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what a coincedence, i logged in today to report what i have on my nick of the woods....
some back story first. When Mexico and its recent elections, there was lots of negative press about our current president, lots of comparisons to the prez of venezuela, lots of comparisons with Lula da Silva, & their most desperate - comparisons to trump.
then a funny thing happened, the biggest mexican companies, threatened to move out of the country "camara de comercio" is their little club.
but here is the thing, even tho they are the richest in the land, they only make up about 17 to 21 percent of the economy.
You see , the rest is the people & their little businesses, from the little bakery to the old lady selling candy on the sidewalks.
Another big sector of the economy is the goveerment jobs, (healthcare, electricity, roads, public gardens)
those jobs, people want them because either
A , you get to climb to a high position & start putting friends & fam on the payroll & the pension or
B - at least you have the payroll & benefits & get to be an "anchor" for people you know to have a job.
the medical field-
most med students i have met only want the job because its a sure thing, they get steady income & ways for profit if they get far enough.
they do drugs, smoke & drink as if their medical knowledge was worth nothing. To cram for exams they use drugs they believe will enhance their memmory.
in a nutshell, they are not saints, heroes nor scientists & certainly not the most upstanding citizens.
enough backstory
Things changed here, some people , especially those with established - official tax paying businesses closed, especially if their "giro" or official purpose was - example - a gift shop-
but the rest of the people, those with taco stands, flea markets, ice cream vendors, - they are still working
everyone uses the masks, & has sanitizer gel nearby, but the social distancing thing does not happen so much....
peoplel live day to day here, there is welfare but its complicated to apply, & its a pittance.
the IMSS (mexican universal medical coverage) mostly works for those who have family within the institution, & meds & equipment are scarce because big fish within steal & re-sell the stuff in the black market.
Here is the dicey territory, i have relatives in the medical field & some acquaintances (i really cant be friends with people who do drugs) & have asked what is the deal with the cases.
first weird thing is they have not seen any personally. They "know" of people who are in a ward getting treated for it Or dying...
They did get a half-@ssed trackea tubing (where they put the breathing tube down your throat) lessons tho, with no manekins nor equipment. They where told to use their imagination.
Some have told me of weird things, but they tell me no one says anything nor looks into it further, because they lose their job or current standing.
(what would you do, if you went for school 4 years to get a job, only to lose ALL of it if you upset a higher-up)
that is all i have from what i was told by people in the field.
Life goes on pretty much the same where i am, the stands, corner taco place, stores in every corner are open, wall mart has USA- like guidelines, some of the big establishments & markets closed, movies are closed, parks too, but most of the informal places & markets are still open.
i heard the beaches did close, but in my state going to the beach sucked anyway (no longer peaceful, all you could hear now was the loud clubs full of foreigners)
IN contrast to the USA, our government knows people will starve if they don't go out, they know drug addicts & their providers will not stop doing business.
there are insufficient shelters, & no capacity to process such large numbers of people with barley any documentation.
in the USA big businesses owns more than 60 or 70 % of the economy, so if they suffer, people suffer.
there is a positive , you do have unemployment benefits, so you can afford to stay home for 3 weeks (if you are a legal resident or citizen), but it is weird.
the government (both sides of the isle) gave a huge bail-out to corporations, that should have sparked a big protest, its like mockery, they did a huge nasty thing & they saw that no one went out to the streets nor voiced any outrage because you can't go out.
from what i personally hear , prisons are pretty much the same, there is some calling for testing & checking in infected cases, mostly from people with mild symptoms, & the only economy that the politicians are talking about is the ability for people to keep paying those interests & fees to banks
t, BEcause OH boy - those banks just keep calling & calling trying to collect their dues....
that's it for now, from what i experience here....
