Corona and other diseases

[Dark Raven]

A lot of non-food shops closed in the UK from today and now McDonald's just announced they are closing from tomorrow.

Fast foods wouldn't have been the most healthy, and also McDonald's would've been a quick way to spread the virus with so many coming in there to eat.

 

[Dark Raven]

Snowdonia experiences busiest visitor day "in living memory" - 24 hours after tighter measures were announced to curb spread of coronavirus

Why on earth would everyone suddenly decide to visit there this weekend after a lockdown?

 

[Zorro]

I hate humans and being a human sometimes!

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Warmer Weather May Slow, but Not Halt Coronavirus

At least slowing would help ease up the burden on the hospitals.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[jmc]

Impending doom down here. Our welfare offices have been flooded with people looking to take advantage of the emergency cash payments. Lines hundreds of metres long around all offices around the country. The systems is going to be overwhelmed.

 

[squeekness]

Impending doom down here. Our welfare offices have been flooded with people looking to take advantage of the emergency cash payments. Lines hundreds of metres long around all offices around the country. The systems is going to be overwhelmed.

Going to be like that for a while. Stay strong.

 

[Schlosser85]

Ohio (my state) shuts down to "shelter in place" tomorrow at midnight.

But "lucky" me won't be affected by it because I work at a store that sells groceries and is therefore an essential business.

We're up to 351 cases statewide, 104 new confirmations.

 

[Iceman]

At least slowing would help ease up the burden on the hospitals.

Yeah, any relief means lives saved. Anything that can be postponed to spread the burden over more time means more chance of the health services being able to help.

 

[Pennywise]

US coronavirus cases top 32,000 as New York governor estimates 40% to 80% of state will get coronavirus - CNN

 

[jmc]

And now the government welfare website has crashed.

 

[squeekness]

Ohio (my state) shuts down to "shelter in place" tomorrow at midnight.

But "lucky" me won't be affected by it because I work at a store that sells groceries and is therefore an essential business.

We're up to 351 cases statewide, 104 new confirmations.

Sorry, man.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Merica!

 

[Pennywise]

Ontario confirms 412 active coronavirus cases, 5 people dead and 8 cases resolved
Coronavirus: Quebec cases climb to 219, schools to remain closed until May

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Flint Marko]

Got a close friend who works at a hospital in NYC and he sent over an email that was sent and it just lays out the numbers of how royally screwed every health care worker up there is.

Looks like they'll be rationing off masks to just one per-day per-health care worker.

 

[Pennywise]

Trump activates National Guard in California, New York and Washington state: 'This is a war'

 

[Schlosser85]

Trump activates National Guard in California, New York and Washington state: 'This is a war'

Then maybe he should also use the emergency powers he's refusing to activate.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

https://nypost.com/2020/03/22/loss-of-taste-and-smell-could-be-crucial-symptoms-of-coronavirus/

 

[Yowza]

There's some news coming in from Italy on people over 60 ruled out as patients as ventilators become scarce: Doctor in Italy: Patients Over 60 Are Out of Luck - news - Search & News

 

[Zorro]

No respect for the elderly. Wtf?

 

[squeekness]

No respect for the elderly. Wtf?

Wartime triage. It will probably happen here as well if things get as bad.

 

[DCMarv37]

Got a close friend who works at a hospital in NYC and he sent over an email that was sent and it just lays out the numbers of how royally screwed every health care worker up there is.

Looks like they'll be rationing off masks to just one per-day per-health care worker.

Trump activates National Guard in California, New York and Washington state: 'This is a war'

There's some news coming in from Italy on people over 60 ruled out as patients as ventilators become scarce: Doctor in Italy: Patients Over 60 Are Out of Luck - news - Search & News

This is all like a nightmare you can't wake up from.

And quoting Pennywise's post, I think the local/state/federal governments are going to have to enforce a lockdown or "stay-in-place" orders for the whole US before its over. Thanks to the spring breakers and those people who won't do what they should be [social distancing], its the only way there'll be any kind of hope for 'flattening the curve' before the end of May or early June.

 

[Iceman]

There's some news coming in from Italy on people over 60 ruled out as patients as ventilators become scarce: Doctor in Italy: Patients Over 60 Are Out of Luck - news - Search & News

Imagine being infected by some reckless spring breaker type and then they get a ventilator over you who are left to die.