OT: Coronavirus

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@Akvike said:

@minny65 said:

@"BarrNone55" said:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1244344119545208834

Well, I feel better.

Well, idiots like him give us agnostics a good name

Does this mean the lockdown is over

Give me a haleliquah sp?

Can I still venmo him money $$$$

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They better direct deposit those stimulus checks as soon as they can because this thing has a ways to go yet. The more testing that goes on, the higher those infected numbers are going to be. Much higher. Rural areas: don't think this is a big city problem, stay vigilant or it'll be at your back door before you know it. Californians still are going to farmer's markets, etc. SMFH. 

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just heard in the news that 61 Italian doctors have died from the virus. So sad and crazy

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Terrifying jobs numbers per state...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/26/upshot/coronavirus-millions-unemployment-claims.html

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@MaroonBells said:
Terrifying jobs numbers per state...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/26/upshot/coronavirus-millions-unemployment-claims.html

It's unfathomable to comprehend and so very sad...

I think most are going to get locked-out of that as its subscription only...I grabbed this:
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The Department of Labor reported on Thursday that 3.28 million people filed for unemployment insurance last week, confirming that the economy is rapidly transitioning from strong activity to an unwelcome hibernation because of the coronavirus.
That eye-popping number — more than four times higher than ever recorded, and a sharp rise from 282,000 the previous week — reflects the peculiar nature of this crisis.
This downturn is different because it’s a direct result of relatively synchronized government directives that forced millions of stores, schools and government offices to close. It’s as if an economic umpire had blown the whistle to signal the end of playing time, forcing competitors from the economic playing field to recuperate. The result is an unusual downturn in which the first round of job losses will be intensely concentrated into just a few weeks.
By contrast, a “typical” recession plays out over a period of many months, or even years. The usual delay reflects the reality that it takes time for businesses to calculate their latest revenue numbers, then to recognize that they’re facing something worse than just a few bad months, and then to decide whether to respond by trimming their work forces.
Today’s very different dynamics mean that comparisons of this latest number with previous recessions won’t yield much insight into the economy’s future.
Some simple numbers make the point. In the last recession, which began in December 2007, initial unemployment claims rose above their long-run average level (of 345,000) for five years. Summing up these extra spells of unemployment — that is, adding up the number of claims above 345,000 each week — suggests that the financial crisis led to around 26 million extra jobless claims in total.
It’s possible that these latest numbers signal that the United States is on the cusp of a similarly painful downturn in which an extra 26 million job losses will also occur, but this time at a more rapid rate of roughly 3.25 million per week spread over only eight weeks. But of course it could be far worse or, with fast progress on coronavirus, wind up being far better — it’s simply unknowable at this time.
According to a forecast driven by Google searches, jobless claims this week may be as high as 4.7 million, according to an analysis from the economists Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham from Yale and Aaron Sojourner from the University of Minnesota. The forecast is based on higher search volume at the state and national level.

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Small business is going to be gone. Retail is going to be gone. So many restaurants are going to be wiped out. The unemployment numbers are going to continue to rise. Housing is going to be an issue. Real estate market is going to plummet. So many people are going to leave healthcare. There are many hospital workers and law enforcement out right now. I am thinking many will leave law enforcement and the military. There are still so many people that are not getting how serious this is. 

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https://twitter.com/Sonee333Sonny/status...96129?s=19

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Governor: "What is happening to New York is not an anomaly"So far, 66,497 people have tested positive for coronavirus across New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference.
He stressed that New York — the state with the most coronavirus cases in the US — is a "canary in the coal mine" for the rest of the country.

"There is no American that is immune. What is happening to New York is not an anomaly," Cuomo said.Cuomo added that 9,517 patients are currently hospitalized.

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@Vikergirl said:
Small business is going to be gone. Retail is going to be gone. So many restaurants are going to be wiped out. The unemployment numbers are going to continue to rise. Housing is going to be an issue. Real estate market is going to plummet. So many people are going to leave healthcare. There are many hospital workers and law enforcement out right now. I am thinking many will leave law enforcement and the military. There are still so many people that are not getting how serious this is. 

you seem to be a little alarming with your dire predictions.  its going to hurt some businesses and some professions short term,   but if there is a need,  it will be filled by a new small business,  a new retail chain,  and new restaurants will open.  This isnt the end of life as we know it,  its just going to create a few new wrinkles for us to over come in the next year or so.  We will recover and get back to where we were or even better.