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stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

poty posted:

https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1231985897580658693

Old man Cruise has made Topgun2, so I am okay with Prince of Corona claiming him. They can cgi him for MI7 for all I care.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:22

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:25

hallebarrysoetoro: Jun 14, 2003

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is this actually any worse than just regular old flu?

in a micro sense, no, it isn't

in a macro sense, yes, much worse because it seems far more infectious & contagious (based on what will likely be faulty data that severely underestimated the spread); there aren't enough icu beds or medical staff in any country to deal with it so the elderly, smokers, and immunocompromised are going to be dying at a much greater clip than the flu

additionally, the panic surrounding it will cause much greater suffering from economic collapse than the virus itself

otoh it's hellworld, and the market will be up 690 points tomorrow because tesla will release a new batch of cooked numbers

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:23

Sushi The Kid: Sep 10, 2005; <img src="https://forumimages.somethingawful.com/images/newbie.gif" border=0>

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is this actually any worse than just regular old flu?

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:24

AceOfFlames: Oct 9, 2012

poty posted:

https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1231985897580658693

at least its a palace

I thought Clears were supposed to be immune to illness :v:

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:24

Schnorkles: Apr 30, 2015; It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

Sushi The Kid posted:

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

this took a turn

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:25

Numlock: May 19, 2007; The simplest seppo on the forums

Yeah everything I�m seeing with any credibility is pointing to this just being a flu, unless your a smoker over 50 in which case RIP.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:27

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Sushi The Kid posted:

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

That's a nice story! But I'm sorry, did you want a coke or sprite for your meal

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:27

Agronox: Feb 4, 2005

Feldegast42 posted:

That's a nice story! But I'm sorry, did you want a coke or sprite for your meal

Be nice, dude almost died...

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:28

Vishass: Feb 1, 2004

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:28

Mons Hubris: Aug 29, 2004; fanci flup

Sushi The Kid posted:

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

Are you saying you ate a pangolin 6.25 years ago

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:30

Schnorkles: Apr 30, 2015; It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

another reminder that one of the hypothesis of coronaviruses showing up is that they're more successful in older populations and as we've gotten older we're going to see more of them

the fact that it looks to basically be "the flu" in younger people and "murder death kill" in older populations sure makes me go :thunk:

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:30

Schnorkles: Apr 30, 2015; It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

probably your last sentence

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:31

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

probably stress. that's a big one that can make your illness last a lot longer and more dangerous. they're probably working something like 16-hr days at least 5-days a week. had they stayed in bed for 24-hrs as soon as they got sick, maybe they'd have fared better. or maybe not. there's still just random gently caress-you ness to it

and yes the last part

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:31

WoodrowSkillson: Feb 24, 2005; *Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

The latter, and drs are going to be infected more than the gen population, thus further skewing the statistics as you have a high risk population that gets it more, thus more chances for outliers. Drs can still have various other complicating factors that lead to the worst cases.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:32

Day Man: Jul 30, 2007; Champion of the Sun!

Master of karate and friendship...
for everyone!

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

Those medical personnel have likely been pushing themselves to an extreme degree of exhaustion while fighting this thing. I imagine that makes the disease harder to fight off.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:33

Dolphin: Dec 5, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Sushi The Kid posted:

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

well this was certainly a journey

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:34

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

If this turns into a nationwide pandemic that spreads nearly everywhere .4% of the US millennial population (of about 75M according to google) is still 300k dead

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:35

AceOfFlames: Oct 9, 2012

Sushi The Kid posted:

Yes. It's the worst flu you've ever had plus pneumonia. You go from ehhh it's a cold, couple days I'll be fine. Then, ok it's the flu a week and all good. Then one morning you wake up and you know something is very wrong. So you go to your local little county hospital with 4 ER beds. Nurse comes in takes your vitals, looks worried and leaves. Then the on call doc comes in, checks. Looks worried leaves, comes back with 4 other people. They look step out, come back and a nice lady comes in trying to look cheerful. Sweet heart she says (its the south) sugar we have to send you to university, we don't have the EQUIPMENT here to help you.

You ride a hour in dead silence in the ambulance. For some reason you have never been so calm. You know it's serious, you feel your life slipping away. Doesn't matter, you catch your reflection. Why are you smiling?

They roll you into the ER in the best hospital in the state, a nice young nurse says, baby we are gonna have to intubate you. You smile and nod. Ok go for it. The next voice you hear, you think it's your WIFE. Is it really hers? Is any of this real? Where did those weird rear end elf looking things go. Baby...cough. You open you eyes cough and see a tube being pulled out. Water, please someone give me water.

