jkcerda on 20/3/2020 at 19:19
Quote Posted by Renzatic
New York and California are now enforcing mandatory isolation, but where I'm at, people are barely doing shit. The schools have shut down, but everything else is still going on about same as usual.
I'm gonna say probably not, but I won't say it can't happen. A lot of it depends on how well we handle things over the next month, and not EVERYONE in a position of power is a complete dipshit.
not "enforced" yet, there are no cops making sure you stay home and every business I drove by was open, I am betting they will all stay open until cops do indeed show up to shut them down as nobody can afford to stay home and try to collect unemployment.
Dia on 20/3/2020 at 20:12
Things just got real at the retail store where I work part-time. Some customer broke the covers for the toilet paper dispensers in every single stall and stole the toilet paper out of both the men's & women's restrooms. The soft packs of liquid hand soap were also stolen out of the dispensers at each sink in both restrooms, too. I don't like the way this is escalating; here in our county there've only been 4 confirmed CV-19 cases so far; I don't even want to think about wtf will happen when those numbers start climbing.
Renzatic on 20/3/2020 at 20:20
Quote Posted by jkcerda
not "enforced" yet, there are no cops making sure you stay home and every business I drove by was open, I am betting they will all stay open until cops do indeed show up to shut them down as nobody can afford to stay home and try to collect unemployment.
Give it time. Once the cases start piling up, and the hospitals start filling, that's when people will start taking this seriously.
Pyrian on 20/3/2020 at 21:21
Quote Posted by Dia
Some customer broke the covers for the toilet paper dispensers in every single stall and stole the toilet paper out of
both the men's & women's restrooms.
That's been happening here, too. Groceries are closing their public restrooms in response.
Quote Posted by Renzatic
A lot of it depends on how well we handle things over the next month, and not EVERYONE in a position of power is a complete dipshit.
Well, the various Republicans want to save their own asses, so we've got that going for us.
lowenz on 20/3/2020 at 21:43
It seems that Atalanta (soccer team of Bergamo) vs Valencia match is the culprit for our out-of-the-sky numbers here......hundred of people got infected there and did spread the virus some days after......
Renzatic on 20/3/2020 at 22:44
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Well, the various Republicans want to save their own asses, so we've got that going for us.
When their jobs and fortunes are on the line, you can just about guarantee that our politicians will go out of their way to do the right thing.
So hey, democracy does work!
jkcerda on 20/3/2020 at 22:50
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Give it time. Once the cases start piling up, and the hospitals start filling, that's when people will start taking this seriously.
our CO already made the letter that should keep us working, we are also working with the state to get a certified letter in the matter.
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https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-gives-up-on-containing-coronavirus-tells-doctors-to-skip-testing-of-some-patients/?fbclid=IwAR0tL6RWz39lmJRPwcKTHnAVa8d5PeDXrg5KdpbVYBxY3odgZWZ83mGR7S4)
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The nation's second-largest municipal health system has told its staff that it is essentially abandoning hope of containing the coronavirus outbreak and instructed doctors not to bother testing symptomatic patients if a positive result won't change how they would be treated.
The guidance, sent by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to its doctors on Thursday, was prompted by a crush of patients and shortage of tests, and could make it difficult to ever know precisely how many people in L.A. County contracted the virus.
The department “is shifting from a strategy of case containment to slowing disease transmission and averting excess morbidity and mortality,” according to the letter. Doctors should test symptomatic patients only when “a diagnostic result will change clinical management or inform public health response.”
The guidance sets in writing what has been a reality all along. The shortage of tests nationwide has meant that many patients suspected of having COVID-19 have not had the diagnosis confirmed by a laboratory.
it appears we are about to brace for the worst and the weekend thieves are starting to pop up.
heywood on 20/3/2020 at 23:04
Quote Posted by Brethren
I wonder if in the aftermath of this thing, if he U.S. will go overboard (debatable?) like they did after 9/11, and create all sorts of new "Departments of" and task forces/committees and install new overly strict regulations to combat the next time this happens.
Depends on the election result.
Renzatic on 20/3/2020 at 23:06
Eughghghghg. Gonna be about goddamn tragic.
