Covid19 affected my skiing plans

[eldereldo]

No bets that Vail isn’t going to close the gondolas at Whistler. Only have the Fitz chair lift to upload if they did that. Maybe they’ll issue hazmat suits to everyone uploading.

[splat]

Isn't it time to stop spreading rumors? The truth is bad enough.

It kinda fell in line with Newsom's ban on gatherings of 250 or more people.

[Fritz]

A couple buddies of mine are bird hunting in Argentina and they are forcing them to get out of the country within the next like 4 days or they will be stuck there for a month. They were supposed to be there for two weeks and they pretty much had to turn around and go home after 2 days. That would suck.

[skaredshtles]

A couple buddies of mine are bird hunting in Argentina

[sirbumpsalot]

It comes down to cretinous, petulant, anti-European, anti EU, anti- science, golf course owning crook with Steven Miller operating the teleprompter while reading texts from Putin.

I'll just plop this right here for everyone to poke holes at to fit your narrative:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/euro...-who-says.html

[Fritz]

Right? Hunting is their skiing.

[unclebill]

I'll just plop this right here for everyone to poke holes at to fit your narrative:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/euro...-who-says.html

Well what about post #265 for example?

[splat]

The guberment is not gonna be there to help you. Every consolation you've heard is bullshit.


In Silicon Valley, a hot spot in the outbreak, one outspoken doctor boasts that his guidance comes with no spin and no political filter, despite efforts by some in his department to tone down his messages.

“Nobody tells me what to say — nobody,” said Dr. Scott Morrow, the chief health officer for San Mateo County, which includes the headquarters of Facebook and many other big technology companies.

....“Government likes to convince the people that they’re in charge and everything is under control and we’ll take care of you — and that’s not true,” Dr. Morrow said of the crisis. “You’re mostly going to experience this on your own.”

“They literally go into apoplexy when they read my statements,” Dr. Morrow said of the county’s public relations team. “I have fights with them constantly and tell them to back off. This is not a negotiation.”

Don Horsley, a member of the San Mateo Board of Supervisors, praised Dr. Morrow as well-prepared and competent but admitted to wincing when he read the doctor’s comments about society possibly needing to “grind to a halt.”

“I don’t think I would have said that,” Mr. Horsley said. “I’m a politician. I would have been more careful.”

Mike Callagy, the San Mateo County manager, says some residents have asked for clarification about Mr. Morrow’s bulletins.

“He has a different style of delivering messages than probably most health officials throughout the United States,” Mr. Callagy said. “But I can tell you it all comes from the right place in trying to help people.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/u...fornia%20Today

[2FUNKY]

A couple buddies of mine are bird hunting in Argentina and they are forcing them to get out of the country within the next like 4 days or they will be stuck there for a month. They were supposed to be there for two weeks and they pretty much had to turn around and go home after 2 days. That would suck.

That sucks. Been a bucket list item of mine. Some of the best wing shooting on the planet. Some buddies of mine went a few years ago and were just amazed at the amount of birds. Their pics and stories were unreal.

[ddraver]

"Secret" reports would suggest that the rest of Europe is about to follow the Swiss and Italians and shut down ski resorts...

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[2FUNKY]

"Secret" reports would suggest that the rest of Europe is about to follow the Swiss and Italians and shut down ski resorts...

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Coming to a resort near you...

[californiagrown]

I'll just plop this right here for everyone to poke holes at to fit your narrative:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/euro...-who-says.html

Why was the UK exempted from the travel ban? Seems odd when it has one of the largest outbreaks in Europe.

Regardless it would be nice if POTUS could get his shit together during this national emergency and time of panic to get his facts straight during a national address to the nation. Instead, it was another instance of either alternative facts, or carelessness from the administration.


It seems that the "American way" of freedom and personal responsibility, etc is not conducive to containing/mitigating pandemics. It would seem that more authoritarian governance would have a serious advantage.

[Hammer-Down]

Coming to a resort near you...

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https://unofficialnetworks.com/2020/...he-ski-season/

[Tri-Ungulate]

So, I just got back from Switzerland early this AM. Me and my buddy flew out last week, spent some awesome days in St Anton skiing with nordkette (a great guy and awesome skier), then we headed to Klosters/Davos to meet up with the pre-BBI crew. Had another fantastic day skiing with Buster, shroom & Mrs. shroom, Mr. Mike, nordkette, and lurker Braïain on Wednesday.

