Covfefe-19: Do What Now?

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?

My Trumpist colleague, who has been shopping like mad the last couple of weeks based on the sage advice of a Facebook meme called something like "buy bullets and beans" is planning a neighborhood watch schedule with his buddy, they both have AR-15s and they will be marching the road armed, in case they see anyone who's body they can later identify as a probable looter.

People are getting a little anxious.

What in the ****?

 

[Slap Shot]

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What a leader.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also, this was SUCH a softball question! <a href="https://t.co/79wAvoCuX3">https://t.co/79wAvoCuX3</a></p>— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1241045459705180160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[ticapnews]

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The current "bailout" courtesy of the Turtle

A couple making $150K—$2,400
A senior getting $18K from Social Security—$600
Undocumented parents with citizen children—$0
Someone living off disability payments—$0
A student in 2018 who just got laid off—$0

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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The current "bailout" courtesy of the Turtle

A couple making $150K—$2,400
A senior getting $18K from Social Security—$600
Undocumented parents with citizen children—$0
Someone living off disability payments—$0
A student in 2018 who just got laid off—$0

jfc

 

[French Rage]

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What a leader.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also, this was SUCH a softball question! <a href="https://t.co/79wAvoCuX3">https://t.co/79wAvoCuX3</a></p>— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1241045459705180160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seriously. If anything that's a planted setup question. I mean, if you have half a brain and any sense of empathy.

 

[walrus]

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It will depend on what they classify as essential or emergency workers. If you're part of the food/supply chain I'd expect you'd be deemed essential.

Weird that a couple weeks ago society looked down on fast food workers and now society is dependent upon them. Maybe the guy flipping burgers is worth more than minimum wage after all?

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security yesterday released updated coronavirus guidance identifying the essential critical infrastructure workforce during the ongoing national emergency.
Earlier this week, NACS sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security urging the agency to designate convenience stores, their suppliers and distributors as critical businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its updated guidance, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recognizes key businesses as essential including:

Retail fuel centers, such as gas stations and truck stops, and the distribution systems that support them
Retailers that sell food and beverage products
Restaurant carry-out and quick-serve food operations
Food manufacturer employees and their supplier employees
Employees and firms supporting food, feed and beverage distribution, including warehouse workers, vendor-managed inventory controllers and blockchain managers
Farm workers and support service workers to include those who field crops; commodity inspection; fuel ethanol facilities; storage facilities and other agricultural inputs
Employees supporting or enabling transportation functions, including dispatchers, maintenance and repair technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop and rest area workers and workers who maintain and inspect infrastructure
Petroleum drilling, extraction, production, processing, refining, terminal operations, transporting and retail for use as end-use fuels or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
Truck drivers who haul hazardous and waste materials to support critical infrastructure, capabilities, functions and services
Workers who are needed to provide consumer access to banking and lending services, including ATMs, and to move currency and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers)

“If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, such as healthcare services and pharmaceutical and food supply, you have a special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule,” stated the agency.
It’s important to note that CISA guidance is advisory and is not a federal directive to states, meaning state and local governments are not required to provide the same level of recognition.
NACS hopes and expects, however, that state and local governments heed the department’s decisions and do not interfere with businesses that the department deems to be critical.
The NACS Government Relations team is working to ensure convenience stores can stay open and meet the needs of the communities they serve during this time of crisis. The Department of Homeland Security’s recognition is a key milestone in the efforts to ensure that happens.

 

[ticapnews]

jfc

Just a reminder though, to those who despise Socialism, that I am here for you in this time of crisis. Sign your nasty checks and forward them to me and I'll dispose of them for you. For a nominal fee. I'd do it for free, but that would be Socialism.

Pro tip: when you open the envelope and sign the check, wear gloves. You don't want to get any of that Socialism on you.

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN: Air Force reports first two coronavirus cases inside the Pentagon <a href="https://t.co/KvVq1eprgK">https://t.co/KvVq1eprgK</a> <a href="https://t.co/eibbQP42dd">pic.twitter.com/eibbQP42dd</a></p>— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1241086373102342145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Detainees at Elizabeth Detention Facility now on hunger strike because of coronavirus fears, according to Anwen Hughes of Human Rights First. She spoke to two detainees this am.</p>— Emily Kassie (@emilykassie) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykassie/status/1241025174624927748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Handyman]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bachelor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bachelor</a> star Colton Underwood is the latest celebrity to contract coronavirus <a href="https://t.co/vN1thR0uwg">https://t.co/vN1thR0uwg</a></p>— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) <a href="https://twitter.com/latimesent/status/1241122720999297026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I always knew the losers on that show (The Bachelor) were diseased

 

[leswp1]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Americans need to know date certain when this will end. The uncertainty for businesses, parents and kids is just not sustainable.</p>— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle/status/1240967734319558656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Good news, Laura. I spoke to the virus and it said it has to leave for an extended business trip on May 7th.

Seriously, this may be dumber than the hoax takes.

