lexan, Brass Ark MV50R)
1947 Olds "Standard" trombone (Olds #3)