Corona Virus Daily Thread #43

[LilFarmer]

Previous thread here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3833419/posts

[blueplum]

Beloved Seattle-area taco truck owner dies from coronavirus

Many of you may have already seen Lopez’s name among headlines in 2017, after he made national headlines doling out tacos from his food truck on Interstate 5 after a semitruck rolled over and held up traffic.

Sitting among a flutter of honking horns and tense drivers, Lopez too realized he would no longer make it to South Lake Union for the usual Amazon lunch rush. So, he hopped out, and started dishing out steak and chicken tacos to commuters as they awaited freedom on the road.

https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/thomas-lopez-seattle-taco-truck-owner-dies-covid19-15188393.php

RIP Thomas Lopez

[LilFarmer]

Thank you, that is excellent. I’m going to print a copy and carry it with me to the hospital if anyone in my crew get sick.

[bgill]

I totally agree the country needed to be shut down. Weeks before it was and planes grounded weeks before they were.

What’s going to happen if they open it back up in a few days? More infections and more deaths and more lifetime disabilities.

[mrsmith]

“If you’re stuck at home because of COVID-19(Corona Virus) then why not become a member of my adult paysite today. After all, what else are you going to do to kill time.”

Twitter cracks me up...

[LilFarmer]

More meat processing plant outbreaks (total 6 now)

NE
With 3,500 workers, the JBS beef processing plant is one of the largest employers in Grand Island, Nebraska. It’s also the epicenter of the town’s COVID-19 outbreak: employees make up 28 of the 105 people confirmed to have the virus.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-meat-plant-workers-are-afraid-go-work-can-t-n1181361

IA
Fears for food supply chain as Tyson meat packing plant in Iowa is closed due to coronavirus ‘cluster’ and truckers admit they are afraid to travel to New York epicenter

Tyson Foods was forced to suspend operations at a pork processing plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa this week, after more than 24 employees there tested positive for coronavirus.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8204699/Fears-food-supply-chain-Tyson-meat-packing-plant-Iowa-closed-coronavirus-cluster

[justa-hairyape]

Faux News ? Who cares. Should be gone by now. Epoch Times, Honk Kong, the Free Republic of China and South Korea are the future. Chicom loving Faux can go pound sand.

[ETCM]

Yes, High Schools and Universities closed, Elementary Schools open. No sporting events, concerts or other gatherings. Much fewer people out and about, and elderly are sheltering in place. They have also limited travel to only EEA countries. Pretty moderate but effective actions, and at their current rate, they will have to adjust course or risk losing control. They also have the benefit that their neighbors have closed all borders, and global travel and tourism is highly limited right now, making their own control measures easier to manage and more effective. All this in a country the size of California with 1/4th the population and where the largest city is 975 thousand people.

[LilFarmer]

Two more sailors test positive for coronavirus aboard the USNS Mercy-3 total
Today, 08:11 PM
UPDATED: April 10, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

Two more sailors have tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the USNS Mercy, a Navy hospital ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles, making for three crew members who have been taken to shore and into isolation.

One crew member tested positive on Thursday, April 9, and another had a confirmed positive test returned on Friday, April 10, said Navy Lt. Joe Pfaff.

The three are being isolated in a military medical facility. Any crew members who had contact the sailors have also been isolated and removed from the ship.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/04/10/two-more-sailors-test-positive-for-coronavirus-aboard-the-usns-mercy/

[justa-hairyape]

Allah cannot do anything for anyone. We called his stinky butt out after 911, he has yet to show.

[LilFarmer]

No sail order’ extended by CDC for cruise ship industry during COVID-19 pandemic

The first order was issued on March 14.
By: Scripps National
Posted at 1:00 PM, Apr 10, 2020
and last updated 1:18 PM, Apr 10, 2020

....
The CDC said the order would stay in place until one of the following situations occur:
The expiration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ declaration that COVID-19 constitutes a public health emergency.
The CDC director rescinds or modifies the order based on specific health or other considerations.
One hundred days from the date of the publication in the Federal Register.

Currently, the CDC said there are about 100 ships at sea off the east, west, and gulf coast with nearly 80,000 crew onboard.

https://www.wptv.com/news/national/coronavirus/no-sail-order-extended-by-cdc-for-cruise-ship-industry-during-covid-19-pandemic

[justa-hairyape]

Good points. And Los Angeles requires a mask when shopping now. Texas city on border says you have to have masks outside or $1,000. It is going that way.

[blueplum]

How To Clean A Fabric Coronavirus Face Mask And How Often

...frontline worker or ...social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, consider washing your fabric mask every two hours...

...detergents with bleach-like compounds

...temperature should be at least 60 degrees Celsius [140 degrees Fahrenheit]…

….disinfect masks by ironing or putting them in an oven for 20 minutes at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit...

If hand washing..lathering the masks with soap and scrubbing them for at least 20 seconds with warm to hot water.... followed by hot air drying,” Almer said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/how-to-clean-a-fabric-coronavirus-face-mask-and-how-often/ar-BB12qN9e?ocid=spartanntp

[LilFarmer]

I think Brazil is one of the “let it burn through” countries, right?

Coronavirus cases in Brazil :
19,638 cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health and
1,056 deaths.
The average lethality rate is 5,4%
State of São Paulo has 8,216 cases with 540 deaths. The mortality rate in the state is 6,6%
https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/brazil-covid-19/825769-brazil-covid-19-cases-and-news-19-638-cases-1-056-deaths?p=847680#post847680

[mrsmith]

http://ufcw328.org/breaking-grocery-workers-now-qualify-for-free-priority-covid-19-testing-in-massachusetts/

Mass. grocery workers to get free priority testing starting tomorrow.

[justa-hairyape]

The US virus distribution map shows lots of variability. So they may choose to let some cities remain locked up.

[BobL]

“YESTERDAY’S stats for USA...

33,536 new cases
1900 new deaths”

FluBro response: Yea, but how many people died of flu last year?

[justa-hairyape]

So should the entire country risk our well being for a bunch of just a flu cruisers ? Let em eat cake.

[chris37]

I tell you, Petunia is the most amazing dog I have ever known in my life. I don't mean to pick favorites over my other two dogs, or any other dog I've ever had, but she is just pure spirit and drive, and her level of intelligence is astonishing.

That place I took her today, that is where you go to bond with your dog. This is an additional picture of her going bonkers on the beach. She dug her stick backwards like this across the entire beach. I've never seen someone so happy to work this hard either, she really moved some beach! She somehow digs backward while moving backwards pulling the stick along without actually touching it.

[blueplum]

speaking of burning thru, Calif legislators want transparency from Newsom:

Gov. Newsom provided ‘very little information’ on state’s $1 billion coronavirus mask purchase, lawmakers say

... there’s been little clarity so far about the details of the agreements made by the governor’s administration, either on the terms or the total amount that will be spent.

...The Newsom administration’s request also left some confusion about the total amount being spent, citing “approximately $1.4 billion” for personal protective equipment for those treating confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday, Newsom seemed to say during an online briefing that the [masks] purchase was part of the $1.4 billion in spending. But by late Thursday, his advisers said the $1.4 billion represents other spending to combat the virus.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gov-newsom-provided-very-little-information-on-state-s-1-billion-coronavirus-mask-purchase-lawmakers-say/ar-BB12pD0I?ocid=spartanntp

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If they would stop trying to restrict novel treatments like HCQ and Remdesevir, we could start opening up (more gradually than we shut down) on that April 30 date, assuming we don’t have Special Kind of Stupid On-site Easter Service-related outbreaks.*

*Either do a car service like some people have done, or do it remotely.