Winnie the Flu

[Limoncello]

I want to be up on the cherry picker directing it all.

[Miisa]

Originally Posted by erimir

Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world, and the US is younger than most European countries.

So you would expect Italy to have a higher mortality rate if the virus spread to exact same percentage of the population. So that's probably a fair part of the difference - the high risk population is smaller as a percentage of the population in the US. There are 50% more elderly (65+) people per capita in Italy than in the US.

It's also the case that the US hasn't had many hospitals overloaded yet, at which point the mortality rate would go up. There are many cases in the US, but they're perhaps not as concentrated geographically as they are in Italy.

This is true, and the US mortality has already slowed significantly compared to Italy, to more like the numbers in the rest of Europe.


ETA: Finland is closing its borders. I am trapped.

[JoeP]

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[slimshady2357]

Coronavirus: 53 people have now died in UK after testing positive for COVID-19 | UK News | Sky News

UK COVID-19 total deaths : doubling days
Target	Actual	Date	Days
3	3	03-08	-
6+	6	03-10	2
12+	21	03-14	4
24+	35	03-15	1
48+	53	03-16	1
96+

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Canada just closed borders to most foreigners.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbs...irus-1.5498866

[JoeP]

Panic buying in the UK has now extended to the next level: all home delivery slots are booked out for the next three weeks for Sainsburys and 2.5 weeks for Tesco. Other stores that offer deliveries also affected.

Looks like the rest of us will have to physically go to the stores. Like refugees.

I shall be clearing my throat pointedly. And sniffing judgementally.

[lisarea]

I called an elderly neighbor WITH MY FACE today, and emailed the new infants next door, one of whom is at risk, to let them know we have extra toilet paper and other necessities if they need them.

Not offering or anything. Just flexing.

[Kyuss Apollo]

America sure is having some bad luck. It's almost like it was built on an ancient Indian burial ground.

— Bea_ker (@bea_ker) December 10, 2016

[Ari]

You’re behind the times suckers! Step up your game everyone, as of 12:01 tonight SF is in lockdown, no movement in or out of the city unless accompanied by a gay or gay identifying neural network... Ok really it’s more of a suspension of non essential gatherings and businesses. For the next 3 weeks. Well this is going to get interesting.

[Crumb]

I think maybe everyone moved out of West Virginia a few years ago and no one noticed.

[SR71]

The antidote for Corvid-19 is oxycontin.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents | Techdirt

[Qingdai]

I got called by SERV OR (State of Oregon disaster response volunteers) this weekend.


Shit is real

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Quarantined Italians record messages for "themself from 10 days ago" during Coronavirus pandemic

Quarantined Italians record messages for...

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

American companies denying workers paid sick leave:

McDonald's - 517K workers

Walmart - 347K workers

Kroger - 189K workers

Subway - 80K workers

Burger King - 165K workers

Pizza Hut: - 156K workers

Target - 51K workers

Marriott - 139K workers

Wendy's - 133K workers

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 16, 2020

[vremya]

Minnesota has 54 cases now, no reported deaths. Bars, coffee shops, restaurants, libraries will close at noon today. Schools are closing on Wednesday. Most court cases are suspended for 2 weeks.

My tech setup at home is too primitive to allow me to work from home so I'm one of the few still coming into work.

[slimshady2357]

This is a great, quick read on what many of us already know. Trump royally fucked up pretty much every bit of handling this. Sadly, many of the tweets could be aimed at BoJo the clown here as well.

K, here goes champ. First Trump eliminated the NSA pandemic office in the White House. Next he cut the budgets of the CDC each year he was in office, and tried to do it this year. During the crisis. In 2018, Trump began putting tariffs on medical equipment coming from China /1 https://t.co/58ez8mvKM3

— Corona The Savior (@daveanthony) March 17, 2020

[JoeP]

In tweet 10:

Trump realized he’d made a mistake.

In tweet 15:

Then is suddenly, and who the fuck knows why, your idiot president realized this was as a big deal and took action.

I question those assertions. It's as likely that he's still acting randomly, based on who sucked up to him most recently (or against whoever criticised him most recently).

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Panic buying in the UK has now extended to the next level: all home delivery slots are booked out for the next three weeks for Sainsburys and 2.5 weeks for Tesco. Other stores that offer deliveries also affected.

Looks like the rest of us will have to physically go to the stores. Like refugees.

I shall be clearing my throat pointedly. And sniffing judgementally.

I went to a shop. Lots of empty shelves. No toilet paper. Not much pasta. None of the brand of cat food my cat likes. Lots of other things in stock, but most aisles had at least one section empty.

Moral: when I next hear a rumour of panic buying, I'll be joining the herd, because it's self-reinforcing.

[Miisa]

Originally Posted by JoeP

None of the brand of cat food my cat likes.

It wouldn't be austerity if it didn't affect us all.

[Stormlight]

State of emergency now declared in Luxembourg.

140 cases now and 1 death.

I'm still working in the office and the atmosphere is strange. The anxiety and nervousness is palpable. Weird and not in a good way.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by JoeP

In tweet 10:

In tweet 15:

I question those assertions. It's as likely that he's still acting randomly, based on who sucked up to him most recently (or against whoever criticised him most recently).

Agreed. If DFT actually managed to do something right, it was probably by mistake.

[JoeP]

Schools in England struggle to stay open as coronavirus hits attendance | Education | The Guardian

Schools across England are struggling to stay open, with some forced to partially or fully close as staff and students stay at home, while the UK remains one of only two European countries – alongside Belarus – with a policy of keeping them open.

Belarus, the second most enlightened country in Europe.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

1942 Canadian wartime poster is relevant in the time of #covid19

"LOYAL CITIZENS DO NOT HOARD.” There was a law against hoarding and violators were liable for fines of up to $5,000 and a prison term of up to two years. /1 pic.twitter.com/9YXm0F2Qss

— 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 🧼 (@ziyatong) March 17, 2020

[Ari]

It’s been funny to see what gets left behind. Like the boxed Mac and Cheese section was all cleared out, except for Velveeta, no one wanted Velveeta, I passed on it as well.

Here the nations grocery stockers have put out a plea for people to stop panic buying as it’s causing them longer hours. There are many things that are apparently ‘in stock’ but at a warehouse and now suddenly instead of needing one regular restocking shipment, every store needs ten and most places just weren’t set up to need to restock this fast.

Here there’s the silver lining that everyone just went out and did their earthquake preparedness shopping that they keep putting off.