Coronavirus

[HarleyDog]

(02-28-2020, 11:36 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: As a millennial who has lived through bird flu, swine flu, mad cow, Ebola, 12/20 and a few other things I'm sure I'm forgetting I'm pretty confident that this will end up being much to do about little. That said, as a parent of a <1 year old I am slightly more concerned as the extremely young and the extremely old are at the highest risk.

What I will say is that it sure has been f**king with my money over the past couple days, which I really dont appreciate.

Good time to dump cash in the stock market. I'm going to hold off for about another week because there will be reports of more cases over the weekend and the media will scream gloom and doom over the next few days scaring the investors even more than they already are, then after about another 2-3 trading days of fear selling, I will be dumping heavy into that shit.

Apple played their position well today and bought back stocks at lower prices saving them tons. I expect many others to follow. It's a win-win. 

[fredtoast]

From the "You can't make this up" department.

Right now on FOXNEWS website the headline is about The Democrats politicizing coverage of the coronavirus. There is another clip of Pete Hegseth attacking the Democrats and the media for using the coronavirus to score political points.

On the very same page there is a story from Tucker Carlson claiming that the US is vulnerable to the coronavirus because of Democrat policies and another story from Don Jr. claiming that the Democrats want millions of people to die just to make his dad look bad.

It is almost like a parody of a news site.

[fredtoast]

(02-28-2020, 04:20 PM)HarleyDog Wrote:  It's a win-win. 

So let me get this straight.  .  .  

"The stock market has risen to record levels.  This is great.  Vote for Trump."

"Stock market is crashing.  This is great.  Vote for Trump."

[GMDino]

Stephen Miller’s new wife, Katie Miller, is in charge of approving all coronavirus communications.https://t.co/Ojg3WWK9bh

— Travis Akers?? (@travisakers) February 28, 2020

 

Mulvaney on Trump: "He had not slept for a day and a half ... the man never sleeps" pic.twitter.com/HrT5GHmJ1v

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) February 28, 2020

 

[GMDino]

The POTUS...lol.

"We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical." -- Trump on the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/id6YLzbmRE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2020

 

Here are six consecutive sentences from Trump's comments on the virus yesterday. https://t.co/fVZHDk2vrK pic.twitter.com/DKRWm1nBS7

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 28, 2020

[HarleyDog]

(02-28-2020, 05:12 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So let me get this straight.  .  .  

"The stock market has risen to record levels.  This is great.  Vote for Trump."

"Stock market is crashing.  This is great.  Vote for Trump."

Yep. MAGA!

[Belsnickel]

(02-28-2020, 05:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: From the "You can't make this up" department.

Right now on FOXNEWS website the headline is about The Democrats politicizing coverage of the coronavirus. There is another clip of Pete Hegseth attacking the Democrats and the media for using the coronavirus to score political points.

On the very same page there is a story from Tucker Carlson claiming that the US is vulnerable to the coronavirus because of Democrat policies and another story from Don Jr. claiming that the Democrats want millions of people to die just to make his dad look bad.

It is almost like a parody of a news site.

Yeah, both Mulvaney and Don Jr. told folks at CPAC that the attention on the outbreak is just to make Trump look bad and the Democrats want people to die.

Thank you Newt Gingrich, for ***** this country over. This is the result of decades of divisive language dating back to his memo that formalized the use of the language in politics.

[NATI BENGALS]

(02-28-2020, 05:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: From the "You can't make this up" department.

Right now on FOXNEWS website the headline is about The Democrats politicizing coverage of the coronavirus. There is another clip of Pete Hegseth attacking the Democrats and the media for using the coronavirus to score political points.

On the very same page there is a story from Tucker Carlson claiming that the US is vulnerable to the coronavirus because of Democrat policies and another story from Don Jr. claiming that the Democrats want millions of people to die just to make his dad look bad.

It is almost like a parody of a news site.

I can guarantee there is a certain audience foaming at the mouth because it’s the evil dems politicizing this thing. The maggot base eats this type of fake news up. Divide and conquer

[grampahol]

Depending on how the current corona virus plays out baseball season will likely see a huge drop in attendance if not cancelled at some point in the season and if it keeps spreading football season may be a complete wash as well if things don't come under control. I just don't see many people wanting to go to crowded stadiums if people fear being exposed the way they've been in other nations. There's been quite a bit of talk about cancelling the Olympics in Japan and that's becoming more and more likely.. I don't know how this may play out, but so far it's not been very good.
What do you think happens as the seasons progress?

[Brownshoe]

Theres like 60 cases of the coronavirus in the USA right now. I dont think it will be a problem

[treee]

Professional athletes are probably the last people who should worry about the coronavirus. But I think you're right that when it starts to spread quickly in the US (which is nearly inevitable at this point), attendance will be way down for a month or so.

[SadFaceBengal15]

You have a 0.000001 % chance of contracting the coronavirus. Smarten up my guy

[scorp1974]

people panic for no reason.

[Sled21]

Lower mortality rate than the flu. Like I said before, Coronavirus is the Cleveland Browns of viruses. Overhyped.

[*Nately120*]

(02-29-2020, 08:24 AM)scorp1974 Wrote: people panic for no reason.

I've said before that people tend to disregard statistics when allocating fear or concern over something.  I've known people who spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about terrorists and mass shooters but they don't wear their seatbelts, they drive in unsafe manners, don't know CRP, don't own fire extinguishers, and don't seem to worry about many other more common ways of dying.

So, it wouldn't surprise me if people stayed home because of coronavirus panic, but I figure there will be a new boogie man out there by the time the season rolls around.

[bengals1969]

(02-29-2020, 03:15 AM)grampahol Wrote: Depending on how the current corona virus plays out baseball season will likely see a huge drop in attendance if not cancelled at some point in the season and if it keeps spreading football season may be a complete wash as well if things don't come under control. I just don't see many people wanting to go to crowded stadiums if people fear being exposed the way they've been in other nations. There's been quite a bit of talk about cancelling the Olympics in Japan and that's becoming more and more likely.. I don't know how this may play out, but so far it's not been very good.
What do you think happens as the seasons progress?

Way too soon for that.
USA has two big oceans and polar ice caps separating it from the hot zones.
As long as the US government aggressively controls access to US borders, it shouldn’t be a issue.

[Big Boss]

Call me insensitive but I have zero concern for this thing.

[*jason*]

I've heard from a very knowledgeable source that when it warms up, the virus will miraculously disappear.

[*Nately120*]

(02-29-2020, 02:01 PM)bengals1969 Wrote: Way too soon for that.
USA has two big oceans and polar ice caps separating it from the hot zones.
As long as the US government aggressively controls access to US borders, it shouldn’t be a issue.

Unless it comes from Asia via visa-granted middle to upper-class visitors and not Mexico.

(02-29-2020, 02:21 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Call me insensitive but I have zero concern for this thing.

The corona virus is like Freddy Kreuger in the first movie...as long as you don't believe in it it can do you no harm.

[*Synric*]

The Corona Virus is up to a 40% chance to turn into a pandemic. I get people arent worried about it because of the low mortality rate but that's not the biggest concern. What will hurt the most is the lock down of multiple cities world wide and how it will effect the world economy.