The coronavirus

wndowpayne

11,400..way to go Florida...keep hitting those beaches

brianlux

tish said:

brianlux said:

Smellyman said:

Whole administration is crazy.  Only the best people.

https://youtu.be/VyCJX1hrWL8

If you look really closely, there are tiny miniaturized Chinese people in the trees behind the guy who are furiously taking notes.  As for the trees- not trees!  Those are aliens disguised as trees in cahoots with the miniaturized Chinese people.  If more people had read Vonnegut, we'd have seen this coming. 

And this is a picture of an asshole 
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Hi ho!   

mickeyrat

Spiritual_Chaos

"Sweden has done something very important that other countries should learn from," says WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in an interview with Svenska Dagbladet.

This despite Sweden having one of the highest death rates per capita in the world. In particular, the newly appointed Corona Commission is highlighted.

- Sweden has done something very important by starting an investigation to understand how the strategy worked. The WHO really appreciates this initiative, which other countries should take after.

WHO head of disaster preparedness, Mike Ryan, said in the same interview that WHO "appreciates how Sweden openly recognizes uncertainty about which strategy is best for combating the virus".

- It is impressive how Swedish decisions were made based on scientific interpretations of facts and not political interpretations of facts, Ryan tells SvD.

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/3Jgxj9/senaste-nytt-om-coronaviruset

Spiritual_Chaos

The organization "Save the Children Sweden" has a live chat for young people living in a culture of "Family Honor" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_honor) to have someone to talk to.

Here are the subjects teenagers/kids connected to talk about in 2019:

Love 49%

Limitations 22%

Friendship 17%

Mental health 15%

School 15%

And here are the subjects for this spring during corona:
Love 51%
Limitations 26%
Violence in the home 17%
Mental Health 17%
Threats 12%

mcgruff10

I love this:

RiotZact

mickeyrat said:

fucking kids these days. I swear youth is wasted on the young

https://people.com/health/alabama-teens-throw-coronavirus-themed-parties-with-payout-reward-for-anyone-who-gets-infected/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=5efe068f5239c600012d3963&fbclid=IwAR1arPnPwP4KAGn_VqMsCTrwY62oRYEU6DdK3qJPzUGxdd-eAnXEPZwNXwg

I think you directed your anger too much toward the word “teens” when it probably should have been directed at “Alabama”.

brianlux

mcgruff10 said:

I love this:

Ha ha!  Perfect!

tempo_n_groove

Halifax2TheMax said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

The celebrity the Swedes would prefer to share a beer with this summer is state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, according to a recent Novus survey conducted by Sweden's Breweries.

The criminologist Leif GW Persson is thus losing first place as the Swedes' favorite beer company, and ends up in second place. In place three is Jimmie Åkesson, place four King Carl XVI Gustaf, place five Stefan Löfven, place six Crown Princess Victoria, place seven Jonas Sjöstedt, place eight Jill Johnson, place nine Tomas Ledin and place ten Zlatan.

https://live.aftonbladet.se/supernytt/news/5efc3379d717b20011a84f81

Lay your waste pipe elsewhere with your empty poster tubes full of air. Stefan number 5???!!! Sandkastens halts maul! Stefan and beer on Elm Street would be number 1!!!

God bless you for revising the Stephen posts.  Those were pure gold!

tempo_n_groove

Cases on the rise but not noticing or reporting of hospitalizations and deaths.

I heard Houston has a spike but not hearing about anywhere else?

Poncier

tempo_n_groove said:

Cases on the rise but not noticing or reporting of hospitalizations and deaths.

I heard Houston has a spike but not hearing about anywhere else?

Arizona hospitals are nearing capacity...91% of ICU beds and 85% of overall beds in use as of last Friday.

https://ktar.com/story/3362646/banner-health-details-plan-for-arizona-covid-19-crisis-standard-of-care/

tbergs

mcgruff10 said:

I love this:

Yeah, I think I should get this printed on a shirt and have like 5 made in different colors so I can wear one every time I go out in public. I am so tired of hearing people say, "Let's open it back up!" 

