Personally, I think there's a ways to go on this correction. In 2008 the market dropped roughly 50%. What makes us think this is lesser of an issue? It relates to health, it's highly contagious, it shows no effects for a few days, and the result is it affects our economy through people not being able to work out of a rational fear. I few days ago I was thinking to myself what the outcome could be and I can't think of anything positive short of a vaccine. And that's 18 months away. So for the minds brighter than mine, at some point the economy may be doing what Italy is doing, and at what point will it be safe to go back to work? It's really the ultimate question in determining when you can normalize your economy.
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