Covid-19 - New US Cases Set to Soar? Impact On Markets?

Username999

scaredofdebt said:

If in doubt hold - it will recover given time, more than likely!

Some haven't as much time as others!

[Deleted User]

If you have the courage, now might be the time to put money into the market's.
Personally I'm going to wait a bit (my own s & s are showing a net loss of about 10% atm)

Ciprico

Anyone know exactly what these "Underlying Health Conditions are"...?
Is it possible the vulnerable demographic in US could be different to say China...?
In China the underlying health conditions could be mainly related to (very) old age -  most very old people everywhere are going to have an UHC at some point, for sure something's gonna get us all in the end !
In USA it may not be only the very old, it may also be the very overweight, many of whom will already 
have heart conditions, so the effected demographic could be much younger and have a greater impact on many levels....

Username999

123mat123 said:

Anyone know exactly what these "Underlying Health Conditions are"...?
Is it possible the vulnerable demographic in US could be different to say China...?
In China the underlying health conditions could be mainly related to (very) old age -  most very old people everywhere are going to have an UHC at some point, for sure something's gonna get us all in the end !
In USA it may not be only the very old, it may also be the very overweight, many of whom will already 
have heart conditions, so the effected demographic could be much younger and have a greater impact on many levels....

It will probably effect the poor/those without heath insurance more in the USA.
They will delay seeing a Doctor because of the cost involved.

kinger101

NorthernJoe said:

kinger101 said:

The tests aren't random, although they've falsely been reported as such.  They're taken on people presenting with flu-like symptoms who are sufficiently ill to visit GP or hospital.  If they were random, it would mean that there were ca. 120,000 people in the UK infected.

Exactly. I'm more reassured by a system that has lots of negatives. 

US clearly aren't testing enough people 

As the CDC's threshold for testing is higher, I think there's little point in comparing to two.  One could argue the CDC are doing a better job, as they've identified 20 cases with 500 tests rather than 10,000.  But without knowing how many cases we'd find if the US had tested using the same criteria, we just cannot know.

tropic_of_capricorn

Username999 said:

It will probably effect the poor/those without heath insurance more in the USA.
They will delay seeing a Doctor because of the cost involved.

Wow, it's almost like "health communism" would be better for the American economy. But clearly that can't be true. Bernie Sanders is the real danger. As you were.

NorthernJoe

Big land mass to cover effectively. 

And the most expensive health care in the world. It's all relative.
I'm not advocating population level screening. 
The reality is the US response to this has been embarrassing. Northern Ireland has tested more cases than the USA. 
When we discover next week the full scale of the infection in the USA prepare for real falls in stock markets.

Thrugelmir

123mat123 said:

Anyone know exactly what these "Underlying Health Conditions are"...?
Is it possible the vulnerable demographic in US could be different to say China...?
In China the underlying health conditions could be mainly related to (very) old age -  most very old people everywhere are going to have an UHC at some point, for sure something's gonna get us all in the end !
In USA it may not be only the very old, it may also be the very overweight, many of whom will already 
have heart conditions, so the effected demographic could be much younger and have a greater impact on many levels....

China, India, Indonesia etc don't have the health infrastructure of the developed world, ic units etc. Nor the same levels of sanitation or personal health hygiene (though the UK isn't what it used to be). Then there's malnutrition to be factored in. Most of us are ultimately are going to catch the virus and never realise it. 

Lungboy

123mat123 said:

Anyone know exactly what these "Underlying Health Conditions are"...?
Is it possible the vulnerable demographic in US could be different to say China...?
In China the underlying health conditions could be mainly related to (very) old age -  most very old people everywhere are going to have an UHC at some point, for sure something's gonna get us all in the end !
In USA it may not be only the very old, it may also be the very overweight, many of whom will already 
have heart conditions, so the effected demographic could be much younger and have a greater impact on many levels....

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory disease etc.

Albermarle

Alistair31 said:

Monday will be another bleak day for the markets.

Not sure your crystal ball has been working so well ….