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I looked it up and the first US death from coronavirus was Feb 29, and it's currently up to 87. Current estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are that there will be between 200,000 to 1.7 million deaths in the US, and between 2.4 million to 21 million people will be hospitalized.
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If you don't hate your spouse and/or children, congrats. You're one of a few, apparently. I bet divorce lawyers are going to make bank soon.
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Mar 17, 2020 13:59
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I was talking to co-workers about shortages of things like eggs at Walmart and one of the housekeeping staff was like, "Now we know what it's like to live in socialism".
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Mar 17, 2020 14:03
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Picnic Princess posted:If you don't hate your spouse and/or children, congrats. You're one of a few, apparently. They're cleaning up in china
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Mar 17, 2020 14:04
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cda posted:Sorry, man, that's awful. If it's any consolation, her situation is going to be so common that as a society we're probably going to have to figure something out for people going through it. Best of luck. Yeah, and that is the part that is really upsetting. Society is going to be marked, of not changed by this forever.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:06
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Untrustable posted:I was talking to co-workers about shortages of things like eggs at Walmart and one of the housekeeping staff was like, "Now we know what it's like to live in socialism". some people are very fortunate that breathing is an involuntary reflex, otherwise they would certinally be too stupid to continue living
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Mar 17, 2020 14:12
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Untrustable posted:I was talking to co-workers about shortages of things like eggs at Walmart and one of the housekeeping staff was like, "Now we know what it's like to live in socialism". theres not going to be an egg shortage for long. people were already eating as many eggs as they wanted before the crisis, and the chickens are still producing them at the same rate.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:20
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But what if the rate of egging politicians goes up?
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Mar 17, 2020 14:22
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Untrustable posted:I was talking to co-workers about shortages of things like eggs at Walmart and one of the housekeeping staff was like, "Now we know what it's like to live in socialism". I was advised that the deaths in italy are becuase of socialized medicine.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:23
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Jabor posted:But what if the rate of egging politicians goes up? Then Trump will buy less eggs and eat only what he scavenges from the whitehouse lawn.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:24
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I'm sitting in MSP evacuating back to Canada, watching with a mixture of delight and dumbfounded amazement as 50+ retirees - all clearly over the age of 70 - board a flight to Cancun as the world enters paralysis and sweeping travel bans. Fuckin' boomers, truly a generation without a single gently caress left to give. 
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Mar 17, 2020 14:24
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tater_salad posted:I was advised that the deaths in italy are becuase of socialized medicine. Tune will change once US hospitals turn down the first patient and there's a giant news story about some little old lady dying in her bed at home. Most people just do not think it's possible. They are in for a VERY rude awakening. I really wish it didn't take this for people to finally wake up.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:25
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angryrobots posted:RMAO millennials convinced everyone to do this thing and spread a disease they're basically immune to I’ve been eating rear end since the 90s bruh. I’ve MADE millennials through this and other advanced disgusting techniques
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Mar 17, 2020 14:33
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UltraRed posted:Which goons have this, yet? Leaving it goons to fail to break the street date. I think I might? Maybe? I'm in an area with confirmed cases, people in my office have been in close quarters with those confirmed cases, and we're not (yet) working from home. My boyfriend and I have both had a bad headache and fatigue for the past four days, but no other symptoms. I'm not sure if it's because I've been waking up extra early due to schedule changes at work and dealing with stupid people, or if it's something else. I have no fever or lung issues though so who knows. I'm a 32 year old non-smoking woman though, so if I do get the Roni it'll likely be pretty mild. After tomorrow I'm off for 3 days so I'll just keep monitoring myself I guess.
