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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1000 on: May 27, 2020, 10:32:07 AM »
There is no real way of knowing the nature of this virus regarding seasonality, but even if there is the possibility of a second wave in the fall/winter, that should not be much of a calculation regarding what we should be doing RIGHT NOW.

100%. As an aside, the fear about Covid in the fall has little to do with the virus itself, but with how bodies will fight it off while dealing with weakened immune systems due to the flu and other coronaviruses which are prevalent during the fall and winter seasons.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1001 on: May 27, 2020, 12:13:39 PM »
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1002 on: May 27, 2020, 12:24:46 PM »
There is no real way of knowing the nature of this virus regarding seasonality, but even if there is the possibility of a second wave in the fall/winter, that should not be much of a calculation regarding what we should be doing RIGHT NOW.
There are a few well documented studies showing lower contagion rates at warmer weather, but only by about 20%.

The impact on current policy is for countries to keep borders closed, since even if the impact now is manageable, it won't be come September.

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1003 on: May 27, 2020, 12:35:17 PM »
On the contrary.  Brazil, being in the southern hemisphere, is coming into winter now.  And now is when their death toll is increasing.

Get your information straight. https://www.accuweather.com/en/br/manaus/42471/weather-forecast/42471

Miami also has flu outbreaks during their winter, which is comparable to CLE's summer.
Seasonal doesn't have to mean warm or cold AFAIK.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1004 on: May 27, 2020, 02:10:17 PM »
Miami also has flu outbreaks during their winter, which is comparable to CLE's summer.
Seasonal doesn't have to mean warm or cold AFAIK.
Probably people bringing it from cold weather regions.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1005 on: May 27, 2020, 02:28:38 PM »
Probably people bringing it from cold weather regions.

Even so, it spreads just fine. My community got hit pretty solidly this year.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1007 on: May 27, 2020, 03:03:07 PM »
There are a few well documented studies showing lower contagion rates at warmer weather, but only by about 20%.

The impact on current policy is for countries to keep borders closed, since even if the impact now is manageable, it won't be come September.



How would having a more open border in July hurt us in September?
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1008 on: May 27, 2020, 03:14:55 PM »
The ratio of posts in the covid 19 forum to posts in the the other DDF forums peaked several weeks ago, and is now on a continuous downward trend. Now that’s a reliable indicator.

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1009 on: May 27, 2020, 03:20:48 PM »
The ratio of posts in the covid 19 forum to posts in the the other DDF forums peaked several weeks ago, and is now on a continuous downward trend. Now that’s a reliable indicator.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1010 on: May 27, 2020, 03:22:00 PM »
The ratio of posts in the covid 19 forum to posts in the the other DDF forums peaked several weeks ago, and is now on a continuous downward trend. Now that’s a reliable indicator.
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1011 on: May 27, 2020, 03:26:32 PM »
How would having a more open border in July hurt us in September?
It wouldn’t hurt the US. It would hurt countries like Taiwan & Kuwait that eradicated it
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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1018 on: June 02, 2020, 05:49:50 AM »
Stocks.

Are traders just in quarantine with no access to news? How is it possible the market is up year to date? Do traders really not see what is happening? I mean one look at DDF and people should bailing from everything.

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Re: Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?
« Reply #1019 on: June 02, 2020, 08:19:21 AM »
Stocks.

Are traders just in quarantine with no access to news? How is it possible the market is up year to date? Do traders really not see what is happening? I mean one look at DDF and people should bailing from everything.
Bernie Maidoff stole more than all the looters combined. It's not even a blip on the charts for the US economy of $20,000,000,000,000/year.

Collective wisdom of the market is assuming government is strong enough to quash this when it will want to, as it's done many times in the past.

ETA: Also, oil is up
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