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To: Selectric II who wrote (36201)	3/20/2020 8:29:06 PM
From: greg s	Respond to of 73775

This thread has some valuable investment comments, but some of the fantastical, nonsensical, extremist political propaganda gives one pause. The thread has become useless for its original intended purpose. But, these are taxing times. If some can get through it better by venting their spleens here, I suppose it serves a purpose.

To: Selectric II who wrote (36201)	3/20/2020 9:18:43 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 73775

downplayed the seriousness of the situation YUP Trump is a germophobe. Do germophobes encourage sick people to spread their germs? Trump is an idiot who raw-dogged strippers. 6 feet ain't enough for him. Trump was instituting travel restrictions to prevent the importation of more virus from China to the U.S. MASSIVE fail. Closing borders based on nationality... laughable. The virus doesn't need to be "imported" in volume... It replicates itself. Social distancing while testing, tracking, and containing is the best way to halt the virus' spread. fpg PS: Trump was impeached because he committed impeachable crimes. Republicans agreed, but gave him a pass anyways. Things might be different right now if Republicans hadn't chosen corruption over country.

To: Selectric II who wrote (36201)	3/20/2020 9:32:50 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 73775

The current discussion largely got going by me responding to a post by FUBHO claiming that China could have reduced their cases to about 0.05 IF they had not muzzled a few early whistle-blowers who raised the alarm. For your viewing consideration is the following plot, which I've added a few lines to. The heavy orange straight line is what China would have done to be at 0.05 of their actual over that period. It would certainly have been possible, given that three other countries did significantly better than that, HK, Singapore and Japan. BUT, China was first, and had to figure out what it was, and then how to fight it. However, the USA then had about 6 weeks of notice. So I'm curious if you, like FUBHO, think that China should have been along the orange line, and would have been along that line if they had only not ignored those whistle-blowers, and if so, then how do you explain the USA line, which I've added a heavy straight red one to make clearer. FWIW, I think the USA's line is mostly explained by Trumps response, including all the idiotic statements you and eet think are distortions and lies by people like me: