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[achooloco 1,086]

On 3/1/2020 at 12:03 AM, achooloco said:

If we’re unlucky?

Looking at the SK timeline, and assuming it’s already here in mostly undetected mild cases but on the other hand we have a much larger country with mass transit limited to a few large cities... 12 days until they get posted more than state tweets but yeah, next week when the first BNO city tweets pop up. But hey, fingers crossed, the longer it takes the better!

quoting myself but looks like i was wrong. Probably due to NOT HAVING ANY FUCKING TESTS done at an appreciable level but still wrong. Have we even hit a case in every state? Almost, right? Hang in there everyone, regardless of being sick everything shutting down is posing a slew of problems.

[GreenspointTexas 9,966]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Well this sounds fucking rosey.

 

Seriously, thanks for sharing this. 

Absolutely terrifying

 

 

as someone who intubates people for a living, im frightened enough to not leave my house for a while

[VABuckeye 2,481]

1 minute ago, Anastasis said:

Well this sounds fucking rosey.

 

Seriously, thanks for sharing this. 

Yeah, that was an amazing and sobering read.  Something for the I'm 29 and it's just a bad cold crowd to think about.

[Message Board User 12,405]

 

[Aqua Buddha 14,805]

 

[Message Board User 12,405]

 

[HenryJames 67,328]

4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Absolutely terrifying

 

 

as someone who intubates people for a living, im frightened enough to not leave my house for a while

Do you have enough beer?

[BERT 4,496]

5 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Absolutely terrifying

 

 

as someone who intubates people for a living, im frightened enough to not leave my house for a while

Well, with sports or real life, at least you’re consistent. 

[Message Board User 12,405]

 

[Anastasis 23,717]

2 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Do you have enough beer?

Wouldn't you believe it, I have a full keg out in the garage.  Wife went to pull a pint and the fucking Co2 tank decided to get empty. #Coronoavirusirony

[VABuckeye 2,481]

Jesus, did he take that straight from their per capita for players in the NFL argument?

[Message Board User 12,405]

Louisiana (NOLA specifically) is fast becoming one of the hot spots.

 

[Duke Silver 191]

1 hour ago, Macanudo said:

I assume that smaller cities and towns haven't hit the same panic levels but all of this hoarding in major cities just disrupts distribution everywhere else. 

 

I live 45 mins west of Katy. We have a HEB pantry, a Walmart and a Brookshire Bros. in a town of 3500. Everything is cleaned out, not because of locals, but because of Houston heading west looking for supplies. We chose a lifestyle of “social distancing” but that falls apart in a panic hoarding.  Most of the small towns along I-10 and about 20 miles north and south of it are experiencing the same thing, people coming through and buying everything out.  I saw a number of posters bitching about and making fun of small towns in the “Could you live in a small town” thread.  Amazing how that mentality changes when the big city begins to break down. 

[gecko 1,104]

[GreenspointTexas 9,966]

7 minutes ago, BERT said:

Well, with sports or real life, at least you’re consistent. 

That read wasnt problematic for you?

[Pancho 46,293]

 

[HoustonFrog 368]

I live 45 mins west of Katy. We have a HEB pantry, a Walmart and a Brookshire Bros. in a town of 3500. Everything is cleaned out, not because of locals, but because of Houston heading west looking for supplies. We chose a lifestyle of “social distancing” but that falls apart in a panic hoarding.  Most of the small towns along I-10 and about 20 miles north and south of it are experiencing the same thing, people coming through and buying everything out.  I saw a number of posters bitching about and making fun of small towns in the “Could you live in a small town” thread.  Amazing how that mentality changes when the big city begins to break down. 

I don’t really understand this. I live just east of Katy and while things are wild and supplies are somewhat low, you can still find basically anything you need. Sure a couple things may be gone, but if you check a couple stores (CVS, dollar stores, etc) you can get anything.

I’ve yet to have to drive more than 5 minutes from my house to get anything I need.

[GringoSalado 1,653]

29 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

That was a quick read actually 

OK Boomer

[JesusSweatDuck 18,093]

9 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Wouldn't you believe it, I have a full keg out in the garage.  Wife went to pull a pint and the fucking Co2 tank decided to get empty. #Coronoavirusirony

I have a full keg and a backup CO2 tank. I'm tempted to get a backup keg

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,726]

3 minutes ago, gecko said:

 

That’s actually a damn good idea especially since there are admin staff that could be temp shifted to child care or other duties. One key element would be for quick turnaround of covid tests. Many parents would be worried about their kids getting covid at the childcare. Therefore you have to continually test people to ensure positive tests are quarantined quickly.

