Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Marchesa of the Vast]

So I've gotta wonder how much that captain actually tried to notify higher ups...

And hold up, people are acting like the halls of the ship were littered with coofers collapsed on the floor.

I just can't see wtf that captain was thinking. I don't care how much his crew cheered for him. This just doesn't make any goddamn sense.

All from here:

Navy fires Theodore Roosevelt skipper following leaked letter pleadin…

archived 3 Apr 2020 22:41:40 UTC

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[DNA_JACKED]

I have lost 10 pounds this week, though it's probably water weight. Mostly eating rice and canned chicken breast. AlsoCutting back on alcohol which is hard because whiskey definitely takes the edge off right now.

I've got no idea how much I weigh right now, I didnt buy a scale before retreating into the Bat-cave.

I will say the scaling back to 2 meals a day and not eating out has left my belt on its tightest setting now, so its clearly doing something. Cut way back on soda since hell I aint going out to buy more right now, so the lower salt content is also likely helping with "water weight".

Yeah, I've lost a couple of kilos. The main reason is that shelf stabilized or frozen food is bland as shit and you only eat what you need. Also, I've got loads of protein by not much in the way of carbs. It's probably not an unhealthy diet actually, so long as you take multivitamins to avoid getting fucking scurvy or some other medieval/third world shit.

While not as high in Vit C, apples can prevent its onset and more importantly they last a LONG time in the fridge if you keep them in a tied up bag or container. I just had a 2 month old apple out of the fridge with dinner, starting to get slightly wrinkly but still juicy and tasty as a fresh one.

My question actually WAS serious .... I am wondering if this pandemic stuff isn't going to take a couple of layers off the obesity epidemic. Somebody mentioned the possibility earlier in the thread. But it also came with speculation that the heaviest might succumb to Corona and put a dent into the average person's BMI that way.

OK this is my thinking ... lots of people are being laid off and those who are lucky are having their hours reduced. Unless you work in some mission-essential field.

That means that there is a lot less extra money to go around, and less extra resources, including food. So even if you are a big-time eater, you might not have access to extra food like you did. So even if you are not into it, out of necessity you might have to ration your food carefully.

Also every time you go out it is risky right now. So you kind of have to do your shopping in large errands. And that store might not have all of the items you want ....

I am actually hoping that some folks come out with healthier habits. These "health at any size and "fat acceptance" mantras are just excuses for folks to avoid practicing portion control, when it is not forced on them.

Well, for super fatties, this will do jack shit. The supply of junk food has not been affected. Chips, soda, candy, high fat processed meals, there are all in fresh supply. Most restaurants are still open for takeout. Even if they are eating healthier food, if they have lost their job they are sitting at home not doing anything while still eating 3 square a day. If you are not active, you need way less food, and most people already struggle with that.

Remember that the poorest part of our society also tends to be the fattest. Lack of funds isnt going to reverse that change, only make it worse.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Hey is anybody starting to lose weight from:

a) restaurant food being (literally) off the table?
b) needing to ration every can of beans that crosses your threshold?
c) only "some" of every food item to go around during meals?
d) not being able to get together with friends and family for potlucks and coffee and high-calorie cake?
e) boredom-induced cleaning and organizing binges?
f) increased cleaning due to the sheer number of people in the house 24 hrs a day?
g) more rest?

Just wondering.

Nope, still work full-time, still go shopping every week for normal food and super cheap gas. Still living as normally as possible under MI lockdown.

 

[The Last Stand]

Nope, still work full-time, still go shopping every week for normal food and super cheap gas. Still living as normally as possible under MI lockdown.

Gas is $1.99 from what I saw. Holy shit. If you could, fill up your car or gas tank.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Oh No, no no...

Brace for impact !

FDIC announces first bank failure of coronavirus crisis

A small bank in West Virginia has become the first institution to fail during the coronavirus crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday....

www.marketwatch.com

FDIC announces first bank failure of coronavirus crisis - MarketWatch

archived 4 Apr 2020 02:17:05 UTC

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Is it too late for bank runs ?

