Not happy that they closed the parks in Miami-Dade County. Even Everglades National Park is closed. I heard Marinas were open so I tried to take the kids out to one that has a long walk along the water but nope. They were only letting people in who had business with their boats. They literally had cops in cop cars there to stop anyone who tried to walk in the park. I guess they would rather us hang out in crowded grocery stores than walk alone away from people on a nature trail?
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Lining up to go into the South Pasadena, CA Pavilions, around 8:15am Saturday morning, 3.21.20. They were only letting 5 people in at a time. I bought 2 loaves of bread, 2 bunches of bananas, and one 12-roll pack of toilet paper.
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...80&oe=5E9DB664 Photo by me 710 Freeway headed south near the 10 Freeway interchange, Saturday morning, 3.21.20, around 9:45am. I'm on my way to see my parents, just to visit them for a bit. https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...75&oe=5E9BBA93 Photo by me |
Now that to-go cocktails have been temporarily legalized in California, have any of my fellow Californians ordered a to-go cocktail yet? I have yet to do so myself.
"I'll have a Brandy Alexander in a to-go cup, please. No straw." To-Go Cocktails Legalized in California State’s Alcohol Department Relaxes Rules during COVID-19 Outbreak https://www.independent.com/2020/03/...in-california/ |
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10023 is stone cold. Colder than an addict feels going through opioid WD. Colder than the Polar Vortex.
Just cold man. Speaking of cold, its 37 F in my part of NJ. Its going to rain next few days, it hasn't rained in a while. Hopefully the rain mitigates the virus. IDK, like on surfaces or something. Maybe the rain will dilute any virus particles on surfaces. :shrug: |
If you think you wouldn't be affected because you're aged under 60, beware, though.
Northeastern France has been the most severely hit so far in this country, and nurses over there report about a few odd cases of young people with no particular health condition, yet stuck in resuscitation services. Some in their 20s or 30s may not survive. That virus is the most vicious thing you could think of. it's double-faced like many of us will go infected without even realizing, while some will die. They can't explain why yet, because it's a brand new disease, so to say. There you get statistics on the global stage. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ I'll tell you what, if you believe in God, take a little minute to say a prayer for Italy for it's been appalling over there. They can't even bury their dead in a decent manner any longer. Those losing a love one of theirs can't attend any burial. Believe it or not, the northern provinces of Italy (that are by far wealthier than the south) would enjoy some of the most modern and efficient hospitals in the world; still, they are completely distressed, overwhelmed by the epidemic. The situation of northeastern France (especially Alsace) is turning the same, and we're expecting the next couple of weeks to be terrible here. In Alsace and Corsica, some seriously infected people have to be moved to hospitals of other regions, because theirs are in a shortage of resuscitation beds already. The Germans are also receiving some sick from Alsace, helping us. Speaking of Germany, you'll notice their lower death rate. 2 reasons for that. 1 - The 1st case of the virus in Europe was detected in their country a couple of months ago, and they had the very good idea to take it seriously. So they were early in taking some necessary action. 2 - They have 25k resuscitation beds in their country, while mine has only 5k... then sometimes I wonder what the French taxpayer money is used for. Inept and useless bureaucracy, I guess. Fact is the Germans must be more disciplined and serious than most of us are for real. It sounds like some dumb stereotype, but their lower death rate is a bit of an evidence. |
Press conference at moment. I'll update as it proresses.
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Rate of testing. New York is, by far, testing the most people. New York tests 5,000 people per day, which (last I checked) is more than twice as many as California tests. California is two times the size of New York, btw.
