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Posted on: March 12, 2020 at 08:49:37 CT

meatiger MU

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our economy is based on service and interaction. This is a pretty contagious disease (maybe more so than we thought) Sick people still require medical treatment...how much flex do we have in that system.

Reducing interactions and consumer spending will have a pretty big ripple effect across our economy. Pretty much every company is now going to cut capitol spending, which has its own effects. This is a snowball that built very quickly.

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Market down 1600----here we go again - mu7176grad MU - 3/12 08:33:04

I'm starting to get tempted to jump back in buying. - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/12 09:01:33

And a virus where we truly do not know the health impact - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:36:08

Some people call hospitalization a significant, serious - DC Jayhawk KU - 3/12 09:15:58

And for those who need hospitalization it is - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:18:53

I believe it's around 2-5% of afflicted - DC Jayhawk KU - 3/12 09:22:39

The entire point being at this time we don't have any - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:25:12

You don't have the entire universe - DC Jayhawk KU - 3/12 09:31:05

To say there aren't significant, serious impacts is foolish. - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 09:35:04

It is a skewed universe - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:34:40

Share with me the last time a simple flu killed nursing home - raskolnikov MU - 3/12 08:52:06

Like you care? dems love to kill the elderly. - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/12 09:04:15

"Democrats LOVE to kill the elderly"(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 3/12 09:15:39

I didn't say it was a simple flu - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:53:16

Panic has taken hold---from mkts , to day to day interaction - mu7176grad MU - 3/12 08:39:54

What would you suggest? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:41:21

Working on a profitable solution for big pharma. - glue MU - 3/12 08:56:03

I think the point is the division that has been prevalent - eatatjoes MU - 3/12 08:49:25

15.000 lies make credibility difficult - I was just REALLY - raskolnikov MU - 3/12 08:55:55

The division didn't start in 2016 - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/12 08:52:38

Which is why I said "several" years(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/12 08:54:34

That is a fair assessment - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:52:02

Both sides need to cool it(nm) - eatatjoes MU - 3/12 08:55:10

Agreed - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:55:35

Was it the right move?(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/12 08:54:07

Absolutely - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:55:08

It did very little - meatiger MU - 3/12 08:57:11

The majority of cases that showed up in the US - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/12 09:05:11

It undoubtedly slowed the rate of spread - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:59:06

There is zero proof of that - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:01:13

OK - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:02:59

We built an atomic bomb we can cure coronavirus - mu7176grad MU - 3/12 08:48:57

And the best and brightest here and globally are working - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:50:43

That's right, nuke the people that have coronavirus(nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/12 08:49:50

Death is considered a serious effect - Da_Haze KC - 3/12 08:37:14

And there is no evidence this will have a significantly - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:38:38

The problem is - meatiger MU - 3/12 08:49:37

You bet it has - the panic is creating very real effects - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:54:24

Well - meatiger MU - 3/12 08:56:09

It is a big deal - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:57:48

I am not sure - meatiger MU - 3/12 08:59:52

A 2% death rate is fairly high - Da_Haze KC - 3/12 08:44:35

And at this point most all would agree we don't know - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:45:29

Correct. (nm) - tman MU - 3/12 08:46:04

why are stuck on mortality rate? - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:42:42

Because mortality rate is a key indicator of how serious - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:44:35

not everyone that goes to the hospital dies - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:46:17

But if fear can be alleviated with facts about the nature - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:48:19

when people can't breath they're going to the hospital - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:49:18

Understood - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:02:31

Seriously - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:11:36

Very few of those with the virus have trouble breathing - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:14:36

If a doctor is making a decision - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:16:31

Doctors are also subject to the lack of information - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:21:28

50% of cases in Italy have required hospitalization (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/12 09:09:05

And that would appear not to be the case elsewhere - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:15:20

Ashtray is giving you facts - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:17:23

Yes, but why are 50% in the hospital? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:23:17

Given that the hospitals are overflowing - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:28:15

The overflow is almost certainly out of an abundance of - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 09:47:23

Same time, many don't need to go to the hospital - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/12 08:48:00

and those people won't go to the hospital - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:50:14

Take the medicine they already have - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/12 08:51:36

if it doesn't make it past your nose and throat - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:52:48

we need to mimic Mexico (nm) - Sal MU

- 3/12 08:47:17

12 cases in Mexico so far - ashtray UF - 3/12 08:48:42

eat the worm, bro (nm) - Sal MU

- 3/12 08:50:02

Did you walk around in public during H1N1? (nm) - Sal MU

- 3/12 08:38:35

Swine Flu had a mortality rate of 0.1% - Da_Haze KC - 3/12 08:43:40

It didnt intially(nm) - tman MU - 3/12 08:48:41

His point is that we eventually found that was the rate - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:46:15

Yes, those statistics are known after the pandemic - Sal MU

- 3/12 08:45:33

And why? Panic based on fear and perception rather than - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 08:49:12