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

[nyJnyKnyY]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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[aq_ua]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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I'm sorry to hear that. How companies treat their people in times of crisis will come back to haunt them. It's no consolation, but things will eventually normalize and you will have proven your value by surviving this period, something you can show other potential employers.

[Zenzibar]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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Can you tell us the scumbag company you worked for?

[nyJnyKnyY]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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Can you tell us the scumbag company you worked for?

I still work there so for my own career I can’t... but it’s an affordable wearables company (cheap apple watches). I have lit them up on twitter as well without providing the name. Dude, I’m a department head and NO ONE FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT. Has asked how I feel or even wished me to feel better. They know my parents have it and are elderly and that I have 7 month old son. I’m losing $1000+ this pay period because I was out sick and I didn’t have sick days (you accrue them over time and I’ve been there for 5+ months to earn... 1 sick day and PTO days can’t be used until 6 months)


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[nyJnyKnyY]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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I'm sorry to hear that. How companies treat their people in times of crisis will come back to haunt them. It's no consolation, but things will eventually normalize and you will have proven your value by surviving this period, something you can show other potential employers.

Appreciate that’s and you sir


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[aq_ua]

For you tech-savvy folk, please tell me what you think about this:

https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/singapore-app-allows-for-faster-contact-tracing

[Zenzibar]

I tested positive as did my mom and dad. Also living in the house is my 7 month old, my wife and sister. I have no more symptoms, but they were sore throat, fever, chills, cough. Last had symptoms on the Friday before last. My work made me come in on Monday, got tested on Wednesday, found out Thursday (got tested in new Rochelle ny, drive through) and my company is docking me pay for every day I was out (I work in Ecommerce everything I do can be done from home, but no work from home policy) they closed office on Friday along with firing 24 people and making people take paycuts.


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Can you tell us the scumbag company you worked for?

I still work there so for my own career I can’t... but it’s an affordable wearables company (cheap apple watches). I have lit them up on twitter as well without providing the name. Dude, I’m a department head and NO ONE FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT. Has asked how I feel or even wished me to feel better. They know my parents have it and are elderly and that I have 7 month old son. I’m losing $1000+ this pay period because I was out sick and I didn’t have sick days (you accrue them over time and I’ve been there for 5+ months to earn... 1 sick day and PTO days can’t be used until 6 months)


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My Dude, once this is over and things are back on it's feet, find another company. It's obvious they don't give a sht about you or your parents. Why work there to make them richer?

[Zenzibar]

The U.S. just skipped over Spain for 3rd most cases and screaming toward Italy level.

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[nyJnyKnyY]

Can you tell us the scumbag company you worked for?

I still work there so for my own career I can’t... but it’s an affordable wearables company (cheap apple watches). I have lit them up on twitter as well without providing the name. Dude, I’m a department head and NO ONE FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT. Has asked how I feel or even wished me to feel better. They know my parents have it and are elderly and that I have 7 month old son. I’m losing $1000+ this pay period because I was out sick and I didn’t have sick days (you accrue them over time and I’ve been there for 5+ months to earn... 1 sick day and PTO days can’t be used until 6 months)


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My Dude, once this is over and things are back on it's feet, find another company. It's obvious they don't give a sht about you or your parents. Why work there to make them richer?

Of course! I’ve been applying everywhere. Had an interview at Rockstar games. The week before **** hit the fan so... believe me I’m ****. Out of there


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[Capn'O]

I just saw that Weinstein has it...

Spoiler:

[Clyde_Style]

I just saw that Weinstein has it...

Spoiler:

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[Clyde_Style]

A heads up on why the relief bill is being held up by the Democrats. It is because Trump and the GOP put a $500 Billion slush fund provision in it. If this doesn't show why it is critical to vote these bastards out, I don't know what will.

In the current bill that is being considered to address the major COVID-19 crisis at hand, on page 391, there is what has been described by Sirius XM host Michelangelo Signorile as what “appears to be a Secret Bailout Authority. Trump/Mnuchin can make a loan, guarantee, or other investment in Goldman Sachs or even the Trump Org and keep it secret for 6 months.”

