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Without counting ST, I have 9 friends and work acquaintances who think/believe they have COVID-19. None confirmed. This seems disproportional? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:48 14
- one local confirmed, 3 of us slackers, and once again i'm worried about mom and I -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 17:03
- Put me in the camp that many people had it in Dec/Jan before we knew what it was. - Strongbad Mar 30, 17:02 1
  - It's hard to tell. I was coughing badly for a week and stuffed up and I rarely am, but I had flown to Dubai and back in 72, slept 14 hours - JackDawson Mar 30, 17:03
- Higher than what I have, but I think you have a larger social circle - ty97 Mar 30, 16:57
- My boss' housekeeper - positive. She got a test because her son works in hospital. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 16:55
- disproportional in which direction? I'm guessing some of them are in NYC. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:52 3
  - Actually they all are except one in DC but I’m still struggling with the math -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:53 2
    - oh that is surprising! is there a pattern who they work for? -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:54 1
      - No. One is unemployed, one works in a business office, one is a stay at home mom, one is an attorney who works at a law firm, another works in theate - JackDawson Mar 30, 17:01
- I have 1 coworker (in colorado) who recovered from C19, and one friend (local) who has a sore throat that probably isn't C19. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 16:49 4
  - Only one of my coworkers in the NY office that we know of has tested positive - and I have a lot of friends (9) with sore throats coughs and/or fevers - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:53 3
    - Your other friends, where do they live? -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:53 2
      - 8 NYC 1 DC -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:54 1
        
        OK, NYC is hotzone. No surprise. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:55
I'd never heard of this guy before - he sounds amazing -- (link) - Reagen Mar 30, 16:42
I have no doubt this is true. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 30, 16:39
Drone tour of abandoned San Francisco -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 30, 16:34
GOOD. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 30, 16:19 9
- Apocalyptic death cults, ftw! -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 16:32
- Weird to say but I hope someone there gets sick and sues him to oblivion. -- nm - Tim Mar 30, 16:30 1
  - They weren’t forced to go. - spamlet Mar 30, 16:31
- good -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 16:29
- I could not care less about the people who choose to do that. I care about the medical staff, and the person who tried who won't get a hospital -- (edited) - Andie Mar 30, 16:28 3
  - Amen to that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:46
  - And also the people they come into contact with through their daily life -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 16:32 1
    - Yep, them too. Lock all the morons up. Together. -- nm* - Andie Mar 30, 16:33
- ALSO GOOD -- (link) - Reagen Mar 30, 16:28
Is there outrage? Is it cause I am wearing Pants while working from home? - tRuMaN Mar 30, 16:17
A message for President Trunk - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 30, 16:14 [youtube]
First time grocery pickup at Walmart went very smoothly. Something I'll do again until this is all over.......... - Meg Mar 30, 16:12 2
- I tried to do that with the grocery store I use. They were booked solid until Sunday... -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 16:13 1
  - The ones I tried earlier last week wouldn't even guess at a day/time. Walmart only shows today and tomorrow but - Meg Mar 30, 16:22
Your top ten songs: Blinding Lights, The Box, Don't Start Now, Heartless, Circles, Life Is Good, Adore You, Intentions, Say So, Roxanne - Tim Mar 30, 16:07 5
- Fairly certain I have heard zero of these -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 16:20 1
  - Blinding Lights has a huge 80's vibe, it's good. -- nm - Tim Mar 30, 16:23
- I’ve got Hallucinate by Dua Lipa instead on The Twenty. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:12
- I love Circles, but seriously? It’s still in the top 10? -- nm - Dano Mar 30, 16:12 1
  - Still the second most played song on radio. -- nm - Tim Mar 30, 16:18
I have to go back to work, but please have a discussion about the DOJ asking for sweeping emergency powers so I can reply "Liberty Biberty" -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 16:03 3
- Liberty Biberty. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 16:11 2
  - Boo -- nm - Cinderella si Mar 30, 16:12 1
    - Biberty Liberty -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 16:13
Is he....is he....from the future? -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 15:52 3
- Do you follow Kevin Kruse? If i had a twitter account, I would. -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 15:55 2
  - he's aces. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 16:17
  - make a twitter account, tweet nothing. Follow him. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:16
Spirit Airlines suspending all flights from NYC, Niagara, Plassburgh, Hartford. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 15:46 1
- Hey, they charged me $5 to click on the link you posted!! Fucking Spirit Airlines *shakes fist* -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 16:19
They continue to be the stupidest people on the planet. -- (link) - Tim Mar 30, 15:42 2
- And all those people have only 125 feet. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 15:53 1
  - They did do a good job hosting the Winter Paralympics -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 16:10
you know, if it weren't for all of the corona virus concerns, now would be a GREAT time to film post-apocalyptic movies …. - call me ishmael Mar 30, 15:39 4
- I mean as long as you filmed with 10 people or less and kept 6 ft apart you could. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 15:42 3
  - One actor, one camera person. - JD Mar 30, 15:45 2
    - I think we could do a crowd sourced movie. -- nm - . Mar 30, 16:40 1
      - damnit, they said NO crowds -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 17:12
Good news: today's the day sunset starts happening after 7:30pm - Max Mar 30, 15:22 2
- Thank God Its Friday -- nm - budice Mar 30, 15:25 1
  - Thank God it's almost June -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 15:30
You know it is the apocalypse when... TomCattt releases a clip of his new video! -- (link) - Andie Mar 30, 15:18 5
- Get naked naked naked naked naked naked with me on Good Friday. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 16:50 1
  - I sent to my SIL who of course played it with a 5 yo in the room. Guess who keeps yelling out Naked! now? -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 16:58
- I DON’T FEEL RIGHT. -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 16:36
- If anything can save us.... -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 15:25 1
  - Pretty sure social distancing was invented with him in mind. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 15:34
I didn't realize that Crispin Glover is three years younger than Michael J. Fox. - Krusty Mar 30, 15:17 1
- I would have said four. -- nm - Spawn Mar 30, 15:30
5000 year old ritual site to the god of War found in Iraq -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 30, 15:15 1
- What is it good for? -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 15:57
Netflix doc Pandemic has been trending so what the heck. I have it on all day. Anyone else watched it? - loosilu Mar 30, 15:14 1
- Nah. I am limiting my Coronavirus intake now. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:01
Sam Vinograd: If I wanted to watch a crazy autocrat I would turn on Game Of Thrones -- (link) - mud Mar 30, 15:14
So you can farm tarantulas in Animal Crossing? What is this game? -- nm - Shaun Mar 30, 15:11 1
- Tarantulas are the new beetles. - Qale Mar 30, 16:02
Shit. I knew this was going to be a possibility. :( -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:06 3
- You were specifically concerned about Vint Cerf? -- nm - Mop Mar 30, 15:11 1
  - Yes, and Tim Berners-Lee. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:20
- HIghly recommend the John Oliver clip. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:07
The Trump administration has ruled that gun shops are considered “essential” businesses that should remain open amid the coronavirus crisis. -- (link) - budice Mar 30, 15:03 31
- Literally the opposite of here. “All the gun/shooting clubs are closed, so no reason to buy guns at all!” -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 16:38
- Heh, you can buy guns everywhere here. But you can't buy ammo - Trisha Mar 30, 15:49 1
  - we have meat. but to your list I can ad: flour, canned soup, rice, bread, eggs, ginger, garlic & cake mix -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 30, 16:00
- I thought that they technically (the Trump Admin) could only make suggestions for States, and couldnt rule one way or another? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 15:20 20
  - but, we clicked, some of us got outraged, some of us scared, and, most problematically, some of us will stupidly say - JackDawson Mar 30, 15:43 18
    - To clarify from yesterday. I am suggesting you are addicted to the reactionaries as they are addicted to him. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:04 8
      - Seems like there’s plenty of addiction to go around, but yes I’m definitely enraptured and enraged by the reactions — I’ll give you that. Your point? - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:08 7
        
