RE:RE:RE:RE:Rats and ships Your epidemioloigst friend is wrong and in the minority. Lockdowns did not solve the problem last year, but instead created monster Federal debt ($354 billion up from $39 billion in 2019 pre-pandemic) and catapulted personal mortgage debt levels to unseen levels of which many who bought in the hinterlands are going to regret.
Covid will not disappear, we will learn to live with it thanks to vaccines. According to Dr. Gottlieb, the covid virus will become endemic, like the flu. Everyone has the right to refuse vaccination, but unlike other influenzas that did not result in global shutdowns, the choice forward to remain unvaxxed will be consequences. Shutdowns are no longer an option.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/dr-scott-gottlieb-expects-coronavirus-to-be-an-endemic-virus-in-us-after-delta-surge.html Tommy123 wrote: From speaking with an epidemioloigst friend, he said that it's only a matter of time that a variant develops that evades the vaccine. Considering that, it's only a matter of time before we're back under lockdown. That's why I sold.
quote=perplexed01]just to suggest a possible explanation - many (including myself) sold into the 2020 crash and bought even more in the $2 range. now with rising covid infections, the threat of even more potent variants, and no immediate positives in the report - investors are taking some profits? plus so many warnings about a general market correction. but i agree with you that selling now could be a mistake and i am resisting the urge to sell.
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