Covid tracking number staying fairly similar for 5 days now in the 1100-1200 deaths per day.
Great post. The post I wanted to write but was way too lazy and not smart enough to compose.
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Shopping update from the Pac Northwest - did a Costco trip yesterday to stock up (had everything except cleaning supplies), looked like 80-90% of people in the store were masked up in some fashion. Many with N95s, some with homemade masks (saw a Seahawks one!), lots of surgical masks.
Looks like my little part of Western Washington is taking things seriously at least.
My county has been pretty steady at 4-6 new cases a day, but I donāt think testing is widespread. Nurses I know at the local hospital say theyāre doing fine so farā¦
ETA: 2 new cases today, up to 74 total now.
Itās just easier and less to worry about. The car isnāt going anywhere after I get back from groceries for at least several days, so why not?
Another data point in favor of the Sunday lull/Tuesday death bump.
The head of the UFC apparently watched the plot to the mortal kombat movie and thought āthat makes sense to me!ā
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Heās gonna start a real life Mortal Kombat.
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Ouch. Must have updated later than usual.
Another Darwin Award winnar
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My experience with unemployment in NJ has not been great so far. I applied on 3/18 and got approved for a small amount relatively quickly, around 3/26. A week after that I got the approval letter in the mail stating the first date I could claim my weekly benefit was 4/5. That eventually got moved to 4/6 as the broke the time slots into two days.
Went I went to submit yesterday I was told my claim was not payable, and if i didnāt know why to call the nearest reemployment center. I spent over 4.5 hours on hold with them yesterday after having several calls just disconnect after the greeting message. Dialed in the second they opened today, and in total I called over 40 times today and never spoke to anyone. It will either not connect, connect then hang up after the intro message, or go silent after the intro message indefinitely.
I have no idea if the issue is something on my end or on my employers end, but Iād like to get the money Iām entitled to. Itās frustrating, but I really feel bad for the people with no safety net who have to wade through this system, especially now with it completely overwhelmed.
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Iām going to go back home to die if I see this guy as my Doc
https://twitter.com/mayawiley/status/1247592412266016768?s=21
Most articles from experts say you donāt need to take so much precautions with articles you buy in a store. The main reason people do it is because of news that the virus can survive days on certain surfaces but that is surviving in an otherwise lab environment. Surviving and being infectuous are also not the same thing. The virus can still be detected but that doesnāt mean it can still infect you. Most articles I read on this are in Dutch but here is one based on advice from the WHO.
Of course it doesnāt hurt so if it makes you feel safer then continue doing it.
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My favorite part of the article. Well, 2nd favorite part after reading this guy is dead:
āLandon Spradlin, of Gretna ā a small town halfway between Lynchburg and Danvilleā
Well that clears up the location of Gretna! (I have no clue what any of those cities are)
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All the low risk people ITT using Instacart should know they pay contractors $7 an order on the majority of orders, regardless of size and distance. The default tip is also 5%.
Really shouldnāt be using this service unless you absolutely have to. If you do use it, tip the fuck out of these people.
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Man, I didnāt even notice that. I would fully believe that name was from a Felix riff.
Yep, my sister lives here! Sheās good people though. My neo-Nazi stepdad lives 20 minutes away. The head of the IL Nazi Party lived in Wood River at one time at least.
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Iāll meet you at fast eddies
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40% undercount in NYC Corona deaths right now