Did the video of the Lady with the Russian Accent telling us how "SAFE" the banks were get posted here? It was straight out of a parody of an Evil Russian telling us that things are okay.

 

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All the articles i see are bashing herd immunity, but i dont see any other way cases go down.

Keep everyone in bunkers until they can create vaccines and vaccinate everyone on the planet.

This would only take oh, 10 years or so.

I haven’t been up to date in a bit, what’s the over/under on this lasting until June?

Depends. June of which year?

More than that, but apparently just in Vermont. They keep this shit up, gonna be problems. Just a matter of time before people start seriously resisting.

Vermont orders Walmart, Target to stop selling non-essential items in the store

The order applies to "big box" stores in the state as a way to increase social distancing between customers during the coronavirus crisis.

www.wtol.com

Toledo-Lucas County coronavirus update | Health department confirms 6…

archived 3 Apr 2020 14:24:17 UTC

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I'm presuming this is people complaining that Walmart is "essential" but you can go buy a Switch and Animal Crossing from it, while Gamestop has to stay closed down the entire time.

 

[Non-Expert!]

Dunno if this was posted yet but.

Oh hey that ship we sent to new york to help? Yeah Beruocratic Restrictions means it isn't doing shit.

https://archive.vn/dfs1f

Right ... like I said earlier, turn it into a mobile nursing home. Fill it with older Americans, quarantine them in their cabins or whatnot, until their negative test comes back.

So uh, nursing home dietary aide update here.

Spoiler

We now have 3 confirmed cases, 1 recovering resident in their 50’s and two faculty members. No one else showing symptoms yet. Kitchen is on full lockdown (we can’t interact directly with CNAs, RNs, LNs or residents, nor can we go into their units) and several people have taken sabbaticals or hiatuses due to their fears of the virus. (Meaning, they aren’t infected but are taking leave of absences, and will come back to work post-lockdown. This place is too desperate for help to fire them or lay them off). I was told if even one of us gets infected, the entire kitchen must be shut down entirely to prevent the potential spread to residents.

Everyone in the kitchen is losing their mind. Most of us skew a bit young since it’s considered a college kid’s job, but we have a couple gen Xers and a few boomers. My boss is a boomer. Every day a bit more light fades from his eyes and I worry. This dude could lose the job he’s held and loved for over 20 years because of this.

Not gonna lie guys, this shit is getting scary, and sad. If this spreads here-and that looks all but inevitable-it’s gonna tear through the residents like tissue paper.

All of this is a huge pain in the ass. Piles of sick and dead people are also a pain in the ass. If you can somehow prevent these elderly from getting sick and dying of Covid, then already cases will be more manageable when they do come in.

 

[spiritofamermaid]

Bruh I'm a bit extroverted and I've been so lonely I've commented 2x my usual rate and have considered testing my luck with Chat Roulette

Memphis news so this isn't too off-topic:
About 12 hours ago the local mayor (Strickland) encouraged Memphians to wear face covering (headline says that, what he actually said is masks or scarves) even if you are well. I found this out bc my dad called me, thanking me for making him buy masks in early February.
(I'll update this in a bit with link and archive when not phoneposting)

When getting the article, I noticed a bunch others, so I'm posting them as well.

People annoyed that TN healthcare won't publish stats regarding healthcare officials with the virus

Tennessee declines to release data on health care institutions with staff testing positive for COVID-19

The Tennessee Department of Health has declined to release data on hospitals and other health care institutions that have staff testing positive.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/5N2kJ

People tattling to health officials about nonessential businesses being open

'Drastic measures': Shelby County businesses flouting social distancing measures targeted by health officials

The Shelby County Health Department is done playing, and they promise to shut down businesses shirking their pandemic obligations.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/HdmV4

FedEx (Collierville/Memphis is their HQ) founder Fred Smith cut his pay by 91% to help the business as they increase their borrowing

FedEx cuts Fred Smith's pay, borrows heavily as coronavirus pandemic slows global business

FedEx will draw down its line of credit by $1.5 billion and slash annual pay for chairman and founder Fred Smith.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/iCHxp

Sweet and Sour Syndrome is bad. But you know what's worse? Black teen pregnancies. So we're mailing a bunch of safe sex kits to houses.

