Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 8196. (Read 26710856 times)

shit's getting real if Ibian is considered as the reasonable and serious one.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51555420


Yeah sure, a ship is not a country. It's way worse. Population density on the ship is huge compared to a country. Imagine living in close very proximity to 700 infected passengers, all of them breathing, coughing, etc.

More from that guy:

Once again ad infinitum, a ship is not a country. Besides the numbers on the plague ship don't seem to be adding up. We are not being told something.

That aside, I should be a little clearer. The entire world is going to be exposed to the virus, but we don't know what the risk of getting sick after exposure is. Just another missing piece of this whole mess.

While restricted to cabins

MARTY'S ɃENT
Issue #694: shallow safety v. deep safety
My long-term bet is on the system exhibiting deep safety.


https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-694/

Yet on Diamond Princess, about 20% got infected.

Issue 2 of the OXT Research PlusToken:
https://research.oxt.me/special-situation-report/2/preview

If I am reading this correctly, out of 178k BTC there are 38k BTC still to be dumped. We are getting there.


(Who in his right mind is that desperate for yuans to dump it all pre halving? Scammers getting free money. When I think about it, it is a true gift really. This has likely been artificially keeping the price down for the last 6+ months, probably shorting before dumping.)

What middle class?

These seem to be baseless, McCarthy era-level fears. I hope you don't actually believe this and are just using hyperbole to state your beliefs. Regardless, you're right in that its almost a moot point. America can now prepare itself for 4 more years of mediocrity and flow of wealth from the middle class to the rich.

Lol, every once in a while I'm glad you get quoted Iban otherwise I would miss these gems.

Covid-19 is affecting 119 countries, 119,217 cases worldwide with 4,299 deaths.

- First Italian doctor dead.

- Turkey, Jamaica, Panama and Bolivia reporting first cases.

- Iceland now has the highest number of cases per inhabitant in Europe.

- Coronavirus mortality in Lombardy is now 8%, more than double Wuhan rate. Health system on the brink of collapse.

- 4 new cases in Poland including the General commander of the Polish army.

- 100,000 inhabitants placed in lockdown in Lousada and Felgueiras, an hour and a half by car from Vigo in northern Portugal.

- World Trade Organization cancels all meetings through March 20 after one of its staff members tested positive.

- South Dakota and Michigan reporting first 5 cases. Cases in the U.S. is above 1000 with 31 deaths. Washington State considering "Rapid Lockdown".

- Slovenia, Switzerland closing borders with Italy.

- Austria closes border with Italy, bans indoor events with more than 100 people, and closes universities.

- British Airways, AirFrance, AirCanada and Ryanair have cancelled all international flights to and from Italy.

- Paraguay closes all schools and bans events and places with large groups of people.

- MGM Resorts to close Vegas buffets.

Bitcoin largely has value because it is open source and satoshi disappeared without seeming to attempt to claim his coins.  You cannot change a few facts, such as Satoshi attempting to profit off of BTc and then extrapolate similar financial performance, value or networking effects outcomes.   

gatherings of greater than 250 people to be banned in Washington State

I've been following the COVID-19 news with interest, but no panic. It is early in the game, lots of numbers are being thrown around. The sample is still small %-wise, and there is much that is under-reported.  I did see this (Forbes? I forget) and thought it wise words. Surely not gospel, but it is probably laced with fact.

Abdu Sharkawy
March 6 at 2:45 AM ·

I'm a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough,  Diphtheria...there is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.

I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.

What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral of panic, stockpiling obscene quantities of anything that could fill a bomb shelter adequately in a post-apocalyptic world. I am scared of the N95 masks that are stolen from hospitals and urgent care clinics where they are actually needed for front line healthcare providers and instead are being donned in airports, malls, and coffee lounges, perpetuating even more fear and suspicion of others.
 
I am scared that our hospitals will be overwhelmed with anyone who thinks they " probably don't have it but may as well get checked out no matter what because you just never know..." and those with heart failure, emphysema, pneumonia and strokes will pay the price for overfilled ER waiting rooms with only so many doctors and nurses to assess.

I am scared that travel restrictions will become so far reaching that weddings will be canceled, graduations missed and family reunions will not materialize. And well, even that big party called the Olympic Games...that could be kyboshed too. Can you even imagine?

I'm scared those same epidemic fears will limit trade, harm partnerships in multiple sectors, business and otherwise and ultimately culminate in a global recession.

But mostly, I'm scared about what message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason, rationality, openmindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested.

Covid-19 is nowhere near over. It will be coming to a city, a hospital, a friend, even a family member near you at some point. Expect it. Stop waiting to be surprised further. The fact is the virus itself will not likely do much harm when it arrives. But our own behaviors and "fight for yourself above all else" attitude could prove disastrous.

I implore you all. Temper fear with reason, panic with patience and uncertainty with education. We have an opportunity to learn a great deal about health hygiene and limiting the spread of innumerable transmissible diseases in our society. Let's meet this challenge together in the best spirit of compassion for others, patience, and above all, an unfailing effort to seek truth, facts and knowledge as opposed to conjecture, speculation and catastrophizing.

Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open hearts.
Our children will thank us for it.

Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, internal medicine and infectious diseases consultant with Toronto’s University Health Network and an assistant professor at University of Toronto.

Well, obviously.   



 

Thanks, Phil_s.

F@H still seems to be a bit over my head in terms of how the transition from knowing about it into mining and bitcoin, and how the intellectual curiosity of computing might end up flowing into interests in bitcoin (and sure that might be for vapourminer to attempt to better explain those parts to dummies like my lil selfie) but at least I have the reference..... I cannot recall coming across that F@H term, previously.

It's been clear to me that all of the "statistics" are heavily weighted by testing strategy, and also by test accuracy. So Italy just tests people getting fucked by Covid19. Also, aside from China it looks like other country (S Korea, Taiwan) have curbed spread greatly by lockdown. But the grain of salt is that they probably are not testing as much.

When all is said and done I say it is highly contagious, kinda deadly to older folk, but severity depends on viral load. Just a hunch. So when gov does total lockdown quarantine it does not entirely stop the spread, but rather many infections are mild and untested. Do people have reason to refute what I am saying?

Otherwise, China, taiwan and others are totally deceiving with their testing strat to fake a recovery, which is bad news bears [if true]

I doubt that the odds are as bad as you make them out to be, goldkingcoiner, but i still appreciate the humor of your dramatic illustration.  


Contemporary science suggests that your body will generally become stronger from various kinds of exposures and stresses, rather than weaker, so the evidence of permanent damage for normally healthy peeps is far from convincing absent some extreme or unusual circumstances (which would put them outside of the "normally healthy peeps" category).

It occurs to me (I know, kinda slow on the uptake) that gold as a safe haven attracts the old guard more than bitcoin not just because of generational differences but because of the volatility. Huge moves for gold are ridiculously tiny ones in crypto, and when you are scared about your nest egg that makes more sense. It's a different mindset than many of us into btc. I guess store of value for them just means they won't lose too much money if the shit hits the fan.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-slips-lower-as-stocks-try-for-rebound-from-worst-day-since-2008-financial-crisis-2020-03-10

All I see are $1 bills there, you ostentatious fuck!!!!  hahahahahaha


I could make that kind of presentation with a mere $50, or maybe even less.