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Mar 17, 2020 14:51
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If we're looking at 18+ month lockdown, I mean I know money is fake but uh that's a lot longer than we can do without the non fake parts of the economy and society
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Mar 17, 2020 14:52
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Mar 17, 2020 14:56
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shovelbum posted:If we're looking at 18+ month lockdown, I mean I know money is fake but uh that's a lot longer than we can do without the non fake parts of the economy and society I'm on unemployment benefits but apparently the Australian government has fasttracked payments for casual workers who are now out of work, so a LOT of people are going to be on benefits. And this government loving hates paying unemployment benefits. I've got an awkward feeling that I'm going to end up getting conscripted to the 'roni war and sent to fight on the front lines, restocking the toilet paper aisle in my local supermarket
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Mar 17, 2020 14:59
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The amount of small details early Simpsons has is pretty mind-boggling. The hand and body motions are unreal, the sweeps with how the artists make things look blurry or add motion is subtle, and in this clip the warping of the police car to give a zoomed in POV perspective works so well. anyway, good poo poo
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Mar 17, 2020 15:00
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shovelbum posted:If we're looking at 18+ month lockdown, I mean I know money is fake but uh that's a lot longer than we can do without the non fake parts of the economy and society I'm not sure which parts of our lives, routines and all the poo poo we've taken for granted will still be there after 12 months lockdown. I mean, how many weeks before everything just goes to poo poo, with riots, and worse...
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Mar 17, 2020 15:00
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Soysaucebeast posted:I think I might? Maybe? I'm in an area with confirmed cases, people in my office have been in close quarters with those confirmed cases, and we're not (yet) working from home. My boyfriend and I have both had a bad headache and fatigue for the past four days, but no other symptoms. I'm not sure if it's because I've been waking up extra early due to schedule changes at work and dealing with stupid people, or if it's something else. I have no fever or lung issues though so who knows. I'm a 32 year old non-smoking woman though, so if I do get the Roni it'll likely be pretty mild. After tomorrow I'm off for 3 days so I'll just keep monitoring myself I guess. I've had a mild headache but it is due to massive stress from all this poo poo.. I'm normally not a stressed person but this is really impacting a poo poo ton.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:02
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pixaal posted:Tune will change once US hospitals turn down the first patient and there's a giant news story about some little old lady dying in her bed at home. Most people just do not think it's possible. They are in for a VERY rude awakening. I really wish it didn't take this for people to finally wake up. Sorry but it definitely won't. When they start turning away the olds, they will blame "Obamacare" and it will push them even further away from the idea of nationalized health in any way, shape, or form. Any sort of care rationing like that is going to have a strong impact on a lot of people - it will make them do everything they can to ensure that they are able to utilize wealth and power to reserve their access to it. As always, the poor conservatives will continue to go against their best interests because they'd rather drink molten lava than imagine the thought of minorities getting things for free, and/or fantasize about some day being rich themselves (or maybe they think they actually already are). The only directions things are going to change is for the worse.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:02
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At some point the cure is probably worse than the disease
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Mar 17, 2020 15:02
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Zyme posted:Sorry but it definitely won't. When they start turning away the olds, they will blame
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Mar 17, 2020 15:05
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:tfw you open an amazon box in the next two months Let it sit unopened for 3 days, that's the longest it lives on any surface right?