[Helobious 9,818]

Went to the outlets in Mercedes today, pretty normal crowds. Hot latinas out in full force. But even down here there’s still been a run on supplies and food in the stores. 

[Aqua Buddha 14,805]

2 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Oh and as for how the hoarding is going....   Stores are already starting to run low on canned goods.  I made one last trip early this morning to round out my stuff and the HEB nearest me was nearly bone dry of ramen, beans of almost any type,  maybe 2/3s of canned veggies,  bread was scarce.  I was there getting some spices and flavorings to use long term.  Most people had carts piled high with whatever they could get.  A lot of people are going to be eating canned corn with cereal for dinner I guess.

A friend was north of me in Porter and the Walmart was similar.  Totally different demographics for the most part between Kingwood and Porter but the stores are also only about 10 miles apart.  I assume that smaller cities and towns haven't hit the same panic levels but all of this hoarding in major cities just disrupts distribution everywhere else. 

 

You would be wrong.  It's nationwide at this point.  The only thing keeping the smaller towns back is they're not as wealthy as the big cities.  Tomorrow EBT cards load, though.  Might not be much foo left.

[Aqua Buddha 14,805]

4 minutes ago, HoustonFrog said:

I don’t really understand this. I live just east of Katy and while things are wild and supplies are somewhat low, you can still find basically anything you need. Sure a couple things may be gone, but if you check a couple stores (CVS, dollar stores, etc) you can get anything.

I’ve yet to have to drive more than 5 minutes from my house to get anything I need.

Wait a week and tell me what it looks like.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,726]

2 minutes ago, HoustonFrog said:

I don’t really understand this. I live just east of Katy and while things are wild and supplies are somewhat low, you can still find basically anything you need. Sure a couple things may be gone, but if you check a couple stores (CVS, dollar stores, etc) you can get anything.

I’ve yet to have to drive more than 5 minutes from my house to get anything I need.

I passed an AldI today that had a line out front to be let in, when there was a stocked Kroger about a mile away. People act on assumptions.

not too mention don’t underestimate the number of people that are buying supplies to ultimately sell. It doesn’t take many playing “retail arbitrage” to empty stores of desirable items.

[VABuckeye 2,481]

Over half of the patients in intensive care in the Netherlands are under 50.

It's OK hit the translate to English button

[Aqua Buddha 14,805]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I passed an AldI today that had a line out front to be let in, when there was a stocked Kroger about a mile away. People act on assumptions.

not too mention don’t underestimate the number of people that are buying supplies to ultimately sell. It doesn’t take many playing “retail arbitrage” to empty stores of desirable items.

That's prolly one of the few stocked Krogers and it prolly depends what time of day you're talking about.  The big boxes restock the store and certain categories are cleaned out in a few hours.  Kroger is like all of the other chains and selling YUGE amounts of product and having trouble getting enough.

[GreenspointTexas 9,966]

I feel like sarah conner shaking the fence


A lotta people are going to die from this. Way more than 2% of infected. Way fucking more


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[HenryJames 67,328]

2 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Over half of the patients in intensive care in the Netherlands are under 50.

It's OK hit the translate to English button

“Ja, ik accepteer cookies.”

[staboner 5,084]

how does this thing spread?

have a friend who was coughing yesterday and trying to hide it from people. said its a cold and doesn't seem like the VID. he is at a vball tourney today. one i am not at cuz i can't completely breathe and feel a bit off

its coming to a theater near you. 

[Sbbruin 22,142]

I can’t keep up with this thread.  

[AUS-97HORN 12,050]

France and Spain just locked down the country, all restaurants, cafe's are closed, very little personal movement allowed.

shit is about to Get Jake to the Farm Level 

Edited March 14, 2020 by AUS-97HORN

[Thetexashammer 1,062]

2 minutes ago, staboner said:

how does this thing spread?

have a friend who was coughing yesterday and trying to hide it from people. said its a cold and doesn't seem like the VID. he is at a vball tourney today. one i am not at cuz i can't completely breathe and feel a bit off

its coming to a theater near you. 

I like "C-virus" best.

[futureman 22,693]

4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Way more than 2% of infected. Way fucking more

not sure what makes you say this

[Somnio 751]

9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I passed an AldI today that had a line out front to be let in, when there was a stocked Kroger about a mile away. People act on assumptions.

not too mention don’t underestimate the number of people that are buying supplies to ultimately sell. It doesn’t take many playing “retail arbitrage” to empty stores of desirable items.