What this refers to is a discretionary, $500 billion fund included in the bill that would permit Mnuchin to make loans in his discretion without anyone knowing about it for six months. At that point, as we have seen with so much with his administration, they would likely declare this information classified, and Trump for all we know would have received more than the value of his businesses.

[Rasho Brezec]

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[movingon]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but neither orange juice nor vinegar is going to kill a virus that's already in your body.
Take your vitamins and focus on good hygiene, that's all you can do.

Drink stuff like orange juice and vinegar. The acids help kill bad bacteria in your body.
Yeah im no doctor but i worked in a meat department for 10 and half years and got to dress like one.

but seriously i was working in coolers and freezers /blood/ bacteria and hardly got sick after my first 2years.

Yogurts too but yogurt is a good bacteria that offsets bad bacteria.

Apple cider vinegar or just regular vinegar?

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Usually ill take shots of apple cider vinegar

[Zenzibar]

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Yo, this made tears roll down my face.

[duetta]

It's with these extreme cases that they should give them the Malaria drug cocktail and throw caution to the winds. I know that I would take it if they made it available to me in NY.

[Fat Kat]

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[Clyde_Style]

It's with these extreme cases that they should give them the Malaria drug cocktail and throw caution to the winds. I know that I would take it if they made it available to me in NY.

Yesterday my neighbor told me they were contacted by someone who knew a guy in Miami who was almost dead from the virus who demanded to be given the malaria drug. He got it and a shot of benadryl and according to this guy's friend the guy passed out and woke up six hours later with his lungs cleared, feeling normal and wanting to go home. They told me the drug apparently attacks RNA and that collapses the virus rapidly. This is is a third hand rumor so I can't confirm it. But if its true they need to get this into the supply chain now.

[Clyde_Style]

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Should have ball-gagged every Spring breaker and made them watch that instead.

[Deeeez Knicks]

Interview with Dr. Fauci

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic

Q: The first question everyone has is how are you?

A: Well, I'm sort of exhausted. But other than that, I'm good. I mean, I'm not, to my knowledge, coronavirus infected. To my knowledge, I haven't been fired. [Laughs.]

Q: How are you managing to not get fired?

A: Well, that's pretty interesting because to his [Trump’s] credit, even though we disagree on some things, he listens. He goes his own way. He has his own style. But on substantive issues, he does listen to what I say.

Q: You’ve been in press conferences where things are happening that you disagree with, is that fair to say?

A: Well, I don't disagree in the substance. It is expressed in a way that I would not express it, because it could lead to some misunderstanding about what the facts are about a given subject.

Q: You stood nearby while President Trump was in the Rose Garden shaking hands with people. You're a doctor. You must have had a reaction like, ‘Sir, please don't do that.’

A: Yes, I say that to the task force. I say that to the staff. We should not be doing that. Not only that—we should be physically separating a bit more on those press conferences. To his credit, the vice president [Mike Pence] is really pushing for physical separation of the task force [during meetings]. He keeps people out of the room—as soon as the room gets like more than 10 people or so, it’s, ‘Out, everybody else out, go to a different room.’ So with regard to the task force, the vice president is really a bear in making sure that we don't crowd 30 people into the Situation Room, which is always crowded. So, he's definitely adhering to that. The situation on stage [for the press briefings] is a bit more problematic. I keep saying, ‘Is there any way we can get a virtual press conference?’ Thus far, no. But when you're dealing with the White House, sometimes you have to say things one, two, three, four times, and then it happens. So, I'm going to keep pushing.

Q: You're standing there saying nobody should gather with more than 10 people and there are almost 10 people with you on the stage. And there are certainly more than 10 journalists there asking questions.

A: I know that. I’m trying my best. I cannot do the impossible.

Q: What about the travel restrictions? Trump keeps saying that the travel ban for China, which began 2 February, had a big impact [on slowing the spread of the virus to the United States] and that he wishes China would have told us 3 to 4 months earlier and that they were “very secretive.” [China did not immediately reveal the discovery of a new coronavirus in late December 2019, but by 10 January, Chinese researchers made the sequence of the virus public.] It just doesn't comport with facts.

A: I know, but what do you want me to do? I mean, seriously Jon, let’s get real, what do you want me to do?

