The Coronavirus: Is it going to Kill Us All?

Yeah I think we are pretty well fucked financially as well………….at least for a few weeks if it keeps spreading especially through Europe plus this thing also appears to have a longer incubation period in some cases so the 14 day travel bans and quarantines might be too low in which case we are fucked again..

This time I didn’t get out. Last time I got out of a shitload I think its was 30 to 40% before it tanked last year. Then I slowly came back in but now I’m caught up in the maelstrom.

It will come back. There are some bargains even now especially looking at Appen and Altium which have both beaten forecasts last week and today but are now getting hammered due to the general consensus.

So I’m waiting to wade in again

I liked the idea of the garlic cloves in brine. They are already peeled so you just have to crush them. But since they come from China I am making sure I use them in dishes which require a lot of heat

Hey, If ya gonna die ……

The Corona Extra Virus?

So the ASX is down overall right now at minus 1.33% but the companies I named above (one of them is up 8%) have now recovered so much ground I’m overall up .7% at the moment. But all the rest of my portfolio is slightly in the red

A RWFW blames lefties cos ………….. it’s what RWFW’s do

“Wally, didn’t the market lose 2.25% yesterday and 1.5% today? that’s an overall loss of almost 4% surely?”

Yes TB I lost around 3.5% on Day 1 but yesterday I was bizarrely up .85% basically due to Appen blowing their forecasts away (above expectations).

Today will be another bloodbath but if anything holds up reasonably well or goes up it will be Appen (they are heavily into data sets for artificial intelligence)

They have a pamphlet.

Shouldn’t we have at minimum a fridge magnet?

BUT HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST….?

Yea, how much is going to cost NOT too (it’s an easy game to play)

And just on the subject of vacations, here in Queensland, it’s sunny one minute and pissing down for the next 12 hours.

The sunshine state, for 1 minute in 720.

He’s not only a monster, he’s a stupid, radical and ideological monster

Why ? Dutton has not locked anybody up. In contrast ALP/Greens locked up 50,000 boat people from 2008-2013. Of those 8,469 were children.

Dutton actually released all the kiddies ALP locked up.

What’s a holiday? A day off is a holiday, a public holiday is a holiday, a trip is a holiday, annual leave is a holiday.

Vacation is more specific.

It’s disgraceful

So, they are giving out cash to buildings already built but ignoring our kids

“””””””””””””””So, they are giving out cash to buildings already built but ignoring our kids””””””””””””””

You might be right but I would like to see the numbers from 2007-2013. As usual you are just playing politics and do not care about people or the country

Good reason to deny supply!

Yes !! That’s what the ALP and Greens should do!
Then if the government doesn’t crumble, they should get the Queen to dismiss them!
Then our problems would be over.

While we are getting racist, may as well let the libs lead the way

“””””””””””””We can’t block or mute those in powerful positions in the traditional media. “””””””””””””””

What is it with you lefties and blocking people? I have been banned three times from posting from The Guardian. Each time I got banned I made my comments more polite and on topic. I would say the lefties were wrong and gave my reasons. So they blocked me.

Leftists just cannot tolerate people with a different opinion

“”””””””””Leftists just cannot tolerate people with a different opinion … BULLSHIT!””””””””””””

I understand that and get the point. But I do not agree with your point.

I get banned because lefties cannot tolerate a different opinion no matter how politely it is presented. Lefties are natural totalitarians. It is your nature

Yeah!

Didn’t Keating call the Senate “unrepresentative swill”?

So let’s make sure they stop money supply to the government!

Reb

U have a point. But I suspect u have some conservative opinions. Not sure where but I am sure they do exist somewhere, I do not where

But I was band 3 times for posting at the Guardian so that I it.

Looks like the ASX will be deep in the Red today with the Dow losing 4% overnight.

At least this the following is a positive and may lead to a calming of the hysteria. I mean these bugs are really just a normal part of life

Prof Mackay said the virus would become impossible to avoid…….

“At some point in the coming months or years we’re all going to get infected because we’ve all been infected by these other endemic viruses,We already have four of these coronaviruses, mostly causing colds. We get them every year. They peak during winter but they still move around ­between us ­during the rest of the year as well. So it’s likely this might become one of those.”

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/wily-and-intelligent-coronavirus-will-hit-every-country-expert-warns/news-story/31aedbf54eed03ee29fdbf632026fefe

An interesting article, that will no doubt be howled down by neo cons, because their tribe owns most of the media

“Rather than being able to rely on revenue from advertising, “media outlets try to stay afloat via subscriptions and targeted advertising”.

“The editorial incentives of this model are different,” Watts said. “Instead of seeking to appeal to a broad base of readers, and classifieds bargain hunters, media outlets increasingly seek to serve political tribes.

“What drives clicks and subscriptions among these tribes are culture wars, not public interest journalism.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/28/neglected-democracy-vulnerable-to-authoritarian-rule-in-era-of-disinformation-labors-tim-watts-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true

See, there is absolutely no barrier to expression of political opinion.

So what are you bothered about TB?

Within the private media every political orientation is freely expressed. Such as here.

Within the media that we are all compelled to pay for, the ABC, not all political views are represented. If the ABC expects everyone to pay for it, everyone should be able to hear a voice that represents their political orientation.

