COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[Angel Eyes]

[Perd Hapley]

https://youtu.be/kCR8VB6ovlY

[Ben]

Wow. The Theodore Roosevelt is being evacuated. The beer virus took out one of our warships.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/01/pearl-harbor-2-u-s-navy-orders-evacuation-and-quarantine-of-most-uss-theodore-roosevelt-crew-members/

[WLJ]

Wow. The Theodore Roosevelt is being evacuated. The beer virus took out one of our warships.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/01/pearl-harbor-2-u-s-navy-orders-evacuation-and-quarantine-of-most-uss-theodore-roosevelt-crew-members/

Just last night I was wondering how they would deal with a outbreak on a carrier.

[MechAg94]

Wow. The Theodore Roosevelt is being evacuated. The beer virus took out one of our warships.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/01/pearl-harbor-2-u-s-navy-orders-evacuation-and-quarantine-of-most-uss-theodore-roosevelt-crew-members/

So when they say they will quarantine the crew, couldn't they just send them out to sea? 

The entire crew is likely already exposed and/or carrying the virus if not sick. 

[Ben]

Just last night I was wondering how they would deal with a outbreak on a carrier.

According to all the virus apocalypse fiction I read, it always seems to be a binary thing. Either they're the only ones not infected, or they become a floating zombie city. When I lived on the coast, my fantasy escape plan was to grab the keys to one of the boats at work and go hide out at the islands. 

[MechAg94]

According to all the virus apocalypse fiction I read, it always seems to be a binary thing. Either they're the only ones not infected, or they become a floating zombie city. When I lived on the coast, my fantasy escape plan was to grab the keys to one of the boats at work and go hide out at the islands. 

Sort of like people who imagine they will go out to the "woods" and live off the land.  I think it will be sort of crowded. 

[RoadKingLarry]

Sort of like people who imagine they will go out to the "woods" and live off the land.  I think it will be sort of crowded. 

For a few days maybe.....

[WLJ]

Good grief

Not April Fools: COVID-19 test kits sent to the UK found contaminated with trace amounts of COVID-19
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/01/not-april-fools-covid-19-test-kits-sent-to-the-uk-found-contaminated-with-trace-amounts-of-covid-19/

[Ben]

Sort of like people who imagine they will go out to the "woods" and live off the land.  I think it will be sort of crowded. 

Heck, we see the analog to that now. There were all kinds of city slickers that were coming out this way to buy eggs and milk because their stores were sold out. Don't know if it's still happening, but it seems to be some involuntary reaction of, "Well there are less people out that way, so there must be more stuff" without realizing that less people means smaller stores with less inventory.

In defense of my plan, at least it would take a while to empty the ocean of food.  

[Jamisjockey]

So when they say they will quarantine the crew, couldn't they just send them out to sea? 

The entire crew is likely already exposed and/or carrying the virus if not sick. 

Not necessarily.  Diamond Princess had over 3,000 passengers. 900 ended up positive.  It would have been much lower had they allowed it to dock and isolated the sick, quarantined the rest sooner.

[WLJ]

Apparently our mayor wants us to replace our pouch lights with green bulbs and go outside and bang pots and pans at 19:00 every evening. Sigh.

[makattak]

Apparently our mayor wants us to replace our pouch lights with green bulbs and go outside and bang pots and pans at 19:00 every evening. Sigh.

.... what? To scare off the evil spirits of the corona?

[charby]

Is residency a requirement to discuss the political and economic conditions occurring in a particular place? 

It's one of those you can complain all you want about a state you don't live in, but there isn't a damn thing you can do about it because you don't live there or really experience what you are discussing.

Now that's a good question, which hopefully cordex can find an answer to.

If income and property taxes have been cut, and spending per person is going up, where's the money coming from?  Or, has the population decreased?  Have real wages increased?

If the state is ending or cutting programs and services, but spending per person is going up, where is that money being spent? 

Population has been pretty stagnant. Wages have increased like everywhere, but not crazy experientially. Iowa is one of those states that people leave after HS/College and many comeback when it's time to raise a family. Be interesting to see if this happens with the millennial generation. Iowa also have a large older retired population, we also don't have a state tax on pensions so many retirees stay here.