Q: Most everyone thinks that you’re doing a remarkable job, but you're standing there as the representative of truth and facts, but things are being said that aren't true and aren't factual.

A: The way it happened is that after he made that statement [suggesting China could have revealed the discovery of a new coronavirus 3 to 4 months earlier], I told the appropriate people, it doesn't comport, because 2 or 3 months earlier would have been September. The next time they sit down with him and talk about what he’s going to say, they will say, ‘By the way, Mr. President, be careful about this and don't say that.’ But I can't jump in front of the microphone and push him down. OK, he said it. Let's try and get it corrected for the next time.

Q: You have not said China virus. [Trump frequently calls the cause of the spreading illness known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a “China virus” or a “Chinese virus.”]

A: Ever.

Q: And you never will, will you?

A: No.

Q: I'm curious about some things that aren't happening on a national scale. One is, why are shelter in place orders happening state by state? Why are we doing this sequentially? Is that a mistake?

A: No, I don't think we could say it's a mistake or not a mistake. There is a discussion and a delicate balance about what’s the overall impact of shutting everything down completely for an indefinite period of time. So, there's a compromise. If you knock down the economy completely and disrupt infrastructure, you may be causing health issues, unintended consequences, for people who need to be able to get to places and can't. You do the best you can. I've emphasized very emphatically at every press conference, that everybody in the country, at a minimum, should be following the fundamental guidelines. Elderly, stay out of society in self isolation. Don't go to work if you don't have to. Yada, yada, yada. No bars, no restaurants, no nothing. Only essential services. When you get a place like New York or Washington or California, you have got to ratchet it up. But it is felt—and it isn't me only speaking, it’s a bunch of people who make the decisions—that if you lock down everything now, you're going to crash the whole society. So, you do what you can do, as best as you can. Do as much physical separation as you can and ratchet it up at the places you know are at highest risk.

Q: But I heard a guy say, if you think you're doing too much, you're probably doing the right amount.

A: That’s me.

Q: I know it's you. The “15 Days to Slow the Spread” campaign doesn't mention religious gatherings. I know Pence mentioned them yesterday. But why aren’t they on the 15 days recommendations? All these other places are mentioned.

A: It was implied in no crowds of more than 10 people. But you’re right, crowds in church are important and every time I get a chance to say it, I mention it. I can't really criticize them strongly for that at all. When you say less than 10, it makes common sense that it involves the church. I say it publicly and even the vice president has said it publicly.

Q: What happens before each press conference? What do you do as a group?

A: We're in the task force. We sit down for an hour and a half, go over all the issues on the agenda. And then we proceed from there to an anteroom right in front of the Oval Office to talk about what are going to be the messages, what are the kind of things we're going to want to emphasize? Then we go in to see the president, we present [our consensus] to him and somebody writes a speech. Then he gets up and ad libs on his speech. And then we're up there to try and answer questions.

Q: At Friday’s press conference, you put your hands over your face when Trump referred to the “deep State Department,” [a popular conspiracy theory]. It’s even become an internet meme. Have you been criticized for what you did?

A: No comment.

Q: We've seen creative ideas about how to respond in other countries that we aren’t adopting. China uses thermometers at supermarkets before letting people in. Should we be considering that?

A: Yes, of course. I think the logistics of that have to be worked out. That was discussed. All these things are discussed. Not all of them are implemented. This is something that should be considered. I will bring it up at the next task force meeting and see whether there’s some sort of a logistical, bureaucratic reason why it can't be done. The rationale for doing it is at least worth serious consideration.

Q: Big Picture: We've had all this pandemic preparedness. Why did this fail? What went wrong?

A: I think we'll have to wait until it is over and we look back before we can answer that. It's almost like the fog of war. After the war is over, you then look back and say, ‘Wow, this plan, as great as it was, didn't quite work once they started throwing hand grenades at us.’ It really is similar to that. Obviously, testing [for the new coronavirus] is one clear issue that needs to be relooked at. Why were we not able to mobilize on a broader scale? But I don't think we can do that right now. I think it's premature. We really need to look forward.

Q: Right now, why do we have a travel ban on visitors from China when there are few cases in China other than imported cases? What's the logic?

A: I'm sorry. I was just looking at two text messages, one from a governor and one from the White House. I gotta get off.