I have been obsessed with this. The emotions it brings up are confusing and compelling and I still don’t quite know what it’s communicating. It’s mood is just at the edge of recognition. So, I’m doing closer listenings than before and hope to understand it better.
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Coronavirus – Mon 16 Mar 2020 – the day of the DJIA drop, sites that aggregate case counts
The markets tanked. DJIA dropped almost 13% by end of day. S&P 500 down almost 12%.
Trump told state governors to basically fend for themselves. “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment–try getting it yourselves.”
Continue reading Coronavirus – Mon 16 Mar 2020 – the day of the DJIA drop, sites that aggregate case countsThe night before our company’s 2 week wfh policy and the whole country shutting down
Airports filled with lines of people waiting to re-enter. Arbitrary shut down of flights to/from “Europe” (which countries?) that was declared by That Guy on Thursday night causes an influx of travelers that overwhelmed processing lines and any plan (hint: there was none) for medical mediation.
Continue reading The night before our company’s 2 week wfh policy and the whole country shutting downNotes on COVID-19, during the President’s address and prior
Most taken from Twitter “friends”:
- WHO declared it a pandemic today. (NPR link, I cannot find a WHO link.)
- South Korea performing 10,000 tests a day. US performed 8 today.
- “Misstatements” during the address, which was scripted, yet had to be corrected within 10 min:
- Ban all travel from Europe, s/b ban on foreign nationals and not trade or citizens. Most of Europe has equal or fewer cases than the US.
- Health insurers waive copay for treatment, s/b only for testing (insurers quick as fuck corrected that).
- Promises payroll tax relief, relief for sick workers, and waivers for small businesses, s/b Congress is reviewing those measures.
- Just yesterday, president said “It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”
- Gen. Michael Hayden: “I’m scared”.
- Dow futures dropped 3+% during his 11 min speech and up to ~5% an hour after.
- NBA suspends season. Rudy Gobert mocked COVID-19 on Monday by exaggeratedly touching every reporters’ microphone and is now the single cause of the shut down.
- 2 weeks ago: Italy had 322 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, 1 week ago: 2,502, Today: 10,149.