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Dear Yahoo Finance Hosts and Mr El-Erian, The world is a better place with Mr El-Erian's analyses. He sees things as they are and talks in a language everyone can undertand. He is a positive person.
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I am not in finance, but I find the crypto currency world fascinating up to a point. What scares me about fiat currencies and I think we all have to agree that cryptos are some form of fiat currency and that is that Bitcoin is only worth what people think it's worth. The US dollar is only worth what the US Government says it's worth. My sticking point is who are these people telling us how much something is worth versus a currency being linked to a commodity like gold. I like my money to have a valued object that it represents.
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Thank you for your excellent reporting and thank you Dr Raja and all the front line workers in the fight against the pandemic. Let's not forget that in neighboring UK, 220,000 health professionals now have long-Covid. 220,000 people who suffer from a known '200' symptoms that attack 10 human organs. Boys and girls, I'm not a health professional, but what we all have to realize is that if there is one thing good about this Covid-19 and now Delta variant and other variants is that we are twidling our thumbs without a strict international policy towards fighting this invader. The WHO is toothless and offers only bandaids to the deep gashing wounds that Covid-19 is causing. There is a doctor in Manchester, England who is only 38 and suffers from Covid-1 long; it attacked her spinal nerve so she can not walk more than 200 meters. She cannot climb the stairs in her flat without a bannister. She has to use a cane and she says that for the rest of her life this will not change. What we have to realize that if we can pull anything out of this pandemic we need to be united as a planet. Nationalism and tribalism are only making the virus find new ways to kill us. This is a time for us as the human family to realize our old ways of nations is leading us nowhere.
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Mr Mitchell helps us fill in the blanks in this incredible situation unfolding before our eyes. What the coalition must do is to give Putin a way out of the war so he can save face. What troubles me is that if he has his back to the wall, he might pull out all the plugs to at least win the conflict. As someone living a few hours by air from the Ukrainian conflict, I can already feel electicity in the air as people are tense at the prospect of a major conflict breaking out on the continent. Mr Mitchell's analysis of Russia becoming China's main client or vice-versa for energy sources shows us that the economics of this over-reach by Putin could be felt in Russia and in Europe and around the world.
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Have we all lost our minds as far as lessening restrictions and allowing sporting events, crowds of people, honor-system vaccinated people don't have to wear masks others have to sit in another part of the stadium? The virus travels by air. You can give the virus even if you are vaccinated. What is the rush on putting large groups of people together when we don't know anything about the highly contageous B 716. 2 Indian variant that is cutting a swath across south-east asia? I'm not a health professional, but if wearing a mask and keeping get togethers and concerts down to a minimum keeps us safe, why press our luck? I think it's wise not to throw caution to the wind when we see that over 4,000 people died in one day in India a couple of days ago. There's something wrong if we have to have these massive events right now, like nothing has happened. We should all stand down on large get togethers until the Indian variant has been stamped out. No one wants to have long-Covid, no one. Let's keep on wearing masks and limiting our socializing until we know for sure that the pandemic is behind us, because if we don't we may just be seeing a new wave of infections cutting through our vaccinated people and making them sick again when it all could be avoided by being cautious. There are now over a million people with long-Covid, more than 3 million people have died, and a new and more deadly virus has emerged in Indian along with black fungus infections and who knows what else? Let's wait until the whole human family is in the clear.
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Dear Mr Gates, Thank you for your evaluations and ideas for stopping the virus and the tremendous work you do in funding vaccine research among a host of other things. The latest information about Covid-19 is that now they're discovering its destructive effects on the brain. I'm writing to you from the other side of the world, and I am trying to use my favorite philosophy in solving the pandemic. Water down the mountain. Why on Earth is water down the mountain a good philosophy? Well, water always takes the path of least resistance, so how could this be applied in resolving the pandemic? Many, many people are getting hit by the pandemic in ways most of us cannot imagine. We have to use a method that doesn't do more harm than good. Here's one idea: Why not have Wednesdays as stay at home days and Sundays as stay at home days for the population at large? It would leave 5 days for work, it wouldn't leave people isolated for more than a day at a time, but it just might dent the infection rate little by little and people could still enjoy life to a greater extent. Having two 24 periods where people stay at home on a national level would certainly take the wind out of Covid-19's sails. But of course, to put that into action would require convincing President Trump, or would it? Be safe -
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Dear Yahoo Finance Presenter and Brian, What strikes me about Bitcoin is that there is a good reason to jump and shout about it's incredible trajectory, but it's so expensive to buy just one Bitcoin that I wonder if this is really going to be an elite form of pocket money. At least with gold, someone can buy 50 Euros of it. At 28 grand a pop, who has got that kind of dough laying around and don't forget that because of its volatility, it might be 6 grand tomorrow. As a store of value, this is what frightens me as well. Who is running the show as far as where Bitcoins are stored? How do we know there are Bitcoins somewhere? How many are left to buy? What is the percentage brokers take when you cash in a Bitcoin? I've heard it's about 25% commission. So; that means if you sell one Bitcoin today, you get 7 grand scraped off the top of your sale if it sells for 28 grand. Why are the commissions so expensive? Too, too many questions remain about this mystery gold.
