Covid 19

Its something we all need to take seriously and try and slow down. Follow advice recommended by official sources only in your country and by the WHO. Stay off scary social media. Stay in isolation where possible (and play SWTOR).

Look after each other folks!

I take care of my mom (she's bedridden and has COPD and other health problems). She is doing fine except her COPD is acting up. My college is online atm so I still have to do my research papers and stuff for my degree. Luckily we have access to Westlaw online for a lot of that.

I don't go to a lot of places because of concern for her. We haven't had a lot of people as of yet in our area (SC) but considering it takes time to get the testing done correctly that could change. There is some business that is working from home, courthouse, government offices, some law firms and some others like grocery stores and necessary places are still open but are closing early. A lot of our stores have put restrictions on the number of items for certain items (hand soap, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and paper towels) you can purchase so people don't horde and leave others out.

Our schools are closed but the teachers are now teaching elementary, middle school and high school online so the kids are still doing their work so they don't fall behind and therefore will not need to make up time when they do get to return.

Restaurants have closed dining inside but delivery and pickup are still options and we are being encouraged to support them while this is going on.

My only experience so far is having a slew of great hair days and nowhere to go.

My company has cleared out all but the most essentially positions to work from home. They literally purchased hundreds of new think pads to facilitate the change. As a transit user I'm pretty glad to be able to isolate.

When I've been out it seems like a Sunday, even during rush hour. Some people might be downplaying the seriousness, or thinking the media is exaggerating things, but I'd strongly disagree. The virus is extremely contagious, airborne, and fatal in about 3-6 percent of patients. If contagion rates of 30 to 60 percent hold true, that translates into a number of fatalities first world westerners have never experienced.

What's going to be really devastating though is the economic impact. There are a ton of people out of work and our modern economies are machine that need to operate continuously.

I think the billionaires are thinking right now how they can operate even during times like these, and the one thing that comes to mind is the use of robotics and AI. I suspect the push for such technologies will be greater than ever.

Except that Covid-19 quiet literally is a normal seasonal flu.

EDIT: Errr, I meant coronavirus. COVID-19, on the other hand, doesn't even exist. And no, they're not the same thing.

False statements like that harm our attempts to flatten the curve.
Truth:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-heal...mparison-chart

If it was quite literally the seasonal flu they wouldn't shut down the nearly the entire world to deal with it. There is no secret conspiracy behind the scenes where they're doing this for some nefarious reason. While the powers that be might make questionable choices at time, they are not irrational fools, not to the degree that they would willingly tank the global economy.

This is real life. Not a video game. There is no secret sith emperor or dark council pulling strings to advance an agenda.

I'd suspect they will be pushing hard to see those things implemented for sure. Thing is even the billionaires have to govern with the consent of the people, so it will be intresting to see what they do with people displaced by all of this.

I work in a Theatre in the UK. We've just been hit with a mandatory closure notice, should have happened a week ago to be honest - would have avoided so much angst and uncertainty in the industry.

The UK Government's plan to have the exchequer pay up to 80% of the wages of employees who may otherwise have been made redundant means as long as this shut-down doesn't last too long I'll have a job to go back to when we are allowed to re-open.

Given I am now (unfortunately) in the "high risk" group and was seriously having to consider self-isolating but couldn't afford to do so I am happy by the UK Government's current action plan.

All The Best