Where's John Candy when you need him?
Posted on 03/12/2020 10:32:15 AM PDT by Mariner
LT is out today.
Yesterday's thread is here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3823556/posts?page=1
My guess is that is going to spin around pretty quickly.
IMO the best tracking site is the Johns Hopkins site https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6. It’s having issues this AM, either down or slammed, it won’t completely load.
Using this in the interim: https://ncov2019.live/data
Newsom—recommends no large events in state—he thinks localities will follow recommendation.
“ The closing of schools“
I was watching a UK presser, they will not be closing schools because while kids do get infected, they don’t get too sick and parents need to work. I expect US to follow suit.
However, all our politicians will pull their kids out of school and all private schools will close.
Gold will rise as currencies fail.
Right now everyone wants cash.
Cash.
Lookner streaming now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QusmXIgNk
All CV, all the time, for those who don’t know.
It’s strange that they are the ones panicking. But I suppose it’s because to many of them *everything* is some insidious Deep State/MSM plot to overthrow western civilization. They are the Western-Civilization-Sky-Is-Falling chicken littles projecting their panic onto us when largely it isn’t there at all.
Lookner Six Yonkers NY residents tested positive
Just north of the Bronx...
Yonkers NY public schools closed Lookner
No demand= no inflation.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/us-auto-production-remains-steady-amid-coronavirus-fears
Auto producers not having supply problems, but facing demand problem
Will be a lot of lack of demand causing problems.
(Heck, no one will be buying TP for a year at least LOL!)
Really. No demand for products.
WH statement—President and VP not to be tested despite picture showing them next to positive Brazilian guy Saturday...
Scott Gottlieb, MD
@ScottGottliebMD
THREAD: In U.S. we face two alternative but hard outlooks with #COVID19: that we follow a path similar to South Korea or one closer to Italy. We probably lost chance to have an outcome like South Korea. We must do everything to avert the tragic suffering being borne by Italy 1/10
1. It starts with aggressive screening to get people diagnosed. While testing capacity expands its not evenly distributed to places most needed, we’re far behind current caseloads. To many people still can’t get screened. So we can’t identify clusters and isolate disease 2/10
In some respects our fate rests on the entities that are capable of sharply ramping testing and distributing the services nationally. Academic labs can serve their institutions. Only big national clinical labs like LabCorp and Quest can fill the void. A lot rides on them now 3/10
These are great American companies led by outstanding management teams, staffed with deeply committed, public health mind people who live in communities hurt by this virus. The national interest turns on their efforts. We must scale their ability to sharply expand screening 4/10
That means getting diagnostic kits approved that the companies can run on their automated platforms to dramatically scale testing. Only these big national chains have throughput, scale, and ordering systems to fill the void that was created. We look to them now. We need them 5/10
Public health labs have been an outstanding pillar. They’re working around the clock. They’re the nation’s backbone of response. But they aren’t richly funded and are being maxed out against current facilities. Only clinical labs have ability to sharply scale the efforts. 6/10
2. Business is leading the way on mitigation and social distancing, filling a void left by policy makers. But shutting down NBA games is not enough. This must be practiced in places large and small. Small gatherings, parties, all should be postponed for the next month or two 7/
3. We need to create surge capacity in hospitals. Congress must support the effort. Patients and providers can too. Elective procedures should be postponed for next few months. Hospitals should lower volumes everywhere they can. We need to prepare for an influx of cases. 8/10
4. Social separation works. Every day we delay hard decisions, every day leaders don’t demand collective action, the depth of epidemic will be larger. We must act now. We have narrow window to avert a worse outcome. The virus is firmly rooted in our cities. We’re losing time 9/10
We’ll get through this. It’ll end. We have two hard months ahead of us. We need to sacrifice some of the trappings of normal life to reduce the scope and severity of what’s ahead. We must protect the vulnerable. We must act collectively in common interest. We must work together.
https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1238058027510575107
“I expect US to follow suit.”
Seattle Public Schools tried to keep open too. Superintendent stated it was to free parents for work, and to deliver “needed social services” to students.
They surrendered yesterday as both students and teachers and support staff started boycotting.
Dumbasses are still going to try to keep 16 “feeding facilities” open.
Disneyland (CA) still open per Lookner.
Where's John Candy when you need him?
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In a town like mine with an excessive number of annoying attorneys living in it...if little Aaron or Betsy gets the virus at school, there will be hell to pay.
Something many of us didn’t anticipate: Apparently there is now a run on liquor. My husband bought the last bottle of gin and vodka at the liquor store near where he works this afternoon.
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