Jokes abound about COVID-19 baby names. But not about more STDs and teen pregnancies

Jokes abound about a COVID-19 baby boom. But Cherisse Scott of SisterReach is worried about a boom in teen pregnancies and STDs.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/JiGXs

Despite claiming that the hospitals aren't overwhelmed, a shopping center is retrofitted into a makeshift hospital specifically for Corona-chan

Gateway Shopping Center to be retrofitted into overflow hospital for COVID-19 cases

Governor Bill Lee said the Army Corps says it will construct a COVID-19 positive center at the shopping center along Jackson Avenue.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/FHJAi

Kroger distribution warehouse in Memphis gets its second postive case (this warehouse distributes to the ENTIRE Mid-South {Arkansas, West TN, and Mississippi})

Kroger announces 2nd positive coronavirus test result at Memphis warehouse

Kroger announces 2nd positive coronavirus test result at Memphis warehouse

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/kH1yN

Cellphone data says TN residents are not staying at home!!!1!! Bad citizens!!

Cellphone data convinced Gov. Bill Lee to shut down Tennessee. This is what he saw.

Cell phone tracking data shows Tennessee cities have largely reduced their movements. Rural counties? Not so much.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

Funny excerpt: "Unacast did not answer questions about exactly how it collects location data from cellphones or what apps send them this information. A company spokesperson said the data is "anonymous" and the technology that extrapolates results is proprietary. "

TN closes all state parks

Tennessee closes all its state parks as coronavirus outbreak continues

The move is a complete closure of facilities and access to all Tennessee State Parks and Designated State Natural Areas.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

West TN courts (aka Memphis) released prisoners (from 500 to 383) from jail
Basically if you can't afford bond and are low-level nonviolent, go away

West Tennessee courts take action to reduce jail populations during coronavirus pandemic

Tennessee courts are taking action to reduce jail populations during the coronavirus pandemic, lowering some bonds and considering early release.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

Also Shelby County cases by zip code
Memphis = 38108
Germantown = 38138
Cordova = 38016 [highest number of cases in SC]
Collierville = 38017
Anywhere else = rural farmland
38113 is also Memphis, but right on the river and is the place where people used to dump bodies, which is why there aren't any cases. I can't remember if people still live there, but it's literally a dump. Not even a trailer park when I lived in SC.

Tennessee coronavirus cases now top 3,000; 37 deaths reported

The City of Memphis has announced 640 cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths across Shelby County.

www.wmcactionnews5.com

Attention Required!

 

[Exbein]

flipland summary as of April 3, 2020

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

Gas is $1.99 from what I saw. Holy shit. If you could, fill up your car or gas tank.

Gas is 1.55 where I live, and I'm nowhere near a travel hub. I'm a poorfag who plays Gastank Roulette more often than I should, so being able to keep my tank above 1/2 full is an....odd feeling to me.

 

[Quijibo69]

I'm presuming this is people complaining that Walmart is "essential" but you can go buy a Switch and Animal Crossing from it, while Gamestop has to stay closed down the entire time.

Or you could buy in online and have it in 6 months.

 

[Non-Expert!]

When getting the article, I noticed a bunch others, so I'm posting them as well.

