Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Official Thread

[Member 34319]

Intel probably has a lot of used tyvek/gortex cleanroom suits, but most of the masks I've seen out there are only good for containing loose hairs and boogers. I'll bet they buy that stuff with only a limited reserve - the just-in-time method. It must be close to an 18 wheeler's worth every day!

The gear used for inside the cleanroom isn't all they use, nor really of any use.

They burn through gloves like no one's business however. I would say they probably use more gloves than a hospital in a day than the hospital in 2-6 days. At least pre CV era. I couldn't tell you how many gloves hospitals are using now.

The rooms where they clean the tooling. All sorts of PPE is used. As are the chemical waste rooms. Chemical supply rooms. Hell, you have to wear certain PPE to walk through certain non clean room sub areas that air travels through. Then take them off once out. On a given day when I worked there, 12 hour shift, I probably used 20-30 pairs of latex gloves alone if not more.

Then there are the numerous clean room facilities throughout the area. Lam Research in Tigard has massive cleanrooms.

Genentech off Brookwood in Hillsboro, another large clean room. Tons of gloves and various PPE.

Gloves and PPE, this state has a ton of.

Washington is in a similar situation. In downtown Seattle alone, they have at least three large facilities, one or two are even sterile environments. IE, they have to use sterile gear every time they enter the room. That's upwards of 10-15 sets of entire PPE a day per person.

 

[NW Backpacker]

Did you read about the $170 billion in tax breaks they handed deep pocketed real estate developers, like Trump and Kushner?

That is FAKE NEWS in 2 ways: 1 - it includes all real estate investors, not just deep-pocketed ones, and 2 - many times what the IRS claims are "capital gains" are not gains at all - they are merely the effect produced by the government destruction of the value of a dollar (inflation). Rich guys probably benefit, but ordinary investors will be by far the largest proportion of those who benefit. Pulling numbers out of my hiney: If you bought a ranch in 1960 for $20,000 and today it is worth $5,000,000 then there is no "gain" - it would take $5,000,000 to buy the same ranch today.

 

[sobo]

...If you bought a ranch in 1960 for $20,000 and today it is worth $5,000,000 then there is no "gain" - it would take $5,000,000 to buy the same ranch today.

Aren't you forgetting about the cost basis of the asset? Or is the to indicate you're speaking with sarcasm?

When I sell stocks/bonds/etc., I pay capital gains tax on the difference of what I sold it for vs. what I paid for it BITD.

In your example, the rancher would pay almost $3/4 million in CGT.

Full disclosure: I only deal in "paper" assets, not real estate, so it's very possible I could have my

on how the IRS code treats real estate CGT...

 

[awshoot]

Louisiana Sees 40% Jump in Coronavirus Deaths in One Day

Interesting tidbit -- looks like state's rights is on the rise (which is good or bad depending on the state you are in of course):

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he will order all people coming into the state from Louisiana to self-quarantine for 14 days. DeSantis had already applied similar restrictions on travelers coming from New York.

 

[RicInOR]

I have some liquid Clorox "disinfecting" bleach for laundry - says it kills Norovirus and flu virus - active ingredient is 6% Sodium Hypochlorite. Maybe they should start making more powerful stuff? I had it before this started and was disappointed that it was only 6% active ingredient, but that was the most potent I could find.

CloroxPro CloroxPro

 

[awshoot]

Definition of a tough old bird:

'Extraordinary' recovery: 101 year-old Italian man with COVID-19 was released from the hospital

 

[Cavedweller]

Interesting tidbit -- looks like state's rights is on the rise (which is good or bad depending on the state you are in of course):

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he will order all people coming into the state from Louisiana to self-quarantine for 14 days. DeSantis had already applied similar restrictions on travelers coming from New York."

And totally unenforceable. They are not tracking anyone's movements. I've heard from people who live in FL that they often run into New Yorkers who are openly ignoring the order.

 

[RicInOR]

COVID-19 Information | CloroxPro

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[ilikegunspdx]

And totally unenforceable. They are not tracking anyone's movements. I've heard from people who live in FL that they often run into New Yorkers who are openly ignoring the order.

That was my first thought. Unless they escort incoming people from the airport, etc to a locked down hotel or something how the heck can they enforce that?

 

[E4mafia]

The gear used for inside the cleanroom isn't all they use, nor really of any use.

They burn through gloves like no one's business however. I would say they probably use more gloves than a hospital in a day than the hospital in 2-6 days. At least pre CV era. I couldn't tell you how many gloves hospitals are using now.

The rooms where they clean the tooling. All sorts of PPE is used. As are the chemical waste rooms. Chemical supply rooms. Hell, you have to wear certain PPE to walk through certain non clean room sub areas that air travels through. Then take them off once out. On a given day when I worked there, 12 hour shift, I probably used 20-30 pairs of latex gloves alone if not more.

Then there are the numerous clean room facilities throughout the area. Lam Research in Tigard has massive cleanrooms.

Genentech off Brookwood in Hillsboro, another large clean room. Tons of gloves and various PPE.

Gloves and PPE, this state has a ton of.

Washington is in a similar situation. In downtown Seattle alone, they have at least three large facilities, one or two are even sterile environments. IE, they have to use sterile gear every time they enter the room. That's upwards of 10-15 sets of entire PPE a day per person.

Intel will donate 1 million pieces of protective equipment to health care providers fighting coronavirus

Intel said Monday that it will send cleanroom attire from its computer chip factories to protect healthcare workers from the coronavirus.

www.kgw.com

updated march 26th 2020

 

[Member 34319]

That's awesome.

I was waiting for that to happen!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Kinda gruesome. Has NY planned for something like this?

Coronavirus: Temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies being built at Birmingham Airport

The site will initially be able to accommodate 1,500 deaths before expanding to hold up to 12,000 bodies in a worst-case scenario.

news.sky.com

 

[cookie]

I can't keep up with this thread, so don't know if this is a repeat of not. If it is a repeat I am sorry and will whack my pee pee with a brick as penance.

The coronavirus test that wasn’t: How federal health officials misled state scientists and derailed the best chance at containment

The CDC botched the coronavirus test. The FDA took weeks to allow others to fix it. Those delays contributed to the current crisis.

www.usatoday.com

Government employees are incompetent at best. Other wise they would be employed in the private sector.

 

[cookie]

It's hard to believe that any virus or even a bacteria infection could start at a place like this..

Then again who' s foolish enough to believe the Mainstream media or the internet. Discernment seems lacking.

 

[CatScat55]

That market hasnt changed in a100 years. I would rather eat something from there than eat the fake meat we are starting to sell here.

 

[CountryGent]

Government employees are incompetent at best.

Sometimes stunningly so.

 

[Phantom Man]

That market hasnt changed in a100 years. I would rather eat something from there than eat the fake meat we are starting to sell here.

The fake bat meat is going to be safer than the real stuff. And much more preferable...

 

[CatScat55]

The fake bat meat is going to be safer than the real stuff. And much more preferable...

I prefer to eat something natural not something that was made in a lab

 

[Phantom Man]

I prefer to eat something natural not something that was made in a lab

Yes I know and I why I made a joke out of it...

 

[CamoDeafie]

Sometimes stunningly so.

aint that the saddest truth...

Speaking of incompetence.... whats the odds that States would continue their shelter in place/stay home/ lockdown orders past Easter?