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I mean, sure but how much is it losing from loss of revenue? I.e. sales tax?

Bad title and bad article.

The scope that you seem to be expecting isn't possible right now. Anything that's attempting to account for every amount of money lost or saved will end up missing something. The title contains itself to the scope that it is accurate at.

Trusting the reader to intuitively know California is losing massive amounts of money from other things seems reasonable. Just because a title isn't written for the most uneducated reader does not mean it is misleading.

Nothing could be more opposite in the world we live in. This title is indeed a puff piece, intended on showing a "bright" side to the shut down. Its incumbent on the educated reader to see that. Unfortunately, it seems not many people critically think anymore.

Edit: Just because its data, doesn't mean its important. I can't wait to see Cal DOT's surplus after this.

Yep. A silver lining is unambiguously defining a small upside to the larger downside.

For instance, my niece’s pediatrician apparently has not seen or got calls for any severe cases of flu due to social distancing despite still seeing relatively similar amounts of patients

The title was changed.

Articles can't be all things. It's a very valid article about a very certain topic, and gives a fascinating insight into how enormous the machine of our "regular" world is.

I personally find it fascinating that for (almost) the first time in living memory we get to have a good long look at what happens when that machine stops. I hope we learn a lot from it.

Only people who lived through rationing in WWII have witnessed a disruption of this size.

Why would a study on traffic crashes consider sales tax revenue?

Cars in wrecks need repairs and/or replacements, both of which are taxed.

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