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its getting better each day I hope it continues

I made a lot of money on paper, more than expected, so there is that.

a lot of folks did if they paid attention

I made a lot of money on paper, more than expected, so there is that.

I'm turning cardstock into money...

a lot of folks did if they paid attention

Those who left their holdings alone did very well. Those who panicked lost their ass.

No doubt. Buying low is always a good thing.

I bought travel-related stocks, and salesforce.

7 day average in GA down to 2,049, 5 weeks ago it was over 3,700.

Nothing of substance changed that I can discern.  Mask wearing may be dropping in fact.  It is possible the numbers scared a lot of people into "staying home", but I didn't notice much effect here.

School has started, so we'll see if that has an impact, hard to think it won't really.

Our numbers continue trending down in Texas and it's almost certainly an effect from the closing of bars and other risky inside spaces, and people being more vigilant in their behavior.  Mask-wearing is pretty close to 100% in public inside spaces, mandated by municipal and state directives.

Many elementary and secondary schools in Texas are already in session in-person, though none of the major metro areas are yet.  We'll see how that affects the trends in more rural areas  in a week or two.

We had no additional closings here over this period that I can recall.  There is no way to enforce any mask mandate other than store by store.

I would have expected the newly reported cases tally to continue to climb here without some intervention.

Why?  I think a lot of people got "scared straight."

My in-laws decided it was okay to engage in risky behavior since things were "opening up."  And then they caught it and became part of the statistical spike.  And now they're staying in and not going anywhere anymore.  

My neighbors two-doors-down did exactly the same thing.  When things opened up, they started meeting friends at restaurants again.  Then they caught it and became part of the spike.  And now they don't go out anymore.

And people I know that were tempted into becoming lax, saw stuff like this happen to their own family and neighbors, and decided they didn't want to risk it, so they started engaging in safer behavior again.

I think the trends in all the states that have reopened, climbed, and then shut down, are pretty similar and pretty easy to explain with the above.