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They permanently closed??40+ restaurants closed (some permanently) in Seattle due to corona virus:
This Week, More Than 40 Seattle Restaurants Announced Closures, Temporary or Permanent
Altura, Carrello, and The Brooklyn are among the latestseattle.eater.com
Hopefully these predictions are way off, because yikes. This guy has credentials though
The only reason why no other areas are showing up like NYC or Washington is because half the states refuse to test anybody unless you have been overseas
Suddenly feeling very happy that UCIrvine bit the bullet and went online-only for the next quarter. They're handling things well.
Every country that got it under control said that extensive testing is one of the most important tools that they use, that include Wuhan, who had 10s of thousands of infected people before there was even a way to test for this virus.
America can't manage to get the test capacity up so we can also test non-rich and famous people, and instead of demanding that they fucking fix that, or fuck, ask China to give us some, we're just like, yeah, it's probably not important now.
Escape from Kent is like the action movie Seattle always wanted but hasn't gotten.
Not sure who is getting sent to that facility, figured they would use it for long term convalescence to free up beds in hospitals. If they are using it to isolate the chronic homeless-yeah that will get UGLY without the proper mental care support.
I think they are building forts with it.
This is a store near my house today. They only thing left on the entire shelf are some paper towels.
Yeah I'm not sure why all of the schools (and places like Disneyland/World) decided to wait through the end of the week to close up shop. Every day matters exponentially with the spread.
Well with the way we're handling it and with our shitty healthcare, that number seems about right.
They're looking at several months of ultra-low business, and lots of restaurants don't have the resources to weather that.
Or maybe not, given there are some reports of infertility in men as a result of having caught it...
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I understand the need for levity in the face of apprehension, but let's try to keep it tactful, please.
In a pinch, you damn well will wipe your ass w/ paper towels and throw it in the trash. Surprised those arent gone as well lol
Does any have a cache or READ and can highlight points from this study?
It's down :( EDIT It's probably down since notes weren't accurate, nevermind
At least you have paper towels, the morons here in Amsterdam bought everything paper-like they could grab, nothing left to wipe ur butt with -_-
They were likely on their way out. This was just the final nail in the coffin.
Like go to exurban stores. People are way less worried and they have the same supplies for generally less people.
If you roll up to always busy suburban hot spot grocery and Costco, you're gonna be sad.
Seattle has extremely high rents and labor costs. Restaurants on the ropes will get annihilated, but like a forest fire, regeneration of new ones will happen quickly once things stabilize.
If you roll up to always busy suburban hot spot grocery and Costco, you're gonna be sad.
Seattle has extremely high rents and labor costs. Restaurants on the ropes will get annihilated, but like a forest fire, regeneration of new ones will happen quickly once things stabilize.
Ok.. keeping up with this thread is getting super hard. But I did it. Those numbers from Italy are super hard to watch. Spain is also looking really really bad. Like really bad. I hope we can turn this around. US would still have the chance to avoid it with super strict measures but you would need them like yesterday. The virus isn't super concentrated on one place yet... But of course douchebag president didn't act fast enough.
Thanks for this.
Everyone needs to remember that these are people's parents and grandparents, and these deaths are not peaceful. They are horrifying and painful.
Man, this whole situation has been stressing me out.
1) My girlfriend is in her home country right now (India), needs to come back at some point for her work in the US, and our communication recently has dwindled. At this point I don't know if I'll see her again
2) I need to pass my oral quals for graduate school soon, but my university is in disarray, moving to online classes and everyone is leaving. I have no idea what's going to happen and can't really focus on studying amidst the chaos.
I know this is nothing compared to people suffering from coronavirus and the loss of loved ones, and shouldnt really be complaining, but just needed to vent
1) My girlfriend is in her home country right now (India), needs to come back at some point for her work in the US, and our communication recently has dwindled. At this point I don't know if I'll see her again
2) I need to pass my oral quals for graduate school soon, but my university is in disarray, moving to online classes and everyone is leaving. I have no idea what's going to happen and can't really focus on studying amidst the chaos.
I know this is nothing compared to people suffering from coronavirus and the loss of loved ones, and shouldnt really be complaining, but just needed to vent
Wales cancels planned hospital surgery appointments
The Welsh health minister has announced that all elective operations and non-urgent outpatient appointments in the nation are to be cancelled, to help the NHS there cope with an expected increase in the number of conoravirus-related admissions.
Vaughan Gething said he expected a "larger number of people requiring high levels of care is highly likely over the coming weeks". Access to cancer treatments and dialysis for kidney failure would not be affected, he added.
BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke said the move would affect those patients who needed to stay in intensive care after their operation, and that to see the Welsh government act in this way was "unprecedented".