        It’s as annoying? Can that be my point? -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:09 6
        
        Oh sure. Lots of stuff is annoying I’m sure you’ll live or throw a tantrum and block -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:11 5
        
        So that’s a no on maybe cutting back your outrage on the outrage. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:13 4
        
        It’s an I’ll take it under advisement while I consider the implications of dissent not being tolerated on even this last corner of the Internet -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:18 3
        
        I'm pretty sure the right approves your outrage. -- nm* - . Mar 30, 16:34 1
        
        lol!! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 17:02
        
        Dissent has never been tolerated here. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 16:30
    - actually, I didnt click, I just responded on ST. I assumed that the news got their reporting wrong because - tRuMaN Mar 30, 15:58
    - Can I safely call him a dick with fucked up priorities and who is playing to his base without incurring your disdain? -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 15:46 7
      - (You’re purposefully continuing to misconstrue my posts is being about you or ST or I guess I’m that bad at English) - JackDawson Mar 30, 16:06 5
        
        You're coming off like you're defending him. -- nm - . Mar 30, 16:36 4
        
        (when you are so so so up your own ass that you view someone disagreeing with how to handle Trump as trying to defend Trump, you've lost all touch wit - JackDawson Mar 30, 17:05 1
        
        No, all the talk about not supporting the Democrats, about how much the press gets it wrong. It's not about me disagreeing it's about how you're pres - . Mar 30, 17:29
        
        I'm trying to defeat him, not defend him. You are helping him -- nm - JackDawson Mar 30, 17:02 1
        
