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TL;DR - some Black Swan investing ideas in Asia? Click: Investors flee to safe havens as virus burgeonsMounting death count and infection cases spook investors; risky assets dumped in 'safety first' move
Long article but your get the jest.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ing-fears-over-artificially-created-bioweapon
May start stocking non perishable food before the rush starts.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ing-fears-over-artificially-created-bioweapon
May start stocking non perishable food before the rush starts.
Am I the only one who wouldn't doubt that there are 2 world leaders who would be willing to risk killing 35 million people in order to "win" a trade war?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51276323
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51276323
Many countries eat rat. There are many species. I am told that the meat is very tender. Some species taste more like pork and others more like chicken. They say rat stew is good but BBQ is also a favorite cooking method. I am told that the only down-side of rat is when you burn the hair off prior to slaughter, the burnt hair stinks to high heaven.
But be mindful, these are not sewer rats but mostly field rats. So, their flesh and fat is not composed of filth but mostly high quality rice and other grains and grasses. They pilferage 10% to 20% of the rice crop per year.
And the interesting part of the story is that it is a highly prized and preferred meat. It is not like these cultures are just impoverished and eat rat because the price of common meat is too dear. Sometimes rat meat is more expensive than other common meat.
The Karni Mata Hindu Temple in Deshnoke, India is dedicated to Rats as the Goddess, Durga. It houses about 25,000 free-roaming rats inside the temple. The rats are revered over there. The rats are fed milk and then the human worshippers drink the same milk from the same bowl. Bread is baked in the temple and the rats eat the bread first and then the humans can finish the remains. (nice)
Rat excrement is all around and the kids and moms and pops play with the rodents and laugh and have a jolly outing. You can sleep on the floor of the temple and it is considered quite auspicious for the rats to crawl all over you during your peaceful slumber. (nothing like a good night's sleep)
Nobody dare harm or eat a rat in that temple. If you harm a rat there or accidentally step on one, you pony up in silver.
In the ancient Chinese world rats were highly revered and not despised and that is why they are the first animal in the Chinese zodiac with pigs being the last. And its not like they ran out of animals.
But be mindful, these are not sewer rats but mostly field rats. So, their flesh and fat is not composed of filth but mostly high quality rice and other grains and grasses. They pilferage 10% to 20% of the rice crop per year.
And the interesting part of the story is that it is a highly prized and preferred meat. It is not like these cultures are just impoverished and eat rat because the price of common meat is too dear. Sometimes rat meat is more expensive than other common meat.
The Karni Mata Hindu Temple in Deshnoke, India is dedicated to Rats as the Goddess, Durga. It houses about 25,000 free-roaming rats inside the temple. The rats are revered over there. The rats are fed milk and then the human worshippers drink the same milk from the same bowl. Bread is baked in the temple and the rats eat the bread first and then the humans can finish the remains. (nice)
Rat excrement is all around and the kids and moms and pops play with the rodents and laugh and have a jolly outing. You can sleep on the floor of the temple and it is considered quite auspicious for the rats to crawl all over you during your peaceful slumber. (nothing like a good night's sleep)
Nobody dare harm or eat a rat in that temple. If you harm a rat there or accidentally step on one, you pony up in silver.
In the ancient Chinese world rats were highly revered and not despised and that is why they are the first animal in the Chinese zodiac with pigs being the last. And its not like they ran out of animals.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51276323[/QUOTE]In.
In the flu season ending winter of 2018 CDC estimated 80,000 people died of flu and complications in US. Was a particularly bad year as flu deaths typically range from 12,000 to 55000. This is in a country of around 330 million where an available flu vaccine, abiet not totally effective, is not taken by 1/3 of the population.
Flu deaths higher than estimated.
"According to new estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year, higher than a previous estimate of 250,000 to 500,000 and based on a robust, multinational survey"
Yet the WHO hasn't banned flu a global emergency. Flights from the US (and other high flu rates) weren't cancelled, etc as it has with China where 180 corona virus deaths in a country of 1.5 billion (yeah, reported by a country with dubious reliability in accurate reporting).
In the flu season ending winter of 2018 CDC estimated 80,000 people died of flu and complications in US. Was a particularly bad year as flu deaths typically range from 12,000 to 55000. This is in a country of around 330 million where an available flu vaccine, abiet not totally effective, is not taken by 1/3 of the population.
Flu deaths higher than estimated.
"According to new estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year, higher than a previous estimate of 250,000 to 500,000 and based on a robust, multinational survey"
Yet the WHO hasn't banned flu a global emergency. Flights from the US (and other high flu rates) weren't cancelled, etc as it has with China where 180 corona virus deaths in a country of 1.5 billion (yeah, reported by a country with dubious reliability in accurate reporting).
Then we should stay up at night as I'm certain this is not the only such occurrence.
And combo that with no matter how it's released if something "bad" does happen we're just fucked. Just too many simpler cases where this has been true. Just take Hurricane Sandy in the NY area as but a "small" example. The government was just sitting there jerking off and not even to porn just jerking off for jerking off purposes.
And combo that with no matter how it's released if something "bad" does happen we're just fucked. Just too many simpler cases where this has been true. Just take Hurricane Sandy in the NY area as but a "small" example. The government was just sitting there jerking off and not even to porn just jerking off for jerking off purposes.
I may go latina until more is known about coronavirus. That's my gut reaction not supported by statistics.
Catching flu from any provider is more likely and more lethal than catching coronavirus from a Chinese lady.
So far. Time will tell.
One study indicated about 150,000 NYC metro souls would leave & return from China in the months around a normal Lunar New Year. While China to US flights are cut near nil, and screening is in place, IMHO quarantines historically fail to contain contagion.
Catching flu from any provider is more likely and more lethal than catching coronavirus from a Chinese lady.
So far. Time will tell.
One study indicated about 150,000 NYC metro souls would leave & return from China in the months around a normal Lunar New Year. While China to US flights are cut near nil, and screening is in place, IMHO quarantines historically fail to contain contagion.
The civil libertarians are now screaming that mandatory government quarantine for those returning from Wuhan to US is a violation of civil rights...
There is further detail in the article ( forgive me for not sharing the link.. I am challenged), but I am weary to read that almost every controversy associated with some type of human interest defers to civil rights, discrimination etc.....
There is further detail in the article ( forgive me for not sharing the link.. I am challenged), but I am weary to read that almost every controversy associated with some type of human interest defers to civil rights, discrimination etc.....
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