I do know that when they privatized Medicare that whole bill when way over budget and services dropped from when the state government managed it. This has been a nasty topic of discussion between voters of both major parties.

[WLJ]

Be interesting to see how the MSM spins this. You know they will.

Russia is sending a plane filled with medical equipment to the United States to help fight the coronavirus following a phone conversation between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-sending-plane-filled-with-medical-equipment-to-u-s-amid-coronavirus-pandemic

[K Frame]

Just more Trump Russia collusion, obviously.

[K Frame]

Apparently our mayor wants us to replace our pouch lights with green bulbs and go outside and bang pots and pans at 19:00 every evening. Sigh.

OK.... so I guess everyone has a green porch light bulb that they can plug in...

If not, they can run down to the local store -- all at once -- to grab a green bulb off the shelf. Who cares if they violate social distancing? That green bulb is IMPORTANT!

I've heard of some stupid *expletive deleted*it, but that may be the... no, banging on the pots and pans is the stupidest. Unless that somehow scares the virus off.


What city is this? I'd love to see how the local papers are spinning it.

[charby]

What programs specifically are you upset about?

Closing 2 of the 4 mental health hospitals, reduction of prison guards, switching nursing at the remaining state facilities from hourly to salary, privatization of Medicare, reduction of water quality monitoring, reduction of staff in the state parks, moratorium on purchasing land for recreation (we have a self funding trust fund for this from user fees), attrition of state police/highway patrolman and no replacement, reducing water quality monitoring, cuts to public schools funding, delayed infrastructure maintenance, cuts to the court systems, etc.

Also have gag orders on public employees where they can't complain to press about the broken areas that the current administration has created. Removed local control from a lot of areas because counties or municipalities didn't fit the current folks in charge plan.

Iowa used to be a fairly bipartisan state where both parties had some wins and had some loses on policy/laws. Then like many other states, a lot of money from outside of the state came in and reshaped the political climate.

[charby]

Apparently our mayor wants us to replace our pouch lights with green bulbs and go outside and bang pots and pans at 19:00 every evening. Sigh.

Community snipe hunting?

[WLJ]

OK.... so I guess everyone has a green porch light bulb that they can plug in...

If not, they can run down to the local store -- all at once -- to grab a green bulb off the shelf. Who cares if they violate social distancing? That green bulb is IMPORTANT!

I've heard of some stupid *expletive deleted*it, but that may be the... no, banging on the pots and pans is the stupidest. Unless that somehow scares the virus off.


What city is this? I'd love to see how the local papers are spinning it.

Louisville, Ky

I'm sorry, every Sunday at 19:00

Mayor Fischer invited people to join their neighbors and participate in Stand in Solidarity, starting at 7 p.m. today. All are encouraged to stand outside their homes and ring bells, bang pots and pans together, or otherwise make noise each Sunday evening.

https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-announces-extension-louisville-metro-occupational-tax-filing-payment-deadlines

[K Frame]

Yeah, still freaking stupid...

[WLJ]

.... what? To scare off the evil spirits of the corona?

Apparently yes

“We need to scare away the virus,” Fischer said, adding that he hopes residents will continue to trend every night at 7 p.m.

https://www.wave3.com/2020/03/23/mayor-fischer-says-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-jefferson-county/

 

[AJ Dual]

Apparently yes
https://www.wave3.com/2020/03/23/mayor-fischer-says-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-jefferson-county/

 

Maybe they can create a cargo cult testing lab that uses old peanut butter jars and cut up garden hose for labware, and tiki torches to represent Bunsen burners too.

[WLJ]

Turns out green is the color of "compassion".
Somebody better tell the army.

[Ben]

So I just heard on the radio that because of the virus, 200K less people are crossing the Southern border. I'll be interested to see if numbers stay lower, at least for a time, after this is over. Seems like their might be a lot of citizens looking for work.

EDIT: Ugh, posting pre-coffee again. I meant 200K PER DAY.