Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Corona Virus


Ja  Rhule
 Share

Recommended Posts

8 minutes ago, Ja Rhule said:

It’s about to get worse... large corporations announcing they will be laying off people around the new year.

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/wells-fargo-signals-substantial-layoffs-ahead/5ZQ3LTTIKVFPVF3VJWFD7XGGBQ/

This was expected by many of us.  Many companies were only going to hold on to employees long enough to get the gubmint money, then start mass layoffs the minute they are eligible to.

  • Pie 1
  • Beer 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

This was expected by many of us.  Many companies were only going to hold on to employees long enough to get the gubmint money, then start mass layoffs the minute they are eligible to.

Oh, this was FOR SURE predictable. Some people were going to be replaced anyway. You can't lay people off now because of optics. But next year will be a gold mine because even if these companies aren't actually struggling they now have a perfect excuse to jettison employees by saying, "Oh the stress from the Rona dun it to us! If we hadn't had that, we'd be able to keep all of you!"

Meanwhile we underwent another gigantic wealth transfer from the government to corporations and shareholders. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

Covid is seasonal in nature?  Apparently not in North Carolina.

It's easy to think this when you don't understand what you're talking about so you just look at the numbers, see them going up, and ignorantly conclude that definitively means there's no season element involved.

Numerous studies have pinpointed the mid-40s as the optimal temperature for the spread of COVID. That doesn't mean it goes away in the summer, it just spreads much less readily.

With a novel that the population has no natural resistance to, that can still be pretty readily, but relatively speaking it's transmission abilities are greatly reduced. There's a reason why there have been lots of outbreaks associated with meat packing facilities. A place where people are working shoulder to shoulder in a refrigerated indoor environment is pretty much perfect for the spread of this virus.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Ja Rhule said:

It’s unbelievable that only 7 states are requiring masks in public. Going into lockdowns every 2 months is not a sustainable strategy. We should be throwing every thing we have at this to avoid more lockdowns.
 

I know the research on masks is mixed, but I can’t help but think the reduced social interaction that comes with mask wearing is an unstudied benefit. Every state that requires a mask in public is seeing dropping case numbers.
 

BTW...50% of all Covid deaths in NC come from nursing homes. 
 

Im willing to bet a lot of our cases and hospitalizations are originating from construction sites and churches. From what I’m seeing, the smaller churches with older congregations are the primary ones trying to hold physical services. It makes sense since it’s been 3-4 weeks since the state court ruling.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Ja Rhule said:

My overall opinion of humanity was already pretty low but the past few months has just about convinced me we're completely beyond redemption. Morons on the right having pool parties and using not wearing masks and not social distancing as a political statement to "own the libs", whatever the fug that's supposed to mean. Morons on the left ccorrectly proclaiming the virus doesn't care about politics when criticizing aforementioned behavior but damned if that didn't fly straight out the window with all of these recent protests.

TLDR version: People are really fuging stupid and politics dumps gas on the stupidity bonfire.

  • Flames 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Tbe said:

It’s unbelievable that only 7 states are requiring masks in public. Going into lockdowns every 2 months is not a sustainable strategy. We should be throwing every thing we have at this to avoid more lockdowns.
 

I know the research on masks is mixed, but I can’t help but think the reduced social interaction that comes with mask wearing is an unstudied benefit. Every state that requires a mask in public is seeing dropping case numbers.
 

BTW...50% of all Covid deaths in NC come from nursing homes. 
 

Im willing to bet a lot of our cases and hospitalizations are originating from construction sites and churches. From what I’m seeing, the smaller churches with older congregations are the primary ones trying to hold physical services. It makes sense since it’s been 3-4 weeks since the state court ruling.

Why construction sites?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

31 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My overall opinion of humanity was already pretty low but the past few months has just about convinced me we're completely beyond redemption. Morons on the right having pool parties and using not wearing masks and not social distancing as a political statement to "own the libs", whatever the fug that's supposed to mean. Morons on the left ccorrectly proclaiming the virus doesn't care about politics when criticizing aforementioned behavior but damned if that didn't fly straight out the window with all of these recent protests.

