Supposed to go to Paris next week - we shall see
The Old Man posted:Pearl Jam sucked then and they suck now.
My older son is home on Spring Break from college, and his school just sent an email that they are going to have virtual classes only for the time being and he shouldn't go back.
My younger son's local high school is already asking all the parents about in-home internet and computer access for virtual classes, and I'm anticipating that they are going to shut down as well in the next week or two.
Are you going to get a refund for the college tuition or room and board at college if your son is home?
irwin posted:Are you going to get a refund for the college tuition or room and board at college if your son is home?
Very interestingly they announced it a day after the cutoff for tuition refunds.
Rothko posted:irwin posted:Are you going to get a refund for the college tuition or room and board at college if your son is home?
Very interestingly they announced it a day after the cutoff for tuition refunds.
To quote Maxwell Smart, "Missed it by THAT much."
There is a drug called Kevzara which treats RA that could benefit patients who are coronavirus positive. Only time will tell.
Crazy night for us. We have a son in Ireland who just had to book a flight home tomorrow to avoid another 30 days there. Also have two at home on spring break, with one having his break extended one week and another in med school told she has to be at school Monday for a meeting. Totally insane having to cancel and rebook flights with everything changing so fast.
NBA season suspended
Here's what has to happen and will partially happen naturally by itself. People 70 and up and those with compromised immune systems need to go out as little as possible, stay at home. Not going out at all would be best. Everything can be delivered to them through Amazon, Uber Eats etc. They would receive each package using a new set of gloves and would give the packaging a light once over with antiseptic wipes. Meanwhile the rest of society could go on with basketball games and trips to Las Vegas. However they would have to know the following: If they're over 70, they are there at their own risk. Younger people will know the risk is minimal, probably even less than that of dying of the yearly flu. (Already a very small percent in their demographic.) They would also have to aware that they could not go visit a relative or friend in the compromised group without putting on full body protection.
I believe there's no better way to handle this responsibly and yet also with the least amount of impact to society in general.
italianwino posted:There is a drug called Kevzara which treats RA that could benefit patients who are coronavirus positive. Only time will tell.
Is there a scientific basis for your statement? Or is this just some advertisement for the company that makes this drug.
Trip to France cancelled
Will spend next week going to every French bakery, French restaurant and the French wine bar in town
So some joker got on a plane last night in New York, AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD HE HAD THE VIRUS, and flew down to Palm Beach International Airport. So the virus is now here.
Thanks, guy. Thanks a lot.
Selfish prick
Rothko posted:So some joker got on a plane last night in New York, AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD HE HAD THE VIRUS, and flew down to Palm Beach International Airport. So the virus is now here.
Thanks, guy. Thanks a lot.
Perhaps not much consolation but it was going to migrate there from Broward anyway
What a selfish prick. Hopefully they keep his identity secret before somebody beats his ass to death.
irwin posted:italianwino posted:There is a drug called Kevzara which treats RA that could benefit patients who are coronavirus positive. Only time will tell.
Is there a scientific basis for your statement? Or is this just some advertisement for the company that makes this drug.
I tried looking it up but any reference to this and the outbreak are at weird sites with lots of popup advertising. Some of the sites just have weird names like, fiercepharma.
The clueless one just now, "The stock market is down, but it's still higher than when I took office." This as the market is down 2,000 points. A profoundly ignorant man.
My annual convention trip to Las Vegas scheduled for next Tuesday through Friday being held at the Aria this year was just now cancelled. Now the mad dash to cancel the hotel room, airfare, etc... I'm betting they keep the convention fee to offset costs.
Shut downs: MLS, NBA, F1, ATP, Viking cruise Spain & Portugal {I canceled in December for other reasons}, St Paddy's Day Parades all over and the list will get longer
Besides, Brazilian official who was at Mar A Lago had it anyway
All Ontario schools shut down until April 5th
Disneyland closing. I'd expect to see this happening at all major amusement parks in the US.
