Covid-9 has hit the world like a planet-wide tornado, turning everything topsy-turvy and leaving unbelievable destruction in its wake.
The US economy, touted just a month ago by President Trump as the strongest in history, is now, according to some experts, headed for a “light” recession. The US stock market and other markets around the world have plummeted across the board due to uncertainty and fear of what the impact from the coronavirus might be. (Why wait and see, let’s just drive the market into “bear” territory in anticipation of what might happen.)
Trillions of dollars of wealth have been erased by fear, not deaths, not even cases of coronavirus, just fear of what might happen.
It is hard to believe Democrats are anything but happy about the coronavirus and its effect on the US stock market. They have been strategizing for months, and worrying that they could never win back the presidency from Trump if the economy is strong.
Never let a crisis go to waste
The Democrats are following former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel’s advice. He said, “Never let a crisis go to waste…”
Instead of bringing a bill to the House floor that will help people survive the economic disruption of the coronavirus, the Democrats have filled the bill with Democrat items that Republicans can’t in good conscience, support.
Some are saying that the Democrats even sneaked some abortion funding into the bill.
Even so, either outcome is good for the Democrats and bad for the Republicans, a classic “heads I win, tails you lose” setup. If the Republicans vote yes, the Democrats get what they want and the Republicans are losers.
If the Republicans vote no, the Democrats can say the Republicans don’t care about people. The Republicans should have brought their own bill first so they could turn the tables on the Dems.
Fearmongering
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly and older people and immuno-compromised people are at risk. Precautions should be observed, such as washing hands, staying out of crowded places, etc.
In fact, some states like California are banning non-essential gatherings of more than 250 people and suggesting that smaller gatherings be canceled if non-essential. Keeping your distance, or “social-distancing” will be forever a part of America’s vocabulary.
Having said that, there does seem to be some fearmongering going on, so let’s look at the numbers. At this date:
- 125,000 cases have been reported, with the majority of those contained in China. 4,970 people have died worldwide, according to the WHO
- 1,323 cases have been reported in the US and 39 people have died
- The virus has been reported in 45 states
Bernie Sanders
Speaking of fearmongering, Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders fears that the coronavirus will kill more people than the number of soldiers that died in WWII. The death toll for the virus is less than 5,000 at this date. 20 million soldiers died in WWII. Here is the comparison: 5,000 is .00025 percent of 20 million. Fearmongering much?
Bernie Sanders delivers remarks on coronavirus: “The number of casualties may actually even be higher than what the armed forces experienced in World War II” https://t.co/I5Xclxde50 pic.twitter.com/1BaajtDUmb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 12, 2020
America at a standstill
- Disneyland and Universal Studios are closed for the rest of March
- The NBA and the NHL have postponed their seasons. Schools are canceling classes.
- There will be no March Madness for the NCAA.
- In MLB, the 2020 Opening Day to be delayed by at least two weeks; Spring Training Games canceled beginning today.
- Broadway shows are canceled at the request of New York governor, Andrew Cuomo
- SXSW and other festivals and concerts are being cancelled all over the country
Many community meetings are being canceled. Governors are issuing executive orders. The Federal Reserve is lowering interest rates. The president is banning travel from Europe.
Hopefully, all of these cancellations will result in diminishing the spread of the coronavirus.
507 Responses
I have been absent for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this site. Thanks, I will try and check back more often. How frequently you update your site?
Your style is really unique in comparison to other people I have read stuff from. I appreciate you for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I will just book mark this web site.
I’ve recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me tremendously. Thank you for all of your time & work. “The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky” by Solomon Short.
This is a topic which is near to my heart… Thank you! Where are your contact details though?
Pretty! This was an extremely wonderful post. Many thanks for supplying this info.
This page certainly has all of the information and facts I needed concerning this subject and didn’t know who to ask.
Undeniably believe that which you said. Your favorite justification appeared to be on the net the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider worries that they plainly don’t know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top and also defined out the whole thing without having side-effects , people can take a signal. Will probably be back to get more. Thanks
My wife and i were quite lucky that Emmanuel managed to carry out his inquiry from the ideas he grabbed from your very own web page. It’s not at all simplistic to simply find yourself freely giving hints which usually people could have been trying to sell. We grasp we have got the writer to thank for this. The entire explanations you’ve made, the simple site menu, the relationships you can help to instill – it is everything excellent, and it’s really facilitating our son and us know that the theme is amusing, which is really pressing. Thank you for the whole thing!
You’ve made some decent points there. I looked on the internet to find out more about the issue and found most individuals will go along with your views on this web site.
I’m still learning from you, as I’m trying to achieve my goals. I certainly love reading all that is posted on your site.Keep the posts coming. I enjoyed it!
