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Do you think people who are forced to stay home for long periods of time will use less Facebook or Google, or do less online shopping?

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Online shopping needs money.

Which most people won't have much of if they can't work.

And even if they do have money, the uncertainty around makes people more cautious when spending, limiting unnecessary consumption.

Speak for the US. ;-)

Some countries have health care systems that continue payment when you’re ill or in quarantine. At least for a while.

As much as I want to believe in that I doubt any system could support even 20% of incapacitated workers at the same time. Most healthcare system in Europe are barely at equilibrium.

There were a number of stress tests, not necessarily for the health system but for the similarly funded unemployment and social systems. Overall it worked quite well in most of Europe.

I except to see an increase in Internet usage. could be interesting to see how the current capacity can handle the load if sourcing materials from china is a no-go.

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