Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Richard Harrow]

the check thing sounds neat but I'm not holding my breath on that really happening in a way that puts any real money in my hands

You're right to not hold your breath because the check will be insignificant at best for most people. Personally, I'm not a fan of gov't handouts nor is it their responsibility to keep cash in my wallet. Bush tried this in the early 2000s, I remember getting a stimulus check in the mail. It kinda blew up in his face as far as stimulating a recessive economy.

 

[simulated goat]

UPDATE: Shit, I'm screwed, I'm fucking screwed!

Зарегистрировано еще 5 новых случаев коронавируса в Казахстане - Новости Казахстана | Tengrinews.kz

Зарегистрировано еще пять новых случаев заражения коронавирусом в Казахстане, передает корреспондент Tengrinews.kz.

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5 more cases registered - 4 in Almaty, 1 in Nur-Sultan. Total is now 32.

33-й случай коронавируса подтвердили в Казахстане

Еще один случай коронавируса подтвердился в Нур-Султане, передает корреспондент Tengrinews.kz со ссылкой на пресс-службу Министерства здравоохранения.

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Oh wait, it's now 33. My bad!

Карантин ввели во всех больницах Казахстана - Новости Казахстана | Tengrinews.kz

Во всех больницах Казахстана вводится карантин, передает корреспондент Tengrinews.kz.

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All hospitals in Kazakhstan are now quarantined. This means only the personnel are now allowed to enter & leave, allegedly this is to protect the patients inside.

Карантин вводят в Нур-Султане и Алматы

Режим карантина вводят в Нур-Султане и Алматы, передает корреспондент Tengrinews.kz. Такое решение приняла Госкомиссия по обеспечению режима

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The two plague cities are now under lockdown.

Военную технику завозят в Алматы из-за карантина

В Алматы завозят военную технику из-за введенного карантина, передает корреспондент Tengrinews.kz.

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Aaaand they're bringing in the military!

God, and here I was thinking my country would be spared. What a sped I was.

At least you don't have to fuck off, welcome back!

 

[StarkRavingMad]

Looking through Trump's Twitter right now. Seems to be butting heads with Cuomo big time.

A lot of people have been shitting their pants over Cuomo's statements about how long this is going to last and about how we have a handful of more weeks before we even hit a peak. Most people are like "Oh no! I have to stay home for 90 days! Fuck that! Fuck this! Yada yada yada!"

I'm sitting here like "Jesus. Cuomo is pushing for 'temporary national measures' a la The Patriot Act" (and we all know how temporary The Patriot Act was, right?). He's basically saying that we should be making several federal laws to apply to every state, and Trump is saying that every state is very unique in how this virus is affecting them. Trump seems to be very reluctant to do something drastic on a national level. Who looks like the dictator here?

Seriously: The virus doesn't scare me nearly as much as the aftermath of it. Our economy is fucked, and our government is already ready to strip our rights away in the name of "safety" and "protection." There's zero chance that any new "temporary" law would actually be temporary.

 

[5ever a crab]

I personally think it's a bad idea to panic buy a gun you'd be scared to use and are unable to practice on, but if you do need to defend yourself I'd go with a double action revolver or a shotgun since an autoloading pistol is going to be the easiest to screw up with in a stressful situation.

I took notes way back in Feburary when everyone in this thread was talking about the guns part; rubber bullets are able to kill looters, and the bullets are also a good way to protect your household walls and stuff because metal bullets penetrate, and the automatics should be avoided. I know which one to buy but its just, muh moneys

 

[Radical Cadre]

Spending time taking care of the nieces and nephews who are home from school while their parents are working. I thought YTMND was retarded but TikTok is a whole new level. No wonder these kids can't focus.

Also on a whole new level is my hatred for the Chinese.

 

[BrandedEagle]

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Actually, it seems to me that most places are being kind. Just where I am, even walmart is telling its employees to not come in sick, no doctors note required. could be a rogue manager but still.
turns out when you have a literal money hoard, going dark for a few weeks is no big worry.

 

[Male Idiot]

I dont know, white people and slavs are till now way less likely to die than others. the explosion in deathrates only happened in southern countries.
germany still has a mortality rate of 0.3 while spain has 4.4 and france has 2.2

That is most likely due to less tourists from China and racist eastern europeans tend to wash hands after meating a non white. Or it could be just lack of testing, or the lack of Chinese businessmen visiting us.

