Corona Pandemic Thread

[KJMUNC]

my company just imposed a 2 week no-fly policy....and I typically travel every week. just so happens the forecast for LA calls for rain 5/7 days next week...come on!!

[fmradio516]

Welp, looks like Disneyland is closing.

[benb]

We just had schools get closed for 2 weeks in town and about 5 other surrounding towns.

Glad we're home and healthy.. going to be interesting being holed up for at least 2 weeks with my kid. I don't really like being stuck inside and it's tough to work at home even without the kid home!

Closing school was the right thing to do though! Just cause kids only have like a 2% chance of their illness going beyond "mild" doesn't mean they won't spread it like crazy to parents & grandparents.

We didn't really prepare enough.. going to go grocery shopping tonight with an eye on filling in the "preparedness" holes in what we have.. mostly around trying to minimize how much we have to go out for food.

I bought about 4lbs of unground coffee beans last weekend at trader joes... hope my grinder doesn't break. Then I'll really go crazy.

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

Speaking from personal experience...coaching, exercise, diet and meds will all help with the ADHD.

Three out of four in my family blessed with ADHD. And my wife is a saint for putting up with us.

You are absolutely correct, it's more an issue of not fully realizing what we were signing up for. I'm an uncle, definitely not a saint.

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

Welp, looks like Disneyland is closing.

There goes Old Spud's family vacation. Darn.

[gasman]

In fairness to the Mod who locked the thread, he did say “I'm closing it for now” and “I'll ask for input from the other mods but my feeling is that we need to take a break on this topic” ...so it may be reopened.




I did close the thread at about midnight last night. I wanted input from the other mods most of whom live on the East Coast.
In general I read a lot of good information in the thread and yes we asked everyone several times to stay away from politics. Let's stick to what we know about the virus as much as possible.

[gasman]

Originally Posted by vincenz

I have a very simple rule I follow, and that is if I see anything “fox” in a URL, I do not click it. I suggest everyone else do the same.

Please refrain from making swipes that aren't relevant to the topic and can be seen as a purely political statement.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

Welp, looks like Disneyland is closing.

Disneyland has been declared exempt from closing, just like casinos.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by gasman

Please refrain from making swipes that aren't relevant to the topic and can be seen as a purely political statement.

Thank you.

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by vincenz

I have a very simple rule I follow, and that is if I see anything “fox” in a URL, I do not click it. I suggest everyone else do the same.

You are a very smart man. I follow that rule as well.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

You are a very smart man. I follow that rule as well.

A few posts up ⬆

Originally Posted by gasman

Please refrain from making swipes that aren't relevant to the topic and can be seen as a purely political statement.

[jtbadge]

the act of posting that link in the first place is a political statement

[Burnette]

They canceled the ACC Tournament, there are two people confirmed to have the virus in my county (they got it on a cruise ship) and now local schools are weighing options.

[jimcav]

Originally Posted by Black Dog

Real risk is low. That is a crazy cheap flight! Follow basic precautions and you are good to go.

I don't understand the attitude about low risk? That attitude is why people are popping up positive, ie NBA player. It is easy to look up the modelling for this virus, factor in the weeks it has been here, % of individuals who are ASYMPTOMATIC (last I saw that is >80%) , and the models calculate the number of DIAGNOSED cases out there for every case that pops up. IF you have adequate population sampling, please post it. People getting "deals" and/or doing non-essential travel, trips, contact with groups, when they don't know the background rate of viral prevalence in their own area, let alone where they travel, and they can't possibly know what other travelers they may interact with, or breathe recycled air from closer than 6 feet...recipe for spreading it.

[Tony T]

Mod asks "Please refrain from making swipes that aren't relevant to the topic", and within a minute 2 more swipes?