Corona Virus

[E_T]

Well, this might get touted as "Fake News", here is this:
[Sleezebag] allegedly asked Fauci if officials could let coronavirus 'wash over' US

President [Sleezebag] reportedly asked Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and a key member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, whether U.S. officials could allow the coronavirus pandemic to “wash over” the country, The Washington Post reported.

During a coronavirus task force meeting in the Situation Room last month, on the same day [Sleezebag] ordered travel to be suspended from the United Kingdom and Ireland in an effort to stem the spread of the virus, [Sleezebag] reportedly asked Fauci, “Why don’t we let this wash over the country?”

Two anonymous sources familiar with the president’s comments confirmed the question to the newspaper.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492390-wapo-[Sleezebag]-allegedly-asked-fauci-if-officials-could-let-coronavirus

[Geo]

Well, with income and sales down, they have to collect revenue somehow...

What do you think people wiĺ do once restrictions are lifted? Right, go on a shopping spree.

[E_T]

Maybe... 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dumped-milk-smashed-eggs-plowed-160839647.html

Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic
In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in South Florida, a region that supplies much of the Eastern half of the United States with produce, tractors are crisscrossing bean and cabbage fields, plowing perfectly ripe vegetables back into the soil.

Milk is also getting dumped here as well

[Rusty Edge]

Well, with income and sales down, they have to collect revenue somehow...

What do you think people wiĺ do once restrictions are lifted? Right, go on a shopping spree.

We have an Amazon warehouse 1.5 hours away. Our shopping hasn't slowed that much.

When restrictions are lifted, I plan to get my dog groomed.

[Buster's Uncle]

Say, is hEt set up so she's safe at work?

[Unorthodox]

Say, is hEt set up so she's safe at work?

It's complicated.  But she's about as safe as possible, and NORMALLY wouldn't be involved with anyone they suspect as positive, but there are risky treatments and people that aren't symptomatic, so she still has to gear up for some things. 

[Geo]

Complicatated…

Some results of the general Covid-19 testing program for nursing homes are made public (testing was done in 85 nursing homes sofar). The results sofar? In general one-sixth of the people working or staying there are infected. Doesn't necessarily mean they're sick or showing symptoms, but they have the virus at this particular time.

If that's an indication of how many people are or have been infected in the outer world, it would mean the virus has a broader spread then the flu last winter. On average half a million people get the flu each winter in Belgium. one-sixth  of the population comes close to 2 million.

This morning at work during briefing we were told an employee on our site (from my shift) had a confirmed Covid-19 infection... 3 weeks ago.
Bit of a bummer to hear something like that with such a delay. They could as well told us nothing. Guess what, I saw suspiciously more workers wearing mouth masks today.
So, my chances of having been infected and not shown signs of it have increased.

[E_T]

This info is up to date as of March 15, or a month old.  It is a bit dry at times and does get into upper levels of info that you would expect to have in a graduate level lecture, but it is still very informative about this virus.  Enjoy...

And yeah, I watched the whole thing...  and I'm thinking about adding them to my patrion outlay (will be #3).

[Unorthodox]

Complicatated…

If you want a thesis on how things have changed over the last 3 years to get to where they are, I can go into it. 

Schools are now officially closed for the rest of the year.  I'm hearing rumblings that we're expecting this to extend as far as August at work.  Alec was supposed to be graduating this year, and is rather bummed about the lack of ceremony going to happen. 

I've between the 2 in school, (Kyle was already all online so not impacted) there's been the range of response from teachers one would expect with some absolutely THRIVING at the online schooling to others that have just completely given up and those that are trying but technologically challenged. 

Alec's AP courses specifically are attempting to figure out how to even do the testing this year, and he had a couple of professional prep classes that are struggling with the same.  One was for getting into chef's course work for instance, and it's really hard to test someone's cooking when they are stuck at home.  Yet the test is the entire reason for the course, so kinda needs to be done. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Mostly for Uno:

[Unorthodox]

Yeah, the local church posted that one.  I'd briefly considered reposting, but figured most my neighbors would have issues with such a thing. 

Legitimately, however, we had the 5+ earthquake like 2 weeks back.  IT WAS RIGHT UNDER THE LOCAL CHURCH OF SATAN BUILDING.  Or at least right under the same street.  We've had multiple 4+ aftershocks since, one just 2 days ago even.  All centered under their headquarters.  I've been giving them [poop] asking what hell they have unleashed. 

[Geo]

Why do they even call Satan's place of worship a 'church'? I'm sure they could've come up with a more interesting label. 'Lair' would already do.

[E_T]

I wonder how the multitude of kids, whom only excel at Gym Classes, are doing with the online schooling (more than likely, the lack there of)?  And how many kids will get rubber-stamped on to their next grade level and/or graduation this year?  Which, I imagine, the ones WHOM have worked hard to advance likely feel that this belittles their accomplishments...

[Rusty Edge]

I was wondering about this myself. I suspect that the rubber stamp will be the norm, to avoid further psychological trauma. Only districts with standardized testing requirements for promotion/graduation will be the exception.

[E_T]

Hmm, administering those test will also be problematic.  Wonder what GK thinks about this?