Germany could be best healthcare and no smokers or pollution. But we got worst healthcare and smoke. well as much as Italians. We can't match chink smoking.

I hope you are right but I fear it is just lagging here due to less people having the cash to travel abroad and less foreigners visiting.

45 egészségügyi dolgozó került karanténba Magyarországon | 24.hu

Az egészségügyért felelős államtitkár elmondta, a nemzetközi szakértők szerit az országok lakosságának 50-70 százaléka megfertőződik.

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Oh boy, around 45 health workers in quarantine. Guess wearing only a surgical masks and no glovea in korona ward was not a good idea.

 

[simulated goat]

I read Neuromancer on my parent's couch in 1984. It is a shame that Molly Millions has never become the character she was meant to be. Johnny Mnemonic was a piss take and Trinity doesn't have switchblade fingernails. If we were reallygoing to go cyberpunk with this bitch, my vote is with Snow Crash and the burbclaves. I see those little increments of physical isolation as possibly being as valuble as gold anymore.

 

[Overly Serious]

oh hey Joe Biden how's it going

Well it's better than pretending they're magically going to become competent with a firearm the day after buying one. Personally I'm not anticipating the collapse of civilization just yet though, so I don't think the poster buying a gun is strictly a good idea, pro-2A though I am.

Now this has probably been posted but with this thread moving so quickly I'm genuinely thinking of creating some sort of tele-prompter plug-in to just keep loading and scrolling it, who can tell? So I'll just post and apologise if it's a dupe:

I'm actually quite pleased with the UK government's handling of this so far - they're talking to people like intelligent adults, seem to be keeping a sense of proportion unlike, to pick a great example, the government of Japan with Fukishima where they artificially bumped up the nuclear severity levels because they didn't want to be accused of not taking it seriously enough (with serious consequences). Of course who knows what hindsight will tell us but so far seems to be measured and thoughtful. Can probably thank the huge majority that the UK public gave the Tories this time around for them having the majority and confidence to not just react to media stories impulsively.

 

[Testicular Manslaugther]

Denmark update:
No curfew, my contacts are liars. They're forcing basically everything short of grocery stores to shut down, but I won't need to bring my papiren when the dog needs to shit. Queen is speaking in 15 minutes.

(My guess is that the legal documents for a curfew are being drafted up for contingency reasons, and my contacts are leaking half truths. The paperwork is there, but it's not used yet.)

 

[Cure Milquetoast]

For a change of mood:

Link (its getting archived at archive.li at #580)

 

[DidYouJustSayThat]

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Up to you. But if you've no real expertise with one, I'd say get one but plan not to use it. I.e. you can brandish it at someone threatening you, you can fire it into the air to warn off trespassers, if it's a shotgun you can do that menacing pump-action sound that scares people. But actually using it for anything other than an absolute last result is probably a bad idea. Also, if you have kids around for God's sake lock that thing away securely or put the terror into them of even thinking about playing with it.

Worst possible advice from obvious /nogunz/ here. Guns need to be secured, yes, but shit goes wrong - you get hurt yourself or you leave keys lying around. Kids may need access to guns when you are not around or incapacitated. Kids are also little bastards and won't think twice, when they have a chance to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree. Correct way is to teach them gun safety and operation and make sure they respect the gun, so when they get their grubby mitts on them, they won't kill themselves or anyone else (accidentally).

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

My workplace put out an email saying that if you traveled to a place with a confirmed case before 3/16 they'll pay you for your quarantine with administrative leave. If you go after it comes out of your own leave.

Coof coof bois

 

[Cryptojew]

Is anybody else getting "extreme alerts" on their phones? I just got one warning me to stay away from gatherings of 25 people or more.

 

[Male Idiot]

Just a big thunk I got from my avatar picture.

With a lot of old folks dying, will we loose a lot of valuable expertise and high positioned employees? Remember this thing gets really freaky from 60+ .

Its not just 90 year old alchemiemer granny. A lot of CEO-s and other higher ups are old and HR will have to replace them with competent new people.

So maybe the economy is fucked either way. Just imagine your average millenial trying to run a company lol.

 

[Cat Menagerie]

I guess it's infiltrated our state Capitol, @Shield Breaker

State senators await tests after staff member reportedly tests positive for COVID-19, senator says

Oklahoma state senators have been told to remain in their offices and wait to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, a Senator confirmed with KOCO 5 Tuesday afternoon.

