Hide Ya Wives, Hide Ya Kids: Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic!

[shibadekobe]

Anybody looking for tp or paper towels, keep your eyes glued to Amazon. They post listings randomly throughout the day, just gotta be patient. We’ve gotten lucky this past week so we should be ok for a little while. Wasn’t about to be fighting with people in the store over tissue smh

NT Supreme trained us well.....

Just put page monitor on AMZN and COSTCO for TP and Wipes

 

[getback]

Coronavirus Preparations: Worcester's DCU Center To House 250-Bed Field Hospital

The DCU Center in Worcester will be transformed into a 250-bed field hospital this week.

boston.cbslocal.com

 

[Blake P]

An interesting perspective about why CA might not be experiencing a situation as dire as originally estimated...

Coronavirus: The California Herd | National Review

By now, California should be, as predicted in so many models, ground zero of infection.

www.nationalreview.com

 

[shibadekobe]

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS SAYS CURRENTLY DOING OVER 30K VIRUS TESTS/DAY

Quest Diagnostics Media Statement on COVID-19 Testing

Our Media Statement about COVID-19 Testing This is an evolving situation. Please check back to this page periodically for the latest information For more information, members of the media may...

newsroom.questdiagnostics.com

Quest Diagnostics further expands COVID-19 testing capacity

Current capacity is 25,000 COVID-19 tests a day, expected to rise to 30,000 a day by end of the week​

Posted March 24, 2020 5:30 PM EST

Quest Diagnostics has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacity to 25,000 tests per day, significantly higher than initially forecast. In addition, Quest now expects to further expand capacity to 30,000 COVID-19 tests per day by the end of this week.

 

[Blake P]

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS SAYS CURRENTLY DOING OVER 30K VIRUS TESTS/DAY

We talking nationwide or location specific?

EDIT: thanks for posting the article.

 

[shibadekobe]

 

[shibadekobe]

We talking nationwide or location specific?

It was for the Company, Quest Diag....so I assume nationwide.

Quest Diagnostics Media Statement on COVID-19 Testing

Our Media Statement about COVID-19 Testing This is an evolving situation. Please check back to this page periodically for the latest information For more information, members of the media may...

newsroom.questdiagnostics.com

Quest Diagnostics further expands COVID-19 testing capacity

Current capacity is 25,000 COVID-19 tests a day, expected to rise to 30,000 a day by end of the week​

Posted March 24, 2020 5:30 PM EST

Quest Diagnostics has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacity to 25,000 tests per day, significantly higher than initially forecast. In addition, Quest now expects to further expand capacity to 30,000 COVID-19 tests per day by the end of this week.

 

[equality]

To that dude who's highlighting Fauci's comments about "we're seeing lower cases than predicted".

The whole point of building a model is to try and beat that model by putting in measures (i.e. social distancing). The model shows what could happen if things were to stay the same, it acts as a guide for when and how drastic actions taken need to be. If you're touting "lower than expected" as some sort of evidence that the virus is just a product of over-panic then you have no idea how numbers and models work. Zero patience for people who are crying "omg it's just panic!".
Just ask yourself why anyone in their right mind would WANT to panic?

 

[everysingletime]

An interesting perspective about why CA might not be experiencing a situation as dire as originally estimated...

Coronavirus: The California Herd | National Review

By now, California should be, as predicted in so many models, ground zero of infection.

www.nationalreview.com

Interesting

 

[dman14]

I'm feeling confident about our prospects here in the Bay area, we locked down more than 2 weeks ago now (first?). We're still densely populated area and all that, but I think our response has been good, given the circumstances. We're preparing for things to get worse, but I'm cautiously optimistic we'll be able to handle the surge

 

[had pants]

 

[Blake P]

Interesting

I don't really give these kinds of perspective articles much credence, but it's an interesting read nonetheless. I hope he's right and we get off easy for various reasons, but have my doubts. My local area is rising exponentially (+194.4% since last week), even though there are still "only" 53 confirmed cases in the county. I think there were only 4 confirmed cases 2.5 weeks ago when they closed all the schools and around 10 when they gave the shelter in place order. There's still way too many cars on the road for my comfort.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[everysingletime]

I don't really give these kinds of perspective articles much credence, but it's an interesting read nonetheless. I hope he's right and we get off easy for various reasons, but have my doubts. My local area is rising exponentially (+194.4% since last week), even though there are still "only" 53 confirmed cases in the county. I think there were only 4 confirmed cases 2.5 weeks ago when they closed all the schools and around 10 when they gave the shelter in place order. There's still way too many cars on the road for my comfort.

I just think that if it had really hit cali early like that, it would've hit ny earlier than a few weeks ago.

 

[Deleted member 42060]

The virus dont care about how much money or property you got . If it catches you, you need strong immunity and any meds more than money.

 

[mplsdunk]

Disagree, rich people get the healthcare they need.

how did they test whole NBA teams off rip? It wasn’t because they got lucky...

 

[QU!K]

Pretty sure LA not getting hit as hard because it’s less dense than NYC.

You gotta drive to get anywhere right?

As long as people stay home and social distance they should be relatively ok.

 

[Blake P]

Disagree, rich people get the healthcare they need.

how did they test whole NBA teams off rip? It wasn’t because they got lucky...

That's a bad example, IMHO. There are rich people dying next to poor ones in hospitals right now. All the money in the world might be able to get you tested quicker, but it won't buy a cure for this disease...

 

[mplsdunk]

No, but if you take a broke boi and put him next to a rich dude and they both get da rona who’s gonna get the best treatment?

either can still live or die but the treatment of the rich person is gonna be better.

 

[TrafficLightBully]

Phoenician here aswell. I commute to work early and I see them posted on corners lurking.

be careful on the 101, I seen two cars get pulled over last night doing like 70mph, no other cars on the road. They itching to give people speeding tickets for the slightest.

 

[rooster]

Got an emergency alert on my phone
This is wild

 

[dharv]

we're dealing with a lot right now, but we will get out of this sooner than later, hopefully. look at what our ancestors had to deal with. JEEZ, black death was a monster.

 

[Blake P]

No, but if you take a broke boi and put him next to a rich dude and they both get da rona who’s gonna get the best treatment?

either can still live or die but the treatment of the rich person is gonna be better.

Maybe I'm being naive, but I have to believe that in the current medical crisis that's unfolding those same 2 individuals would likely be side by side in the same overcrowded ICU ward receiving the same "best we can do in a crisis" treatment by the same exact doctors and nurses. Perhaps some of our resident NT medical professionals can weigh in...

 

[mplsdunk]

That’s what I’m saying dude, they wouldn’t even be in the same hospital.

 

[walkingBred]

The virus dont care about how much money or property you got . If it catches you, you need strong immunity and any meds more than money.

Billionaires escaping to chartered superyachts amid the coronavirus

Chartering superyachts doesn't come cheap — it can cost anywhere from $100,000 to over half a million dollars a week.

www.businessinsider.com