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It's not the same as catching a cold. These are dire times, like we are at a war, and there are sacrifices we have to make for everyone's well being. |
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In fact, before this crisis, fewer beds (as long as it was sufficient to meet needs) was considered a mark of an efficient health care system. Excess bed capacity doesn't come free. Those beds are "staffed" (and I believe I once read that the average hospital employs 3 people for every bed or something like that). So a large bed capacity is expensive and largely unnecessary until some "black swan event" like coronavirus comes along, which NOBODY expected. In the US, in recent years our bed capacity has been decreasing and those aware of the situation have been congratulating themselves because they saw this as a mark of increasing efficiency in the system, working away on the better known figures about how much more the US spends on health care than the rest of the world. Now, of course, what was seen as an advantage, may turn out to be a problem but you can't really blame other countries for being inept and the Germans for being "serious". 2 months ago the Germans were being critcized for an excess bed capacity and it's not like they were doing it out of some foreknowledge of what was to come. They were just running an inefficient health care system. Quote:
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The archdiocese of Chicago has cancelled all masses and other church gatherings through Easter, at least. When the Catholic Church cancels Easter, you know the shit is real. |
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Not to make this political, but there is clearly a tendency to downplay the virus in right-leaning states, and that has led to mixed responses to halt the spread at the local level. I think when it's all said and done the worst places will end up being those states. If we're still locked down in June or July, it will be because of states that are not taking it seriously right now. |
The dominoes are falling.
Ohio just became the 6th state to go full "stay at home". Coming soon to a state near you (if you ain't there already). |
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I don't understand why people are surprised to hear about young people getting serious cases of this. The chance of a serious case for the young and healthy was always said to be relatively low, but not non-existent. Even with a 0.1% chance of a severe case for young people they are going to happen.
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I see they're boarding up storefronts on Michigan Avenue here in Chicago for what I can only assume is going to be a prolonged period of closure due to the pandemic. . .
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Missouri is lagging behind everyone else because Governor Parsons has decided to leave most decisions up to the municipalities. That being said, a social distancing order is going into place statewide tomorrow for the next two weeks. No dining at restaurants, schools closed during the same time span, no groups of 10 or more.
Meanwhile in St. Louis, the city and county (some 1.3 million Missourians) are being ordered to shelter in place for a month starting tomorrow. It's similar to the order currently in place in Illinois, but it gives more exemptions than Illinois did, which isn't exactly helpful. So here we are. The majority of the metro will be sheltering in place due to the city and county's joint order and the current order in Illinois, but Missouri counties such as St. Charles, Jefferson, etc, haven't followed up with their own directives. |
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With 2/3 of Toronto (easily) shut down......
One Toronto neighbourhood, that has a number of healthcare professionals decided to do a tribute concert, every Saturday though the shutdown period. Of course neighbours are all listening from their porch/yard, as another neighbour sings. https://twitter.com/i/status/1241580018070892544 |
And now for some high-price real estate humour: While this is about Canada's big cities, feel free to imagine it applies to your neck of the woods.
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^^News reports like this I find disgusting. People who are sick--really sick--should call the local ER about how to get seen and then do it. An attempt at self-diagnosis by getting some test is an absurd thing to do. How is anyone supposed to respond to the complaint "I can't breathe so I need a coronavirus test but if it's negative I'l just let myself die".
It really doesn't matter whether this woman had coronavirus or not as far as what her response should have been which is precisely why the need for these tests in the general community is way overhyped. If you are sick, get medical care just as you always would have. The only extra step most healthcare professionals might want you to take is to call before coming to a general ER or doctor's office because many places are now trying to triage patients with possible COVID-19 in a separate location so as not to spread the disease. |
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If hospitals wouldn't see a very sick person, regardless of what was making him sick, that's awful. He should get a lawyer and sue the pants off them. What's necessary is what I suggested above and some hospitals are doing: Setting up separate facilities (in tents if necessary) to screen those with possible coronavirus symptoms in a separate location from people with all manner of other medical problems. And for those who, when screened (including a test, preferably the new bedside test now coming only, not the PCR test everybody wants), do need hospitalization, there needs to be separate facilties for those with coronavirus and the rest. Sokme places are doing this. If West Virginia isn't, that's a problem. I read the article and find nothing surprising in it. Whether and what medical care the guy needed shouldn't have been up to a test. It should have been based on his medical condition with the test used to determine where he got care, not whether. And we all should know there are probably hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people who have contracted coronavirus out there but haven't had it confirmed with a test. If they are critical workers--cops, firemen, medical people--and they feel well, they need testing to see if they can work. The rest should just stay home and self-isolate. |
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