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Books and cars are not ideal examples to pick in my opinion, in the case of books because they're easily substituted by electronic media. In the case of cars because all car manufacturing in the US involves imported parts [1][2], so that industry largely depends on other countries' sheltering policies. Also because both are very durable. I have tomes from the 80s, and a friend of mine just sold his van from 1995 haha.

I get the point though, and it's a fair one, but the "eventually" is important to consider here. Eventually when? No one is arguing in favor of permanent sheltering, Implying that the only option is to reactivate the whole economy "soon", knowing that there could be adverse health consequences isn't giving the alternative options, some of which might be better for public well-being, the consideration they deserve.

[1]: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/02/news/companies/auto-tariffs... [2]: https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/20...



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