Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[frorider]

The U.S. government proclamation initiating the ban targets 26 European countries that comprise a visa-free travel zone known as the Schengen Area.

The United Kingdom, which is home to Trump Turnberry and Trump International Golf Links, and Ireland, which is home to another Trump-branded hotel and golf course at Doonbeg, do not participate in the Schengen Area

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[SB]

[riser4]

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There it is.

[Kinnikinnick]

Thank God we have an imbecile as POTUS. That will be a big help in this crisis


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[The SnowShow]

Colorado now has drive thru testing - why the fuck isn’t this set up everywhere in this country?

[Benny Profane]

I haven't heard this anti nationalized health care argument yet, but this guy shuts it down.

https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/statu...64495470948354

[Benny Profane]

Colorado now has drive thru testing - why the fuck isn’t this set up everywhere in this country?

Because more testing means more positive tests that means more bad numbers for Trump.

Or, If you don't test people, no one will die from Covid-19, statistically.

[schindlerpiste]

University of Miami is currently on spring break. This morning, I received an e-mail that the break has been extended one week until March 22, and that the campus will be closed until at least April 3. Classes between 03/22-04/03 will be on-line only. This hurts my son particularly, because many of his classes are music ensembles, which require playing music together. ARRRRGH!

[BmillsSkier]

The level of people I’m hearing today actively rooting for more chaos in the healthcare system and economy, so they can either say I told you so, blame political party ___, or they just thrive on bad news, is disturbing.

Shadenfreude on another level.

[char_]

https://samharris.org/podcast/

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Amesh Adalja about the spreading coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the contagiousness of the virus and the severity of the resultant illness, the mortality rate and risk factors, vectors of transmission, how long coronavirus can live on surfaces, the importance of social distancing, possible anti-viral treatments, the timeline for a vaccine, the importance of pandemic preparedness, and other topics.

Amesh Adalja, MD, is an infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity. Amesh has served on US government panels tasked with developing guidelines for the treatment of plague, botulism, and anthrax. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Health Security, co-editor of the volume Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, and a contributing author for the Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. Amesh actively practices infectious disease, critical care, and emergency medicine in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Didn't see the cruise ship from the BART on the way home yesterday.
Saw lots of people touching their faces though.

[Timberridge]

The level of people I’m hearing today actively rooting for more chaos in the healthcare system and economy, so they can either say I told you so, blame political party ___, or they just thrive on bad news, is disturbing.

Shadenfreude on another level.

It's like Benny vs ECRC when it's raining in VT.

[jackstraw]

University of Miami is currently on spring break. This morning, I received an e-mail that the break has been extended one week until March 22, and that the campus will be closed until at least April 3. Classes between 03/22-04/03 will be on-line only. This hurts my son particularly, because many of his classes are music ensembles, which require playing music together. ARRRRGH!

Yeah, my kids school went to all online, but they're still allowing lab and studio courses to meet...which he needs...to graduate in a couple months. If they pull the plug on that it's going to be ugly.

[Vt-Freeheel]

University of Miami is currently on spring break. This morning, I received an e-mail that the break has been extended one week until March 22, and that the campus will be closed until at least April 3. Classes between 03/22-04/03 will be on-line only. This hurts my son particularly, because many of his classes are music ensembles, which require playing music together. ARRRRGH!

After UVM announced they are going online for the rest of the semester the local news interviewed some students. A senior bio major wasn't overly optimistic when he questioned the importance of lab work in his classes and how that would play out.

[TNKen]

Daughter's PA classes go online after spring break. Not sure what they are going to do about starting hospital rotations.

Just got an email from the federal courts. If you have a fever, runny nose, coughing, etc. call and they will reschedule hearings.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Darling daughter's college wants everyone gone as soon as their finals are over, monday at the latest. They still haven't made up their minds on extending spring break or if they're even going to let the kids back for spring quarter.

Anyone in NH/Vermont have a barn or pasture where she can park her car for unforseen amount of time?

[basinbeater]

We emailed our kids schools last night saying that we were keeping our kids home, and the principal of the elementary school called this morning and said he thinks this is the right decision, and he feels like they should have already closed the schools, but it's not his call, but hopefully they will announce tomorrow that they are all closing. SLC school district.

sent from Utah.

[Benny Profane]

It's like Benny vs ECRC when it's raining in VT.

Aaannndddd...it's gonna rain tomorrow.

I'm hoping that the MBAs at Vail and Alterra dont shut down their hills before or when I drive out west next week, but, it would make perfectly good business sense, since the season will effectively be over by then. Save them a lot of money in hard times.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Darling daughter's college wants everyone gone as soon as their finals are over, monday at the latest. They still haven't made up their minds on extending spring break or if they're even going to let the kids back for spring quarter.

Anyone in NH/Vermont have a barn or pasture where she can park her car for unforseen amount of time?

I could accommodate a car in the yard in Warren.

[Sweetbippy]

To help curb the fear...

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/...s-not-to-panic

[ColMan]

US does not have a system in place to test like foreign countries, lawmakers told
From CNN's Manu Raju
Several members emerged from a House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic saying that they were told that tests would increase — but that the briefers acknowledged that the US system is trying to catch up to other countries like South Korea.

“I don’t think anyone is going to leave that briefing satisfied with what’s going on with testing right now," Democrat Rep. Mike Quigley said. "Bottom line, you leave that briefing and we are not where we need to be and not sure when we are going to get there. We are flying blind.”
He added: “I think the first thing they said was we don’t have a system that works like it does in other countries to adequately test at this time."

Rep. Jan Schawkowsky said that they were told 7,300 tests have been conducted by the public sector and 3,800 tests by private labs.

“I think everyone leaving that briefing is feeling more confused than ever and disappointed in the numbers that we heard — that we really don’t have a system that tests are being distributed and tests are being given,” Schakowsky said

Only 11,100 tests conducted so far across a country of 325+ million. Unreal. No wonder why they have classified internal discussions as top secret. The level of incompetence here is mind boggling.

[Game Over]

His rapper son named Chet says they ain’t trippin’

https://twitter.com/pardesseleh/stat...866575872?s=21

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I could accommodate a car in the yard in Warren.

cool beans. hopefully the college comes up with a plan sooner than later.

[powdork]

Why do you think strangers are more likely to infect you than people you know. It makes sense to limit the number of people you are exposed to, so avoiding everyone--strangers and friends alike-except for immediate family members makes sense, but you're ski buddies are just as dangerous as a stranger. We learned this regarding transfusion back in the early days of AIDS, when people thought mistakenly that receiving blood from friends and family was safer than from strangers.

on the assumption you already came there in a car. and the analogy to aids, or more specifically transfusions, has no bearing whatsoever.

[Benny Profane]

His rapper son named Chet says they ain’t trippin’

https://twitter.com/pardesseleh/stat...866575872?s=21

Never let a good crisis go to waste.

Yo, I'm Chet.