CalvinBall wrote:The PUA portal is now open. If you're self employed or a gig worker and couldn't file for unemployment before you now can.

https://pua.benefits.uc.pa.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx

Would love to get Pacino's thoughts on this but so far it has been insane. We were told this was going to launch on 4/24. Instead it went live at like 2 am on a Saturday with no warning. Some who applied for regular UC and got denied now cannot access this because it says they have a claim pending (or something similar). And have seen several business owners under the impression that if they applied for PPP for their employees, that applying for PUA could put the PPP in jeopardy. The state roll out is bad but the guidance put forth by the federal government is awful.

Doing the best they can with a severely underfunded system

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           11-Apr  18-Apr    New   % Change   Cases/1k   11-Apr   18-Apr   New   % Change
Statewide   58151   81420   23269     40%       9.2       2183     4070   1887     86%
Bergen       9362   12163    2801     30%      13.1        435      741    306     70%
Hudson       6851    9956    3105     45%      14.9        183      434    251    137%
Essex        7007    9901    2894     41%      12.5        412      732    320     78%
Union        5865    8959    3094     53%      16.2        195      356    161     83%
Passaic      5295    7936    2641     50%      15.7        119      243    124    104%
Middlesex    5406    7624    2218     41%       9.2        177      313    136     77%
Ocean        3403    4548    1145     34%       7.7        132      212     80     61%
Monmouth     3651    4528     877     24%       7.3        115      221    106     92%
Morris       2925    3984    1059     36%       8.1        152      255    103     68%
Somerset     1642    2283     641     39%       6.9         78      146     68     87%
Mercer       1434    2215     781     54%       6.0         49      110     61    124%
Camden       1180    1918     738     63%       3.8         29       73     44    152%
Burlington   1031    1456     425     41%       3.3         22       57     35    159%
Gloucester    487     683     196     40%       2.3          9       23     14    156%
Sussex        456     626     170     37%       4.4         27       55     28    104%
Warren        362     543     181     50%       5.1         18       39     21    117%
Hunterdon     301     391      90     30%       3.1         11       17      6     55%
Atlantic      230     382     152     66%       1.4          7       19     12    171%
Cumberland    154     272     118     77%       1.8          3        4      1     33%
Cape May      129     199      70     54%       2.1          5       14      9    180%
Salem          56     105      49     88%       1.7          3        4      1     33%
                           
Deaths       2183    4070    1887     86%       0.5            
Negatives   62042   81116   19074     31%       9.1      

Got busier this week at work and was annoyed at the seeming inconsistencies of the day to day fluctuations, but week to week seems like the data should be real. Or as real as it can be with the testing issues.

Things are bad and I don't think they're getting better, but I think on the whole the rate at which they're getting worse seems to have plateaued. Still almost half of the deaths in the state happened in the past seven days, averaging 270 per, and I'd guess we hit something close to that number again next week. Unless this week was inflated by adding in nursing home deaths that have occurred all along (hopefully?) or maybe nursing homes will do a better job moving forward (or so many people have died in them that we're running out of people who can get it). I saw on the news last night that 40% of deaths in Jersey have occurred in nursing homes, which is staggering.

Camden opening up some space in the 'lead' among counties in South Jersey. The city of Camden, looking at the municipality data, is worse than the county as a whole, which makes sense given what we're seeing around the country in cities vs. more suburban and rural places. Seems very much though like social distancing went into place early enough in SJ that it won't get truly awful like the northern part of the state. Just quite bad. Rate of growth of new cases isn't that steep, which is positive, if it's not entirely an artifact of testing capacity. Everything still looks like a ways away from being OK though.

Slowhand wrote:

Uncle Milty wrote:

Slowhand wrote:How did I only hear about this Gal Gadot "Imagine" cringefest just now? Woof.

I don't understand what's so bad other than the singing.

Well that and that some of them on there seem to really be taking themselves too seriously. And it's an odd choice of songs under the circumstances. Thousands dying, millions losing jobs..."Imagine there's no heaven", "Imagine no possessions". Gee thanks for that!

Check out John Mayer’s version

jerseyhoya wrote:

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           11-Apr  18-Apr    New   % Change   Cases/1k   11-Apr   18-Apr   New   % Change
Statewide   58151   81420   23269     40%       9.2       2183     4070   1887     86%
Bergen       9362   12163    2801     30%      13.1        435      741    306     70%
Hudson       6851    9956    3105     45%      14.9        183      434    251    137%
Essex        7007    9901    2894     41%      12.5        412      732    320     78%
Union        5865    8959    3094     53%      16.2        195      356    161     83%
Passaic      5295    7936    2641     50%      15.7        119      243    124    104%
Middlesex    5406    7624    2218     41%       9.2        177      313    136     77%
Ocean        3403    4548    1145     34%       7.7        132      212     80     61%
Monmouth     3651    4528     877     24%       7.3        115      221    106     92%
Morris       2925    3984    1059     36%       8.1        152      255    103     68%
Somerset     1642    2283     641     39%       6.9         78      146     68     87%
Mercer       1434    2215     781     54%       6.0         49      110     61    124%
Camden       1180    1918     738     63%       3.8         29       73     44    152%
Burlington   1031    1456     425     41%       3.3         22       57     35    159%
Gloucester    487     683     196     40%       2.3          9       23     14    156%
Sussex        456     626     170     37%       4.4         27       55     28    104%
Warren        362     543     181     50%       5.1         18       39     21    117%
Hunterdon     301     391      90     30%       3.1         11       17      6     55%
Atlantic      230     382     152     66%       1.4          7       19     12    171%
Cumberland    154     272     118     77%       1.8          3        4      1     33%
Cape May      129     199      70     54%       2.1          5       14      9    180%
Salem          56     105      49     88%       1.7          3        4      1     33%
                           
Deaths       2183    4070    1887     86%       0.5            
Negatives   62042   81116   19074     31%       9.1      

Got busier this week at work and was annoyed at the seeming inconsistencies of the day to day fluctuations, but week to week seems like the data should be real. Or as real as it can be with the testing issues.

