OT: The Official Coronavirus thread - Be well, be safe

[K_ick_God]

Funny, with Trump. Pence seems to be doing a responsible job and is mobilizing people the right way.

So, simple thing media should be asking him, which is so obvious:

Pence is doing great, working 20 hour days, great choice Mr. President. Why wasn't he tasked with this the moment the virus started spreading in China, wouldn't we be ahead of the game then?

So obvious, so simple, and not to turn this into a political thing quite yet. But with the election coming, this is a straightforward way to get answers on why our president was doing pretty much nothing as this thing lurked offshore.

[thebuzzardman]

The Golden State Warriors have decided to close the gates for tomorrow's game when the Brooklyn Nets come to town. The game at Chase Center will be played, but in an empty arena due to concerns about an outbreak of the coronavirus.

That is not fair, that is like a home game for the Nets.

[spree8]

Funny, with Trump. Pence seems to be doing a responsible job and is mobilizing people the right way.

So, simple thing media should be asking him, which is so obvious:

Pence is doing great, working 20 hour days, great choice Mr. President. Why wasn't he tasked with this the moment the virus started spreading in China, wouldn't we be ahead of the game then?

So obvious, so simple, and not to turn this into a political thing quite yet. But with the election coming, this is a straightforward way to get answers on why our president was doing pretty much nothing as this thing lurked offshore.

They’ve been kissing his ass nonstop for the “great job” he did by closing the borders to China back then. I suppose you’d get more of the same if you asked that question.

[jvsimonetti0514]

2 people at my office have been confirmed with corona. Lucky for me, They don't work on my floor but they're shutting down the entire building for the next two days.

[RandlesCornrows]

2 people at my office have been confirmed with corona. Lucky for me, They don't work on my floor but they're shutting down the entire building for the next two days.

go get yourself checked, you can assume everything they touched like the doorknobs, push doors could be contaminated.

[RandlesCornrows]

Trump to be on 9PM est from the Oval Office

[god shammgod]

march madness to be crowd-less. everyone is about to see how boring sports are without a crowd.

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[HarthorneWingo]

Finally had a Eurotrip booked with the wife and this Coronavirus facked it all up. Going for her best friend's wedding in London than a pseudo honeymoon in Europe.

Originally London - Rome - Florence - Paris - London

Changed to London - Brussels - Amsterdam - Paris - London

Now - London for the wedding and back home - even then I have to be worried about what the hell is going on....fack this facking virus, makes you never want to plan a trip ever again.

Hotels and airline companies very little help also which adds to the frustration.

Dude ...

Just needed a vent session after 30 minutes of talking to what felt like a wall

Just stay TF home. That’s my legal advice to you.

[Clyde_Style]

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Can you give us the bullet points?

[Stannis]

Flying to AZ for work. Kinda scared.

It's a direct flight at least...

[god shammgod]

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[Clyde_Style]

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Completely true, but also an artful bait by Biden since Trump won't be able to resist trying to get back at Biden and will thus put his foot deeper into his dumb mouth

[Capn'O]

march madness to be crowd-less. everyone is about to see how boring sports are without a crowd.

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I think it could be cool if it were held in different facilities. Like pro level sports at Melo's gym would be a hoot, imo. Hottest pickup game ever.

College basketball will still be awful, however.

[god shammgod]

march madness to be crowd-less. everyone is about to see how boring sports are without a crowd.

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I think it could be cool if it were held in different facilities. Like pro level sports at Melo's gym would be a hoot, imo. Hottest pickup game ever.

not as easy to film i would think. i wonder if they'll pipe in fake crowd noise. probably the smart thing to do.

[Capn'O]

march madness to be crowd-less. everyone is about to see how boring sports are without a crowd.

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I think it could be cool if it were held in different facilities. Like pro level sports at Melo's gym would be a hoot, imo. Hottest pickup game ever.

not as easy to film i would think. i wonder if they'll pipe in fake crowd noise. probably the smart thing to do.

The filming would be tough in that facility! I'm thinking elevated platforms from the rafters at various places.

[god shammgod]

I think it could be cool if it were held in different facilities. Like pro level sports at Melo's gym would be a hoot, imo. Hottest pickup game ever.

not as easy to film i would think. i wonder if they'll pipe in fake crowd noise. probably the smart thing to do.

The filming would be tough in that facility! I'm thinking elevated platforms from the rafters at various places.

look at you with a dream

[Jimmit79]

In order to stop this corona virus we should sacrifice a very greedy pig to God and luckily there is one we know in NY he's name is James Dolan

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[Capn'O]

not as easy to film i would think. i wonder if they'll pipe in fake crowd noise. probably the smart thing to do.

The filming would be tough in that facility! I'm thinking elevated platforms from the rafters at various places.

look at you with a dream

To quote Walter Sobchak quoting Theodore Herzl - if you will it, it is no dream.

[Fat Kat]

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[j4remi]

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Can you give us the bullet points?

There's a lot. But some keys:
. We're not well prepared here and have some bad indicators that could make the impact worse (obesity rate for example).

- He thinks this thing could drag on for a while (months). He said the numbers are down in places but could pick back up when quarantines end.

- Fairly commonly known at this point but disputed a little...Masks aren't very helpful unless you're sick and trying to limit spread. Vitamins even through an IV probably won't help much.

- The warm weather doesn't seem likely to mitigate the spread.

- Our issues are going to be with resources, our culture is built on getting you what you want when you need it but we don't keep stockpiles. Had me stockpiled the N95 masks or prescriptions early, we wouldn't be at the mercy of other countries' production cycles. As it is we don't have the equipment necessary to mass produce resources to need. (As a personal bias related aside, Puerto Rico used to be our haven to produce prescription drugs and there's been some talk of bringing back that industry through incentives...we could use the economic boost for damned sure).

- I'm leaving out some random convos that pop up of course. But one that stood out to me was related to an illness that's been effecting deer. If it were to mutate and start effecting humans, likely via our hunting community, the affects sound pretty awful (and I work at a medical library fam).

- There's more that I can't recall, it's a really good interview. That's all the practical stuff. The biggest thing to me is that we're not prepared for it if it gets bad. The lack of resources and fast spread could really overtake our healthcare if people don't take precautions (and honestly by people I mean industry, businesses need to keep their workers home even if that means paid sick leave if we're buying what this man is selling...I do tbh). Be cautious is the main message...err on the safe side.