60 year old GP, Dr Clare Gerada, has #COVIDー19.She explained on #BBCBreakfast what having the virus was like ⤵️#coronavirusuk #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Otv3rbIHau— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) March 16, 2020
― Number None, Monday, 16 March 2020 10:14 (four years ago) link
I suspect the no breathalyzing thing just means they will instead use "field sobriety tests," which are subjective and kinda bullshit, but that's another matter.
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 March 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
CAUSE OF ARREST: he look drunk
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 March 2020 10:38 (four years ago) link
I watched this last night - extraordinary. They're two months in. UK-only unfortunately I think
Wuhan: Life under LockdownWith exclusive access to two film-makers inside the Chinese city of Wuhan, Our World tells the story of life under lockdown.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gj5f
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
CAUSE OF ARREST: he look drunk― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, March 16, 2020 9:38 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, March 16, 2020 9:38 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
And/or not white.
This is Queensland we’re dealing with.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:05 (four years ago) link
Here's a 10-minute version of the Wuhan doc:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-51858226/coronavirus-life-inside-china-s-lockdown
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
My spouse is staying home as of tomorrow since the university is going online next week. We are still in double digits of cases and almost all imported. Last semester classes were basically canceled for over a month because of protests and student strikes so he ended up recording like 8 lectures for the students and then just did a final exam. I listened to every lecture from another room and am trying to make him stop saying "effectively...".
― Yerac, Monday, 16 March 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
Oh man. This was for the other thread. Bah.
― Yerac, Monday, 16 March 2020 11:17 (four years ago) link
threads need much clearer titles tbh
― ymo sumac (NickB), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
Real-time evidence of flattening the curve. Lodi had the first Covid-19 case in Italy, and implemented a shutdown on Feb 23. Bergamo waited until March 8. Look at the difference. Incredible research by @drjenndowd, @melindacmills & co-authors. https://t.co/JYf1F5GnYu pic.twitter.com/iMVXBJ59Y6— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 15, 2020
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 16 March 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
apparently in france macron is gonna announce a 45 day lockdown tonight, effective tomorrow or wednesday. a day after he let elections take place...
― Jibe, Monday, 16 March 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
yes, the rumors are curfew after 6pm each day, but still just rumors
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 16 March 2020 13:07 (four years ago) link
still just rumors
Yep, or so it seems at the moment:
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/03/16/non-un-decret-n-a-pas-deja-prepare-le-deploiement-de-l-armee-pour-imposer-un-couvre-feu-en-france_6033260_3210.html
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Monday, 16 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
uh thx for the info, i believed my friends without checking as they've ties to a few ppl in the ministères and they'd mentioned the 45 day lockdown, nothing about a curfew though. i should have factchecked before !
― Jibe, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
the rumors going around on WhatsApp today, my kids had a "screenshot" of something from the Sénat announcing the curfew already. but we'll see at 20h.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 16 March 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link
games dev company in central london actually emailed people over the weekend to say they expected them in work today. just.. what the hell goes on in thesepeople’s heads?
― Fizzles, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link
in Wisconsin, I feel like I'm one of the only people who actually stayed home today? (we can work from home, but only once a week...I suspect that changes very soon)
also we have 2 kids, school doesn't shut down until Wednesday but yeah. if anyone's spreading this around it's the children.
― frogbs, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:24 (four years ago) link
most of Ireland was losing the head last night over spurious WhatsApp messages about a lockdown announcement at 11 am today
didn't occur of course, but it seems somewhat inevitable
― Number None, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:32 (four years ago) link
It's interesting to watch how employers who were grudging about telework last week have totally flipped their mindset.
Last week: (sigh), okay, you slackers, IF your manager approves, AND you send a daily account of what you did, AND it doesn't affect daily operations, then MAYBE we will approve limited remote work.
This week: justify why you would even CONSIDER going to the office, you homicidal maniac!
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 March 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link
similar to my department, which has been a mess for the past week - went from mandatory weekend work saturday to everyone being told "go home and don't come in next week, even if you're not set up for wfh" (almost no one is set up yet)
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 16 March 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
also spent last night trying to convince my 66 year old dad to not go in to work at his retail job, where he's the only employee over the age of like 35, he eventually agreed not to but it was like pulling teeth
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 16 March 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
the rumors going around on WhatsApp today
Relevant:
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2020/03/16/c-est-la-mere-de-ma-femme-qui-me-l-a-dit-sa-meilleure-amie-travaille-a-l-institut-pasteur_6033265_4408996.html
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Monday, 16 March 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
Seriously what is that company going to do if its entire workforce gets sick at once?
