Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Underworld54]

Looks like there's an almost a certainty that Los Angeles will extend its stay at home order for 3 more months...that's absolutely absurd. Many won't have jobs to come back to.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

im not questioning that masks help to varying degrees but for anyone to say 10%-90% is just pointless. just say, they work to some degree depending on the mask.

Why the focus on the 10-90 when he said MOST masks fall between 50-70?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Nope. They closed before everything else did. In fact, I think they were closed even before my work was.

There's not a single open Chinese food restaurant for miles in NYC.

You could argue both that they knew what was coming so they closed early....or....racism. I've heard both.

Part of it is a supply chain issue, not being able to source their ingredients, etc..

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Looks like there's an almost a certainty that Los Angeles will extend its stay at home order for 3 more months...that's absolutely absurd. Many won't have jobs to come back to.

That kind of dilutes the meaning of "stay at home" if they are reopening beaches, parks and phasing in the reopening of non-essential businesses during that time. If they do keep businesses closed through July, then there won't be many left to reopen (at least, without MASSIVE government aid).

[Dollar Colonel]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Nope. They closed before everything else did. In fact, I think they were closed even before my work was.

There's not a single open Chinese food restaurant for miles in NYC.

You could argue both that they knew what was coming so they closed early....or....racism. I've heard both.

My local small town Chinese restaurant closed fairly early on, citing supply issues. I was surprised since American Chinese food was invented to take advantage of local supplies and tastes so shouldn't they have the same suppliers as non-Chinese food?

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Why the focus on the 10-90 when he said MOST masks fall between 50-70?

because stating 10-90% clearly shows there are way too many variables to make any determination.

regardless, masks help, people should wear them in public

[dublinbluray108]

There has been some good news this evening from the team of Irish health experts which handles the official response to Covid-19 in Ireland.

NPHET are advising the Irish Government in Dublin that members of the general population in the country should be required to wear face masks, as official advice, soon as the Irish Government's official roadmap of easing the lockdown restrictions begins on Monday the 18th of May.

The question that comes now is how can the continual supply chain of face masks be expanded as they get worn by the rest of the population!

Since today; some businesses like pharmacies and newsagents in Ireland selling face masks to the public have started to see a huge demand for them from members of the public right up until become completely out of stock. A lot of people who are buying the face masks, in theory, should be the ones who are meant to be among the 1st groups of people returning to work on the 18th of May. But I don't know how far that demand for face masks is going by people who are working in every sector of Ireland's economy. I would like to see in future how the demand for them is widespread among each section of Irish society.

There are some surprising evidence being recorded from Irish people after being surveyed about the easing of their lockdowns.

About 43% of Irish people have said that they have overcome the worst of the pandemic & it is now over.

Dr. Tony Holohan, CMO at the Irish Department of Health, has said at a media briefing in Dublin last night that there was cause for concern that some people believe the worst of the coronavirus crisis was behind us with saying that it's causes a challenge in getting the message out. He reiterated that if Ireland gets things wrong as the restrictions from the lockdown begin to get eased; then we could face a challenge every bit as great as the challenge over the last 2 months. He also said that he understands the anticipation and desire to see progress on things such as shops opening and life returning to normal, but both the Department of Health & NPHET will continue to hand out advice based on public health needs.

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1259888751960117248

Now think about that for a second. A large cohort of the Irish public believe that the pandemic is behind them. Do you think they are being brave to say such things? That is still quite a big risk to take in when regarding the public health guidelines that are still in place right now.

There is still a very selfish cohort of people out there who want to delay every bit of progress in suppressing this virus further so they can make every bit of misery last that little bit longer; and that is not fair for the majority of people in Ireland to endure. However; there still has been a high rate of compliance of the restrictions among members of the public according to Irish police. The legislation covering the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland has only been enacted among a small minority of the Irish population who are breaking the law who are knowingly spitting on members of the police & members of the public. Irish police have also seized drugs & weapons from the offenders vehicles at random police checkpoints around the country.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Looks like there's an almost a certainty that Los Angeles will extend its stay at home order for 3 more months...that's absolutely absurd. Many won't have jobs to come back to.

