Re: Winterail Corona Virus-We really only know the effects, not so much yet, the "cause"...
Author: WAF
Date: 03-07-2020 - 12:09
BOB2 Wrote:
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> We don't really know much. And, I suspect the
> experts still don't know much, as yet, about how
> exactly this spreads.
>
> What has been evident, and gets notice, is that it
> spreads pretty easily, and even to health care
> workers with higher degree's of protection. In
> China, they've needed to test hundreds of
> thousands of people, and impose huge restrictions
> and quarantined tens of thousands of folks, in
> order to begin to get this under control.
> Asymptomatic carriers, or those with symptoms so
> minor (cold sore, sniffles, an extra cough, other
> than from that hit of strong indica….) may be a
> part of the problem, too. Of course, if you are
> very symptomatic, DO NOT DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT
> TOLD YOU TO DO, AND DO NOT GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL,
> ANYHOW!
>
> Because we haven't seriously been able to test
> nearly enough potentially exposed people, to get a
> statistically accurate sampling of exposure risks,
> I'm not sure that even the "experts" have any
> handle on it yet, either....
>
> So, until we can get more than 40 test kits, for
> the other 3,000 or so passengers and crew on that
> cruise ship tested, we don't really know how many
> folks actually might have it, do we....? It's
> that stupid MATH and science thing at work,
> again....
>
> Then, the guys and gals who do this math, will
> probably be able to let us know the risks better,
> when they can get the necessary data... And, then
> we'll know how better to deal with this.
>
> As a transportation economist, what I can say,
> from my experience with such "data" and "MATH", is
> that logistics numbers were weak already, the
> market was overvalued (by definition, since it did
> "fall"), that the effects of the shut down of
> travel and commerce are already being observed,
> and that shocks of this magnitude do ripple
> through the "real" economy, not just Wall
> Street...
>
> There were a lot of nervous store clerks at Trader
> Joe's looking at those empty aisles, too. And,
> the tip jar at the restaurant was real empty, from
> no customers....
>
> I don't know about attendance at Winterail (or
> maybe, the potentially positive side effects on
> Winterrail, from improved personal hygiene???),
> but this "over sixty" "quarantine" is a definite
> "sell" indication for your Olive Garden stock....
Trump is a complete idiot, as usual, about things of importance. I would listen to Pence