Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away

[Hmmm 155]

Can someone explain to me how EWY (South Korea Index fund) was in the positive for a good amount of the day.  Trending down now (as I would have expected two days ago).  Out of 10+ stocks in my portfolio, this one of the few that took the least amount of damage today.

BABA is slightly up now after being down most of the (American) day.  Go figure, it ups right after I sell off.

EWY and BABA performed the best in my portfolio and I'm trying to understand.

Edited February 26, 2020 by Hmmm

[Armin Tamzarian 58]

8 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Stop with this horseshit. This is an exploding international pandemic. What do you think the CDC would have done differently had this happened 4 years which would have made us impervious to a virus that some of the most brutally authoritarian countries have not been able to control? You must believe that all international travel should be stopped because short of that, its coming here whether the president is democratic or republican.

Oh I see, no politics unless it's your side, Roger

[CleverNickname 1308]

12 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Stop with this horseshit. This is an exploding international pandemic. What do you think the CDC would have done differently had this happened 4 years which would have made us impervious to a virus that some of the most brutally authoritarian countries have not been able to control? You must believe that all international travel should be stopped because short of that, its coming here whether the president is democratic or republican.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/29/20936921/usaid-predict-pandemic-preparedness

[Jersey Man10 3528]

No politics AT ALL. Shut the fuck up.

[michaelpshayes 417]

4 minutes ago, Deej said:

Person in our office came back from China last month. Sat out two weeks. Today drops the bomb that she "had the worst flu while I was there."

ban user, delete thread, delete surly, bleach the server 

[InkaUtexas 25875]

Will keep an eye on this one. 

 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

Been following this closely for a few weeks. Still seems to me like this is being overblown, but, the next month will tell the story. Cant see this changing life "severely" as the CDC said. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Been following this closely for a few weeks. Still seems to me like this is being overblown, but, the next month will tell the story. Cant see this changing life "severely" as the CDC said. 

Same..people just need to be smart. Which won’t happen so that’s why this is intriguing

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Is Tam a badteamscat sock?

My guess is he’s now this

[StruggleBus 3922]

1 minute ago, BurntEyes said:

Is Tam a badteamscat sock?

It’s like badteammate and David Dennison had a retarded kid together 

[Armin Tamzarian 58]

It's like playing poker with my brother's kids, Jesus Christ

[atomheartbevo 89630]

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

Cheer up millennials, the despised boomers and us older folks will probably be be thinned out considerably, so silver linings and all that.

Can I have your Field and Stream magazines?  The barbershop I used to go to when I was a kid had a lot of 1930s and 1950s, but were missing a lot of the 40s.   

[Armybrat 40826]

{cough-cough, a-choo}
 

Sorry, I was a longtime Mad Magazine fan.... and French postcards.

edited to add - both helped me to acclimate to this place and TOS, while it lasted.

Edited February 26, 2020 by Armybrat

[Sbbruin 21830]

4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Can I have your Field and Stream magazines?  The barbershop I used to go to when I was a kid had a lot of 1930s and 1950s, but were missing a lot of the 40s.   

You'll have to ask Brat's grandkids for those.

[Homercles 10205]

48 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

On the plus side, my math estimate was WAY off. 

The conspiracy article about Coronavirus is an eye opener for me...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_related_to_the_2019–20_coronavirus_outbreak

[wild_turkey 3159]

Is Tam a badteamscat sock?

Whoever it is, can we get rid of it? Suddenly shows up and messes up a good thread.

[Trey3216 15345]

1 hour ago, Armin Tamzarian said:

I would argue that the colossal mismanagement of the Executive branch over the last four years has minimized the efficacy of all government agencies to the point that FEMA, the CDC, and others lack the necessary bureaucratic efficiency necessary to protect the population, because they're constantly undermined by political hacks. It's a big part of the story, whether you like it or not.

FEMA has never protected shit 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Whoever it is, can we get rid of it? Suddenly shows up and messes up a good thread.

