Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero
by isignal on Sunday March 15, 2020 @09:05PM
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There's a billion people in India and so far the mortality and spread rates there aren't similar to other countries. There is a theory that humid and warm places will not have these mortality rates (as validated by our common sense that summer time flu is less common). I don't think we have enough information about the virus to generalize to the whole world yet.
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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero
by mike_d on Sunday March 15, 2020 @09:17PM
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> There's a billion people in India and so far the mortality and spread rates there aren't similar to other countries
That is a lack of testing, same as what keeps US numbers depressed. India is severely lacking in cohesive response to viral outbreaks, to the point they are still dealing with a Swine Flu epidemic from 2009 (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/9-swine-flu-deaths-utt...)
> There is a theory that humid and warm places will not have these mortality rate
There is no scientific evidence to support this. The wild spread in the Middle East indicates heat may not be a factor.
Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero
by northern-lights on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:51AM
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Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero
by virmundi on Sunday March 15, 2020 @09:36PM
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The theory is more the humidity. The virus gets trapped in vapor and pulled harmlessly to the ground. The counter to the theory is that at least in developed countries people flee the humidity by living in low humidity air conditioning.
Re:Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero
by selimthegrim on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:05PM
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We have an explosion of cases in New Orleans. I don’t think we’re off the hook