Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[zman73]

Well looks like the toilet bidet attachment I bought for my wife when she was pregnant is turning out to be a good investment, gets you cleaner than simple TP alone anyway

[BizCat]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

How is that any different than any other race weekend?

[JayTL]

I miss talking about basketball, and talking about movies.

[MifuneFan]

I think NYC should consider limiting certain areas at a time and start spraying them with some sort of disinfectant or something like China did on a regular basis.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I think NYC should consider limiting certain areas at a time and start spraying them with some sort of disinfectant or something like China did on a regular basis.

What people need to do is stay home. When this virus affected Korea, they made it mandatory for everybody to stay home. Coronavirus isn’t a thing in Korea anymore. But instead of staying home, people here are out buying all the damn toilet paper.

[Himmel]

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted the city could be at 1,000 cases by next week and said the crisis could last six months or longer.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

What people need to do is stay home. When this virus affected Korea, they made it mandatory for everybody to stay home. Coronavirus isn’t a thing in Korea anymore. But instead of staying home, people here are out buying all the damn toilet paper.

It would be nice if people did, but obviously a lot of people have to go in to work. People are still getting it in S. Korea, there's 110 new cases today so far, but it's less because of social distancing measures. Where S. Korea really succeeded is in their testing. They had drive-thrus where they were testing 10,000 people a day.

[Scarface32]

I went to the supermarket this morning, no toilet paper. I’m down to my last 4 rolls. What will happen when I run out?

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I woke up to emails/voicemails/texts about how my kids will be home from school for the next 3 weeks. Meanwhile, stores around here are running out of food and other supplies.

There are traffic jams in store parking lots here with cops directing traffic. Completely and totally out of control.

[Mike16]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I woke up to emails/voicemails/texts about how my kids will be home from school for the next 3 weeks. Meanwhile, stores around here are running out of food and other supplies.

My daughter's school will be closed for 3 weeks starting today according to the voice mail I received this morning. And I haven't even heard of a confirmed positive case in our county yet. The entire state is under a state of emergency. But of course I'm still expected to come to work, I'm probably more likely to contract it here than at an all you can eat self serve restaurant, oh well I have bills to pay so here I am.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

I went to the supermarket this morning, no toilet paper. I’m down to my last 4 rolls. What will happen when I run out?

You'll have to try and look around. Check .99 stores, etc..I know in my neighborhood some discount stores sell the Scott (or Marcal) 1000 sheet ones for like $0.70 (sometimes 2/$1).

I might have lucked out with TP, at least in the short term. A couple months back I had ordered a 27-roll pack from Target, but it kept getting delayed, and looked like it got lost, so I requested a refund. I then got a 24-pack in person from Stop & Shop, and then a couple days later the original Target order finally comes. So I have about 20 rolls left, which I imagine will last me some times.

[MifuneFan]

I can understand the panic, and the store shortages in places like NYC, WA, and some other states, but I don't get the huge panic, and craze in places where there's barely any cases of the virus. I know it's growing concern there, but those places have it so much better than the higher risk places right now.

[dublinbluray108]

Foundation, which is one of Apple TV+'s new Sci-Fi shows, has halted production at Troy Studios in Limerick due to the Coronavirus.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/202...01-foundation/

More sporting events in the U.S. are cancelled today namely some golf tournament taking place which includes The US Masters & other tournaments like the Augusta National Women's Amateur & the Drive, Putt & Chip National finals being called off at Augusta.

https://twitter.com/TheMasters/statu...65017202315264

The 6 Nations rugby match between Wales & Scotland in Cardiff has been called off. No date has been set to complete the tournament.

https://twitter.com/ITVRugby/status/1238472254763216896

In motorsport; the F1 GP's at Bahrain & Vietnam have been postponed along with China & Melbourne.

It is known that this year's F1 calendar will be delayed until the end of May but it will be put under regular review.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

For those that can't find toilet paper, how many will resort to using leaves and pinecones?

In India they just use their hands

[ronboster]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

I woke up to emails/voicemails/texts about how my kids will be home from school for the next 3 weeks. Meanwhile, stores around here are running out of food and other supplies.

I'm picking up a few things at Costco at lunch (not related to the current virus), interested in seeing if the store's been hit?

I assume they'll have my diet coke, bananas, crackers and chicken breasts.

[Blu Lemmy]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

What people need to do is stay home. When this virus affected Korea, they made it mandatory for everybody to stay home. Coronavirus isn’t a thing in Korea anymore. But instead of staying home, people here are out buying all the damn toilet paper.

Not quite...

https://www.worldometers.info/corona...y/south-korea/

At least the US appear to be taking action. Bar a few cancelled events the UK answer is to carry on regardless

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

This website is great
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

there is a table with far right column "cases per million" and you click that and it'll rank countries in terms of # cases per million which is a meaningful comparison factor

1. Italy 206
2 South Korea 151
3. Bahrain 111
4. Norway 108
5. Iran 107
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9. China 56.1
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42. USA 3.4

Updated ranking (cases per million population)

1. Italy 250
2. Norway 165
3. S Korea 156
4. Denmark 136
5. Iran 135
6. Switzerland 131
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12. China 56.1
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40. USA 5.5

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[MifuneFan]

NYC are really going to look bad if they don't close all public schools soon..There's pressure from scientists, and others to do so. What the **** are they waiting for?

De Blasio, and the NYC government are going to be on the wrong side of history if they don't follow follow what these scientists are saying here

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[Member-222782]

The panic is in the store supplies (TP, water, Purell, etc) - I don't see fear in people on the streets. People are going about their business as they should. People were hoarding water and food in my local market a couple of nights ago but there was plenty of toilet paper left. I'm not going to hoard water - I consume water filtered by a Brita pitcher. There's more chemicals and contaminants in that plastic used by water companies than anything in my local tap water.

[MifuneFan]

I would feel a lot better if I could some sanitizer. I have a small Target-brand one a while back that's going down. I really hope if/when Amazon gets some back, that they put a 1 per account limit on them.