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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by saberience on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:48PM (#22561560)
Again. Maybe climate has an "impact" but the size of the numbers makes no sense. Greece isn't exactly a cold place right now, it's massively smaller than India and yet has 30% more coronavirus cases.

India: 1.3B population and right next to China. Greece 10M population and no close land links to China.

These numbers don't pass the common sense test.

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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by sivakon on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:32PM (#22563562)
Right next China is a weak argument. There is an impossibly terrain dividing India and China called Himalayas. Other means of transport are restricted from the very beginning.
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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by refurb on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:08PM (#22563416)
Agreed that the impact of climate is a big question mark.

In terms of Greece, it's more like Japan or China than a tropical country.

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