COVID-19: Chapter 4 - OPEN FOR BUSINESS

[anon38180840]

@anon10387340

I’m betting that round two is easier. If not, we’re all so fucked it aint going to matter.

You could easily argue that round two is worse.

[anon10387340]

I think other than a few specific diseases, shouldn’t we expect to deal with something better the second time we catch it?

[anon38180840]

@King_of_NY

@anon38180840

Maybe I’m just egotistical, but I think we’re pretty fucking smart. But yeah the fact that this was so easy to call and yet so poorly handled is maddening.

Agree with this and would go even further and argue that as a collective UP would make for an excellent consulting/think-tank jimmie thingy where forum members could make zillions solving the world’s problems.

The only thing in the way would be athe lack of an organization and the group would never be able to come up with one. The irony isn’t lost on me.

Shit, that sounds like something I’d be willing to quit poker for. We’d just have to call it UP Solutions or something basic. The main problem would be like half of us protesting the other half at all times. We’d constantly be in a state of sit-in.

[seities]

Surely we could fix that with some polls!

[anon38180840]

@suzzer99

The CDC’s take on masks being a perfect example. They went with what they knew about SARS (mostly big droplets/touch-spread) and had good intentions about trying to preserve PPE for front-line healthcare works. But it massively blew up in their faces.

Right but we knew this then, and could have predicted the fallout then. We would have come up with a better strategy and position. Something like, “If everyone uses homemade masks, they’ll be nearly as effective and you’ll save the PPE for the frontline heroes who need it. We’ll ramp up and get enough PPE for everyone within a few weeks, please do your part as Americans and order through this website here that will put you in line for the first batch of consumer PPE.”

[Aofrantic]

Literally some places are going to reimagine what school is like and some places won’t change a damn thing. Here they’ve even pondered just putting kids into cohorts and having it fine if they’re in grades 1-7 just to help with tracing and decrease risk of spread.

[anon38180840]

@anon92450360

I’d legit like someone to explain to me like I’m a five year old how we are supposed to send kids back to school this fall when we can’t keep a fucking restaurant open two weeks because a hostess and three cooks got the rona? Break it down for me

We’re not but most people believe that kids are immune and/or immune to serious cases or long term effects. We don’t know that yet, at best, but it’s commonly accepted as fact. Nobody cares about the teacher/janitor/lunch lady. They pretty much just care about their kids.

[anon38180840]

@anon10387340

I think other than a few specific diseases, shouldn’t we expect to deal with something better the second time we catch it?

I’d say you’re likely right but if we have lingering lung/kidney/etc damage it might further exacerbate that.

[Aofrantic]

The difference in how an expensive private school and a random no funding public school in the South approaches the fall is going to be wild. The education disparities of this period will follow these kids for the rest of their lives.

[Fossilkid93]

@Spinetta

@Will1530

We truly are the dumbest country.

Brazil says hold my caipirinha.

FYP

[Fossilkid93]

@Aofrantic

Making liberals mad is all the MAGA ppl have left. Even if it kills them.

And here I thought “even if it kills me” was just an expression.

[King_of_NY]

@anon38180840

UP Solutions

Nobody steal this

Edit: damnit UPSolutions and UnstuckSolutions are both taken.

[KSR]

I have been really wanting to go golfing. My brother recently asked me to go. His wife is an icu nurse thats deals with Covid patients, so I have been hesitant to go with him. Solo I’m worried I would get paired up with people which could become a disaster.

[Fossilkid93]

@WichitaDM

I sold all my puts today anticipating the ONLY TWO MILLION NEW UNEMPLOYED? NEW RECORD!!! headlines and subsequent pump tomorrow. So i am sure it will go straight down from here.

What the heck man? You’ve been holding out this long and you’re gonna bail right before everyone realizes “open for biznass” is a huge fail and WAAF? Or are you just trying to time the headlines and get back in in a couple days?

[anon38180840]

@Aofrantic

The difference in how an expensive private school and a random no funding public school in the South approaches the fall is going to be wild. The education disparities of this period will follow these kids for the rest of their lives.

For sure, and the health disparities that also result from the education and societal disparities. Upper middle class white collar workers work from home and their kids are at lower risk in nicer schools. Poor folks ride public transit to and from work while their kids are in schools taking no precautions. It’s likely going to impact outcomes in American society for 70 years.

[anon38180840]

@King_of_NY

@anon38180840

UP Solutions

Nobody steal this

Edit: damnit UPSolutions and UnstuckSolutions are both taken.

UP Your Ass Solutions

[anon38180840]

@KSR

I have been really wanting to go golfing. My brother recently asked me to go. His wife is an icu nurse thats deals with Covid patients, so I have been hesitant to go with him. Solo I’m worried I would get paired up with people which could become a disaster.

When we made the tee time we insisted on not being paired up with anyone and I was prepared to walk away if it happened. They didn’t even charge us extra for separate carts. Some courses are charging $10 extra for that. I probably would be a little nervous to golf with your brother given his wife’s work, but if he was willing to mutually do cloth masks on tees and greens it would probably be safe. It would still be a mental block for me, I think.

Also I tried to wear a surgical mask on the driving range and couldn’t do it… It moved around too much and I couldn’t keep my eyes focused and make clean contact. I’m hoping the cloth mask I ordered can work, and I can keep it on my chin and pop it up when I’m close to someone.

At the very least it should work reasonably well on the green. People in other groups or working there may think I’m weird, but fuck them. I’m not trying to have depleted lung capacity in 10 years.

[anon38180840]

@Fossilkid93

@WichitaDM

I sold all my puts today anticipating the ONLY TWO MILLION NEW UNEMPLOYED? NEW RECORD!!! headlines and subsequent pump tomorrow. So i am sure it will go straight down from here.

What the heck man? You’ve been holding out this long and you’re gonna bail right before everyone realizes “open for biznass” is a huge fail and WAAF? Or are you just trying to time the headlines and get back in in a couple days?

This. But I kind of feeling like he’s pulling a Riverman and if so I’m a winner with Disney puts and long options on the VXX.

[TheHip41]

@anon38180840

@King_of_NY

@anon38180840

UP Solutions

Nobody steal this

Edit: damnit UPSolutions and UnstuckSolutions are both taken.

UP Your Ass Solutions

Yo’

[MasterofthePwn]

One of the things I have learned in life is that people like Unstuckers aren’t really that impressive… until you compare them to everyone else. Meaning we are “that smart” when you are grading on the curve of humanity.