Both the CDC and public health labs combined have performed less than 10,000 tests for Covid-19 so far, while South Korea has reported testing 10,000 people per day.
The National College Players Association (NCPA) says “there should be a serious discussion about holding competitions without an audience present” per the Rhino Times.
Johns Hopkins University announced the NCAA Division III basketball tournament beginning Friday will be held without spectators.
"Greensboro is set to host ...the ACC Men’s Tournament, followed by the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
The National College Players Association (NCPA) says “there should be a serious discussion about holding competitions without an audience present” per the Rhino Times.
Johns Hopkins University announced the NCAA Division III basketball tournament beginning Friday will be held without spectators.
"Greensboro is set to host ...the ACC Men’s Tournament, followed by the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
Testing for the coronavirus might have stopped it. Now it’s too late. https://t.co/IE9WhwJnAH— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
“Don’t Test, Don’t Tell” is the single most incompetent, corrupt public health policy of our lifetimes".— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
Added new data point on the exponential italian ICU trend (doubling every 2.6 days)— epsilon (@epsilon3141) March 6, 2020
It's one of the most alarming charts I've ever seen because
1. Trend has been very stable for weeks even with Italy mitigation measures
2. If it continues health sys. collapses within 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/rohZouVzrC
"on March 5th, there are more confirmed coronavirus infections in Harris County, Texas (five) acquired by Americans who traveled to Egypt than there are confirmed cases within the entire country of Egypt (three).— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
"Since the patient did not fit the existing CDC criteria for COVID-19, a test was not immediately administered. UC Davis Health does not control the testing process.— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
It’s not that testing was not available. It’s that testing was not allowed."
Don't Test, Don't Tell: The Bureaucratic Bungling of COVID-19 Tests - Quillette https://t.co/9lSFkudtfn via @Quillette— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
There are more confirmed coronavirus infections in the city-state of Singapore (three) acquired by Singaporeans who traveled to Indonesia than there are confirmed cases in the entire country of Indonesia (two). as Indonesia has only tested a few hundred people of 265 million."— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 8, 2020
my protip for the day:— 𝕮𝖍𝖎 🛢️ (@chigrl) March 6, 2020
make you own hand sanitizer:
1 cup of isopropyl alcohol (no lower than 70%)
½ cup of aloe vera gel (natural or store-bought)
= Purell
What happens when declining revenue results in over-leveraged businesses being unable to make the interest payments on their debts? What happens when over-extended workers living paycheck-to-paycheck get laid off and can’t make their mortgage, car loan, or credit card payments?— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 5, 2020
"Based on the figures from Tehran, Ashleigh Tuite, an infectious-disease epidemiologist, estimated that the current outbreak in Iran has reached up to 28,000 cases.— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) March 5, 2020
It really is different this time. Valuations are twice as high as the tech and housing bubble peaks. Investors not looking at median enterprise value to sales have not done their homework. US stocks are in a true mania. They have only just begun to unwind. This is 1929. https://t.co/wqMefNDGk6— Kevin C. Smith, CFA (@crescatkevin) March 5, 2020
Sneaky.— Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) March 5, 2020
The ECB & BOJ together just added $470B to their balance sheets in the last 20 days!
Add to the mix:
Two “unexpected” 50bps rate cuts from the Fed & BoC.
Central banks are panicking.
This is very bullish..... for gold. pic.twitter.com/pRsXT6bf1M
BREAKING: Federal Reserve officials assure public that pandemic can be defeated by giving rich people more money.— Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) March 3, 2020
As the bulls go wild on today's bounce, a reminder: we had 11 sessions in the 2008/09 bear market when the Dow surged 4%; and 7 of these same whippy moves in the 2001/02 malaise. These happen more in bear markets than in bull markets by a huge margin.— David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) March 2, 2020
"I live in New York City and people there are hardly going to restaurants, cinemas or theaters, even though nobody there has been infected by the virus thus far. If it comes, we are totally fucked."— Dave Collum (@DavidBCollum) March 2, 2020
--@Nouriel Roubini
*It showed up this weekend.
Wow! #Macau's casino revenue fell a whopping 88% from a year ago. #China #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/goaVdUTmEy— jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) March 1, 2020
This is the next phase: Investors start targeting heavily leveraged companies that won’t be able to refinance. https://t.co/2a8yPqDrCu— Tom Petruno (@tpetruno) February 28, 2020
Here in the US, we have 2.3 million people in prison. I cannot imagine a way to stop #coronavirus from spreading like wildfire among that population. How will federal, state, & local authorities handle this? Is there additional budget for treating prisoners? What is the plan?— Jon Stokes (@jonst0kes) February 27, 2020
This is the most glorious chart of all time https://t.co/Agkz211qlv pic.twitter.com/vtupQ4vDuH— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) February 27, 2020
Our private healthcare system is about to show its deadly underside. Millions of people are going to avoid getting checked out for coronavirus for fear of the costs, crippling our ability to stop its spread and leading to untold preventable deaths.— Henry Williams (@humford) February 26, 2020
How much is a test going to be in the usa? https://t.co/RuMcZ2CYrB— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) February 27, 2020
February 2020 Stuff; Corona Virus, Bloomberg, Covid-19 Economics, Healthcare, Bernie Sanders and some fun etc... https://t.co/QshYqsfCSQ— Abner Doon (@Aenbrnood) February 25, 2020
