So coronavirus is definitely going to kill a few of us.

[Walter Sobchak]

[OSA]

expect martial law in the next few weeks. quarantine zones will be established, enforced by national guard.

its not as scary as it sounds and its really the right thing to do at this point.

we need to start creating barriers between infected / uninfected. gridding out population areas and focusing efforts on hot spots is how this gets sorted out fastest.

the only X factor is that a dude in japan apparently got infected, recovered, then got reinfected and that throws a bit of a monkey wrench into timing, but the worst thing we can do is allow supercarriers to caper around the fucking countryside unchecked.

Unless you have enough tests for everyone there wont be any such martial law. People under 30 are still going out and having fun. Rest and bars are still open. Owners are greedy and wont close down when down the block will get all their business.

[TheXFactor]

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Canadian couple make more than $70,000 by bulk buying disinfectant wipes and selling them at four times the price on Amazon during coronavirus pandemic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-prices.html

Manny Ranga, 38, and his wife Violeta Perez, 37, sold disinfectant wipes at more than four-times their regular retail price in a price-gouging scheme
The couple from Vancouver sold the items through their Amazon store
The pair drove all over the city and visited several Costco's to stock up
A package of six cartons of wipes which usually sells for $15 was selling for $65

[BCR]

Just a bookmark for next week now that we are starting to have the ability to test. We currently have the 5th highest death toll at 19.

3/14 numbers in bold
From 3/1-3/7- France had 130 cases. Now 949. -4489 Cases-Deaths 91
Italy had 1700. Now 5883. 21,157 cases 1441 deaths
South Korea had. 3736. Now 7041 8086 cases 72 deaths-only country that developed test and was proactive

Ignoring countries like Iran that you can’t trust. i put us in this category now and a bunch of others. China and Iran have fake numbers. We simply ignored problem and all numbers are fake-more indicative of hospitalized and managed to get tested with the exception of South Korea

We currently have 439 cases on 3/7 at 8pm 2499 cases, 71 deaths
Germany has 800. 4599 cases 7 deaths
Spain 503. 6391 cases,195 deaths-someone was late to the testing party

I haven’t found a resource that lists the daily numbers over the past weeks so I figured I’d put a few countries down and see the trends without having to search for it next week.


Current list

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

[TheXFactor]

He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

https://www.sfgate.com/business/arti...d-15131584.php

Just use other e-commerce websites besides Amazon or Ebay.

Create your own websites and sell them directly.

[MumblesBadly]

Canadian couple make more than $70,000 by bulk buying disinfectant wipes and selling them at four times the price on Amazon during coronavirus pandemic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-prices.html

Manny Ranga, 38, and his wife Violeta Perez, 37, sold disinfectant wipes at more than four-times their regular retail price in a price-gouging scheme
The couple from Vancouver sold the items through their Amazon store
The pair drove all over the city and visited several Costco's to stock up
A package of six cartons of wipes which usually sells for $15 was selling for $65

What a pair of amateurs! True opportunists sell useless crap to benefit from people’s heightened fears over health concerns.

Alex Jones peddled a fake coronavirus cure that can turn people's skin permanently blue
https://apple.news/AGvlO3RPkRCSnxsA6EPuQEQ

New York State attorney general Letitia James has ordered right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to stop making misleading claims about supposed coronavirus cures sold on his website, InfoWars.

The attorney general’s office “is extremely concerned” about Jones hawking these products on his online show, it said in a cease-and-desist letter dated March 12. The products include a “nano-silver” toothpaste, which Jones said “kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range.” There is no medical evidence behind these claims. In fact, the Federal Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health say colloidal silver is not safe to use and can even cause argyria, a bluish-gray skin discoloration that’s typically permanent.

[SPIT this]

Yeah it's great until all the big marketplaces ban re-selling hand sanitizer. Btw, Ebay has already done this. You can't sell that stuff on ebay.

[Shizzmoney]

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[BetCheckBet]

Canadian couple make more than $70,000 by bulk buying disinfectant wipes and selling them at four times the price on Amazon during coronavirus pandemic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-prices.html

What a pair of amateurs! True opportunists sell useless crap to benefit from people’s heightened fears over health concerns.

Alex Jones peddled a fake coronavirus cure that can turn people's skin permanently blue
https://apple.news/AGvlO3RPkRCSnxsA6EPuQEQ

New York State attorney general Letitia James has ordered right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to stop making misleading claims about supposed coronavirus cures sold on his website, InfoWars.

The attorney general’s office “is extremely concerned” about Jones hawking these products on his online show, it said in a cease-and-desist letter dated March 12. The products include a “nano-silver” toothpaste, which Jones said “kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range.” There is no medical evidence behind these claims. In fact, the Federal Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health say colloidal silver is not safe to use and can even cause argyria, a bluish-gray skin discoloration that’s typically permanent.

