Opus 2020-050: Silver Linings

The silver lining of the Chinavirus scare is that we may see some changes in how we do business as a country.  We are suddenly realizing how dependent we are on a country that manufactures so much of what we use on a daily basis.  I was concerned about the technology being manufactured over there.  I was not aware of the medical supply lines.  The two things that jump out at me during the current panic are antibiotics and face masks. 

I read today that 95% of our antibiotics come from China.  Really?  With all of the concerns about toxic chemicals in children’s toys and clothing we have seriously allowed them to make our medicine?  What could possibly go wrong?

Even here I am not panicked.  My sense of history reminds me of time like the beginning of World War II.  When America is challenged it swings into action.  We retooled and began to supply the war efforts of the Soviet Union.  It was an awesome output.  Consider what happens when a patent runs out on a popular product.  It seems like within days the clones are in every store.  We can see the same thing happening from medicine to screws.

The Trump hating Progressives* are giddy with forecasts of the recession they are hoping for.  They are convinced that Orange Man will finally be brought down.  If it were just him they might have a reason for optimism.  The problem they refuse to face is that Trump believes in America and free enterprise.  Americans will respond to fill the gaps caused by disruption of supply lines and will begin to produce again.  Prices will go up a bit but most of us can afford it.  Picture a world where you actually go to a local mom and pop hardware store to buy a paint brush they will clean and reuse rather than a throw away from a dollar store.

Before you strap in for the ride, wash your hands.


*(Liberals, educators, socialists, communists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, etc)

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