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Im so sca
i feel like crap. With this virus and the stock market crash it literally feels like end times. Im having trouble living my life normally while it feels like society around me is collapsing
i feel like crap. With this virus and the stock market crash it literally feels like end times. Im having trouble living my life normally while it feels like society around me is collapsing
If you don't mind me asking, what does high risk mean in your case?
They can stay on campus but might be moved around to different campuses to lower the population density.
I'm aware of the other videos. This one was clearly manufactured for dramatic effect. These folks are in a panic, and with that considered, the video itself is very civil. I just find it gross that they edited it with the music to make it seem like a shot from a movie.
My fellow era members in Austria, i Know the measures so far have been ...slow, but they just did some big measures after Italy got locked down, what do you all think about them? To me they seem drastic, but needed.
How are things on the ground?
How are things on the ground?
RBC has evacuated a whole floor of their office building in Missisauga, Canada.
www.cp24.com
Whole floor of RBC workers in Mississauga in self-quarantine after employee diagnosed with COVID-19
Dozens of workers at Royal Bank of Canada’s Mississauga Meadowvale campus are now in self-isolation at home after an employee there tested positive for COVID-19.
www.cp24.com
We're gonna be italy in like 10 days and Harvard knows this
Wife just came home sick. She was feeling fine last night. Woke up this morning just feeling a bit fatigued, but got to work and realized she was definitely sick, not just tired. No fever. Just tired and a bit achy. Currently the closest covid19 report around here is Chicago which is a few hours away. So, surely just a cold. Now I sit and wait for the sickness to take me.
Those over the age of 60 should start stocking up on enough groceries and medications to have on hand, the CDC said
Ya know, it's not like most people can just stroll down to the local corner store and self quarantine, because a significant chunk of that age bracket is working, and getting those supplies means going to a supermarket, which are going to be swamped in that scenario
There is definitely a sense of fatalism at work here.
Ya know, it's not like most people can just stroll down to the local corner store and self quarantine, because a significant chunk of that age bracket is working, and getting those supplies means going to a supermarket, which are going to be swamped in that scenario
There is definitely a sense of fatalism at work here.
Well, I have a flight to Chicago next week as well, but I just saw this article :( I'm going to be outside Chicago but the airport is what I'm worried about.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loc...oclamation-over-coronavirus-outbreak/2233798/
Checking-in from ATL:
I live and work inside the city. Mostly walk everywhere I go, rarely ride the train. The state has about 17 confirmed and presumptive cases as of this morning. Local schools are closed because a teacher is one of the confirmed cases; a daycare worker in the Atlanta suburbs tested positive yesterday.
I work in a big office and every day there are fewer and fewer people coming in. Also way fewer people on the streets - people seem to be taking it very seriously and already limiting their interactions as much as possible. All non-essential travel at my company is halted; some international offices are mandated work from home. My boss is in self-quarantine for two weeks after traveling abroad. I basically expect them to close all offices soon and go completely virtual for the first time.
I live and work inside the city. Mostly walk everywhere I go, rarely ride the train. The state has about 17 confirmed and presumptive cases as of this morning. Local schools are closed because a teacher is one of the confirmed cases; a daycare worker in the Atlanta suburbs tested positive yesterday.
I work in a big office and every day there are fewer and fewer people coming in. Also way fewer people on the streets - people seem to be taking it very seriously and already limiting their interactions as much as possible. All non-essential travel at my company is halted; some international offices are mandated work from home. My boss is in self-quarantine for two weeks after traveling abroad. I basically expect them to close all offices soon and go completely virtual for the first time.
I know a few people at the University of Innsbruck (PhDs and other faculty members, mostly) and they're at a loss about how they're supposed to do their classes online. The infrastructure to do that at a large scale simply isn't there.
Otherwise, I really have to think hard about my next travel plans. I don't think I'll be infected, but coming back might become somewhat more difficult...
Spain's far-right Vox lawmaker diagnosed with coronavirus
Spanish far-right lawmaker Javier Ortega Smith was diagnosed with coronavirus and he and his 51 fellow lawmakers from Vox party will work from home, the party said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
Javier Ortega Smith, Spanish far-right homophic, xenophobic, sexist lawmaker (from Vox) has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
You hate to see it.
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It is good to see the very stable genius is on the case instead of having a meltdown on twitter.
Driving into work yesterday was a ghost town. Almost like a holiday. I work next to the Lennox mall. Definitely feels like less people are out and about.
Doesn't it put all those students at risk if they have to organize a move at this time?
