>>17242536
thanks for that. Yeah, I would be shocked if it didn't become a pandemic; although, I am also shocked India isn't getting blasted right now, so IDK. And I'm also surprised we're not seeing more cases in the USA. Perhaps genes and exposure to pollution are both two large factors in it's ease of spread in China? Even if it is just contained to China, I don't see how the US stock market would not retract a good 10-25%, even if it retracts for only 1 or 2 quarters and then builds back up as China goes back to work. IDK. It just boggles my mind right now that there's no real reaction to China basically shutting down. I myself am an importer, and I haven't gotten any solid answers out of China as to when they think they'll be back online. One vendor estimated next week internal shipping will resume; while another estimated 2 months. So idk, but assuming my current sales stay where they are at, I will run out of inventory in 1 month from now, and even if production in China started today, I couldn't get the new inventory on the shelves for about 2 months from now. So I think many suppliers are in the same boat: they will run out mid March to mid April, and then everywhere will be out for 2 months from the point whereupon China re-starts production.