Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

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ETV said:
For 30 to 60 days, the MSM repeated and called it a Chinese or Wuhan coronavirus. Now, using that term is offensive?

It's very much debatable.
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Being offensive may be debatable but his purposeful usage is really not. Maybe you could debate the reasons behind it instead
 
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Smokey'sHandler said:
I am in the same boat. I kind of had an oh crap situation about this yesterday afternoon. I have had discussions with my co-workers about the ripple effects from closures such as the NBA. Once the NBA closed down all of the others (NCAA, NHL, MLB, MLS) followed suit shortly after. The minute one city announced the closure of bars/restaurants several were then to follow.

Yesterday the big 3 and several others in the auto industry decided to shut down. This will essentially shut down all of their tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 suppliers. I do not work in the auto industry but I do work in large corporate manufacturing that more than likely has some suppliers that are linked to the auto industry. How linked are they? I don't know. how much of an impact is this going to have on our business? I don't know. What I do know is that when one portion of a business sector has shut down it has then cascaded to other portions rather quickly.

I am scared sh!tless this is going to hit our business by early next week if not the end of the week. When it does how long are we going to stay shut down? How hard is this going to hit our base business and what will the recovery look like?

For the first time in my life I am pretty worried about the uncertainty of my family's future.
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Son works for a tier 1 parts supplier and they are looking at layoffs and to top it off him and his wife own a boutique which has seen business evaporate.
 
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Vol737 said:
Edited my post...I realize how you’re getting that number...it’s disingenuous.
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Certainly most of the open cases will survive. Many will die though. I'm just saying, OF THE CLOSED CONFIRMED CASES, about 10% have been closed with a sheet over the head.
 
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GAVol said:
Again... It’s a propaganda war not a playground insult.
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Seems pointless, since Chinese people don't get to hear anything Trump says, unless they are allowed to. Middle ground is calling it by it's designated name. I honestly don't care one way or another, but those who pretend it's just Trump simplifying things, don't believe that, themselves.
 
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Stew Cook said:
Seems pointless, since Chinese people don't get to hear anything Trump says, unless they are allowed to. Middle ground is calling it by it's designated name. I honestly don't care one way or another, but those who pretend it's just Trump simplifying things, don't believe that, themselves.
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The Chinese people aren’t the target either. It’s to slap the Chinese government’s hand and marginalize them worldwide.
 
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It's a very limited study but Plaquenil is also a drug that has been around forever..used mostly for anti-malaria..it's also used for some auto immune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis
 
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GAVol said:
The Chinese people aren’t the target either. It’s to slap the Chinese government’s hand and marginalize them worldwide.
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Well, I'll respect your opinion. If the stakes weren't so high, I'd say there was no risk for dire consequences, and no point in paying any mind.
 
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hog88 said:
Son works for a tier 1 parts supplier and they are looking at layoffs and to top it off him and his wife own a boutique which has seen business evaporate.
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Just out of curiosity: What are your son and your wife doing to combat the issue? Did they have an online presence before this event? If so are they exploiting that more and if not are they going to create one?

I am not a small business owner but would love to be one one day and in this crisis have often thought about what the strategy would be in a time like this. I am guessing the strategy would be to purchase zero new inventory unless you are overloaded on orders for specific items. Attempt to move all of the inventory you have off the shelf and essentially shut the doors to decrease on your amount of variable expenses. Leaving your expense in only building expense, inventory tax expense (if there is such a thing) and additional taxes you have to pay. At that point you have to bank on whatever you have in your coffers/sales on existing inventory will carry you until you open back up and make a profit again which may be 3-4 months.
 
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Stew Cook said:
Well, I'll respect your opinion. If the stakes weren't so high, I'd say there was no risk for dire consequences, and no point in paying any mind.
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To me, it’s just too contrived sounding to be anything other than that. Plus, he’s really the only one using the terminology. There are still a few mentions of Wuhan virus, but mostly it’s morphed to Coronavirus and it seems recently more Covid-19 mentions.
 
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allvol123 said:
Throw your number out. Let's hear it. I'm sure your prediction is based on some solid maff.
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We are averaging about 37,000 automobile fatalities a year. I think CV will cause more than that in calendar 2020.

I would love to be completely wrong and would take absolute delight in being mocked about it.
 
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Stew Cook said:
Well, I'll respect your opinion. If the stakes weren't so high, I'd say there was no risk for dire consequences, and no point in paying any mind.
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What’s the risk ? There’s no risk in calling it that just because China doesn’t like it . Poo bear can go kick rocks
 
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lawgator1 said:
We are averaging about 37,000 automobile fatalities a year. I think CV will cause more than that in calendar 2020.

I would love to be completely wrong and would take absolute delight in being mocked about it.
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I've predicted 45,000 using worst case scenarios.

So bringing up car deaths is completely relevant in discussing the absurdity of the reaction to this.
 
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evillawyer said:
Certainly most of the open cases will survive. Many will die though. I'm just saying, OF THE CLOSED CONFIRMED CASES, about 10% have been closed with a sheet over the head.
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Now that testing protocols have changed and testing is ramping up significantly I'd expect that 10% to drop.

We've been seeing a lot of the more severe cases as test results I think thus far. Now we should start getting the mild cases that weren't tested for previously. And that's still not including the people that are trying to treat it themselves with OTC meds and not going to the doctor.

I would guess there are more unknown cases out there that are recovering than unknown cases resulting in death.
 
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utvolpj said:
Being offensive may be debatable but his purposeful usage is really not. Maybe you could debate the reasons behind it instead
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It absolutely has a purpose on his end. And the shift in reaction by the media has one as well, regardless of whether they really think its racist or not.

Does he need to or have to call it that? No.
Could he call it the "bat flu", "Coronavirus", "Covid-19", "the virus"...? Sure.
Would it matter in any significant way? No.

Of all the things our goofy media could ask about during this time. Some have to get hung up on this.
 
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