alienboyva Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 20 hours ago, Kodiack said: Eight new cases in New Zealand. That's a 66% increase. Twenty total now. Meanwhile, my company just announced a pay freeze today, as I was immediately due for a significant pay review next week. Horrible timing and I'm frustrated, but I'm still in a position to weather all of this. Just be glad you're not in some countries in EU or the U.S.. All 50 states in the U.S. have now been infected (see below). I heard on my local news that in my area 'The DMV' (DC, MD, VA area) the are 194 cases. Though at the beginning of the month, someone in my town was infected (Technically not my town, but that town is only like a minuet away, so it might as well be). Then a few days ago I heard that some at a school in a town a few minutes away from my town was infected. I'm not sure how many ceases there are now in my county. Yeah, this is starting to get scary. Schools, bars/restaurants, malls, etc. are starting to be shutdown or are already shutdown. I had to go out Sunday afternoon and there was like nobody on the roads. ...Very eerie! How long until the entire country goes on lockdown (Let's hope it doesn't come to that point)? 🔗https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-u-s-map-where-virus-has-been-confirmed-across-n1124546 Quote Link to comment
Fuzzer1 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 We just had our first coronavirus death in Michigan today. Link, the Hero of Dreams, Triforcemaster3 and alienboyva 3 Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The image below (tho not as devastating as the states most hard hit states) from official Canada government website, show nationwide how many confirmed cased in each province, possible cases and overall confirmed and possible cases. As I mentioned before I live in the province of Ontario and one of the biggest cites in Canada too. I swear yesterday BC has 150 confirmed cases and now they caught up to us. Quote Link to comment
Kodiack Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Another eight new cases in NZ today. 28 total now. Still all from overseas. No community transmission confirmed yet. Quote Link to comment
Youngster Joey Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I'm fortunate to be working in medical IT. They laid-off the dental staff, which is scary . But I'm worried for my mom and dad who may be without work. They'll probably be depending on my paycheck and savings for the near future. I'm concerned about the economical impacts more than the virus itself. It's surreal that we went from joking about the virus a few weeks ago to people losing their jobs left and right. We were blind-sided by this, and needless to say, our current administration continues to be a joke when we need help the most. alienboyva 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Youngster Joey said: I'm fortunate to be working in medical IT. They laid-off the dental staff, which is scary . But I'm worried for my mom and dad who may be without work. They'll probably be depending on my paycheck and savings for the near future. I'm concerned about the economical impacts more than the virus itself. It's surreal that we went from joking about the virus a few weeks ago to people losing their jobs left and right. We were blind-sided by this, and needless to say, our current administration continues to be a joke when we need help the most. I kind of feel you on that first point, my issue is I went into being jobless right before all the closings started going down... so right now I am good for about 3 months of pay/benefits to keep money in the bank but by the end of month 3 I have to have a job starting up.... And with all the closings and what not, its like I am starting to wonder if that is why the apps I have put out I haven't been contacted back yet. As to part two there.... yeah, the economic impact of this is going to be crazy from hourly workers in a lot of jobs/professions to even pro sports leagues ... like no one is untouched economically by this. Now I am not a Trump supporter, but I'm not quite a Trump hater either.... and with how unique of a circumstance this is, I can't say he woulda/coulda/shoulda done stuff sooner/too late for this situations. It will be interesting to see how this economic stimulus they might do will work. Then, would people actually spend it for new activity or pay off debt they have accumulated during the period. Kind of like that Obama stimulus a few years ago. I took my money to pay off some debt. ***************** ***************** In a completely unrelated to the above portion, I want to discuss this: Monday/Tuesday I went out grocery shopping with little to no issues in my area Wednesday/Thursday my brother and I went to try to get some stuff and man..... at the Walmarts and Food Lions we went to it was like the apocalypse.... NO paper products, almost no meat in the deli section...and I mean from sandwich mean to just some ground hamburger...., NO bread, almost no milk..... I mean damn.... Its crazy... Edited March 19, 2020 by purple_beard Quote Link to comment
