Current Events > Coronavirus 10: Two Weeks Notice

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solosnake posted...

https://twitter.com/lenmestoque/status/1241551117005148160

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This is El Salvador

https://twitter.com/fmalchemist/status/1241522430344146944?s=21

America cant pass one of these things...

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twitterfriends posted...

This is El Salvador

https://twitter.com/fmalchemist/status/1241522430344146944?s=21

America cant pass one of these things...

America still having open businesses and I still gotta work monday, everything as usual even tho over 10,000 cases here

twitterfriends posted...

This is El Salvador

https://twitter.com/fmalchemist/status/1241522430344146944?s=21

America cant pass one of these things...

But they don't have our freedoms.....

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Portland is getting some sort of announcement on Monday. Yesterday the mayor and governor held a press conference that was an utter mess. They're announcement was that another announcement would be coming after the weekend (Actuslly, the governor called it a stay home stay healthy order)

Seems like the whole thing is still being put together. Weather has been nice lately so people have been out enjoying themselves and spring break "officially" started this weekend so the coast is packed which is annoying the locals that live there. The good news is that rain returns Monday so people won't be going out as much.

Only 109 cases here w 4 deaths but the county across the river in Washington is beginning to get slammed.


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Occupy_This posted...

Actuslly, the governor called it a stay home stay healthy order

i hope it isn't another strict shelter in place, already have one in place.
some aren't heeding the warning though (tourist mainly).
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kingdrake2 posted...

i hope it isn't another strict shelter in place, already have one in place.
some aren't heeding the warning though (tourist mainly).

People are still traveling right now?? Wtf

LameFAQs posted...

People are still traveling right now?? Wtf

not in my hometown. the next one yes.
people are keeping distance from each other etc.

edit 2: my roommate is mentioning about all the people down there again. they're probably going to have to close the beaches if this keeps up. it's my only way i can walk the dog too at least once a day.
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Interesting proposal by Rashida Tlaib

She proposes that each adult American receive $2,000 via pre-load debit cards, and an additional $1,000 a month until the crisis is over, how will it be paid? Mint platinum coins for the treasury department.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/21/two-1-trillion-coins-rashida-tlaib-proposal-calls-us-treasury-fund-coronavirus

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This video explains it pretty well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwh_UTh4stk

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/indigenous-communities-close-their-borders-in-hopes-of-preventing-covid-19-spread-1.4863166

Smart move. Those places would be devastated.

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PrideOfLion posted...

It's funny going through Twitter and seeing the different businesses that are still fighting to be open
Apparently Sherwin Williams is arguing that they're an essential service, and employees are being swarmed with people who want paint since they're "stuck inside anyway"

Found this email they sent the stores, pretty crazy they want to have barely-above-minimum-wage employees to argue with cops

Tbh, we're considering a paint job in our house during this.

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I'm so glad I don't work in retail anymore. Their sociopathy knows no end.

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oregon just had 4 more deaths reported (137 cases)
no new cases
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Tbh, we're considering a paint job in our house during this.

My wife and I painted two rooms in our basement today.

It took like two hours.

We were really hoping to kill a lot more time with that.

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

My wife and I painted two rooms in our basement today.

It took like two hours.

We were really hoping to kill a lot more time with that.

Paint a mural on one of the walls. That'll eat up a day or so

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kingdrake2 posted...

oregon just had 4 more deaths reported (137 deaths)
no new cases

Uhh, we have 4 deaths and 137 cases.

Coastal towns are showing spring breakers the door. They'll flock over to central Oregon and piss off the locals there.

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having this problem with employers up here in Canada as well

Occupy_This posted...

piss off the locals there.

i missed typo. my brother is pissed. the owner at a local convenience store is pissed. there's alot of seniors who live in this town. the hospital won't be able to keep up with demand if a tourist brings covid (luckily city council is doing something about it tonight) at least around here.
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Did error stop posting in these topics?

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The cases in my state keep going up, but apparently at a rate low enough that the state is falling behind others. VA was the 15th most infected, now we're about 22nd. It's been a pretty slow, even burn for us and I hope we can keep that rate of infection at a manageable level.

