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GORDON posted:I have no idea what the law or order would look like that would invalidate the signed contracts that are every mortgage in the country. yes, it would. but the thing is millions of people have essentially just lost their jobs, even if they haven't technically been "fired" this is a sudden and enormous loss of income at many levels. i cant remember any time in my life or in recent history when something as massive as every single bar and restaurant in a state closing and every single event being cancelled whether it's entertainment or sports or religion. the first few days after 9/11 for example are nothing compared to what's about to happen, this is most likely going to result in a lot of societal transformation from things like how we consume food to how law and order is handled, in a wide variety of contexts.
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I have a family connection to a fancy person on the board of a prestigious NYC research hospital, and the word from him tonight is for everyone to get the gently caress out of NYC because it's already bad at the hospitals and there will be riots this week as paychecks start to bounce Meant to post this here
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Earwicker posted:yes, it would. but the thing is millions of people have essentially just lost their jobs. i cant remember any time in my life or in recent history when something as massive as every single bar and restaurant in a state closing and every single event being cancelled whether it's entertainment or sports or religion. the first few days after 9/11 for example are nothing compared to what's about to happen, this is most likely going to result in a lot of societal transformation from things like how we consume food to how law and order is handled, in a wide variety of contexts. This could be what kickstarts the guaranteed minimum income system
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GORDON posted:I have no idea what the law or order would look like that would invalidate the signed contracts that are every mortgage in the country. Capitalism may die. Do you want to give it a 5% chance to survive? Y/N?
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poverty goat posted:I have a family connection to a fancy person on the board of a prestigious NYC research hospital, and the word from him tonight is for everyone to get the gently caress out of NYC because it's already bad at the hospitals and there will be riots this week as paychecks start to bounce the NYC situation seems to be scary as gently caress, new yorkers are insane and will never follow orders at the best of times
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One of our higher-ups at work solicited feedback on health policies today. I responded and appear to have successfully made the case that our computer-touchers should just work from home, while our other employees who do mixed computer/hands-on work can only come in for hands-on stuff.  shovelbum posted:the NYC situation seems to be scary as gently caress, new yorkers are insane and will never follow orders at the best of times
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Surely one of those sicency youtubers has made a "build you own ventilator" video by now right? How hard can it be?
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my brother lives in brooklyn but i havent encouraged him to get out because the only place he could go really would be my elderly parents house in massachusetts, and would have to go through a place like penn station in order to get there which seems like that would put them at risk more than him staying there would put him at risk. plus he lives out in bay ridge which is probably a bit calmer than the rest of the city
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Wifi Toilet posted:Surely one of those sicency youtubers has made a "build you own ventilator" video by now right? How hard can it be? I know you're joking but everyone talking breathlessly no pun intended about an open source ventilator is playing right into the delusion that this is a nuclear war or something. We might not be able to turn a tractor factory into a bomber factory like in WW2 but our normal industrial base should be able to easily scale up making a basic machine like that, we just don't have the mechanisms in place to take poo poo over, take over intellectual property, and force everyone to build pandemic poo poo all day
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Earwicker posted:my brother lives in brooklyn but i havent encouraged him to get out because the only place he could go really would be my elderly parents house in massachusetts, and would have to go through a place like penn station in order to get there which seems like that would put them at risk more than him staying there would put him at risk. plus he lives out in bay ridge which is probably a bit calmer than the rest of the city I live in Brooklyn and everything is pretty calm. My local grocery store even has toilet paper! I live a block from a public school, so NYC closing all schools will make the neighborhood pretty quiet. I'd suggest from him just to stock up and stay home. No need to travel if he doesn't have to.
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Earwicker posted:my brother lives in brooklyn but i havent encouraged him to get out because the only place he could go really would be my elderly parents house in massachusetts, and would have to go through a place like penn station in order to get there which seems like that would put them at risk more than him staying there would put him at risk. plus he lives out in bay ridge which is probably a bit calmer than the rest of the city Yeah, the comment was about hospitals not being able to accommodate cases. If he's under 60 and in relatively decent health, I would personally isolate rather than take a train to see elderly.
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Wifi Toilet posted:Surely one of those sicency youtubers has made a "build you own ventilator" video by now right? How hard can it be? I saw one on Instructibles but didn't click through as I value my sanity.
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Blistex posted:The province of Alberta just announced that all schools and daycares are to be shut down. A bunch of my friends who are parents are freaking out because they don't know what to do with their kids while they're still going to work. Facebook has been almost nothing but panic posting today.
