Corona Virus

[Ja Rhule]

42 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Been working this whole time.  My workplace is one story open floorplan with about 200 employees per shift.  We practice social distancing, wash hands frequetly and wear masks.  Its doable

Amen.  I’m ready to go to work but also understand what at stake.

Edited April 20, 2020 by Ja Rhule

[Wyank]

4 hours ago, Ja Rhule said:

My kid’s teacher just emailed us school work all the way to early June.  Likely means no CMS school until next school year.  Also, multiple big corporations said they will not listen to Trump return to work order and will allow their employees back only when they feel its safe.

I can tell you that at least one school district from where im from is privately preparing to start next school year with remote classes.  Source being my wife is a teacher in that school district. 

[philit99]

On 4/18/2020 at 2:24 PM, MadHatter said:

Prior to this pandemic, we were seeing tremendous economic growth and historically low unemployment.

if you want to blame him for the economic impact that this pandemic is having (it is decimating economies all over the globe) , then you have the iq of a head of lettuce.

 

You are absolutely right. We saw tremendous economic growth at the expense of all environmental protections ever put in place. Trump removed most protections for the almighty dollar. Yes we benefit, no doubt, but at what cost. The short sighted decisions could have long lasting consequences. It’s why we should think before we leap. Now all of those economic heights are squandered and what does that leave us? Same amount of money with lower air quality.

Edited April 20, 2020 by philit99

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

On 3/11/2020 at 9:54 PM, Wanderlai said:

The world has lost its mind. The regular old flu killed 34,000 in the US last year even though we have the flu shot yet everybody went on about life. 

[Wes21]

9 hours ago, Wyank said:

I can tell you that at least one school district from where im from is privately preparing to start next school year with remote classes.  Source being my wife is a teacher in that school district. 

I'm wondering how much of the online stuff will become "the new normal" going forward.  Be it school, work, etc.

[Khyber53]

31 minutes ago, philit99 said:

You are absolutely right. We saw tremendous economic growth at the expense of all environmental protections ever put in place. Trump removed most protections for the almighty dollar. Yes we benefit, no doubt, but at what cost. The short sighted decisions could have long lasting consequences. It’s why we should think before we leap. Now all of those economic heights are squandered and what does that leave us? Same amount of money with lower air quality.

Let's also remember that companies in the US were holding record amounts of debt on their books, thanks to phenomenally low interest rates. What the pandemic showed was how it wasn't the interest rates, but the principal payments that would kill these companies that were so leveraged and without any real cash reserves. 

That's a systemic problem that actually existed long before Trump. Trump, however, has always run his businesses leveraged to the hilt and has, through policy and rhetoric, encouraged our economy to work this way, too. He has long been the champion of borrow and reap rather than save and sow seeds. Trump's not the originator of our economic weakness, he's just the posterboy.

It all works well until, well, a rainy day comes. Our country has been so prosperous that it has withstood all of those rainy days, hurricanes, flooding, massive fires, civil unrest and malaise since 2016. It took a pandemic, a modern plague, to shake us down. The idea of borrowing our way back to economic health should be scaring everyone.

[Paa Langfart]

13 hours ago, Ja Rhule said:

Same.  We will be able to tell which company cares about their employees and which cares only about profits.

It wont matter when the unemployment benefits run out and dotard refuses to extend them.  The ruling class has us right where they want us.  Work or starve and go homeless.  Throw a few more serfs on the fire so we can warm up our profit margins.

[Wyank]

1 hour ago, Wes21 said:

I'm wondering how much of the online stuff will become "the new normal" going forward.  Be it school, work, etc.

I'm sure it's just trying to be prepared for worst case scenario but I wouldn't get hopes up for schools opening for the remainder of this school year. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Well, that small case study failed miserably. Hopefully it goes better when the stay at home mandates get lifted and people are asked to maintain social distancing guidelines, but honestly I doubt it.

[LinvilleGorge]

Shall we try this again? I promise you that the third time will not be the charm. If it gets locked again it'll be for good and all this conversation will transfer to the TB.

In other news, I just found out from someone very much in the know that Colorado's stay at home mandate will be lifted on April 27th and Governor Polis is set to announce that today at 3:30.

[jayflip]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Shall we try this again? I promise you that the third time will not be the charm. If it gets locked again it'll be for good and all this conversation will transfer to the TB.

In other news, I just found out from someone very much in the know that Colorado's stay at home mandate will be lifted on April 27th and Governor Polis is set to announce that today at 3:30.

Don’t bring this garbage to the TB

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, jayflip said:

Don’t bring this garbage to the TB

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Inimicus said:

If that's true then I laugh at those idiots that got themselves all lathered up over 7 days at the capitol yesterday.

Don't kid yourself. They'll peacock around claiming their protest was the reason this happened.

[CBDellinger]

36 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

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In other news, I just found out from someone very much in the know that Colorado's stay at home mandate will be lifted on April 27th and Governor Polis is set to announce that today at 3:30.

you have some good sources