A sell signal is flashing on Buffett’s favorite indicator.

MarketWatch: Warren Buffett said this metric signaled the 2001 crash — now it’s sounding the alarm on global markets.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warren-buffett-said-this-metric-signaled-the-2001-crash-now-its-sounding-the-alarm-on-stocks-around-the-world-2020-08-12

Discussion between Ted Cruz and Eric Weinstein.

From Wikipedia:

According to Gene Kranz in his book Failure Is Not an Option, "When reporters asked Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, he had replied, 'The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.'[66]

So it seems to be Alan Shepard.

Also John Glenn said it:

“I guess the question I'm asked the most often is: "When you were sitting in that capsule listening to the count-down, how did you feel?" Well, the answer to that one is easy. I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of two million parts -- all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in North, Central, and South America has become the epicenter of the current pandemic. We have suggested previously that the infection rate of this virus might be lower in people living at high altitude (over 2,500 m) compared to that in the lowlands. Based on data from official sources, we performed a new epidemiological analysis of the development of the pandemic in 23 countries on the American continent as of May 23, 2020. Our results confirm our previous finding, further showing that the incidence of COVID-19 on the American continent decreases significantly starting at 1,000 m above sea level (masl). Moreover, epidemiological modeling indicates that the virus transmission rate capacity is lower in the highlands (>1,000 masl) than in the lowlands (<1,000 masl). Finally, evaluating the differences in the recovery percentage of patients, the death-to-case ratio, and the theoretical fraction of undiagnosed cases, we found that the severity of COVID-19 is also decreased above 1,000 m. We conclude that the impact of the COVID-19 decreases significantly with altitude.

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The authors have declared no competing interest.

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Raw, normalized, and adjusted data of COVID-19 cases are available and registered at figshare. Raw epidemiological daily data of COVID-19 of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are available and registered at figshare.

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12685523

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12685478

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