Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away

[Fuck Tim Beck 3815]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

It sounds like some districts may do the teleteaching thing.   Would that count towards attendance?

Wife is in education, as are a couple of in-laws.  There is talk that depending on how things go, they might extend spring break (next week) for a week or two, and either setup the remote teaching stuff, or extend the school year into the summer.   

One thing is certain. TEA and governor wheels will fuck this up entirely. As will the district I work for. 

[Francisco 2.0 32389]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

It sounds like some districts may do the teleteaching thing.   Would that count towards attendance?

Wife is in education, as are a couple of in-laws.  There is talk that depending on how things go, they might extend spring break (next week) for a week or two, and either setup the remote teaching stuff, or extend the school year into the summer.   

Only if the state waived that requirement, and also held the districts harmless financially, since attendance and membership weigh into the funding formula on what a school receives.

[Francisco 2.0 32389]

Aaaannd...the Jazz/Thunder game postponed to a later date.

 

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

It sounds like some districts may do the teleteaching thing.   Would that count towards attendance?

Wife is in education, as are a couple of in-laws.  There is talk that depending on how things go, they might extend spring break (next week) for a week or two, and either setup the remote teaching stuff, or extend the school year into the summer.   

The state doesn’t have any means of dealing with attendance in its current form. We are about to hit high stakes testing season as well. There are huge ripple effects if there is a delay. 

My call would be to say to stay home and make it up on the back end. If school was delayed for two weeks then the staar test gets pushed back two weeks. Maybe allow districts to shorten their year after testing with the same funding if they want.

Other concern is that students don’t have anywhere to go in lower socioeconomic homes. Those parents tend to work together to watch each other’s kids so they can go to work. But then you have created a new spreading ground for this. There are no easy solutions here.

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

1 hour ago, triplehorn said:

Shut.It.Down

 

We could make the choice for them by all pulling our kids out of school. Why wait for an official closure?

[Deej 76759]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

We could make the choice for them by all pulling our kids out of school. Why wait for an official closure?

Then who will babysit the kids?

[4th&Five 41525]

Those kids also depend on a free, hot meal at school. It’s not a choice though. We need to halt schools for a while. 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Just now, Deej said:

Then who will babysit the kids?

Who will when the schools shut down?

weird- jazz game cancelled right before tipoff. 

[Player 4575]

 

[Hate 20108]

38 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

Ok people conjecturing that you had Covid. You describe a viral syndrome and there are many viruses that can cause your symptoms. It’s doubtful you had Covid three to four weeks ago unless you were in China, Italy or Washington state. And rapid flu tests are notoriously inaccurate so you might have had it anyway. We were getting large amounts of flu positive patients up until 2 weeks ago.

Going forward, it’s a maybe.

This is interesting to hear.  My son was sick a couple of weeks ago.  He was exhausted and had a pretty nasty cough.  He was also running a slight fever.  I took him to the doctor where he tested positive for Flu A.  Whatever he had was passed to me.  I felt exhausted for about a day and  I've had a dry cough ever since (this was a couple of weeks ago).  It would not surprise me at all if we were exposed to it already as my son has a lot of Chinese National kids at his school that went home for Christmas break. 

[HenryJames 66043]

You know the episode of the Simpsons when it’s discovered that Homer is dumb because he stuck a crayon up his nose and it stuck in his brain? That’s Icono. Except instead of a crayon it’s some guy’s dick.

[Guest Lobo]

I wonder why the White House press secretary has chosen now to not hold a formal press conference after a full year.  Everything must be under control.  I feel better having typed that.  No CR, just awesome that there’s no words from the WH Office of Communications. 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3815]

50 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Ok.  Shouldn't Abbott declare a state of emergency and close down schools etc. 

It seems like now would be a good time to do it.

This makes too much sense. And Killeen ISD has already said they will not close without checking

with Ft. Hood first. WTF? The same concern for teachers they've always had. 

[F250 28768]

2 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I wonder why the White House press secretary has chosen now to not hold a formal press conference after a full year.  Everything must be under control.  I feel better having typed that.  No CR, just awesome that there’s no words from the WH Office of Communications. 

Apparently Kushner is now advising the President on the pandemic.

[clapclapclap 9000]

2 hours ago, Blotto said:

supposedly this is a video from an area of Thailand were the local monkey gangs have been fed by tourists for years. no tourists....monkeys hungry. I imagine this will be what HEBs look like in a few weeks. 

 

Gonna be worse, WHO officially declared it a Pandamic today.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

My AppSt kid just got a week extension on Spring Break.  

Edited March 12, 2020 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[tx ind 7012]

[Dry Elbows 142]

Jury trials cancelled in Harris County district courts for the rest of March. 

[Captainant 27656]

Just now, F250 said:

Apparently Kushner is now advising the President on the pandemic.

Early reporting of the contents of the president's speech will primarialy be "this is not my fault"

[crimsonlonghorn 2306]

1 hour ago, 2300 Nueces said:

I had the same thing.  The cough was bad.  Day 3-4 in the evening my lungs started wheezing badly but I recovered quickly after I let the fever run its course.

I had a fever and a very mild dry cough For about a week back in February. Thought it was the flu that I had picked up from my dad the week before, but now I’m wondering. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13511]

1 minute ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

My AppSt kid just got a week extension on Spring Break.  

