OT: What changes are you and family making to your lifestyle due to coranavirus?

[mussels]

It also helps that Florida has a high population and a greater than average access to alligators than most of the country. Almost anyone can bring a wild raccoon or possum into a liquor store whilst drunk; not as many can do the same with a gator.

So you're saying that there's an under reporting of all the raccoons and possums that go flying through the Wendy's drive through windows up north ?

This may have significant ramifications to the corona virus carry-out strategy.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Just got home from practicing social distancing at a friend's house. First crawfish boil of the season. I can damn near go vegan and just eat brussel sprouts, pineapple and mushrooms.

 

[kingdobbs]

So you're saying that there's an under reporting of all the raccoons and possums that go flying through the Wendy's drive through windows up north ?

This may have significant ramifications to the corona virus carry-out strategy.

Novelty is indeed an important component of newsworthiness.

When you hear about Florida Man bringing an alligator into a liquor store, it is the most important story you’ll read in the newspaper. Or online these days, I guess.

When you hear about New York Man bringing a raccoon into a Wendy’s, it’s a Tuesday.

 

[mussels]

Novelty is indeed an important component of newsworthiness.

When you hear about Florida Man bringing an alligator into a liquor store, it is the most important story you’ll read in the newspaper. Or online these days, I guess.

When you hear about New York Man bringing a raccoon into a Wendy’s, it’s a Tuesday.

Just to be clear, ForidaMan didn't bring an alligator into a liquor store. Who would raise an eyebrow at that ?

FloridaMan thew a three and a half foot alligator through the take out window of a Wendy's. That would not be Tuesday in NY - Saturday all bets are off.

 

[navery12]

Would hate to see what a bad job looks like.

NY now has almost half of the cases in the US. Seems to me he was initially more interested in chest bumping de Blasio, than protecting people. Late to the game with restrictions.

They have almost half the cases because of how active they've been in testing compared to other states. The numbers are going to skyrocket the next month, that doesn't mean the actions taken are bad

 

[jostar1]

States in Lockdown (thought there would be more):

 

[jdb50]

The national debt is never going to be paid off. Since this is a worldwide problem who is going to buy our debt? We are going to be printing money and handing it out. Before this crisis I felt that the national debt was never going to be paid back. Some day the government is going to be forced to say "Sorry, we are cancelling the debt and are starting over." We will then start to grow a new debt.

 

[Devland]

I already had plenty of toilet paper and ammo before all this started. The people running around trying to find toilet paper and ammo now were just unprepared. Let this be a lesson.

 

[billybud]

The national debt is never going to be paid off. Since this is a worldwide problem who is going to buy our debt? We are going to be printing money and handing it out. Before this crisis I felt that the national debt was never going to be paid back. Some day the government is going to be forced to say "Sorry, we are cancelling the debt and are starting over." We will then start to grow a new debt.

Ouch...to all the pensioners, insurance companies, etc that have bought that debt. The Chinese have bought $1.07 trillion of the US debt....$6.7 trillion in US debt is held by foreign countries.

 

[metsfan2323]

Ouch...to all the pensioners, insurance companies, etc that have bought that debt. The Chinese have bought $1.07 trillion of the US debt....$6.7 trillion in US debt is held by foreign countries.

I'm no authority here, but please no more posts about this topic, its the ultimate rabbit hole. Keep the thread focused on the virus.

 

[metsfan2323]

States in Lockdown (thought there would be more):

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Interesting how there are far fewer deaths in California compared to New York even though CA has twice as many people, possibly evidence that this might subside when it gets warmer out and people get more sun (vitamin D). I have ramped up my vitamin D intake and so has my family. Vitamin D has long been known to help fight the common flu and respiratory infections.

 

[dennismenace]

except that rates have been falling for the last ~20 years while the debt went from ~$4T to ~$22T....

Yes and when you can no longer sell your bonds and other obligations at the usual rates the rates go up.
Right now the US treasury instruments are desirable holdings partly because the dollar is the reserve currency of the world that countries use when settling international debts most often and because of the stability of our economy and military force it is considered a safe haven in times of crisis. Let's hope that remains the case or the rates will skyrocket. It is also inflationary to keep printing money and foisting it on others so some day the reckoning will come to us and our children if we do not address this.