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[Ponderous Pillock]

Looking through Trump's Twitter right now. Seems to be butting heads with Cuomo big time.

A lot of people have been shitting their pants over Cuomo's statements about how long this is going to last and about how we have a handful of more weeks before we even hit a peak. Most people are like "Oh no! I have to stay home for 90 days! Fuck that! Fuck this! Yada yada yada!"

I'm sitting here like "Jesus. Cuomo is pushing for 'temporary national measures' a la The Patriot Act" (and we all know how temporary The Patriot Act was, right?). He's basically saying that we should be making several federal laws to apply to every state, and Trump is saying that every state is very unique in how this virus is affecting them. Trump seems to be very reluctant to do something drastic on a national level. Who looks like the dictator here?

Seriously: The virus doesn't scare me nearly as much as the aftermath of it. Our economy is fucked, and our government is already ready to strip our rights away in the name of "safety" and "protection." There's zero chance that any new "temporary" law would actually be temporary.

The less populated the state, the less corona-chan will bless them. Its the usual stupidity of the Coastal cities, demanding a one size fits all approach, just like the London Media has been screaming and demanding near non-stop for a week, when really walling off London would stop a lot of problems we're likely to have as it was where all the double digit rises were happening.

The reality is, places where the food is grown already have much less population density and need to keep running in order for everything else can keep running. That is where things will collapse if those crucial systems stop.

It's what the UK Government is currently fighting against the MSM here in the UK as well.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Quarantine (Improved)

Since the Coronavirus epidemic, I just had to do this. Yes I know it’s horrible. I’m also hoping to make more Ed Edd N Eddy Earrape videos in the future, lif...

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From my favorite episode https://youtu.be/uBcELKzWKVA

 

[Overly Serious]

Worst possible advice from obvious /nogunz/ here. Guns need to be secured, yes, but shit goes wrong - you get hurt yourself or you leave keys lying around. Kids may need access to guns when you are not around or incapacitated. Kids are also little bastards and won't think twice, when they have a chance to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree. Correct way is to teach them gun safety and operation and make sure they respect the gun, so when they get their grubby mitts on them, they won't kill themselves or anyone else (accidentally).

Depends what you mean by kids. Teenagers? If they're responsible enough then yes - teach them gun safety, drive it into their heads like there's no tomorrow and promise them armageddon if they ever access your gun without your presence / approval. But by "kids" I usually mean pre-teens and whilst I might teach them about guns under extreme supervision, there's no way I want one trying to play hero. If there's an intruder my ten year old is not to go looking for the gun to rescue daddy. She's to get under the bed and hide or go out the back door and run to a neighbours. What is it about guns that make everyone read what you wrote in the worst possible way. Someone said they had no experience with guns but were thinking about getting one. I told them if they did, plan to only use it for scaring someone off and make damn certain kids can't access it. That's sound advice and I'm sticking to it.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

I swear, in the United States, things have gotten so bad because of the reaction to it. Everyone be acting like spoiled brats about how they're asked to stay home as much as possible for a few months, and then hoarding everything from the stores to the point where there's shortages now. It's not the virus that's killing the economy, it's the hysterical, spoiled brat response to it because Americans are simply unprepared for the littlest inconvenience. I hate people.

Tim Pool tends to talk out of both ends at times, and I've found his "coverage" of this virus to be overall obnoxious. One second he's like "Don't panic," and the next second he's like, "Maybe this IS the end? I don't know; don't quote me ... But it could just be that!" However, I saw a clip of something he said in his latest podcast about how if Martial Law were to be enacted, the initial reaction from the masses would actually be a thankful one rather than a reaction of worry, anger, and defiance. With the way things look and with how the way people have been acting, that wouldn't surprise me at this point.

Anyway, I've pretty much been stuck in my house for a week now. It really hasn't been that bad. In fact, a lot of local craft breweries and distilleries are delivering in the midst of the state closing all of its sit-in restaurants, bars, and movie theaters. Delicious craft beer being delivered to my door? Oh man, what a rough life, let me tell you. My life sucks. /sarcasm

I've found that a lot of local businesses in my state are trying to be innovative in a time like this, which is actually pretty encouraging. Support your local businesses if you can. It's important.