M3J Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 There's a case or two of students getting the virus right in my township's school, on top few people getting it in two separate towns so close to mine. And to top it off, while I was at a supermarket today using self-checkout, I saw a guy lick his finger or thumb before touching the computer screen. Damn boomers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, M3J said: I saw a guy lick his finger or thumb before touching the computer screen. Damn boomers Why the hell would you even do that? And, yeah...I don't care who says otherwise...the 50-70yo range of people in this country are a cancer (mostly). Every once in a while, I'll be surprised to meet a pleasant one. Most are abhorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Probably because he was planning to touch money? I'm still disturbed. I even let him go before me as he only had one item, but at least another self-checkout register was available again. Sad thing is, I don't think any of us really has an idea how many people have licked their finger or thumb before touching the computer screen, and whether they were cleaned or not after every transaction. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 So...for notable infected thus far, we have: Tom Hanks and his wife Idris Elba and his wife Kristofer Hivju and his wife I'm sure there are others...but those are the ones I know of. Not that famous people are more important or anything. Just keeping a list for something to do. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Kevin Durant Donovan Mitchell Rudy Gobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Elba never confirmed if his wife got it, she got tested today i believe. A older couple in my town got it but they have been quarantined for a bit now. Two people getting it in this town is pretty crazy though, its a big town with a trainstation that goes to NY and the shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturi Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 22 cases in my area, two cases (both daughters of a colleague that works in the same Company I do). Both Daughters are Teenagers, they were in vacations in italy, after they came back and he was tested he was negative, so he came to work. A few days later both daughters showed Symptoms (even they were tested negative before), now they both have it and they are both Kids/Teenagers so he had to go to quarantine and work from home Office as Long as he still feels ok. Another colleague that is in my Office came in at Monday took a laptor and stuff with him so he can work at home Office because a infected colleague of his wife had contact with her so he doesn't know if he has it now too. People are THAT stupid that they keep buying everything empty so when you go to buy something at the Supermarket after work, most things are gone. You know what you almost can't find anymore in Germany??? Toilett paper! I'm not even Talking About some Village or something, we are Talking About a Town with 500000 People and the same goes for the bigger ones that have millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Jones Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 deaths now confirmed in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counting Lights Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Several news sites are starting to post about a second wave hitting China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Biggest problem coming out of this (in the US), is going to be homelessness. There's no way around it. There is too much shuttered and closed down. Production of goods might still be intact, but the supply chain itself is broken. The very backbone of the US are the people who work "behind the scenes"...the servers, bartenders, stock-people. It's going to be a real problem. And this should be a wakeup call for people to see that there was a larger problem in America prior to this virus. We're well past the time to shift towards democratic socialism, and this should be all the proof that is needed to see that. The cash-grab, capitalist mentality of this country has directly caused this to be a much larger problem here than almost anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Trump is now shutting down Ford, Chrysler, and GM. No doubt, part of his plan to make America great again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturi Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 3/9/2020 at 8:07 PM, AONO. said: For example one of the reasons why it has spread so quickly in Italy, which now has it the worst after China and South Korea, is because the initial reaction was there, but it wasn't sufficient. It's also unknown who was the patient zero. I unfortunately have to correct you on the Patient Zero in Italy. According to Sources in Germany, the Person that had it went to 5 different doctors asking for help and he got None because everyone told him he just catched a Cold and shouldn't come up with "fairytales". Well it wasn't just a Cold he catched and thats how he spread it in the first place. Lots of contact with various People that were in the same room as him waiting to be called up from the doctor. 5 different places. Anyway, we just got one of the towns of Bavaria closed down. People are only allowed to go to work if they got a certificate from the employer to be allowed to leave their homes and go to work. Other than that they are allowed to get Food deliveries or go to a Supermarket to buy their Food but without going anywhere else outside or Standing around on their way home. It is a small place that the Virus spread wildly and they have 38 cases already and growing. I think it will be like in Austria that if they catch you to be outside taking a walk or other reasons then buying Food you will get fined. In Austria they placed fines as high as 6000€ to make sure People won't take the Risk since it is a lot of Money. It has spread around the whole europe so far. They said the reason why it looks as if there are only few infection in some lands like netherlands as example is because most People infected or not are not taking the test and only end up being registered when they are in such a bad condition that they end up in a Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AONO. Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Saturi said: I unfortunately have to correct you on the Patient Zero in Italy. According to Sources in Germany, the Person that had it went to 5 different doctors asking for help and he got None because everyone told him he just catched a Cold and shouldn't come up with "fairytales". Well it wasn't just a Cold he catched and thats how he spread it in the first place. Lots of contact with various People that were in the same room as him waiting to be called up from the doctor. 