Covid Lockdown Activities

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Atmo

Is it really that simple?

Anecdotally, my expat cousin in Rome says their high death rate is due to a shortage of ICU beds, doctors who are becoming increasingly infected, skilled nurses, and a lack of invasive ventilators key to survival of those most critical. Not to mention the delay in closing their borders.

The US on average (not sure about NYC) is ahead in all of those areas per capita unless you watch mainstream media talking heads who know more about makeup and hair than medicine.

It's not, the US has lower population density so you'd expect slower transmission and now that most people are not treating it as a joke anymore, we'll probably see the peak in a few weeks. For now, the doctors aren't getting sick, but the reports about shortages of protective gear are not promising.

I'm in NYC, and I fully believe it will be just as bad if not worse here, because until everything was shut down yesterday, morons were still going to bars and clubs...

The borders were shut to travelers from China at a pretty good time, but they really should've shut them to all affected areas as it progressed and had some kind of screening at the least (as of 2-3 days ago, someone I knew just walked right in from Japan through the airport with no screening, and a week ago people were still walking right through the airport from Italy with no screening). If the stories I heard about the quarantined people from cruise ships and such were true (unprotected personnel interacting with infected passengers), then whoever was handling the situation in California totally f***ed up and probably is responsible for a large number of the cases there.

The bureaucracy and medical industry in the US make it very hard to respond to this effectively but man people had their heads buried in the sand for 8 freaking weeks and were just running around transmitting the disease. Thanks to said low population density, I think only the largest cities will have it bad, but it's going to be really bad.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Or governor just limited gatherings to 25 and shut down dine in restaurants and bars. 39 confirmed cases here, first death the other day.

That personalizes it. My friend and neighbor owns one of the most successful dine in restaurants in Portland. I talked with him tonight and they're adapting overnight, setting up a new take out and delivery program with existing staff and will do their best to weather the storm with a surprisingly great attitude. He's also staying open tonight until 12:00 when the order becomes effective.

The restaurant business, like so many other small businesses, are tough and now this.

[Sapphireho]

327) giving Humfrz shit

[Ultramaroon]

4) Jumping on that train

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

What are they not telling us about covid? Imo theres something not kosher. To go from having it "under control " last week to where we are now doesn't make sense imo.

Maybe it's the person telling you that, that doesn't make sense -


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

327) giving Humfrz shit

328) - I thought it was the other way around? I'll have to step up my game -


humfrz

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

4) Jumping on that train

And then catching the virus..

[86MLR]

Originally Posted by JD001

And then catching the virus..

Everyone's happy
They're finally all the same
Cause everyone's jumping
Everybody else's train

[Boomerang]

42) "Working" from home

[Boomerang]

Originally Posted by ROFL it's Waffle

You sound like @ichitaka05 Failure to follow rule #2. You must post AT LEAST ONE picture of the item(s) for sale with a sign included in the photo.

Maybe I am a mod??


You are banned when I get my powers

[JD001]

@Boomerang transgendered or morphed, possible side effects of the virus??

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Atmo

That personalizes it. My friend and neighbor owns one of the most successful dine in restaurants in Portland. I talked with him tonight and they're adapting overnight, setting up a new take out and delivery program with existing staff and will do their best to weather the storm with a surprisingly great attitude. He's also staying open tonight until 12:00 when the order becomes effective.

The restaurant business, like so many other small businesses, are tough and now this.

I have a buddy who is a chef in Portland at C-Bar. He also has a food cart that is pretty successful that he runs in the summer time. I see him switching over to the cart soon.

[Opie]

Everytime I hear the news, a government official, or people in general talking about this flu all I can think of is Chicken Little screaming; "The sky is falling, the sky is falling".

[ROFL it's Waffle]

43) Clicking the reload button every 5 minutes to no avail.