FredJacket
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Try this... same story free source... I think.Neither do I. It's behind a paywall
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...eam-employees-participating-coronavirus-study
Try this... same story free source... I think.Neither do I. It's behind a paywall
Try this... same story free source... I think.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...eam-employees-participating-coronavirus-study
Life’s a marathon, not a 440. Hang in there, make hay when you can & always amass a reserve of cash to exploit situations when they’re most risky as you can reap the biggest payouts.It’s really demoralizing because I’m a commission based pay guy and I spent years working huge hours to get my numbers up to right at $100K, enough to get a decent car and house and make big payments on my student loans. Even started a 401(k) and college savings fund for my kid.
I don’t think this’ll wipe me out completely but it’s going to put a huge dent in my path to financial independence.
Fortunately I had my car almost paid off and have enough in a rainy day fund to last about 6 months with my mortgage, but almost no one else I know is in this spot so I’m watching people have to cobble along.
Anybody seen the cash payments from the IRS yet or unemployment? My wife is a nurse, and saw her hours cut from 40 to 10, so she filed. It was accepted, but she filed on March 30th. So its been in the system for 15 days with no payment yet. Haven't seen anything from the IRS, which the news reported started sending out direct deposits a few days ago.
South Korea is closing in on 200 people having contracted the virus a second time, after having fully recovered the first time. Scientists over there are trying to figure out if its a new strain. As I understand it, there are already like a dozen strains of it.
I bank with Synovus and they sent a link to the document in docusign. I filled it out and it automatically went back to the bank the first time. Then I got a new on Sunday because the government had changed the form and I needed to do it again. I guess I would take the lack of feedback two ways. One they are OK with what you sent them and the next one should be an agreement with the SBA. Or they are overwhelmed and have not looked at it yet. Hopefully it is the first one.
Do you have a link? This matches the idea of the report I posted that some people didn't have the expected antibodies after "recovering".
I bet they lose. We'll see.DOJ Takes Action In Mississippi Drive-In Church Discrimination Case
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it will take action in a religious liberty case involving churches in Greenville, Mississippi, where police officers issued $500 tickets to church members who refused to leave the parking lot for a drive-in Easter church service.
AG BILL BARR: "Government may not impose special restrictions on religious activity that do not also apply to similar nonreligious activity."
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/1...sissippi-drive-in-church-discrimination-case/
You bet who loses?I bet they lose. We'll see.
The US currently sits at 585,000 cases. The number to watch at end of day is 605,000. That would match yesterday's total of new cases. The further we stay below that number at the end of the day, the more of a trend downward we make in new cases.
FWIW, right now public opinion is heavily against re-opening the economy quickly
New poll has the following numbers
More than eight in 10 voters, 81 percent, say Americans “should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus, even if it means continued damage to the economy.” Only 10 percent say Americans “should stop social distancing to stimulate the economy, even if it means increasing the spread of coronavirus.” Nine percent of voters have no opinion.
By a ratio of more than 2 to 1, voters say they are more concerned about “the public health impact of coronavirus, including the spread of the disease which would cause more deaths,” than they are about “the economic impact of coronavirus including the effect on the stock market and increased unemployment.” Overall, voters break toward the public-health impact, 64 percent to 29 percent — though it’s more narrow among Republicans, 51 percent to 43 percent.
Three in four, 75 percent, say it’s more important for the government to address the spread of the virus, while 17 percent say it’s more important for the government to manage the economy.
Just 37 percent would support allowing some Americans to return to work as long as the virus is still spreading, fewer than the 52 percent who would oppose Americans returning to work under those circumstances. And even fewer, 27 percent, would support allowing Americans under age 45 — who researchers say are less likely to die from Covid-19 — to work while older Americans continue to stay home.
But majorities do want returning workers to take significant precautions if they do go back: 76 percent would support their testing negative for the virus before being allowed to work again, 60 percent say they should take an antibody test to determine whether they’ve been exposed to the virus, and 76 percent support workers’ being required to wear face masks.
“Public trust in the safety of interacting with other Americans is a necessary precondition for being able to reignite the U.S. economy,” said John Leer, an economist for Morning Consult. “If Americans believe that their eating at restaurants or spending time in an airport jeopardizes their safety, loosening restrictions on businesses is not a sustainable economic solution.”
I'm probably in the minority here with this opinion, but this just makes me sad that an overwhelming majority feels this way. I think it's more a function of the way this thing has been covered than the actual reality (I know I'm going to get jumped on now). Many people believe that this is almost like a certain death sentence, and I can't really blame them for feeling that way, with how this has been reported. Nevermind that many, many people have had mild cases and many, many more people have recovered versus have died.
Peoples psyches have really been shocked to the core with this, and it's going to be tough to bring some of them out of it.
I don't know about that. Based on the article, the study will include 10,000 samples from the MLB...including all socioeconomic backgrounds, races, genders..etc. It will capture samples from the largest metropolitan areas in the country when you get the staff of the organizations (top to bottom... I assume). It will capture players (no idea how many)... some of whom probably were out of the country in January (international players and others who were getting that last vacation trip in prior to spring training). I know you're taking a wait and see position on it. Me too. If the main intended purpose is to assess how many folks have been exposed (carried) the virus and unaware... that will probably be a good sample to figure that out.For implications, the study is to try to see how many people have already been infected. If a very large portion of the public already has immunity to the virus, then crowds at baseball games wouldn't be a problem and baseball could restart soon. (Even though the story stresses that MLB has absolutely no motive in participating other than public health.) It will be interesting to see how the peer review goes with the study once it is completed. I find it difficult to believe that using participants from one business will be able to achieve a representative sample of the US public.