I knew that already, as would anyone who'd read the article

Why did you post it then?

Because it came from the UN

And was in the context of the conversation that we were having

Do you post all that comes from the UN, how is this different?
Also, what were you trying to imply with:

> Covid-19 Impact: World Economy To Go Into Recession, Except India And China, UN Says
>
>Superpower by 2020 was not a meme after all

In retrospective I'd support a giant aid package to developing countries in order to speed up their transition to fully developed economies but good luck convincing the average Joe in the US or Switzerland that it would be right for a part of his tax money to go to some African country

> And was in the context of the conversation that we were having

Ah, I see. I didn't read too much going back. Maybe I should have

Bruh, you're reading too much into it. See the previous posts for more context.

Bill Gates actually predicted that the next pandemic will originate in the developing world, however China had other plans lmfao

> Bruh, you're reading too much into it. See the previous posts for more context.

You think?
Well, at least I'm glad that we **agree that article has no reason behind it**.

“The health crisis is still to come in many developing countries,” he told UN News. “Now, if that crisis comes as these countries have been significantly weakened by the economic shockwaves from the crisis. And that is a…very vicious combination of an economic crisis and a health crisis. So we’ve got to find ways of strengthening the healthcare system and services in developing countries and building up resilience on that front very quickly.” I mean he does have a point

If the pandemic will spread rapidly in African countries I'm quite willing to bet the health authorities there will not in any way be able to deal with the situation

But even with all the globalization arguments aside I believe said countries should be financially supported. Their economies will be crushed by the pandemic if it gets a whole lot worse, which will likely be the case, and we have seen how poor countries deal with viral outbreaks during Ebola, it'll set a dangerous precedent.

> If the pandemic will spread rapidly in African countries I'm quite willing to bet the health authorities there will not in any way be able to deal with the situation
@Andrew Popa 2.0 Good.

Make Africa underpopulated again

But the measures taken by the Governments of the developed nations willing to help out should be proportionate with how the pandemic is developing in their countries.

I'd rather all foreign aid be cancelled and used for domestic needs

But that's not gonna do much, we're facing a global crisis which requires international cooperation. Countries that are less affected by the pandemic should help out countries worse affected by the pandemic.

For example how China and South Korea have sent millions of masks and other medical equipment to countries like Italy

Even the countries which seem to be less effected will be facing high levels of unemployment and economic recession soon, so they can't afford to help much at this point

Sending masks is much different than helping some African country with their core infrastructure to deal with this

The latter is much more involved and costly

Well if the situation turns into an economic catastrophe the latter might be required

Lest we're willing to face a Second Refugee Crisis

Although I'd keep a somewhat optimistic outlook and assume that social order in those African countries won't completely break down

Barry Feldheim, 43, is facing charges of making false statements to the feds on Sunday outside his Borough Park property where he allegedly stored massive amounts of N95 respirator masks, federal officials said. Records indicate that the masks were purchased in bulk orders for his medical supply business dating back to October 2018 thru December 2018.

Feldheim is also accused of price-gouging. On March 18, he’s suspected of selling a New Jersey doctor about 10,000 of the masks for $2150, a markup of roughly 5.5 percent, authorities said. Previously the same doctors office had purchased the same amount of masks for $2000 in 2009.

The accused fraudster also directed another doctor to an Irvington, NJ, medical supply shop to pick up another order. There, the doctor reported to investigators that Feldheim was allegedly hoarding enough medical supplies “to outfit an entire home.”

The materials included hand sanitizers, Clorox wipes, chemical cleaning agents and surgical supplies.

By last Monday, Feldheim was operating from his Brooklyn office, offering to sell surgical gowns to hospitals at 1-5% markup, the feds said.

Two days later, the suspected hoarder received a gigantic shipment at his home of about eight pallets of face masks.
FBI agents then staked out his house, first noticing empty boxes of N95 masks outside.

On Sunday, they said they witnessed “multiple instances” of people approaching Feldheim’s supply store and walking away with what appeared to be medical supplies.

The agents confronted Feldheim outside his place of business, keeping a safe social distance over coronavirus fears.

He told the agents that he worked for a company that bought and sold PPE and that he never took physical custody of the materials.

Following Feldheim’s arrest, the FBI on Monday night raided a warehouse on Pennsylvania Avenue in an industrial section of Linden, NJ, that housed Feldhim’s suspected stash of 80,000 masks, a source said. These were also ordered in mid to late 2018.

Mask-wearing agents and other workers placed the eight pallets of medical supplies into a box truck.
LOL
clown
world
price gouging is a vital market function in a time of crisis
BUUUUUUUUT MYYYYYYY FEEEEEEEEEELINGS

get rekt mask guy lol <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

"price gouging is a vital market function blah blah blah"

Pffffffftttttttt
<:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

https://archive.vn/1qTY9

was literally a jewish dude who coughed on the agents <:sarGOY:462286263622303754>

<:pepelaugh:544857300179877898> man you cant even make this shit up

Oof

```Feldheim allegedly sold certain designated materials, including N95 respirators, to doctors and nurses at inflated prices. In one instance, on March 18, 2020, a doctor in New Jersey contacted Feldheim via a WhatsApp chat group labeled “Virus2020!” Feldheim agreed to sell to the doctor approximately 1,000 N95 masks and other assorted materials for $12,000, an approximately 700 percent markup from the normal price charged for those materials. Feldheim directed the doctor to an auto repair shop in Irvington, New Jersey, to pick up the order. According to the doctor, the repair shop contained enough materials, including hand sanitizers, Clorox wipes, chemical cleaning supply agents, and surgical supplies, to outfit an entire hospital. Feldheim later told the doctor that he had been forced to move all of those supplies from Irvington to another location.```

@Eden Are the feds actually getting involved in 1-5% markup equivalent to a few hundred dollars?! That's just ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with those kinds of price fluctuations. Also, from 2009 prices should have gone up. That's some crazy clown world bullshit

If it was +40% then it might be worth looking at

If it was a regular occurrence at +100% then that's really the only time it's worth looking at

@Troye it was many hundreds of oercent

He's also a fucking like so who cares tbh

He worships a literal kike whore, Ayn Rand, so no use of arguing with that retarded faggot

most people don't like Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand?

More like Ein Ran(ci)d pussy, roflmao 🤣

including libertarians