Fuck them.  Time to crackdown on that shit right now.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,978]

how does this thing spread?
have a friend who was coughing yesterday and trying to hide it from people. said its a cold and doesn't seem like the VID. he is at a vball tourney today. one i am not at cuz i can't completely breathe and feel a bit off
its coming to a theater near you. 

Your friend sucks at this thing called life

[Neonmoon 38,130]

There were around 5 people at Randall’s today. The meat and eggs were gone but they had most everything else 

[crimsonlonghorn 2,313]

2 hours ago, Message Board User said:

 

 

You know, it wouldn't be a bad idea to shut down the rodeo. 

Edited March 14, 2020 by crimsonlonghorn

[MoJames 8,258]

I'm joining the wife is pissed at me club.

[GreenspointTexas 9,966]

2 minutes ago, futureman said:

not sure what makes you say this

1) china, italy, iran, france, and spain all have over 2.5% mortality rate

2) we still havent imposed quarantine

3) people arent taking social distancing seriously

4) we are and have been and will continue to be on track with the above countries listed
 

5) our healthcare system is going to get overwhelmed. Full stop. We did not prepare for this at all. And with no leadership, we are fucked

 

ill take a stab and screenshot this take but when the dust settles, ill say the mortality rate ends up around 3.25%

[Errestaurants 2,570]

This thread moves fast so this may have already been asked and answered, sorry if so.

I know there is a Silver Lining thread but I'm looking for some positive news regarding outcome/timeline. How do you all think this goes? Really, Really bad for 2 weeks? total shutdown through the end of April? things perk back up and the economy comes back strong?  

thanks in advance.

[Message Board User 12,405]

Since there's no sports on TV for the near future...

 

[Thetexashammer 1,062]

1 minute ago, MoJames said:

I'm joining the wife is pissing on me club.

That is how I first read your post.

[Parliament 14,593]

Iran building mass graves. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/13/middleeast/iran-coronavirus-mass-graves-intl/index.html
France and Spain are joining Italy on complete lockdown. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51892477
Lockdown sucks. It really sucks. It can't last more than a month to six weeks I don't think.
 

From the France link:

"The closure applies to restaurants, cafes, cinemas and nightclubs as well as non-essential businesses.

It will not..
affect essential businesses which he listed as...tobacco shops..."

[futureman 22,693]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

china, italy, iran, france, and spain all have over 2.5% mortality rate

isn’t that the percentage of confirmed cases? is it not assumed that there are many, many more unconfirmed and untested cases than confirmed?

[Zepol87 9,341]

Still getting invites to house parties going on the St. Patrick's day weekend. None of my friends or colleagues really give a shit about this yet.

[HenryJames 67,328]

2 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

This thread moves fast so this may have already been asked and answered, sorry if so.

I know there is a Silver Lining thread but I'm looking for some positive news regarding outcome/timeline. How do you all think this goes? Really, Really bad for 2 weeks? total shutdown through the end of April? things perk back up and the economy comes back strong?  

thanks in advance.

[Dbeasy 15,585]

4 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

This thread moves fast so this may have already been asked and answered, sorry if so.

I know there is a Silver Lining thread but I'm looking for some positive news regarding outcome/timeline. How do you all think this goes? Really, Really bad for 2 weeks? total shutdown through the end of April? things perk back up and the economy comes back strong?  

thanks in advance.

It may be a painful death, but it will be quick.

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Situations like this obviously can bring out the absolute worst in people but it can also bring out the best.

RE - hospital staff having small kids at home -

[DalTxHornFan 3,130]

4 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

There were around 5 people at Randall’s today. The meat and eggs were gone but they had most everything else 

Same here.  Fresh red meat counter wiped out, but the fresh seafood counter was full. Sliced meats and cheeses were gone but plenty of other frozen meat, bacon and sausage.  Ain't nobody gonna starve.  Plus, they had toilet paper and large quantities of bottled water.  Who knew?

[futureman 22,693]

4 minutes ago, Errestaurants said:

This thread moves fast so this may have already been asked and answered, sorry if so.

I know there is a Silver Lining thread but I'm looking for some positive news regarding outcome/timeline. How do you all think this goes? Really, Really bad for 2 weeks? total shutdown through the end of April? things perk back up and the economy comes back strong?  

thanks in advance.

sure, why not?  probably another couple weeks of mass hysteria then it all burns off and the dow hits 35,000 by november.