Things are bad and I don't think they're getting better, but I think on the whole the rate at which they're getting worse seems to have plateaued. Still almost half of the deaths in the state happened in the past seven days, averaging 270 per, and I'd guess we hit something close to that number again next week. Unless this week was inflated by adding in nursing home deaths that have occurred all along (hopefully?) or maybe nursing homes will do a better job moving forward (or so many people have died in them that we're running out of people who can get it). I saw on the news last night that 40% of deaths in Jersey have occurred in nursing homes, which is staggering.

Camden opening up some space in the 'lead' among counties in South Jersey. The city of Camden, looking at the municipality data, is worse than the county as a whole, which makes sense given what we're seeing around the country in cities vs. more suburban and rural places. Seems very much though like social distancing went into place early enough in SJ that it won't get truly awful like the northern part of the state. Just quite bad. Rate of growth of new cases isn't that steep, which is positive, if it's not entirely an artifact of testing capacity. Everything still looks like a ways away from being OK though.

Outbreaks have been reported at 394 of the state’s 503 long-term care

That's scary as hell, especially since my mom is at an assisted living place. She's very healthy and independent, and it's certainly not a distressed facility, but you have to hate those odds. A month ago it seemed reassuring that she was in a place where meals could be dropped off at her apartment and presumably levels of hygiene and training were above what one would find in the outside world. Now it feels like we've consigned her to a game of Russian roulette. They're just getting around to requiring residents t wear masks, although, oh, not quite, since they don't have enough masks.

CalvinBall wrote:The PUA portal is now open. If you're self employed or a gig worker and couldn't file for unemployment before you now can.

https://pua.benefits.uc.pa.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx

Thank you for the heads up on this. Wasn't going to look until next weekend and now have filed for the Mrs. Appreciate it!

CalvinBall wrote:The PUA portal is now open.

Pick up artists?

momadance wrote:DeSantis has no idea how to put on a mask.

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1 ... 5582935046

almost as fun as watching people put on thin clear plastic ponchos during a rain delay.

This nbc show is strange but nice. Audio is about as good as my teams calls at work.

wife's uncle (n. jersey) died from it

From the old thread

momadance wrote:I'm bored.

http://reopenjersey.com/

phatj wrote:From the old thread

momadance wrote:I'm bored.

http://reopenjersey.com/

For context...

viewtopic.php_f=2&t=20019&p=2986800&#p2986800

What is astroturfing?

Nm connected it all. Bonkers. So insane how easily these fools are manipulated.

PA wine liquor stores will be doing phone orders to stores starting Monday for curbside pickup. Call between 9am-1pm or whenever they reach their max. Credit card only. All sales final. Selection will be limited.

Check their website for which ones will be open.

The Savior wrote:PA wine liquor stores will be doing phone orders to stores starting Monday for curbside pickup. Call between 9am-1pm or whenever they reach their max. Credit card only. All sales final. Selection will be limited.

Check their website for which ones will be open.

Yeah I never heard the term either and dove into this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/maryland/comme ... e/fnstpyl/

So the guy probably bought up 100 domains (assuming reopenfl.com and reopenflorida.com) but he was too cheap to pay for the privacy protection which costs $2-$3 more a year per domain. Since no one calls NJ "New Jersey", I bought reopenjersey.com ...

Lol that's incredible moma

CalvinBall wrote:Lol that's incredible moma

$15 well spent lol.

The Savior wrote:PA wine liquor stores will be doing phone orders to stores starting Monday for curbside pickup. Call between 9am-1pm or whenever they reach their max. Credit card only. All sales final. Selection will be limited.

Check their website for which ones will be open.

I guess we will just get a list to choose from on their site?

Bucky wrote:wife's uncle (n. jersey) died from it

very sorry to hear that.

It's a big country, as warszawa likes to remind us, but NJ has suffered deaths attributed to COVID-19 approaching 1 in 2000 people. New York, one in 1000, with over one in a hundred testing positive. Pennsylvania only one in 100,000 deaths, though more in the Philadelphia area, of course. Nationwide, positive tests are up above 1 in 500 people with ten states, plus DC, running above that average. it will be the rare person indeed who will not know someone touched by the disease when (fingers crossed) it's all over.

CFP wrote:

The Savior wrote:PA wine liquor stores will be doing phone orders to stores starting Monday for curbside pickup. Call between 9am-1pm or whenever they reach their max. Credit card only. All sales final. Selection will be limited.

Check their website for which ones will be open.

I guess we will just get a list to choose from on their site?

Stores or stock? Stores are out there. Quite a few in Delco and Montco