EPTDenmark will essentially close down now - at least for 14 days until further notice.
Your leaders are wise ^^
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TiQ.SinGi
Norway385 Posts
Your leaders are wise ^^ | ||
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art_of_turtle
United States1206 Posts
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Trainrunnef
United States601 Posts
On March 12 2020 05:12 Ghostcom wrote: Denmark will essentially close down now - at least for 14 days until further notice. These reactions from cities and states are absolutely bananas. unless things are much much worse than they are telling us. do these places plan to temporarily shut down every time there is a flare up? they cant expect this to be a one time deal with the way the disease is spreading I just dont understand the logic here. | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
I may be nihilistic, but we can just slow down the spread to keep the burden a bit lower on health care, while destroying everything else. I don't believe it's worth it. on a personal note : 4-week trip to Thailand is maintained for now, until Thailand refuses us. We would be fine with a 14-day quarantine on arrival, as we have a house ready near my in-laws, but at the latest news they require a health certificate from a doctor, that you have been followed for 14-days and you have been tested negatively less than 2 days before arrival. 1- we are spending 3 days in Oman first, so it's impossible 2- there is no way to get tested when you are in good health since the amount of tests are currently limited. These requirements are nearly impossible to satisfy. (France isn't yet on the list of diseased countries but it's only a matter of time as we are 10 days behind italy. We are supposed to leave in 14 days...) For the stock market : even if it's "diversified", as long as everything is on the stock market, it's a bad choice. Get some savings accounts, some stocks, some real estate. That is diversifying. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 12 2020 08:02 Nouar wrote: For the stock market : even if it's "diversified", as long as everything is on the stock market, it's a bad choice. Get some savings accounts, some stocks, some real estate. That is diversifying. Honestly atm I'm roughly 50-ish% savings account (pulled most of my money back about a month ago) 2-3% crypto and 45% stock market. IDK how to own real estate short of buying property and I'm don't have that kind of money. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
On March 12 2020 07:56 Trainrunnef wrote: These reactions from cities and states are absolutely bananas. unless things are much much worse than they are telling us. do these places plan to temporarily shut down every time there is a flare up? they cant expect this to be a one time deal with the way the disease is spreading I just dont understand the logic here. If you wait for it to get real bad(eg. hospitals full), before implement full lockdown procedures, you'll be 1-2 weeks too late to stop the medical system from collapsing. Even if everybody else had no contact from that point onwards, at an R0 of 2.0, you'll be somewhere between 2-3x what hospitals can handle in terms of caseload(assuming some patients have recovered enough to be released) in a week or two. That's when people start dying of survivable conditions, and it gets scary real fast because if the doctors have to decide between a 35 year old and a 65 year old, they're going to give the 35 year old a ventilator and the 65 year old is terminal. | ||
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FBTsingLoong
China410 Posts
On March 12 2020 07:56 Trainrunnef wrote: These reactions from cities and states are absolutely bananas. unless things are much much worse than they are telling us. do these places plan to temporarily shut down every time there is a flare up? they cant expect this to be a one time deal with the way the disease is spreading I just dont understand the logic here. What does “bananas" mean?Does it mean joke? | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 12 2020 09:18 FBTsingLoong wrote: What does “bananas" mean?Does it mean joke? It means crazy/unreasonable | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On March 12 2020 08:50 Djzapz wrote: Honestly atm I'm roughly 50-ish% savings account (pulled most of my money back about a month ago) 2-3% crypto and 45% stock market. IDK how to own real estate short of buying property and I'm don't have that kind of money. Real estate ETF's? VNQ is a solid investment. DRN is a ballsy one. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 12 2020 09:54 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Real estate ETF's? VNQ is a solid investment. DRN is a ballsy one. Will look into it. Like I said I'm a complete layman when it comes to that. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On March 12 2020 09:55 Djzapz wrote: Will look into it. Like I said I'm a complete layman when it comes to that. I'd recommend the former then. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
(Except for the UK. No real explanation on why). | ||
KwarK
United States43953 Posts
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
On March 12 2020 10:27 KwarK wrote: After a month of insisting the flu wasn’t serious and was probably a Democrat hoax he condemns Europe for not taking decisive action sooner. What an absolute tool. Seriously what an asshole. Im not against the actions hes taking but his rambling and passing the blame off to other countries is infuriating. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
All the talks are about a temporary cancellation but I don't really see why things would be better in a month. Or two months. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
On March 12 2020 10:52 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Is there like an endgame? Everything is getting cancelled. But I don't really understand when it would be able to be called 'safe' again. It seems impossible to contain or isolate all cases. So is the endgame that everyone has either resisted the infection or died from it? Is the endgame a vaccine that even in hopeful terms is more than a year away? Are we just going to not have any events or travel for the rest of the year? All the talks are about a temporary cancellation but I don't really see why things would be better in a month. Or two months. Regardless of what 2 months from now looks like, we can say with confidence we need to shut it all down right now. Everything is a total shit show and this is the best we can do. | ||
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LG)Sabbath
Argentina3024 Posts
On March 12 2020 10:27 KwarK wrote: After a month of insisting the flu wasn’t serious and was probably a Democrat hoax he condemns Europe for not taking decisive action sooner. What an absolute tool. Brazillian president Bolsonaro was saying it's just a flu a few hours ago, watch him flip now that the boss changed his mind | ||
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