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Futures now -400 and change on the news that we apparently have our first untraceable case confirmed in the US, so looks like tomorrow will be another hum dinger.
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Old 02-27-2020, 07:30 AM   #162
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COVID-19 hasn't started spreading through the community in the U.S. yet. It will be a lot worse than the regular flu when that happens. It's many times more fatal than the regular flu, plus there is no vaccine, a long incubation period, it can be spread even from those who are asymptomatic, and people don't build long term immunity to it, so you can be hit multiple times with it. It looks potentially and most likely pretty bad from my perspective - it's just a matter of time in this country.
Looks like it's already time to update my post from yesterday!

CDC confirms the first US coronavirus case of 'unknown' origin.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/healt...ion/index.html
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They don't know whether the person was in contact with one of the "travel cases" or may have traveled abroad him or herself. And they may never know, as the patient was on a ventilator when transferred to the US Davis Medical Center, which means he or she is very likely unable to communicate a travel and contact history. Consider also the possibility that someone might not admit that they have recently arrived from China for any number of reasons.

It may well be a case of what is deemed "community transmission", but as yet we don't know. I suspect such a thing has always been inevitable. What I do know is that scare mongering large font headlines are unlikely to improve things.
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I have heard that he lives near Travis Airforce Base where some from the Princess cruise are quarantined.
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In an effort to focus the Coronavirus discussions we have decided to close this thread and ask that the discussion continue in the existing thread on the financial aspects of the Coronavirus.

https://www.early-retirement.org/for...ml#post2377125

We have also renamed the other 2 threads dealing with the financial, travel and health aspects of the outbreak to make them easier to find.
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