tasman1 wrote: 
A man just released from quarantine with his three-year-old daughter after being cleared of the coronavirus appeared to repeatedly cough throughout a television interview..................................Panic , Told You
So now every time people cough, sneeze or blow their nose, it will be mass panic ? I bet you millions of people out there are jumping to conclusions every time they cough or get a cold, they probably think they have the virus, I can see all the 911 calls of people reporting they have corona and have an ambo come pick them up.........This has to stop ! it's getting ridiculous already. Just because some guy coughs in an interview is no need to panic. I have had nasty colds before and coughs that lingered for weeks to sometimes a month or two AFTER my cold ended.
As to China, do not worry about China, it should be the least of your worries, as I'm sure China can QUICKLY recover from a downfall, it might even surprise you that China might be the one to recover first, whilst the other countries are still struggling, just watch.
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South Korea reported on Saturday its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases and concerns grew of a possible epidemic in the United States as the World Health Organization raised its risk alert to its highest level.
POSSIBLE epidemic ? Who's kidding who now, we are way beyond that point, and the WHO finally woke up. There are probably far more cases than the ones reported.
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Don't forget them beans
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Share markets are dying .............................please forget that you have investments
ahahahahaha big joke, if at this stage you think markets are dying you ain't seen nothing yet. Unless we are into a war or deep recession or depression, I would not worry. We are in market CORRECTION, stop listening to fake news.
The markets are volatile now, expect big swings, it's probably going to be like that for most of 2020, and once a vaccine is out officially and less cases are reported or any signs of improvement, the markets will go back up. Should there be a mild recession, things will go back up. If you have investments, you are not going to take them out and use them all at once. The worst thing to do is panic and SELL, if you do, then you will release lose big. If you are retired, in some countries past a certain age you must withdraw a minimum % from your registered investments every year, so you have plenty of time for market to rebound and recover. If you are among those who much withdraw a large amount from your investment to support your lifestyle, then that is a big problem, those will be the ones who lose out the most. But if you have enough investments you should be fine. And those who are still working should not worry, markets go up and down all the time but the long term trend is upward, any LOSS in the market is a VIRTUAL LOSS unless you withdraw (SELL), which is why the advice to create a nest egg that is several multiples of what you think you would need is the best way to invest, because it creates a safety net for market corrections, recession, inflation.
So normally a good base is 30 times your yearly salary, and for an added safety net, x2 ~ x3.
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tasman1 in , rapid ageing ............................;total sign end of the world s near
People have been saying it is the end since, well forever

In the 1990's it was a popular topic, end of world, doomsday, they even made films out of it. I do not think we are anywhere near the end yet. I wonder why the hell people are making kids !