Notes From All Over, Part 2 -- February 19, 2020

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Three major indices shine today (I could be wrong on some of this; news moving too quickly, but it's close):

• Dow: up 114 points; no new record (think Boeing)
• NASDAQ:16th new all-time high this year -- I think that's what I heard;
• S & P 500: new all-time high; three consecutive days, though yesterday was very, very close;

Coronavirus, February 18, 2019, data:

• total deaths, change in total deaths, day-over-day: at 7%; 
• we were flat-lined at 15%, early February
• then, 12 - 13%, day-over-day, February 6 - February 12;
• then, down to 10%, February 13 - February 14; at 9% on February 15
• now, 6 - 7% for the past three days, February 16 - February 18;  

Coronavirus, February 18, 2019, data:

• total deaths, change in daily deaths, day-over-day: at 39%
• after three days of 0% and negative changes as deep as 26%, we now have a big jump in daily deaths, day-over-day;
• having said that, the raw numbers are still relatively low

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The Debates

I never watch political debates. I might tune in at the beginning to just see the spectacle, but I don't hang around long enough to actually hear a question in its entirety or an answer in its entirety.

Tonight, I tuned in to see the candidates walk on stage, and listen intermittently to the first-question sequence. I had dropped Olivia off at soccer practice and was watching on Spectrum TV on the laptop in McDonald's. I saw part of one short response from Mike Bloomberg. I then moved on to something else.

But, having just seen that one segment, my thought: Bloomberg did very, very poorly.

After bringing Olivia home, I rushed home to see cable network analysis, and check out the voting on Drudge. Interestingly, the first thing I heard: a) Bloomberg really did very, very badly; and, b) Biden did surprisingly well.

I didn't hear a thing from Biden (or most of the others) so I can't comment on them, but Bloomberg seemed awful. And that's what cable network talking heads said.

We'll know more tomorrow.

Other notes:

• Bernie and Bloomberg are the same age: 78 years old (I did not know that);
• Bernie said he won't release his medical records (I just heard that earlier today);
• Both have history of "heart attacks," apparently. We all knew about Sanders'. I was not aware of Bloomberg's. 
• Both have stents placed. Sanders suggested both have "two stents" placed. (I certainly did not know that).

Homes (not verified, but credible source):

• Bloomberg: 11
• Bernie: three homes; link here;

Boats (not verified, but credible source):

• Bloomberg: six boats, five of them are yachts
• Bernie: one 

Best line, 24 hours later:

"If you like the DMV, you are going to love Medicare-for-all."