I went to the IRS and gave them the routing and account number as we changed it. None of the local people I've asked have received their payments either.
Teams like the Laker's were funded as small business, but have given the money back after it was made public, but people who really have small businesses are seeing very little.
I saw an expert at getting farms and ranches the most possible, it seems that the same amount can go to each owner. This expert has had properties owned by hundreds, many who don't live or work anywhere near the property. We have a very sick system, it needs to be overhauled, people are putting their lives at risk as if they don't put their businesses back in operation, they'll lose the business as the loans haven't come through.
I'm of the belief that in reopening, many businesses will still fail as customers are scarce due to fear. Restaurants with 25% of their normal seating will probably not survive without some sort of subsidy, even at 50% it will be tough. While higher prices might compensate for less seating, with fewer people working it's hard to say if enough people will be available to pay the higher price.
I miss eating out, but even when they reopen, being elderly and immune compromised I suspect that we'll be ordering in, as we did tonight, when we choose not to do home cooking. I've cut my own hair, it looks okay. I've spoken to Doctors from home, rather than going to their office, I suspect they can still bill the insurance for the visit. Much I'd normally go to the market or Costco for I now do on line, I actually think I snared a toilet paper package from Costco, but it's yet to be delivered. It's sad, but we now look at things like toilet paper and paper towels as a big victory when they're available on line, of course they're limited to one.
It's been said that coronavirus was here much earlier than ever suspected. Had we been on guard then, perhaps it could have been held down, but with no tests, it didn't look different from the normal flu, so it was never diagnosed. There are probably somewhere between 5 and 10 times the number actually diagnose, many who won't get that sick and may only know they got it if the get a blood test. Sadly such people may very well infect others who pay the ultimate price. This whole saga won't be over until we have a good vaccine, but may be mitigated with better therapies, but many will still die. It's sad, but we had a President who ignored warnings over nearly two months, and now he's encouraging opening up the company before guidelines laid out by his administration are nowhere near being met. We could have been down to very few with the disease by June, but instead I have serious doubts that football will begin in September, at least not with fans, while in September almost no one would have the disease, though it may have come back in the Fall. I believe the rush to reopen the country will have it closed much longer in the long run, and have many more deaths.
Gary
