tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post3074880088439886799..comments2024-03-08T11:20:30.095-07:00Comments on Credit Bubble Stocks: April 12th LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-49071746094875805262020-04-17T11:23:20.202-07:002020-04-17T11:23:20.202-07:00What do those links prove relative to the current ...What do those links prove relative to the current pandemic? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-63307797217669656392020-04-17T11:17:02.781-07:002020-04-17T11:17:02.781-07:00Evidence for a Heritable Predisposition to Death D...Evidence for a Heritable Predisposition to Death Due to Influenza<br />https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/197/1/18/797348<br /><br />Inborn errors of anti-viral interferon immunity in humans<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280408/<br /><br />Tests the hypothesis that severe disease during primary infection can result from monogenic inborn errors of immunity. <br />https://www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/970-jean-laurent-casanova/CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-19949054540809819282020-04-17T11:02:27.608-07:002020-04-17T11:02:27.608-07:00"To even propose that there is some kind of &..."To even propose that there is some kind of "choice" to save the economy at the price of a few old people dying (and its not like the victims are even as clear as you'd like it to be) is a dangerous false dichotomy. There is no way the economy is exiting the lockdown until the disease is under control. The "lockdown" just gives the authorities the ability to go after egregious malcontents that are so socially degenerate they can't obey basic behavioral norms at a time like this. Your workplace would not be open right now even if the government allowed it. Either get the disease under control, or there is no economy. You aren't a clever heartless individual, you're an idiot that wants to seem "tough"."<br /><br />SPeaking of false dichotomies, he offered an idiotic one himself. The CDC's data show that mostly retirees need hospitalization, so the victims are plenty clear and have been since the start of this. <br />https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_3.html<br /><br />Retirees can much more easily self-isolate than the rest of us who need to work. Should we get sick, we develop relatively minor symptoms. In an effort to protect the elderly, we could've stayed away from them while the pandemic runs its natural course through the rest of us. Herd immunity through natural antibodies would've killed the pandemic naturally while now we have to go through this lockdown probably again since a vaccine could take a long time. <br /><br />Friends in Texas say they've taken a different approach than total lockdown/shelter-in-place and you can see the results on JHU's website: minimal deaths, no where near as bad as NY. <br /><br />There were obviously more choices than "total lockdown of everyone" and the economic ruin will probably kill far more people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-69004017094079112532020-04-13T12:17:34.930-07:002020-04-13T12:17:34.930-07:00Allan,
You got me. I read the entire article befo...Allan,<br /><br />You got me. I read the entire article before I realized it was from The Onion. Hilarious!!!!<br /><br />It’s been a fantastic car. I’ve definitely become a fanboy. It’s my first Toyota and maybe my last. I’m 55. I drive at most 2k miles per year now. Will it last longer than I do? I keep thinking that I should buy a new car at some point but this car has given me no reason to distrust it. At least not yet.<br /><br />Even the leather steering wheel still looks and feels brand new. And being the lazy bum that I am, I’ve done nothing to properly maintain the leather. The engine still purrs. It’s got a very slow oil pan leak (that I should fix). I never have to add oil between infrequent oil changes. It certainly doesn’t burn any. Never failed an emissions test.<br /><br />I wish I could say the same about me. I’m getting old. Hair’s starting to thin. Skin isn’t as soft (especially with all this hand washing recently). Engine no longer purrs like it once did. Reduced top speed. Less agile in the turns. My car clearly has the advantage over me. Hahaha! ;)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-32326243787404972020-04-12T22:35:51.108-07:002020-04-12T22:35:51.108-07:00Borrowed time my friend. Borrowed time...
Toyota ...Borrowed time my friend. Borrowed time...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theonion.com/toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-owners-reall-1819577805" rel="nofollow">Toyota Recalls 1993 Camry Due To Fact That Owners Really Should Have Bought Something New By Now</a>Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-513801197935258942020-04-12T11:29:32.416-07:002020-04-12T11:29:32.416-07:00“Either get the disease under control, or there is...“Either get the disease under control, or there is no economy.”<br /><br />There is a frozen chocolate pie in our freezer that I only somewhat jokingly refer to as the chocolate pie of death. I purchased it at a local Target 10 days ago on a Thursday at 7:00am (to avoid any crowds). After I got home, I learned that the virus lasts a lot longer on cold surfaces and can probably survive for a very, very long time in the freezer. It’s not the pie itself that slightly concerns me. It’s the outside of the packaging.<br /><br />I’m generally much more careful with our groceries lately than most, even though we’re told that we probably won’t catch it from food packaging. Non-perishables go into quarantine at our house. Eggs get carefully removed from the packaging and placed in a bowl. Milk and cheese get wiped down before going in the fridge.<br /><br />I’m now told that it can live up to 5 days on shoes. I should leave them at the door. That’s my limit. I’m not going to worry about my shoes. If they end up infecting me, I was going to get infected anyway. I would think differently if I worked in a hospital or lived in a busy apartment building, but in the last 2 weeks my shoes have only been in one Target store for 30 minutes. (I did wash my coat when I got home though.)<br /><br />As for the 6’ social distancing guidelines, I try to stay a lot further away than that. I read an interesting analogy that sunk in for me. I imagine everyone who I meet smoking a cigarette. If I’m close enough to smell the imaginary smoke, then it wouldn’t hurt to be a bit further away. Just because I can’t smell the virus being exhaled, doesn’t mean it’s not there.<br /><br />It’s good that I am not the typical American. This economy would have crashed a long time ago. I value my free time much more than I value material possessions. I’m still driving a 1996 Camry that doesn’t even have 100k miles on it yet. I’m a saver by nature and not much of a risk taker. We’re told we live in a world where we must consume and take risks though, in order to be prosperous. It’s only partially true. Someone needs to do it to keep the party going, but it won’t be me. It won’t be the rich either. Sure, they’ll consume some and take some risks. They will never take the kind of risk that comes from living paycheck to paycheck while buying a big screen TV or buying that new car with no money down and 0% interest for 84 months. Sigh.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.com