momadance wrote:

Uncle Milty wrote:Picked up a prescription and some groceries WITHOUT TOUCHING MY FACE ONCE!. I'm so damn proud of myself.

Bet you're touching your balls though.

Uncle Milty wrote:

momadance wrote:

Uncle Milty wrote:Picked up a prescription and some groceries WITHOUT TOUCHING MY FACE ONCE!. I'm so damn proud of myself.

Bet you're touching your balls though.

As would anyone who got a good look at the pharmacy assistant!

momadance wrote:@Evan_Rosenfeld
Reuters reports: White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted info and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, per 4 Trump admin. officials.

The Savior wrote:

momadance wrote:@Evan_Rosenfeld
Reuters reports: White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted info and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, per 4 Trump admin. officials.

This will instill calm.

Bucky wrote:WHO?

heyeaglefn wrote:San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle
BREAKING: S.F. Mayor London Breed bans all large gatherings, including Warriors games, to curb coronavirus spread.

gr wrote:Would not recommend the Rogan podcast

gr wrote:Would not recommend the first 5 mins of the new Rogan podcast for you optimists.

MFP wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle
BREAKING: S.F. Mayor London Breed bans all large gatherings, including Warriors games, to curb coronavirus spread.

The Warriors are now playing the Nets in an empty-arena game on Thursday night according to Marc Stein.

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:

azrider wrote:other than suspending the writ of habeas corpus thus installing marshal law, restricting movement and begin rationing of all foods and medicine, i really don't know what more i can expect from the government, and i sure don't want that. the response from the administration sucks and they should be working with scientists, doctors, hospitals and local government leaders for a co-ordinated response to find a cure, treat the ill and contain the spread, best as possible. this is one of the drawbacks living in a free society, i guess.

south Korea has managed things very well as a democracy. They tested the hell out of the population and encouraged behaviors that slow the spread of the disease. Their numbers have been in decline like China, but without the draconian measures.

Of course, SK ramped up their testing very early because they have a functioning govt

The reason the SK numbers are in decline, or so I've heard, is that as they perform more tests, they are finding more and more people who have been or were running around with the disease with mild symptoms or who were close to if not entirely asymptomatic. Each time they discover one of these, the overall death rate drops.

I dunno, this widespread panic and places shutting down seems out of all proportion to me.

heyeaglefn wrote:If you haven't watched Netflix Explained Pandemic it may be worth a watch, this feels like SARS where China was late again to tell us and we may have had this virus in the USA for weeks or even months before we knew it.