Corona Virus

[LinvilleGorge]

I'll admit that I have no idea how to moderate idiocy and ridiculous whataboutism that has nothing to do with the current crisis we face.

[philit99]

42 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Yeah--CNN is the problem.  Thank God Fox News taught you to call all news that you don't like "fake."  How would we know the truth without good ole' Fox News? 

I am a research professor and I teach validity and reliability every day.  So before I chant "fake news" like a gas-lighted, water-boarded cult member, I look into the process of acquiring information.  Your accusations (above) are not completely true and they mislead.  You cherry pick as well.  This source is one of the most valid, unbiased research outlets that has a very small margin of error.  You can dismiss this as "fake" without knowing anything about it if you want; I get it, the truth hurts.  You are not going to like this, so get your Bactine and start preparing your distracting, misinformed and uninformed rebuttal.

:https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news/

Thank you Sir, this is a godsend. It is almost impossible to find credible, reliable, and unbiased news sources in today’s world. Our President is almost void of fact, he is a walking oxymoron.

[Harbingers]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I'll admit that I have no idea how to moderate idiocy and ridiculous whataboutism that has nothing to do with the current crisis we face.

Continual Political talk, right or wrong = TB

Facts and Crisis = this thread.

That’d be my compass.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

3 hours ago, philit99 said:

Sure, just pack the greatest tragedy of our lifetime out of sight. 

Talk all you want about the virus. Leave the page after page of president/administration bickering in the TB. There is a virus thread for you there.

[Toolbox]

seriously stop talking politics in threads in the main forum..

[stirs]

Looks like NY is around the 600 mark again today.  Hoping they are finished counting, as bad as that sounds, cause that would be 3 days in a row at around the same number.

Stock market reflecting a possible bend in the curve

[LinvilleGorge]

Yes, let's hope that NY has peaked and is beginning to decline. Let's also hope that most other areas implemented social distancing protocols early enough to avoid massive outbreaks. The next two weeks are going to be rough regardless, but let's hope we took enough action soon enough to end up with a situation that's far short of the worst case scenario. Things are bad, but there are glimmers of hope.

[stirs]

Early models had NYC needing 110k hospital beds by end of April.  Now thinking it will require half of that, for you statisticians, that would be 55k.

Good news today from NYC.  No time to blink, but good news

[Aussie Tank]

Just stopping by to say look after your mental health my mates. That bastard will kill you before this filthy virus 

[Ja Rhule]

4 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

Just stopping by to say look after your mental health my mates. That bastard will kill you before this filthy virus 

I read somewhere suicides were up due to isolation.  It has awful effect on people who go thru depression.

[LinvilleGorge]

14 minutes ago, Ja Rhule said:

I read somewhere suicides were up due to isolation.  It has awful effect on people who go thru depression.

I don't doubt it. As much as my wife and kid and I are driving each other crazy, I'm sure glad to have them around. This isolation would be much tougher to deal with alone.

[Wes21]

17 hours ago, stirs said:

True.

NYC metro area is very densely populated and to be honest, I don't know what anyone could do with that place.  There is not an arms length of space as everyone is on top of each other.

 

New York is definitely its own animal.  Not only are they densely populated, but so many people rely on public transportation.  When my boss said we still had to show up to the office, we would drive our cars to work...go straight to our offices and shut the doors until the day was over.  The only reason to get within 6 ft of another person to/at/from work would be on purpose.  Many New Yorkers don't have that option.

[motocross_cat]

2 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Just stopping by to say look after your mental health my mates. That bastard will kill you before this filthy virus 

My wife is an extroverted person by nature.  So is her family and her friends.  Me not so much.  I have had to consistently be an ass to keep people apart.  It's literally torture for these types of people.  Oh well I must do what needs to be done.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

20 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

New York is definitely its own animal.  Not only are they densely populated, but so many people rely on public transportation.  When my boss said we still had to show up to the office, we would drive our cars to work...go straight to our offices and shut the doors until the day was over.  The only reason to get within 6 ft of another person to/at/from work would be on purpose.  Many New Yorkers don't have that option.

They put busses and the subway on reduced run. This, of course, meant more packed cars during rush hour though. But for the most part people have been staying at home and not using mass transit. With only essential places open, there's not much to go out and do really. Parks, bars, theaters, stores have been closed, etc. Everyone in my neighborhood wears a mask. Yes, we're dense, but we're doing what we have to do. Even with 8.5 million, we still have a high percentage per capita though. The worst infected areas (according to a released map) are mostly in Orthodox Jewish (same communities that spread the massive measles outbreak last year) and poorer areas of the Bronx, Queens, and here in Brooklyn. No idea why that is, but it is. Other than the Orthodox Jews who have their own agenda, everyone gets the same news and knows what's up. Just stay home! The governor made it law that no one can get evicted for 90 days.