Anyone paying much attention to this Coronavirus situation? Is this how the zombie apocalypse starts?

It’s stunning to me how much this is affecting the stock market. 

posted by BRF

It’s stunning to me how much this is affecting the stock market. 

I saw airline stocks have dropped quite a bit. Might be time to buy.

energy prices are getting pummeled. be ready to buy CVX, XOM as it rebounds.

The symptoms are the same as a cold and I don’t think it’s killed anyone who was baseline healthy - only the elderly who are more vulnerable. I don’t know what the big deal is. But you know, media. 

Kung Flu.

Quit eating bats and the "three squeaks."

That's all I have taken from this whole ordeal.

posted by majorspark

Two UM students at Oxford, being isolated

I think the info we are getting from China is all straight lies......its way worse if they are trying to build hospitals in a week.

posted by BRF

It’s stunning to me how much this is affecting the stock market. 

After reading this article, I am better understanding the effect:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-31/the-global-economy-is-getting-infected-by-the-virus

While I do think the media is sensationalizing things, that opinion places undeserved faith on the accuracy of reports out of China.

The number infected, and the mortality rate, is almost certainly higher than China is reporting.  Plus, given the huge increase (@ 10-fold) in the number of cases in the past week, the death toll will probably rise considerably in the next week or two as @ 90% of cases only became symptomatic in the past week.

That said, with the market down @7% as a result, it sure does look like a great buying opportunity.

posted by Verbal Kint

Two UM students at Oxford, being isolated

MU*

posted by like_that

 

MU*

 

and they tested negative

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/asia/us-coronavirus-victim-cruise-ship-intl-hnk/index.html
 

I still haven’t heard anything that warrants all the outrage. It’s the fucking flu. And it’s killing mainly elderly people in rural China who probably aren’t the healthiest in the first place. 
 

I can’t imagine how I would be reacting if I and any of my family were on a quarantined cruise ship. 

Interesting twitter thread on the virus. Wild conspiracy theory or plausible scenario?

https://twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1226311942354042880

posted by justincredible

Interesting twitter thread on the virus. Wild conspiracy theory or plausible scenario?

https://twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1226311942354042880

I doubt some dude who ran for senate with less than 2000 followers has all the answers. 

posted by kizer permanente

I doubt some dude who ran for senate with less than 2000 followers has all the answers. 

Noted. 

posted by justincredible

Noted. 

I will say one thing..... if there’s any country who would bio-nuke itself for population control, it’d be China. 

posted by justincredible

Interesting twitter thread on the virus. Wild conspiracy theory or plausible scenario?

I think he's talking out of his ass, but he does bring up an interesting question as to whether the US is researching bio weapons.  We'd almost have to, because you have to assume the bad actors are doing it, also.

Also, if your bio weapon only kills elderly people in China, then you're a pretty mediocre evil genius.  Or maybe the goal of such things isn't actually to kill a bunch of people.  The fact it turned that China city into a ghost town for weeks is probably sufficiently effective from a tactical perspective.

Nightmare scenerios being reported about North Korea.  

That country might not survive a pandemic.  

Looks like another buying opportunity!  Although there are some real & significant hits to revenues/profits in the pipeline with the disruption caused to the supply chain.

And all the news organizations are foaming at the mouth over the prospect for a "pandemic".

What do we really know about the biohazard research facility in Wuhan? 

Should we be buying what the Chinese are selling regarding this virus?

posted by QuakerOats

What do we really know about the biohazard research facility in Wuhan? 

Should we be buying what the Chinese are selling regarding this virus?

 

Tom Cotton, is that you?

I knew it!