Buffalo_Gal

Brad Smith - working to increase supply of testing. Machine (we have a lot), collection supplies for the specimens, materials to be able to process the swab. Small machine are point of care. Large machines can do thousands. I'd find this guy's clip, too. There is no way I can do all his information justice.

Admiral Giroir - expanding US suppliers of swab (want in 2 weeks a year's worth). The supplier was in Italy in the beginning of March. (!!) Small, medium, and large testing machines He's talking about the FDA. Find this clip, it really explains what has happened with the swabs.

Trump held up a huge list of labs (pieces of equipment is 5000) where the governors can use labs. They can use federal labs too. Trump back on bringing the supply chains back. Built it here! 72 active therapy trials, 211 in the planning stages Includes therapies to attack the virus, hinder the virus, as well as the blood transfers

Trump asks him to give them a wall update. This man is in charge of building the wall in Mexico (I couldn't get his name). General: 4K contractors, 400 employees, and no pause in building the wall. Construction is going smoothly. 164 miles done as of today. Will be finished the start of next year. I love when the press asks one of these Generals questions. Even the most obnoxious "journalist" tones it down.

DOD guy has a slide up for what they built, needed beds, etc. The slide is great. This may be worth finding the clip. He's praising his Army Corp of Engineer guys, the mayors, governors, etc. Showing slides of what they built, and what the space started with and the final product.

Pritzker didn't understand his capacity. (Side note... I have a friend in Chicago who got a test today. She said it was done by the military, capped at 250 people per day, and she needs to wait 5-7 days for results. ) He took the press to task over their ventilator coverage. Ventilator Shortage That Wasn’t and How the Media Completely Blew the Trump Ventilator Story mentioned DOD guy speaking very quickly. I speak fast, this guy is Graves disease quick...

Trump up Hoping Senate will vote tomorrow (on paycheck protection program... I read elsewhere it is 4pm) Filling the strategic reserves. Filling 75 (m or b? I missed it) barrels, topped out. VP Pence spoke with Governors from all 50 states. They provided the NAZ + phone numbers for state labs with additional capacity. Beating up the Governor from Maryland. (yikes)

Yeah, but obesity is supposed to be a terrible preexisting condition for COVID.... need those gyms. And now, I am off to the freezer for ice cream...

It has been trading for waaaaay less than that today. Check the economy thread.

He's got 8 kids? ?‍♂️

No disagreement from me. What he said (diplomatically or not) and what he does, will be the tell.

!!!!!! Ok, I am scraping the sofa for pocket change and calling my buddy Boris to see if he still has that old Russian tanker...

You might want to sit this one out, sport.

Are you ***** kidding me??????

Crazy. Negative $8!? I hope the Feds are "buying" whatever is out there. They can take the full trains, any tanker, etc. I know the strategic reserve is nearly full, but ...

I think you are gonna see more than a few suicides today. The oil market has tanked (no pun intended). People will not be able to cover losses, bankruptcies will happen... And, when all is said and done, the little guy is going to be out of business as the giant oil corporations end up with a near monopoly. And think of all those jobs those small oil companies generate. That is going to be the long term result of this lock down. Some would say that is an unnecessary loss of life due to lack of jobs that pay the bills, feed people, keep roofs over people's heads.

May contract is the one settling now at 7 cents. The June contract is $21. Long and short are meeting today... and it is ugly.

Facebook shuts down anti-quarantine protests at states' request Facebook is blocking anti-quarantine protesters from using the site to organize in-person gatherings in states that require residents to stay in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest social network has already removed protest messages in California, New Jersey and Nebraska from its site at the urging of state governments who say those events are prohibited by stay-at-home orders, a company spokesperson said. </snip>

They poo-pooed the MIT study about the mass transit spread, too.

44 cents!? Ummm there are gonna be some suicides tonight. (I am not kidding) Started the day at $17. If I am a speculator, oh man... 7 cents!!! Will it go negative? If you have a place to put it, you are buying as much as you can.

In a week? I think Scott is underestimating the press. They already have those stories written.

I expect Trump to play Cuomo's first four words in a loop. ?

The press has a lotta China money. Congress has a lot of China money. Trump ordered an investigation and calls it the virus that came from China, says how the Chinese were not forthcoming, and how China must pay a price (especially if they knowingly unleashed this). Watch the pressers. It is Trump again the "msm."