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Indians take coronavirus threat seriously, self-imposing curfews that left busy roads and streets empty with not a soul in sight in Mumbai, this makes me question how stupid Americans are all of the time:

https://twitter.com/TOIMumbai/status/1241566905783029760

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Whoa! Finland's not bullshitting around!

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/pm_finland_prepared_to_restrict_movement_from_uusimaa/11269286

Speaking on Yle's Ykksaamu discussion programme on Saturday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said her cabinet was prepared to restrict movement from the Uusimaa region to other parts of Finland should the infection rate worsen in the capital area.
While the premier said that such curbs were not necessary at the moment, officials would continue to monitor the situation daily.
Uusimaa has the highest infection rate in all of Finland.
If the situation would deteriorate in Uusimaa to the point that restricting movement would become necessary, the government would commission a decree and take it to Parliament, she explained.
Marin said the administration was also considering controls on movement. At the moment the government has urged people aged over 70 to avoid unnecessary social contact in addition to the current ban on public gatherings of more than ten people.
We are looking to see if people are following the rules, and if they dont, well be forced to take harsher measures, including further restrictions on movement, Marin added.

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Florida closing most beaches but places like Daytona, New Smyr- na, Cocoa and St Augustine are still open. Better shut those down before another wave of spring breakers swarm in.

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stupid ass kids and their partying is going to spread it more

burning_hammer3 posted...

Better shut those down before another wave of spring breakers swarm in.

i thought the governor shut em all down :(.
if they can't abide by the rules they have to be taken away temporarily.
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Pretty high % of severe cases needed ICU in @TheLancet study on #COVID19 mild/severe: 61% mild, 39% severe. Of the severe cases, 77% needed ICU.

The mean viral load of severe cases was around 60 times higher than that of mild cases, suggesting that higher viral loads might be associated with severe clinical outcomes

Mild cases were found to have an early viral clearance, with 90% of these patients repeatedly testing negative on RT-PCR by day 10 post-onset. By contrast, all severe cases still tested positive at or beyond day 10 post-onset.

Overall, data indicate that, similar to SARS in 200203,6 patients with severe #COVID19 tend to have a high viral load and a long virus-shedding period. finding suggests that the viral load of #SARSCoV2 might be a useful marker for assessing disease severity and prognosis

Demographics or the cases. More men than women again. But hard to say if by chance with limited cases. Interesting that coughing was only see in roughly 1 in 2 cases.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241591569385390080

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30232-2/fulltext

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This 39-year-old New Orleans woman tested for coronavirus. She died before getting her results.
She tested for coronavirus, and her results were delayed. Five days later, she was dead in her kitchen.

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_bdc4e802-6b90-11ea-a747-832e94bc7f56.html

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https://twitter.com/ColumbiaSurgery/status/1241139303423623168

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Apparently the mayor of Las Vegas got into an argument with the governor of Nevada over the casinos being shut down. There are 205,000 casino employees in the state who suddenly aren't working for 30 days.
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Antifar posted...

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_bdc4e802-6b90-11ea-a747-832e94bc7f56.html/

That's heartbeaking

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Zikten posted...

bill gates is not an asshole. he's the closest there is to a real life Thomas Wayne (batman's father)

and I am not talking about in shity alternate worlds like the Joker movie (I liked the movie, but they ruined Thomas Wayne). I mean the REAL comic book main universe Thomas Wayne. Anyway Bill Gates has done more for the world and for needy people than anyone on CE has. he is a massive philanthropist

Agree, 100%

Kind of shady how he got to where he is, but he definitely is a philanthropist

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bigtiggie23 posted...

Apparently the mayor of Las Vegas got into an argument with the governor of Nevada over the casinos being shut down. There are 205,000 casino employees in the state who suddenly aren't working for 30 days.

Im one of those casino employees. Luckily for me my employer will be paying full-time employees for the duration of the shut-down

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Is a legitimate Martial Law lockdown the only way to end this before the 18 month cure period? The shutdowns we have now are only a temporary solution and will have to be cycled to keep the deaths down and hospitals open. But a two month Martial Law lockdown would keep people off the streets and allow control over the infected. Or is this just a pipe dream?

