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Maybe in the medical response but I don't think that has anything to do with how well they've handled the spread.

The interesting one for me is Washington. Early on it looked like the Seattle area was going to be what NYC ended up becoming. Instead, they'll be dropping out of the top 10 states very soon. They're barely hanging on at #10 as it is.

Brace for impact. At the current trajectory, we're looking at 100,000 dead Americans 10 days from now. Let's hope that curve begins to flatten. The last two data points indicate that we may be seeing the beginnings of that.

A lot of health insurance plans already have some things like this.

Yeah, there's always going to be a huge need for one on one attention, especially in that area. I just think we can do much better with our current technology connecting people remotely for both education and work.

I think this will only accelerate the adoption of working and educating remotely. There will be some really cool poo on that front that emerges from this IMO.

Because they have state sponsored commercial espionage programs to steal everyone's poo and rip it off.

Wait, you mean our government consisting of professional politicians bought and paid for by wealthy financiers and large corporate donors don't care about anyone who doesn't have the disposable income to finance their campaigns and line their pockets? I'm shocked.

That's what I said a long time ago. The problem is that in the link I posted awhile back from the South Korean expert, he specifically said that up to 20% of carriers are asymptomatic. You'd still have a lot of people out and about after those 14 days who were unknowing carriers. At the end of that day, that's why the only real way to get ahead of this is very widespread testing, you know like the countries who have actually managed this situation well did from the very beginning. With the disease already widespread here, we're basically left with no choice but to try to limit people's movement for long enough to allow the disease to completely run it's course and for people to no longer be contagious. These stay at home mandates will likely end up lasting into mid-summer.

I just think it would be a reckless move right now considering we're struggling to provide our healthcare workers and other front line types with the necessary protective equipment they need due to their higher risk of exposure. Save that stuff for those at the highest levels of exposure. Karen and her kids don't need to be wearing N95s to walk their dog around the block.

Good luck with that. We don't even have enough to properly supply our healthcare providers, much less if all 330 million of us are forced to try to source them for ourselves.

I honestly expected these mandates to last into the summer. What I didn't expect is for that to be announced now. I expected it to just keep getting extended by a couple of weeks or a month or so at a time.

If you're going to watch any one thing on the coronavirus, watch this: South Korea has handled this outbreak as well or better than any other country out there, so I'll take one of their leading expert's opinion on the matter over just about anyone else's.

I just think the lab designed virus theory is tinfoil hat stuff. This isn't the first time we've seen a novel coronavirus jump the species barrier in Chinese wet market.

China is calling for the trade in wild animals to be strictly prohibited. Peak irony... we've achieved it.

If you have lung issues, I'd be staying your ass at home.

Meanwhile, in Italy only three weeks into their lockdown it seems like the people might be about to their breaking point. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-italy-becoming-impatient-with-lockdown-and-social-unrest-is-brewing-11965122 This is why it's so dangerous to mislead people that thinks are going to be back to normal in a matter of weeks. They're not. You gotta set proper expectations. The UK is setting 3-6 month expectations for social distancing protocols. Not to say things are going to be completely locked down that long, but we're going to be dealing with a "new normal" for quite some time.

Yeah, my dad's father passed away this morning. Sucks, but it was time. He had advanced emphysema from a lifetime of working in a carbon plant. I really feel for my grandmother right now. Funerals are sad, but the gathering of people and sharing of stories does help the healing process and that's just not possible right now and people of their generation in that area aren't exactly the most tech savvy to make a virtual funeral much of a possibility. I'm just worried that as word gets out the community is going to start flocking there anyway.

Well, three just became two. :(

LOL! Nah, I hoarded beer. I think about half of my total was beer.

I had to go to Home Depot and the grocery store to pickup a few things this afternoon. First time I've been out of our neighborhood in two weeks. I was happy to see that traffic on the road was maybe 20% of normal and foot traffic was light in both stores. By and large people were doing a good job of maintaining social distancing standards. It'll probably be at least another two weeks before I have to venture out again.

Nestle will be paying workers whose jobs have been impacted by the pandemic for at least three months. Companies that are trying to do the right thing deserve recognition too.

ASHP is specifically recommending against using it with COVID-19 patients. That's a pharmacist professional organization. When it comes to the use of drugs and their potential interaction conflicts, pharmacists are a lot better source than doctors. Maybe it'll turn out to have nothing behind it, but if there is anecdotal evidence that there could be negative effects and there are viable alternatives with no anecdotal evidence of negative effects, just go with an alternative.

Their legal counsel is getting involved. They basically went full "Charlie Wilson's War" on them. Why can't we do this? Well, cuz it's against a poo ton of really good laws. They basically said if you do this you're gonna need new legal representation.

Governor Polis of CO is on now. Data is showing the r0 is between 3 and 4. Due in large part to our cool temps and low humidity. 4-5 days on average from exposure to symptoms. Average onset of symptoms to ICU admission is 10-12 days. The stay at home mandate institutes on Tuesday won't show an observed impact until April 7th. CO has 1849 ICU beds. Estimate half will be needed by non-COVID patients. Goal is to add 1000 more by May, 5000 "by summer". Typically 80% are occupied, but elective procedures are not being performed right now. If no social distancing compliance, up to 33k deaths in the state by June 1st. I'm not rah rah Polis guy, but damn is it refreshing to see a politician actually leaning on experts and data to make decisions and inform the public.