Posted on 03/12/2020 5:32:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Residents of Hubei province, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus outbreak, resumed a more normal daily life routine as factories and other businesses reopened Wednesday, possibly offering encouragement to the U.S. and other affected nations.
Health experts around the world are carefully watching the pandemic as it plays out in China, where the virus originated, for clues to how the new COVID-19 coronavirus strain works its way through a target population. At first overwhelmed by new cases and outbreaks, Chinese officials are reporting a sharply declining number of new cases in recent days.
Food processors, manufacturers and other businesses essential for providing daily necessities in Wuhan, the city in the province where the coronavirus emerged in December, can reopen, the Hubei provincial government announced. Construction also has gradually resumed on housing and public infrastructure projects in China as the country tries to bring employees back to work while still containing the epidemic.
Even though embarrassing information is tightly controlled by the Beijing government, experts say there are some glimmers of hope.
Dr. Gustavo Ferrer, a lung specialist at Aventura Hospital in Florida, said on Wednesday it’s too soon to say if China is over the worst of its coronavirus outbreak.
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Odd I didn’t see this story on CNBC.
This is EXCELLENT news. Thank you.
Of course not! Panic sells!!
I expect the ChiComs to play their new card to destroy our economy... sell treasuries? devalue currency?
My Chinese wife says the youtube/wechat buzz from Wuhan now is that people are experiencing re-infections of COVID-19. Hopefully this is fake news. She says anything that comes from PRC/MSM approved sources is assumed fake.
Thank you, Jim! I’ve been saying that this was an over-blown bunch of BS from the start.
Looking forward to less fear-mongering in the coming weeks. :)
“Here comes the sun, little darling....”-beatles
We shall see how it goes, but YES it could be very good news.
Honestly, if it’s gonna shut this thing down...closing everything and its mother for a few weeks...it’s worth it to get rid of it quicker and not give the dems 8 months to not STFU about it.
Funny futures just jumped from almost 400 down to 100 down
the market will react as quickly to good news as bad.
30 plus percent drop in msft?
I have a few bucks coming to me next week and might dabble
or blow it on heroin and women.
I haven’t decided
I’m always skeptical of any news coming out of a communist nation.
But what did Wuhan have to go through between Jan 23, when it was completely quarantined, and now?
“I’ve been saying that this was an over-blown bunch of BS from the start.”
Agree 100%. When listening to Rush today (he agrees, too), I was his own personal Amen Corner in our house. Boy, is he ever pissed about this.
Remember Winnie Xi Pooh ORDERED no new infections or deaths in Communist China? Immediately reported infections nose-dived.
The prime example of fake news
I am looking forward to public floggings of politicians encouraging the panic for purposes of fomenting an economic collapse, which much to their chagrin, is not going to happen.
I read on macrumors.com which is everything Apple related that all 42 Apple stores in China will reopen on Friday
Smart gal.
One thing we’ve learned out of this is that if they want to really hurt the US all they need to do is cut off export of pharmaceutical active ingredients, because 80% of them are made in China. Guess we know why you can buy a bottle of ibuprofen for under two bucks...
Would we pay four or 10 if it was Made in America? Anyone who wouldn’t needs to get on the next slow boat to China.
Decoupling the US economy from China needed to happen anyway but the silver lining of covid-19 is, it’s going to happen a lot faster now and that is good news for the US.
LOL!
Keep dreaming! That’s not going to happen. ;)
play your cards right and do all three!
“Boy, is he ever pissed about this.”
Didn’t hear him today, but I did earlier in the week. Yeah. He’s not happy, LOL!
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