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[alrelax]

There are numerous casino closing that will be taking place throughout the USA.  Some planned and some already in effect.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2020/03/14/coronavirus-las-vegas-wynn-resorts-closing-poker-room-spas/5050232002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/03/13/coronavirus-layoffs-coming-mgm-resorts-employees-tourism-slows/5048991002/

https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/03/ohios-casinos-racinos-must-shut-down-or-keep-customers-workers-below-a-total-of-100.html

https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/wind-creek-casinos-in-alabama-closing-for-24-hours-after-visitor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus.html

https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/wind-creek-casinos-in-alabama-closing-for-24-hours-after-visitor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus.html

https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/pa-casino-closes-due-to-concern-of-coronavirus.html

[alrelax]

https://www.ktnv.com/news/walmart-evacuated-after-hazmat-suited-man-sprays-liquid


https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/man-in-hazmat-suit-runs-into-walmart-in-las-vegas-sprays-items-1981248/

[AsymBacGuy]

No surprise, this virus is extremely dangereous as very often goes unnoticed.

Probably some casinos will increase the number of stadium baccarat where players remain at a decent distance among themselves and from the dealer and no chips are involved.

as.

[alrelax]

Everything along these lines in cycles.  Same with H1N1 or whatever it was. If you remember from our neighbor, the Mexicans:


"The virus had spread to the US from an outbreak in Mexico. As of mid-March 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about 59 million Americans contracted the H1N1 virus, 265,000 were hospitalized as a result, and 12,000 died"

[AsymBacGuy]

Yeah....

Sadly the mortality rate of this COVID-19 is a lot higher (up to 5%)

as.

[alrelax]

As far as H1N1 virus:

Additionally, CDC estimated that 151,700-575,400 people worldwide died from (H1N1)pdm09 virus infection during the first year the virus circulated. ** Globally, 80 percent of (H1N1)pdm09 virus-related deaths were estimated to have occurred in people younger than 65 years of age.Jun 11, 2019


As far as Coronavirus:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[alrelax]

It is an election year, the democrats and the republicans are fighting since Clinton/Democrats lost larger than ever!  Everything is cyclic, calm down.  Don't you remember H1N1 from Mexico, 300,000 USA infected, 12,000 to 20,000 confirmed deaths.  Great media thing right now, everything is instant everything now, google, Facebook, messaging, etc.  Almost no more real mail, fax, etc.  Everything has to be right now, that is our society because of money, the tech age, etc.  The media is having a field day, more clicks--more viewers, equal more revenue, simple.  Yes there is a disease but diseases come and go every so often like this. 

I remember gas station rationing in the mid 70's, i was in high school, i worked at a gas station.  Energy crisis, oil crisis, etc.  Our so-called gas and oil reserves in the USA were almost out.  So the government made gas rationing, Don't forget this was before the emissions stuff on cars and the cars were lucky if they got 10-15 MPG at best.  The rationing was odd numbered license plates one day and even the next and max of 10 gals. Of course you could have went to two stations and got 20 gallons, LOL, no computers back then to track anything.  Anyway, all that did was cause crisis and made emissions for the cars and trucks come about and made gas prices go from 40 cents and 50 cents to like well over $1.00 within a month or less. The list goes on.

Yes right now there is a panic and it suits the media, the democrats and other people.  It hurts once again the hard working people and the small business owner, that makes an honest living and work hard.  If they build more hospitals and  medical centers and do not need them, their way out is "we saved hundreds of thousands of lives if not millions" or "we were ready for the worst", and "Lucky we did not need it".  If they do not and we needed it, they also win because they were right and the other side was wrong. The republicans win if it is not as bad as it is supposed to be, but lose if they do not take all the action the democrats are calling for.

As far as all the numbers, why is it the political and the news media is calling for Chaos and panic.  Why is not every hospital, doctor and medical professional all screaming, protesting and demanding everything the media and politicians are?  Numbers do not add up, sorry.  I am not saying either side is lying or exaggerating, just saying, it does not honestly add up.

And by the way, why is it the medical and health field as well as the insurance field always seems to have a hand in all these kind of things?  Oh let us not forget about the wonderful pharmaceutical companies. 

[alrelax]

Almost all Las Vegas Casino will close:

Here is the announcement from MGM:

Las Vegas Resorts Temporary Closure Information
MGM Resorts will temporarily suspend operations at its Las Vegas properties, effective Tuesday, March 17. Casino operations will close at midnight on Monday, March 16, followed by hotel operations.

We will continue to support our employees, guests, and communities in every way that we can during this period.

We are taking reservations for arrivals beginning Thursday, April 2nd. We look forward to welcoming you to your favorite MGM Resort soon.

[alrelax]

From the Wynn & Encore:

In order to keep our employees and guests safe, we have decided to close Wynn Las Vegas and Encore on Tuesday, March 17, at 6 pm. We anticipate that we will be closed for two weeks, after which we will evaluate the situation.

[8OR9]

Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos closed for 2 weeks in Connecticut. About 11,ooo employees put of work in both casinos.

All casinos in Massachusetts are closed ......not sure for how long

[8OR9]

If you think you have money  problems, look at these 2 casinos about to open in vegas within the next 9 to 12 months

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/11/22/4-3-billion-resorts-world-las-vegas-open-summer-2021/4271941002/


https://www.circalasvegas.com/

Better hope Corona is gone by the  time they open.

[8OR9]

Flu deaths in the United States  ( not corona...just the regular flu )

2011   34,000
2012   61,000
2013   38,000
2014   23,000
2015   51,000
2016   38,000
2017   48,000
2018   12,000
2019   37,000
2020    So far about 20,000 as of 3/17/2020  but will go up  since 6 more weeks left  in flu season


Current United States deaths from  Corona  3/17/2020   only 93   but will increase a lot more as testing increases 

Watch closely if  Corona spreads to India Pakistan and  Africa since they have poor medical facilities and very  high populations  and Corona may explode there.

Best case for corona is it decreases when it gets warm .....but don't hold your breath.

[8OR9]

This guy gets a little emotional in the interview, but I think he is probably right ......unless a miracle happens and the virus dies out by itself or dies out when the weather gets warmer .........which does not seem likely.........

Interview from CNBC, a major  business channel.

Click on the yellow arrow in the upper right hand corner of the video.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/bill-ackman-pleads-to-trump-to-increase-closures-to-save-the-economy-shut-it-down-now.html

[AsymBacGuy]

Some studies show this fkng virus tends to spread more in high polluted areas (Wuhan, Northern part of Italy, Madrid, N.Y.C., L.A., etc).
Moreover warm wheather and high humidity seem to lower the COVID-19 virulence (Singapore, Malaysia) no matter how huge is the population density.
Probably Lungyeh could say something about this. 

In Vegas we must hope the warm factor will overcome the humidity one...:-)

as.   

[alrelax]

Good background for start of some of your research, for those curious as to where past Pandemics came from or how they came about.   

Same as in gambling, reality is reality.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/