Well here it is Black Friday, and Americans are skittish about rising prices and buying stuff — certainly not ideal for what is supposed to be the biggest shopping day of the year. The thrill is ebbing now that the U.S. has become an inflation nation in the era of President Biden. More than three-quarters of U.S. adults — 77% — say inflation is affecting their lives on a personal level just as the holiday season kicks in, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and 57% blame Mr. Biden. “Americans of all political persuasions expect prices to shoot up over the next year,” reports Terry Jones, editor of Issues & Insights, which partnered with the Tipp Poll on the matter. The survey found that 84% of Americans — including 94% of Republicans and 81% of Democrats — agreed that prices on gasoline, food, and other household products will rise, and keep on rising. The poll of 1,396 U.S. adults was conducted Oct. 27-29 and released Tuesday. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/25/inside-beltway-bidens-bleak-black-friday/
Dow Futures are down 720 Points at the current time. https://www.investing.com/indices/us-30-futures?cid=1175152 The market is running scared after a new strain of coronavirus was discovered. The strain is the most evolved type in existence, and virologists believe it is vaccine resistant. The Covid-19 pandemic has become an emergency Europe, and WHO is meeting tomorrow discuss the new strain. Also, they will discuss the rising case and death rate among vaccinated individuals. The UK has banned air travel to these revelations. Get Read for Biden's Black Friday.
Dow Futures are now down almost 900 points (2.5%). https://www.investing.com/indices/us-30-futures?cid=1175152
Nothing is trending in the right direction. Literally nothing. My 401k has been freakin stagnant this year.
There was a theory postulated by other scientists, the theory basically went that the more we vaccinated the more we were in fact strengthening the coronavirus. It looks like since we ignored that theory, it got to be proven true in the real world. Now, had it really been about the science, even minority view points would have been taken seriously and a temporary pause to exclude that possibility would have been done. That's how real science works. Rushed science? Is exactly what we have.
LOL! The Dow Jones is up 17% YTD. Second the National Retail Federation predicts Holiday season shopping sales to be up 8.5 to 10.5% from 2020. This thread is trash. You guys have to stop listening to Fox News, telling you that the world is ending just because Trump is not president.
Question: Would the SarsCov2 virus face different selective pressures from people getting vaccinated or from people obtaining natural immunity after being infected? Yes or no? If no, why?
Well, you probably listened to Trump, who told you that the stock market would crash if Biden was elected. Then, you sold your stocks and went to bonds. If that's the case, I am sorry that you missed out on a 17% YTD gain. There are not many years that the stock market performs as well.
I don't know, I'm not a scientist. But to me, process of elimination is the best science. If it's really about safety, even if it takes longer(now I realize I'm arguing for why we had the normal process to begin with) the ability to be able to foolproof the vaccines, even if it causes more casualties as its not available, means there will be less casualties and damage in the long run.
Well, if you don't know then you shouldn't have posted before informing yourself. That's how fake news gets created. Here is an article on selective pressure and covid adaptation: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2021/03/how-is-covid-19-evolving/ Note that Manaus us a case study, because a large fraction of its population has been infected already. This didn't prevent re-infection, similar to break-through post-vaccine infections. There is no reason to believe that natural immunity after infection creates less selective pressure than immunity from vaccinations. However, there MAY be evidence that immunity from vaccination is easier for the virus to evade because it is based on only one antibody, whereas natural immunity creates several antibodies.
Heres somebody who has likely never read a single sentence from the Bible. Everybody is a sinner. Don’t you get that? Every Christian (and everyone else) is a hypocrite in some way. That’s the whole point. Even though you sin, you are supposed to repent and admit your faults and weaknesses. What’s your point anyways? That if a Christian buys his family Christmas presents, he’s a monster and a POS Christian? I don’t get it.
How is it possible that your 401K stagnated between January 2021 when Biden was sworn in and today? I call complete BS. Share the numbers, but there is no way that your 401k did not do well in 2021. Did you have a flat month here and there? I have no doubt (still beats trump's dow jones rollercoaster ride), but that your 401k was stagnant over the year is just not possible.
So, your 401k stagnating this year was a blatant exaggeration (don't want to use the phrase blatant lie)? You should have said that your 401k stagnated in the last 3-4 months, then it would have been more believable. In any case, 17% ytd increase of the Dow is not "acceptable". It is great. Compare, for example, with Trump's 2018 return. Did you complain back then? Probably not, because for Trumpers, Trump created the most magical economy, EVER, in the whole history of the world.
If four flat months makes you this bitter, you must have been besides yourself when following Trump's market returns. 28 september 2018 26458 2 August 2019 26485 only 40 points in almost 1 year!!!! And you're complaining because the dow only went up 5000 points since Biden was innaugurated! starting off with the mindset that everything is bad, and all is going to hell, and everything that biden does is wrong and he should have done the opposite leads you people 1) making yourselves miserable and 2) into very funny logic pretzels that are so easy to counter. Sorry, but you just sound like a bitter old curmudgeon (and a wrong one at that) when you make statements like you made.
Huh? WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales surged in October as Americans eagerly started their holiday shopping early to avoid empty shelves amid shortages of some goods because of the ongoing pandemic, giving the economy a lift at the start of the fourth quarter. The solid report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday suggested high inflation was not yet dampening spending, even as worries about the rising cost of living sent consumer sentiment tumbling to a 10-year low in early November. Rising household wealth, thanks to a strong stock market and house prices, as well as massive savings and wage gains appear to be cushioning consumers against the highest annual inflation in three decades. https://www.reuters.com/business/us-retail-sales-beat-expectations-october-2021-11-16/
And Fox News and their 24/7 drumbeat of Dems bad, Biden is destroying the US, any moment now... Just as it was for eight years under Obama. In reality, the same guys who complain 24/7 behind their keyboard will go out and shop their hearts out for the holiday season just like anyone else. And then, they'll spill their sour grapes on this forum if the holiday shopping season turns out great.