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Disneyland is now recalling service employees for preperation of opening in a couple of weeks. They are waiting for gavin's approval. Will he do the right thing?
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 11:28 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 07:34 |
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If "the right thing" means he'll bend over backwards to make Disney happy, then yes. He already tried to exempt them from the original closure order so I imagine he's fine with them reopening on whatever timeline their lawyers recommend.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 15:11 |
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Took me half an HR to drive 40 miles down 101. If that doesn't tell you how many people aren't going to work atm idk what would
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 15:11 |
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Which part of 101 though? Traffic is definitely returning to the bay area, Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz from the city was packed on saturday. On sunday we drove SF<->Placerville like we've done a few times during the quarantine, first time we averaged 75 MPH door to door, now it's more like 50 what with all the tailbacks by Vacaville.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 17:02 |
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luminalflux posted:Which part of 101 though? Traffic is definitely returning to the bay area, Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz from the city was packed on saturday. On sunday we drove SF<->Placerville like we've done a few times during the quarantine, first time we averaged 75 MPH door to door, now it's more like 50 what with all the tailbacks by Vacaville. North Bay. Drove into San Rafael, but usually it's an HR at least to get through the narrows at 7-9 am
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 17:04 |
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Kenning posted:The thing that drives me crazy about shelter in place was that it was there to buy time for the government to act. But that time was never spent on anything. They didn't set up universal testing, contact tracing, and well-supported quarantines for infected people. They didn't pass any legislation to support people that might lose jobs and businesses that might close. It was just like, we took a pause in March, and then now it's June and nothing has really changed in terms of a large-scale governmental response. Eh, they maybe haven't done as much as they should have, but it'd be disingenuous to say they've done nothing. Alameda county at this point at least has multiple testing sites available if you want to get tested, with no requirements. Contract tracing is kind of in a weird place where I've heard that it's maybe available from Apple and Google (could also be that theirs are still in dev hell), but I've definitely not heard government instruction on it, which is odd. The economic stuff is also kinda weird since that's the one space the feds have addressed, however imperfectly. It's not clear if they'll extend it further, but if so, I can understand the state wanting to reserve those funds for other initiatives in areas the feds aren't doing poo poo (of which there are many).
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 17:19 |
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luminalflux posted:Which part of 101 though? Traffic is definitely returning to the bay area, Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz from the city was packed on saturday. On sunday we drove SF<->Placerville like we've done a few times during the quarantine, first time we averaged 75 MPH door to door, now it's more like 50 what with all the tailbacks by Vacaville. Rush hour is still non-existent on 85/87 in the south bay, I can still get to work in 15 minutes when it used to take me 45-50. Traffic is definitely picking up on the whole though, particularly on side streets. Feels like a lot of people are still out of work or telecommuting, but otherwise more or less back to standard levels of travel.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 17:51 |
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:Eh, they maybe haven't done as much as they should have, but it'd be disingenuous to say they've done nothing. Alameda county at this point at least has multiple testing sites available if you want to get tested, with no requirements. Contract tracing is kind of in a weird place where I've heard that it's maybe available from Apple and Google (could also be that theirs are still in dev hell), but I've definitely not heard government instruction on it, which is odd. Apparently the state rolled out a contact tracing app in late May. Similar to contact tracing apps in other countries like the UK, if you test positive you are asked to download the app and health workers will reach out to people who have been in contact with you offering testing. This in contrast to what Apple and Google are doing, where the tracing ability is built into the phone's OS and people are notified via the software if they were in contact with someone who tested positive. Has anybody here tested positive yet? Can anyone attest to being asked by the state to download a contact tracing app? Certainly I don't recall being informed by the state by mail or any other way of an app, besides maybe seeing billboards advertising the app. America Inc. fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jun 23, 2020 |
# ? Jun 23, 2020 18:09 |
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Google requires the app in order for it to work though?
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 18:39 |
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Sydin posted:Rush hour is still non-existent on 85/87 in the south bay, I can still get to work in 15 minutes when it used to take me 45-50. Traffic is definitely picking up on the whole though, particularly on side streets. Feels like a lot of people are still out of work or telecommuting, but otherwise more or less back to standard levels of travel. Traffic is definitely up on my street in the city (16th), even saw a Genentech bus the other day. I really only drive places on the weekends, but in april I could get off the Duboce exit from 101 in one light cycle, now it's back to taking 3+ cycles to get through it.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 19:09 |
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CA has given the go-ahead to return back to work, not sure why this is a surprise to anyone.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 19:13 |
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Link? Did Gavin just say that as part of his update or something? I can't find anything via google. It'd be a really dumb time to say that considering cases are absolutely soaring, even in the Bay Area.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 19:35 |
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Google requires the app in order for it to work though? Okay yeah so it seems like now you have to install contact tracing apps and it doesn't come out of the box in the OS. It seems like instead Apple and Google have created a framework for these apps to be built on. https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-contact-tracing-apple-google/ So yeah again we have this problem that a solution from the state and other powers that be is poorly communicated and a little too complex so the average person is left in the dark and doesn't know what's going on.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 19:51 |
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Wow Marin has the highest cases/100k in the Bay Area right now. I wonder what that's about. They're one of the least population-dense counties. Boomers and wine moms couldn't be bothered to distance?