Colleges should quickly shift all of their classes to online only this semester. It seems doubtful that this will let up over the next 2-3 weeks. Go online and you can salvage the semester.  

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

19 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

We could make the choice for them by all pulling our kids out of school. Why wait for an official closure?

Our school district sent out an email yesterday that basically boiled down to parents do what you feel like you've got to do, we will ignore the state's truancy policies.

Edited March 12, 2020 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[dcbc 14472]

8 minutes ago, Hate said:

This is interesting to hear.  My son was sick a couple of weeks ago.  He was exhausted and had a pretty nasty cough.  He was also running a slight fever.  I took him to the doctor where he tested positive for Flu A.  Whatever he had was passed to me.  I felt exhausted for about a day and  I've had a dry cough ever since (this was a couple of weeks ago).  It would not surprise me at all if we were exposed to it already as my son has a lot of Chinese National kids at his school that went home for Christmas break. 

Same thing just happened to me.  But since he tested positive for flu A, I'm assuming I have flu A.

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

5 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Early reporting of the contents of the president's speech will primarialy be "this is not my fault"

It better not be

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

I'm guessing this is a dumb question, but I assume not preparing your own food is a very bad idea right now? Is that being preached anywhere? 

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

12 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Colleges should quickly shift all of their classes to online only this semester. It seems doubtful that this will let up over the next 2-3 weeks. Go online and you can salvage the semester.  

First notice earlier today was professors can finish the semester out online. I told the kid you're getting an extended Spring Break by Friday, someone screwed up let that out. 6 hours later it was called.

Edited March 12, 2020 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

early intense actions taken?

the EU failed to take the same precautions?

shutting down travel from europe for 30 days - except not the UK

[Smax 3800]

he seems nervous for once 

[dcbc 14472]

Can someone summarize the speech?  Not to c/r it, but I haven't the inclination to listen to him. 

[Goofyboy 3284]

He sounds like he has a scratchy throat.

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

going to the hill with a financial relief for workers ill, quarantined or caring for infected

 

[CBT 1282]

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

They shut down the Rodeo part, but what about the Fat Stock Show??

have I ever told you the story about my pig?

[StruggleBus 3922]

Just now, dcbc said:

Can someone summarize the speech?  Not to c/r it, but I haven't the inclination to listen to him. 

Europe fucked us by not shutting down travel from China after the outbreak. Now we're suspending travel to Europe. Except the UK. Don't visit nursing homes unless it's a medically necessary visit. Low interest SBA loans available to small businesses. 

[horncyclist 1387]

My federal agency employer went to full time telework today...billed under a "liberal telework policy" but we were encouraged to telework unless coming into the office is absolutely necessary. Im guessing mandatory is coming soon. What's scary is where does this end. This isn't going away anytime soon. Even shutting everything down.

[HOOKEM4 5036]

Does he know he is supposed to be talking to us? A press release would look better. He looks ill.

Edited March 12, 2020 by HOOKEM4

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

small business administration to provide low interest loans to overcome virus disruptions  $50 billion.

businesses impacted payroll tax help $200 million.

throws europe under the bus with china.

 

 

[Hanrahan 1306]

Jury trials cancelled in Harris County district courts for the rest of March. 

Been waiting for that/slacker mode kicks in.

[Rip76 4925]

Tom Hanks FB page.

“Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now,  we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.

Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.  Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?“

We’ll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves! 

Hanx!

[Captainant 27656]

His plan is to pump liquidity into the market. That's how we address a fucking pandemic. Not with information, not with testing, not with facts. But with a fucking tax cut. 

The president spiked the football on Europe as if we aren't just a few days behind where they are in terms of infectious spread. 

[Hpara759 1778]

3 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

He sounds like he has a scratchy throat.

Sniffle also

[Skipper 6133]

Honestly a pretty solid speech.   I didn't think he had it in him.   Completely different tone.

[RollLeft 5044]

It's at least a start.  "Guidelines" for school closings and the financial piece for sb and payroll loans are critical.   

 

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by RollLeft

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

1 minute ago, Skipper said:

Honestly a pretty solid speech.   I didn't think he had it in him.   Completely different tone.

i'm guessing kushner was responsible.

[Bozo_Casanova 26444]

3 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Honestly a pretty solid speech.   I didn't think he had it in him.   Completely different tone.

Other than a totally ridiculous shot at Europe, he read what was put in front of him well enough.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Tom Hanks FB page.
“Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now,  we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.
Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.  Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?“
We’ll keep the world posted and updated.
Take care of yourselves! 
Hanx!

Dude what

[Macanudo 12976]

3 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Honestly a pretty solid speech.   I didn't think he had it in him.   Completely different tone.

Seemed like he had a hard time reading the teleprompter.  

[Telegraph_it 3357]

 

[joeycovers 391]

6 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Tom Hanks FB page.

“Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now,  we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.

Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.  Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?“

We’ll keep the world posted and updated.

Take care of yourselves! 

Hanx!

That’s crazy 

[HOOKEM4 5036]

6 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Honestly a pretty solid speech.   I didn't think he had it in him.   Completely different tone.

I got the exact opposite. I have seen worse but that was a shit response to a real issue. Couple that speech with the shit at the Senate committee earlier today and I have less optimism. We are going to lose a large amount of our olds. I hope not and I wish we were more aggressive/analytical in this deal. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by HOOKEM4

[GreenspointTexas 9600]

Just think, u can still fly to south korea

 

think about that shit