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Mr Klingon is right to try to pin the downward spiral of the Bitcoin crypto-currency, but what Elon has done to the Bitcoin Community is offer them a chance to make their product water tight. Effectively, a torpedo-tweet can sink the Bismark, but what Musk is saying is "hey guys, thanks for inviting me to play ball with you but guess what? I can't move a step further until you get this thing on a green energy diet." It's in Bitcoins corner and they will not be able to counter attack because Musk has more clout. So; to make it win / win, get the green energy certificate----and do one more thing Mr Klingon, get transaction times up in the thousands per second. When you do this you will not only have Elon Musk delivering congratulatory tweets, you will see him bringing more cash money to buy more of the Bitcoin. In short; get Bitcoin on green energy and up the transaction time and you will see Bitcoin go through the roof. This is doable and you can thank Elon Musk. Remember, he has his handlers too. He can't buy into something that is a coal burner. Period.
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"But I'd have to kill you! Because it's a secret". Do you realize what you have just said on the air? Kevin O'Leary, you should be ashamed of yourself to utter words like that in these treacherous times where desperate people are watching and waiting for cues to do despicable acts. You clearly need some time off, and we know you meant to say it in fun. But these are not ordinary times. In fact, all of us need to think twice before penning our remarks or comments that go out to everyone listening and watching.
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It's hallucinating listening to Mr Bremmer about what the Trump phenomenon has done to the American---plutocracy---I think Ian would agree that with the average (2016) worth of a US Senator being 14.2 million dollars and to be considered in the top 1% in America you need to be worth 14 million dollars, the laws and legislation that have to pass the Senate is coming from the top 1%. What am I saying here? Every law has been written or approved of by the wealthiest people in America or their backers in the case of Lyndsay Graham. America is ruled by the wealthy; a democracy is ruled by the majority though, democracies have probably always had the upper crust writing the laws. What Trump has done is to have become the godfather of punk-politics in America. He will certainly be remembered as the 'Prince Andrew' of American politics and the pinochio of American statesmen, but what has been the most positive thing---in my opinion--I'm an artist and not a poltical analyst, is to have brought American 'democracy' to its knees. Democracies need to be constantly tested and Donald J. Trump has done just that. Sure; it looks grave. Legions of fans follow him blindly because he's soaking in a sort of charisma that only the tiny screens of our portable phones can bring into bigger-than-life status. The bubble of the Trump era will burst one day down the road and people will be scratching their heads and asking themselves how they could have supported such a poor example of a statesman and a leader, but for now, America has to grapple with the fact that alternative facts are something that no one has come up with a vaccine to counter against.
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Dear Yahoo Finance team presenter and Mr Gates, My question to Mr Gates is this. What if there is a second wave with the Coronovirus and what if it has mutated? What should we be looking at with the coming flu season as a possible scenario for both the flu and the Coronovirus descending on us at the same time? What do you think about putting in place a mini-lockdown strategy of the double Sunday scenario I mentioned in another videocast. To repeat: The idea would be to have Wednesdays and Sundays as stay at home days for the foreseeable future. A double Sunday approach. 8 stay at home days long after the infection rate has stabalized. It is an idea that needs brainstorming, but my point is to make it possible for people to work and for elderly people to have the ability to see other people, but at the same time a sort of buffer towards the virus by keeping people from contacting others 24/7. Be well.
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A third of Covid-19 survivors suffer 'brain disease,' study shows. 220,000 British health workers have long-COVID, often with horrific continuing side-effects. Brazil has surpassed 4,000 deaths a day and a new variant 3 times more deadly than Covid-19 variants is targeting and killing 18 to 45 year-olds. Dr Fauci, is there any historical evidence out there of former pandemics of any kind that left surviors with lingering symptems and permanent damage? This COVID-19 virus is turning out to be the < perfect storm > of contagious diseases.
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@skipondowntheroad5833 Great to hear from you. Thank you for the information. One thing is certain, there are many people who believe Bitcoin is the next wave. I will continue being an observer of this phenomenon.
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