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 20:56 |
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San Quentin? https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Coronavirus-outbreak-at-San-Quentin-State-Prison-15353583.php Of course everyone who works at San Quentin takes their exposure and spreads it back into the community. John Oliver just did a bit on it this Sunday.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 20:59 |
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Leperflesh posted:San Quentin? God, this whole thing is so hosed up Yeah, lets just transfer prisoners out of a place with a huge Coronavirus outbreak without testing them first. That totally wont cause a new, huge outbreak in a prison that had previously managed to avoid one quote:Something strange was happening at San Quentin, Jesse told her. A large number of prisoners had recently arrived on buses from somewhere in Southern California and had been placed in cells on the upper tiers of Jesse’s housing area — a unit known as Badger. quote:Now 159 prisoners have tested positive for the virus — a figure that has increased tenfold in the last two weeks, according to the state’s web tracker. In addition, more than 30 San Quentin employees have recently been infected. quote:The design of the prison makes it hard for staff to manage the growing outbreak. Most of San Quentin’s cells have old-fashioned bars instead of solid doors that create a barrier against droplets. So when prisoners test positive for the virus, they are sent to an area of the prison often used for punishment — the Adjustment Center — because the cells there have solid doors.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:08 |
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Leperflesh posted:San Quentin? Just back of the envelope at 190 cases in San Quentin is 15% of Marin cases which is a lot but even accounting for that it's still high. It's definitely going home with staff but I would not be surprised about hot tub marinite exceptionalism either.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:09 |
I know the state has ramped up contact tracers and they are currently being trained. I, and many of my colleagues, were asked to do that job.
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:10 |
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:Just back of the envelope at 190 cases in San Quentin is 15% of Marin cases which is a lot but even accounting for that it's still high. It's definitely going home with staff but I would not be surprised about hot tub marinite exceptionalism either. I do my best to not go out much, but when I am out, people seem to be good about wearing masks up here
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:17 |
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My wife works for the CA dept of public health and the whole contract tracing program has poached a ton of her key employees, making it super hard to do her job. And on top of that, the furlough days coming in July. Thanks Gavin!
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:24 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:My wife works for the CA dept of public health and the whole contract tracing program has poached a ton of her key employees, making it super hard to do her job. And on top of that, the furlough days coming in July. Thanks Gavin! are the furloughs official yet?
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 21:51 |
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Sydin posted:Link? Did Gavin just say that as part of his update or something? I can't find anything via google. https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/ It's not a full-on opening but we've been in Stage 2 of the reopening plan for a while now and most counties have moved on to Stage 3 already. It's up to the county; if they have met the requirements for Stage 3 then they can start opening more businesses. Most counties except a handful in the Bay Area have met that requirements and have a ton more open businesses now. quote:However, if a county wants to open gyms, bars, hair salons, barbershops, schools, dine-in restaurants, movie theaters shopping malls or professional sporting events, they have to go through an attestation process, in which they certify the spread of COVID-19 is under control locally. https://abc7news.com/california-reopen-bars-gyms-reopening-plan-governor-newsom-update-today/6210597/
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# ? Jun 23, 2020 22:39 |
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Kaincypher posted:are the furloughs official yet? Hers start in July apparently.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 00:02 |
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if nothing is done and the current rate continues or gets worse (it'll get worse without another severe, state wide lockdown) the SoCal hospital system will be overrun in 10 to 16 weeks, even with massive emergency procedures in place so that's fun total number of ICU beds in SoCal is around 4,500 and with emergency surge expansion can get to around 20 to 25 thousand. total daily uptick of ICU admissions in the SoCal area is tough to find, but even before our massive numbers we were at 20 to 30% capacity back in early April if we do not shut down, we are looking at a potential of 6 to 8 thousand new cases a day in SoCal alone, with roughly 150 of them having to occupy a new ICU bed every day gonna chug some more wine I guess because gently caress
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 00:05 |
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My local hockey rink has been open for a couple weeks now. They're talking about bringing back leagues soon too. Gonna be great when one person spreads that poo poo like wildfire.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 00:20 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:My local hockey rink has been open for a couple weeks now. They're talking about bringing back leagues soon too. Gonna be great when one person spreads that poo poo like wildfire. Unfortunately for me volleyball is one of the most germ-sharing of sports and there's basically no way the beer leagues or tournaments can responsibly open up until the virus is eradicated or there's a vaccine. Santa Clara Co. hasn't even opened barbershops yet but we've done a RELATIVELY ok job at keeping cases down so I can't complain too much.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 00:39 |
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:Unfortunately for me volleyball is one of the most germ-sharing of sports and there's basically no way the beer leagues or tournaments can responsibly open up until the virus is eradicated or there's a vaccine. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Santa-Clara-County-sees-worrisome-surge-in-15361391.php
