Coronavirus (non political)

Last night at 6 pm I was able to find chicken breasts, ground beef and milk which I was not able to find on Sunday or Friday.

TP is nowhere to be found. I still have a decent amount to last me maybe 10 days but its nowhere. I could have bought a few rolls on Saturday at Home Depot but thought I had enough. Now I wish I had picked some up.

What shut those things down, voluntary or government action?

Neither. If nobody's at the office, and they're all home, then they're simply not there to get their lunch where they normally would.

U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-plan.html)

Neither. If nobody's at the office, and they're all home, then they're simply not there to get their lunch where they normally would.

Ok, I thought office buildings closed their cafeterias and the health department shut down the food trucks.

Italy is a disaster
Yesterday 345 new deaths
Today 475

Yesterday 3526 new cases
Today 4207

They have 45,000 fewer cases then China, but the same basic number of deaths (CH-3237 to IT-2978)

Italy's cases are 591 per 1million population
the US cases right now are 23 per 1million.

Granted the US cases per million will jump in the next week as the test kits get into NYC and other outbreak sites. But Italy's is out of control even in relationship to Spain(298), Germany (143), France(140), S Korea (164)

I think best practice goes to Germany right now with 28 deaths but only 2 serious/critical out of 11,859 active cases.

I had no idea Italy was a 3rd world country.

I had no idea Italy was a 3rd world country.

They have a significant older population and they tend to live at home with family vs going into a nursing home.

Italy is a disaster
Yesterday 345 new deaths
Today 475

Yesterday 3526 new cases
Today 4207

They have 45,000 fewer cases then China, but the same basic number of deaths (CH-3237 to IT-2978)

Italy's cases are 591 per 1million population
the US cases right now are 23 per 1million.

Granted the US cases per million will jump in the next week as the test kits get into NYC and other outbreak sites. But Italy's is out of control even in relationship to Spain(298), Germany (143), France(140), S Korea (164)

I think best practice goes to Germany right now with 28 deaths but only 2 serious/critical out of 11,859 active cases.

I'm extremely skeptical of all of these figures being reported. China isn't trustworthy at all, I think it's quite likely they're suppressing the real figures to make themselves look better.

And then we can't be certain Germany is documenting things the same way Italy is, South Korea is, we are, etc.

Went to the post office to drop off a priority express envelope. I was shocked to see business as usual. I figured the clerks would all be in hazmat suits by now.

Went to the post office to drop off a priority express envelope. I was shocked to see business as usual. I figured the clerks would all be in hazmat suits by now.

They should be getting hazard pay.