Thinking that the virus in China is gonna get worse over the next 2-3 weeks. Are there some shorts or buys I should consider. Thinking LVS WYNN and some airline or travel ETF shorts

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It’s got a 3% fatality rate... this all overblown media hysteria

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My point was to compare it to something like Ebola, which has a 50-60% fatality rate.

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That is speculation on a whole new level. You might be better going to a casino and putting it all on red 😂

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Nope - don’t do this. We are going to close green by end of the week.

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Appreciate everyone’s wisdom I will back away slowly from this idea

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Also it’s baked in

And this is exactly why I said do not do this.

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Stocks in several antiviral makers shot up 20-40% in the last week. But with biotech you are basically gambling long shots.

That's gonna be TCEHY puts/shorts

How’s that ?

Btw LVS and WYNN took a dive. Also bought APT and LAKE and made 5% all of this was after the open so didn’t short LVS or WYNN but wish I had Friday.

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