Disagree on Atlanta. Most people here are transplants, but those of us native born love it and don’t complain about it.
Of course I’m an OTP person (outside the perimeter) so maybe it’s different for people born and raised in Atlanta city limits, but all the ITP people I know love it, so not sure that’s accurate.
I’ve actually never heard a native here complain about it.
This is a little naive and dismissive, imo. First off, you have no idea what people’s health situations are. Just off the top of my head I can name three members who are at statistically higher risk: cuse has asthma, I’m on immunosuppressant meds, Hobbes is undergoing chemo. I can guarantee you there are many other members who have comorbidities of their own.
Aside from that, the panic has just as much, if not more, to do with societal and healthcare issues as it does with worry of personal wellbeing.
The baby boom in 9 months+ is going to be epic
Yeah like I’m freaked out like I would be watching a hurricane with 300mph wins that defies meteorological history bear down on NYC while I live in Philly. I’ve taken precautions and my risk is low, but I’m terrified to watch what will happen, and I know it’ll change us for a while.
So is the divorce rate.
Wow; I seriously thought that was you making fun of him. This simulation is just too much.
Remember - fold diagonally for better coverage and less chance of poopy fingers.
Also I don’t fold the first few wipes. Too messy. Only once it gets down to repeated small spots from the depths - like you’re trying to wipe the ink out of a magic marker.
I think I picked this up in the national parks or camping, where TP is always at a premium.
So it looks like LinkedIn took down this article that was posted here a couple days ago (could be yesterday, feels like a week, I dunno): https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/notes-from-ucsf-expert-panel-march-10-dr-jordan-shlain-m-d-/
Luckily I still had it open and saved it to a google doc. Notes from UCSF Expert panel - March 10 - Google Docs
Does anyone know why LinkedIn would have taken it down? It is a little panic-inducing. But I can’t imagine it has misinformation.
wtf is with these remarks? are people so self-centered that they can’t see past their own self to the point of like fuck it, your parents?
There’s nothing at all controversial in the first half of that.
We’ve known for a long time that the virus has twin properties near the sweet spot for a virus of a decent infection rate and decent but not too high fatality rate.
Already had 2 girls asking if I could pick them up at 3am, looks promising 
Went to Costco again, this time to stock up more heavily than last time. Why would I brave Costco as it opens amidst a panic, @suzzer99? Glad you asked: because they are stocked. Like, sure, there was a line literally encircling the entire store as it opened, but it was actually pretty chill inside and less crowded than a typical Saturday morning when I would usually arrive. They were a well-oiled machine, too. They had a pallet of toilet paper right up front with two guys handing everyone who wanted one there exactly one pack. Had my choice of everything I wanted, full selection of meat, vegetables, etc., and the only thing noticeably absent was Clorox wipes. A few things, like ramen, they had signs saying limit 1. Only one person in line in front of me at checkout despite all those people having already been through the store. They’ve pretty clearly got this figured out.
In contrast, MrsWookie went to Safeway, and they were already devastated.
Yeah I’m hoping I can hit Trader Joes and stock up on a few things but I feel like today is not the day.
One thing I don’t understand about that article is they say 40-70% of US population will get infected over the next 12-18 months, even with social distancing efforts to flatten the curve.
Considering the Italian health system is overwhelmed already with far less than 1% of the population infected, how can our efforts to flatten the curve make much of a difference at all?
I hope I’m misunderstanding something.
Not having a substantial risk of death myself, or even for my immediate family, does not mean that it is still responsible of me to go traipsing around in crowds as much as ordinarily would, nor that make it suddenly wrong to be aghast at our nation’s response to this pandemic.
I’m probably going to get it. At least I can hope that I don’t spread it to other people, and then hopefully only people at low risk. Being holed up as much as I can except to get food when necessary is not a panic. It’s being respectful of everyone around me.
Most of the Italian cases were concentrated in Lombardy in the North, putting great stress on health systems there.
I guess population densities will differ a lot too, but all health systems are likely to be overwhelmed with this thing.
I may make some extra cash tonight too, as I know the dial a bar guy around the scheme’s… What should I charge, what’s reasonable for a booze Tax…
A* £5.00
B* £10.00
C* £20.00
D* Other
Obv Corona is free.
I would try to be there a bit before they open tomorrow.
Do we know far less than 1% of the Italian population has gotten it? It has to be much higher than that in Lombardy. Some people had no symptoms. Many never got tested.
But yeah in Rome it might just be waiting to happen as soon as they go off lockdown. We could be in for a cycle. Italy will lead the way. Or China.
Many it would be great to have a source with everything that’s going on in China. Which cities are on lockdown? When did they go on lockdown? What does lockdown mean exactly for each city? Are there some where people can still go to work? Can people travel? Etc. Does anyone know of a good summary like this?