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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by in_cahoots on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:43PM (#22528346)
That’s only true under current conditions. If we move to social distancing themselves the doubling rate may slow down significantly, which would actually increase the time to burnout.
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by munk-a on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:52PM (#22528456)
It seems unlikely that will happen in the US due to the executive branch messaging very much being "Everything is fine folks - oh please don't stop going to work!"
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by jliptzin on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:41PM (#22531170)
It is comically right out of the plot of every pandemic-type movie where no one in charge takes it seriously enough at the beginning and it therefore spreads wildly out of control.
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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by nostrademons on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:53PM (#22529083)
That's the "3 month quarantine" case in his comment.
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