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The Coronavirus thread
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| March 4th, 2020 at 10:22:21 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
Hoping for permanent layoff, should get a few months pay due to over 20 years at same company, then unemployment insurance and when that runs out , should take me right into retirement No rebooking, just cancellations. Employees not sure when they will be allowed to travel If a company is banning non essential travel in March, airlines waiving change fees if booked in March is meaningless Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 4th, 2020 at 1:43:30 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22938 | One thing I learned is our passenger planes have Hepa filters. So your real risk is sitting within a few rows of someone infectious, not everyone on the plane. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| March 4th, 2020 at 4:08:31 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Won't help if the stewards walk up and down the aisle spewing. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/medical-screener-lax-airport-tests-positive-coronavirus-n1149986 The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| March 4th, 2020 at 7:38:53 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22938 | --begin mostly fiction-- "Logan's Run" was a movie about government doing population and resource control by pretending people were being reincarnated at age 30, when in fact they were being executed. This virus has been noteworthy (so far) by having very mild effects on young children. Could virus releases secretly be a way to rid the world of feeble and old, and restore financial stability from overpopulation of the aged and sick trying to reap their earned benefits? --end fiction--- "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| March 5th, 2020 at 5:42:23 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 9 Posts: 2582 | A cruise ship (Grand Princess) is being held off shore while passengers are screened because some of them may have had contact with a victim of the virus. "The Tallahassee, Florida, couple told CNN on Wednesday night that they're aboard the ship but not confined to their rooms. Pace said the cruise ship had canceled its theater shows, and he was watching his wife play games in the casino." https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/health/california-coronavirus-cruise-ship-thursday/index.html So they are keeping a large gathering of people from happening in the theater but willing to keep winning money from customers gathered in the casino. Interesting. The casino on last cruise ship I was on, Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas, was intensely crowded every evening. It was a challenge to get on tables and most machines were full. Not exactly a good place for limiting the spread of a disease... |
| March 5th, 2020 at 8:27:03 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | PROFIT CENTERS are known, contagion control comes at end of the list. |
| March 5th, 2020 at 8:44:01 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
Another wild ride on the stock market today On the positive side, my rollover went through That was a little scary sending a quarter million check through the US mail Market goes up yesterday - thinking is Biden is gonna be the next President Market goes down today - thinking is Trump is still President and he is delusional on the Virus death rate as he spoke on Hannity https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-invents-coronavirus-death-rate-on-sean-hannitys-fox-news-show Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 5th, 2020 at 11:10:52 AM permalink | |
| Tanko Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 0 Posts: 2470 |
No need to worry. Most of the dead are Chinese males sixty and older. |
| March 5th, 2020 at 11:13:28 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
Pretty offensive Whats wrong with you. Why the hate I'm a Chinese male over 60 Im pretty worried about this virus Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 5th, 2020 at 12:39:41 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Sounded like a reference to communist disregard for human life. |