They can't yet they say. You beg, pleading, please just a tiny amount. Someone gives you about a teaspoon of water. loving heaven, ok this is real. How long you ask. How long have I been asleep? You went in Dec 3, it's now Dec 21st.

You pass out, wake up the next day. In a regular room. Family and friends are there. You realise, holy poo poo I feel high as gently caress. It's the fentanyl drip they used to keep you under. You talk mad poo poo to everyone for about a day. Nurses, doctors, specialist. That sweet older black lady that brings you your food. They laugh, you laugh. Good times.

Doctors come in with students, they start telling students what a drat miracle you are. 3% sp02
Had to pull your blood and reoxygenate it. Thought you wouldn't make it. Already a couple of people in ICU, younger or older with the same symptoms didn't.

They let you go home on Xmas eve. You get home and your little 6 year old boy breaks down crying when he sees you. That night it snows. Xmas 2013. Best one ever.

Cool story, M. Night.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:35

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

AceOfFlames posted:

Cool story, M. Night.

this actually happened to him

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:36

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

bob dobbs is dead posted:

this actually happened to him

Did it really? I thought he just wrote up a story

Glad he got better!

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:37

Sushi The Kid: Sep 10, 2005; <img src="https://forumimages.somethingawful.com/images/newbie.gif" border=0>

Mons Hubris posted:

Are you saying you ate a pangolin 6.25 years ago

Never. Pangolin are rad. And to the sir, this a drive thru poster. Sweet tea. Thanks. I'm not trying to say look at me wee. Just posting my experience on how it goes from meh a cold to holy poo poo I'm gonna die real quick in about a weeks time.

Also how most little county hospital will not be able to help you.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:38

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Sushi The Kid posted:

Never. Pangolin are rad. And to the sir, this a drive thru poster. Sweet tea. Thanks. I'm not trying to say look at me wee. Just posting my experience on how it goes from meh a cold to holy poo poo I'm gonna die real quick in about a weeks time.

Also how most little county hospital will not be able to help you.

Yeah sorry about that -- I didn't know that was a real story. That was pretty well written.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:40

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

yeah, sushi got ecmo

there are fewer than 10000 ecmo machines in the US. president probably gets one, senators probably get one, representatives probably dont. you, unless you are lucky as hell, almost certainly dont

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:40

WoodrowSkillson: Feb 24, 2005; *Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

Feldegast42 posted:

If this turns into a nationwide pandemic that spreads nearly everywhere .4% of the US millennial population (of about 75M according to google) is still 300k dead

Not everyone will get it. Once people start holing up the transmission slows, as we have seen in china. Even accounting for PRC numbers fuckery, it has not spread like wildfire in various other parts of china. Once the population is mostly staying put, it will slow down. The hope is we can slow spread enough to help manage the worst cases enough to limit the death rate.

That's why people are buying extra food and poo poo, just to make staying put more pleasant and less stressful, and to help limit opportunities to get infected/spread the illness.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:41

stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

That sounds about right. I would say all the dead doctors and nurse news I have read on wechat/reddit is under 10. I am not counting the old "hospital chief administers. "

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:41

Zotix: Aug 14, 2011

Vishass posted:

anecdotal but my wife works at a multinational and they already have "oh gently caress! everyone work from home" plans in place (and pulled the trigger in a couple countries) and are just waiting for this to hit the US. These are office jobs with secure personal laptops, though.

My job requires an expensive desktop and an IT department that isn't just running around slapping bandaids on cost cutting measures that backfire every 10 minutes.

I provide IT support for a different industry and we have work from home procedures, but I don't think they are ready to have everyone working from home remotely. It makes it much harder to remain compliant with iso and such.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:42

Farm Frenzy: Jan 3, 2007

bird with big dick posted:

My boss just got back from 2 weeks in Hawaii what are the chances he�s infected

there is a 100% chance that you are infected

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:46

mastershakeman: Oct 28, 2008; by vyelkin

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Not everyone will get it. Once people start holing up the transmission slows, as we have seen in china. Even accounting for PRC numbers fuckery, it has not spread like wildfire in various other parts of china. Once the population is mostly staying put, it will slow down. The hope is we can slow spread enough to help manage the worst cases enough to limit the death rate.

