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- Thread starter Treetop Flyer
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Except all of the health care providers and their support staff, whose numbers are not insignificant, who still have to go into the heart of it.
And all of the various EMS responses that also have to pick them up and then deliver them to living petri dish. <shudder>
It seems like our call volume has gone down and the completely anecdotal guessing is that people aren't making as many 911 calls, which in turn is causing our calls to go down. That still doesn't stop the knucklehead who runs himself off the road and scalps himself.
The next couple of weeks are going to be the most productive period of meme creation in history. @FrankTheTank is today's meme hero.
Just stay away from people isn’t just simple shit. Just stop making money. Stop getting food. Stop society from melting down while kids and parents living hand to mouth are on the streets without an income. Simple shit.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Those certainly are very big numbers, but the projected deaths still amounts to 0.3% of the US population, most of whom will be over 60.
In the meantime we're making policy decisions that are decimating the economy, putting millions of Americans into economic hardship, and weakening our national defense because we can't stomach the fact that Gramma Ethyl can die from a strain of SARS.
Sidenote: If there's anything we do that wouldn't be considered 'mission essential' if it were turned off for a month or more, then we shouldn't ever do it.
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I wonder if we'll hit Peak Meme.
Jesus dude. I'm guessing we won't be seeing any 'Spekkio for Congress' signs in FL or AZ soon.
I'm guessing letting the Olds suffocate from pneumonia on a cot at the local high school gym is what we're trying to prevent here.
Too soon to tell if airline pilots are more or less infected. But according to the Department of Labor, they're in a higher risk profession because of their "physical proximity to others" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/15/business/economy/coronavirus-worker-risk.html
The story has obviously changed from when I posted that but it's still being put out that if people follow the guide lines being put out about social distancing, washing hands, self quarantining, etc. that the this is a relative short term health crisis (couple months). The economic impact is anyone's guess. The more the media spreads panic, the bigger the economic impact. They need to stick to facts without the fear mongering. I just watched one "expert medical doctor" say there were over 200,000 undiagnosed cases in Ohio alone. That's pure fear mongering speculation.
The airlines seem to be negotiating paid leaves of absences, etc. rather than furloughs. If they thought this would be long term they would be furloughing instead. So far all my airline's cuts have been in places that have quarantines - Australia, New Zealand, Korea. Pus we did not cut Japan capacity but delayed for 2 months a scheduled increase. They have announced there will more temporary capacity decreases but not what yet. But all cuts are only through May.
Memes are humor and what better way to fight panic and boredom than with humor.
You don't like my memes, put me on ignore.
That's alright...I shorted MyPillow and prunes a month ago, notwithstanding your public health advice.