|OT| Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) news & discussion - No, it's not just a flu
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Problems is that I have a tiny sink. Might get a bucket haha.Just get the detergent powder, fill your sink with water and go to town.
Ah, that sucks a little, yes. Though you can do it with small doses.
Also the advantage of merino clothing,
The quarantine isn't gonna end any time soon, don't get your hopes up.
We are likely talking a few months here
We are likely talking a few months here
... and then there's the danger of a flare up when people go out to pubs and clubs on the day the quarantine is lifted. I'll be staying away from crowded places for a week or two after we're allowed out again.
edit: i read an article about "Virtual Pubs" where people in teams who are working from home meet-up on Friday evenings via Video-Conference rather than the pub. lol. Good idea though.
edit: i read an article about "Virtual Pubs" where people in teams who are working from home meet-up on Friday evenings via Video-Conference rather than the pub. lol. Good idea though.
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Yes. Hong Kong just got their 2nd wave started because they thought it was already safe and opened up their borders for a moment.
Hong Kong Sees Record Rise in Coronavirus Cases as New Wave Hits Asia
Hong Kong saw its highest increase in COVID-19 cases Friday, three-fourths of which were travelers returning from abroad
We can't simply stay put for a month then open everything again like normal. This whole social distancing will be the new normal for a while.
It's funny how they keep trying to reopen the jockey club here, then they extend their closure every time the cases raise again, like even if the cases stayed low, what exactly do you think will happen if you try to reopen one of the most crowded places here 
well, it looks like I might not be on the payroll anymore if they can't get a loan.. fuck.
Starting week 2 of home office, honestly I could do this forever lmao
If France is anything like Italy, automatic laundries should be open. If you need to, just wait until you have a lot of stuff to wash so you don't have to go multiple times and keep your distance.
unknownhero Damn, that sucks to hear. Got my fingers crossed for ya!
I live in a seaside town and seasonal work keeps this place alive and gives jobs for a mind-boggling number of people. Corona's going to hit this place hard. Hotels have already made swathes of staff redundant. The manager of my hairdresser was saying the girls will be paid 80% by the government but it's not like they can do private jobs to make up the funds.
Service industries and towns that rely on them are going to have a tough time for a while.
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Just finished Day One of Working From Home and it went well. I just need to sort out where TF i'm going to put a 32" screen when i'm not using it. Luckily i can do 80% of my work remotely and the rest of it would be difficult as it relies on other people or physical access to equipment but most of that is either irrelevant as no-one is in or a low priority so eh. No bother at the moment.
I live in a seaside town and seasonal work keeps this place alive and gives jobs for a mind-boggling number of people. Corona's going to hit this place hard. Hotels have already made swathes of staff redundant. The manager of my hairdresser was saying the girls will be paid 80% by the government but it's not like they can do private jobs to make up the funds.
Service industries and towns that rely on them are going to have a tough time for a while.
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Just finished Day One of Working From Home and it went well. I just need to sort out where TF i'm going to put a 32" screen when i'm not using it. Luckily i can do 80% of my work remotely and the rest of it would be difficult as it relies on other people or physical access to equipment but most of that is either irrelevant as no-one is in or a low priority so eh. No bother at the moment.
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Day 1 of our quasi quarantine and people started singing in my city. You even sometimes see candles in windows, telling people that they are not alone.
Streets are not completely empty but it is a lot better. No idea if it is enough though.
Death Numbers are depressing, especially from Italy and Spain. Many people are currently loosing loved ones from all over the world.
This will be a painful and depressing year.
Streets are not completely empty but it is a lot better. No idea if it is enough though.
Death Numbers are depressing, especially from Italy and Spain. Many people are currently loosing loved ones from all over the world.
This will be a painful and depressing year.
I’m already used to hang around the house so this is almost second nature to me
I bought The Division, first one, and... god damn does that game feel topical right now. It's especially eerie.
Quite the immersive experience,
Quite the immersive experience,
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I've been playing The Division too, the sequel.
It's so relatable in the current pandemic situation. It's like the worst case scenario (which highly unlikely happening).
It's so relatable in the current pandemic situation. It's like the worst case scenario (which highly unlikely happening).
