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Guest Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 https://www.thewrap.com/regal-becomes-first-national-us-theater-chain-to-close-all-locations-amidst-coronavirus-crisis/ Regal has shut down all theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 With all these entertainment items being closed, people are going to get SO good at Call of Duty and masturbating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 The 4,500 person engineering firm I work for has just ordered EVERYONE to work from home starting this Wednesday. I've been WFH since last Wednesday, but apparently my office (~30 people) still had like 10-12 there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Iran might actually be in trouble, Chinese doing on accident what America couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Iran might actually be in trouble, Chinese doing on accident what America couldn't. Zombie hoard IRL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Nokra said: I'm so glad that I moved back to the US from Germany back in November. At the time I was mostly just wanting to be closer to family, friends, and my girlfriend, having finally grown tired of living in Germany... but now, I'm even more grateful I took the leap... facing this pandemic is a lot less scary when closer to friends and family and in one's own country. I agree. If we're gonna die, we're gonna die in the same shitty healthcare system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Dodger said: My gf works for a dental office, instead of closing, they are running promotions hoping people will use their quarantine time to come in and get their dental work done. I kept my dentist appt today. They're having people fill out a screening form and checking temps at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Only one new confirmed case in Michigan today. Good news, but I can’t help but think it ain’t because containment is working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Work was surprisingly calm. I work on a 40 bed unit and we're generally always at capacity. We kept a handful of open beds last night. I think there's 7 people in the whole hospital with pending tests, but none have been positive so far. Docs are declining to admit a lot of patients. Basically telling people unless it's dire, don't come. So our usual drug seeking crowd has been denied. Wish we could do that all the fucking time. I was charge last night and I did have chase off some idiots who chose to ignore the 40 or so signs they passed informing them of visitor restrictions in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Welp, I'm effectively on lockdown here in the Bay Area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 School closures in Houston have been extended through April 10th. Hearing lots of chatter from my contacts at one of the ISDs that the Houston area will not return to school for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ricofoley Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 If someone contracts COVID but is never symptomatic, do they develop antibodies against it? Do we know that yet? Or does it mean that, like, you had antibodies already against a similar type of coronavirus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: This is what I was trying to explain to my mom and dad the other night. We literally have to assume everybody has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Ricofoley said: If someone contracts COVID but is never symptomatic, do they develop antibodies against it? Do we know that yet? Or does it mean that, like, you had antibodies already against a similar type of coronavirus? To the best of my knowledge, there is no definitive data regarding immunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 yeah it is apparent that the number of cases is way way under reported not because people aren't getting tested when they feel sick it is because they don't feel sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, sblfilms said: School closures in Houston have been extended through April 10th. Hearing lots of chatter from my contacts at one of the ISDs that the Houston area will not return to school for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Richmond VA closed until April 13. I just hope I can close on the 9th and move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: These have gotten far more common since Western governments abandoned Keynesian economic policies in the 1970s and 1980s in favor of University of Chicago School of Economics/Friedman monetarism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Christ, I can practically hear Keynes laughing his head off from beyond the veil of death now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Bad luck to kill a sea gull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Christ, I can practically hear Keynes laughing his head off from beyond the veil of death now. It seems like a dead idea, but I have always been attracted to running surpluses whenever the economy is growing and spending shit loads when it is in a recession. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Massdriver said: It seems like a dead idea, but I have always been attracted to running surpluses whenever the economy is growing and spending shit loads when it is in a recession. Keynesian economics was practically tailor-made for these kinds of "black swan" events because they allowed a government to have the reserves to spend like hell their way out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Fun story, Danbury Hospital almost killed me. When I was 5 years old I got the flu and was admitted to Danbury Hospital instead of the Muscular Dystrophy Association certified hospital 2 hours away. The pulmonary doctor at Danbury Hospital insisted everything my parents learned about fighting pulmonary infections from the MDA hospital was wrong and instead just put me on oxygen, no assistive cough, no Neb treatments, no suction. He was also unavailable through the night and refused to consult MDA doctors (my local pediatrician had to come in at 2 am). 12 hours later I was on 100% oxygen and the pulmonary doctor told my parents "I don't know what to do". My Dad insisted I be transferred, a LifeStar helicopter rushed me to UCONN without my parents aboard (little scary for a 5 year old who can't breath). The pilot told my Dad don't try and race his helicopter, otherwise he'll have to pick my parents up too. I landed and the doctors there put me on bipap for the first time (I'm now terrified as they are shoving a mask over my face that's pumping air into my chest at high pressures). My parents arrived and 12 hours later I was off oxygen and in my wheelchair eating ice cream. I saw the UCONN pulmonary team then on until I was 18, fuck Danbury Hospital. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 30 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: These have gotten far more common since Western governments abandoned Keynesian economic policies in the 1970s and 1980s in favor of University of Chicago School of Economics/Friedman monetarism. ...as has the financialization and deindustrialization of the economy, among many other maladies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Basically Obama's team showed 30 of Trump's team the key things to look out for in this exact situation...and almost none of those people are still in the White House. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Oh look he's made the transition to Chinese: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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