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new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

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  • #9662
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    creditcarder wrote: »
    Kinda racist :)
    Oops, but have you ever seen the cable show 'pawn stars', the one based in Detroit, nearly every single customer has some gold (internal/external), or is selling gold, or wants to buy gold (often as teeth).


    Spot Gold is up at 7yr high, climbed 2% this morning.
    Would actually prefer Silver (also up), as is more beneficial in a pandemic.


  • #9663
    mouthful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭mouthful


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    Oops, but have you ever seen the cable show 'pawn stars', the one based in Detroit, nearly every single customer has some gold (internal/external), or is selling gold, or wants to buy gold (often as teeth).


    Spot Gold is up at 7yr high, climbed 2% this morning.
    Would actually prefer Silver (also up), as is more beneficial in a pandemic.

    How would you feel if the same comment was posted on a British chat room where they were talking about Irish and the offer was a bottle of whiskey- I would see that as equally as racist as your comment!


  • #9664
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    Oops, but have you ever seen the cable show 'pawn stars', the one based in Detroit, nearly every single customer has some gold (internal/external), or is selling gold, or wants to buy gold (often as teeth).


    Spot Gold is up at 7yr high, climbed 2% this morning.
    Would actually prefer Silver (also up), as is more beneficial in a pandemic.

    Pawn Stars is set in Las Vegas and is a mildly entertaining show, the one in Detroit is called hard core pawn and is absolute trash ...


  • #9665
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,193 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1231948263005270016


  • #9666
    notobtuse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,424 ✭✭✭notobtuse


    fritzelly wrote: »
    "Expert" on Liveline, it's no worse than flu, take a deep breath lol
    Meanwhile in Italy...

    tenor.gif

    You can ignorantly accuse me of "whataboutism," but what it really is involves identifying similar scenarios in order to see if it holds up when the shoe is on the other foot!



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  • #9667
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,759 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    If it's anything like Eurostocks 3-4% down the toilet is the conservative estimate.

    The gold stores over in Detroit will be eyeing up anyone walking by their stores, that has a gold $1680^ tooth or bit of gangsta bling, entice them in with free fried chicken.

    Down 870 points, yikes!!


  • #9668
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    6034073


  • #9669
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    Highly irrelevant, as most of these are brand new cases
    e.g. Italy has gone from 150 yesterday to 200 today, was only 100 couple days ago.

    The WuFlu takes 2-3wks to run it's course.
    Even that duration is ignoring secondary complications.

    Recovery rate of China (largest by far dataset) is only 30%.
    The rest is either 'pending' or 'pushing up daisies'.


    I agree, someone was arguing how relevant it is to look at a large data set when most cases are from 1 specific region of the world. Other than that I personally only look at the full picture here, China+Rest of the world and only at close cases


  • #9670
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Titclamp wrote: »
    If there was no internet we'd not be infected virus paranoia

    You make mock now but I hope you PC antivirus is up to date you can catch this thing over WIFI.:pac:


  • #9671
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    Can anyone explain this to me?

    https://qz.com/1017805/the-world-bank-issued-425-million-in-pandemic-bonds-and-derivatives-designed-so-investors-pay-in-the-event-of-an-outbreak/
    The World Bank’s “pandemic bonds” are designed so investors pay in the event of an outbreak...

    Is that why a pandemic is no longer a pandemic? Because the investors would lose their money, and the funds would be released to go to countries currently fighting COVID19?


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  • #9672
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,795 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Dow Jones down 900 points over pandemic fears, WHO needs to tell them they've had the word removed from the dictionary, no need to panic


  • #9673
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    WHO are live:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylVWRZIZgqQ


    Hopefully they’ll be taken to task by the media.


  • #9674
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Cody montana wrote: »
    Down 870 points, yikes!!

    US markets just opened, and -3% before anyone had their double expresso.

    Euro-land is just past mid-day and noticed two of the largest down at least 4.2% each, that is some really major drop.

    14:40 GMT:
    CAC40 = - 4.27
    DAX = - 4.30
    FTSE = - 3.87


  • #9675
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Listening to Liveline here, they are saying check the HSE website for the latest info ...

    christ..

    Jesus Christ.


  • #9676
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Am afraid to press F5 on the live fiscal markets hub webpage.:at 14:42

    dONWNmJ.png


  • #9677
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,051 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    It is not lower in Iran where it has most likely mutated. 20% fatalities in Iran.

    Is there any credible evidence that it has mutated except for that doctor on YouTube who heard it from a friend? I'm sure hes making a lot of money from the views and we all know what sells more than calm rational analysis. CFR will likely change as more information becomes available.


  • #9678
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,950 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Liveline had the whole thing sorted earlier kind of.


  • #9679
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,795 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Another death in Italy, ,80 year old


  • #9680
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    I'm seeing a lot of denial


    Mic 72 be very carful don't be having a go at denial there is a lot of people living there.:D


  • #9681
    creditcarder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭creditcarder


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    Am afraid to press F5 on the live fiscal markets hub webpage.:at 14:42

    dONWNmJ.png


    Nows the time to buy stocks...if you had the money to invest a few thousand :P


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  • #9682
    Living Off The Splash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭Living Off The Splash


    The beer will keep them safe in Prague....


  • #9683
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    creditcarder wrote: »
    Nows the time to buy stocks...if you had the money to invest a few thousand :P
    Not today, nor tommorow, nor next month.


    Maybe in mid-2021 after the 3rd final wave of mutation. Today (this quater really) is a day for buying tinned chicken soup only, and nuggets of gold.


  • #9684
    Unearthly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,557 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Another death in Italy, ,80 year old

    7 now in total. 4 confirmed today

    :(


  • #9685
    Candamir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭Candamir


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Is there any credible evidence that it has mutated except for that doctor on YouTube who heard it from a friend? I'm sure hes making a lot of money from the views and we all know what sells more than calm rational analysis. CFR will likely change as more information becomes available.

    Yeah, somebody here said it most likely mutated, so it probably did.


    Much more likely than, say that the numbers coming out of Iran are wildly inaccurate.

    Also, the Doctor on YouTube is a nurse/nurse tutor. His Phd is in education. He’s not an expert on any of this stuff.


  • #9686
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,166 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    There's too many posts here... I can't keep up. Please limit yourselves to 1 post per hour.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #9687
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,795 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Unearthly wrote: »
    7 now in total. 4 confirmed today

    :(

    One was a false alarm


  • #9688
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Well I’ve just purchased 24 toilet rolls and 2 large bags of odlums soda bread mix.

    Adding that to my copious amounts of alcohol, big tin of quality street, lemons, tonic water, coke, turkey and ham from Christmas and the veggie dishes I cooked last week.

    No, I will not be sharing.


  • #9689
    dominatinMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,263 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    There's too many posts here... I can't keep up. Please limit yourselves to 1 post per hour.
    This thread is moving faster than the actual virus!


  • #9690
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Rough translation = We've been told not to declare one by the power brokers or else our funding will be cut.

    Rubbish.

    Nothing rough about that translation.;)


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  • #9691
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    fritzelly wrote: »
    "Expert" on Liveline, it's no worse than flu, take a deep breath lol

    It is a lot worse than the flu. This is because we have no built in antibodies to Corona. We have built in immunity to the flu.
    We have thousands of antibodies binding to flu as a result of our ancestors and us being hit with thousands of strains of flu over the years. This is why we are generally sick for a few weeks while our antibodies kick the flu's ass. We don't have that protection with Corona.


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