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DynaLo said:
Not a political commentary or panic post just a post on what I’m seeing from my POV in looking at the larger global picture. Opinions will vary.

Folks, stock up on non perishable things your family needs and uses while they’re available and relatively still low priced. Find the storage space, get creative. We may see shortages and we’ll certainly see price increases if that happens, and not just related to this virus. Seriously, is there such a thing as having to much toilet paper in the house?

Go ahead and look into getting your needed medications in a 90 day supply if you don’t already do this. Do you know who produces most meds or their component parts? Aren’t drug prices high enough right now? Where might they be in a few months? Daily vitamins and supplements should probably be included here as a buy now as well.

Vehicle need parts or maintenance? Might want to address that sooner than later if you look at the automotive sectors impacted.

The markets fell when the virus hit the news and to me it looks artificially propped right now to allow for the profit taking of the major holders. Bezos just liquidated a ton. One would think that folks would stay home and order more online to avoid contagion thus increasing his profits but global supply chains are already damaged, some in the short term and some longer. He knows folks can’t buy if it’s out of stock thus lowering earnings and stock prices. Why large sell for a paper loss if it’s only a small short term one that should be easily recouped.

Anyone notice a cruise line CEO sell a ton of stock recently? How hard is that sector getting hit and how much are they going to have to invest in visible decontamination of all their ships to restore public confidence?

Take a moment and think about other economic sectors that could take a hit even without a virus outbreak here in the US just simply due to the importation supply chain and associated transportation we rely on from around the globe. How would you and your families lives be impacted?

TL:DR- thoughts from the peanut gallery
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Wheat, Rice, Sugar, Salt, Pinto Beans, rolled oats, Potato flakes, dehydrated fruits & carrots etc. all have very long shelf lives and can cover just about all of the essential daily nutrients needed. Purchase seeds that did not come from hybrids so they can be used from the fruits or veggies you harvested the next planting cycle. Keep at least 3-6 months of money in savings to sustain you & your family through any economic hardship if possible. Do your best to have 12 months of food storage on hand or work towards this. I planted over 20 fruit trees on my property 8 years ago & the yield from those trees are paying huge dividends.
 
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davethevol said:
Trump is mouthy. Sometimes he says some dumb things. I think he gives responses just to give them. In this case it’s more of trying to paint a positive picture and to move on to other questions.
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I agree with you. But a President shouldn't be like that, IMO.
 
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WTF?

Sounds just like when they predict snow.

iu
 
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Random thought....So out of the 200 folks that are supposed to be in self-quarantine in the state of Georgia how many do you reckon stopped at a grocery store on the way home because they didn’t have 2 weeks worth of food and stuff in the house?🤔
 
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NurseGoodVol said:
The articles been pulled by the publisher. Many of the comments from microbiologists on the site questioned many things that are important to prove to publish such findings. They said they will rewrite and republish.
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I think it’s important to point out that biorxiv is a preprint server. Articles submitted there are not peer reviewed and are only screened for plagiarism and offensive content, if at all. That’s not to say such sites don’t serve a purpose, but anything posted to these places should be taken with a grain of salt.

This paper was immediately debunked, and I would be extremely surprised if it is rewritten or ever published in any form. There was simply nothing there. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, it appears some college kids simply made a rookie mistake. They’re probably just embarrassed and waiting for this to blow over.

That’s why we have peer review...
 
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BartW said:
I think it’s important to point out that biorxiv is a preprint server. Articles submitted there are not peer reviewed and are only screened for plagiarism and offensive content, if at all. That’s not to say such sites don’t serve a purpose, but anything posted to these places should be taken with a grain of salt.

This paper was immediately debunked, and I would be extremely surprised if it is rewritten or ever published in any form. There was simply nothing there. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, it appears some college kids simply made a rookie mistake. They’re probably just embarrassed and waiting for this to blow over.

That’s why we have peer review...
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Yes or any report could be sited. I doubt if it will be resubmitted. I usually look at nih info then follow up with other sourced material.
 
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Seriously yay for transparency, but the CDC is now saying the test kits they shipped around the country are faulty with both false positive and false negative results. Here’s to hoping everyone tested gets called back for retesting with the new kits.
 
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Coronavirus is knocking at our door and will be here full throttle in the next few weeks probaly. Gonna be interesting to see if it kills as many people in LA or New York or other large metro US city as it has in Wuhan. That would be telling and I think you would see people going into panic mode finally over this.
 
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BartW said:
I think it’s important to point out that biorxiv is a preprint server. Articles submitted there are not peer reviewed and are only screened for plagiarism and offensive content, if at all. That’s not to say such sites don’t serve a purpose, but anything posted to these places should be taken with a grain of salt.

This paper was immediately debunked, and I would be extremely surprised if it is rewritten or ever published in any form. There was simply nothing there. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, it appears some college kids simply made a rookie mistake. They’re probably just embarrassed and waiting for this to blow over.

That’s why we have peer review...
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There is the problem. The medical community that normally uses that server knows that it's preprint and has NOT been peer reviewed. I'd place some blame on the group that posted it but way more blame can be placed on the media for not doing their due diligence in vetting the source and just running with the story. Now you still have people thinking the coronavirus has been spliced with HIV. There is NO correlation between coronavirus and HIV.
 
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Can we please take a moment to have a group wide 🤦‍♀️ facepalm in honor of all the folks on social media that are totally convinced that all they need to survive this novel coronavirus is a few cans of Lysol because the can mentions killing human coronavirus.
 
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