2% of 1.4 billion people in China is 28 million people. As a comparison, the Spanish Flu back in 1918 killed 50 million people worldwide, so it is no joke.
I am not surprised WHO is calling it an emergency.
Anyone loading up on 3M Company stock? They are the ones that make most of those masks everyone is wearing.
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I am in Asia and EVERYONE is wearing these right now. Specially in malls that a lot of Chinese go to. Its pollution season here so they are in high demand as it is but normally you see maybe 50% of people in masks, now its close to 80%. My brother told me in Toronto they are completely sold out at the moment.
These masks are probably a small part of the 3M business but they do also make a lot of hazmat stuff and I'm sure hospitals around the world are stocking up.
The chart is in a sell off but I think 155 would be a good level to load up. Next earnings will be a surprise beat for sure.
wtf is pollution season...
The best part is that those masks do nothing. The virus spreads through contact with mucous membranes. So unless you plan on installing a decon shower and wearing a full BSL suit to work everyday you may as well not use one. Moreover, it's infectious before signs start showing, has a high probability of mutation given the total number of people infected, and is airborne.
I saw a guy at the local grocer stocking up on masks. I didn't have the heart to tell him that first, the masks he had were for non-infectious use, and second the virus spreads through any mucous membrane and is capable of living for quite a long time (relatively speaking) on surfaces.
Short hospitality, travel, etc stocks. Give it until next earnings season and we'll see the actual damage.
do u like opera?
If there is only 1 piece of music work I can listen for the rest of my life it would be the marriage of fígaro.
This is mine...
Can't find any original footage of Inva Mula singing it, but the sound works.