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Jswift254 posted...

Im one of those casino employees. Luckily for me my employer will be paying full-time employees for the duration of the shut-down

Me too, but I'm still working. We are using the time closed to clean and renovate, so hopefully I can keep that up for the duration.
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bigtiggie23 posted...

Me too, but I'm still working. We are using the time closed to clean and renovate, so hopefully I can keep that up for the duration.

For us, the only departments that still have to work are security, engineering, & surveillance. Im in IM but im expecting to get a call before we open back up to go in and disinfect the entire casino

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Spain:+3077 cases and 335 dead.

Tired-Insomniac posted...

How long before US overtakes Italy for most daily deaths?

About 3 weeks

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Newhopes posted...

Spain:+3077 cases and 335 dead.

Yeah it was only a handful of days ago that Italy had under 400 deaths per day and now they're just south of 800 per day. Will be watching Spain closely as well.

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bigtiggie23 posted...

Apparently the mayor of Las Vegas got into an argument with the governor of Nevada over the casinos being shut down. There are 205,000 casino employees in the state who suddenly aren't working for 30 days.

What exactly were the points of contention of this argument? Does the mayor feel the coronavirus isn't as bad as the economic issues?

All these people so concerned about keeping businesses running amid this sound like cartoon villains.

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Malfunction posted...

https://twitter.com/JoMicheII/status/1241464428169703424

In her defence, that was over a week ago and the situation has changed dramatically

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We knew more than a week ago that the virus could spread from people showing no symptoms
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Antifar posted...

We knew more than a week ago that the virus could spread from people showing no symptoms

We've known since January LOL.

that advice was still grossly irresponsible on 13 March

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/senate-coronavirus-stimulus-negotiations-140334

The two sides continue to squabble over boosting paid leave for sick workers and those caring for infected family members a major issue for Democrats as well as what kind of financial help the federal government can provide to distressed industries, such as the major U.S. airlines. The White House and Senate Republicans want several hundred billion dollars for impacted industries, said officials involved in the talks.

But there was significant progress during Saturday's negotiations on boosting unemployment insurance payments, a major source of contention between GOP and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Senate Republicans have agreed to boost those payments by $250 billion, a major win for Democrats, said two sources familiar with the discussions. This will come on top of $250 billion in direct payments from the IRS to individual Americans, which President Donald Trump, Mnuchin and Senate Republicans have made their key priority.

And Senate GOP leaders and the White House conceded to a Democratic demand for tens of billions of dollars for hospitals and health-care providers as part of the rescue package. There also appears to be broad support for $350 billion in loans to small and medium-sides businesses that have been decimated as the U.S. economy grinds to a jarring halt in the facing of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

What [McConnell] has instructed his committees to do is to finish drafting legislation that reflects agreements reached so far, and where the chairmen and the majority believe Democrats could be in a position to support by the time the vote occurs, said White House Legislative Affairs Director Eric Ueland, a key Trump administration official involved in the high-level talks. Its critically important that Congress be in a position to act for the American people and the American economy on Monday.

McConnell was hopeful about the prospects for an agreement, telling reporters: I think were clearly going to get there.

Basically, we know the general contours of what this is going to look like, added Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.), as he left a closed-door GOP luncheon earlier in the day. Now its just a question of plugging in some of the policy, and figuring out where the numbers are.

The Democrats are getting some of the things theyve asked for, said Thune, ticking off priorities like immediate relief to individuals, protections for health care workers, and shoring up small businesses. Theyre getting what they wanted on unemployment insurance.

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SpaceBear_ posted...

In her defence, that was over a week ago and the situation has changed dramatically

Public servants have a responsibility to not be that fuckin stupid

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Antifar posted...

We knew more than a week ago that the virus could spread from people showing no symptoms

We knew in the fucking beginning of february.
But these governors and the president act like this shit started 2 weeks ago

https://twitter.com/DailyMailUK/status/1241670291341946880

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