Yeah.
Unfortunately, some of us still have to go to work in risky environments.
If I were in one of those “essential” positions I’d be making a lot of noise and encouraging my fellow draftees to make a similar amount of noise regarding general strikes and what that would mean to the remaining economy. Because those shitbag rich fucks are so upset about how their stonnnnnks are doing that they’re perfectly willing to send millions off to die to make sure their favorite casino stays open.
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That is an excellent and very detailed article; thanks for posting it.
The CNN tracker now has US losses at over 41K. That is over ten thousand in four days. Hopefully we will start to see the rate decline pretty soon.
Yes. Wow: “A 53-year-old woman walked into the emergency room of her local hospital with all the classic symptoms of a heart attack… Further tests showed … a left ventricle—normally the powerhouse chamber of the heart—so weak that it could only pump one-third its normal amount of blood. But when doctors injected dye in the coronary arteries, looking for the blockage that signifies a heart attack, they found none. Another test revealed why: The woman had COVID-19.”
And RioRico, thanks for the link. Mexico the eighth most important producer of medical supplies - wow…
Another casualty of COVID-19 is international gaming:
More at the link.
2,407,341 total cases
165,069 dead
625,128 recovered
In the US:
764,265 total cases
40,565 dead
71,012 recovered
Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:
Didn’t know they’d had that in the first place.
They do at least nominally. Article 35 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China provides that citizens “shall enjoy freedom of speech, the press, assembly, association, procession and demonstration”.
Police say: Don’t call 911 when you run out of toilet paper
But officer, it’s an EMERGENCY!
Georgia governor just held a press conference saying the state is reopening Friday. Reaction on the livestream was not supportive.
My parents live there. I know they are being “good” right now and staying home, but I fear they will have a hard time not going back to their old ways if everything opens up.
To add some details to MulderMuffin’s post:
- barber shops, salons; gyms to open this coming Friday
- restaurants to open this coming Monday (apparently; I did not hear the Governor speak those words, but I must have missed it; there are some caveats, in that the restaurants must follow some additional guidelines to be released later in the week)
Today in Austria:
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[li] As of Friday, 17 April, 871,039 employees have been furloughed, up from 608,607 the week before. The ministry of labour is processing 63,189 aid applications from the corresponding employers, which should cover 80 to 90% of the workers’ salaries. Some 40,000 applications have already been successfully processed.[/li]
[li] A French couple and their toddler were refused entry to Austria when they showed up at the border and claimed to be on vacation. They were arrested by Bavarian police shortly after and, as it turns out, they are wanted in France for abandoning three further minor children at home. It’s not clear how the couple managed to cross from France to Germany, given the coronavirus-related travel restrictions in force by both countries.[/li]
[li] Last month it was reported that there was an uptick in domestic violence, as those with physically abusive spouses were forced to stay home during the lockdown. The government had been quick to act then by providing hotlines for women in distress and increasing support for women’s shelters. Today it has launched a nationwide hotline for men who want to prevent violence in their homes, or who have already become violent and want help stopping this. The hotline will provide professional crisis, de-escalation, and conflict management.[/li]
[li] Vienna’s tourist industry reports that hotel bookings for March were down 72.5% over the previous year.[/li]
[li] McDonald’s locations reopened for take-out today. This resulted in huge queues at drive-throughs—one Twitter user posted a photo of a line of 64 cars.[/li]
[li] In neighbouring Germany, Oktoberfest has been cancelled, sparking speculation and concern that the corresponding autumn festivals here in Austria will get the axe.[/li]
[li] Current statistics: 14,755 confirmed infections, 470 deaths, 10,631 recovered. The daily growth in new infections, measured over a four-day average, is just 0.5%.[/li][/ul]
My goodness, who could have possibly foreseen this eventuality: Kentucky Reports Highest Coronavirus Infection Increase After a Week of Protests to Reopen State
The headline makes it seem like the protests are responsible for the uptick in infection rates. But a week isn’t long enough time for that to make sense given the long incubation period.
Next week we will see the protest chickens come home to roost. The chickens we see today are the result of people being unaware that the virus was in their community and not being as diligent as they could have been. And we can hardly blame them for this, the way the president and Fox News have made this thing out to be a NYC disease as opposed to something that every single American should be concerned about.
I thought two weeks was a max, and you could start showing symptoms in as little as five days?
Yes, but most people get tested only when their symptoms are severe enough to warrant a visit to the hospital. Severe symptoms typically take longer than a week to manifest.