Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

It's not that they don't shower but a lot of Europeans (French, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards) don't wear deodorant because of the chemicals in it and they think natural body smells are sexy...

Paris used to be very well known for smelling badly of dog shit as they wouldn't pick up after their dogs, but I'm sure that has changed now along with the rest of the world.

New York has some very funky smells, especially around the steamy sewers.

So perfume, so big in France, does not have any chemicals... I did not know that.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBWb...ature=youtu.be

Interlude...slight break...to relax.

[intoanewlife]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

So perfume, so big in France, does not have any chemicals... I did not know that.

Perfumes don't have aluminium in them for a start...

Men don't wear perfume...

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by scwilli1

Dr. Fauci is who we should be listening to and not politicians.

What about Dr. Oz?

[AeroK]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Anyone see what's wrong with that picture?

I have a feeling that a lot of the panic shoppers that bought up all the masks to wear, specifically the N95 hoarders, don’t even know how to properly wear them or take them off. There’s a reason we have to get fit tested, clean shaven, and given the Saccharin taste test yearly.

[MrHT]

Yup, I think we're doing a great job flattening the curve.

[Chaotic]

Takes more than a week to see results

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Takes more than a week to see results

Are you implying that we've only been going through this pandemic for just a week?? Where have you been???

This is exactly why cases are skyrocketing with no end in sight. U.S. citizens, in general, still refuse to believe how serious this is. People are still like, "138K cases, no big deal! We're just doing more tests, so we're doing a good job keeping this under control." Whereas China took this seriously from Day 1 and that's why they have the 80K cases under control and are slowly getting their lives back to normal.

Seriously, we have to take our heads out of our butts are start taking this seriously. Stop take our number of cases for granted! This is serious and we have to take it seriously! Stay at home, stop traveling, and if you have any cough or sniffles, quarantine yourself!!

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

It's not that they don't shower but a lot of Europeans (French, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards) don't wear deodorant because of the chemicals in it and they think natural body smells are sexy...

Not sure where you got that from but it’s just not true. Deodorant is widely used in those countries. Any people that don’t are a minority.

[Bugg]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Yup, I think we're doing a great job flattening the curve.

Many don't show symptoms for a couple of weeks. Also the number of tests being done is growing. Basically even if by some miracle, not a single person got infected in the last week, those numbers would still be going up by a lot right now.

[Himmel]

Coronavirus timeline:
- January 19: 100 cases
- January 24: 1,000 cases
- February 12: 50,000 cases
- March 6: 100,000 cases
- March 18: 200,000 cases
- March 21: 300,000 cases
- March 24: 400,000 cases
- March 26: 500,000 cases
- March 28: 600,000 cases
- March 29: 700,000 cases

Source

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[intoanewlife]

Originally Posted by Josep5349

Not sure where you got that from but it’s just not true. Deodorant is widely used in those countries. Any people that don’t are a minority.

ok x

[MazeRunner]

So the 2 weeks is almost up that retail stores said they'd be closed. When are they going to announce further closure and how much longer this time?

[MrHT]

Ok guys, I'm selling toilet paper. $5 per roll. Or $30 for 5 rolls.

Seriously, I feel that people are hoarding the toilet paper to sell for a profit. How in hell could demand for toilet paper be this high?? Hand sanitizer, ok I understand. But why toilet paper?? What the hell is wrong with people? I'm starting to run low (I have about 5 rolls left) and will need to buy more soon and no stores have them yet!!

[intoanewlife]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

So the 2 weeks is almost up that retail stores said they'd be closed. When are they going to announce further closure and how much longer this time?

UK is aparently not reopening (announced this morning) until the last week of May or first week of June and we are both at about the same point in the cycle.

It'll be interesting to see what happens over there...

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Ok guys, I'm selling toilet paper. $5 per roll. Or $30 for 5 rolls.

Seriously, I feel that people are hoarding the toilet paper to sell for a profit. How in hell could demand for toilet paper be this high?? Hand sanitizer, ok I understand. But why toilet paper?? What the hell is wrong with people? I'm starting to run low (I have about 5 rolls left) and will need to buy more soon and no stores have them yet!!

Have you checked dollar stores, grocery stores, and hardware stores?

Seems like most people are just flocking to Walmart/Target.

I've said it before, but if Kmart and Shopko held on for another year, they'd have tons of business.

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

UK is aparently not reopening (announced this morning) until the last week of May or first week of June and we are both at about the same point in the cycle.

It'll be interesting to see what happens over there...

This is just ridiculous. From what I hear, people are still flocking to the remaining open stores. Closing stores at 8pm isn't going to stop coronavirus.

Let's just go back to normal and whoever gets the virus gets it, whoever dies, dies.

I've been home for 3 weeks now and haaaaate it. I don't want the virus, but I know there's a 50/50 chance I'll get it. All it takes is me going to the store to get a few necessities.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

UK is aparently not reopening (announced this morning) until the last week of May or first week of June and we are both at about the same point in the cycle.

It'll be interesting to see what happens over there...

I don’t know how that would go over here in the U.S. I’ve heard people while at the market say they want to go shopping at certain stores again. People are are going to tolerate these lockdowns for only so much longer I think.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

UK is aparently not reopening (announced this morning) until the last week of May or first week of June and we are both at about the same point in the cycle.

It'll be interesting to see what happens over there...

Sorry, I’m not picking on you, honest , but I do think it’s important to be accurate. There has been no new official announcement, current measures are in place for a three week period and will be reviewed at the end of that period. That’s still the official position. However, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove told the BBC this morning “I can’t make an accurate prediction, but everyone does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place.” And later during the Government’s daily update Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Harries said it could be six months or longer before the country gets back to normal, with reviews of lockdown measures every three weeks. So whilst no announcement has yet been made, it’s very likely we will still be on lockdown in May. The PM has also confirmed tougher lockdown measures may be necessary.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

This is just ridiculous. From what I hear, people are still flocking to the remaining open stores. Closing stores at 8pm isn't going to stop coronavirus.

Let's just go back to normal and whoever gets the virus gets it, whoever dies, dies.

I've been home for 3 weeks now and haaaaate it. I don't want the virus, but I know there's a 50/50 chance I'll get it. All it takes is me going to the store to get a few necessities.

oh boo hoo. Our ancestors would've loved to stay at home instead of going to war.