And in out country our dumbass president telling people to don’t stop their lives and go out and enjoy.
Went to BK yesterday.
They only serve through drive-thru now and they make you give them your ID and a telephone number (I suppose to call you if an employee possibly infected you?)
The cashier also wear gloves and surgery masks now and they won't even take your money, they make you throw it into a salad box underneath their window.
Wanted to go to a bakery now to buy some breakfast, but it's closed over this.
The butcher i pass everyday doesn't sell in store anymore, he makes people line up in front of it with cross shaped Stickers he placed on the sidewalk in 2m distances in front of it.
The kebab shop now also only does deliveries and nothing in store anymore.
Because i couldn't get breakfast from the bakery, i went to Penny instead.
They now only allow individuals with shopping carts into the store.
No groups and no individuals without Shopping carts (I don't understand this measure).
The cash register also has stickers signalling 2M distances and the cashiers themselfs sit behind makeshift windows of plastic.
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Homeoffice at work hasn't been functioning in over a week now, giving us 100's of complain calls everday, but at least we managed to find the source of the issue, being that our Government VPN Provider literally ran out of available IP adresses because of the sudden increase in users.
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This is going to be the new normal for a while.
The apocalypse truly is boring
They only serve through drive-thru now and they make you give them your ID and a telephone number (I suppose to call you if an employee possibly infected you?)
The cashier also wear gloves and surgery masks now and they won't even take your money, they make you throw it into a salad box underneath their window.
Wanted to go to a bakery now to buy some breakfast, but it's closed over this.
The butcher i pass everyday doesn't sell in store anymore, he makes people line up in front of it with cross shaped Stickers he placed on the sidewalk in 2m distances in front of it.
The kebab shop now also only does deliveries and nothing in store anymore.
Because i couldn't get breakfast from the bakery, i went to Penny instead.
They now only allow individuals with shopping carts into the store.
No groups and no individuals without Shopping carts (I don't understand this measure).
The cash register also has stickers signalling 2M distances and the cashiers themselfs sit behind makeshift windows of plastic.
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Homeoffice at work hasn't been functioning in over a week now, giving us 100's of complain calls everday, but at least we managed to find the source of the issue, being that our Government VPN Provider literally ran out of available IP adresses because of the sudden increase in users.
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This is going to be the new normal for a while.
The apocalypse truly is boring
I went to a local mall to make a payment but everything seemed to be business as usual, this country is fucked
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Prices are starting to go crazy over here. One piece of Bombay onion is $1 now. It was usually like 10 cents. 
Good ol capitalismPrices are starting to go crazy over here. One piece of Bombay onion is $1 now. It was usually like 10 cents.
Bakery is closed, bread, flour and yeast in my supermarket not available. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Supermarket assured me it's coming in daily, but that doesn't help much if people keep on buying like crazy.
It's not like there is nothing else to eat, so it's not really a problem. But it is strangely hard to get bread or the ingredients for bread...
So, started cultivating my own yeast, sourdough and found a supplier that is selling flour, in 25kg packs. It wasn't even expansive, just an unreasonable amount for a 4 person household. I guess we are making our own bread and buns from now on. But so are many people in my neighborhood. Kind of crazy side effect. Once this is over this will be a nation of bakers.
Anyway, first "Brötchen" (Buns) came out of the oven just fine (dough rested over night). They are surprisingly good.
Supermarket assured me it's coming in daily, but that doesn't help much if people keep on buying like crazy.
It's not like there is nothing else to eat, so it's not really a problem. But it is strangely hard to get bread or the ingredients for bread...
So, started cultivating my own yeast, sourdough and found a supplier that is selling flour, in 25kg packs. It wasn't even expansive, just an unreasonable amount for a 4 person household. I guess we are making our own bread and buns from now on. But so are many people in my neighborhood. Kind of crazy side effect. Once this is over this will be a nation of bakers.
Anyway, first "Brötchen" (Buns) came out of the oven just fine (dough rested over night). They are surprisingly good.
Bakery is closed, bread, flour and yeast in my supermarket not available. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Supermarket assured me it's coming in daily, but that doesn't help much if people keep on buying like crazy.