Ledbetterman10

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

brianlux

A very close friend of mine is a semi-retired health care professional who works one day a week at a hospital.  She told me how frustrating it is to occasionally  hear someone say, "It can't be that bad, I don't know anyone who has had the virus."  She said, "I've seen too many people who have!"  I sure hope she stays well.  It's unnerving to be so close to someone aged 67 working in that environment.  When she is not working that one day a week, she is at home sewing these beautiful face masks she makes and gives away.  She is one amazing woman!

Bentleyspop

SHZA

Ledbetterman10 said:

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

Ugh. My office has essentially banned non-essential business and personal travel unless approved, and we're still working from home. Seems pretty irresponsible to possibly bring something back to an office environment where one could infect others.  

Ledbetterman10

SHZA said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

Ugh. My office has essentially banned non-essential business and personal travel unless approved, and we're still working from home. Seems pretty irresponsible to possibly bring something back to an office environment where one could infect others.  

Yeah I'm not too pleased about it. Not that I've been just sitting in my house for the past four months. I actually had a little July 4th gathering (only 6 people) that might have exposed me to something. But at least they're all local. My three co-workers have traveled to Ocean City, Maryland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and some place in Maine respectively. 

OnWis97

Ledbetterman10 said:

SHZA said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

Ugh. My office has essentially banned non-essential business and personal travel unless approved, and we're still working from home. Seems pretty irresponsible to possibly bring something back to an office environment where one could infect others.  

Yeah I'm not too pleased about it. Not that I've been just sitting in my house for the past four months. I actually had a little July 4th gathering (only 6 people) that might have exposed me to something. But at least they're all local. My three co-workers have traveled to Ocean City, Maryland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and some place in Maine respectively. 

There are still variations of what those "beaches" really mean, though. Hopefully they're full-fledged adults and they're not going to be part of one of those headline-grabbing parties we see.

I spent the weekend on Minnesota's "North Shore" and while it was probably the riskiest thing I've done this whole time, I spent very little time near anyone except for my wife (two restaurant dinners; one could have spaced us better). That said, 1) I'm not convinced it was a great idea and 2) I'm working from home.

It's tough...most people aren't just hunkering in the house like they were in March and April.  You could argue, easily, that we all should.  It puts you in a bad position...especially if any of them don't buy into the value of keeping their distance.  Not sure what you do...I'd consider looking into whether you can work from home (if that's logistically possible at your office).

cincybearcat

Ledbetterman10 said:

SHZA said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

Ugh. My office has essentially banned non-essential business and personal travel unless approved, and we're still working from home. Seems pretty irresponsible to possibly bring something back to an office environment where one could infect others.  

Yeah I'm not too pleased about it. Not that I've been just sitting in my house for the past four months. I actually had a little July 4th gathering (only 6 people) that might have exposed me to something. But at least they're all local. My three co-workers have traveled to Ocean City, Maryland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and some place in Maine respectively. 

It all depends on how they do their travel.  You can minimize risk greatly.

Ledbetterman10

OnWis97 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

SHZA said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

There are three people in my office (an office of only 7 people) that are away at the three different beaches this week. Hope they don't bring the virus back. 

Ugh. My office has essentially banned non-essential business and personal travel unless approved, and we're still working from home. Seems pretty irresponsible to possibly bring something back to an office environment where one could infect others.  

Yeah I'm not too pleased about it. Not that I've been just sitting in my house for the past four months. I actually had a little July 4th gathering (only 6 people) that might have exposed me to something. But at least they're all local. My three co-workers have traveled to Ocean City, Maryland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and some place in Maine respectively. 

There are still variations of what those "beaches" really mean, though. Hopefully they're full-fledged adults and they're not going to be part of one of those headline-grabbing parties we see.

I spent the weekend on Minnesota's "North Shore" and while it was probably the riskiest thing I've done this whole time, I spent very little time near anyone except for my wife (two restaurant dinners; one could have spaced us better). That said, 1) I'm not convinced it was a great idea and 2) I'm working from home.

It's tough...most people aren't just hunkering in the house like they were in March and April.  You could argue, easily, that we all should.  It puts you in a bad position...especially if any of them don't buy into the value of keeping their distance.  Not sure what you do...I'd consider looking into whether you can work from home (if that's logistically possible at your office).

We worked from home from March through mid-June, but now we're back. Again, I haven't been a saint about all this either. I wear my mask in stores and try to keep my hands sanitized, but I'm not acting like I did in April when I was sanitizing everything I bought from the store.