Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Official Thread

[FullMetalJerk]

 

[Josh89]

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?

well seeing as how cases continue to grow I believe it probably will. I'm guessing some time June things will relax when the spread slows

 

[Cavedweller]

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

Yes.

Morgue Space in NYC Expanded With 45 Cooler Trucks

New York City has bought 45 refrigerated truck trailers – each capable of holding as many as 44 bodies -- in case city morgues and hospitals become overwhelmed with the number of dead from the coronavirus. With the addition of refrigerated tents, the city will have the capacity to hold as many...

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Pete F]

Bill could help us by supporting Windows 7 for a couple more years so people do not have to spend scarce dollars on Windows 10 or on a new computer. Pass it on.

I second that.

 

[cookie]

I volunteered to assist the doctor for the Breast exam part of the physical. Wife said no. Sadness...

Yep married.

 

[Kid@Heart]

What's a honey-do?

It's a melon.
And if you want to touch those melons in the near future, you will do what you are told.

 

[2A2Dend]

It's a melon.
And if you want to touch those melons in the near future, you will do what you are told.

The Avatar matches that remark!!!! LOLOL

 

[oneharmonic]

400 people died today of COVID-19 in the United States, a huge increase over yesterday. We also crested 100,000 cases.

Things are picking up.

 

[SUPER X]

The US now has more cases than china or italy , if its not fake news. Oregon only Identifies the county the cases are in unlike the other 49 that are by zipcode . Oregon does this so no specific neighborhood will be stigmatized .

 

[Phantom Man]

400 people died today of COVID-19 in the United States, a huge increase over yesterday. We also crested 100,000 cases.

Things are picking up.

If everybody was tested I suspect we would have well over a half million cases. The 100,000 cases is irrelevant since most those tested showed symptoms as a precursor to being tested.

 

[oneharmonic]

If everybody was tested I suspect we would have well over a half million cases. The 100,000 cases is irrelevant since most those tested showed symptoms as a precursor to being tested.

True, and the fact is our economy isn't going to start back up until we test EVERYONE, or until a vaccine comes out in 12-18 months.

 

[Phantom Man]

True, and the fact is our economy isn't going to start back up until we test EVERYONE, or until a vaccine comes out in 12-18 months.

There will be no economy if we wait 12 to 18 months. Things will get going in a month or two and then there will be another wave just as it is happening in China now.

 

[wp4]

The US now has more cases than china or italy , if its not fake news. Oregon only Identifies the county the cases are in unlike the other 49 that are by zipcode . Oregon does this so no specific neighborhood will be stigmatized .

So incredibly stupid. I hate this state anymore.

 

[Cavedweller]

The US now has more cases than china or italy , if its not fake news.

Only if you believe the Chinese stats. There are many indications that the situation in China is worse than they have reported.

Oregon only Identifies the county the cases are in unlike the other 49 that are by zipcode . Oregon does this so no specific neighborhood will be stigmatized

That's what they are saying now. But early on OHA received a ruling by the Justice Dept. (OR) that state statutes required that all results of a "disease investigation" be kept confidential. They are treating the collection of data as a disease investigation. I think this overly restrictive interpretation of the statutes is due to the fact that they are accustomed to investigating STDs, but that's just my guess.

 

[4Freedom]

If everybody was tested I suspect we would have well over a half million cases. The 100,000 cases is irrelevant since most those tested showed symptoms as a precursor to being tested.

My theory is this disease spreads faster than a dry brush fire... THe limited amount of accurate testing probably does indicate just how widespread the disease probably is.

There will be no economy if we wait 12 to 18 months. Things will get going in a month or two and then there will be another wave just as it is happening in China now.

Like African people live with deadly malaria and typhoid on a daily basis, we will probably just have to live with Coronavirus and one day will have the resources to battle pandemics now we know they are not just themes of scary sci-fi films.

 

[Camelfilter]

For those folks on here whom have not stocked up there pantries much, for whatever reasons, now would be a good idea to do so.

Several months worth. More if you can swing it & you'll use it.

Multiple reasons for doing so, costs, supply/demand, safety.

You'll use it anyways, and you would have been going out more, exposing yourselves multiples times as much as doing so at your leisure (with care & planning) over the next week.

 

[Hueco]

There will be no economy if we wait 12 to 18 months. Things will get going in a month or two and then there will be another wave just as it is happening in China now.

Yep. A temporary hold is painful. A full on stop would be worse than this virus. Things will have to get moving again soon, I just hope we've made enough changes to support an influx of patients at that time (like get more ventilator production up and running yesterday).

Seems like we could limit the next one of these pandemics that is due in 10-20 years if we can convince China to adopt western standards for meat processing...

 

[sobo]

For those folks on here whom have not stocked up there pantries much, for whatever reasons, now would be a good idea to do so.

Several months worth. More if you can swing it & you'll use it.

I have a replacement batch of 3 months' worth of survival food coming tomorrow.
I never got into my first batch, but I decided a month ago that I oughta stock up, JIC.
It's taken a month to get this current order off back-order...

 

[Camelfilter]

I have a replacement batch of 3 months' worth of survival food coming tomorrow.
I never got into my first batch, but I decided a month ago that I oughta stock up, JIC.
It's taken a month to get this current order off back-order...

LTS foods are always a great idea, however my post was more-directed towards the NON preparedness minded folks.

Just hoping to nudge them into having them get a far better buffer than they may currently have.

Foods which they normally eat, just stocking up on such now. Rather than waiting for the next shoe to drop in this Virus poop show.

 

[RicInOR]

That's awesome.

I was waiting for that to happen!

So the question is why did the High Tech firms have such items. At first I thought it was cash, but no, they bought masks etc for their employees to use as protection from the wildfires.

"In fact, California workplace rules require companies to have a two-week supply for all workers in the event of wildfires. "

Where tech firms like Apple are getting the masks they're donating