See, there is absolutely no barrier to expression of political opinion.

Some are more “barrierless”(?) than others though, aren’t they?

It was not Twitter where more than 200,000 words were published to “socially punish” a young Muslim woman until she left the country. It wasn’t on Twitter where a commentator joked of wanting to run her over. It was not on Twitter where the war on African communities was unleashed. It was not on Twitter where a cartoon depicting one of the greatest athletes on Earth was drawn in a way which was described by some as “Jim-Crow racist” and looking like something out of a “1870s racist southern newspaper”. These are minor issues compared with some of the campaigns conducted in traditional media that have changed the trajectory of the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/feb/27/the-real-bullies-who-spread-hatred-and-division-arent-on-twitter-theyre-in-plain-sight

Besides, the point was about the partisan nature of our media landscape. Not sure if you missed that “by accident” ………….. again?

Their objective is to gain notoriety by being controversial

Except, of course, one uses facts, the other just uses hateful rhetoric and lies.

Both receive plenty of hateful response

The same level, from a mass media outlet geared up to attack and belittle?

There is no equivalence there at all, to imply it is disingenuous

There was nothing ‘contentious’ about what she wrote, it was factually correct.

bolt, on the other hand, is a CONVICTED racist in part, because he lied.

He wasn’t just wrong. When his mistake was highlighted, he refused to change it.

And the great thing about the modern media is that you can point that out (in the public domain) as often as you wish!!

(It’s a whinge from the left. The fact is that tehre (sic) is far more access to a diversity of news, political analysis and commentary than ever before. Everyone can be a political commentator….

Oh. Jolly good. Carry on, then.)

Really? I think you referred to the number of words on twitter to make a point.

Really? I think you need to learn to read!

But you see

What does that have to do with a partisan media

You know, the point of the article?

And another thing, if Kiwis live here all their lives and don’t bother to figure out their citizenship, and are criminals…sob stories don’t wash.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/jacinda-ardern-slams-australias-deportation-policy-during-joint-press-conference-with-scott-morrison/news-story/541f839dd9c2c8c375bec88b8544f45b

My comment disappeared…

So you rewrote it to produce dribble instead?

This isn’t the case with the ABC.

And we miss that in todays partisan rantings

It’s not surprising we want them kicked out.

They were elected illegally

Yep, nice work malcum. Ignored the experts and handed murdoch what he wanted. In the long run (now becoming …. now) this will hurt everybody

That sounds as deceitful and stupid as your comment that Hockey said BOO and Holden up and left.

Auto manufacturers left for the same reason all our other manufacturers left. We don’t make anything here anymore.

BTW in case you don’t know Holden just announced they were leaving Australia because they are getting out of the right hand drive market worldwide. There is no way Holden would make RHD vehicles in just one country/

GMH were always going to leave and I bet U they knew that in 2013

Wonder how murdor will spin this

I’m guessing Unions fault?

First facebook, now twitter. They are just becoming political tools

Unions win workers pay rise

yomm whines

My income is entirely independent of the government, and as I’ve mentioned, last year I paid enough tax to personally employ 5 public servants. So please spare me your assumptions TB.
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Correct headline- “Jetstar workers turn their backs on mindless union militancy and accept common sense offer”

Yeah! And then accepted the offer!
Great tactics by the union

Why don’t you check before ‘thinking’ yomm?

https://www.twu.com.au/aviation/jetstar-ground-services-protected-industrial-action/

It is when you match up what they were fighting for against what the Union weren’t happy about not receiving in the final agreement 😉

Yes. that’s ok if you have no rent to pay.

But in any event 65 is far too young to be considered “old aged”

I think the pension should be available for 65 year olds if they have a serious medical condition that prevents them from working. Otherwise wait until 70, and even that isn’t elderly these days

I love those trump pictures Ivi, and the flag even has the flu lol

I see the press gallery is upset that Labor is better at their job than they are.

Kiddie Fiddler?

Has been going to see Pell too?

Holy shit, he’s so brazen about it too!!!!

[facepalm]

So far about 3000 people have died from the corona virus, about 60,000 died from the flu last year.

It’s interesting, and in my opinion-
*Cost of airfares and accommodation for Bali will be about zero
*Ditto with summer in Biarritz
*As above for a November break in Hawaii

The economic and tourism downturn isn’t all bad news for actual tourists.

Thanks for the tip TB, and oddly, there is a little surf in both Italy and South Korea, and I’ve surfed both. But not this year.

There’s not much surf in the Mediterranean, but there is a Crete Boardriders Club! How’d have thought that !!

With so much panic buying and people like Peter Van Onselen in the Australian suggesting at least 50,000 Australians will die from the virus its only a matter of time before panic buying spreads to the ASX……………………….Invocare (INV) is a funeral services company

“”””””””””””” … deceit, a cardinal sin … “””””””””””””

I remember the GFC very well. But did the GFC cause Rudd to drop our borders and lock up 50,000 boat people??? Labor dropped our borders because Labor does not believe in borders. Deep down the far left want one-world govt ruled by the UN. That is why lefties hate borders and let in 50,000 boat people

ALP policies do not work