People annoyed that TN healthcare won't publish stats regarding healthcare officials with the virus

Tennessee declines to release data on health care institutions with staff testing positive for COVID-19

The Tennessee Department of Health has declined to release data on hospitals and other health care institutions that have staff testing positive.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/5N2kJ

People tattling to health officials about nonessential businesses being open

'Drastic measures': Shelby County businesses flouting social distancing measures targeted by health officials

The Shelby County Health Department is done playing, and they promise to shut down businesses shirking their pandemic obligations.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/HdmV4

FedEx (Collierville/Memphis is their HQ) founder Fred Smith cut his pay by 91% to help the business as they increase their borrowing

FedEx cuts Fred Smith's pay, borrows heavily as coronavirus pandemic slows global business

FedEx will draw down its line of credit by $1.5 billion and slash annual pay for chairman and founder Fred Smith.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/iCHxp

Sweet and Sour Syndrome is bad. But you know what's worse? Black teen pregnancies. So we're mailing a bunch of safe sex kits to houses.

Jokes abound about COVID-19 baby names. But not about more STDs and teen pregnancies

Jokes abound about a COVID-19 baby boom. But Cherisse Scott of SisterReach is worried about a boom in teen pregnancies and STDs.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/JiGXs

Despite claiming that the hospitals aren't overwhelmed, a shopping center is retrofitted into a makeshift hospital specifically for Corona-chan

Gateway Shopping Center to be retrofitted into overflow hospital for COVID-19 cases

Governor Bill Lee said the Army Corps says it will construct a COVID-19 positive center at the shopping center along Jackson Avenue.

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/FHJAi

Kroger distribution warehouse in Memphis gets its second postive case (this warehouse distributes to the ENTIRE Mid-South {Arkansas, West TN, and Mississippi})

Kroger announces 2nd positive coronavirus test result at Memphis warehouse

Kroger announces 2nd positive coronavirus test result at Memphis warehouse

www.commercialappeal.com

http://archive.vn/kH1yN

Cellphone data says TN residents are not staying at home!!!1!! Bad citizens!!

Cellphone data convinced Gov. Bill Lee to shut down Tennessee. This is what he saw.

Cell phone tracking data shows Tennessee cities have largely reduced their movements. Rural counties? Not so much.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

Funny excerpt: "Unacast did not answer questions about exactly how it collects location data from cellphones or what apps send them this information. A company spokesperson said the data is "anonymous" and the technology that extrapolates results is proprietary. "

TN closes all state parks

Tennessee closes all its state parks as coronavirus outbreak continues

The move is a complete closure of facilities and access to all Tennessee State Parks and Designated State Natural Areas.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

West TN courts (aka Memphis) released prisoners (from 500 to 383) from jail
Basically if you can't afford bond and are low-level nonviolent, go away

West Tennessee courts take action to reduce jail populations during coronavirus pandemic

Tennessee courts are taking action to reduce jail populations during the coronavirus pandemic, lowering some bonds and considering early release.

www.commercialappeal.com

Attention Required!

Also Shelby County cases by zip code
Memphis = 38108
Germantown = 38138
Cordova = 38016 [highest number of cases in SC]
Collierville = 38017
Anywhere else = rural farmland
38113 is also Memphis, but right on the river and is the place where people used to dump bodies, which is why there aren't any cases. I can't remember if people still live there, but it's literally a dump. Not even a trailer park when I lived in SC.

Tennessee coronavirus cases now top 3,000; 37 deaths reported

The City of Memphis has announced 640 cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths across Shelby County.

www.wmcactionnews5.com

Attention Required!

..... speaking of black people ... FML ... Memphis ...

Georgia beaches reopening as of Friday night

Some of the state’s most popular beaches will be allowed to reopen Friday night due to Gov. Brian Kemp’s statewide order superseding that of some city-level shelter-in-place mandates.

www.ajc.com

Georgia's reopening the beaches. They say they're going to keep the crowds under control, but let's be real, that probably isn't happening.

Sounds like this will end well.

Archive.

Black people are going to die of this shit in droves, if they are living in cities and/or States that did not have a lid on this racial stuff, to begin with.

