COVID-19 UPDATE: NYC set to open Phase 1 Monday. Hospitalizations trending flat (=good, given protests) 16 of 34 states see big declines. "Epicenter stocks" long runways given LT charts.

A new week is ahead of us.  Americans have begun re-engaging, emerging from >3 months of quarantine restrictions.   In the Northeast, I certainly saw a huge change everywhere I went.  Shopping mall parking lots were packed, waits to enter retail stores, big waits for outdoor dining.  It is as if this was a grand opening at a theme park -- but this is just another Northeast city.  Overshadowing this re-opening of America is the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, which by media reports, saw larger crowds this weekend compared to prior days. These nationwide protests are creating considerable uncertainty: - massive protests = 10,000 super spreader events = second wave?- growing movement = political changes- ongoing protests = economic disruptionSo there are multiple avenues of disruption/uncertainty created by these nationwide protests.  Hence, these bear watching closely and are obviously as important as the timeline for COVID-19.  Regarding this first point (super spreader), there is no evidence of renewed infection spread from these protests (mostly outdoors anyway) and that is encouraging, but we have penciled in June 11th as the real date to measure, because it would be 14 days since the first nationwide pro...

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