The Welsh health minister has announced that all elective operations and non-urgent outpatient appointments in the nation are to be cancelled, to help the NHS there cope with an expected increase in the number of conoravirus-related admissions.
Vaughan Gething said he expected a "larger number of people requiring high levels of care is highly likely over the coming weeks". Access to cancer treatments and dialysis for kidney failure would not be affected, he added.
BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke said the move would affect those patients who needed to stay in intensive care after their operation, and that to see the Welsh government act in this way was "unprecedented".
Having to close for weeks or months, or even just having a prolonged, drastic reduction in customers could definitely be enough to permanently sink a lot of establishments, yeah.
1 million death = 100 million infected = ~30% of the population
Seems to be in line with other prediction.
Getting married April 23rd in Ireland. Reaching out to the hotel to try to push it back hoping we can. No longer feel comfortable travelling
Translating it in full is perhaps a bit much, but I can summarize.
By noon local time (UTC +1), all Danish borders will be closed, including full or partial shutdowns of air, land and sea transports. This lasts until April 13th. The police will handle border control, but the military will also be present at the border.
Latest numbers are 801 infected, 23 hospitalized, 4 in ICU, 2 in critical condition.
The measures are for people, not goods, and you can pass through the borders if you have an approved purpose. Transport of goods is one such, so is living abroad, but working in Denmark. Visiting sick family is also approved, or any other time critical visit, but social visits are explicitly banned. All vehicles will be checked, so expect delays.
Similarly, ALL travel out is now discouraged. Unless you have a critical reason, you should stay home. The entire world is in "orange" condition, with the known hotspots being "red". Those colors mean things for travel restrictions, but you can guess, I assume. If you're a Dane and not in Denmark, you are heavily encouraged to return home immediately.
That's the gist of it. There's some talk about how it's uncharted waters and how we'll get through it if we all do our part, which is nice, but the above are the cold facts from it.
User banned (5 days): ignoring staff post, fearmongering
Everyone really does need to take their prepping and shopping very seriously now, if they didn't before.
The shit hasn't even started to hit the fan yet. What you're seeing now is meme material, people laughing about building toilet paper forts.
Think about some of the Black Friday videos you've seen. The violence. For $2 off a waffle iron.
If things get worse and the supply chain can't keep up, it's going to be for keeps. People won't be laughing about TP forts. They're going to be trying to feed their children.
This is why I pushed so hard starting two months ago for everyone to stock their freezers, fridges, and pantries to the limit. It isn't too late.
The shit hasn't even started to hit the fan yet. What you're seeing now is meme material, people laughing about building toilet paper forts.
Think about some of the Black Friday videos you've seen. The violence. For $2 off a waffle iron.
If things get worse and the supply chain can't keep up, it's going to be for keeps. People won't be laughing about TP forts. They're going to be trying to feed their children.
This is why I pushed so hard starting two months ago for everyone to stock their freezers, fridges, and pantries to the limit. It isn't too late.
Shit's fucked, huh? Damn. Stay safe, Denmark. And thank you so much for the translation.
that's because that is italy. If this were the US... I think you know how people show out already at walmart over here lol.
Not only that, but honestly you should think about protecting yourself as if people get desperate and cant feed their families, they may try to steal from you.
Why are so many confused by TP hoarding?
If you and your family are in quarantine/self-isolation for 2-4 weeks, you need 2-4 weeks of toilet paper. No usual weekly trips to stock up at the grocery store because you can't leave the house. Worst case scenario you have too much and just don't buy it from the store for a couple trips when everything is back to normal.
Seems obvious to me. To be clear: I'm not hoarding myself. But I get why it is so common.
If you and your family are in quarantine/self-isolation for 2-4 weeks, you need 2-4 weeks of toilet paper. No usual weekly trips to stock up at the grocery store because you can't leave the house. Worst case scenario you have too much and just don't buy it from the store for a couple trips when everything is back to normal.
Seems obvious to me. To be clear: I'm not hoarding myself. But I get why it is so common.
My wife (primary earner in our home since I work at a non-profit) just got laid off from the job she started Monday! Turns out, when you work in event planning, they can't pay your salary when every event gets cancelled. Suddenly, none of the tweets or jokes seem amusing anymore.
We still need to test because not everyone can self-isolate and people who regularly come into contact with vulnerable populations need to make sure they're not going to infect those populations.
Plus, there are critical things that still need to be maintained and so much the better that we know that those people are not spreading it themselves.
Hotel management came to the front desk staff today and told us to expect severely cut hours or layoffs within the next two weeks. We went from 80-100% booked for the next 6 weeks to sub-50% and still dropping reservations steadily. I really hope my landlord is understanding about this situation because I am about to not be able to pay rent until I find a new job here in town.
Sorry that really sucks.
We're going to see a loooot of this in the coming months unfortunately. I don't know how the country is going to deal with it.