All public schools in Maryland closed for 2 weeks or so. The Catholic schools are following suit, and I suppose many other private schools will do likewise. Full scale panic has set in. We're supposed to go out to eat Saturday night with another couple, and they are afraid to go. Our synagogue has canceled religious services for the next two weeks. The Courts are not having any jury trials for the next three weeks. I was supposed to have a hearing this Tuesday in one of the courts, but they announced that they are closing. The Governor has called out the National Guard. Not sure why. You can't shoot the virus can you?
It's as close to full scale panic as I have ever seen.
We have our annual trip to Mexico coming up late next month. I never buy trip insurance, as if you read all the fine print, it covers practically nothing. Now the Orange One is suggesting he may quarantine WA state??? Insurance probably wouldn't cover "Act of Trump", either.
Spent $600 at Costco and $500 Amazon today. Probably another $500+ by the end of the weekend. But... can we talk about this toilet paper thing? I mean... why? Why toilet paper. We all need it, but... how much can you actually go through? This makes no sense.
winetarelli posted:Spent $600 at Costco and $500 Amazon today. Probably another $500+ by the end of the weekend. But... can we talk about this toilet paper thing? I mean... why? Why toilet paper. We all need it, but... how much can you actually go through? This makes no sense.
Another item disappearing from shelves are condoms. I guess if people think their going to be self-quarantined for a couple weeks..?
I just spent about an hour in line at Costco.
I think my work is about to get shutdown for a month or so.
I agree that we are in a panic mode. I keep disbelieving what I am seeing with all the cancellations of events and work activities. Yes there is a little more risk for older people with underlying conditions, but it is still a flu and the cases are still on the small side. Some precautions are beneficial, but it is like the world is going to shut down for a month. Let's get a little sanity back.
Yes, I don't get the toilet paper issue, the virus does not cause diarrhea.
Tom, it is not the flu.
“This virus is not SARS, it’s not MERS, and it’s not influenza,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Tuesday, referencing other coronaviruses that have caused smaller outbreaks. “It is a unique virus with unique characteristics.”
thistlintom posted:I agree that we are in a panic mode. I keep disbelieving what I am seeing with all the cancellations of events and work activities. Yes there is a little more risk for older people with underlying conditions, but it is still a flu and the cases are still on the small side. Some precautions are beneficial, but it is like the world is going to shut down for a month. Let's get a little sanity back.
Wow, just wow. Is this what they tell you on Fox State News? The flu has vaccines, while not perfect, they can reduce the number of deaths and lessen the severity of the some flues. There is also Tamiflu that can help. Do you understand the difference between .1% and 1%? The moron in chief doesn't. In addition no expert is calling this the "flu" because it's not.
I've asked this on another site with deniers who blame the media and "mass hysteria" to give a number of deaths that would cause them to change their minds. Do you have a number?
Schools in Ontario closed for 3 weeks. Told today to work from home for the foreseeable future.
Pres. Trump to declare a state of emergency. He is really over his head. He can't decide if we are in trouble or doing "great". He changes positions so quickly he reminds me of a windshield wiper on high.
My older son's college just announced they are shutting down for the rest of the semester and will only do virtual classes. But now he has to get on a plane to go up there to move his stuff out of campus housing.
Younger son's high school just announced they are shutting down on Monday and going to virtual classes until at least April 6th.
Rothko posted:So some joker got on a plane last night in New York, AFTER HAVING BEEN TOLD HE HAD THE VIRUS, and flew down to Palm Beach International Airport. So the virus is now here.
Thanks, guy. Thanks a lot.
Saw today this guy was banned for life from ever flying on a Jetblue flight again.
Talk about small comfort...
Welp. I guess I will be showering after every time I go to the bathroom for a while.
My statement is based on a person who works at the WSJ who was involved in a recent report on the subject. Absolutely not an ad. I’m not involved in any way with the drug manufacturers.
Alterra and Vail Mountain Resorts shut down all ski slopes effective today. I just had friends here for a long weekend and they just made getting their skiing in. There must have been a bunch of people who traveled to the ski slopes only to see them shut down. I would think the risk of transmission is low when skiing.
I also see stores are reducing their hours being open. You can see why people may think they have to hoard items, worrying about future shut downs.
People hoard items because they are selfish assholes. They were doing so before stores announced reduced hours.