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Mar 17, 2020 15:06
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Bronze Fonz posted:I'm not sure which parts of our lives, routines and all the poo poo we've taken for granted will still be there after 12 months lockdown. I am so glad I don’t live in a city. I know riots are inevitable with how poorly this has been handled and how the US has zero safety nets in place.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:07
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pixaal posted:Let it sit unopened for 3 days, that's the longest it lives on any surface right? lol its like more than 5 days sometimes
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Mar 17, 2020 15:10
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pixaal posted:Let it sit unopened for 3 days, that's the longest it lives on any surface right? One of the Simspons scriptwriters who co-wrote that episode is SUPER MAD that people are going "Simpsons predicted the coronavirus!!" and went on a big rant going "HOW COULD THE VIRUS LAST 6 TO 8 WEEKS IN THE POST BEFORE IT GOT THE SPRINGFIELD OF COURSE WE WERE JOKING" Edit: found the article https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-writer-calls-misappropriation-classic-episode-coronavirus-outbreak-gross-1284744 quote:He continues, "It was meant to be absurd that someone could cough into a box and the virus would survive for six to eight weeks in the box. It is cartoonish. We intentionally made it cartoonish because we wanted it to be silly and not scary, and not carry any of these bad associations along with it, which is why the virus itself was acting like a cartoon character and behaving in extremely unrealistic ways." (At one point, one cloud of the virus waits at a red light when another cloud goes down the street with a green light.) Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Mar 17, 2020 |
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Mar 17, 2020 15:17
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:tfw you open an amazon box in the next two months For real, Amazon FCs are going to be massive vectors if any of the employees get infected. There are already numerous documented cases of their warehouse workers pissing in bottles in order to stay at their station and "make rate," you know handwashing is gonna go to poo poo. The big, shiny, new building in Grand Rapids, MI just went live on Sunday. There were at least two people present who have confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:18
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Alien Sex Manual posted:I am so glad I don’t live in a city. I know riots are inevitable with how poorly this has been handled and how the US has zero safety nets in place. aaaaaaaaaand this is why some people are bugging out of major cities and why civilian firearm ownership (in the hands of non-insane people) might just be a bit more appealing towards a larger number of people right now
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schmuckfeatures posted:aaaaaaaaaand this is why some people are bugging out of major cities and why civilian firearm ownership (in the hands of non-insane people) might just be a bit more appealing towards a larger number of people right now it's gonna be scary when all these people isolating themselves have already caught coronavirus and need serious medical help in the middle of nowhere. im betting on a few corpses turning up in remote locations in the future.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:24
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I can’t believe West loving Virginia still hasn’t reported a case
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:One of the Simspons scriptwriters who co-wrote that episode is SUPER MAD that people are going "Simpsons predicted the coronavirus!!" and went on a big rant going "HOW COULD THE VIRUS LAST 6 TO 8 WEEKS IN THE POST BEFORE IT GOT THE SPRINGFIELD OF COURSE WE WERE JOKING" Maybe they should stop making predictions about society, because this is the same show that also predicted Donald Trump becoming president like a decade before it happened.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:27
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:tfw you open an amazon box in the next two months I ordered one of those computer desk sized mouse pads from Aliexpress at the end of February. It shipped a few days later but has since just ... stopped. I like to think the shipment's corona was so potent it just swept through the sorting center like a machine gun. Weirdly enough the bundle of Displayport cables I ordered on the same day arrived last week. And weirdly enough I've had some increased chest congestion, fatigue and nausea since last week...
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Mar 17, 2020 15:30
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:tfw you open an amazon box in the next two months Me getting Animal Crossing on Friday.
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Der Shovel posted:I ordered one of those computer desk sized mouse pads from Aliexpress at the end of February. It shipped a few days later but has since just ... stopped. I like to think the shipment's corona was so potent it just swept through the sorting center like a machine gun. In all seriousness, COVID-19 takes 2 weeks for symptoms to start showing, and nausea is not going to be one of them. This is however a bad time to get sick either way as doctors and nurses are overloaded and resources are being stretched thin already.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:33
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There's a big push in local social media groups of people telling you to go to curb service/drive thru restaraunts. I'm clueless about this stuff but it seems like with workers being incentivized to come in while sick (because I live in America) it would be real easy for that poo poo to spread. Is this instinct correct or am I being paranoid
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Mar 17, 2020 15:35
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Just put in a Tesco delivery for twelve days from now (then soonest slot available). I don’t need the food but I expect that by then the truck will bring desperate neighbours charging from their homes, and the truck guards will open fire, and when the sun sets I can go steal the gold from their
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Mar 17, 2020 15:36
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Business as usual here in my suburb, only difference was the restaurants said they were doing delivery only. Even the travel agent office was open.
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big cummers ONLY posted:There's a big push in local social media groups of people telling you to go to curb service/drive thru restaraunts. I'm clueless about this stuff but it seems like with workers being incentivized to come in while sick (because I live in America) it would be real easy for that poo poo to spread. Is this instinct correct or am I being paranoid The virus sticks to surfaces long enough for food deliveries to be a great way to spread it around.
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