Elon's going to invent a giant Snowpiercer-styled ship that jettisons all rich people into space, where they will be safe from coronavirus.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
im planning to go the Philippines and Japan from the US for a family and tourist trip in march. should i freak out and cancel my trip or am i overreacting? I'm worried about being quarantined or not being able to fly home if there are more cases in those countries.
― dsb, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
So far it does not seem to be spreading in hot/tropical climates. I dunno, of the concerns you listed I guess, yeah, I'd be more worried about quarantine or flight issues than actual illness. But I guess it's wait or see how things escalate, if they do.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:08 (four years ago) link
Suspected cases of COVID-19 in Philippine hospitals down to less than 100
Any travel this year has an element of crapshoot.
― Prep for coronavirus. Seriously. (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:14 (four years ago) link
Coronavirus update: There's no way to tell when the White House is telling the truth. Also, the nation's most important news publisher, Facebook, makes money by disseminating falsehoods. Good luck everyone.— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) February 25, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
i went to costco to prep. not for the disease, more like how when i know a snow storm is coming i make sure i don't have to shop the day before it comes because i don't like to be in the grocery store with all those dumb snow storm shoppers. i only had 4 rolls of toilet paper left and it was causing me anxiety. i got a big box of oats and 10 lbs of roman beans just in case.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
^sardines
― whistling (brownie), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
i got tuna. and eggs. i need some oranges to prevent scurvy.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
using coronavirus as an excuse to pickle a bunch of eggs c/d?
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
classic! i might can my beans.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
I just came back from the grocery with tuna, peanut butter, carnation instant breakfast, a box of individual shelf stable milks, cereal, instant oatmeal, hand sanitizer, a few other things. I'm probably going to hit Trader Joe's for a bunch of snacks and frozen food stuff tomorrow.
I'm pretty much on the same page, if people start to lose their shit or some kind of quarantine happens, I want enough stuff to survive for a few days.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
I doubt I can survive more than a couple of days without restaurant food. đ¤ˇââď¸
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
Should probably make chili this weekend and buy some extra rice.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:18 (four years ago) link
I bought tortilla chips today, should be good to go.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:18 (four years ago) link
I literally cannot imagine a health scenario (in this country, at least) that would require self-quarantine and/or food stocks. And if such a thing ever came to pass, good luck with those jars of PB, because that's probably the end of civilization. Like, I have a good friend who grew up hunting, so has guns in the house. He's no nut, but he did mention to me once how they provide some assurance that he could protect his family in the case of cataclysm. And my response was basically if it ever came to that, that's the end of the road, because what kind of world are you saving them for?
Anyway, just wash your hands a lot.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
we just don't want to go to the grocery store. we aren't buying buckets of jim bakker end times cheese.
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
Heh. Yeah, well, this virus can be asymptomatic for days/weeks. They already walk among us!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
if such a thing ever came to pass, good luck with those jars of PB, because that's probably the end of civilization.
I can see you've let your imagination run wild really thought about this.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
Iâm concerned about my lack of shelter-in-place preparedness but thatâs bc of volcano and earthquake risks not epidemic viral disease
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
xps. He's no nut, but he did mention to me once how they provide some assurance that he could protect his family in the case of cataclysm. And my response was basically if it ever came to that, that's the end of the road, because what kind of world are you saving them for?
postlapsarian steampunk primitivist utopia?
i share this concern, silby.
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:35 (four years ago) link
This is #Iranâs deputy health minister, who we now know has #coronavirus, giving an interview about #COVID19 on state TV last night. The anchor says to him âyou are coughingâ he says âmaybe I should cover my mouth like thisâ pic.twitter.com/2A7xRrCkTv— Ali Arouzi (@aliarouzi) February 25, 2020
― Prep for coronavirus. Seriously. (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link
I can absolutely imagine people making a run on groceries because it happens every time a hurricane or similar weather event threatens.
