2020 Dumpster Fire (Enter at your own risk)

[Sioux90]

1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

Carryout and delivery only in North Dakota. 

Scary times.

[802Sioux]

Vermont is now allowing alcohol delivery with ordered in food, with your take out and curbside package store pick up  It is an ill wind that blows no one good

 

[Oxbow6]

9 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Carryout and delivery only in North Dakota. 

Why don't MN and ND just combine state governments right now? We'd all save money and resources. Walz mandates something.....2-3 days later Dougie does the same. Just a domino effect. 

[UNDBIZ]

Having visited a popular restaurant for carryout last night, I'd guess it was just a matter of time before they all went that route anyway to save money. Nobody was there. Several had already closed their doors before Doug's orders. 

[MafiaMan]

37 minutes ago, UNDfaninMICH said:

I’ll give a concurring opinion. You may have it. We don’t have enough knowledge of the range of symptoms yet. However, there’s no real need to test. My employer just released their latest testing guidelines and say no testing for mild to moderate illness. They say stay home for seven days or until three day after symptom resolution, whichever is longer. 

I still think it’s the flu, but I suppose it’s possible.  Yesterday was by far the worst day - I literally could not crawl out of bed and had a headache that lasted all thru last night.  Still coughing pretty thick today, but I feel light years better than I did 24-36 hours ago.  A good night’s sleep tonight should do more wonders for me tomorrow.

[UNDfaninMICH]

11 minutes ago, keikla said:

I doubt they had a stockpile, but Bayer just donated 3M tabs of chloroquine.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bayer/bayer-donates-three-million-malaria-tablets-to-us-for-potential-use-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21637E

 

Also, the Joint Commission, one of the accrediting bodies for hospitals, has suspended visits to allow hospitals to focus on the outbreak.  The FDA has done the same (yes, they visit hospitals).  Other authorities are also loosening some of their requirements for inpatient pharmacies secondary to the massive PPE shortage.  It's nice to see regulatory bodies showing some grace here.

JCAHO can keep their visits suspended for eternity. 

[LuvHockey]

Unable to confirm...but my son tells me friends in Duluth say a local distillery-bar-restaurant business is now closed, so they converted the distillery to making hand sanitizer. And give it away. Nice and kudos if actually true..

[LuvHockey]

Just now, UNDfaninMICH said:

JCAHO can keep their visits suspended for eternity. 

Amen!!!

[Oxbow6]

5 hours ago, Old Fella said:

North Dakota:

Yesterday 7

Today 15

Up to 19

11 Burleigh

4 Morton

3 Ward

1 Cass

[MafiaMan]

17 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Up to 19

11 Burleigh

4 Morton

3 Ward

1 Cass

Time to call out the National Guard and seal the border around Burleigh County!

[UNDBIZ]

7 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

Time to call out the National Guard and seal the border around Burleigh County!

I believe the new cases today in Bismarck were all one family. Traveled to eastern US. Mild/no symptoms. 

[MafiaMan]

3 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

I believe the new cases today in Bismarck were all one family. Traveled to eastern US. Mild/no symptoms. 

Which must explain why I haven’t seen those cases reported on CNN yet...

[yzerman19]

I’m curious why the success of Chloroquine isn’t being more broadly shared...especially by the media

[MafiaMan]

12 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

I’m curious why the success of Chloroquine isn’t being more broadly shared...especially by the media

Yea, that’s a real mystery, isn’t it?  I mean, why wouldn’t they want to report something positive in this crisis?

[Cratter]

23 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

I’m curious why the success of Chloroquine isn’t being more broadly shared...especially by the media

The media is sharing a chloroquine story because Trump said it today.

But of course it wasn't about the positives. It was about how he "lied" (FDA approved).

I often wonder if Trump throws little "quirks" into his speeches just to get people to talk about it.

[Ranger]

8 minutes ago, Cratter said:

I often wonder if Trump throws little "quirks" into his speeches just to get people to talk about it.

“...beautiful test kits”

Busted!

[siouxfaninseattle]

There is an interesting video on YouTube from about 4-5 years ago with Bill Gates pretty much predicting that this would happen. And how it could have relatively easily been avoided.

[yzerman19]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub

[Frozen4sioux]

23 minutes ago, yzerman19 said:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub

That is a good read

[Cratter]

1 hour ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

There is an interesting video on YouTube from about 4-5 years ago with Bill Gates pretty much predicting that this would happen. And how it could have relatively easily been avoided.

Given H1N1 had "just happened" and all the other pandemics, that isn't exactly groundbreaking stuff.

But he talked about it in the context of "war". 

He knows all these countries really are trying to develop viruses as weapons.

He was forewarning how to fight a "new type of war."

[Cratter]

On 3/16/2020 at 9:16 PM, Cratter said:

If one person has Coronavirus at an Amazon warehouse (very likely) this will pass to a large portion of the country even with social distancing.

And social distancing and panic at the big box stores means more people will be ordering stuff online.

Employee at Amazon warehouse tests positive for Coronavirus and it reopens 24 hours later.

Let me get this straight. So nonessential businesses can't be open in some states.

But when an employee actually has Coronavirus its completely fine to have that business open?

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/19/21186322/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-19-worker-tested-positive-delivery-station-queens-new-york

I can't take a dump at a North Dakota rest area but I can go rub elbows right now in NYC with people who were just rubbing elbows with a highly contagious individual. That make a lot of sense.

At what point is this all just grandstanding. 

[KoolGuy2K]

https://nebraska.tv/news/local/red-cross-faces-critical-shortage-of-blood-due-to-covid-19
 

If you’re healthy and able to donate blood. I encourage everyone to please do so. 

[iramurphy]

10 minutes ago, KoolGuy2K said:

https://nebraska.tv/news/local/red-cross-faces-critical-shortage-of-blood-due-to-covid-19
 

If you’re healthy and able to donate blood. I encourage everyone to please do so. 

Yup. Especially before this spreads. Few cases in this area leaves a window for donations. 

[Smoggy]

7 hours ago, MafiaMan said:

I started feeling sick on Monday with what I perceived to be influenza and have been at home since then.  Must have had 20 friends and co-workers suggest that I immediately go get tested for COVID-19.  Shaking my head...

OK so I'm going to preface this with I rarely get sick.  Like haven't taken a sick day in years (yes I'm dumb bc I don't get anything for not using them).

Is it normal to have the flu for 4 days?  Doesn't that make you question things??? I know my brother and his family all had it for like 5 days this winter and he was saying how he's never been that sick for that long.

 

[yzerman19]

Full lockdown in CA...my family has been essentially quarantined for a week and a half, so not a ton changes, but it’s pretty surreal.    
 

I’m getting sick of the doom porn out there.  I don’t think anyone doubts the seriousness of this, but let’s talk about wins.   Gavin saying 22million Californians are going to get sick just insights fear.