Do you expect NYC to be any different?

I know you live in Albany and, with your mindset, it shows. Big cities will be the last to open. I'm not supposed to go back to work until September

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

because stating 10-90% clearly shows there are way too many variables to make any determination.

regardless, masks help, people should wear them in public

Ok, but he did say 50-70 was the common range and so I went with it. I suppose those would be the type you can buy in stores now.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Nope. They closed before everything else did. In fact, I think they were closed even before my work was.

There's not a single open Chinese food restaurant for miles in NYC.

You could argue both that they knew what was coming so they closed early....or....racism. I've heard both.

There's a few open here, that normally do a lot of take out. I've only been to the Panda Express (really convenient since it's only a couple of blocks, but it's not as good as other places). Jenny Low's is my favorite, but there message machine says they'll be closed at least until June. Maybe a combination of supply issues and that they depend more on dine-in traffic.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Part of it is a supply chain issue, not being able to source their ingredients, etc..

Originally Posted by Dollar Colonel

My local small town Chinese restaurant closed fairly early on, citing supply issues. I was surprised since American Chinese food was invented to take advantage of local supplies and tastes so shouldn't they have the same suppliers as non-Chinese food?

That's exactly what I thought.

[Lacit170]

now you guys got me worried if my chinese restaurants are closed! gonna have to look into this!

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

now you guys got me worried if my chinese restaurants are closed! gonna have to look into this!

Hmmm we were going to order Chinese here in a couple nights. So far we haven't had any issues with take out from various places (Indian, Pizza, Italian) - although some items aren't available depending upon the restaurant.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

now you guys got me worried if my chinese restaurants are closed! gonna have to look into this!

My wife and I found one around us that is open, but most are closed. It’s strange because almost all the other restaurants in the area are open for delivery and take out.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Hmmm we were going to order Chinese here in a couple nights. So far we haven't had any issues with take out from various places (Indian, Pizza, Italian) - although some items aren't available depending upon the restaurant.

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

My wife and I found one around us that is open, but most are closed. It’s strange because almost all the other restaurants in the area are open for delivery and take out.

ive gotten take out from every restaurant ive wanted to in the area with no issue. most even had full menus.

checked the website of my go to chinese restaurant and appears to be open. guess i'll know when i call

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

ive gotten take out from every restaurant ive wanted to in the area with no issue. most even had full menus.

checked the website of my go to chinese restaurant and appears to be open. guess i'll know when i call

Get some Wor Wonton Soup for me! #yummy!

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Get some Wor Wonton Soup for me! #yummy!

im usually a General Tsaos Chicken or Sweet n Sour Chicken, egg roll, crab rangoon, fried dumplings, pork lo mein, pork fried rice kinda guy

i do love won ton soup though, havent ordered it in ages

but now we're getting off track and im now hungry

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

im usually a General Tsaos Chicken or Sweet n Sour Chicken, egg roll, crab rangoon, fried dumplings, pork lo mein, pork fried rice kinda guy

i do love won ton soup though, havent ordered it in ages

but now we're getting off track and im now hungry

Leftover spaghetti doesn’t sound so good anymore.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by bruceames

If they do keep businesses closed through July, then there won't be many left to reopen (at least, without MASSIVE government aid).

We're not there yet but I think we're going to reach a certain point soon where certain businesses can't recover because they've been closed too long. How long can you suppress operations before owners start to give up? Just to be clear, I'm not advocating for stores to open their doors and let the throngs in - even if they did there are still government restrictions - I'm just saying there will be points of no return for some shop owners as a consequence of prolonged shutdown. BTW, barber shops should be considered an essential business, otherwise they're going to start having to require men to wear hair nets

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

im usually a General Tsaos Chicken or Sweet n Sour Chicken, egg roll, crab rangoon, fried dumplings, pork lo mein, pork fried rice kinda guy

i do love won ton soup though, havent ordered it in ages

but now we're getting off track and im now hungry

Oh yeah, I’m a fan of the general’s chicken. Kung pao too, extra spicy with hot n sour soup. BAM!