OT: Coronavirus
Wow....
I’ve flown in and out of Denver Airport roughly 50 times. I’ve never seen it empty like this.
Yeah, DIA is never that empty. My goodness, this thing has really gotten ahold of people. But I suspect that it's going to make a far bigger dent in the global economy than the global population.
What changes have you made? Personally, I have tickets to fly to San Francisco with my kids to see my brother in a couple of weeks. And, so far anyway, I plan to go. But I have to say I'm a little nervous about it, especially with my kids. Not as much about the virus as how people are panicking about it. A flight yesterday was rerouted to Denver because someone, um...sneezed. And I am narrowing in on some ridiculously priced tickets to Cancun in May. Am I crazy?
“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't." - Tom Waits
No, he’s right. Then the bottom strap goes under your balls. https://t.co/APVRmyR7Pe
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) April 18, 2020
If you've wondering why the beaches in Florida are open again
@"BarrNone55" said: https://twitter.com/i/status/1251564797386162178If you've wondering why the beaches in Florida are open again
LOL. DeSantis was used to the N95 mask, with straps going the opposite direction.
Speaking of straps going the opposite direction ( :) )Maybe not the week to poke fun at DeSantis, when the gubernatorial "runner-up" Andrew Gillum (D), he beat from the opposite party, had an infinitely worse Coronavirus break time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8134995/Inside-hotel-room-married-Florida-Dem-Andrew-Gillum-overdosed-male-escort.html
Well this is escalating quickly. In 24 hours Nobles county has gone from 12 cases to 36. My night shift supervisor's mother and sister have tested positive (I don't know if they work at the plant or got it somewhere else) so now he's getting tested and if he tests positive the whole cafeteria night shift (that means me) gets sent home for 2 weeks to see if we drop dead. Have a nice day.
@"RS Express" said: Well this is escalating quickly. In 24 hours Nobles county has gone from 12 cases to 36. My night shift supervisor's mother and sister have tested positive (I don't know if they work at the plant or got it somewhere else) so now he's getting tested and if he tests positive the whole cafeteria night shift (that means me) gets sent home for 2 weeks to see if we drop dead. Have a nice day.Hope you have kept your distance from your mother, I know you keep a close eye on her. Take care and we'll keep you in our prayers.
China's Digital QR Codes...under what (if any) circumstances would you be comfortable with something similar in the States??
China is fighting the coronavirus with a digital QR code. Here's how it works
Imagine your daily routine being entirely dependent on a smart phone app. Leaving your home, taking the subway, going to work, entering cafes, restaurants and shopping malls — each move, dictated by the color shown on your screen. Green: you're free to proceed. Amber or Red: you're barred from entry.
This has been the reality for hundreds of millions of people in China since midway through the coronavirus crisis — and it could yet stay that way for the foreseeable future, as the country battles to recover from it.Relying on mobile technology and big data, the Chinese government has used a color-based "health code" system to control people's movements and curb the spread of the coronavirus. The automatically generated quick response codes, commonly abbreviated to QR codes, are assigned to citizens as an indicator of their health status.
Although authorities have yet to make the health codes compulsory, in many cities, citizens without the app wouldn't be able to leave their residential compounds or enter most public places.
Three months on, with the virus largely contained and lockdown measures gradually lifted across most of China, the small square barcodes have remained in place and are still ruling people's lives.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/asia/china-coronavirus-qr-code-intl-hnk/index.html
I don’t care who you are. Please be safe. Please keep the people around you safe. However you need to make that happen please do. You are worth it!
@"purplefaithful" said: That made me realize how much I miss Cheers...Cheers and Mash reruns after the 10 o clock news were the reason I was late for school almost my entire academic career.
@"JimmyinSD" said:Just got the word... JBS closing down Tuesday :o Don't start a side gig as a fortuneteller. May the moths flying out of my wallet eat everything in Kristi Noem's closet.@"RS Express" said:You work in an essential occupation facility, none of those are getting shut down until they go to shit in any state.Be just great if we get shut down and I lose my job because a governor too stupid to tell people to stay home dropped their outbreak on us.
@"RS Express" said:I saw that, sorry to hear it too...@"JimmyinSD" said:Just got the word... JBS closing down Tuesday :o Don't start a side gig as a fortuneteller. May the moths flying out of my wallet eat everything in Kristi Noem's closet.@"RS Express" said:You work in an essential occupation facility, none of those are getting shut down until they go to shit in any state.Be just great if we get shut down and I lose my job because a governor too stupid to tell people to stay home dropped their outbreak on us.26 workers infected?
I'll bet it's more than that, let alone their peeps @ home.
Meanwhile, on the Riviera... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-billionaires-compound-with-its-own-coronavirus-testing-center-stokes-anger-on-the-french-riviera/ar-BB12UDN7?ocid=spartandhp
@"purplefaithful" said:Don't know the exact number for the plant, but the latest update is 76 for the county. We're the biggest cluster (f$%k) between Minneapolis and Sioux Falls.@"RS Express" said:I saw that, sorry to hear it too...@"JimmyinSD" said:Just got the word... JBS closing down Tuesday :o Don't start a side gig as a fortuneteller. May the moths flying out of my wallet eat everything in Kristi Noem's closet.@"RS Express" said:You work in an essential occupation facility, none of those are getting shut down until they go to shit in any state.Be just great if we get shut down and I lose my job because a governor too stupid to tell people to stay home dropped their outbreak on us.26 workers infected?
I'll bet it's more than that, let alone their peeps @ home.
Actually I'm not really surprised. I'd told friends over the past few weeks that once corona got to Worthington JBS would go off like a bomb. Too many people too close together with too much blood and guts around.
@"RS Express" said:in fairness, it wasnt her that caused that plant to get infected. its the nature of the business, lots of people in a small area. if you look at the rest of SD, its not an issue, just the areas where people get packed in on each other like sardines and nothing was going to stop that. I would bet your plant was more likely a local infection than something that came from the SD in the last week.@"JimmyinSD" said:Just got the word... JBS closing down Tuesday :o Don't start a side gig as a fortuneteller. May the moths flying out of my wallet eat everything in Kristi Noem's closet.@"RS Express" said:You work in an essential occupation facility, none of those are getting shut down until they go to shit in any state.Be just great if we get shut down and I lose my job because a governor too stupid to tell people to stay home dropped their outbreak on us.honestly in all of this any plant manager that was taking on new employees, especially ones that didnt have a local address, should have their heads examined. it would be better to run at a slower production rate due to not having employees than to lose the whole plant.
as far as your outbreak coming from SD though... I see shit loads of Minnesotans over here so that stay at home shit isnt working for Minny like they think. If I am seeing them up here I am sure that there are way more down in the SFalls area.
Wait a minute... I thought Trump wanted the states to get their own PPE ?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/hospitals-face-a-white-house-blockade-for-coronavirus-ppe.html
@"RS Express" said:Wait a minute... I thought Trump wanted the states to get their own PPE ? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/hospitals-face-a-white-house-blockade-for-coronavirus-ppe.html
there is now a black market to route PPE and other necessary supplies out of the country, so the feds are investigating a lot of things, including hording. IIRC this was at the request of the states that were having troubles getting it that needed it the most.
some wealthy people work with other wealthy people to use local hospitals as drop points for shipments that then get redirected out of the country. also private hospitals in wealthy areas hording supplies when they dont have near the threat that hospitals in more urban settings do.
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— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) April 20, 2020
Nurses block white nationalist anti-social distancing protests in Denver pic.twitter.com/fU1YqtqIdW
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