Wuhan Coronavirus: Lockdowns, Quarantines, Cancellations

Disgruntled Pupper said:
I'm in a weird situation. I'm a resident of one state, but I currently live and work in a state that got shut down. My boss gave us the next week off, and I was thinking of going to neighboring states that aren't doing as bad and camping for a while, but I'm scared they won't let me back in when I try to go back to work.
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The locals might not appreciate you leaving plague central to come share it with them. Small uninfected communities can be funny that way.
 
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Greece update
All non-essential businesses have been closed since Wednesday. Only 1 person per 15 square metres are allowed inside the supermarkets. Farmer's markets are closed for the weekend and they'll reopen with new regulations.
Schools are now officially closed until April 10 which means they'll open April 27 due to orthodox Easter.
Only permanent residents of an island are allowed to travel to that island and all private boats are not allowed to leave port
People have been congregating at parks and seafronts and many are leaving urban centres, especially Athens, to go to their villages, if this doesn't stop we can expect a total lockdown within the week
 
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Michigan, USA
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has closed, by executive order, "all facilities that provide non-essential personal care services" including hair salons, nail salons, tattoo parlors, massage parlors, and "those that offer similar services that require individuals to be within six feet of each other," effective Sunday March 22 to Monday April 13.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closes hair and nail salons, tattoo shops due to coronavirus

The governor's executive order shuts down all non-essential personal care services until further notice.
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Restaurants are limited to take-out, drive-thru, and delivery. Also closed are "theaters, casinos, cafes, coffee houses, bars, taverns, brewpubs, distilleries, clubs, indoor and outdoor performance venues, gymnasiums, fitness centers and recreation centers" until Monday, March 30. (archive)
Assemblies of over 250 50 are banned, K-12 schools are closed (daycare still open), and hospitals are closed to visitors (except parents of minors and relatives of the dying) and non-essential staff, all until Sunday, April 5. (archive) (archive)
Barber shops, tattoo parlors, massage parlors, etc. closed until Monday April 13 (archive)
Unnecessary medical procedures banned while state of emergency lasts (archive)
Prisons are closed to visitors until further notice. (archive)
The Big Three Auto manufacturers (Ford, GM, Chrysler) are closing all factories in the USA, putting well over 150,000 workers out of work, until "at least April." This figure does not include workers at supplier factories, which will also be obliged to close. (archive) (archive) They will be making a small number of parts for emergency vehicles, and GM will be making ventilators (archive - ventilators)
FREE STUFF!
Free bus rides in Detroit after drivers' strike (archive- strike) (archive - free fares)
Free access to state parks (archive)
Evictions suspended while the state of emergency lasts (archive)
FREEDOM!
Semi-trucks carrying essential supplies can ignore seasonal road weight limits (archive)
Distilleries can make hand sanitizer without a permit (archive)
Lansing (the capitol) police are not physically responding to minor crimes such as larceny, property damage, and break-ins to unoccupied buildings, including garages. Other police are adopting similar policies (archive). 5 Detroit police tested positive and 152 are quarantined (the Detroit Police Dept. has 2,200 officers) (archive)
Michigan has five EDIT: six deaths so far, all in the greater Detroit area (archive), plus one Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (archive).
 
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Coronavirus in NY: State closing barbers, salons, more

The shutdowns follow multiple mandatory business closings earlier in the week.
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Coronavirus in New York: State closing barbers, nail and hair salons,…

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All personal care businesses in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have now been closed.

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Nintendo New York closing for "foreseeable future" amid coronavirus concerns | Nintendo Wire

Coronavirus concerns have been escalating quite a bit over the past few days as the number of cases continues to skyrocket in the US and across the globe. While most retailers are remaining opening and taking extra precautions, it appears that Nintendo New York is taking it one step further...
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archived 22 Mar 2020 00:37:22 UTC
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Nintendo New York will be closed for the foreseeable future.
 
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WD-40 said:
www.syracuse.com

Coronavirus in NY: State closing barbers, salons, more

The shutdowns follow multiple mandatory business closings earlier in the week.
www.syracuse.com www.syracuse.com
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Coronavirus in New York: State closing barbers, nail and hair salons,…

archived 22 Mar 2020 00:46:22 UTC
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All personal care businesses in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have now been closed.

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Nintendo New York closing for "foreseeable future" amid coronavirus concerns | Nintendo Wire

Coronavirus concerns have been escalating quite a bit over the past few days as the number of cases continues to skyrocket in the US and across the globe. While most retailers are remaining opening and taking extra precautions, it appears that Nintendo New York is taking it one step further...
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Nintendo New York will be closed for the foreseeable future.
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Update. Trump mobilizes army to build temporary hospitals in stadiums etc.
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REPORT: Army to deploy to New York after Trump declares major disaster, sobering details emerge

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Feline Supremacist said:
Non-essential businesses in New York City haven't been ordered to close by 8 PM tonight but
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Archeopthryx said:
Update. Trump mobilizes army to build temporary hospitals in stadiums etc.
dennismichaellynch.com

REPORT: Army to deploy to New York after Trump declares major disaster, sobering details emerge

The DML News App offers the best in news reporting.
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Looks like the Javits center is top of the list to be converted to a field hospital. A lot of Kiwi's may be familiar with this place as a lot of big cons take place there.

SUNY dorms are also likely.

For some reason reading this just made shit feel even realer than it did before.
 
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In pestilence-ridden Germany. the Merkelship is planning to get together and discuss further steps, including a potential nationwide lockdown, later today. As of right now, every little regional government and even the town mayors are doing their own thing; some have instituted lockdowns, most haven't, some have very strict lockdown rules, some don't, etc.

One interesting media phenomenon I noticed: As soon as Bavaria decided to institute a lockdown ("Ausgangssperre"), media commentators and news anchors started going out of their way to refer to it as an "Ausgangsbeschränkung", a mere restriction of movement, many even going so far as to explicitly address the difference. Not sure what their problem is, really. The colloquial term adopted and used by the general public is lockdown/"Ausgangssperre" anyway.
 
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It's because after german law, there's really no such thing as "Ausgangssperre" and all the things that have been so far done are not really things the government can do legally until there's an immediate danger, and the limitations regarding the vistation of public places etc. are legally poorly defined. (because something like this never happened and these laws didn't see a lot of trial) The government has to walk a tight rope between trying to protect the populace from a spread and doing what they legally can, as no, the rule of law hasn't been suspended and they still can get into trouble with the judiciary of the government as like every democratic western government, germany practices seperation of powers. I don't think anyone is happy about more limitations including the government, as these cost a lot of money directly and indirectly. You also have to consider the psychological effect. It's a bit damned if you do and damned if you don't - if you put big limitations in place you frighten the populace because they'll think the world is ending, which always causes some degree of destabilization. (just look at the crazy hoarders and the trouble they cause, most of them are just normal people that are really scared right now) If you see people behaving well and don't put limitations in place, they'll end up thinking this isn't as serious as it once seemed and they'll stop sticking to the rules to contain the spread, which will cause lots of people to die.
 
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