COVID-19 2020

hutch wrote:
Don’t we have enough shit to worry about going on now that we are going to worry about this?

It wouldn’t bother me in the least..you know what bothers me? That YouTube video of a man going through ten pages of obits in Bergamo newspaper

90% of the deaths in Italy are over 70, and what percent of them were smokers? We're going to tank the future of the world to save these remnants of the past?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/opinions/south-korea-italy-coronavirus-survivability-sepkowitz/index.html

I understand flattening the curve, but there has to be some limits to how much we're going to change society is this is indeed a disease that is mostly going to kill the weakest of old people.

I can’t even

hutch wrote:
I can’t even

Can you still odd, at least? IF you can't do either, you need to get tested/

Julian, wrote:

hutch wrote:
I can’t even

Can you still odd, at least? IF you can't do either, you need to get tested/

To be fair, irrational numbers are neither even nor odd.

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
Hey parents of school-aged kid, how would you feel about no school until Fall?

https://twitter.com/TheMoCoShow/status/1239889329511636994?s=19

Thank you for posting the same exact thing I posted one centimeter above

You're welcome. I also lose track of time and don't know remember how old your kids are. Are they in school and how do you feel about potentially no school until Fall?

There comes a point in time where overreaction goes beyond being prudent and encroaches into being societally disruptive. I'm not going to be the person who says what that point is.

It's definitely not ideal… But nothing really is at this point. I'm conducting full on school at my house, at least going on day two. Talk to me in a week.

Space wrote:

hutch wrote:
Don’t we have enough shit to worry about going on now that we are going to worry about this?

It wouldn’t bother me in the least..you know what bothers me? That YouTube video of a man going through ten pages of obits in Bergamo newspaper

90% of the deaths in Italy are over 70, and what percent of them were smokers? We're going to tank the future of the world to save these remnants of the past?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/opinions/south-korea-italy-coronavirus-survivability-sepkowitz/index.html

I understand flattening the curve, but there has to be some limits to how much we're going to change society is this is indeed a disease that is mostly going to kill the weakest of old people.

sorry this disease isn't relevant to you.  some of us like our parents. 

No kidding

One of the things that makes us human is we care about our elders…and have ever since we have been around..with the rationale employed by Space we might as well euthanize old people and the weaker cause of the cost they occasion society

It’s really kind of disgusting and troubling to read Space’s post no doubt stemming from the great inconvenience he has been caused by having his child home and having to be teleworking from home at same time as his lovable wife..get your shit together Space..I mean it’s been a few days

https://pagesix.com/2020/03/16/mel-brooks-and-son-max-team-up-for-coronavirus-psa/?fbclid=IwAR19dztkNbXgXaGLklVFDMhr03wUucWGHQsJx7xWmGrL4syAzXdP7-q7GrQ

hutch wrote:
No kidding

One of the things that makes us human is we care about our elders…and have ever since we have been around..with the rationale employed by Space we might as well euthanize old people and the weaker cause of the cost they occasion society

It’s really kind of disgusting and troubling to read Space’s post no doubt stemming from the great inconvenience he has been caused by having his child home and having to be teleworking from home at same time as his lovable wife..get your shit together Space..I mean it’s been a few days

https://pagesix.com/2020/03/16/mel-brooks-and-son-max-team-up-for-coronavirus-psa/?fbclid=IwAR19dztkNbXgXaGLklVFDMhr03wUucWGHQsJx7xWmGrL4syAzXdP7-q7GrQ

FU Hutch. I'm perfectly fine teleworking and homeschooling, until the end of time. It's actually the life my wife and daughter dream of, and I can deal with it just fine.

I'm thinking of others. How many people are going to lose their jobs, their life savings. their homes, etc. because of this? Not everyone can sit at home and telework. Most can't.

$1,000 cash per person and you don't have to pay your taxes until July.

Anybody else sick of the "we're here for you!" emails? Just got one that almost literally says that in the subject. I don't think I'll need the meeting room scheduling app for a while, and I've got enough kinky underwear for now, thank you very much.

Heilung4eva wrote:
$1,000 cash per person and you don't have to pay your taxes until July.

How about more for those who actually need it and none for those of us who don't.

No FU Space

That was a horrible thing to post.

So dismissive of the dead…oh they were old and weak anyways


My reaction when I saw that video of the person turning the pages of obits in Bergamo was to cry - the human reaction-not think oh they were old and weak

So Fuck You

Space wrote:

Heilung4eva wrote:
$1,000 cash per person and you don't have to pay your taxes until July.

How about more for those who actually need it and none for those of us who don't.

Yeah, that's part of it.  Deets TBA.

Heilung4eva wrote:

Space wrote:

Heilung4eva wrote:
$1,000 cash per person and you don't have to pay your taxes until July.

How about more for those who actually need it and none for those of us who don't.

Yeah, that's part of it.  Deets TBA.

To make Space’s point, they are talking families that make $180k still getting it. That’s . . . wild.

It’s going to take time to work through it

I am guessing before this is all over government will have to assist and prop up many (millions) workers adversely affected…repercussions on taxes (refunds)….halt to evictions etc…lots of things will need to happen to help people through challenging times but the ONE thing that will not happen is society turning on the old and weak

Having said that if there aren’t enough respirators and you have a person who is 80 and a person who is 40 tough choices will I am sure be made…but we are not there yet and hopefully never will be

I mean if god forbid we don’t flatten this quick there will be mandatory curfews and the national guard will be roaming the streets distributing pallets of food, medicine  or something

People who say that can’t happen in the US simply aren’t being realistic

hutch wrote:
Having said that if there aren’t enough respirators and you have a person who is 80 and a person who is 40 tough choices will I am sure be made…but we are not there yet and hopefully never will be

i fear that we are headed for that in early outbreak areas, like seattle.  we spent a long time dillydallying before going on lockdown last friday.  that's a month-plus of the virus spreading.  probably won't be bad everywhere, but i can see certain hospitals having to make some very tough decisions in the coming weeks.

I know there's been a lot of these but this one is perfectly absurd.