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Here is an idea to incentive governors/mayors/senators to do the right thing.

All elected officials in the US have a Fed AMT tax rate (locked for 20 years) tied to the days between national emergency (3/13) and peak COVID19 in the region they govern/represent (div by 2).
For the first wave only, i.e. 2nd wave after Sept 30 does not count.

Texas COVID19 peaks on July 31st? That's a 70% AMT tax rate for you, governor and senators, for 20 years!

Ohio governor, keep your COVID daily case below 1380, you can keep your 18% tax rate for 20 years😂😂
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Beijing is shutting down interstate highways today
60% of flights cancelled

beijing-airport.com/pek-departures…
40% flights cancelled yesterday
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Many asked me about dexamethasone today.

Sadly, another over-hyped "miracle" drug by certain fame-crazed doctors and science reporters.

the effectiveness of dexamethasone for *severe* COVID patients is neither surprising nor encouraging.
dexamethasone is a long-acting corticosteroid. like most corticosteroids, it reduces inflammation and suppresses immune response, both effects helpful to cope with a cytokine storm.

Other corticosteroids that have been used for COVID19 include methylprednisolone and prednisolone
Using corticosteroids is nothing new, and has always been an option for severe COVID patients as well as for SARS/MERS patients years ago.

covidprotocols.org/protocols/ther…

This methylprednisolone paper was published in March (death rate cut by 2/3)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32167524/
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2nd wave of COVID19 in the US to be driven by 2nd-tier cities?

example: El Paso, TX has the same # of cases as Austin, TX (3.5x more population)

data: covid19.torchinsight.com
Fatality rate for this wave is likely 1/2-1/3 of the first wave, thanks to better treatment protocols: hospitals are better equipped/informed than they are in the first wave

ICU rate depends on how much early intervention each state is adopting.
Fed/Treasury/Congress are also better prepared this time.

2nd-tier cities/rural areas impact less on FANG, but probably bad for IWM.
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