It's not like there is nothing else to eat, so it's not really a problem. But it is strangely hard to get bread or the ingredients for bread...
So, started cultivating my own yeast, sourdough and found a supplier that is selling flour, in 25kg packs. It wasn't even expansive, just an unreasonable amount for a 4 person household. I guess we are making our own bread and buns from now on. But so are many people in my neighborhood. Kind of crazy side effect. Once this is over this will be a nation of bakers.
Anyway, first "Brötchen" (Buns) came out of the oven just fine (dough rested over night). They are surprisingly good.
Looks fantastic!
Not a baker here, but an Asian food aficionado, and the rice shortage is annoying as fuck.
I've found out that the local Asian grocery store still has 15kg bags of Thai rice available, but I just can't get myself to buy them.
For as much as I love cooking Asian, I'm pretty sure an actual Asian family would make better use of 15kg of rice than me.
With how crazy my life has been in the past and with what's going on right now, I just want to say I really appreciate you all! From the days of GAF, to ResetERA to here.
I too cannot keep up with the numbers. One day, it is 2500 deaths. A week later, it is 7000. Next week, it might be 15000. Exponential growth is so damn scary when you encounter it in your daily life.
In France, there are ~1100 deaths, and ten day ago, it felt like we had things under relative control with less than 150 deaths. Just for yesterday: 240 deaths, which is a lot more than the total since the start of the outbreak we had a week ago. Next week, these already gigantic numbers will be dwarfed once again.
France is perfectly walking in Italy's steps. Spain is on another level, so scary.
The good news is that the lockdown seems to have a positive effect in Italy, albeit with a delay.
Compare Country Trajectories - Death Rate
Comparing how countries death rate trajectories are similar with Italy, South Korea and Japan
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I too cannot keep up with the numbers. One day, it is 2500 deaths. A week later, it is 7000. Next week, it might be 15000. Exponential growth is so damn scary when you encounter it in your daily life.
In France, there are ~1100 deaths, and ten day ago, it felt like we had things under relative control with less than 150 deaths. Just for yesterday: 240 deaths, which is a lot more than the total since the start of the outbreak we had a week ago. Next week, these already gigantic numbers will be dwarfed once again.
France is perfectly walking in Italy's steps. Spain is on another level, so scary.
The good news is that the lockdown seems to have a positive effect in Italy, albeit with a delay.
Compare Country Trajectories - Death Rate
Comparing how countries death rate trajectories are similar with Italy, South Korea and Japan
Given that you follow this so closely, I hesitate to say this given that you probably already know. Confinement's effects are seen only much later on the deaths given the incubation period and the time it takes for the virus to run its course. Still, the curve should flatten for these places that obey confinement.
Still it's scary how identical the progression is, as you pointed out.
I read a post about a guy who was mocking this whole thing while vacationing in Italy, then got to Spain, returned to Mexico and his mother dying of the virus. I wonder if it that was real.
And it will get worse, this is just the beginning.
No idea, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Police in my city today complained about teenagers spitting at old people and shouting "corona".
If anything, I hope people realize that capitalism would rather have people die than stop generating profits.
I always thought that the whole "Italians talk with their hands" was shitty stereotype that my Dad's side of the family spouted all of the time.
It isn't.
AFAIK, the U.S. highly increased their testing in the last couple of days. The current infection numbers are probably just a representation for what has been going on for a long time now. The number of deaths seems to be currently a better indication of how wide spread the infection is.
To give you an idea: Germany has half the number of reported infections, but the number of deaths is significantly lower (a fifth).
Very high testing capacities are important in general.
Quick, reliable and mass testing would allow for a different strategy: Find and isolate infected people asap, instead of having to shut down everything.
This kind of strategy seems to work pretty well in South Korea btw.
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Indeed. South Korea should be the role model for every other country in the world.
Indonesia is adopting the similar method (we are ven importing the test kits from there), so hopefully the virus will be more contained here. People in the big cities are quite supportive too by staying at home if possible. Too bad that a lot of people still have to go to work since a lot of companies can't afford to send them home and/or incapable of adapting to WFH.