Need to know when what will end? The current Preseident's tenure is more important than a virus. He is the cancer

It will depend on what they classify as essential or emergency workers. If you're part of the food/supply chain I'd expect you'd be deemed essential.

Weird that a couple weeks ago society looked down on fast food workers and now society is dependent upon them. Maybe the guy flipping burgers is worth more than minimum wage after all?

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security yesterday released updated coronavirus guidance identifying the essential critical infrastructure workforce during the ongoing national emergency.
Earlier this week, NACS sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security urging the agency to designate convenience stores, their suppliers and distributors as critical businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its updated guidance, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recognizes key businesses as essential including:

Retail fuel centers, such as gas stations and truck stops, and the distribution systems that support them
Retailers that sell food and beverage products
Restaurant carry-out and quick-serve food operations
Food manufacturer employees and their supplier employees
Employees and firms supporting food, feed and beverage distribution, including warehouse workers, vendor-managed inventory controllers and blockchain managers
Farm workers and support service workers to include those who field crops; commodity inspection; fuel ethanol facilities; storage facilities and other agricultural inputs
Employees supporting or enabling transportation functions, including dispatchers, maintenance and repair technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop and rest area workers and workers who maintain and inspect infrastructure
Petroleum drilling, extraction, production, processing, refining, terminal operations, transporting and retail for use as end-use fuels or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
Truck drivers who haul hazardous and waste materials to support critical infrastructure, capabilities, functions and services
Workers who are needed to provide consumer access to banking and lending services, including ATMs, and to move currency and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers)

“If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, such as healthcare services and pharmaceutical and food supply, you have a special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule,” stated the agency.
It’s important to note that CISA guidance is advisory and is not a federal directive to states, meaning state and local governments are not required to provide the same level of recognition.
NACS hopes and expects, however, that state and local governments heed the department’s decisions and do not interfere with businesses that the department deems to be critical.
The NACS Government Relations team is working to ensure convenience stores can stay open and meet the needs of the communities they serve during this time of crisis. The Department of Homeland Security’s recognition is a key milestone in the efforts to ensure that happens.

Market workers- no protection, pressured to work longer hours, many not insured and no sick time. How will this be working out?

As someone who worked in medicine I am very afraid for those who are working in the middle of this. But even more scared for my kid who potentially is at higher risk of unknown unprotected exposure and surrounded by workers who may not feel able to stay home and are being exposed.

 

[alfablue]

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Need to know when what will end? The current Preseident's tenure is more important than a virus. He is the cancer



Market workers- no protection, pressured to work longer hours, many not insured and no sick time. How will this be working out?

As someone who worked in medicine I am very afraid for those who are working in the middle of this. But even more scared for my kid who potentially is at higher risk of unknown unprotected exposure and surrounded by workers who may not feel able to stay home and are being exposed.

I know of two market workers who are now at home sick..... We are hoping that everything works out.

 

[leswp1]

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I know of two market workers who are now at home sick..... We are hoping that everything works out.

my kid might have worked with a case- no way to know. The advice the guy was given was not correct- he qualifies for testing but the MD he saw said to go home and wait it out. I called the local hospital line to check if I was maybe over-reacting. They had the same reaction. No one is being warned because if no test then not sure.....

 

[walrus]

Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?

Need to know when what will end? The current Preseident's tenure is more important than a virus. He is the cancer



Market workers- no protection, pressured to work longer hours, many not insured and no sick time. How will this be working out?

As someone who worked in medicine I am very afraid for those who are working in the middle of this. But even more scared for my kid who potentially is at higher risk of unknown unprotected exposure and surrounded by workers who may not feel able to stay home and are being exposed.

I'm still working and I agree. Its scary out there. On one hand I'm glad I still have work on the other.......................

 

[ticapnews]

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[alfablue]

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my kid might have worked with a case- no way to know. The advice the guy was given was not correct- he qualifies for testing but the MD he saw said to go home and wait it out. I called the local hospital line to check if I was maybe over-reacting. They had the same reaction. No one is being warned because if no test then not sure.....

As said before, there's no testing going on in the UP. They are part of the state that thinks this is a hoax based on statements a month ago. Relative to those of us down south, I suspect they will get hit pretty hard. And the people panicking with guns will be a problem for themselves.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Someone in VP's office tested positive.

White House put out a bunch of statements about them not having contact with VP/POTUS, I don't believe a GD word beyond someone tested positive.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some admin officials privately say there was a week and a half period after Pence took over where the WH response was functioning better. Then additional cooks stepped in and the president wanted more visibility.</p>— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1241057385080336386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[dxmnkd316]

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Here's a map where you can probably predict the next areas to be hit hardest:
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-testing-by-state-chart-of-new-cases/

Any state where the grey circle is not significantly larger than the red. Looking at you Louisiana. Best of luck!

 

[Kepler]

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Here's a map where you can probably predict the next areas to be hit hardest:
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-testing-by-state-chart-of-new-cases/

Any state where the grey circle is not significantly larger than the red. Looking at you Louisiana. Best of luck!

That's exactly the piece that is missing: a testing map.

Now take the inverse of the testing and project the true number of cases.