Thursday at 2am my buddy gets a phone call relating to drumpfs stable genius speech. Due to our jobs, we have no choice but to scramble to get back. Within minutes, snagged a $2K one-way back that filled up right after I booked. We left the hotel before dawn, trained back to Zurich, then flew home on a packed flight. JFK was a fucking madhouse.

Really bummed about leaving great skiing and great friends behind, and super sad not to get to see vendul and the rest of the crew. Holed up now in self-quarantine, though I thankfully don't have any significant symptoms as yet.

[Benny Profane]

Were you tested?

[Benny Profane]

Why was the UK exempted from the travel ban? Seems odd when it has one of the largest outbreaks in Europe.

Because, Boris.

[PNWbrit]

Why was the UK exempted from the travel ban?

And Ireland.

And it's because Trump owns golf course resorts in both nations.

[Tri-Ungulate]

Were you tested?

Due to the wonderful response by the CDC, testing kits are in short supply (thanks drumpf!). So for people at risk but no known sick contacts, and with no major symptoms, testing is currently not indicated, though that may change if more testing is available.

Self-quarantine is reasonable, at least through the likely incubation period. Since my vacation was to run through the 27th, I'm lucky enough to not miss much work, if any. Gonna be a lot more boring though, moping around the house.

[Hood26]

I'll just plop this right here for everyone to poke holes at to fit your narrative:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/euro...-who-says.html

Right back to you. It’s too late. It is just political.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...rs-from-europe

[chaka]

Right back to you. It’s too late. It is just political.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...rs-from-europe

yesterday afternoon, I heard an NPR interview with a former health or homeland top official, can't remember the name, discussing in a very factual way why the recent Euro flight plan is ridiculous. The quote that stuck with me "It's akin to locking the doors on your house after the killer is inside". Its already here and widely transmitted, with a 6+day ghost period. Better to spend those cherished gov't resources helping hospitals prepare, lining up testing etc etc etc (basically everything other than managing banned flight plans)

[gretch6364]

yesterday afternoon, I heard an NPR interview with a former health or homeland top official, can't remember the name, discussing in a very factual way why the recent Euro flight plan is ridiculous. The quote that stuck with me "It's akin to locking the doors on your house after the killer is inside". Its already here and widely transmitted, with a 6+day ghost period. Better to spend those cherished gov't resources helping hospitals prepare, lining up testing etc etc etc (basically everything other than managing banned flight plans)

So we should just let more killers flow into our house instead of the locking the doors and dealing with the ones already there? Make sense.

[Tri-Ungulate]

Um, the current administration is currently coming up short in "dealing with the ones already there," instead they are throwing resources an an empty xenophobic gesture designed by StePHan Miller.

[sirbumpsalot]

Um, the current administration is currently coming up short in "dealing with the ones already there," instead they are throwing resources an an empty xenophobic gesture designed by StePHan Miller.

You guys surely don't disappoint....TDS has afflicted more than coronavirus has and will.

[Tri-Ungulate]

Sadly, I suspect TDS has direct implications on how the coronavirus affects our country. You afflicted?

[beer30]

Just a heads up, St Anton is now under 14 day quarantine

So, I just got back from Switzerland early this AM. Me and my buddy flew out last week, spent some awesome days in St Anton skiing with nordkette (a great guy and awesome skier), then we headed to Klosters/Davos to meet up with the pre-BBI crew. Had another fantastic day skiing with Buster, shroom & Mrs. shroom, Mr. Mike, nordkette, and lurker Braïain on Wednesday.

Thursday at 2am my buddy gets a phone call relating to drumpfs stable genius speech. Due to our jobs, we have no choice but to scramble to get back. Within minutes, snagged a $2K one-way back that filled up right after I booked. We left the hotel before dawn, trained back to Zurich, then flew home on a packed flight. JFK was a fucking madhouse.

Really bummed about leaving great skiing and great friends behind, and super sad not to get to see vendul and the rest of the crew. Holed up now in self-quarantine, though I thankfully don't have any significant symptoms as yet.