EXTREMELY SERIOUS MEDICAL CRISIS WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MEDICAL CRISIS.
Close the Markets.
Stop the Panic Selling.
Allow for a Cooling Off Period.
Market have been closed in the past during Emergency Situations.
1865 — The exchange closed for over a week after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
1873 — Following the failure of Philadelphia bank Jay Cooke & Company on September 19 the stock exchange closed for ten days amid national financial panic.
1914 — World War I lead to the longest closure of the exchange beginning on July 31.
It did not open entirely for over four and a half months.
1933 — The exchange closed for President Franklin Roosevelt's bank holiday.
1945 — Markets closed on August 15 & 16 for VJ day, marking the end of World War II.
1963 — The exchange closed early on November 22 after the assassination of President Kennedy.
1985 — This marks the last time the NYSE closed for weather as Hurricane Gloria slammed into the eastern seaboard.
2001 — Markets closed for four days following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
On average, however, the S&P 500 rose between 3% and 6% in the subsequent one through six months. Of course there is no guarantee that history will repeat itself.