Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[muted]

Officially lost a huge amount of my 2020 income directly as a result of the coronavirus. I can't wait until it actually is a problem here, then: I'm doomed. My retirement money should take a nice hit too.

[jackstraw]

Officially lost a huge amount of my 2020 income directly as a result of the coronavirus. I can't wait until it actually is a problem here, then: I'm doomed. My retirement money should take a nice hit too.

Really? What industry are you in?

I'm seeing trade shows in my industry canceled and bigger events, but haven't noticed anything else...yet.

My kid has to go work the South By Southwest but they are currently doing a stop loss analysis for the company they're representing. All the big online social guys have already bailed.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Going researching once wife home from work, will report back.

Margaritas.. The original female viagra.

[Mofro261]

My kid has to go work the South By Southwest but they are currently doing a stop loss analysis for the company they're representing. All the big online social guys have already bailed.

Canceled.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Italy cancels the FIS Alpine World Championships.

Bummer

[Norseman]

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[skaredshtles]

Considering using Corona to cook my brats this evening... should I play it safe and use the Pliny instead?

[SkiCougar]

Officially lost a huge amount of my 2020 income directly as a result of the coronavirus. I can't wait until it actually is a problem here, then: I'm doomed. My retirement money should take a nice hit too.

if you have the ability to short a market index, you should do it. things might turn around in april but they might not turn around this year. people tell me all the time the market always comes back, true; but you never get back the time that you spend getting back to even.

[Vt-Freeheel]

The Corona needs to be cold. Boil the Pliney.

[rideit]

Considering using Corona to cook my brats this evening... should I play it safe and use the Pliny instead?

Where is the Fancy emoticon?

[SkiCougar]

Really? What industry are you in?

I'm seeing trade shows in my industry canceled and bigger events, but haven't noticed anything else...yet.

My kid has to go work the South By Southwest but they are currently doing a stop loss analysis for the company they're representing. All the big online social guys have already bailed.

too bad about sxsw, the music is worth going. unfortunately, probably one of hundreds of events that are cancelled in the next couple of months. would not be surprised if some musicians cancel out at Breckenridge's spring finale with summit county having had a positive case.

[VTeton]

Really? What industry are you in?

I'm seeing trade shows in my industry canceled and bigger events, but haven't noticed anything else...yet.

My kid has to go work the South By Southwest but they are currently doing a stop loss analysis for the company they're representing. All the big online social guys have already bailed.

We are going full steam ahead for our June conference. I'm in DC now and airport is full.

[KQ]

Anything that that twatwaffle charlatan Jim Bakker is peddling should be treated as such.

Televangelist Gets NY Cease-and-Desist Over Misleading COVID-19 Cure Claim

Where is the Fancy emoticon?

Between and on my drop down choices

If you want to type it out it is (w/o spaces): : confused :

[skaredshtles]

Where is the Fancy emoticon?

[skaredshtles]

The Corona needs to be cold. Boil the Pliney.

It's SCIENCE!!

[iceman]

OK, this is pretty spooky.

https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pa...a647350f5.html

...The big questions are what transmissibility rate and what fatality rate did they use in the simulated pandemic? I'm sure that info's not that hard to find but there's a hockey game on.

Circling back on this: https://tbsnews.net/opinion/coronavi...-similar-41469

Ro was assumed to be 1.1 - 2.6 (not sure why it's a range)
Fatality rate was 14%. It's a little unclear, it may be 14% of the 50% of victims who are severely infected, i.e. 7% of all victims - it's not phrased well.

So the Ro is probably in the ballpark but the death rate is almost certainly high, regardless of whether it's actually 7% or 14%. either way, the 65M deaths would appear to be quite high.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Lotta morans in dust masks touching their own face here in the Bay Area.

[iceman]

Just don't let em touch yours.

[neufox47]

Soo Trump is going to bail out the air and cruise industries (obviously an essential industry), but do nothing to mandate sick days, pay for medical bills, vaccines, quarantines, etc? Is that right?


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[Norseman]

Officially lost a huge amount of my 2020 income directly as a result of the coronavirus. I can't wait until it actually is a problem here, then: I'm doomed. My retirement money should take a nice hit too.

Sorry to hear that, man.

[iceman]

Yeah that sucks. SXSW?

[muted]

Thanks guys. Not SXSW this year, but something same but different, times 2.

Hopefully it'll lead to new things.

[hawkgt]

JFC, no asswipe at costco. Stocker guy said the boomers are going off the hook on everything. Delivery this morning, gone by noon was the word. They lined up.

Wife was fucking pissed she wasted a trip to Costco.

Welp, off for margaritas

[skaredshtles]

JFC, no asswipe at costco. Stocker guy said the boomers are going off the hook on everything. Delivery this morning, gone by noon was the word. They lined up.

I'm thinking outside the box... gonna head to Costco and stock up on delicious cheeses.

[Rideski]

It’s easy to get caught up in the 1 or 2 or 3 or 3.4 percent total death rate, I mentioned it the other day. Not that I want lung scaring, but chances are I’ll be ok. Way more worried about the slew of elderly relatives.
100 people in the Washington nursing home, 11 dead = 11 percent in that tiny sample. A graph was posted a page or two back saying 14% for over 80. Grim numbers if they’re real.

Circling back on this: https://tbsnews.net/opinion/coronavi...-similar-41469

Ro was assumed to be 1.1 - 2.6 (not sure why it's a range)
Fatality rate was 14%. It's a little unclear, it may be 14% of the 50% of victims who are severely infected, i.e. 7% of all victims - it's not phrased well.

So the Ro is probably in the ballpark but the death rate is almost certainly high, regardless of whether it's actually 7% or 14%. either way, the 65M deaths would appear to be quite high.