[BobL]

“Can Americans not grasp that?”

Do you need to ask. Americans can’t even grasp the implications of China being shutdown, even though nearly half of their consumer items say “Made in China” and much (maybe most) of the other half of their items (domestic and imported) have now non-available Chinese content.

[catnipman]

“Americans can’t even grasp the implications of China being shutdown:”

china is no longer “shutdown” ... examples: Apple products production has fully resumed and starbucks have all reopened in china ...

[caww]

We're not China....you do grasp that I suspect. We know this ‘could’ escalate here but how we handle it is certainly not how China or other countries will and do who do not have the medical, science and facilities we do. Nor do they view their populations nor their industries the same...as well their economical outlook pertaining to a possible lull in production etc of that nature.

Further our history shows we have surmounted crisis situations and recovered from many threats of the past. That speaks for the current situation as well which affords us far advanced means to cope with and prevent any disruptions from getting too far out of hand.

Additionally this will certainly show us any weaknesses in the established system which needs to be adjusted or changed for the future, just as all of these types of events do.