He's a drug smuggler who the US has been trying to extradite for the past ten years. Takes a special kind of stupid to put yourself out there like this...

[BetCheckBet]

Great post about why getting a test is useless to the average person (but does help epidemiologists).

Did you know that tests for COVID19 aren't really going to help you (Mr. Joe Public living in Calgary, Alberta)?


It helps epidemiologist. Don't know who they are? Well they study disease and how to reduce its impact on us good people. Positive COVID19 tests will give them an idea of how many people are in our community with COVID19 and consequently what impact it will have on healthcare resources (the number of people that will be admitted to hospital and how many people will likely need the Intensive Care Unit "ICU" - think breathing machines and life saving blood pressure medications). About 15-20% of the people infected with COVID19 will need to be admitted to hospital and about 5% will need ICU. It also helps them provide advice to Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services (yes, they are 2 different organizations) about what to do to minimize virus spreading - think mass gathering cancellations, travel restrictions, advice to returning travelers, and yes, school closures if necessary.

Is there a cure/medication that we give these admitted patients? Nope. It's oxygen and fluids and maybe some antivirals that aren't particularly effective. If they get super sick, we use machines to take over their breathing. We have a limited number of these machines. And there is a limited number of doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists who know how to keep people alive with these machines. These care givers are super smart and super brave (considering every one of their future patients will be very contagious)

But everyone I speak to wants a test! Follow my logic as I explain that a test will not impact what you should do, or what you will do.

1. you are SICK but WELL - think headache, runny nose, cough, feeling like shit. you want a test and somehow you get one.

a. it's negative. Hooray! Now what are you going to do? Go back to work even though you are coughing your brains out? Well your colleagues and customers won't care if you scream "but i'm negative!". So guess what? You'll STAY HOME - as you should! Because you are still sick - just not with COVID19. And your colleagues and customers should thank you for staying home.

b. it's positive. don't worry. 80% of the people with COVID19 have mild symptoms. You'll STAY HOME - as you should. Because you don't want to spread COVID19 to anyone else. If you get more sick, you will call 911. Brave paramedics in space suits will pick you up and you will likely GET ADMITTED to a hospital.

2. you are are NOT SICK. You want a test because you think you are at risk of COVID19 because the asymptomatic lady across the hall just got back from Palm Springs. Imagine you get one (but you won't) and it's negative. Hooray! Now what are you going to do? Go back to work? Fly to Disney land with your kids for spring break? Hangout at Chinook mall for a few hours? WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. Our only weapon against this is to socially isolate/distance. What you should do is STAY HOME and watch Netflix.

3. you are SICK and UNWELL - think chest pain, shortness of breath, confusion, lethargy, loss of consciousness. You should call 911. Brave paramedics in space suits will pick you up and take you to a hospital. YOU WILL GET A TEST. If you are positive for COVID19 you will be admitted to a hospital. If you are negative for COVID19 you will be admitted to a hospital.

Does everyone see how there is only two paths here: either STAY HOME or GET ADMITTED to a hospital. But it wasn't the test that determined your path. It was SEVERITY of your illness.

That's the key. Tests don't help you determine what to do. The illness does.

Leave the test results for the egg head epidemiologists (who are way smarter than me and I love them).

my 2cents,

Dr. Garth Smith, urgent care doctor

(I'm joking about the space suits. The paramedics will wear masks, gowns, gloves and face shields)

feel free to share, it's public.

[Dan Druff]

Commerce first claimed it was shutting down until March 29th, but then posted the above, so perhaps there's no reopening date scheduled anymore.

Hustler has not closed yet. Guess Larry Flynt is used to being around people with diseases.

[Sanlmar]

Broke ass Wynn Encore Boston is paying their people to sit out.

Those service people are paid stunning wages too. Housekeeping is $20+

To sacrifice your life doing the right thing is honorable.

Grudging respect.

[TheXFactor]

Don't worry the WSOP 2020 is coming soon...

Compete for Cash, Contamination Suits, N95 Face Masks, Hand Sanitizers, Lysol Disposal Wipes, Toilet Paper and Bottled Water.

[SPIT this]

Bay 101 also closed.

All Illinois casinos closed.

Tick tock, Vegas

[Zap_the_Fractions_Giraffe]

attn sonatine

[Dan Druff]

Casinos in PA closing so far:

Valley Forge
Harrah's Philadelphia
Rivers Casino Philadelphia (former SugarHouse)
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
Parx

[Dan Druff]

The Metropoiltan Opera is temporarily shutting down.

They're streaming various past shows in HD starting March 16:

https://www.playbill.com/article/met...-in-hd-catalog

[SPIT this]

If the RIO goes through with the WSOP Seniors event, I hope they get sued.

[Shizzmoney]

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XFL guy in Seattle gets it, too

Is NFL in jeopardy? 1918 shit all over again everything shuts down