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Old 14-03-2020, 03:29 PM   #53
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Default Re: Coronavirus scare causing markets to fall

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Originally Posted by b0son View Post
That's a massive understatement.

Italy is not unique. It's highly likely it will happen here and almost certain in the US - the number of critical cases exceeds ICU beds and the fatality rate shoots up.

We have 2000 ICU beds nation wide. If 5% of cases require critical care, that's only 40,000 active cases. Our doubling time is around 4 days at the moment, so we'll exceed 40k in around a month unless significant steps are taken.

You ain't seen nothin yet....
That's a massive overstatement and exactly toes the line of the fake news peddling their fear porn narrative. It'll be over and done in 2 months time except for the hypochondriacs, but they dont count.
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