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Lazyfire posted:I live ten minutes from two huge casinos, everyone at dinner sunday was very proud of there being no cases in this part of the state. Those things are virus time bombs, when there is a case they will absolutely track it back to one or the other. I believe I work at one of them. Frankly I'd rather have the peace of mind of having income than worry about the C Virus. Which working there I am sure I already have anyhow. (Not that I want to infect others mind you.) I already did stuff like wash my hands and use sanitizer because I have seen some things. People gross af. I checked up on my in her 60s half sister and she asked me if they were paying us while we are off. (Edit: Via email.) Bless her heart. We are all hosed. Either financially, medically, or both. I think maybe the world is overreacting in general right now at like a 12 out of 10 when we should be around an 8. But if so many people and our governments weren't such dismissive dumbfucks we could probably be at like a 6 or 7. By waiting and calling it hoaxes and all this other fuckery a bad situation is teetering on complete catastrophe. (Some might say well past that. I'm not gonna go that far yet but I sure as gently caress won't be shocked.) We all brought this on ourselves really. And it loving sucks. Captain Rufus fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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In the Netherlands, after days of panic buying, I guess people realized that the supply chains aren't yet compromised, so the supermarket was pretty stocked. Bread and flour were mostly gone though. Weed is also back on the legal market, since closing legal dispenseries made dealers come out of the woodwork. You'll just have to pick up your weed and not stay there Redrum and Coke fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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First sign of lawlessness in Richmond hath come: ninja stoner smash-and-grabbing from a closed head shop https://www.instagram.com/p/B91Y_GklpNU/ Seems like most of the city is going along with the quarantine though. Even the 24-hour diners that have never closed for anything are closed, the restaurants that remain open are now curbside pickup only, and breweries are doing beer delivery now.
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pro starcraft loser posted:Sounds like he made the right call. His boss ended up having to call the cops.
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sweet thursday posted:That's still happening? Wtf? Quoting myself from my state thread angryrobots posted:A friend of ours is late 50's, has every symptom including shortness of breath, traveled via plane from Cali about a week ago. I have a few friends in the local urgent care type places, and have been told that currently tests are rationed at 5 per week per facility. So basically you have to be symptomatic, and have obvious health complications to be considered. They have set up some of the so-called drive-thru testing centers in my state, but not in our rural area. Those are also only testing per Dr order though - you can't just show up.
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I said come in! posted:West Virginia likely does actually, it has one of the poorest populations in the country, its mostly rural, and is primarily old people. It's just that the state is so poor that reporting and testing are non-existent. OTOH maybe everyone is too poor for frivolous travel. And "Winter in West Virginia" isn't exactly a popular tourist destination. So it kinda makes sense that it would be one of the last US states to have cases. It'll get there, but it's not absurd that it's taking several weeks longer than places like Seattle or NY.
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Youth Decay posted:First sign of lawlessness in Richmond hath come: ninja stoner smash-and-grabbing from a closed head shop Oh poo poo yeah, I don't have to wait for off-days at The Answer for crowlers now. (edit) gdi only Tu-Th-Su noon to 5 pickup 13Pandora13 fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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bollig posted:Switzerland is sort of botching this. The Federal government had a press conference and shut businesses and stuff. And have really tried to emphasize "stay home" but are in no way enforcing it. The total number of cases is unknown because they rely on the cantons to report. There are like 3 different official tallies. It is astounding how many old people are out and about. This country certainly has a "meh I'll be fine attitude" which otherwise gives confidence but couple with "well I've got to live my life" means just a slow reaction to this thing. It's really loving confusing... how can it be so hard to see what's happening across the border when a) we've got them with 5 different coutries b) wherever we are, one is within 80 miles as the crow flies c) we're neighbouring frigging Italy!!! ...at least around Zürich groups of 15 or more people will get dispersed now. Disgusting Coward posted:Isn't Switzerland like, a few rich people, a few nerds colliding their large hardons and a few suicide clinic workers? How the gently caress can the government not successfully quarantine a population of 25 people? you forgot cows, cheese, coo coo clocks and IKEA Warthog fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Guys how are waffle houses doing?
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tater_salad posted:Guys how are waffle houses doing? Closed. Freaky.
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tater_salad posted:Guys how are waffle houses doing? 46 deaths so far, I'm sorry.
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tater_salad posted:Guys how are waffle houses doing? Good question Also can locusts get Coronavirus
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angryrobots posted:Quoting myself from my state thread So good news at least. A local company that does dna poo poo and high tech stuff was just licensed today to make test kits. They say they can make 1 million a week. They’re a legit company I know too. But supply chain and labs....
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Monitored gradual increase of exercise after a cardiac event. My dad had a heart attack about two years ago and we all begged him to do this, but he refused on the grounds that it was "just walking." But, you know, he walks a couple of miles every day and lifts a couple times a week so I will give him that. I think he missed like less than a week of exercise total. He exercises every single day. Of course, he still drinks, smokes pot, and eats processed cheese, so it is a double edged sword.
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Burt Sexual posted:So good news at least. A local company that does dna poo poo and high tech stuff was just licensed today to make test kits. They say they can make 1 million a week. They’re a legit company I know too. But supply chain and labs.... There's no way number can keep up with the results of a million tests a week. Sad! Bad!