There is a point there, we don't have to go in full lockdown mode. South Korea is managing this crisis and is flattening the curve without closing its transporation.
edit: Removed tweet to dubious account
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Just flew home to Texas for my grand dads funeral. Going to Orlando next week. Life has to move on. I am taking precautions necessary, I wiped my seat and table down when I flew.
This popped in my feed not too long ago, and it's a video from 2015 talking about how devastating a pandemic could be if we don't do more to prepare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEMKudv5p0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEMKudv5p0
Yes but that requires a government that acknowledges that this a problem.
Reasonable measures in an attempt to flatten the infection curve.
Imho a week too late. (especially given that they're not going to go in effect before Monday next week)
Yup, friend who works in a bank (smaller and large business financing and stuff) says that local travel agencies are currently experiencing so many cancellations and have experienced days without any bookings.
I, too, wouldn't book a trip abroad right now - not because i'm afraid of getting sick, but:
* Will i have issues coming back due to an outbreak at my destination during my trip?
* Will public life / events be canceled at my destination? Will i miss out on a lot of stuff because of measures taken by the local governments?
* Will my trip get canceled altogether because, at the day of departure, Austria has become a "banned country of origin" in my destination.
Just know you can only control you. And remember humanity been through much worse. WWI, WWII, Black Death, Ancient Plagues, Great Depression.
And it's always a good Idea to step away from the news. I beat Halo 5 for the first time this weekend, Finished Uncharted 2 again and started Yakuza 0 and Gears 5. Also watched Goodfellas for the 10th time last night. Great to turn off the news.
I had the opposite experience last week. Normally Fridays aren't so busy. People come in later, work from home, etc. There was a ton more traffic than usual. I guessed people would rather take ride share or pay to park than get on the train.
Mcardle is a psycho who thinks it's okay capitalism kills people. Not good to quote her
Anyone feel free to call me out, but I attribute this to South Koreans (and really most Asian cultures) being more disciplined than most of the Western world.
The number of UK coronavirus cases has risen to 373, the government has announced.
The Department of Health and Social Care said: "As of 9am on 10 March 2020, 26,261 people have been tested in the UK, of which 25,888 were confirmed negative and 373 were confirmed as positive.
"Six patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died."
The latest figures mark a rise of 54 cases since the same time on Monday.
The Department of Health and Social Care said: "As of 9am on 10 March 2020, 26,261 people have been tested in the UK, of which 25,888 were confirmed negative and 373 were confirmed as positive.
"Six patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have died."
The latest figures mark a rise of 54 cases since the same time on Monday.
the university should start dipping into their endowment to help poor students
I have to take the subway in the morning, but I've been making sure to grab any railings, handles, straps with my sleeve
All I know about what's going outside is that my parents are going to grocery stores, and barely finding anything. Family is terrified of going outside and I personally am only going out on Fridays to attend Friday prayer at a mosque.
My dad went to the mosque yesterday and they're apparently spraying the entire building and everything that is regularly touched by people with alcohol.
No way they will just charge more fees for the next semester.
that post of hers isn't bad but she's crazy in general. It is true that south korea did something right though and we should look to them
Exactly. We don't have to be Italy means you actually have to be ahead of the curve. South Korea was aggressively catching/quarantining people well before they were seriously ill.
Some of the individual states might have that but the CDC was still trying to get everything set up to where private hospitals/doctors, etc. had to report results back as of last night (per what they said at the press conference).
They JUST released thr figures, its 373. I was bracing for a much bigger surge because of the tweet you linked. Thank lord its still under 400.
*Exhales*
They also shot above the 26k mark for tests. Keep it up.
I like to know what the venerable campfreddie thinks about today's numbers. They have had excellent posts about the figures from many of the affected countries.
My wife woke up in the middle of the night with a cough and a sore throat. She immediately rushed herself off to the guest room. No other symptoms but everything that looks a little like COVID-19 is unnerving as hell.
When you think everything is falling apart, just remember: When Iran threw a bunch of missiles at a few US bases, a bunch of people here were screaming that World War III and were calling people idiots if they were wondering if the USA was at war. As we can see, that didn't come to pass.
That was a dicey situation that could have gone south, but people tend to confuse potential with certainty and assumed the worst. Similarly here, a pandemic of COVID-19 would be terrible, and it would be extremely disastrous if completely ignored. But, realistically, it's not going to end the world or send us back to the stone age. At this point the biggest thing we have to fear is literally fear itself; people going crazy and paranoid because they can't react except either at 0 or 100% to a crises.
[I mean, seriously? What is with all the toilet paper? You know that you're not going to use that much toilet paper any time soon.]