Ghost_MH Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dodger said: 4 people bought desks including me that I saw. People have been told to wfh but if you haven’t set yourself up yet you need to get your office stuff. The girl at ikea said they were at 160% index and it’s only been this busy when college starts. Best Buy was sold out of monitors keyboards mouses web cams etc. Not all of us were ready to go wfh at a moments notice. I bought a desk as well. For the odd day here and there, working from my dining room table had worked fine. I can't, however, make weeks of that work with toddlers running around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: It’s 2020. Does anything have less than 50 people anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 minute ago, osxmatt said: It’s 2020. Does anything have less than 50 people anymore? My birthday parties 😭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, osxmatt said: It’s 2020. Does anything have less than 50 people anymore? A Tulsi Gabbard rally? 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 31 minutes ago, osxmatt said: It’s 2020. Does anything have less than 50 people anymore? It looks like I will have scaaale back my plans! How disappointing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Ricofoley said: Yeah you can never have too many Monster HDMI cables in a pandemic We can hang ourselves with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 44 minutes ago, Comet said: My birthday parties 😭 At least you get a party! I can't even remember the last time I had one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 59 minutes ago, MarSolo said: I would go to my sister’s but my grandfather goes there a lot, so I called my friend and asked him since he’s single with no elderly nearby, but he’s diabetic too so I’m worried about him as well. You could stay with me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: You could stay with me... You in Philly? Don’t tempt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 This thread is worth reading as well: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 These measures without a moratorium on rent, mortgage, and other debt payments is a recipe for social catastrophe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: These measures without a moratorium on rent, mortgage, and other debt payments is a recipe for social catastrophe. The real social catastrophe would be everyone realizing that the world will keep spinning if they don't pay rent, mortgages, and other debt payments, so... might as well toss some chum to the sharks before that light bulb turns on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: These measures without a moratorium on rent, mortgage, and other debt payments is a recipe for social catastrophe. Those HAVE to be coming, right? How could they not be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 What if all politicians are just sick all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Those HAVE to be coming, right? How could they not be? Imagine the effect of the government shutdown had on northern Virginia and Maryland, but instead people are not going paid, people are getting laid off, and no promise of back pay underwritten by the federal government. Across the entire country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 It's possible we may see UBI rolled out in some countries to react to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Dodger said: Went to Best Buy to get some monitors for work and everything under $400 was sold out. So it’s not just food and tp. Like I said earlier, I grabbed a monitor and keyboard on my way out of the office on Friday without asking first because fuck trying to get that approved even in normal circumstances. I sincerely doubt anyone will actually notice, and absolute worst case scenario I'm just gonna tell them "we were actively encouraged to work from home and I did what I needed to do to make that work out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 23 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It's possible we may see UBI rolled out in some countries to react to this. Meanwhile, I look forward to my fellow Americans getting sold into debt slavery and having that rebundled 30 times over as securitized assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 hours ago, MarSolo said: You in Philly? Don’t tempt me. Nope Reno NV so you would have to move to best Coast i meant West Coast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 John Oliver just started with an empty studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Canadian cabinet met today and a few Ministers said an announcement is coming tomorrow. Rumours that it is big. Possibilities include closing of borders and national mandatory quarantine period (with restriction of movement except for necessary trips). Lots of rumours swirling, it was stupid of the Ministers to hint there was an announcement without actually making it. Alberta announced school closures, and went as far as saying they will probably be closed until September if there is any good to come of it. All students will simply be passed to the next grade. At this point I will not be surprised if there is some form of national UBI rolled out (through EI or something) to combat the total collapse/closure of entire industries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Several bars and restaurants in Fells Point in Baltimore have effectively shut down before Hogan made the call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chakoo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Canadian cabinet met today and a few Ministers said an announcement is coming tomorrow. Rumours that it is big. Possibilities include closing of borders and national mandatory quarantine period (with restriction of movement except for necessary trips). Lots of rumours swirling, it was stupid of the Ministers to hint there was an announcement without actually making it. Alberta announced school closures, and went as far as saying they will probably be closed until September if there is any good to come of it. All students will simply be passed to the next grade. At this point I will not be surprised if there is some form of national UBI rolled out (through EI or something) to combat the total collapse/closure of entire industries. Yeah tomorrow will be interesting. I don't know if it will go as far as full lockdown but I could see closing the borders or routing all incoming people into government run quarantine (much like those coming back from china or the cruise ships). If lockdown does happen, I should be good other then I need to run out and grab some coffee beans since I ordered a pour over coffee machine from amazon that I should get tomorrow morning (I need my coffee!!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, chakoo said: Yeah tomorrow will be interesting. I don't know if it will go as far as full lockdown but I could see closing the borders or routing all incoming people into government run quarantine (much like those coming back from china or the cruise ships). If lockdown does happen, I should be good other then I need to run out and grab some coffee beans since I ordered a pour over coffee machine from amazon (I need my coffee!!!). I have a Canadian friend who's in Florida with his wife right now and I just messaged him that he should really look at moving up his flight back as soon as humanly possible before he gets stranded. Although I guess they could fly to Seattle and then one-way a car rental to Vancouver. They set off on the already-booked cruise I think a couple of weeks ago and it was already kind of a dubious decision at that point but I guess it wasn't blatantly bonkers the way it is right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I can't believe my province (SK) still hasn't closed schools. We're one of the last holdouts. Judging from people online however, many parents are holding their kids back at this point. My department (IT for one of the two divisions in Regina) has been asked how quickly we could get all of the 10,000 kids into our online testing/training system. :\ Most people in my department are going to be working from home, I don't have that choice. But I plan to go into schools tomorrow before anyone else is there (helps that there is currently a work dispute between the government and teacher's union, so no one is entering schools before classes start) and do some work/repairs, and then get the hell out before kids arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Numbers released today for Canada are: 74% - travellers 6% - close contact of travellers 20% - community spread So it's okay so far in most places, but it still is spreading. EDIT - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Numbers released today for Canada are: 74% - travellers All the more reason to lock down those coming in. It's already bad that a customs officer at Pearson has tested positive.https://www.cp24.com/news/cbsa-officer-at-toronto-pearson-airport-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1.4854295 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 LA Mayor proposes closing movie theaters until the end of the month. https://deadline.com/2020/03/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-bars-restaurants-close-1202883916/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&utm_content=196623_03-15-2020_headline&utm_term=189234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: LA Mayor proposes closing movie theaters until the end of the month. https://deadline.com/2020/03/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-bars-restaurants-close-1202883916/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&utm_content=196623_03-15-2020_headline&utm_term=189234 Italian man hates Marvel news at 11! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Apparently a document has leaked from the UK government, they anticipate the virus and it's economic impacts will last through spring 2021. Who knows if that is what it will end up being, but it's definitely not going away in 2-4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 A depressing article on why flattening the curve will do almost nothing to help, since even spreading the infection over the next year will still overload the medical systems of the world 10x over: https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727 We simply don't have enough ventilators and ICU beds/equipment. Basically, we'd need to stretch it out over 10-15 years to stay within the limits we have (USA): The article goes on to say that flattening the curve isn't the solution, completely stopping the curve is. This is why the only effective solution (health-wise) is to basically stop society for the next 1 to 2 years until a vaccine can be developed, and hope that the virus doesn't mutate much or develop numerous strains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: The article goes on to say that flattening the curve isn't the solution, completely stopping the curve is. This is why the only effective solution (health-wise) is to basically stop society for the next 1 to 2 years Is such a thing even possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I just don’t think it’s reasonable to shut down society for two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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