Coronavirus: Chinese Market News
You will remember from yesterday this enigmatic tweet…
Let’s rewind to this story from CNN from Feb 5th, about how President Xi hasn’t been seen for a few days. Well he’s back and raring to go, visiting a hospital (that he absolutely was not treated in), wearing a mask, waving at people, like he’s never been a way. Keen to bring harmony and order to the situation.
At which point, the vexed question of infection and death rates continues. Obviously this is a sensitive issue, and one that can cost you your job or lead to a visit from the police. The latest official figure shows, 1018 dead and 4.098 recovered…. or to put it another way a morality rate of 1 in 5 (roughly 19%).
However, China has come up with a new way of defining these figures. Keep in mind that there is only a limited number of kits available to test for Choronavirus…. it being novel… so China has come up with the brilliant idea of those who have tested positive for the disease, but are not showing any symptoms, will not be counted as infected. “A scheme so cunning you could brush your teeth with it”, in the words of Black Adder.
Those following events will notice that they tried a similar wheeze the other day, When numerous hedge fund types took to social media to tell anyone who will listen that peak death has been reached, and to buy, buy, sell, sell… or whatever hedge fund types do…
And just like every other time they have tried this tactic, up pops a doctor, or WHO, or someone less bothered by China’s debt ratio than it’s people, to point out that maybe… just maybe… the truth is somewhat different…
For instance Singapore is considering rationing food…
Thailand has refused to allow the Diamond Princess to dock, and the number of infections among the lab rats aboard the ship in Japan increases by the day.
And in Hong Kong, and probably elsewhere, rumours are rife that the virus is coming through gas pipes and up the drains. Which has led to the evacuation at least one block of flats. Hong Kong university is now closed.
With little care for investments…
Staying on the subject of Hong Kong, the good news is that they have developed a test that will give results in an hour. The bad news is that unless the situation can be brought under control, 60% of the World’s population with be infected.
Oh and the incubation period is 42 days… and wearing mask, can protect you for 15 seconds… when exposed to a good dose of the Green New Deal…
All hail Nurgle, and his agent of change Greta.
Not that it is all bad news… the confirmed case in San Diego turns out to have been a bit of Chinese accounting, and was someone mistakenly released from quarantine.
Ever wondered how many kids you can get into one body bag? (the answer is three, and the chances are that video will shortly disappear).
But “THE REAL VIRUS IS RACISM”.
Speaking of idiots who say stuff like the real virus is racism…
There has been an outbreak of Nurgle’s Love in Brighton: ironically in the constituency (or at least the town) of the Green Death Cult High Dragoness (and robot) Caroline Lucas. Also of that parish is chicken impersonator and would be Stalin, Lloyd Russell-Moyle (which reminds to look into his family business connections)…
Yeah so… there are two GP surgeries closed, a school, people are worried, the NHS is texting people to find out if they have been to the Far East, and also looking for people who may have been in contact with the ‘super spreaders’…
And what do the telly dolly’s do in the face of a highly contagious disease, (that currently has half a billion people in China living in quarantine or under severe restriction)? … you guessed it…
Oh and apparently if you go and sign on for your dole, the first question is have you been to China recently…
