Coronavirus COVID-19 *Global Health Emergency* #7

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There was no word from the Vatican about the nature of his illness, but Pope Francis was seen coughing and blowing his nose during the Ash Wednesday Mass. Pope cancels visit with Rome priests for 'slight' illness
ABC News on Twitter

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is sick and skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town on Thursday, officials said.

The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff had a “slight indisposition" and would proceed with the rest of his planned work on Thursday. But Francis “preferred to stay near Santa Marta," the Vatican hotel where he lives.

Pope cancels visit with Rome priests for 'slight' illness
 
Yes. A LOT of money!
I'm not sure how to think about this.
In my opinion, quite a lot of money is based on a house of cards.
Also known as speculation and inflated books.
I do see a serious reckoning.
Perhaps even a financial bloodbath.
Which, in my opinion is a correction. Albeit a big correction.
Companies that do not supply REAL goods will be the first to fail.
Thank you Gitiana for being so astute.
This may well be the true story that makes our history.

And looking at the futures market, today is gonna be another down day. As of 5:47 am they are:
Dow -1.18%
Nasdaq -1.42%
S&P -1.14%
 
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Hong Kong’s Department of Health is strongly recommending that dogs cats and other mammals belonging to confirmed Covid-19 patients undergo a 14-day quarantine after the dog of one patient registered a “weak positive” for the virus that causes the disease.


Previously, family members were allowed to care for the pets of the infected if they did not live with the patients and were not subject to quarantine themselves.

But from now on, we will ask the owners to send their pets to the [Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department] for quarantine just to make sure they are not infected,” said Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection.

Quarantine recommended for pets of Hongkongers with Covid-19

Please don’t kill them.
 
This website has some (long), but very informative podcasts about Covid-19. There is one regarding the Pengolin connection, and another where they discuss in great detail, the evolution of the virus and how it isn't man-made.

www.virology.ws

I'm very new to posting, so I hope the link works and is ok.

Welcome! And thanks for the informative post.
 
BBM

Where are you sourcing “throwing innocent animals off roof tops to their horrific deaths”? Your link said nothing like that. And calling the Chinese barbarians when we read daily on WS about unthinkable acts toward children in the U.S.? Sorry, not sorry but that is not acceptable. Our society has no standing to judge another for animal abuse when we treat our children so poorly.
JMO

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Residents in Wuhan, China were doing this I posted an article about it that had images of dead pets on the road after being thrown from balconies. People were killing them because of a rumour they were spreading the virus. The images were very real and extremely distressing it was not fake news.
 
**No distressing content**

Hong Kong’s Department of Health is strongly recommending that dogs cats and other mammals belonging to confirmed Covid-19 patients undergo a 14-day quarantine after the dog of one patient registered a “weak positive” for the virus that causes the disease.


Previously, family members were allowed to care for the pets of the infected if they did not live with the patients and were not subject to quarantine themselves.

But from now on, we will ask the owners to send their pets to the [Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department] for quarantine just to make sure they are not infected,” said Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection.

Quarantine recommended for pets of Hongkongers with Covid-19

Please don’t kill them.

Greg and all my fellow animal lovers: part of what makes us special and evolved is our understanding that animals are God’s most perfect creatures. I have every confidence that at least in the U.S. and Europe no government will be allowed to cull pets for this virus. Remember that nurse with the Pomeranian during the Ebola crisis? Americans were more worried about the dog being quarantined than the nurse. I promise you we animal lovers would rise up against any ill treatment of animals. No one is taking my pets or any other animal that I know of without a fight and I promise I am not alone in this.
 
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China opens 'coronavirus re-education camps': People caught strolling on the street in Hubei are detained in 'learning centres' as punishment

Hubei residents are detained in 'coronavirus re-education camps' for 'strolling on the streets' | Daily Mail Online
Frankly, I see this happening as forced quarantine throughout the world....including the US. Americans will struggle with being told what to do.....and they will be forced to isolate....IMO
 
Yes. A LOT of money!
I'm not sure how to think about this.
In my opinion, quite a lot of money is based on a house of cards.
Also known as speculation and inflated books.
I do see a serious reckoning.
Perhaps even a financial bloodbath.
Which, in my opinion is a correction. Albeit a big correction.
Companies that do not supply REAL goods will be the first to fail.
Thank you Gitiana for being so astute.
This may well be the true story that makes our history.

Just my opinion here....

You’re absolutely correct that the world market is going to take a beating over this outbreak, I would go as far as to say it will be more like a blood bath!! But today’s financial structure is a lot different than it used to be.

The US, as well as most large economies around the world used to be based on the “gold standard”, simply meaning that all (or specified percentage) of their paper money was backed by actual gold. With this system, a country’s wealth was directly tied to the real global value of gold. In other words, a $10 bill was more of a gold certificate. We would exchange the $10 bill, but it was backed by $10 worth of actual gold held in the Federal Reserve.

A lot transpired through the years (a lot of information in the attached links), but, in 1976, the US was one of the last countries to officially move from the gold standard.
Once removed from the gold standard, a country operates on “fiat money”

There’s a lot of information that has to be digested to get a full understanding of it (more than I care to know), but the bottom line is that most of the world economy is based on fiat money. The simplest way I’ve heard it explained is that the true value of a countries money is directly tied to the confidence level (faith) in the issuing government. So in reality, the world’s economy is TRULY BUILT ON A HOUSE OF CARDS!!

In some ways, IMO (based on my limited understanding of it all) this could be a really bad thing. Global wealth distribution is primarily determined by the level of “faith” in the world’s governments. With that in mind, a powerful country can falter, causing a loss of faith in said country, which could result in a total collapse of their financial system. Without physical gold to back their currency, there is nothing to hold that countries financial position in the world in place. THIS is one of the primary reasons we have seen & will continue to see world governments and world leaders make every attempt to retain faith in their country. THIS is one of the biggest reasons that countries (looking at you China) will attempt to bury the truth about a multitude of issues. THIS is why we will all witness heads of governments make statements that seem contradictory to the facts. Their primary goal is to maintain their countries standing in the world, and ITS ALL DRIVEN BY FAITH!!!

It’s quite the conundrum for all world leaders at the moment. It’s a balancing act of enormous proportions. None of our governments want to come out on the other side of this thing and find themselves reduced to the classification of a third world country (ok, that’s a little extreme and self admittedly hyperbole - but stated to drive home the point)

On the upside, any country based on fiat money has a lot more control over their own economy. Money can be injected to the market, or removed from the market to stimulate the economy. Recovery can be a lot faster.

Sorry for such a long post, but I’ve seen multiple references by posters that fell money is being given higher priority than the citizens of the world. I just wanted to throw in my two cents worth in regards to some of the reasoning behind what we’re seeing. Just adding a different perspective...

Gold standard - Wikipedia

Fiat Money
 
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