SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[notherhalo]

We have some China operations and it seems that the economic damage there is unreported here.  We just got gov approval to reopen our factory but shipping across the country (and to the port) is nearly impossible as freight is simply unavailable.  

Chinese people get told what to do from the govt and comply happily.  Good luck getting that same type of cooperation from people here.  

We're putting together plans now to cut more than half our staff due to business losses here, should the virus come around, as it seems like it will. 

Edited February 26, 2020 by notherhalo

[Taylor]

8 hours ago, notherhalo said:

We have some China operations and it seems that the economic damage there is unreported here.  We just got gov approval to reopen our factory but shipping across the country (and to the port) is nearly impossible as freight is simply unavailable.  

Chinese people get told what to do from the govt and comply happily.  Good luck getting that same type of cooperation from people here.  

We're putting together plans now to cut more than half our staff due to business losses here, should the virus come around, as it seems like it will. 

I imagine notherhalo to be like Christian Bale's character in The Big Short. Quirky dude, but probably makes more money than the rest of us combined.

 

[tdawg87]

So which Angel will be the first MLB player to hit the DL with the coronavirus?

[St1ck]

9 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

So which Angel will be the first MLB player to hit the DL with the coronavirus?

You already knOHw. 

[fan_since79]

Latest stats:

https://kungflu.net/

81,245 cases worldwide, 2,770 deaths

57 cases in the U.S. so far

 

[tdawg87]

Lmfao "kungflu.net"

[fan_since79]

I couldn't get the actual Johns Hopkins site to work on my computer, then came across the kungflu page this morning, which does work.

So, there it is.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

So which Angel will be the first MLB player to hit the DL with the coronavirus?

Heaney

[T.G.]

Can't they just quarantine the whole city of Corona and call it a day?  I mean what's in Corona anyway?

[Blarg]

13 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Can't they just quarantine the whole city of Corona and call it a day?  I mean what's in Corona anyway?

Cars and Coffee at the Saleen parking lot on Saturday mornings. Free donuts! 

[Lhalo]

News conference with the President at 3:00.

 

[tdawg87]

19 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Can't they just quarantine the whole city of Corona and call it a day?  I mean what's in Corona anyway?

Water, hops, barley, malt, corn, Mexican urine, yeast.

[Lhalo]

Well this isn't good for our local area.

Korean Air Flight Attendant Working LAX Flights Diagnosed With Coronavirus

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/korean-air-flight-attendant-working-lax-flights-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/

[fan_since79]

37 minutes ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

Half the staff? Crazy. The stocks are already responding and the US is going to come to a halt once the outbreak starts here. I work in the airline business so I’m probably screwed. I’m more worried about Del Taco closing for an extended period of time tho. 

Buy a bunch of $1 burritos and freeze them.

 

[fan_since79]

Just heard on the news the Italian cases are skyrocketing. Have to go check the numbers to see if that's true.

Stock market is on a roller coaster ride today. Algorithm trading is apparently reacting to every little news bit. 100+ point swings in seconds. I don't recall seeing that since 2008.

[OCAngelsNotLAA]

My buddy is in a band and they are touring Europe right now and they had to cancel both of their Italy shows because the country has shut down all large events.  

[Tank]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I couldn't get the actual Johns Hopkins site to work on my computer, then came across the kungflu page this morning, which does work.

So, there it is.

thank you, grasshopper.

[Tank]

12 hours ago, notherhalo said:

We have some China operations and it seems that the economic damage there is unreported here.  We just got gov approval to reopen our factory but shipping across the country (and to the port) is nearly impossible as freight is simply unavailable.  

Chinese people get told what to do from the govt and comply happily.  Good luck getting that same type of cooperation from people here.  

We're putting together plans now to cut more than half our staff due to business losses here, should the virus come around, as it seems like it will. 

so where are you these days? i thought you were in either brazil or portugal.

[notherhalo]

5 minutes ago, Tank said:

so where are you these days? i thought you were in either brazil or portugal.

Im on the way to Orlando with sick people on both aisles of the plane.  I was in Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan from Christmas to a week or two ago.   Ill never understand how some people can settle with living in -30 conditions.  

[notherhalo]

I guess to say more about the situation in China, at least from what I know.   There is a gov official employed and working in every big business there, its like a required job position, so their fingers are in everything.   Small operations like us (like 10 guys, 5000 sqft) dont get that requirement but of course we have to check in all the time.   

Foreign companies got preference in the lines to reopen, because the gov there wants to try to prevent businesses totally closing down.  

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies/exclusive-in-china-the-partys-push-for-influence-inside-foreign-firms-stirs-fears-idUSKCN1B40JU

Just to think, they control the media there, the internet (mostly), the companies, people are very scared to break the law, etc. and they are having big issues.  They build trains across the country and other continents with no malarkey and we have no chance with a 120 mile POS.   All the conspiracies of it being some weaponized thing start to make a lot of sense from a long term perspective.  Imagine how screwed the other countries would be if this thing caught fire there.

 

[fan_since79]

People over 80 are most at risk of dying, at least in China. I'm hearing that it's a similar situation in Italy. 

 

[fan_since79]

One. Exactly ONE case in the U.S. of coronavirus of unknown transmission origin, and stock futures are plunging tonight.

Another horrible day on Wall Street in store because of one patient in a country of 320 million people.

A bit of an overreaction I would say.

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

One. Exactly ONE case in the U.S. of coronavirus of unknown transmission origin, and stock futures are plunging tonight.

Another horrible day on Wall Street in store because of one patient in a country of 320 million people.

A bit of an overreaction I would say.

I think it has more to do with the companies can't make anything right now.  Industries around the world are at a standstill because they've put all their eggs in the Chinese manufacturing market.

[fan_since79]

Right, but the 'analysts' are blaming it on the latest patient who caught the virus in an unknown way.

Today's market action was pretty stable, so nothing really has changed in one day on the economic front.

There's a media rush it seems to make this an apocalyptic scenario, and markets react in a whipsaw manner. Computer high speed trading programs seems to be in charge now, and the least little news sets off the sell commands.

 

[Jay]

This data suggests that the situation is improving...

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

and...