China just quarantined some 100M people, a quarantine doesn't seem completely out of the realm of possibilities.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
that's what i mean, i'm not worried about getting the actual virus at the store lol
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
xp to silby: Mt. Rainier (or Mt. Hood) will clear it's throat before any big eruption, so it won't be any sudden cataclysmic surprise. The Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, otoh, is worth taking the need for prior readiness seriously. It won't warn us ahead of time. This virus is potentially more of a global rough passage, not any kind of civilization-level apolcalypse.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:42 (four years ago) link
i mean when I make a run for food, it's because shit like if truckers or distribution gets sick or they need to stay home to take care of family because schools are closed or caretakers are sick. Just be prepared with food you would eat anyway. It's not hard.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:46 (four years ago) link
Oh, I can imagine people making a run to the grocery just to have stuff, I was just doubtful anyone will actually *need* to have ready the full prepper-roni. I've never experienced first-hand, though, bare shelves and whatnot due to panics. Even with the worst, say, blizzard forecast here.
And China quarantining millions of people ... I mean, well, yeah. Authoritarian regimes love locking people up. But beyond that, the overwhelming majority of cases, by huge numbers, remain in China. Though that can change, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:47 (four years ago) link
I've experienced bare shelves because people panic and start pillaging and then they don't have shipments coming in.
also fyi since you will be going to hawaii, amazon prime doesn't exist. It ALLLLLLL takes a week or more.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link
It would be very inconvenient to become stuck in Hawaii and I wouldnât care for that at all.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
Italy coronavirus outbreak: Italians empty supermarket shelves as fear of epidemic spreads
This wasn't necessary, but people panic. That's the concern.
― Save us, Covid19 (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
it's important at this time to try to set politics aside so that decisions can be madeohnononofuuuuu@realDonaldTrumpCryinâ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didnât like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!đ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
(that's supposed to be someone talking in the near future but then twitter invades their universe
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!đ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
He should hereby declare a vaccine be ready immediately.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
Based on the pattern we've seen in other countries, it seems likely that when the outbreak happens in the US it will happen very suddenly (most likely reaching outbreak status within a day or two of the first cluster being detected) but it will be limited to a specific region initially. If that specific region is a smaller town or group of towns rather than a major metropolis, it seems possible an attempted quarantine could be put in place, much like what has been done in Italy.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 01:31 (four years ago) link
it will happen very suddenly because they will actually start testing for it.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 01:37 (four years ago) link
really proud of the survivalists in this thread
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
I just hope my cat doesnât get infected when he eats my corpse
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:01 (four years ago) link
it's just an excuse to mix wine into my water.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:02 (four years ago) link
i am watching the debate and i believe pete buttigieg has the coronavirus, he seems sweaty and disoriented
― forensic plumber (harbl), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
Man, one of my kids just told me there is a boy in her art class named Joey Corona, and their current project requires them to all wear face masks. Tough break.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:28 (four years ago) link
Good Luck, Joey Corona! future participant on a minimum of 3 reality shows.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
joey corona i'm sorry about what's happened to you, but could you please say "hey it's me! joey corona!" whenever you walk into a new room?
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!đ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
More like, "heeeeeeeeeeey, it's me!"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
not going to worry about this
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
Eyy hereâs yah boy Joeyyyy Co-RO-naaaah
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:36 (four years ago) link
we'd like to thank the opening band, joey corona's virus -- weren't they great, folks
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
sad lol, my daughter says that's actually his nickname, Joey Coronavirus.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:43 (four years ago) link
first COVID-19 casualty in the US
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!đ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:44 (four years ago) link
I'm normally not one to worry about this shit, but I have a bad feeling about this, mostly due to how contagious this appears to be and how ill prepared our leadership is. Going to stock up on rice, beans, and pork that can be put in the freezer. I'm not worried about catching/surviving the virus, more the upheaval that will occur if the virus punctures the thin veil of societal control.
― Har Mar Klobuchar (PBKR), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
Basically, if a lot of people are too sick to come to work, all at once, things will get very dicey for a while. It's not like we'll all die squalid deaths, but even a small amount of social chaos would suck balls until things came back to a semblance of normal. If I were a healthcare worker, I'd be nervous about what my next six months might look like.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
Goodbye to Joey, the King of CoronaSee you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 04:41 (four years ago) link