Usually I do not read post on blogs, but I wish to say that this write-up very forced me to try and do it! Your writing taste has been surprised me. Thanks, very great post.
Having read this I believed it was really informative. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to put this information together. I once again find myself spending a lot of time both reading and leaving comments. But so what, it was still worth it!
Dead indited written content, thanks for selective information. “Life is God’s novel. Let him write it.” by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
You’ve made some decent points there. I looked on the internet for more information about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this website.
There’s certainly a great deal to learn about this subject. I really like all the points you’ve made.
I’ve been surfing online greater than three hours lately, yet I by no means discovered any attention-grabbing article like yours. It is pretty worth sufficient for me. In my view, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the net can be much more useful than ever before.
An impressive share! I have just forwarded this onto a friend who was conducting a little research on this. And he actually ordered me lunch because I found it for him… lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thanks for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spending some time to discuss this topic here on your website.
Hi there would you mind letting me know which webhost you’re utilizing? I’ve loaded your blog in 3 completely different browsers and I must say this blog loads a lot faster then most. Can you recommend a good internet hosting provider at a fair price? Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!
You’re so interesting! I don’t suppose I’ve read anything like this before. So great to find another person with some unique thoughts on this issue. Seriously.. thanks for starting this up. This site is something that is required on the web, someone with some originality!
I was suggested this web site by my cousin. I am not sure whether this post is written by him as no one else know such detailed about my problem. You’re amazing! Thanks!
This is a topic that is close to my heart… Thank you! Exactly where are your contact details though?
Hi, Neat post. There’s an issue together with your site in internet explorer, could test this… IE still is the market leader and a good element of other folks will omit your fantastic writing due to this problem.
Hello there, I found your site by way of Google while looking for a related matter, your site came up, it appears to be like great. I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
I have been exploring for a little for any high quality articles or weblog posts in this kind of space . Exploring in Yahoo I at last stumbled upon this site. Studying this information So i¡¦m glad to show that I’ve a very just right uncanny feeling I came upon just what I needed. I such a lot no doubt will make certain to do not fail to remember this website and give it a glance regularly.
Hi my friend! I want to say that this article is amazing, nice written and come with almost all vital infos. I would like to look extra posts like this .
My spouse and i have been so more than happy Louis managed to finish off his investigations from your precious recommendations he had through your web page. It’s not at all simplistic to just possibly be freely giving guides that many other folks may have been trying to sell. Therefore we already know we have the writer to be grateful to for this. All of the illustrations you’ve made, the simple blog menu, the friendships you can make it possible to instill – it’s got all superb, and it’s letting our son in addition to the family believe that that matter is excellent, and that’s extraordinarily mandatory. Many thanks for the whole thing!
I discovered your blog website on google and test a number of of your early posts. Proceed to maintain up the very good operate. I just further up your RSS feed to my MSN Information Reader. In search of forward to reading extra from you in a while!…
Pretty! This has been an incredibly wonderful post. Thank you for supplying these details.
You made some good points there. I looked on the web to learn more about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this web site.
Very well written post. It will be helpful to anybody who employess it, including me. Keep doing what you are doing – looking forward to more posts.
Greetings! Quick question that’s completely off topic. Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My blog looks weird when viewing from my iphone 4. I’m trying to find a template or plugin that might be able to fix this problem. If you have any recommendations, please share. Thank you!
Greetings from Florida! I’m bored to tears at work so I decided to check out your site on my iphone during lunch break. I really like the information you present here and can’t wait to take a look when I get home. I’m shocked at how quick your blog loaded on my mobile .. I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyhow, wonderful blog!
Appreciate it for helping out, superb info. “If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.” by Bill Lyon.
you’re truly a excellent webmaster. The web site loading pace is amazing. It kind of feels that you’re doing any unique trick. Furthermore, The contents are masterpiece. you’ve done a excellent task in this subject!
I really wanted to construct a small message to appreciate you for those pleasant concepts you are giving out at this website. My rather long internet lookup has at the end been paid with reasonable facts to talk about with my great friends. I would express that we website visitors are rather endowed to dwell in a very good community with many brilliant people with great basics. I feel rather fortunate to have seen your entire web page and look forward to some more brilliant times reading here. Thanks again for a lot of things.
You made some clear points there. I did a search on the issue and found most guys will approve with your site.
Very interesting information!Perfect just what I was looking for! “Some people don’t get it when I’m being sarcastic.” by Leonardo DiCaprio.
My partner and I stumbled over here by a different website and thought I might as well check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to going over your web page yet again.
Hello.This article was really motivating, particularly because I was browsing for thoughts on this issue last Thursday.
Its great as your other articles : D, appreciate it for putting up. “To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.” by Kahlil Gibran.