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>>17400856
>t. epidemiologist
Oh bullshit. You’ve taken a class on it or what?
Post PhD/MD/MPH

>>17009363
Uhhhh they created it, or they tested it and know that it works? Or are they just using antiviral stuff that worked on other viruses like sars? Are you sure you heard right?

>On politics, while the impeachment trial will continue in Washington, attention will turn to Iowa which finally holds its caucuses next Monday. As always, it is important for investors not to let how they feel about politics overrule how they think about investing. However, with the latest polls showing Bernie Sanders gaining momentum in both Iowa and New Hampshire, investor concern is rising about the possibility of a more aggressive left-wing policy agenda. This being the case, they should also consider two significant barriers to its implementation.

>First, because of the use of proportional representation in primaries and caucuses, it is likely that no candidate will have a majority of pledged delegates in the first round of balloting at the Democratic convention in mid-July. If this occurs, roughly 771 “super delegates” will be added to the 3,979 pledged delegates to vote in the second round. These super delegates are generally more centrist and, if this transpires, the odds may still favor the nomination of a centrist rather than left-wing candidate.

>Second, it is harder for the Democrats to either hold onto the House of Representatives or to take control of the Senate than to win the White House. Put simply, a 3% margin of victory in the popular vote (compared to Hillary Clinton’s 2.1%) should be enough for a Democrat to become President. However, looking at the numbers from the 2018 Congressional Elections, the Democrats would need a popular vote margin of 4%+ to hold onto the House, due to the boundary lines of congressional districts. In addition, they would probably need to pick up seats in Maine, Colorado and Arizona and either hold a seat in Alabama or flip one in North Carolina to get to 50 seats in the Senate. Put simply, if Donald Trump wins reelection, it will likely be in a Republican sweep while a Democratic President would more likely have to work with an at least partly Republican Congress.

>>17003555
/pol/ will get what is coming to them.

/biz/ is safe