― Matt DC, Monday, 16 March 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
He had a form of leukaemia. What’s the UK plan for immunocompromised younger people, many of whom will be living in house shares with people whose work is very likely to bring them into contact with the virus? https://t.co/7lOOE40BTh— Abi Wilkinson (@AbiWilks) March 16, 2020
― calzino, Monday, 16 March 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
In Chile they are closing the borders to all foreign people for 14 days.
― Yerac, Monday, 16 March 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
the most difficult part of this is that we've got a 5 and 3 year old at home and still have 40-hour a week jobs we have to work from home. so while everyone else is fretting about what Netflix series they're gonna watch or whether or not to get Animal Crossing our entire lives are gonna be keeping these kids entertained while also (I assume) working our full time jobs from home
― frogbs, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/90193132_10158468935531614_668423256310546432_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=z5Lae37_VeAAX-KkKQb&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=7e8cafe1fb157756f80a9648c7cf09d8&oe=5E95D1CD
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
same for the EU, for those who are “non-essential” (i.e. who aren't health workers) for 30 days and then it can be renewed. xp to yerac
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
frogbs - sympathies!
we also have littles (including one who needs pretty much constant supervision). A tween or teen can more or less coast, but toddlers do not have an autopilot setting. It's hard to maintain the fiction that our "work from home" time is going to be of the same quality as it would be normally - I assume I'm going to be doing most of my concentrative work in the evening. We're used to being exhausted as a baseline state. This will stretch us yet more, but we understand there are lots of ways things could be worse.
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
kids are too young for Minecraft but the 5 year old is playing Super Mario 3D land and has gone from purposely jumping off the cliff and laughing his ass off 40 times in a row to actually beating World 1-1, I'm proud of him
― frogbs, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
frogbb otm
― silby, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
It's not optimistic about when the weather turns warm things will get better. It's been around 85F/30C and the numbers just doubled overnight.
― Yerac, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Josh's daily schedule is what I expected from my kids, however they have surprised me and set up a pretend school.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
Iirc cold and flu get worse in winter not because of the weather, but because people spend more time cooped up indoors.
Guess what people are doing more of this spring (relative to the last 10,000 springs)
― love will keep us apart (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
Hello from Knoxville.
https://compassknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_4331.jpg
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
It was snowing a little here this morning.
My kids are doing much better today, the first day of "school," than they did over the weekend, which in normal times would have just been the weekend.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
purposely jumping off the cliff and laughing his ass off 40 times in a row
love when kids do this, although it can be irritating if you have to deal with it regularly
― mh, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
Iirc cold and flu get worse in winter not because of the weather, but because people spend more time cooped up indoors.Guess what people are doing more of this spring (relative to the last 10,000 springs)
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
indoor heating tends to be v dry though
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
but idk what i'm talking about, ever, so take that into account
lol same
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
It's plenty hot and humid in Australia, Jamaica, Philippines, etc. and the virus is currently spreading in those places just fine.
Just being out and about means less time spent in close contained quarters with other people, period. Just makes it that less easy to spread, though of course going to school, pubs etc. remains as potentially problematic.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
New board description.
2xp
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
Speaking of, I turned my heating off last night as the milder weather has made it unnecessary all of a sudden and Liam Gallagher-style convincing me a fever is coming onToday was a gorgeous day, it was very nice to get a good long walk along the river. A relief after months of storms
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Monday, 16 March 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
apparently we know someone who's got a 14 year old daughter who's willing to babysit while we work from home
obviously this would be very helpful but I feel like it's maybe not a good idea to let anyone in? I honestly have no clue what we ought and ought not to be doing right now
― frogbs, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
If this 14yo is otherwise staying at home as much as you are the net expected impact on public health of them spending x hours a day at your house is likely minimal, I would hazard
― silby, Monday, 16 March 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
I've been thankful for the nice weather the past week. Getting out for a walk and fresh air for an hour has been a balm.
― clemenza, Monday, 16 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
yes
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
Dude basically laughed at me for turning down his offer to play me 1on1 at the local basketball courts and saying "sorry, but not a good idea with the virus going around". Oookay. Yeah I know there's been no cases by us dude, but is it really laughable for me to want to limit unnecessary close contact with strangers???
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 16 March 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
I think I saw reporting that Federal guess is peak (here) will fall between one month and three months from now. Three months away might be the better case scenario, because it means less strain will be placed on hospitals all at once.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link