"Sir Patrick called on Jamaicans to pray for those trying to create a vaccine, for medical professionals; the poor, needy, elderly and vulnerable in society and for healing for those suffering from the virus."
"Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong ... recognize the importance of minimizing all modes of transmission, including droplet and aerosol transmission, where the role of a mask is critical to the protection of the individual."
"...it is not the task of a central bank to deal with insolvencies."
"Bear markets have a way of “suckering” investors back into the market to inflict the most pain possible."
"So, in contrast to the bitter words between the U.S. and China over COVID-19 and the growing propaganda operations by both governments, we have a pivotal phone call between Trump and Putin which seems very well timed."
“We all, as individuals, have to take responsibility. We can’t legislate and ban everything,” Löfven said. “It is also a question of commonsense behavior.”
"...fiscal profligacy has been marked by extraordinary levels of bipartisan collegiality."
"Paradoxically, we are governed by a political class that manages at once to be ideological yet uninterested in ideas."
"Similar questionable “fundamentals” that those dot-com companies used to inflate their share prices have us potentially headed right into an even worse recession than originally thought."
"COVID-19 starts out in the lungs like the common cold coronaviruses, but then causes havoc with the immune system that can lead to long-term lung damage or death."
"Never in the field of human conflict has the emotional tail wagged the economic and political dog so vigorously."
"Medical professionals believe the true number of COVID-19 cases in Ecuador could be five times the official count or higher."
"Case in point, every institution's favorite stock of the past decade: Apple. Interestingly, Apple's operating earnings have been flat for years--never mind what the global lockdown will do to aspirational longings for $1,000 smartphones."
"A new voice analyzer app may be able to determine whether or not you're infected."
"The return to “infinite” QE could potentially inflate the dollar, burst asset bubbles, and threaten the long-term safety of the economy."
"These are unequivocal markings of a massive social re-engineering project, complete with inbuilt full monitoring, population control and social distancing promoted as the new normal."
"At the press conference, Lindell announced that his Minnesota bedding factory would begin dedicating 75% of its production capacity to manufacturing masks to ease shortages caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic."
"Life is not risk free. We learn to live with risk."
"Policy deliverability is a critical component of Government efforts to enhance the resilience of their economies to this crisis."
"...it really startled a lot of people when President Trump warned that 240,000 U.S. citizens could potentially die during this pandemic."
"Pay attention to employment and wages. The data suggests the current “bear market” cycle has only just begun."
"...if you want to get an idea of where the markets are heading you need to watch credit."
"...this decision shows the unfortunate tendency of EU law to judicialise questions that should not be judicialised..."
"...governments have proven they cannot be trusted to handle the pandemic crisis, nor can they be trusted to protect the people and their freedoms."