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Earwicker posted:my brother lives in brooklyn but i havent encouraged him to get out because the only place he could go really would be my elderly parents house in massachusetts, and would have to go through a place like penn station in order to get there which seems like that would put them at risk more than him staying there would put him at risk. plus he lives out in bay ridge which is probably a bit calmer than the rest of the city I had an apt in bay ridge lol
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I got unintentionally hosed by this whole panic-buying thing. - Moved away from Seattle on the 21st of February (just before the announcement of COVID-19 deaths.) -- I may have already had coronavirus? I actually flew back from apartment hunting in the Chicago area on the 18th of January, and got seriously sick a couple of days later. I assumed it was the flu, but I didn't have the barfiness that usually goes along with it. First cases in Seattle were reported on the 15th, so maybe I caught it at the airport. - I actually stopped buying food for a while so I could go through my existing stock and wouldn't have to transport it halfway across the country. I was seriously broke until two days ago (unexpected expenses associated with the move, gently caress you you goddamn expensive moving company,) so only had enough for really basic food items. - Paid on Friday, went to store, OH LOOK PANIC BUYING I visited three stores in the area. Toilet paper was out, rice was out, flour was out, yeast was out, bread was out, eggs were almost out (although they had the liquid eggs - which work well on my griddle anyway.) Normally I'd have plenty of this stuff sitting around, but again - I was trying to avoid transporting extra items that I could just buy on the other end. I was able to pick up a 50-pound bag of rice at a nearby Asian grocery store, which isn't all that bad since I like rice. Yay for racist assholes, I guess? I'm going to try to find a larger Asian grocery somewhere, to see if they also have stock of other essentials (like TP - I have a six-pack and I live alone so I'm not as bad off as some, but I do prefer to buy two of the 24-packs and buy once I break open the next pack.) It's actually a little interesting, because I'm realizing that my food preferences tend towards the processed and shelf-stable - very prepper-like. I currently have rice, SPAM, beans, and pasta in my pantry - because I like them. But other than the beans (because I spent my last  on them a week and a half ago,) everything else is stuff that came with me that I fortunately didn't eat.
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cda posted:RIP the school year The guidance specifically says it doesn't apply to schools.
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Zugzwang posted:One of our higher-ups at work solicited feedback on health policies today. I responded and appear to have successfully made the case that our computer-touchers should just work from home, while our other employees who do mixed computer/hands-on work can only come in for hands-on stuff. As a mixed computer toucher/hands-on worker I gently suggested this last week and I'm going to do it again tomorrow.
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B_sketchy posted:The guidance specifically says it doesn't apply to schools. Too bad for the teachers over 60 I guess!
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Google Butt posted:As a mixed computer toucher/hands-on worker I gently suggested this last week and I'm going to do it again tomorrow. My job did this exactly. People are just going in to pick up the mail and poo poo.
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Picnic Princess posted:A bunch of my friends who are parents are freaking out because they don't know what to do with their kids while they're still going to work. Facebook has been almost nothing but panic posting today. My wife and I are set since I'm a teacher and she works in a daycare, so we can take care of our son, but there are a lot of turbo-hosed people who have no idea what to do. I think babysitters are going to be making bank for a while. The Government was talking about shutting down for the rest of the school year, which would be horrendous since they would essentially be condemning a lot of families to becoming single-family earners, and single parents are hyper-turbo-hosed if they can't find someone to care for their kids. I think they're going to have to enact some manner of EI for families who have to stay home.
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GolfHole posted:In Canada the most popular drug store had its monthly "seniors discount day" last thursday. It's not monthly...it's weekly. ...yeah. This is a source of ongoing concern for my household.
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gently caress gently caress jesus gently caress jesus gently caress christ gently caress jesus christ
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Pick posted:gently caress gently caress jesus gently caress jesus gently caress christ gently caress jesus christ Pfft that's just the worst case scenario. It could end up a lil better. Fingers crossed.
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Blaise330 posted:Make the older kid watch the littler kids and tell them not to call you unless someone stops breathing. I am regretting not following this thread's advice and getting a bidet. Today I got what was available, a "Muslim shower", which is a hand-held shower that attaches to the in line for the toilet.
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Blaise330 posted:Pfft that's just the worst case scenario. It could end up a lil better. Fingers crossed. Fuckin' lmao look at this stupid rear end and his "could end up a lil better" nonsense.
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Epsilon Moonshade posted:
The flu doesn’t cause GI symptoms in general (though it can give children the shits on rare occasions). naem posted:I had an apt in bay ridge lol Same, this is going to be a nightmare down there. So many olds. It’s like 25 percent 65+
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mycomancy posted:Fuckin' lmao look at this stupid rear end and his "could end up a lil better" nonsense. Right? Best case scenario is still nightmarish.
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