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While the coronavirus crisis has resulted in shuttered businesses, skyrocketing unemployment and gloomy economic forecasts, there also have been some positive signs.

Federal relief financing is starting to flow to small businesses in Maine. A tech startup recently received nearly $1 million in seed financing. A potential treatment for COVID-19 is being studied at Maine Medical Center and in other sites around the world.

In Washington, D.C., there's even talk of the U.S. economy "reopening" as soon as next month.

Still, there's a wide range of opinions about when or if business will be back in business, at least at the levels it had been. Some of the views may be politically motivated, some may be wishful thinking. What's your opinion?

 

When will the Maine economy return to "normal," or something close to its pre-pandemic levels?
May or June (6%, 7 VOTES)
By the end of the summer (16%, 19 VOTES)
By the end of 2020 (36%, 44 VOTES)
In a few years (36%, 44 VOTES)
Never (7%, 8 VOTES)
Poll Description

While the coronavirus crisis has resulted in shuttered businesses, skyrocketing unemployment and gloomy economic forecasts, there also have been some positive signs.

Federal relief financing is starting to flow to small businesses in Maine. A tech startup recently received nearly $1 million in seed financing. A potential treatment for COVID-19 is being studied at Maine Medical Center and in other sites around the world.

In Washington, D.C., there's even talk of the U.S. economy "reopening" as soon as next month.

Still, there's a wide range of opinions about when or if business will be back in business, at least at the levels it had been. Some of the views may be politically motivated, some may be wishful thinking. What's your opinion?

 

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3 Comments

  • April 16, 2020

    Will we ever be the same, though? Even when the economy returns to the new normal, we will ever get over how vulnerable we are?

  • April 15, 2020

    The problem is that with everybody out of work, even if it ended tomorrow how many tourists would we have this summer? Cruise ships for Portland, summer camps, camp grounds, hotels and seasonal eateries are going to take this in the shorts. Then it hits the rest of us who need those tourist dollars. This could get ugly

  • April 15, 2020

    My estimate is July 2021 unless the medical professionals come up with a successful Covid-19 vaccine prior to that. It's going to be a long haul folks!