Semi-OT: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread V (Read Post 1 & FAQ)

[eminence]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

Here in the midwest US you can still hop in your car and drive wherever you want, just a bunch of stores won't be open.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

People are outside, any day that's over 55 degrees and people are outside jogging or going for walks. I was in New Rochelle yesterday (driving), the amount of people just hanging out in parks is kind of shocking, to the point they should probably block the entrances and have police stop people from gathering at them. New Rochelle NY is where the containment zone is, but people take the testing site being in the city as a false sense of security.

[LKN]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

Here in the midwest US you can still hop in your car and drive wherever you want, just a bunch of stores won't be open.

Same in NC....although the county Charlotte is in is going on lockdown tomorrow (I live one county north) so that may be changing

[MagicBagley18]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

Here in the midwest US you can still hop in your car and drive wherever you want, just a bunch of stores won't be open.

Same in NC....although the county Charlotte is in is going on lockdown tomorrow (I live one county north) so that may be changing

East coast tri state area here (ct specifically) and other than traffic on major highways being much lower and not being able to go out and sit down for food or drinks- everything is open. We had some warm and sunny days and people were out and walking around whether with dogs kids or family.

Most businesses here have found a way to stay open for the most part.

[zshawn10]

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[LKN]

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[bwgood77]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

You can go for walks as long as you keep social distance. You are not supposed to walk or bike to travel somewhere unless it falls under "Essential Travel". At least in Austin. Section 6, B, iii http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=337824

[homecourtloss]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

Here in the midwest US you can still hop in your car and drive wherever you want, just a bunch of stores won't be open.

Yeah, the lockdown is a social contract type of thing. This isn’t martial law—you don’t have to show papers to anyone that you’re a necessary worker or whatever. People are doing whatever they feel like, to be honest, but just a lot fewer of us out there.

[nymets1]

Caught with our pants down? S. Korea and the US had their first case of the virus of the same day. This is a case of the federal government downplaying this for 2 months and not acting and still dragging their feet till this day. Don't rewrite history when it hasn't even been 6 months.

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Every western nation is having the same problem. Meanwhile all the eastern nations are doing well. The issue is more cultural than political. Hopefully the culture in the West changes as a result of this.

Northern European countries are doing much better than Spain, Italy, France, and the U.S.

I think I understand what you mean. I use bing.com/covid and these are the numbers as of right now from bing:

Iceland- 737 confirmed cases( 68 recoveries, only 668 active cases)
Finland- 792 confirmed cases( 10 recoveries, only 781 active cases)
Estonia- 404 confirmed cases( 9 recoveries, 394 active cases)

Unfortunately Denmark and Norway have 0 recoveries
Latvia and Lithuania have under 300 confirmed cases and only 1 recovery each

I think all of those countries are small so none of those countries would reach 10,000 confirmed cases.

[Slacktard]

It sounds like it is getting bad at Detroit hospitals.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/25/henry-ford-health-reaches-limit-covid-19-patients-two-hospitals/5077923002/

Henry Ford Health System is at capacity for treating COVID-19 patients at its Detroit and West Bloomfield hospitals, and is shifting patients to other hospitals in the five-hospital system with space, system officials said Wednesday.

"I would anticipate that we're going to see challenges through early April for sure," said Dr. Betty Chu, associate chief clinical officer and chief quality officer, who is leading the health system's coronavirus response.

"If we look at 591 positive patients and the number of patients that are hospitalized..., we feel like we're on the rapid acceleration of a growth surge.

Riney said during the conference call that the number of inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 increased from 282 Wednesday morning to 304 as of 1 p.m. Wednesday. Henry Ford hospitals also have 107 patients with pending test results for a total of 411 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients at their hospitals.

"The numbers are increasing in two-hour increments," he said.

The number at Henry Ford hospitals was overshadowed by the crush of patients reported by Beaumont Health, which had 635 inpatients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 across its eight hospitals as of late Tuesday.

John Fox, president and CEO of the Beaumont Health, said the state’s largest hospital system was “not at capacity yet” as of Wednesday afternoon. It had more than 500 COVID-19 patients and would be at 600 patients "shortly," he said

“We are growing by 100 patients a day,” Fox said during a Wednesday tele-hall conference organized by the Detroit Regional Chamber, adding that “We are doing all sorts of things to create capacity."

[Moonbeam]

I went on a tanget for which I apologise, but I live in Australia and we are going by this entire situation very similar to the United States of sorts, and the government here are seemingly more worried about the economy, moreso than people's safety and though they have recently taken additional steps to ensure people are doing the right thing, I personally don't think it hasn't gone far enough and those who are infected as a result is continuing to trend upwards.

I'm quite concerned about Australia - I don't think the messaging has been consistent between states/territories and the federal government, and the cruise ship fiascos are alarming.

[flavio_93]

Is anyone else from Chicago? Wtf is going on here. All the businesses and stores are closed but the **** lake trails are packed with hundreds and hundreds of people walking / running or sitting by the lake. Huge groups in close proximity. Does no one give a crap here?


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[kulaz3000]

I went on a tanget for which I apologise, but I live in Australia and we are going by this entire situation very similar to the United States of sorts, and the government here are seemingly more worried about the economy, moreso than people's safety and though they have recently taken additional steps to ensure people are doing the right thing, I personally don't think it hasn't gone far enough and those who are infected as a result is continuing to trend upwards.

