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Quote from: drfchound on February 27, 2020, 08:53:58 amI see that the people confined to the hotel in Tenerife are complaining about the lack of good food they have access to.One woman phoned the BBC and said that for breakfast the hotel gave them jam on toast, for lunch it was cheese on toast and in the evening it was peanut butter on toast.In its defence a hotel spokesman said that was the only food they could get under the guest room doors.I think that should be the 'Dark Humour' thread I posted earlier.
I see that the people confined to the hotel in Tenerife are complaining about the lack of good food they have access to.One woman phoned the BBC and said that for breakfast the hotel gave them jam on toast, for lunch it was cheese on toast and in the evening it was peanut butter on toast.In its defence a hotel spokesman said that was the only food they could get under the guest room doors.
BBC reporting 14% of people with Corona in China become re-infected. Now thats a worrying one.
That's not really right RD. It is if you're taking in points terms, but that's not fair. Because the stock markets are worth so much more these days. So you have to look at the percentage fall to be fair.On Back Monday in 1987, the Dow Jones fell 22% in ONE DAY!But it does feel like this is big stuff. The Dow Jones has been going through an almost non-stop climb for 11 years. It looks to be hugely over-valued by historical comparisons of sensible average growth. Back in the early 2000s the stock market was massively overvalued due to the dot com bubble. Investors were already twitchy and expecting a fall. It really came after the shock of 9/11. I wonder if Coronavirus might be the catalyst this time.Not quite a perfect analogy as the US was already in recession when 9/11 happened, but the fall in the DJ over the next few months extended the recession badly hampered what became known as a jobless recovery. The USA isn't in recession right now, but economic growth has been slowing. This panic on the stock market and the effects of coronavirus could easily tip that into outright recession.
That's not really right RD. It is if you're taking in points terms, but that's not fair. Because the stock markets are worth so much more these days. So you have to look at the percentage fall to be fair.On Black Monday in 1987, the Dow Jones fell 22% in ONE DAY!But it does feel like this is big stuff. The Dow Jones has been going through an almost non-stop climb for 11 years. It looks to be hugely over-valued by historical comparisons of sensible average growth. Back in the early 2000s the stock market was massively overvalued due to the dot com bubble. Investors were already twitchy and expecting a fall. It really came after the shock of 9/11. I wonder if Coronavirus might be the catalyst this time.Not quite a perfect analogy as the US was already in recession when 9/11 happened, but the fall in the DJ over the next few months extended the recession badly hampered what became known as a jobless recovery. The USA isn't in recession right now, but economic growth has been slowing. This panic on the stock market and the effects of coronavirus could easily tip that into outright recession.
A slight overdue dip?Are you serious? I mean really?The whole bloody world is being exposed to a new virus that is spreading fast and is deadly. Never mind the talk of flu. The talk of 2% deaths as if that is not high enough.Look at it man. Just look at it.
For trying to contain the virus, surely there are empty buildings all over the Country that the Government could requisition to be used as isolation centres
Quote from: Filo on February 29, 2020, 08:18:20 amFor trying to contain the virus, surely there are empty buildings all over the Country that the Government could requisition to be used as isolation centres Who do you suggest would care for these people in all these empty buildings?