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Volbucky said:
See if you can find a good ETF that has delta, American Airlines, United and similar travel related companies in it and that would be best to be honest.
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Know of one? Problem is, I don't know they all survive this. Delta and American, sure. But maybe not everything they put in there.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I don’t get why people think these numbers are static. No social distancing = many, many more cases. Exponential increase.
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I don't get why people don't realize that the mortality rates are basically useless garbage..since they only go by confirmed test results...which are basically only given to people showing severe symptoms..not the God only knows how many hundreds of thousands or most probably..millions..that do not get tested because they only have the sniffles, sore throat or cough or no symptoms at all..
 
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ndubvols said:
Definitely agree with the last part of this post. There are easily double the numbers reported. Family members of confirmed cases aren’t even being tested if they present symptoms, therefore aren’t included in the numbers. Considering the average family size in the US and the spread rate of the virus that’s probably at least 1 person with symptoms that isn’t in the numbers. This excludes those who aren’t in the same household and came into contact.
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It is sooo obvious..
 
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chargervol said:
Agree.
I know some see unreported cases as some sort of ah ha glitch but doesn't sway my thinking at all.
Everything I'm looking at is "of reported cases". In turn, the number of expected cases would also be higher if you account for unreported, basically coming out to a wash. I'm indifferent if it's 1.9 or 2.7 percent mortality because that doesn't change hospital capacity, etc., (the real issues for unchecked) either way.
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I am not trying to just be contrary, but it is not a "wash".
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I don't get why people don't realize that the mortality rates are basically useless garbage..since they only go by confirmed test results...which are basically only given to people showing severe symptoms..not the God only knows how many hundreds of thousands or most probably..millions..that do not get tested because they only have the sniffles, sore throat or cough or no symptoms at all..
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And under the category of choose who to believe, supposedly (I haven't bothered confirming if it's true), even the numbers they have are misleading because, when someone dies now, if they have the virus in their system it's reported as a Covid-19 death. Doesn't matter if it's the primary factor, a contributing factor, or no factor at all. Doesn't matter if they have cancer, heart disease, or whatever, it's counted as a Covid-19 death.
 
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Weezer said:
I've held the same belief all along, what will be, will be. All that I've been through has taught me nothing comes from panic and/or worry.
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It's taken my wife years to understand me having this mindset. We got together when we were late teens and she had never been on her own.

She used to stress and worry over everything. She still does a little but has come to understand that it is pointless and harmful. Nothing wrong with caution, concern and preparation.
 
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jlawso21 said:
This is where the federal government should develop a policy similar to the recent compassionate use exception for drugs. They should allow people the option of taking the vaccine early before all the testing is complete, depending on the confidence level. The CDC, NIH, and WHO have not distinguished themselves during this fiasco. South Korea developed and deployed testing in time to stop their outbreak. Germany has an antibody test, so does Taiwan. We pay twice as much per capita than any other country on earth and we have this s*** show as a result. I suspect this is because we don't want to copy them, our government and companies suffer from "not invented here" syndrome.

We just can't wait another year for a vaccine. We will destroy our economy and our children's future if we wait that long. I'm 72 years old, and I am in no hurry to die, but death is a part of life. Look at this way, we lost hundreds of thousands of young men in WWII, and most of them were not volunteers. If this is a war there will be casualties. I don't want to be one of those casualties but if it comes as a result of reopening our economy I am willing to take the risk.
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Me too...hell I am already on the front anyway...so..
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I don't get why people don't realize that the mortality rates are basically useless garbage..since they only go by confirmed test results...which are basically only given to people showing severe symptoms..not the God only knows how many hundreds of thousands or most probably..millions..that do not get tested because they only have the sniffles, sore throat or cough or no symptoms at all..
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Can’t argue with that. But doctors will tell you that this is very contagious and not the flu. 🤷‍♂️
 
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JohnnyMajorsFlask said:
The Nola shrimp is most definitely fantastic. My go to is usually Capone's seafood platter. Seafood bisque is delicious as well.
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My wife and I enjoy going and sitting down to eat there. Atmosphere is great. Mansion owned by Al Capone is a pretty cool place for a restaurant. Helps that the food is fantastic too.
 
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Just heartrending..This just can not go on indefinitely..


TROPIC, Utah — Like most residents of Garfield County, Dianna Leslie depends on tourism to survive.
At the beginning of March, like she’s done for over a decade, she stopped collecting unemployment benefits just as they were running out. Leslie, 44, returned to her seasonal job doing laundry at the Bryce Canyon Inn — a place where her bosses treat her like family and which she proudly describes as the “the best place to work” in the roughly 500-person town.
The rooms were booked through April, and the team was looking forward to one of the busiest springs on record, with visitors slated to come from all over the world to take in the iconic vistas and rock formations of nearby Bryce Canyon National Park.
Two weeks later, coronavirus forced tens of thousands of cancellations across the region and Leslie, her family’s main breadwinner, found herself showing up for what would be her last day of work.
“I walked in there feeling like it was the middle of January. You know, no one around,” she said. "It’s an eerie feeling”
Leslie is one of the close-to 1,000 seasonal employees caught up in what local officials are describing as an “economic crisis” ripping through Southern Utah: seasonal workers who typically exhaust their unemployment benefits during the winter who are now in need of extensions.
That’s especially true in Garfield County, where nearly half of all jobs are tied directly to the tourism industry and unemployment swings a whopping 61% between the peak of summer and the dead of winter, according to data from the Utah Department of Workforce Services.
The area’s rural economy means people have limited options for work, said Garfield County Commissioner Leland Pollock, who contrasted his region with northern Utah.
“The Wasatch Front is a different world,” he said. “There’s thousands of businesses. Down here, we just don’t have the population.”
Regional Fallout
Tourism plays an important role across the southern half of the state, where in three other counties — Grand, Kane and Wayne — leisure and hospitality services make up the biggest sector of the local economy.
That includes places like Moab, which moved aggressively to shut down tourism in response to calls from local healthcare providers.
Moab Mayor Emily Niehaus credits that decision with keeping the number of cases of COVID-19 in the area under control. So far, only one case of the virus has been reported in Grand County.
But the drastic course of action also came with a cost, she said, since it has meant that businesses are closed during what is normally their busiest time of the year.
“We’re looking at a month without revenue,” she said. “It’s pretty terrifying.”
 
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I was remembering when I was a small boy in the 1960’s we were living on a farm in rural west Tennessee. I think it was one Saturday, we all piled into the flatbed truck and drove, I guess quite a ways, maybe close to an hour, to a cross roads on the way to my great-grandmother’s place. She had a lot of land out in the middle of nowhere that had been in the family for generations.

Anyway, at the cross roads right before we get to her place there was a filling station. We stopped at the filling station because it turns out that’s where we had been headed all along. I don’t think we went inside, we may have, but I seem to remember some guy comes out to where we’re all standing about and gives us sugar cubes to eat. I was a kid and like most kids I liked candy. It turns out it was the new polio vaccine. I’m thinking that had to be close to the perfect model for drive-thru vaccinations.

I have no idea how we knew we were supposed to go get the vaccinations but then again it was Tennessee. We’re actually more engaged that people give us credit for. It’s like the first time we checkered Neyland. Who the hell would have thought we could pull than off in under two weeks and have everyone on the same page? I love this state. jmo.
 
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Jack Burton said:
Finally got around to seeing The Mandalorian. It’s amazing how much better this is versus everything else from Star Wars over the last 20 years. Rogue One is in 2nd. The prequels and episodes 7-9 are hot garbage in comparison.

Jon Favreau is the new King. These are indisputable facts.
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This is the way.
 
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