Anywhere there are housing projects (like the kind that are like mini-skyscrapers) or ghettos where there are couches on the porch that have already fallen through the floor, and civil unrest (as in yo shit muthafuckas black lives matter gonna firebomb them oriental mothafuckas) you will see a lot of black folks die.

In part, because they are scary when they are healthy, and even scarier to deal with, when they are dying.

No hate. Just stating how I would feel if I were an ambulance and had two calls, one in an unstable black area, and one in a socially stable one.

Corona-chan racist? No way!
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Everything is racist.

In general, if states and municipalities with a sizable Black minority were managed more effectively, in the first place, things would be more equitable and safer, when a crisis comes around.

 

[Jump]

Hey is anybody starting to lose weight from:

a) restaurant food being (literally) off the table?
b) needing to ration every can of beans that crosses your threshold?
c) only "some" of every food item to go around during meals?
d) not being able to get together with friends and family for potlucks and coffee and high-calorie cake?
e) boredom-induced cleaning and organizing binges?
f) increased cleaning due to the sheer number of people in the house 24 hrs a day?
g) more rest?

Just wondering.

5 lbs. Likely just from the loss of eating out or fast food. Overall my diet hasnt changed much. My deepfreez and pantry is full of stuff i normally eat.

I am still going to work everyday since my job is critical infrastructure.

 

[Shaka Brah]

Chinese and American elites or any elites for that matter, stand to lose the MOST from a disease that kills and maims, and tears up trade routes, and brings about a global recession.

That is because, like it or not, the elites have something of a parasitic relationship with the rest of us. For example, a world wide plague that takes out 80% of the population won't make the CEO of Amazon.com or a Chinese industrial baron any richer.

I dunno about that exactly. This turned out to be a good excuse to conduct a controlled demo of the bubble and they made out like bandits. They didn't start it or anything, but most of the elites in America made out like bandits. Crises that don't absolutely ruin society are amazing for the people who can afford to get out or who the government will ease out with money printing.

 

[mr.moon1488]

So I've gotta wonder how much that captain actually tried to notify higher ups...
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And hold up, people are acting like the halls of the ship were littered with coofers collapsed on the floor.
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I just can't see wtf that captain was thinking. I don't care how much his crew cheered for him. This just doesn't make any goddamn sense.

All from here:

Navy fires Theodore Roosevelt skipper following leaked letter pleadin…

archived 3 Apr 2020 22:41:40 UTC

archive.vn

Whether he tried to inform higher-ups or not, leaking info that an aircraft carrier may not be combat-ready to the public is a pretty massive Opsec breach. Had he been enlisted he'd of been punished much more harshly.

Edit:
If his direct superiors were acting foolishly, his best course of action would have been to of taken it to higher-level command. His main fuck up was that what he resorted to should have been his last option, and not his first.

 

[Mrs. Addams]

Dang. What's wrong with me? I've gained 5lbs from being bored and snacking on my frozen pizza stash.

 

[New & Improved Username]

This looks

sauce: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

[Shaka Brah]

This looks

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It looks very similar to the case rates for SARS, which this is a descendant of. SARS petered out inexplicably in April-May despite being at the height of its spread and few countries knowing how to fight it.

 

[Big Nasty]

Rest assured they will still assblast Hungary for doing basically the same thing with their rules of decree they just imposed. Going to be one of those "its ok when we do it but you are fascist for doing it" things again.

This would enable the government to assume power that would exceed that which it is constitutionally mandated to exercise during wartime.

What is even more scary is that the only party that insists on parliament retaining the right to veto government decisions are the Moderates (liberal/conservative coalition party) and they only have about 20% of MP:s

 

[Non-Expert!]

It looks very similar to the case rates for SARS, which this is a descendant of. SARS petered out inexplicably in April-May despite being at the height of its spread and few countries knowing how to fight it.

It wasn't inexplicably- it stopped because it was contained and far less contagious than this COVID stuff.