It was not meant to be personal. Please correct if I misunderstand your entire point in this thread. I thought you made it clear that you rather see the economy get started asap over a few more infections and deaths. Sounds crude but was that not your point all along?
They are boarding up shops on Rodeo Dr. and Michigan Ave. Stores like Pottery Barn think they are going to be looted. WTF? This level of panic is what I didn't want to experience. My home state has 16 deaths in the whole state but is shutting down with talk of mandatory stay-home rules and no school until the fall. Its madness. I saw an analysis today that suggested that 1/3 of Americans could wind up out of work. Its like a bad science fiction book.
my wife has been an avid skier and snow boarder her whole life. she lived in denver for a while. She has been to brianhead multiple times. I got altitude sickness a few times 20 years ago at mammoth but never anywhere else and never since. i never saw her impacted at altitude at all. She has been to brian head multiple times including last year.. with no issues. We had already been skiing pretty high up a few times this year. Mammoth and big bear. but.. I agree it could have been the flu plus altitude. however, I can also tell you.. my daughter had it before brian head. she and many of her class mates were out with flu like systems. her friends and her cousins went to the hospital with the flu. a few went more than once. they all tested negative for the flu. by the way... friends of hers had just been to china over christmas. our thesis is her schools was exposed right after christmas. just a working thesis... no guarantee.
Wrong Fucker! The booming economy has taken rents to astronomical heights. Plenty of great restaurants and bars, coffee spots.. etc had been going under prior to CV. Many Americans are entrepreneurs and would rather own their own biz then work for the man. Regulations up the ying-yang have also made it tougher so slow your roll.
But hey, we will have "flattened the curve" and prevented all those Americans who will die during the next flu from dying from this one (and a few others who probably wouldn't have died without these draconian measures).
You are correct. That is indeed my entire point. I believe we are severely overreacting because we lack knowledge and are panicking. Panic, by definition, removes logical thought.
Keep it non personal, will ya? Sure every man has a free choice. Just don't socialize your losses because you want to be your own man.
I was sick in Jan/Feb with every symptom in the CV playbook. Went on for 2 weeks and have had many friends say the same thing. I was coughing and had chest and lung congestion like nobody’s biz, fever, shit sprays, you name it. So it’s been around. Had a friend who was in Vail in March he tested positive and another in Sun Valley Idaho.
Helps my business (see my personal account statements, posted, unfortunately one of the very few on this site) . Not that I wish for panic but whatever I do or consume, I always did so and do so with a healthy safety cushion to survive events like this. I find it irresponsible that the responsible ones need to bail out the ones that made a free choice to run their business in the way they themselves see fit. I support those who lack opportunities not bail those out who made deliberate choices against building up reserves for the inevitable bad times.
Hmm... Me too. Had exactly what you just described in early January. It was like flu+shits, I thought it was because I had gotten a flu shot.