"Closing the beaches doesn't cost anyone money" - this claim is entirely incorrect. I will now explain why: a thread.

Our economy is compiled from numerous industries that have countless forward and backward linkages with each other. If one is damaged, all are damaged. 1/6

The beach isn't just a piece of sand between sea and land: it is a productive input, a venue, and a reason of existence for numerous businesses. From hotels, to guest houses, to restaurants, to adventure and sport companies, to touring companies: all rely on open beaches. 2/6
Empty hotels, restaurants, and other tourism-related companies that have all lost business because of closed beaches mean no income for them. They cannot pay suppliers, and other industries that rely on them also don't make money: airlines, tour companies, car rentals etc. 3/6
This means owners and employees on paycuts and layoffs who cannot pay their own bills, causing a further knock-on effect in other industries not directly connected with tourism or hospitality at all. Suppliers and clients are equally out of pocket. 4/6
The economy is a vibrant, complex creature: you cannot shut individual organs down and expect it to function. In fact, there are significant and severe consequences for this type of governmental meddling in a fragile and complicated ecosystem. 5/6
Thus, you cannot just close the beaches and think people aren't deeply and severely impacted by it. It leads to massive losses in income, inability to service costs, unemployment, and a debilitating multiplier effect felt across numerous industries. 6/6

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chimeric infectious clone grants were there.https://t.co/DAArwFkz6v is in 2017, Rs4231.
https://t.co/UgXygDjYbW is in 2016, RsSHC014 and RsWIV16.
https://t.co/krO69CsJ94 is in 2013, RsWIV1. notice that this is before the beginning of the project

starting in 2016. Also remember that they told about only 3 isolates/live viruses. RsSHC014 is a live infectious clone that is just as alive as those other "Isolates".

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https://t.co/4wC7k1Lh54 Ref 3: Why ALL your pangolin samples were PCR negative? to avoid deep sequencing and accidentally reveal Paguma Larvata and Oryctolagus Cuniculus?