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August 3, 2020

Dollar Sends Warning That U.S. Is Losing Its Grip on the Virus

Source: Bloomberg

The dollar is flashing a warning sign to U.S. policy makers -- get a grip on the virus.
After hitting an all-time high in March, a gauge of the greenback lost 10% of its value, with declines accelerating in recent weeks as infections spread seemingly unchecked across the nation. Much of the sell-off has come during New York trading hours, suggesting domestic investors are closing out bets on U.S. strength and spurring renewed questions about the supremacy of the dollar. Meanwhile, a popular model that’s guided dollar traders for the past two decades has warped.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/dollar-e2-80-99s-slide-is-a-warning-that-us-has-lost-grip-on-virus/ar-BB17uloo



The other shoe is wobbly and wants to drop. With the debt pushing pass 25 Trillion and Trillions more that has to be spent soon because of the government bungling of the CV-19 crisis, if/when the day comes that the greenback is no longer the World's default Currency, that will make whatever disaster the country is going through now seem like cupcakes the day that happens. Biden has a Mt Kilimanjaro Crisis to face when he is elected.
August 1, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp -- Georgia, June 2020

Source: CDC

Limited data are available about transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), among youths. During June 17–20, an overnight camp in Georgia (camp A) held orientation for 138 trainees and 120 staff members; staff members remained for the first camp session, scheduled during June 21–27, and were joined by 363 campers and three senior staff members on June 21.

Read more: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm?s_cid=mm6931e1_w



I guess these 'geniuses' found out it's not a very good idea using Children as guinea pigs in a Covid-19 Experiment. my State again GA. Heck of a job there Brian Kemp

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