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Coronavirus: European Leaders Finally Acknowledge Scale of Crisis
Coronavirus: European Leaders Finally Acknowledge Scale of Crisis The number of new coronavirus cases in Europe has been doubling, on average, every 72 hours. “It has increased in some countries over the last two weeks by one thousand… There is nothing to stop that expansion… unless those societies move aggressively… including introducing social distancing…. We […]
Black Swans, Dead Cats, Live Bats, and Goodbye to All That
Black Swans, Dead Cats, Live Bats, and Goodbye to All That Had enough excitement yet? At least the stock markets are following an established script: the bubble pops, the elevator drops, for a while it stops… and then investments sink to the deepest sub-basement, where they linger for a long, long time. Hello, next great […]
5 States Shutter Schools; Ivanka Trump, AG Barr Met With Infected Aussie Minister: Live Updates
5 States Shutter Schools; Ivanka Trump, AG Barr Met With Infected Aussie Minister: Live Updates It’s been another crazy morning around the world as more sports leagues suspended play and governments – most notably Germany – pledged to whip out their credit cards and spend whatever might be necessary to soften the economic blow, a chorus of […]
COVID-19, Brought to You by Globalization
COVID-19, Brought to You by Globalization How the virus exploits traits of our economy extolled as modern triumphs. This pandemic, with an estimated mortality rate of one to two per cent, is not a world ender or something to be truly feared. But it deserves our respect and it certainly has our attention. Pandemics, which […]
Goodbye to All That: The Demise of Globalization and Imperial Pretensions
Goodbye to All That: The Demise of Globalization and Imperial Pretensions The decline phase of the S-Curve is just beginning. Globalization and Imperial Pretensions have been decaying for years; now the tide has turned definitively against them. The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t cause the demise of globalization and Imperial Pretensions; it merely pushed the rickety structures over the edge. […]
Canada’s First Lady Tests Positive For The Coronavirus: Live Updates
Canada’s First Lady Tests Positive For The Coronavirus: Live Updates Summary: Scott Gottlieb says US can still avoid “Italy-like” outcome Cuomo closes Broadway, bans all events in NY with over 500 ppl, reduces venue max capacity by 50% NCAA cancels ‘March Madness’ F1 Australia Grand Prix to be held without crowd Trump Campaign tells employees […]
The Entire Western World Is Starting To Shut Down As Authorities Brace For “Millions” Of Coronavirus Cases
The Entire Western World Is Starting To Shut Down As Authorities Brace For “Millions” Of Coronavirus Cases Since the end of World War II, have we ever seen the entire globe gripped by so much fear? This week, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Europe has absolutely exploded, and authorities all […]
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates Summary: WHO declares Covid-19 is a pandemic President Trump declares a travel ban from all European countries (not UK) Tom Hanks, wife announce they have the Coronavirus NBA suspends all games until further notice Utah Jazz player Rudy […]
US Not Prepared For “Coronavirus Winter” As Containment Window Passes
US Not Prepared For “Coronavirus Winter” As Containment Window Passes Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, told CNBC on Tuesday morning that the US is not prepared for a Covid-19 outbreak and warns the health crisis will get much worse in the weeks ahead. “Right now, […]
Leaked Covid-19 Documents: Hospitals Prep For 96 Million Infections & 480K Deaths
LEAKED COVID-19 DOCUMENTS: HOSPITALS PREP FOR 96 MILLION INFECTIONS & 480K DEATHS Leaked medical conference documents have warned that hospitals across the United States are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections. Not only that, but the same document wants hospitals to make preparations for 480,000 deaths from this outbreak. the American Hospital Association (AHA) conference […]
Fourteen Low-Tech Ways to Stay Healthy (Besides Handwashing)
Fourteen Low-Tech Ways to Stay Healthy (Besides Handwashing) Health is not just an absence of illness. At the very least health includes a well-functioning immune system, our bodies’ first defense against pathogens that cause disease. This includes COVID-19, the coronavirus.We are all constantly exposed to bacteria, viruses, and parasites even if we wash our hands twenty […]
VIDEO: The Coronavirus Is The Pin Popping The ‘Everything Bubble’
VIDEO: The Coronavirus Is The Pin Popping The ‘Everything Bubble’ This will be an extinction-level event for many players For years, Peak Prosperity has been raising a loud warning of the ‘Everything Bubble’ that the world’s central banks have blown in global asset prices. Over that time, we’ve debated with hundreds of economic experts on […]
COVID-19 And Global Supply Chains: Watch Out For Bullwhip Effects
COVID-19 And Global Supply Chains: Watch Out For Bullwhip Effects In an earlier piece on the COVID-19 (Wuhan Coronavirus), I talked about how supply chain disruptions seemed to be occurring in slow-motion. A recent report from the Journal of Commerce warned of an imminent shortage of shipping containers in inland U.S. locations. How could these things be connected, and are we at […]
The Virus is a Time Machine
The Virus is a Time Machine Around mid-January I started including coronavirus news in the daily Automatic Earth “Debt Rattle” news aggregators, and wrote the first essay on the topic on January 29. Tons of people since have asked why, but I thought the virus had “potential”. Though not everybody would agree, I still think […]