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 00:43 |
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Kaincypher posted:are the furloughs official yet? For some unions, notably SCIU, yes. Others are still negotiating but all roads are leading to 2 days of floating furloughs a month and all contract-based raises recinded at this point, maybe with some concessions made by CalHR to mitigate the damage.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 01:04 |
Yeah I'm getting some weird furlough thing starting in July. I think I work normal schedule and I earn two days off, instead of pay, to be used at some future time or something? That's what it looks like currently
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 01:20 |
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https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/1275595789671137280
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 02:05 |
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Goodpancakes posted:Yeah I'm getting some weird furlough thing starting in July. I think I work normal schedule and I earn two days off, instead of pay, to be used at some future time or something? That's what it looks like currently Yes. This is the same as the end of the previous round of furloughs, after Brown was sworn in, except it's 2 days a month now instead of one. Ironically I've been doing this exact same thing for years now so hooray me I guess.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 02:10 |
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The owners of the business I work at are married. Today the wife was mentioning going to sprouts, but if they make her wear a mask she won't go in. They just don't care, "arent afraid" of it without considering how their actions could affect others. Orange County in a nutshell.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 02:20 |
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Aeka 2.0 posted:The owners of the business I work at are married. Today the wife was mentioning going to sprouts, but if they make her wear a mask she won't go in. They just don't care, "arent afraid" of it without considering how their actions could affect others. My entire childhood, I wanted to get out of that fuckin country, and then I did at around 24 and never looked back. There are some good people there, but by and large, it's coddled suburban sociopaths.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 06:06 |
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 08:03 |
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drat, the wildfires have jumped onto the thread now
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 08:30 |
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Kenning posted:The thing that drives me crazy about shelter in place was that it was there to buy time for the government to act. But that time was never spent on anything. They didn't set up universal testing, contact tracing, and well-supported quarantines for infected people. They didn't pass any legislation to support people that might lose jobs and businesses that might close. It was just like, we took a pause in March, and then now it's June and nothing has really changed in terms of a large-scale governmental response. This is describes what my wife and I have been going through for the last few weeks quite well, and I see this thing very much the same. Thank you for posting it. I’m probably going to repost it on social media, and will be sure not to attribute it to a dead comedy forum Anza Borrego fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Jun 24, 2020 |
# ? Jun 24, 2020 08:36 |
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I'm also not dealing with isolation well. Thankfully there's testing available now so my current plan to visit family is to get tested, immediately isolate until I get a result back, then join my parents' bubble for a few days.
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# ? Jun 24, 2020 16:21 |
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I saw a mushroom cloud of smoke rising off the side of the highway a few days ago. An ominous warning of the season to come. If my house burns down again I'm not sure what I'm gonna do. Had a hard time putting paintings on the wall just thinking they're going to go up in smoke why buy em? I've done that with so much poo poo over the last year. WAR CRIME GIGOLO fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Jun 24, 2020 |
# ? Jun 24, 2020 16:28 |
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:I saw a mushroom cloud of smoke rising off the side of the highway a few days ago. An ominous warning of the season to come. Have there been any efforts you've seen at the local or state level to reduce the chance of wildfires or mitigate their damage? I've heard from older co-workers that their local governments are telling them to clear dead brush around their houses in a 100 yard radius or something like that. America Inc. fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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adoration for none posted:Have there been any efforts you've seen at the local or state level to reduce the chance of wildfires or mitigate their damage? I've heard from older co-workers that their local governments are telling them to clear dead brush around their houses in a 100 yard radius or something like that. Yeah that's all pretty standard. PGE did a lot of tree cutbacks but the fire risk is there regardless. What we need to do is bury the power infrastructure so we can be cool like San Jose and never have a problem with wildfires getting to the 50k acres mark. Also city planning has changed drastically in terms of what's allowed to be landscaped. Like you have 6 choices of landscape concepts and none of them resemble lawns. Houses are required to be sprinklered in every room of the house as most fires actually start inside the house from a chimney or open window having burning materials land inside. I may be explaining this wrong but basically having sprinklers kick on inside the house can save it from being burned unless it's a Tokyo firestorm type deal which causes houses to instantly explode as the air temp is 1000 outside. I use Tokyo as an example because y description of that night is spot on to what Tokyo citizens reported when the city was firebombed. Maybe it's PTSD from being surrounded by a literal wall of fire in all directions. Still have nightmares of walking outside and hearing screams explosions and a blindingly red sky. WAR CRIME GIGOLO fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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