This x1000

[XYZ 2154]

3 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

Whoever it is, can we get rid of it? Suddenly shows up and messes up a good thread.

 

This.

[XYZ 2154]

First coronavirus case detected in South America (Brazil).

[InkaUtexas 25875]

33 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Been following this closely for a few weeks. Still seems to me like this is being overblown, but, the next month will tell the story. Cant see this changing life "severely" as the CDC said. 

I agree that stupid people are the issue. Lived in Peru during a Cholera epidemic. Messed life up real bad. Runs on food and staples. Prices shot up. 

[atomheartbevo 89630]

2 hours ago, horncyclist said:

I've been following this thread and the news developments. Reading this it kind of sunk in. Is it really a 15-20% hospitalization rate? This is going to disrupt our way of life for a year. Until the vaccine is widely available.

To put it in perspective: They have 65,000 “official” cases in Hubei.   They developed 13 makeshift hospitals to hold around 13,000 patients.   They are building another 19 hospitals, and are supposed to have around 30,000 makeshift beds just for coronavirus victims in the next week or so.    That’s way more than 15-20% of the official cases, but if you assume the Chinese are lying, it starts to fall in line with hundreds of thousands of infected.   

[MissingInAction 25020]

I think he is 8badmofo.

[atomheartbevo 89630]

2 hours ago, Ellellelle said:

2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I figured all the moms stopped by HEB before picking up the kiddos from school so I went to Kroger and picked up a few things we were low on. That was a good plan. Friend told me HEB was packed like there was a hurricane coming. Usually Tuesdays aren't busy because the ads come out Wednesday. I don't think people believe Larry Kudlow and the President.
It's going to be a long spring.

I'm surprised to hear this. I got attacked in a discord earlier for saying I found it worrying. People by and large still don't seemed phased. Maybe the CDC announcement has turned the light bulbs on for some.

Now that hundreds of Italians have it, that means they can (and apparently are) spreading it to other parts of Europe, which means actual white people are getting it.  

But seriously, the stock market is probably what is waking a lot of people up   

And just wait until we start getting shortages of stuff made in China.  

[atomheartbevo 89630]

2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Who would have guessed that economics and politics are driving decisions in all countries?

Foxconn is offering financial incentives to try and get workers back, because they are having serious problems.   And they are promising to disinfect even more thoroughly.    When you have to make promises like that, at a place where workers are crammed into what amounts to barracks, it makes workers hesitate.  

[atomheartbevo 89630]

2 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

 

 

[InkaUtexas 25875]

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Now that hundreds of Italians have it, that means they can (and apparently are) spreading it to other parts of Europe, which means actual white people are getting it.  

But seriously, the stock market is probably what is waking a lot of people up   

And just wait until we start getting shortages of stuff made in China.  

So you promise 5 and below is going out of business? 

[InkaUtexas 25875]

Meanwhile the Chinese keep flying everywhere. 

 

[Somnio 751]

2 hours ago, Ellellelle said:

2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I figured all the moms stopped by HEB before picking up the kiddos from school so I went to Kroger and picked up a few things we were low on. That was a good plan. Friend told me HEB was packed like there was a hurricane coming. Usually Tuesdays aren't busy because the ads come out Wednesday. I don't think people believe Larry Kudlow and the President.
It's going to be a long spring.

Read more  

I'm surprised to hear this. I got attacked in a discord earlier for saying I found it worrying. People by and large still don't seemed phased. Maybe the CDC announcement has turned the light bulbs on for some.

Nope.  I sent a link to someone earlier regarding the CDC statement, and mentioned I was going to the store to stock up on nonperishables and whatnot.

The response?  "What's this?  That virus in China?"

[Armybrat 40826]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Now that hundreds of Italians have it, that means they can (and apparently are) spreading it to other parts of Europe, which means actual white people are getting it.  

But seriously, the stock market is probably what is waking a lot of people up   

And just wait until we start getting shortages of stuff made in China.  

Empty shelves at Walmart, Harbor freight, & Target?