        I said you were coming off like you were, not that you were. -- nm - . Mar 30, 17:33
      - I would counsel you not to worry or care so much about my disdain and do as you please! - JackDawson Mar 30, 15:58
  - The exec has zero legal jurisdiction. This is Donnie sucking NRA dick. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:21
- but not practice ranges -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 30, 15:11
- The preppers are in all their glory right now. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:04 4
  - There was an article recently that they were all caught off guard/had the wrong stuff. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 15:11 3
    - That's hysterical. If you can find it please post. I have a prepper friend. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:12 2
      - "Food for five years, a thousand gallons of gas, air filtration, water filtration, Geiger counter. Bomb shelter! And underground god damn monsters!" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 30, 15:57 1
        
        Geiger counter? Uh... mine is in the shop? -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 16:05
- this will really help with the looting and rioting -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:04
Mad World - Gary Jules -> Spotify Song Radio. That resulted in a good end-times playlist. - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:01 2
- DOnnie Darko! have not thought about it in so long. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:02 1
  - I tend to think of it as the Gears of War anthem, due to the effectiveness of their first-ever teaser ad - but yeah. Donnie Darko, too. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:03
so, LYC, over the weekend I "discovered" a state park outside of town with some awesome walking trails ... - call me ishmael Mar 30, 14:59
Arizona governor issues 'stay-at-home' order; will take effect close of business Tuesday -- (link) - budice Mar 30, 14:58
Which DJT donor is giving the country an update on COVID now? -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 14:56 3
- OANN dropped an abortion question on the corona presser -- nm* - budice Mar 30, 14:59 1
  - OFFS -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:00
- Don't know, but whoever is talking, my twitter just blew up at something stupid that was said. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:57
Holy shit. I'm gonna guess Virginia STers just got the emergency push alert I did from the governor, ordering everyone to stay home. - loosilu Mar 30, 14:50 3
- Not I. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 15:02 2
  - Huh, maybe it's because I'm subscribed to county alerts. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:02 1
    - Anyway Max, I recommend subscribing to county alerts. When you're on a bus or at work, everyone's phones go off at once, Sherlock style. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:18
Speaking of my brother, his hospital just furloughed 300 people because of COVID. - loosilu Mar 30, 14:48 2
- Omg -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 16:30
- That’s insane. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 15:41
Watching the Ken Burns Vietnam series has exposed absolutely how little I knew about Vietnam. - Volnelk Mar 30, 14:39 3
- That was one of my favorite shows on television in 2018. (2017?) Including the interviews with Viet Cong took it next level. Hadn't seen that before. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 30, 15:26
- Whatever. We came, we kicked their asses, we went home. Everybody's happy. What's there to know? - Mop Mar 30, 15:02
- Me neither. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:57
No idea how these models work, but you can project by each state: peak date, hospital beds needed, ICU needed, vents needed -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 14:38 7
- Illinois actually doesn't look too bad. Could use a few more ICU rooms and a few more ventilators, but generally staying within a small margin of - pmb Mar 30, 15:02 4
  - Not sure. I think I read the graph wrong regarding ventilators. It doesn't tell you how many there are. - pmb Mar 30, 15:15 2
    - The govs are following accepted models. It's unclear how good this particular model is. We're performing a global experiment on human beings. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:26
    - This should be under Loosi's post. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 15:17
  - Do you know about current stocks? -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:11
- ty - My brother says thank you. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:54
- OH, my brother needs that. Thank you. HE's chief of medicine at a rural hospital in KY. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:47
Eat the damn cupcakes! Seriously, it's not foodborne. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:36 15
- But what if she coughed on them? How long should he wait? -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 14:47 8
  - Scrape off the icing, you're good. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:03 7
    - Just spray it with Lysol. - Andie Mar 30, 15:21 3
      - Exactly. Cake is just an icing delivery vehicle - Trisha Mar 30, 16:00 2
        
        I mean if something’s gonna take me out might as well be frosting. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 16:51
        
        TRISH! SHUT UP -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:41
    - What’s the point then? -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 15:19 1
      - "Give me icing or give me death!" "Both OK?" "Sure." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 15:29
    - So...a muffin. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 15:13
- WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. Oh, the cupcakes are fine. - ty97 Mar 30, 14:39 2
  - FYI, Tom, I still cannot stop laughing over this. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 16:51
  - You're catching on! -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 15:01
- Can you say that louder for the people in the back? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 30, 14:37 2
  - THAT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:38 1
    - perfect..thanks -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 30, 14:38
after 10+ minutes of boasting and shit the CEO of My Pillow (Lindell) comes up so CNN cut away ..I'm not making this up. -- nm - mud Mar 30, 14:35 1
- He's based in Minnesota isn't he? -- nm - . Mar 30, 16:25
Why is the mypillow guy leading prayer? I had sound off as Dumbass was talking, looked up, saw someone else, sound on, oh that's helpful -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:34 2
- He's a Drumpf donor. -- nm - loosilu Mar 30, 14:34 1
  - CNN not showing presser live, msnbc is, weird -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 14:37
Fifth Avenue -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 14:32

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