I'm quite concerned about Australia - I don't think the messaging has been consistent between states/territories and the federal government, and the cruise ship fiascos are alarming.

A fiasco is an understatment, it was a total travesty that it happened

[Nuntius]

Here's a great article by Haslem on the Player's Tribune about the situation. It is basically a response about those videos of spring breakers in Florida:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/udonis-haslem-nba-covid-the-real-miami?fbclid=IwAR1UmOD_Mg_-bExc2zlRCP2wWYyqD8_kOGvn3UncGznCCRCEWlFuppoGy1I

It really is a great article. I thought about starting a thread about it since I believe it can generate some good discussion but since we do have a dedicated article about Covid-19 in here, I thought it best not to open another one and put it here instead.

While it's frustrating to see many kids and quite frankly adults totally disregarding the current situation and living life like nothing is happening is unsurprising. I remember when I was a teenager, and I felt invincible and did some incredibly stupid things. It's only when I started to see friends and people I know go to jail is when it hit me that if I don't grow up quicker I'm going to end up in the same position.

Though it's not forgiveable, it is still understandable as to why some of the younger generation are being more flippant about the situation. At that age you tend to only think about yourself, you want to have fun and you have little to no responsibilities to worry about. The greater picture doesn't seem as clear.

That said, it wasn't too long ago that even I didn't take the situation all that seriously, and my mindset was, I'm a home body, I'm healthy, I've got nothing to worry about, but with the increasingly serious escalation of the matter, it turned from worrying about myself and more about those around me, whether it be the people at work, my family and friends. And if more people stopped worrying about themselves (the hoarding behavior is a good example) and began to worry more about others, this whole situation around the world will subside sooner.

If this means giving up on some liberities which many of us take for granted anyways, why? Because it's not just about us as individuals anymore, it's about your neighborhood, your state, your country, the world. I've alluded to it in a different post, but many of the first world countries have the technology to shut cities down, using South Korea as the perfect example, where they've used cell phone tracking, survelliance and credit card tracking technology to ensure people stay at home, especially those infected and targeting people who have been in contact with those infected and it has been highly effective. Does it give up on some liberities and freedoms many people live by, sure, but right now people need to think bigger picture and minimizing the devastating impact sooner rather than later.

I went on a tanget for which I apologise, but I live in Australia and we are going by this entire situation very similar to the United States of sorts, and the government here are seemingly more worried about the economy, moreso than people's safety and though they have recently taken additional steps to ensure people are doing the right thing, I personally don't think it hasn't gone far enough and those who are infected as a result is continuing to trend upwards.

Everyone stay safe, wherever you reside and please do the right thing, not only for yourself, but for those around you.

I largely agree with your post. It is indeed not surprising to see some people have that flippant attitude. I read an article yesterday that was saying (more or less, I can't find it right now so I can't post an exact quote) that both the people who are ignoring the warnings and are gathering in beaches/parks and the people who are panic-buying toilet papers and other supplies are doing so out of a need to get back control. The virus that has caused this pandemic is a new one and we don't yet have all the answers for it. It's an unknown. Human beings need control in their lives and they don't react very well to uncertainty. That's why they latch on to anything that can give them some semblance of control. Both the feeling of invincibility that is exhibited by those ignoring the warnings and the assurance that their basic needs are covered that is exhibited by the panic buyers have the same effect. They give these people a sense of control.

So, yeah, it is indeed understandable. The one thing I'd note is that it isn't just a portion of the young that are flippant about it. A large portion of the people who have been ignoring the safety measures in my country (Greece) is actually old people. They were the ones who kept going to churches even after it was advised to avoid large gatherings (the government eventually had to shut churches down) and they are also a significant percentage of those that have been violating curfew the last few days.

[LKN]

Is anyone else from Chicago? Wtf is going on here. All the businesses and stores are closed but the **** lake trails are packed with hundreds and hundreds of people walking / running or sitting by the lake. Huge groups in close proximity. Does no one give a crap here?


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The sad truth is that many people aren't going to stop these types of things until they see dead bodies in hospital hallways on the news (and/or people they know personally get very sick and/or die)

[SactoKingsFan]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

It's not really enforced but pretty much all adults in my subdivision seem to understand that we need to follow social distancing. We still go to the stores (1-2 people max) that are still open, walk dogs and exercise outside but try to avoid unnecessary interactions. There's reminders all over about symptoms, how to cough/ sneeze, social distancing, washing hands and avoiding touching face.

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[LKN]

Ooofff rough news for many armed forces folks

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[Crizzle]

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yikes

[Bandit King]

Ok.. this maybe OT, if so.. mods just remove it.

To those USA realgmers living in the suburbs or gated communities and under quarantine/lockdown/ whatever sugary words your politicos used... can you still go out of your house and in your garden? What is the limit? Can you go walk and pace in the street? I'm sure that's not possible to those in apartments inside the cities so asking those outside.

If you go in your car the police may stop you and fine you. People are still going for walks and avoiding each other.

[LKN]

Here's the original instagram post of the amazing photo I posted earlier in the thread.

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