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by futureshock 2288 days ago
No one can tell you. Consider this though. It is highly likely that the US will institute a lock down in the next few weeks. Exponential growth is nothing to be trifled with. Major world economies may stay in partial lockdown until we have enough herd immunity for our hospitals not to get destroyed by this virus. Most estimates have a possible vaccine 12-18 months out. I doubt the markets have priced this in, because it's practically unfathomable. But the US is running out of options and the virus is already spreading widely here.
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People seem to ignore the relative success of South Korea. Wouldn't say life is normal, but it's not under lockdown and new cases have dramatically fallen.

If I had cash lying around or was less skittish about leveraging myself, I'd be buying here.

South Korea however did that one thing that the US is not doing: testing the hell out of people.

Oh, and communicating well-measured responsive actions honestly to the public. That one thing, too.