Fragile Bird Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 The Kentucky Derby has been postponed until Sept. 5. Trump kept praising the governor of West Virginia for 'doing a really good job' because there are no reported cases in the state. Riiiiiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Breaking news. Shelter in Place order coming for NYC in next 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Sorry, 3 in a row. Someone has just posted that a company has filed to block Covid-19 tests as violating a patent. Two patents. A patent troll, owned by Soft Bank. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200316/14584244111/softbank-owned-patent-troll-using-monkey-selfie-law-firm-sues-to-block-covid-19-testing-using-theranos-patents.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0tRtRaKk8M2YT1KJMTABB1YO5Avd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tijgy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Belgium is going to a complete lockdown - but we cannot call it a lockdown; Result because Belgians aren't capable of following easily guidelines. We are however very capable of circumventing those guidelines, f.e. closed restaurants, let just by food and eat at the terrases. We are a bunch of children. And it is written by the Flemish: everything is apparently very detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Kilmore Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Well, in Minnesota I work in social services and do client visits with children and adults with mental illness out in the community. I was just directed that for the rest of the month to do only phone visits with the possibility being discussed of teleconferencing visits. I am not an emergency response unit, but I am a step or two removed from that. This is kind of a big thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tijgy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Or maybe not? It isn't clear yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said: Daddy Trump is sending money! A one time cash infusion will not be close to enough. The country could go into lock down for months. What then? $1,000 a month? Door to door food rationing by the government? Also, Turtle is on the T.V. now saying Republicans will mostly be guiding the legislation and Democrats only get input at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Guy Kilmore said: Well, in Minnesota I work in social services and do client visits with children and adults with mental illness out in the community. I was just directed that for the rest of the month to do only phone visits with the possibility being discussed of teleconferencing visits. I am not an emergency response unit, but I am a step or two removed from that. This is kind of a big thing. I'm curious what will happen with us. We're not traditionally essential staff, but the ventilators are stored in our warehouse. Is Walz going to fully shut down the metro? I keep seeing different reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Tywin et al. said: What then? $1,000 a month? Emergency-measures Universal Basic Income doesn't sound like a bad idea to me in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin Manderly Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Other end of digestial process. Thank you, A Horse Named Stranger! 1 hour ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Toilet paper Thank you, Scott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Fragile Bird said: Sorry, 3 in a row. Someone has just posted that a company has filed to block Covid-19 tests as violating a patent. Two patents. A patent troll, owned by Soft Bank. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200316/14584244111/softbank-owned-patent-troll-using-monkey-selfie-law-firm-sues-to-block-covid-19-testing-using-theranos-patents.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0tRtRaKk8M2YT1KJMTABB1YO5Avd I have a sneaking suspicion the courts will tell the patent holder to shove their patent where the Sun don’t shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Fragile Bird said: Sorry, 3 in a row. Someone has just posted that a company has filed to block Covid-19 tests as violating a patent. Two patents. A patent troll, owned by Soft Bank. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200316/14584244111/softbank-owned-patent-troll-using-monkey-selfie-law-firm-sues-to-block-covid-19-testing-using-theranos-patents.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0tRtRaKk8M2YT1KJMTABB1YO5Avd Good fucking God, I hope the hammer gets brought down on those assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin Manderly Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: I have a sneaking suspicion the courts will tell the patent holder to shove their patent where the Sun don’t shine. The level of callousness, arrogance and out-of-touchness by that patent holder is staggering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Just now, Tywin Manderly said: The level of callousness, arrogance and out-of-touchness by that patent holder is staggering! Yes, how dare people get the idea that they should get rich off of other people's suffering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tywin Manderly said: The level of callousness, arrogance and out-of-touchness by that patent holder is staggering! Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 The Italian death rate is up to 7.9%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Greenville SC is ordering all restaurant dining rooms closed: https://greenvillejournal.com/news/mayor-orders-greenville-bars-restaurants-to-close/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 31 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: The Italian death rate is up to 7.9%. How is the testing taking place in Italy? Surely they haven't tested the vast majority of those with mild to moderate symptoms (who don't need hospital care)? (Apart from health care workers and people with underlying conditions etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Monkey said: How is the testing taking place in Italy? Surely they haven't tested the vast majority of those with mild to moderate symptoms (who don't need hospital care)? (Apart from health care workers and people with underlying conditions etc.) I don’t know. I’m simply dividing the number of dead by the number of infected on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracking app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Yes, I think the Italian fatality rate stats would be way off given testing limitations. But the absolute number of deaths is getting high - they will overtake China in the next couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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