Over 1,000 cases of Coronavirus in the USA and probably rising
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Updated March 11, 2020, 12:05 PM EDT
The United States now has more than 1,000 people infected with coronavirus — but testing in the U.S. is still ramping up, meaning that number could continue to climb.
Meanwhile, the governor of New York has questioned the number of people who have been tested for the virus in the U.S.
“When they do the retrospective on this one, they are going to say, 'Why did it take the Unites States so long to bring up the testing capacity?'” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on TODAY on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he was implementing a "containment area" around a one-mile radius in the city of New Rochelle, home to the largest cluster of coronavirus cases in the country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that more than 8,500 specimens have been tested for the coronavirus across the U.S. Because multiple specimens are required from each individual, the number of actual patients who have been tested is likely far lower.
Updated March 11, 2020, 12:05 PM EDT
The United States now has more than 1,000 people infected with coronavirus — but testing in the U.S. is still ramping up, meaning that number could continue to climb.
Meanwhile, the governor of New York has questioned the number of people who have been tested for the virus in the U.S.
“When they do the retrospective on this one, they are going to say, 'Why did it take the Unites States so long to bring up the testing capacity?'” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on TODAY on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Cuomo announced that he was implementing a "containment area" around a one-mile radius in the city of New Rochelle, home to the largest cluster of coronavirus cases in the country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that more than 8,500 specimens have been tested for the coronavirus across the U.S. Because multiple specimens are required from each individual, the number of actual patients who have been tested is likely far lower.
Here in New Jersey there's 23 cases and 1 death thus far. The leading NJ universities, Princeton & Rutgers, have both decided to offer online instructions and to cancel in person classes for the near future.
Both Philadelphia and Boston have canceled their St. Patrick's Day parades due to the threat of virus spreading in crowds. In California the Coachella music festival is canceled for the same reason.
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It doesn't even air on TV until later tonight.
You get to see it now;
It was just announced, that the New York St. Patrick's Day parade is also canceled as is
their 1/2 marathon.
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At a time like this we all need to laugh and be together, at a distance of about twenty feet or something..
The total mishandling of virus control in the USA.
I would agree that in the very first month China made many mistakes, but sought to correct that as soon as the danger was realised.
Shame other countries didn't take notice and act sooner, especially when they already knew from China that this virus is hard to detect and extremely infectious in its early stages.
Hockey has also been suspended and the NCAA has cancelled March Madness (college basketball tournament).
The stock market took another dive today.
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Oh but I don’t need traffic to be crazy when I leave work so that was nice.
I'm awaiting for when I feel it has bottomed out, for me to buy.
I'm awaiting for when I feel it has bottomed out, for me to buy.”
That makes sense but I’m not a seasoned investor. Still learning here. I haven’t sold everything...yet. I’m just holding and watching for now.
You don't lose in stocks UNTIL you sell, IF you can hold on and the company doesn't go out of business.
I used to invest in quite a few bio company start-ups.
Some lost money for years and paid off big time later just by holding onto the stock.
Some paid off initially. Some went out of business.
Some people attempt to buy low & sell high. It's an ideal way. However, no one truly
knows when it's at a bottom, nor a high. It's guesswork AND you have to pay fees & taxes when you sell.
A record earner for me was back when IBM announced that they had a new operating system, OS2. When it was announced, Microsoft's stock plummeted. When it got to
where I suspected it was at the bottom, that's when I bought a LOT of it. It rushed back
and more within a week or two. I figured IBM's promo was overstated and that Microsoft
was a good value. But, those clear opportunities are relatively rare.
If you know it will eventually will come back, and you don't need
the money anytime soon. Sometimes it's better just to hold on and ride it out,
especially if you are going to buy the same company.
No taxes, no brokerage fees, and no long term losses. The market will come back eventually.
However, it could be a good buying opportunity, when it finally hits bottom.
Doctors don’t know everything.
That is all we can do world wide.
My liver is sensitive. So that’s good to know. Awareness is helpful knowledge.
But, the inflation rate was 1.76 % last year.
So, you actually lost money at that rate, as it didn't keep you even with inflation.
With mutual funds focused on small cap stocks, my return on investment for the past 20 years
has averaged about 7%. Most of that, I just rolled over into more of the same mutual fund.
Thus, I made more than 7%.
I strongly suggest that you open a tax deferred 401K-like account with direct payments from work and automatically pay into it whatever you can afford to pay weekly or monthly, however you are paid.
If set up right, that money is not counted towards your current income UNTIL you withdraw.
Thus, your annual tax rate on the rest of the earnings is less. After you retire, you can withdraw
however much you want, when you want, or set it up to pay periodicly (i.e. monthy) and change it whenever you want.
Then, you are taxed at whatever rate you earn that year, not when you actually earned the money.
In the meantime you build a progressively larger 'savings' at a much higher rate than any bank would offer.
Shop around. Mine was reserved for teachers. Perhaps there's one reserved for nurses.
There are tax advantages and a steady accumulation of more $$$.
I'm not sure what the "control" you seek offers. If you don't have a 401K-like account,
the government has more control of your money. Indeed, they get more of it.
That's my advice. Take it for what it's....worth.
However, then you are taxed at a higher rate. You know, the rate you would be taxed
at if you didn't invest in it.
However, if you are not satisfied with what is offered at work, there are many other companies
out there, that may offer an opportunity more to your liking. Shop around.
Check and see what annual rate of return do you average ?
Or if you haven't been in it long ask them for that data over the last 5 or 10 years.