TLDR version: People are really fuging stupid and politics dumps gas on the stupidity bonfire.

I believe in 20-80 rule. 80% of wealth owned by top 20% and other 80% owns only 20% of all wealth in US.  US needs big number of sheep so the top can get more wealth. Disclaimer:  I know 1% owns most of the 80% of wealth.

So the top 1% let 80%-90% of US people fight with each other while they getting totally fuged and without realizing.  Politics is an incredible tool to control the weak.  Even I dance to the piper most times knowing I’m getting brainwashed.

  • Beer 2
  • Flames 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

43 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

Why construction sites?

Those are one type of ‘outbreak spot’ that consistently comes up.

It’s an essential service. Lots of people working closely together, taking it home to their families. More than one site in CLT has been closed down because of it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Tbe said:

Those are one type of ‘outbreak spot’ that consistently comes up.

It’s an essential service. Lots of people working closely together, taking it home to their families. More than one site in CLT has been closed down because of it.

Do you have any links?  I haven't seen any stories about construction sites being traced back as a hot spot. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

Do you have any links?  I haven't seen any stories about construction sites being traced back as a hot spot. 

My dad works construction and within 1 day 65 out or 120 employees got COVID including my dad.  Spread like a wild fire.  And they had a nurse checking everyone temperature as they came to work.  That poo don’t really work.

Edited by Ja Rhule
Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, Wes21 said:

Do you have any links?  I haven't seen any stories about construction sites being traced back as a hot spot. 

I googled it and found many stories about it. It sounds like officials are still not releasing hard numbers on how many cases come from these sites, so it’s hard to know what is actually going on. 
 

Here’s one.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/19/county-seeing-covid-19-cases-on-construction-sites.html

 

  • Pie 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • I felt pretty good about us making progress this season, surprising some people, and getting some more wins than last season going into it.  Now, after preseason, my expectations are much, much lower. I was talking with my friend who is a Bears fan, and we were discussing their drubbing of the Bills and how people try to dismiss it as “preseason, so it doesn’t count.”  It absolutely counts.  Not the wins or losses.  No one really cares about that.  But what the Bears are doing shows that even in a vanilla, non-specific scheme, they are executing at an elite level and they are disciplined.  It shows they are well coached.  They see growth in their players.  Versus us - hard to tell what we’re looking at because everything is a fuging mess.  In games we’re still undisciplined, be it penalties or assignments.  We do NOT execute.  We got random coaches calling plays that won’t be calling plays during the season, we have our players getting into fights in the last padded practice of the preseason, then we have Bryce and Chuba trying to correct it while our coach sat off to the side laughing.  To be clear, I like Canales.  He seems like a good dude.  But, it feels like we have very little direction and discipline.  You’re allowing a team who has been historically bad the last almost decade, with a losing culture that mostly bereft of talent to self-police?  You’re allowing subordinates to work in pet projects at the expense of getting valuable reps and evaluation of players in during games?     My friend literally brought up last night that when Ben Johnson got there he essentially put DJ Moore in notice because it was starting to be perceived that he was displaying some diva-behavior.  That’s leadership.  And they’re reaping the benefits early and setting a tone.  My friend said there is an excitement and confidence in and around their team that’s he’s never felt his entire life.  And here we are, sounding and looking like The Bad News Bears in our final week of training camp and preseason.  I literally stopped watching after halftime last week.  I used to watch every play faithfully, even in 2001 and 2010.  It was fun.  This isn’t.  We are bad and our administration keeps making bad decisions to compound things.  Reading poo like this today is just fuging deflating.
    • With so much of the focus the past couple years being on offense, the defense has definitely taken a backseat to the talent available in the draft. I get it, they want to surround their number one draft pick QB with offensive playmakers but unfortunately that has come with a price that so far has not worked Let’s hope the offense and Bryce Young put it together this year or it’s going to be another rebuild next year with another new QB. 
    • I was intrigued by him but always said it comes down to the interview process and talking to his former coaches, etc. You gotta find out if he's coachable and has the mental makeup. I think we've found the answer. LOL
×
×
  • Create New...