5 different places. Could be, but to my knowledge at the time, and I think it didn't change much in that regard since then, there are/were almost a dozen people that they suspect that could have been the patient zero. I mean, it's not like it matter that much right now anyway. The only positive out of all this that we can take is to learn from mistakes that were done in Italy. However, people are still breaking self isolation rules even after governments imposed sanctions on that, which is really pissing me of to be honest. That carefree mentality is also one of the many reasons that Italy is in the situation it is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Trump apparently got HUD to suspend foreclosures and shit, so that's good. Now he just needs to guarantee people get at least $2000 a month instead of giving money to corps. But the main problem will also be that many people may not be able to recover from this financial hit without assistance, and if republicans are in power again, then they'll be even worse off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 If this lasts as long as it seems like it will, then this country is *censored*ed. I refuse to take anyone seriously who says otherwise. It will be an uphill battle for a long, long time...and we might not ever truly recover from it. Trump and his buddies will be fine. Most people will not. The socio-economic fallout is going to be far greater than the health fallout, IMO. Communities will be changed forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 Think it all depends on how the self quarantine goes . I can see some places getting the OK to go back to normal if they aren't getting any positive tests when they become available in a month or so. I can see major events being banned for a long time. 45 people entered into phase one of testing for a vaccine a day a go so progress is at least being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nWo_Kevin Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, M3J said: Trump apparently got HUD to suspend foreclosures and shit, so that's good. Now he just needs to guarantee people get at least $2000 a month instead of giving money to corps. Right now the Democrats are blocking any kind of money being sent to people. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/refusal-pelosi-consider-universal-cash-payments-response-coronavirus-pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, nWo_Kevin said: Right now the Democrats are blocking any kind of money being sent to people. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/refusal-pelosi-consider-universal-cash-payments-response-coronavirus-pandemic So, you're a fan of socialism now? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nWo_Kevin Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 49 minutes ago, Generations said: So, you're a fan of socialism now? Interesting. Did I say I was? Wouldn't be putting words in my mouth now would you Gen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 I mean...you accused democrats of doing something, and presented it like it was a bad thing in your opinion. So...no, I don't think I've implied that you've said anything that you have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nWo_Kevin Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Generations said: I mean...you accused democrats of doing something, and presented it like it was a bad thing in your opinion. So...no, I don't think I've implied that you've said anything that you have not. How did I present it as a bad thing? I simply added a link in regards to something M3J posted. You decided to jump to your own conclusions about how I felt based on your already formed opinion of me. I thought M3J might like to see it since he's been saying how Trump needs to do this and the Republicans need to do that. Surely both he and you will comment on your dislike for the Democrats now. But anyway a big fan of the idea, certainly not a fan of socialism. But something happening for 1-2 months is different than something happening for a lifetime. For example I'm against Socialism but I'm also ok with someone getting unemployment if they need it for a couple months. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, nWo_Kevin said: For example I'm against Socialism but I'm also ok with someone getting unemployment if they need it for a couple months. Ah...you mean like Democratic socialism...which isn't actually socialism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3J Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Lunchbox said: Think it all depends on how the self quarantine goes . I can see some places getting the OK to go back to normal if they aren't getting any positive tests when they become available in a month or so. I can see major events being banned for a long time. 45 people entered into phase one of testing for a vaccine a day a go so progress is at least being made. I highly doubt it, given the pictures I've seen of Miami spring break. How many of these people will be carriers and go back all over the country, like NJ, OK, CA, and etc? As long as people are irresponsible, the quarantine will go on for a long time. 2 hours ago, nWo_Kevin said: Right now the Democrats are blocking any kind of money being sent to people. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/18/refusal-pelosi-consider-universal-cash-payments-response-coronavirus-pandemic I'm not surprised. I don't remember if I talked about it here, but I have criticized Dems as well. Majority of them "care" about the poor for votes, not out of genuine concern. So, after this, can most of us now agree that restaurant employees, retail workers, and etc are important and deserve more pay? I mean, despite the coronavirus scare, they're still working and providing service to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 China has no reported cases in a day for the first time since this started. Also looks like everyones getting 2k a month from the government until this is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 "New" cases...just to be clear. Not no cases in general. And I'll believe the 2k stuff when (if) it happens. It will probably require some sort of proof that you had a job, or some sort of application to get it. I highly doubt it's just gonna be like "here's some free money". Would be very nice...but I doubt it. It's a pipedream, tbh. I'll be very surprised if it just "works" that all Americans get free money. Not to mention, the obvious point that not "all" Americans actually do need the money...only the ones who lost their jobs do. So...it just sounds like unemployment...which is also broken right now, apparently. The money will probably just disappear, and Trump will just say "The checks are going out...everyone is saying we're doing a great job. Millions of checks have gone out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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