Fiat Money

 

[auggie22]

Brother in law leases space for his businesses, which are shuttered during the outbreak. He has talked to his lawyer and his landlords ... there is not suspended lease payments or foreclosures, at least for him.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Yesterday was the first day since this ramped up on the 8th where we had a reduction in new cases and second straight day where there was fewer deaths. So that’s something?

 

[auggie22]

States in Lockdown (thought there would be more):

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not a rhetorical question - why are the first states to go on lockdown the most left-leaning states?

 

[Leebo]

Yesterday was the first day since this ramped up on the 8th where we had a reduction in new cases and second straight day where there was fewer deaths. So that’s something?

About a week ago, Italy had like 3 days in a row where new cases and deaths stayed level. Then they went on exploding upward again, so it's too soon to say anything about a single day change.

 

[kingdobbs]

not a rhetorical question - why are the first states to go on lockdown the most left-leaning states?

The answer doesn’t really need to have much more in it than “the correlation you’re looking for is that they are the states with the three largest cities and metro areas in the country”.

Although that, in and of itself, correlates also to relative political lean.

 

[Kitaman]

As of 3/21/2020:

 

[billybud]

I just wanted to give a shout out to Cane fans...they have been practicing social distancing at games for a few years now...

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

As of 3/21/2020:
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Officially time for FFC to become part of New York.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

As of 3/21/2020:
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The really interesting thing buried in the data from CT released yesterday (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Coronavirus/CTDPHCOVID19summary3212020.pdf?la=en)

is that only 77/687 (11%) of samples tested at the state lab have been positive for COVID-19. The vast majority of patients with clinical syndromes that could possibly be COVID-19 are being ruled out for it being a cause of their symptoms.

Too early to tell exactly what that means, but remember, the State Lab is mainly processing samples on patients that are sick enough to be considered possible hospitalizations. Shows you how potentially overlapping the symptoms can be with things like influenza and plain-old bacterial pneumonia.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

The really interesting thing buried in the data from CT released yesterday (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Coronavirus/CTDPHCOVID19summary3212020.pdf?la=en)

is that only 77/687 (11%) of samples tested at the state lab have been positive for COVID-19. The vast majority of patients with clinical syndromes that could possibly be COVID-19 are being ruled out for it being a cause of their symptoms.

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Too early to tell exactly what that means, but remember, the State Lab is mainly processing samples on patients that are sick enough to be considered possible hospitalizations. Shows you how potentially overlapping the symptoms can be with things like influenza and plain-old bacterial pneumonia.

And from a public health and safety standpoint, it's why we really shouldn't be considering prescribing hydroxychloroquine+azithromycin to any person who has a spectrum of syndromes that might be COVID-19.

Although these drugs are reasonably well-tolerated, they can potentially cause serious adverse effects in some patients. Exposing multiple millions of patients to them (some unnecessarily), will result in a quantifiable # of inadvertent hospitalizations and deaths due to adverse effects of these drugs (collateral damage, so to speak, of the pandemic).

 

[ctchamps]

And from a public health and safety standpoint, it's why we really shouldn't be considering prescribing hydroxychloroquine+azithromycin to any person who has a spectrum of syndromes that might be COVID-19.

Although these drugs are reasonably well-tolerated, they can potentially cause serious adverse effects in some patients. Exposing multiple millions of patients to them (some unnecessarily), will result in a quantifiable # of inadvertent hospitalizations and deaths due to adverse effects of these drugs (collateral damage, so to speak, of the pandemic).

Agree. Additionally there is always a possibility, however remote, that the virus can induce a change in people that results in a negative reaction to a relatively safe medication. An example is the reaction (brain swelling and damage) a percentage of children have to aspirin (Reyes Syndrome) which is considered to be a consequence of viral infection.

 

[superjohn]

Mnuchin says the country is going to shutdown for 3 months. How the hell is this possible?

 

[Chin Diesel]

not a rhetorical question - why are the first states to go on lockdown the most left-leaning states?

NYC is certainly becoming an outlier. I would think there would be some correlation between Chicago and NYC since they both have massive public transportation systems and close contact. California definitely relies more in freeway system and less on subways and busses.
Texas and Florida are both more populated than New York state yet have fewer cases and have taken less drastic steps.
Only thing I do know is there will be a treasure chest of information to analyze effects of choices during this pandemic.