"CoVID-19" is over.

[Pekelo]

Actually, most businesses you can go into without a face mask.

I guess, Walmart, Target, Sam's Club and that short is not part of the most businesses....

I didn't get what the OP wanted to say, but the title is stupid. 200K dead by September, 300K by end of the year was my prediction and we can easily do it. The reported numbers are 7 (death) or 11 days (infected) lagging. Considering that the death itself is lagging by at least 3 weeks, the 4th of July infected and dying won't show up in stats until the first week of August.

The daily dead is just under 1K, but should go over it probably this week. 1.2-1.4K dead per day until September and the pandemic is over? In September the schools open (well, or not) and the spread increases.

Sure the October surprise is going to be at least a vaccine announcement even if not the vaccination itself, but this story is still about at 1/3rd shall I say.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

I guess, Walmart, Target, Sam's Club and that short is not part of the most businesses....

Walmart and Sam's just started the mandate today. No other businesses have been requiring.

 

[S2007S]

What its telling me is "WE WILL NEVER FULLY SHUTDOWN AGAIN" no matter what the virus does..

That's what I heard. Never shutdown again and unlimited fed handouts.

Recipes for histlrical highs in equities through the next 4 decades.

 

[Pekelo]

Walmart and Sam's just started the mandate today. No other businesses have been requiring.

You are behind the times. 4 days ago:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...walmart-target-costco-coronavirus/5446365002/

These stores, businesses now require masks
Apple

Best Buy

BJ's Wholesale Club: Started Monday, July 20.

Costco

CVS: Started Monday, July 20.

Kohl's: Started Monday, July 20.

H-E-B

Lowe's: Started Monday, July 20.

Menards

Sam's Club: Started Monday, July 20.

Schnuck Markets: Started Monday, July 20.

Walgreens: Started Monday, July 20.

Walmart: Started Monday, July 20.

Panera Bread

Starbucks

Trader Joe's

Verizon

 

[ElCubano]

I have not been able to walk into any store down here since mid April without a mask. Not one. That includes target, Home Depot, Publix etc. don’t go to Walmart ever.

 

[Scataphagos]

I dunno about "Covid over" or "going away".

I can check a site daily with county stats. I live sort of on the cusp between 2... and I've seen "last 7 days" stats going from ~5% increase week-over-week previously to ~15% currently. Doesn't look like it's slowing at all, but rather accelerating. (Could be just from more testing, however.)

 

[Buy1Sell2]

You are behind the times. 4 days ago:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...walmart-target-costco-coronavirus/5446365002/

These stores, businesses now require masks
Apple

Best Buy

BJ's Wholesale Club: Started Monday, July 20.

Costco

CVS: Started Monday, July 20.

Kohl's: Started Monday, July 20.

H-E-B

Lowe's: Started Monday, July 20.

Menards

Sam's Club: Started Monday, July 20.

Schnuck Markets: Started Monday, July 20.

Walgreens: Started Monday, July 20.

Walmart: Started Monday, July 20.

Panera Bread

Starbucks

Trader Joe's

Verizon

Believe me----it's not required in most businesses.----and if they do, I will just trade elsewhere.

 

[ironchef]

No one can go into a business not wearing a mask, schools have been shut down, businesses for the most part have been partially or totally shut down for quite some time. Yet we are hitting records daily. To Mask or Not to Mask. .

Not to Mask if you are at a covid-19 party, or at a beach party in CA or a street party in NYC. We also have fist fights everyday here in CA, folks refused to wear mask while shopping, citing the POTUS saying it was optional that he "trumped" Governor Newsom.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

I dunno about "Covid over" or "going away".

I can check a site daily with county stats. I live sort of on the cusp between 2... and I've seen "last 7 days" stats going from ~5% increase week-over-week previously to ~15% currently. Doesn't look like it's slowing at all, but rather accelerating. (Could be just from more testing, however.)

Likely here to stay but the pandemic part has been over for several months. We need to accept that we need to live with it. If it turns out that it is able to be eradicated, then that will be a nice surprise. In my view NYC and Sweden are probably already at herd immunity for this strain and new strains may end up being less dangerous.

 

[Scataphagos]

Likely here to stay but the pandemic part has been over for several months. We need to accept that we need to live with it. If it turns out that it is able to be eradicated, then that will be a nice surprise. In my view NYC and Sweden are probably already at herd immunity for this strain and new strains may end up being less dangerous.

"Herd immunity" may just be wishful thinking.

Some studies have shown no antibodies in the blood 3-4 months after the afflicted had "recovered". If that's the case, there may be no effective vaccine.

After the election pressure should be off of the liars for a while, and maybe we'll finally get the real skinny on it.