Soxbadger

There really isnt a safe way. I have been wearing my gloves when I go to Target/Jewel etc. I know that doesnt solve the problem, but it makes me cognizant of not touching my face. When I get home I try and leave my jacket etc near the door and then wash my hands. I also try and stay a safe distance from people. Again none of these are great or permanent solutions. We were planning to order food tonight to help local restaurants out. I also left a message for the person who cuts my hair that if they call me Ill pay for my haircut even if I cant come in.

Then you dont need to order food. No no one is suggesting that you be forced to take out or delivery. But youre taking a risk when you to the store as well. We have to have some sort of ability to determine or own risks. Im no scientist, but Id guess there is less risk getting food delivered from 1 person who you dont touch, then going to a store where there are 25-50 people and who are frequented by hundreds.

I really hope they are smart enough to keep food places open for delivery and take out.

If he wasnt so stupid hed realize hes tanking the market and keep quiet.

I never said "majority", I said that is the one area where bitcoin is superior to regular currency.

You should be able to answer it today. Why is bitcoin superior to regular currency? That is the competition. My money in my bank is federally insured, your bitcoin wallet isnt. The federal govt guarantees that my money can be used as legal tender, your bitcoin isnt guaranteed. You can post green all you want, but the only advantage of bitcoin is that it is not as easy to regulate or trace. For most people that is not a good thing. That is why bitcoin will never be the "norm." You can use bitcoin for normal transactions, there just is 0 advantage. You still have to cash out bitcoin to get money, which means bitcoin adds an extra step and is less secure. (Edit) And bitcoin by its own definition is a failure. Bitcoin's advantage was supposed to be that it had no volatility because it wasnt tied to a govt or fiscal policy. (Edit 2) In your previous post you confirmed its failure as a currency. Bitcoin should not be an investment vehicle, it shouldnt be compared to the S&P or stocks. Its comparison is to the US dollar. If the US dollar lost 50% of its value in a week, it would be a disaster. Currency is supposed to be relatively stable.

No it wont. A few years ago my former law clerk was telling me how great bitcoin was. I asked him to find a single thing outside of illegal transactions (he was using it for offshore gambling) that bitcoin was better at than regular money. To this day he has never successfully been able to argue 1 thing it was better for. I get why bitcoin has a niche, its for illegal goods/trade/etc.

Gold and Bitcoin are no different than the US dollar. Their entire value is built on "belief". Unless you are stockpiling actual goods that have inherent value (food, supplies, etc) any form of currency is no different, whether its sea shells, tulips or gold. Gold bars cant feed your family, they cant keep you warm at night. If the economic system crashes out bitcoin goes before dollars. Gold is maybe "safe" but that is actual gold bars that if the entire system goes down you can then break into smaller "coins." But are you actually buying bars of gold and storing them? Or are you buying words on a screen that represent gold bars in someone else's vault? Because when the system goes down, how do you actually cash out your gold/bitcoin if there are no dollars to convert them to?

It seems pretty simple, but unfortunately the country is run by people who you wouldnt hire to be an assistant to your secretary. They dont know what they are doing and if they shock the economic system into collapse its going to create an even worse disaster.

The best advice I can give you is always ask. My purchase and my remod were 0 cost closings. Some lenders offer strange perks.

It doesnt hurt to ask, but I spoke to my lender the other days and rates are up 1% from the week prior. He believes that in a few months they will stabilize. I was hoping to get around a 3.25%.

The doom and gloom of 18 months and all of that stuff is helping no one right now. We all have to stay positive. We have to help other people if we can. Do what you can to stay safe, but if you need to work, do your best to limit exposure and make smart decisions.

Heads is the hero we need!

For retail anyone who doesnt have a good online/delivery presence is going to get hammered.

Anything can happen. This is uncharted which is exactly what spooks investors because there is no model. The market may also rocket back if there dont appear to be longterm impacts. Id guedd big companies will bounce back okay, certain industries may hurt longer (travel) and some may even benefit. This isnt market advice but if you own a home may want to reach out and see about remodification. Had a client get 3.25% at a closing last week. Strike this, guess the volatility has them higher. But they probably will go back down when things settle down.

Last night when I knew the bloodshed was coming I was wondering if he could just shut down the markets for 3 weeks. Its the only way they will stabilize absent Trump saying that he is going into self imposed silence for the next X months.

I just dont believe we have enough research to confidently conclude that 10-15% of the US population will require hospitalization and need to be there for weeks. Maybe at the end we will, but right now there is a disconnect between certain facts we are being presented. If for example Ohio has 100k current cases and even using 5% rate, you are talking 5,000 people in hospitals for weeks with it. As of now, I have not heard of this happening. And the last part of your post makes no sense. If you arent going to the hospital for flu symptoms, how can you be going for COVID symptoms. In my moms case she didnt leave bed for 3 days, had a fever, cough, shortness of breath and is over 70 years old. That is the exact person who should be getting looked at. But in January of this year, no one in the US was looking for it at all.

Its hard to tell because the information we have is so limited and because the normal American response this type of illness is to stay at home. Unless we can test everyone there is always going to be a lot of guessing. It also makes me wonder if other years there were something similar to this, but we just chalked them up to "bad flu season" because none of us were ever looking for it.

That isnt necessarily the case. My mother was extremely ill around the end of January. For 3 days she was sicker than she had ever been. She never went to the doctor in person, the doctor said that she had the flu and just to stay home. She later developed a severe cough that lasted for over 3 weeks, she recently called the doctor and again was told to stay at home and he prescribed her medicine for a potential sinus infection. Unless she was to be tested for COVID, there is simply no way of knowing what she had. Most Americans with flu symptoms dont go to hospitals or to their doctor. So there is no way to tell if ER admissions are up. The mere fact people are aware of COVID could cause the spike in ER/hospital admissions.

My gf tried to get a refund on the bar crawl and they refused. Said theyd only give a voucher for a future event. Imagine a company with that little social awareness.

I think they are going to find out a lot of people had this month's prior and just thought they had a bad flu. 50 deaths so far, 19 are from 1 nursing home. Id bet that the nursing home was poorly run and that they were ill equipped for any illness. Or at least that is what i hope when i think things will return to normal faster than expected.

Play online or over the phone.

It seemed legit, but i don follow Woj so i only saw a retweet.

It thr nba thing is real mlb spring training is done for foreseeable future.

Just read that NBA season is suspended. Put it in the nba thread too.