LinvilleGorge

Yeah, my dad's father passed away this morning. Sucks, but it was time. He had advanced emphysema from a lifetime of working in a carbon plant. I really feel for my grandmother right now. Funerals are sad, but the gathering of people and sharing of stories does help the healing process and that's just not possible right now and people of their generation in that area aren't exactly the most tech savvy to make a virtual funeral much of a possibility. I'm just worried that as word gets out the community is going to start flocking there anyway.

Well, three just became two. :(

LOL! Nah, I hoarded beer. I think about half of my total was beer.

I had to go to Home Depot and the grocery store to pickup a few things this afternoon. First time I've been out of our neighborhood in two weeks. I was happy to see that traffic on the road was maybe 20% of normal and foot traffic was light in both stores. By and large people were doing a good job of maintaining social distancing standards. It'll probably be at least another two weeks before I have to venture out again.

Nestle will be paying workers whose jobs have been impacted by the pandemic for at least three months. Companies that are trying to do the right thing deserve recognition too.

ASHP is specifically recommending against using it with COVID-19 patients. That's a pharmacist professional organization. When it comes to the use of drugs and their potential interaction conflicts, pharmacists are a lot better source than doctors. Maybe it'll turn out to have nothing behind it, but if there is anecdotal evidence that there could be negative effects and there are viable alternatives with no anecdotal evidence of negative effects, just go with an alternative.

Their legal counsel is getting involved. They basically went full "Charlie Wilson's War" on them. Why can't we do this? Well, cuz it's against a poo ton of really good laws. They basically said if you do this you're gonna need new legal representation.

Governor Polis of CO is on now. Data is showing the r0 is between 3 and 4. Due in large part to our cool temps and low humidity. 4-5 days on average from exposure to symptoms. Average onset of symptoms to ICU admission is 10-12 days. The stay at home mandate institutes on Tuesday won't show an observed impact until April 7th. CO has 1849 ICU beds. Estimate half will be needed by non-COVID patients. Goal is to add 1000 more by May, 5000 "by summer". Typically 80% are occupied, but elective procedures are not being performed right now. If no social distancing compliance, up to 33k deaths in the state by June 1st. I'm not rah rah Polis guy, but damn is it refreshing to see a politician actually leaning on experts and data to make decisions and inform the public.

The governor of CO was supposed to have a presser at 2pm. It got pushed back to 2:45. It's still not on. I don't think he's had a single presser that hasn't gone this way. Scheduled, pushed back, still doesn't come even close to starting on time

Yeah, I wouldn't be taking ibuprofen with this stuff. Even if it's only anecdotal info that it could worsen the disease, acetaminophen is a perfectly fine substitute.

Can't right now. She's still safe at the moment. If (when) she gets laid off I'll go full scorched earth.

An update on my wife's employer's incredibly fuged up approach to this situation. Not only are they laying off people in droves, but once those positions are reposted, laid off employees will simply be invited to re-apply. Not brought back automatically. Not given preferential treatment. Literally just treated as any other applicant.

They're specifically trying to avoid FMLA claims due to schools and a lot of childcare providers being closed. They'll probably target employees with kids which would probably turn into a discrimination lawsuit.

So are we. With our limited testing, there's a helluva lot more cases out there than the reported number.

Times like these reveal who people (and businesses) really are, the good and the bad.

This is good and expected given the time of year. It'll both serve to reduce the strain on our healthcare system as well as hopefully make COVID-19 cases easier to identify. If you got this stuff a month ago, it was pretty much assumed to be a cold or flu until proven otherwise.

She hasn't been laid off. Yet. I wouldn't be surprised in the least though if she is laid off early next week to just beat the deadline. She has some crucial projects going on right now that she's really the only person there who has the ability to complete them and I pretty much told her to make sure they don't get wrapped up prior to next Wednesday.

If you understood the business she's in you'd realize this isn't applicable. That's all I'll say in a public thread.

My wife got direct confirmation this morning from their controller that all of the layoffs they're announcing today and tomorrow are with the specific intention of beating the April 1st deadline outlined below. Beginning April 1, H.R. 6201 will require employers with fewer than 500 employees, with some exceptions, to provide 12 weeks of protected leave to eligible employees who are unable to work, including telework, because their child’s school or place of care has been closed or their child care provider is unavailable due to a public health emergency. The new requirement, which amends the Family and Medical Leave Act, will expire Dec. 31. The 500-employee threshold under the emergency FMLA is a significant change from the current FMLA threshold of 50 or more employees. It's straight up fuging evil. Pay attention to the companies that have been laying people off in droves this week. Don't give them your business in the future. They don't deserve it.

Can y'all quit bickering over a joke about a damn haircut? This is why American politics are such a fuging joke. In a thread about a fuging global pandemic we have people bitching and moaning over whether or not a joke about a haircut is racist or not. WTF?

The entire state of Colorado has now been issued a stay at home order through April 11th.

Hopefully. Italy's new cases jumped a bit from yesterday, but still well off of their peak on Saturday. Hopefully we'll continue to see the overall trend there pointing downward.

My job has already been furloughed. The wife just got off a call with her boss where she was basically told that it's not a matter of if but when she gets laid off. They'll be doing waves of layoffs on a weekly basis. I hope any company that has jumped the gun on layoffs is eliminated from any benefit from this stimulus bill once passed.

I would assume those companies are already running at 100% capacity and cranking out as many as they possibly can. If this pandemic goes as bad as it possibly could go, then we're not talking about needing a few more. We're talking about needing exponentially more than we currently have.

I still see a lot of people talking like this is all going to pass and we're going to be back to normal in a matter of weeks. That's delusional. All you have to do is look at this $6 TRILLION stimulus bill that looks set to pass. That's essentially one third of our entire GDP in a stimulus package. That sends a very loud and very clear message that we're going to be dealing with this for a a loooooong time.