Are the restaurants closed?

If I've learned one thing about medical practitioners over the years it's that they're about as good at their jobs as fast food workers.

Pretty sure they are. News at 10 just said no cinemas, no theatres, schools and universities closed. Total ban on travel and they want people to stay at home.

Another 97 killed today and 1,600 new cases.

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz self-quarantines for coronavirus exposure just 1 hour after flying with Trump


This is the same guy who wore a gas mask to sign the funding bill

See the universe does have a sense of humor

Coronavirus in NY: Cuomo unveils state’s hand sanitizer made by prisoners :jailed:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_QS4e31c8

^ Another buying opportunity.

The problem is when do you buy? It's a good thing I didn't go out and buy a bunch of stock the last time you said that.

You buy when it's tanking and cross your fingers it bounces back

Isn't there also ways to bet on it continuing to tank?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1H6vbcrOI

Maybe we'll finally get to use those FEMA camps

168 new deaths in Italy just today and Slovenia has closed its border with them, 6th death in the UK and almost 400 cases. I think when it explodes here it will be a lot worse than in Italy as our health service is under way more pressure and beds are almost full as it is.

it dies easier in the heat

Source?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...e-coronavirus/

It seems I was wrong there. Sorry. I did read that though.

I just found out that my assisted living community is under lockdown, my family won't be allowed to visit me until further notice.

I'm honestly afraid to go back to the states. The situation in Japan seems to be better contained, and I'm not excited to go back to a country where hysteria is running rampant. I'm just going to quarantine myself for a week just so I don't have to deal with anyone's bull**** for being out of the country.

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that Paul :(

^ A piece of insider stock market wisdom that someone once told me: "Buy from the scared and sell to the greedy."

:laughing:

So true.

I like how the majority of the empty shelves that they show in this apparent toilet paper frenzy is always in a poorly lit Kmart that would've been out of that **** either way.

I met a man today that thinks, legitimately, that this is not real, that we're being lied to. I told him thousands have died and they just shut down an entire country. He said that's propaganda.

People are funny.

Italians and their CNN obsession.

Is he from Florida?

Did he answer to the name [MERIT] ?

I had the same thoughts but this is a young guy I've known for a while now.

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I have to share this exchange I just had. This is a different person from the previously mentioned guy. Today is going to be one of those days I guess.

I was asked for some Moody Blues records. That was the first sign of trouble. I told him they're all in the dollar bin except one special one from Japan. I have this exchange after he comes up to the counter.

Dude - "Thanks. I'll take the dollar ones. I'm not taking the Japan one. There's a reason I don't eat Chinese food."

Me - "...................I don't understand."

Dude - "Well, you can't be too careful with this virus going around."

Me - "Yeah, but this album was made in 1984."

Dude - "Can't be too careful with these Chinese things though."

I was speechless. Without speech.

I threw out all my good China.

I don't know what was worse. The fact that he thought that something from Japan 35 years ago has been affected with a virus new to science in the last year or the fact that he thought China and Japan were the same thing.

Add Big Ears to the list of festivals that have been cancelled.

Wow. You bummed?

I wasn't able to go this year because I did poor planning and hotel costs got expensive real fast, but it sucks for the people who made arrangements and I hope that this doesn't impact the future of the festival.

Sad but very responsible and respectful of the most vulnerable.

Hopefully March Madness will put sanity in front of $$$ and play in empty arenas or cancel the tournament.

OMG please do.

I doubt it will. Right now is the most important time to put the breaks on because we desperately need to buy time. It’s a horrible time to have the government we have and I’m afraid taking responsibility will split along political and cultural lines.

I can't be the only one who finds this to be yet another insane overreaction to a virus that, while deserves to be treated with caution, doesn't deserve to grind the world to a halt on account of it.

Among people under the age of 60 there's less than a 1% chance of dying. Most people who die have pre-existing conditions that leave them immunocompromised. If the WHO wants to properly manage the health care system capacity they could start by, rather than asking the entire world to shut down and causing a panic where everyone goes to the hospital because of Coronavirus, informing the public that if you're under the age of 50, you really probably don't need to seek out medical assistance. Bed rest, avoid contact with other people, you'll be fine. In the same way that when I get the flu, I don't go to the hospital because there's a very slim chance that I won't recover on my own. The only difference between Corona and the flu here is the level of panic. Older people should be advised to go to the hospital when they exhibit symptoms.

Cancelling everything and grinding the world to a halt is a solution that will sort of work for a month. Vaccines take a long time to develop, more than a year. In the meantime, what is the plan? Are we going to continue to cancel workplaces, universities, sporting events, music festivals, and any other social event around the world for the next year+?

And while everything else is being cancelled, the essential businesses which must remain open (supermarkets, airports, restaurants, etc.) will continue to be a hub that spreads the virus.

Businesses will be asked to lose billions of dollars to contain the virus. And it's not like we can just wait it out a month, slow down the progression of the virus, and then re-open everything and all is well. The virus which was still spreading around the peripheries of our society (supermarkets, restaurants, airports, etc.) will be reintroduced to those large social gatherings.

So, to this current solution I say: good luck with that. They must be banking on the warming weather killing off the virus, cause otherwise this seems like a sorry ass excuse for a long term solution. To me at least.

Ok Donald.

You should ask yourself these questions:
1. Is it the pandemic that happens occurs ever 100 year?
2. Is it practice run for a real 100 year pandemic that could more than likely happen?
3. Is it man-made? Perhaps a virus that was being experimented on and was either released accidentally, on purpose or accidentally on purpose?
4. Should you scoff at something that seems harmless now, but perhaps become a health crisis that could spiral out of control?
5. Could the virus eventually mutate into some unstoppable, uncontrollable?