RE:My thoughts on the corona virusBigBozzMan wrote: IMHO we will know how much fear or how serious this virus is when we see how the airports look like during March break.I don't believe that everyone is cancelling their vacation plans. All of this FUD being spread over a flu. Spanish flu was a real epidemic and killed millions. Everyone will come to realize that this is no where near as deadly and the rebound recovery swing will be very strong. Let's see what happens, I am still an optimist and our financails will do the talking about our sp.
Sorry for posting this again BBM, but if you missed this last week, these are the numbers:
(My apologies to those who may have already read this).
You are 100% correct. The Spanish flu of 1918 killed 30,000,000 - 50,000,000 people. Half a billion people were infected, which was over 25% of the world's population at that time. Nearly 2% of the people on earth died. NOW THAT'S A FLU! . The H1N1 Swine flu of 2009 (which I had) killed about 300,000 people of the appox. 1 billion people infected. SARS produced 774 deaths of 8,000 infected. (media hype blew this one out of proportion). The same is happening with CV19. Fewer than 3000 people have died from this virus. If the networks weren't in such need for a story to instil public panic, the markets would be just fine today.
Here's an interesting fact; Did you know that automobiles are responcible for 3,300 deaths every day?.......EVERY DAY. And that mostly those who die aren't eldery people with respiratory issues but are in the prime of there lives or they are children....... Perhaps we should remove all vehicle from the face of planet earth.
My point here: Let's be sensible people. Cars will stay on the roads and the Coronavirus will pass. .......The media has just made you the buying opportunity of a lifetime.