ace Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 If you don’t see how trump could have handled this better you’re a fucking moron Triforcemaster3 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 minute ago, ace said: If you don’t see how trump could have handled this better you’re a fucking moron Like what could he have done? Even the CDC has had issues.... And some of the supplies needed for testing Trump can't make magically appear. I mean, aside from travel bans, which he has kind of done, and the working with congress on stimulus options.... Until the CDC/medical community in general can come up with some vaccine/miracle cure/shot to kind of inoculate/cure those infected *OR* the supplies needed for checking people for it can get out there more there really isn't too much more to do other than these lockdowns. Quote Link to comment
Kodiack Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 New Zealand's borders are now completely closed to everyone except citizens and permanent residents. We still haven't had any confirmed community transmission. If we can keep it under control for another week or two, there's actually a distinct possibility that we may be in the clear until vaccines can eventually be distributed. Quote Link to comment
Kodiack Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Just now, Kodiack said: New Zealand's borders are now completely closed to everyone except citizens and permanent residents. We still haven't had any confirmed community transmission. If we can keep it under control for another week or two, there's actually a distinct possibility that we may be in the clear until vaccines can eventually be distributed. Literally ten seconds after I posted this I got a notification that someone in my office building (from a different company) tested positive. Whelp... Triforcemaster3, alienboyva and Link, the Hero of Dreams 3 Quote Link to comment
"Casual Trash" Kirbys Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, purple_beard said: And some of the supplies needed for testing Trump can't make magically appear. So I thought I saw that Trump was tested negative for this I saw this during my Googling. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-latest-news-2020-03-18/ Okay I do hate Trump but at least he did something. How Trump has handled this has been done poorly but at least he ain't ignoring this completely. Edited March 19, 2020 by Kirbymeister2 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Kodiack said: Literally ten seconds after I posted this I got a notification that someone in my office building (from a different company) tested positive. Whelp... I get that.... On a road trip to cover a baseball game word came down about the team we were scheduled to play as a weekend series had cancelled due to their conference cancelling all spring sports. We were in the car and joking at our coach tweeting out to anyone that needed a weekend series to hit him up. Some of the tweets he got were funny. By the time we arrive to the opponent's campus the changes to the NCAA basketball and spring sports were coming in.... and then while I was working on the gallery the NBA cancellation stuff came down.... it was surreal to say the least. Quote Link to comment
EH_STEVE Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 "Casual Trash" Kirbys 1 Quote Link to comment
Kodiack Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 11 more cases in NZ today, again all from international travel. Total of 39. Still no confirmed community transmission. Fingers crossed... Quote Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Just been informed that I don't qualify for unemployment insurance. I will attempt to return to work tomorrow. Kodiack 1 Quote Link to comment
Tyranogre Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 13 hours ago, Tyranogre said: Just been informed that I don't qualify for unemployment insurance. I will attempt to return to work tomorrow. UPDATE: The governor just issued a state-wide lockdown. So even if I wanted to go back to work, I can’t. "Casual Trash" Kirbys and Link, the Hero of Dreams 2 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 On the "positive" side Quote Link to comment
April Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 don't forget that these confirmed cases are a hilariously small portion of the whole, because we have absolutely no testing. trump and the CDC refused to acknowledge the problem for as long as they possibly could. widespread testing as soon as february would have been the proper option instead, the US is on the way to look like Italy instead Triforcemaster3 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 So I was up at Best Buy yesterday just to see whats what, but today I had to go for some ink. Well, today they are now having their associates be greeters and take customers to where they want to go in the store to keep people from wandering and fondling everything. Quote Link to comment
ace Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 44 minutes ago, Pichi said: don't forget that these confirmed cases are a hilariously small portion of the whole, because we have absolutely no testing. trump and the CDC refused to acknowledge the problem for as long as they possibly could. widespread testing as soon as february would have been the proper option instead, the US is on the way to look like Italy instead Italy is going to look like small potatoes compared to us. Triforcemaster3 1 Quote Link to comment
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