Kung Flu
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Here is a harsh reminder in case you are forgetful or not paying attention...
The US just reported more than 100,000 new Covid-19 infections, the most cases in a single day since pandemic's start
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html
he US recorded a staggering 102,831 new Covid-19 infections Wednesday -- the first time since the start of the pandemic it has reported a six-figure number.
The new high, as harrowing as it is, is only one part of a number of grim indicators pointing to what experts have already projected: an unprecedented fall and winter surge that will likely continue to get worse.
In just the past week, the US saw its top five days with the highest case numbers, with the country's previous record set at 99,321 infections on October 30. The nationwide 7-day average of new infections is now about 89,859, up by about 108% in just a month.
Now more than 9.4 million Americans have been infected with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic and more than 233,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
And every day, states across the country continue to report alarming patterns.At least 36 states are reporting more new cases than the previous week while only three states -- Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee -- are trending in the right direction, according to Johns Hopkins.
(More at above url)
I wonder what cnp(cut n' paste)-trading will post about now??
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Proves 90% Effective in Latest Trials
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-...ontech-works-better-than-expected-11604922300
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Proves 90% Effective in Latest Trials
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-...ontech-works-better-than-expected-11604922300
Numbers continue to look very very good for The US and countries like Sweden and Brazil. One would expect case numbers to go up with more testing and cooler weather, yet deaths rates are dropping in a large way. This "pandemic" if you could even call it that, has been over for a long long time.
Covid Cases in U.S. Could Be Near Zero in 6 Months, UBS Economist Says
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/bus...n-around-6-months-ubs-economist-says/2722652/
UBS had originally estimated that the number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. would approach zero by the end of 2021, but the vaccine news has made the bank bring that forecast forward by six months.
"We might get a situation where reported cases of Covid in the United States fall very close to zero in Q2 (second quarter) of next year. That six month difference, that two-quarter difference matters a lot, it means an extra 1 to 1.25 percentage point gain in GDP next year," Seth Carpenter, chief U.S. economist at UBS, told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche on Thursday.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/bus...n-around-6-months-ubs-economist-says/2722652/
UBS had originally estimated that the number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. would approach zero by the end of 2021, but the vaccine news has made the bank bring that forecast forward by six months.
"We might get a situation where reported cases of Covid in the United States fall very close to zero in Q2 (second quarter) of next year. That six month difference, that two-quarter difference matters a lot, it means an extra 1 to 1.25 percentage point gain in GDP next year," Seth Carpenter, chief U.S. economist at UBS, told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche on Thursday.
This is at odds with GWB's prediction of 2 million deaths by June.
It certainly is. This article has the source incorporating the vaccine into the equation which can't hurt. We'd be closer already without lock-downs in my view.