[Deej 76756]

1 minute ago, Armybrat said:

Empty shelves at Walmart, Harbor freight, & Target?

75% of Amazon items.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Meanwhile the Chinese keep flying everywhere. 
 

To other effected countries too.

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

12 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Now that hundreds of Italians have it, that means they can (and apparently are) spreading it to other parts of Europe, which means actual white people are getting it.  

But seriously, the stock market is probably what is waking a lot of people up   

And just wait until we start getting shortages of stuff made in China.  

Euro train system has already brought it all over the continent I’d guess. 

[Loco 3752]

Got coffee this afternoon, there was an old guy yelling into his phone in Italian...  pray for me

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Got coffee this afternoon, there was an old guy yelling into his phone in Italian...  pray for me

Quarantine Florida

[InkaUtexas 25875]

2 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Quarantine Florida

Yeah, but not just because the virus. 

[InkaUtexas 25875]

Another to watch. 

 

[michaelpshayes 417]

2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Another to watch. 

 

[Armybrat 40826]

I’ve had a runny nose for about a week and a sore shoulder muscle, but the former is probably due to excessive nose hair and the latter to the Shingles shot yesterday.

[Deej 76756]

2 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

I’ve had a runny nose for about a week and a sore shoulder muscle, but the former is probably due to excessive nose hair and the latter to the Shingles shot yesterday.

Ha. I went and got my second shingles shot today to avoid the run on health care workers, and standing in line with the infected.

[Armybrat 40826]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Ha. I went and got my second shingles shot today to avoid the run on health care workers, and standing in line with the infected.

This was my first shot. Hope I live to get the second one.

keep you updated in the death pool thread.

[Deej 76756]

First one made me feel like shit for 36 hours. 

[HOOKEM4 5036]

8 hours ago, alincoln said:

The apocalypse is here . . . we just haven't widely acknowledged it yet.  The world in March 2021 will bear little resemblance to our current society.  

No cr/

[Bevo 13570]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

Person in our office came back from China last month. Sat out two weeks. Today drops the bomb that she "had the worst flu while I was there."

You made my dead pool.

[Deej 76756]

4 minutes ago, Bevo said:

You made my dead pool.

So I got that going for me.

Actually had an upper respiratory infection kick in last week. Two days of inhaling the fumes of Irish whiskey with boiling water poured on top of it fixed me right up. 

Edited February 26, 2020 by Deej

[Loco 3752]

page 69...  nice!

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

Anyone that’s willingly boarded a cruise ship in the last 4 weeks deserves any troubles they get. 

[atomheartbevo 89630]

2 hours ago, RayDog said:

There are still no new cases in the Philippines and fewer than 100 are in hospital isolation. At this point almost all of them have tested negative. Tourists are still coming from Korea and Japan. I still see Koreans in the restaurants where I like to eat.

I had a dry cough for 6 days but now it is turning productive and I may have a mild fever. My forehead felt a little warm this morning but feels fine now, so it may be nothing. My O2 is 96%. I happened to throw a meter in my suitcase and now I am glad I have it since I can know when I might have to go to the hospital for oxygen. I had the flu a month ago and it was much worse than what I have now, so far.

I recommend that everyone get an O2 meter. They are cheap.

Have a meter thanks to a relative in the medical industry who gives out what I used to think were useless gifts.

So....did you actually see a Korean in the restaurant , or are you talking about on the menu?   After you mentioned your girlfriend has eaten bat and enjoyed it, well,  I’m never sure what to expect out of you.   

I just know that if it hits the Philippines, and we hear about an American ex-pat who has an army of teenaged midgets helping keep his compound secure from the rest of the world, we will all be thinking of you.   

Edited February 26, 2020 by atomheartbevo

[InkaUtexas 25875]

 

[Deej 76756]

Just now, atomheartbevo said:

I just know that if it hits the Philippines, and we hear about an American ex-pat who has an army of teenaged midgets helping keep his compound secure from the rest of the world, we will all be thinking of you.