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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
Apparently the apocalypse has come. This virus is going to do a Thanos special. We are all doomed.
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3rd Mar 2020 8:42 pm |
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MotionInc Member Since: 17 Jun 2019 Location: North America Posts: 1350 |
My thoughts are that the economic effect is definitely real and going to get worse for the next while. As for the virus and people, I am going to assume that it should be a serious consideration as I would hate to pass it on to someone and it kills them. Of course, I don't think it will kill me.......... |
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3rd Mar 2020 9:05 pm |
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Largered Member Since: 10 Jul 2016 Location: UK Posts: 1978 |
I drank Corona as a kid. Nothing wrong with me.
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3rd Mar 2020 9:17 pm |
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RealBeale Member Since: 13 Jun 2016 Location: Birmingham Great Barr Posts: 910 |
I , too, drank Corona as a kid. Of course it didn't do me any harm either -and why would it ? After all "Every bubble's passed it's physical !" |
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3rd Mar 2020 10:05 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
Back in the 1970s & 80s when I started working, the office cleaners not only vacuumed & mopped the kitchen floor, they wiped all the desks with disinfectant, same with cleaning the photocopier, door knobs, handrails, wipped the keyboards for the mainframe computer, wiped the till & calculators. They even unscrewed the telephone handset ear & mouth pieces & cleaned inside..... & washed the ashtrays! All 3 times a week.
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3rd Mar 2020 11:03 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
It’s worth bearing in mind that the average mortality rate for seasonal flu is around 0.1% of those infected. The figures for Corona virus are still being refined, but are likely to be around 1.0% according to the U.K. Gov., with rates in the worst effected areas of China at around 3-4%. These figures are evolving all the time as more data becomes available, but this is at least 10 times the fatility rate of seasonal flu. |
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3rd Mar 2020 11:09 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
2018 road toll in China 256,180, that's 701 every day. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!
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3rd Mar 2020 11:53 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
Not too sure what that proves in relation to Cronovirus but, at a 50% infection rate in the U.K. (the upper limit for infection would be around 80%, at 1% fatality, we’d have around 325,000 dead. |
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4th Mar 2020 12:02 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
The way news is portrayed one gets the impression that everyone who will die will die from Coronavirus.
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4th Mar 2020 12:48 am |
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MotionInc Member Since: 17 Jun 2019 Location: North America Posts: 1350 |
US Federal Reserve emergency cut rates by .5 points today; 1st emergency cut since the 2008 market crash. I'd say that's pretty significant since it looks like that specific cut likely hurt the markets at close today. I'd say they are predicting/expecting some form of a recession due to supply chain interruptions & expected future interruptions. |
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4th Mar 2020 2:18 am |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
I’d agree that there’s a lot of irresponsible news headlines out there, especially from the tabloids peddling fear and panic, but suggesting that it’s no worse than seasonal flu shows that there’s misinformation on both sides. |
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4th Mar 2020 6:04 am |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1681 |
Some switched on people are going to make millions, if you jumped out of the stock markets a month ago and watch the trend to jump back in in a couple of months you will probably increase your portfolio by about 5%, so is the crisis a little bit exaggerated? the timing is right for another financial crash, high stock markets that have peaked, the finance sector needs these crashes to keep the money moving. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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4th Mar 2020 6:07 am |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
This sort of conspiracy theory would then need some mechanism to control the market, or inform those “in the know”, so as to know exactly when to re-enter the market - immediately before a recovery.
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4th Mar 2020 6:53 am |
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Dartman the one Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Seville, Spain Posts: 1681 |
Yes easy those that wish to make the money will exaggerate the effect of the crisis ( if it is) with the help of the media having slowly disposed of their assets into cash only need two or three to get it going by dumping selected shares. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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4th Mar 2020 8:06 am |
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