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i just found this to be an interesting read and a bit less scary than the dooms day medias version, not that i'm down playing it though. Elizabeth Schneider
 
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Thx for the video.
 
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Thanks OP!

I just don't get all this Wuhan Panic. As of this morning just under 4800 people have died worldwide. Of that 4800 87% of those that died were over 60 and/or had other chronic ailments. 150,000 people die every day and more than 60k die every year for just normal everyday flu that doesn't get a name. I get taking precautions that we should be taking every flu season but the areas worst affected so far are already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. At the end of last week over 5 trillion dollars disappeared in global markets. I am not sure how much that has gone up this week but it has to be close to double.
I suspect that when the media frenzy and both political parties are done playing and trying to figure out how best to use this for their own gain; that many more folks are going to be much more negatively affected by what this does to them financially ( retirement plans or investments) than the Wuhan Panic does to them health wise. Assuming you don't have chronic ailments and the flu isn't the straw that breaks the Camel's back.

I think that may be the first time I have ever used Camel in a sentence without the toe attached.
 
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Thanks OP!

I just don't get all this Wuhan Panic. As of this morning just under 4800 people have died worldwide. Of that 4800 87% of those that died were over 60 and/or had other chronic ailments. 150,000 people die every day and more than 60k die every year for just normal everyday flu that doesn't get a name. I get taking precautions that we should be taking every flu season but the areas worst affected so far are already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. At the end of last week over 5 trillion dollars disappeared in global markets. I am not sure how much that has gone up this week but it has to be close to double.
I suspect that when the media frenzy and both political parties are done playing and trying to figure out how best to use this for their own gain; that many more folks are going to be much more negatively affected by what this does to them financially ( retirement plans or investments) than the Wuhan Panic does to them health wise. Assuming you don't have chronic ailments and the flu isn't the straw that breaks the Camel's back.

I think that may be the first time I have ever used Camel in a sentence without the toe attached.
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I'm suggesting people use both sires to reduce waste.......Might need more hand sanitizer, though.
 
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On the positive side our own youth are treating the virus as an opportunity ...........
In school today a young man was sent home with his quart size pump bottle of hand sanitizer. It was said he was charging a fee for every squirt........ Lmfao ! This young fellow is an entrepreneur !!
 
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On the positive side our own youth are treating the virus as an opportunity ...........
In school today a young man was sent home with his quart size pump bottle of hand sanitizer. It was said he was charging a fee for every squirt........ Lmfao ! This young fellow is an entrepreneur !!
Yep, and younger folks are taking advantage of the cheap flights/travel packages too. Two weeks ago my wife booked a flight to Raleigh to see a friend in May. Now that same flight is a third of the price!
 
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The stock market has zero bearing on the real world, if we all had this kind help when we screwed up we would all be billionaires. The fact our government couldn't give a crap about the people down in the streets but they love giving free money to the 1%. Any excuse to do is a blessing for them. Your tax dollars hard at work, no benefits for you but you get to pay for it. Socialism alive and well in the US corporate world where nothing is allowed to fail anymore.

As Everything Bubble Implodes, Frazzled Fed Rolls Out Fastest Mega-Money Printer Ever, up to $4.5 Trillion in Four Weeks
 
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro 'tests positive for coronavirus'
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to local media.

The positive test comes after Bolsonaro's press secretary was found to have the disease following a trip to the US. His son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a congressman who was also on the trip, tweeted that his father "is not exhibiting any signs of the disease"

Bolsonaro dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night and videos and photos, including some on Wajngarten's own Instagram account, showed the press secretary, Bolsonaro and Trump all in close proximity. "I'm not concerned," Trump told reporters on Thursday.

Bolsonaro has downplayed the crisis. On Wednesday, he said "Other flus kill more than this" and has also called concern over coronavirus "oversized".
 
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Coronavirus school closings: Ohio, Maryland shut all K-12 schools

Ohio, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia and Louisiana have ordered all schools closed, and the governor of Kentucky has recommended closing all schools in that state. Major metropolitan districts in Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas have also shuttered. And a growing number of smaller districts around the country have also chosen to close.
 
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Not sure how this is going to work but our school district is implementing their e-learning process for all schools starting Monday and through next week. They start spring break next Friday so kids are home starting now. My wife has been at the district for 20 years and I gotta say this is the most forward thinking idea I've seen around here. They have a system in place for lunches and internet access as well.

This is a first and it will be interesting to see how it goes.
 
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez confirmed Friday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus after meeting with President Jair Bolsonaro, no need to test Trumpstein because he knows the stock market would dive 10,000 points.
 
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We just got back from Paris. France visit cut short due to the Travel ban.
Life is going on as usual in France. We enjoyed the empty hotel, no lines at the Louvre and Eiffel Tower and other attractions and NO rude annoying Asian visitors. Airports were empty and breezed through check-in security and entry. Actually a great time to travel now!!! If we weren't worried about getting home we would have stayed and continued our trip to the Alps to Ski. Rumors started that France may restrict Train travel and shut the CDG airport.
One positive case in Galveston County, TX today and the Media is going nuts!
Wash you hands, don't touch your mouth nose or eyes. The same things you learned in Kindergarten.
 
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It's a conspiracy theory but I'm telling you there is political and governmental strategy going on. We're all in worst trouble than the flu. :22yikes:
 
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Let's see there were 18 other corona viruses. This is just the 19th one.
Wow! Lets all panic because there is no cure for the common cold and flu.
What a bunch of rubes!
The Dems are trying to end their presidential candidate selection because it would be unsafe to have all those folks gathering together. Perhaps we should end the next election and keep Trump in until they can protect us all from a cold or flu virus. Jeesh!
 
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Serious, or not serious. All I know is that the world is full of idiots and sheep. Around here the grocery stores (Big ones) are damn near stripped of everything. Not that I care, because we have plenty of what we need and will use, but seriously, you selfish bastards (not you guys) could leave some things for moms with children who really may need that milk or those eggs. People who wouldn't eat two eggs a week, carrying five cartons out of the store. Morons.

I've had the flu a couple of times. Didn't enjoy either one, but I lived and with no lasting effects. Not worried this time either. In fact, I'm picking up several strategic stocks at bottom basement prices.....See you guys in about five years in Hawaii.
 
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