That's why people are buying extra food and poo poo, just to make staying put more pleasant and less stressful, and to help limit opportunities to get infected/spread the illness.

no one in the usa can quit going to work, theyll all get evicted

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:46

Farm Frenzy: Jan 3, 2007

Vishass posted:

Is there a non doomer reason younger doctors and nurses appear to be dropping from this?

Like is there truth to some non-medical twitter person speculating that like being infected with a little virus gives your immune system a headstart vs getting an initial bucket load while people sneeze in your eyes all day?

Or is this like w/ 3000 infected medical professionals .4% CFR for under 60 is still 12 ppl and it's going to grab headlines when they die vs olds

doctors and nurses always get killed more often in big viral outbreaks

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:46

breadshaped: Apr 1, 2010; Soiled Meat

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is this actually any worse than just regular old flu?

2% of the time, you die every single time. so yes I would call it serious

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:47

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

bird with big dick posted:

My boss just got back from 2 weeks in Hawaii what are the chances he�s infected

hes more corona than man now

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:48

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Once the population is mostly staying put, it will slow down. The hope is we can slow spread enough to help manage the worst cases enough to limit the death rate.

That's why people are buying extra food and poo poo, just to make staying put more pleasant and less stressful, and to help limit opportunities to get infected/spread the illness.

lmao gently caress that. im not gunna stop working until i literally cannot get up. im gunna keep ridin the train with 450,000 people a day

i've got rent to pay

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:48

Bip Roberts: Mar 29, 2005

I've been caught in bed with a pangolin

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:50

Shear Modulus: Jun 9, 2010

yeah china can actually do a lockdown. would the US government be able to tell businesses to not fire their employees for not showing up for two weeks as a precautionary measure? to tell landlords to not collect rent until further notice? to arrange for free door-to-door food delivery? of course not, all of those things are unthinkable under capitalism.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 18:58

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Shear Modulus posted:

yeah china can actually do a lockdown. would the US government be able to tell businesses to not fire their employees for not showing up for two weeks as a precautionary measure? to tell landlords to not collect rent until further notice? to arrange for free door-to-door food delivery?

if your answer to those questions isn't "no"

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:00

silentsnack: Mar 19, 2009; Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

pigz posted:

Just had an all hands at our company and our CEO said a bunch of misleading things about 'coronavirus'.

Including 'The flu is worse', 'Everyone get's corona virus and is just causes common cold symptoms', 'Nothing to worry about don't panic'

Said he and other CEO's had some lunch meeting with a guy who is head of Infectious Diseases for the CDC or something along those lines. Either totally didn't understand what the dood was talking about or word is on high that they can't stop this and to try to help reduce panic. I mean the stuff he said isn't false, it's just taken together the message was 'this is not a concern and never will be'

I mean stock futures aren't down due to a bunch of dopes selling stuff from their 401k. This is hedge fund managers and the rest of capital pulling money out cause they see the writing on the wall. Meanwhile they tell the rest of us 'don't panic, we need you around after this is over'.

there's a reason they want to delay mass panic-selling: they need chumps to hold the bag

bob dobbs is dead posted:

yeah, sushi got ecmo

there are fewer than 10000 ecmo machines in the US. president probably gets one, senators probably get one, representatives probably dont. you, unless you are lucky as hell, almost certainly dont

lucky, or rich+smart enough to have your personal physician and lawyers call around and get one quietly marked as "in maintenance" and reserved for you in exchange for a fat cash donation.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:07

Dr Kool-AIDS: Mar 26, 2004

Shear Modulus posted:

yeah china can actually do a lockdown. would the US government be able to tell businesses to not fire their employees for not showing up for two weeks as a precautionary measure? to tell landlords to not collect rent until further notice? to arrange for free door-to-door food delivery? of course not, all of those things are unthinkable under capitalism.

I think Trump will try to lean on business to behave so they don't throw the election to Bernie, and we saw with the bullshit bonuses after the tax cut that they'll make at least token efforts to help him politically, but in a prolonged situation where they're losing money it's going to be everyone for themselves in this country.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:07

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

silentsnack posted:

there's a reason they want to delay mass panic-selling: they need chumps to hold the bag

lucky, or rich+smart enough to have your personal physician and lawyers call around and get one quietly marked as "in maintenance" and reserved for you in exchange for a fat cash donation.

there wont even be enough for low single digit billionaires

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:09

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

altered carbon was a documentary

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:11

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mastershakeman posted:

no one in the usa can quit going to work, theyll all get evicted

Even in our blasted hellscape of a country, we will slip into temporary socialism to manage the crisis and then forget anything we learned a month later.

# ? Feb 24, 2020 19:12

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