John_A_Tallon posted:

There's already hiccups in the milk supply chain. They've been throwing out milk because they couldn't ship it.

Nessa posted:

My uncle just started messaging me about how the meat packing plant in our province was shut down because 3 people had a cold and how this cannot go on, Bill Gates created the virus to forcibly vaccinate us all, etc...

Yeah, it’s not because 3 people had a cold. It’s because 759 workers caught Covid and one of them DIED. It’s also caused the worst outbreak in the province with over a quarter of our cases directly connected to it.

I don’t think I’ll even respond to my uncle cause it will just make me mad.

Iron Crowned posted:

I was hoping this was a clip from Babylon 5

Big Beef City posted:

How is it "funny" that the Earth is healing? There's nothing odd what so ever about the fact that it's doing better in some areas without people polluting as much. That's 100% entirely normal and expected, full-stop.

We will still slaughter those animals. They just don't get turned into food. The animals still get killed. Farmers can't afford to feed and handle their milch cows, ranchers can't afford to tend their meat stock. Those animals don't live for free. They don't cost anything dead. They don't get processed for free. Guess what happens. They don't go live on a farm upstate in retirement.

Congrats on being a vengeful atheist mocking the people you're smarter then in the rest of your sentiment, I suppose. You nailed it.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

They're dumping thousands of gallons of milk because they can't get rid of it.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Don't worry the US just passed 60,000 deaths, there's no way the UK will ever close the gap now

Mozi posted:

probably would have been better

xcheopis posted:

"They" who?

Xenocides posted:

My friend who was stuck on a ventilator due to lung blood clotting was able to have surgery and survived. Still have not heard for sure if it was COVID. If I had it like I thought it was a mild case and only lasted two and a half days.

I am in Texas and we are gearing up to open up. My job fell under essential services (one of our divisions makes ventilators and PPE) but fortunately the company is acting sanely. The few people who have to be in the office are vital to keeping things going and no one wants to risk an infection in that group. They also gave us two weeks of coronavirus PTO time if your immediate family or anyone you care for got sick. I think they will have me keep working from home. Part of me wants to go back. All the fun parts of my job are troubleshooting problems with equipment in the office but I should probably stay home.

Downside they finally hired someone to take over about two-thirds of my job that was supposed to move to another part of the state so I have to try to transfer almost a decade's worth of knowledge to some poor sap in a series of Skype sessions. This will be fun.

In local coronavirus news the mayors of Fort Worth and Dallas are trying one-up each other in their press briefings, we picked a fight with Colorado. Cases are on the rise and we open in two days. A judge and a bunch of other people are urging people to still stay home as much as possible. The governor appears to believe we can start extensive contact tracing in two days to stamp this thing out despite our still limited testing capability. Uh-huh, sure.

Rolo posted:

I’ve been low key thinking of quitting all red meat for the last few months. Outside of the occasional burger or burrito I don’t really eat it or keep it at home anyways.

Chicken is so easy and tuna is like right there ready to go.

xcheopis posted:

"They" who?

Omnikin posted:

Today was my wife's first day back at work and I'm not sure which viewpoint I'm more salty about :

a) she was the only manager asked to come back and spearhead the effort to re-open adoption & foster programs (animal shelter). Obviously she's exposed more & will continue to be exposed as they allow more public interactions but hopefully New York will continue to shut that poo poo down into June.

Chinatown posted:

Hitting up Costco this weekend for some motherfucking BEEF.

Chinatown posted:

Reminder that there are two separate food supply chains. With all the restaurant closures there's a shitton of oversupply.

Omnikin posted:

Today was my wife's first day back at work and I'm not sure which viewpoint I'm more salty about :

a) she was the only manager asked to come back and spearhead the effort to re-open adoption & foster programs (animal shelter). Obviously she's exposed more & will continue to be exposed as they allow more public interactions but hopefully New York will continue to shut that poo poo down into June.

b) I'm still working from home full-time for at least two weeks but more likely into the summer and stuck at home trying to do this with a 3.5yo and 1yo. It's been six hours, the weather sucks, the weather sucks for the next several days in fact, I've already used way too much TV and snacks to get them to shut the gently caress up and get out of my hair, this is impossible.

I wonder if I can use FMLA to stop working for a couple months

bird with big dick posted:

And are people eating more because they're at home all day or are they eating less because most people are lovely cooks and are they eating less because they're no longer getting served 1800 calorie appetizers at Outback?

shovelbum posted:

this poo poo kind of sucks bc altho animal shelters are nice in normal times im not sure how theyre really essential in an existential pandemic

bird with big dick posted:

Should I send my wife to Costco to buy $4,000 worth of meat only to discover I only have room in the freezer for $2,200 of it?

Iron Crowned posted:

God Bloomin Onions are terrible, just buy onion rings you idiots

Rolo posted:

I’ve been low key thinking of quitting all red meat for the last few months. Outside of the occasional burger or burrito I don’t really eat it or keep it at home anyways.

Chicken is so easy and tuna is like right there ready to go.

bird with big dick posted:

sustainable mercury free no dolphin tuna

i am harry posted:

A whole frozen pig in a box is only $150 from the business center

necroid posted:

lol

Omnikin posted:

b) I'm still working from home full-time for at least two weeks but more likely into the summer and stuck at home trying to do this with a 3.5yo and 1yo. It's been six hours, the weather sucks, the weather sucks for the next several days in fact, I've already used way too much TV and snacks to get them to shut the gently caress up and get out of my hair, this is impossible.

Blaise330 posted:

Oh 6%, I really lowballed when I said 3% earlier

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And as the outbreak grew, so did Kushner's influence.
"Jared is running everything," one former White House official told Sherman. "He's the de facto president of the United States."

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"I told Jared that if Trump won a second term, he wouldn't have to worry about running again. And you can really help people. Jared just looked at me and said, 'I don't care about any of that,'" a New York business executive who met with Kushner at the White House last fall told Sherman. "I wanted to tell Jared, 'You don't say that part out loud — even in private.'"
A source close to Kushner said that he had "no recollection" of that remark. 

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"Pence lives in mortal fear of being booted off the ticket," a Republican who heard the comments told Sherman. "Trump constantly reminds Mike that he almost didn't choose him."

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson drove to Mar-a-Lago to warn the president to take the threat seriously during this time. Kushner pushed back, urging Trump not to declare a national emergency because it "would tank the markets," a source familiar with the situation told Sherman. A person close to Kushner denied the claim.

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"Jared is bringing conspiracy theories to Trump about potential treatments," the Republican said.

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Kushner also dismissed pleas from governors about severe shortages of ventilators as the caseload grew.
"I have all this data about ICU capacity. I'm doing my own projections, and I've gotten a lot smarter about this. New York doesn't need all the ventilators," Kushner said during a White House meeting, according to a participant.

necroid posted:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Dairies.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/15/business/milk-dumping-coronavirus/index.html

xcheopis posted:

Some dairy farms are dumping their excess, some are feeding calves, and some aren't dumping at all.

Big Beef City posted:

"We Take a Slammin and Keep on Cannin'" has been the Pork Anus Industry motto since March 4th, 1897, the same date that William McKinley was sworn in as president, and for good reason.