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Bronze Fonz posted:46 deaths so far, I'm sorry. That was before the outbreak though
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Feel helpless? Like there's nothing you can do? Push back against Corona. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtulL3oArQw It's been posted before, but it's worth seeing again.
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Facebook Aunt posted:OTOH maybe everyone is too poor for frivolous travel. And "Winter in West Virginia" isn't exactly a popular tourist destination. So it kinda makes sense that it would be one of the last US states to have cases. It'll get there, but it's not absurd that it's taking several weeks longer than places like Seattle or NY. WV has ski resorts. Also a lot of people in the eastern panhandle who commute into NOVA/DC. I'm surprised nobody in Martinsburg or Berkeley Springs has tested positive. Southeastern WV 'round about Monroe County would be the place I'd go to escape an apocalypse though.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Now is the time for all genx and mills to finally break free from the chains of being the embarrassing ones in the family, because we get to do poo poo like yell, "shut the gently caress up dad, get back inside the house." Stfu about your boomer obsession it’s stale and not funny
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I guess in the next few weeks everybody has to roll a saving throw for roni. With age 64, smoker, recovered from diabetes 2 and lost 30 kg overweight a few years ago, my chances are not stellar, but not disastrous either: I guess that roni needs a critical hit, but on the other hand, I have seen a lot of critical hits over time.
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I'm going to ask once again, I must be missing something. Medical knowledge goons, what is it? A vaccine takes way too long. In the meantime, why isn't there a huge focus on a medicine/drug that lessens the action in the lungs that causes death - not a prevention but a lessening of the severity? gently caress with the spikes abilities to go into those ACE 2 or we protein receptors ? Isn't this easier?
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Facebook Aunt posted:Smart move. When you run out of hand sanitizer you can wash your hands with Everclear. This is actually happening. My local big box liquor store told me they were selling lots of bottles of some nasty 190 proof vodka since people were having a hard time finding disinfectant.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Feel helpless? Like there's nothing you can do? Push back against Corona. I understand now why Vietnam beat us
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Now is the time for all genx and mills to finally break free from the chains of being the embarrassing ones in the family, because we get to do poo poo like yell, "shut the gently caress up dad, get back inside the house." there is a 0% chance you aren't a 35 year old who never moved out of the family home
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Ok now schools in Oregon are closed until April 28th. My work told me to stay home until about then too. (Not everyone at my work, just people who had a fever in the last 2 weeks) Getting me some sweet unemployment money I guess.
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get another 90 days to pay my taxes  survive this and then get to pay taxes 
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so far i’m employed
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Spinz posted:I'm going to ask once again, I must be missing something. Medical knowledge goons, what is it? I think this is the point of the stuff about chloroquinone and such. e: Hydroxychloroquine XK fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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zer0spunk posted:get another 90 days to pay my taxes Has that ever happened before? The IRS changing the date for any reason?
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XK posted:I think this is the point of the stuff about chloroquinone and such. Lol really? Where's my Nobel?
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we have been using chq for decades and we have basically no real idea how the gently caress it works
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 "Gathering space" not the best way to advertise your business on the front page of CNN Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Spinz posted:A vaccine takes way too long. In the meantime, why isn't there a huge focus on a medicine/drug that lessens the action in the lungs that causes death - not a prevention but a lessening of the severity? I am a zoologist not a medicine person but I’m fairly sure what you’re describing is quite literally the route they’re taking for a vaccine. Someone posted it a few pages ago. Edit: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3911826&perpage=40&pagenumber=367#post503384221 Hazo fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Spinz posted:I'm going to ask once again, I must be missing something. Medical knowledge goons, what is it? They've been throwing stuff at the wall in terms of trying to find effective antiviral treatments. Doctors are allowed to use stuff in off-label ways, but that's not good science and if it isn't backed up by research the observed effects could be literal wishful thinking. A lot of effort goes into creating research which is bias free specifically because we humans are biased and fallible. So the practical effect is that doctors will try anything they think might work based on what they know about viral replication and what they've heard from other doctors and research on related coronaviruses, and if they notice anything seeming to work they share their notes in articles which are not peer reviewed but which are published in an emergency measure. Then other doctors can try it, and everyone's got a chance to compare notes; but until the research is done properly in double-blind studies with peer review then it is at best a recommendation and not an indication. That's all using existing, already proven safe, drugs. Making a new drug takes just as long, if not longer, than making a new vaccine.
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Boomers vs millennials itt loving mess them punks up I got your back
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Spinz posted:I'm going to ask once again, I must be missing something. Medical knowledge goons, what is it? IDK, but apparently some people are drinking bleach. It isn't super effective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSgoppbXiU Don't drink bleach y'all.
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John_A_Tallon posted:They've been throwing stuff at the wall in terms of trying to find effective antiviral treatments. Doctors are allowed to use stuff in off-label ways, but that's not good science and if it isn't backed up by research the observed effects could be literal wishful thinking. A lot of effort goes into creating research which is bias free specifically because we humans are biased and fallible. Oh poo poo 
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