I mean you just have to be honest and frank sometimes. Really 11 out of 10 probably more accurate.

THANK You...it’s even more legit when other people say it

In January, German scientists developed the first test for COVID-19 and the World Health Organization offered the test to countries around the world and 60 countries accepted. We were not one of them.

I'm not that old.

Especially people who are afraid not to suck up to you, that's the absolute best feedback you can get.

One more time. The few born 1961-64 are neither boomers or gen-x and mostly don't care to be affiliated with either. But the name for us came out about the same time.
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I just want to say you guys have been doing a tremendous job. Fantastic. Amazing. Tremendous. 10 out of 10.

Did anybody else see the patient with the fogged up full helmet on NBC news? I don’t think we were supposed to see that.

Tremendous. Beautiful. Perfect.

The White House is getting religion.

Stay away from groups of more than 10 people.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/white-house-guidelines-coronavirus/index.html

"The White House advised all Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and urged older people to stay at home altogether in a set of new guidelines designed to fight a spreading coronavirus outbreak.

"The new guidance, which President Donald Trump announced from the White House in an uncharacteristically sober press conference, reflected the heightened gravity of the situation facing the country as more and more people become infected.

More at the link.

Fox News is all in, now.

Read the comments.....Still blaming Democrats for this Hoax, while sharing those stories
are for the trolls.

Last night they said 50 is ok.

Now they say 10.

The correct number is probably 1.

Sure. And Fox will talk like it was on top of it all along.

These people are ruining our country.

They root for an ideology like a sports team.

They barely mention the president and won't dare utter the word "bailout". Better late, than never.

Planet.

I got shoot pool on Tuesday nights. At a bar. I texted my team leader that I will not be there tomorrow. And maybe for longer.

That's what I'm down to.

If I get too bored I have the option to suck it up and go into work, and let all the idiots still running around try to infect me.

My sister-in-law even told me I was not American because I read fake news CNN. We are still communicating but it is strained.

in the words of the john lennon, "Just gimme some truth."

I have a lot of family and friends that only get their confirmation bias, er I mean news, from Fox.

This is hitting some of them like a ton of bricks this week. Like a total surprise. Some are refusing to believe it at all, doing nothing or worse - doing the wrong things on purpose. Many are finally making preparations, but only begrudgingly.

And it’s been a beautiful thing to watch! It’s the others guys that are at fault.

My family is awesome. Seriously.

We don’t have problems at thanksgiving.

Interesting (and fairly short) read on Boeing from ZeroHedge regarding a bailout. Somewhat brutal: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/boeing-which-repurchased-over-100bn-stock-downgraded-bbb-seeks-short-term-bailout

They root for this idealogy even when it clearly conflicts with their own self interest.
They're like socioeconomic suicide vest bombers. It's never going to work out for them, but they're all in anyway.

Thats is about the best article I have read in a long time.
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I really like this part:

"Some more details from Boeing:

Boeing Co. has asked White House and Congressional officials for short-term aid for itself, suppliers and airlines as the outlook for the travel industry worsens by the day, said people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. planemaker is seeking to avoid layoffs and damage to hundreds of smaller companies that make parts and systems for its aircraft, said the people, who asked not to be named because the talks are private. Boeing has also been buffeted by the grounding of its best-selling 737 Max, which awaits regulatory clearance to resume flights after two deadly crashes.
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Followed by this part:

We have one small problem with that: while Boeing was perfectly happy to load up on as much debt as it could over the past decade, the bulk of the proceeds was used for none other than enriching its shareholders and management, with zero consideration for those same employees and suppliers that the company suddenly cares so much about now. And Boeing certainly didn't care about its passengers when it cut every corner it could find, to design the 737 MAX as cheaply as possible, a plane that was "designed by clowns, who are in turn supervised by monkeys", even if it meant the airplane would become a deathtrap.

So, no, nobody in their right minds should give Boeing even one penny in "short term aid". Instead, management and the board should be ordered to sell as much stock as they need - you know, the opposite of buying it back - to maintain the business, even it means sending the stock price crashing far lower.

Because it's called capitalism, and because there is no reason why taxpayers should foot the bill for a company which instead of saving cash when times were good, was handing it out to shareholders and a handful of executives, and which should now for some insane reason be eligible for a bailout when times suddenly go bad.

No: force Boeing - and others like it that spent billions repurchasing its stock while incurring massive amounts of debt - to sell its stock. After all that's what a public company's stock is - a currency - and just as Boeing could repurchase it when it had cash, and lifted its stock price to all time highs, it should now sell its stock and use the proceeds to fund itself, like any other corporation does when it needs funding. Last time we checked, Boeing's market cap was $73 billion, and it certainly afford to drop much more as the company now does the buyback in reverse.
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And especially this part:

And especially this part:

And especially this part:

And especially this part:

This is also a warning to Congress and the White House: if chronic stock repurchasers such as Boeing, are bailed out instead of ordered to find their own sources of liquidity, there will be a mutiny in America and rightfully so, because it was Boeing's shareholders that got rich on the way up, and now it is somehow up to taxpayers to make sure the company, loaded up with record amounts of debt used to fund buybacks, survives one more quarter.

That, in a word, is bullshit.
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Cleaner version:

Just when I start warming up to o-din again, he goes and makes a comment like this. If anything, Gen X is the most overlooked and disrespected generation of them all. It’s Boomers this and Millennials that, all the time. Gen X is the most self sufficient generation of all time

Congressman Khanna talking stimulus packages said he’d like to see 50% bonus hazard pay for at risk professionals including GROCERY CLERKS

Pee Wee...thanks, I needed that!

I agree. They should be treated as frontline workers and get more pay. They should also be issued protective gear as well.
Grocery workers, bank tellers, pharmacy workers and gas station attendants all should be included because of their close contact with the public and because we need them to stay open.

Tough situation for someone with multiple personalities maintaining social distancing rules.

Yup. Absolutely support hazard pay for our grocery workers right now. It's such an undervalued and underpaid gig, meanwhile every other business is going to shut down or allow remote work, but our cashiers, stockers, clerks will all be interacting with the public and putting themselves at risks. They're essential employees right now, and it's going to be easy for them to burn out.

Just wait. They are saying 20-30% of people end up with permanent lung damage. Life-long.

Who is going to pay for all that disability?

Anyone that heeds the warnings, prepared for this, and stayed home...unfortunately

I thought the same thing but as my friend pointed out to me this morning, that’s just one article from China - it’s anecdotal. We need more data and analysis. But anecdotes like that do make me glad I’m bunkered down for 3 weeks.

I dont understand this. Some people will think that its ok to hang out with their friends when they read this. Im staying away from everybody!

Hell yeah. I’m becoming this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=nTYxDMYKyiI&feature=emb_logo

According to WHO “The reproductive number – the number of secondary infections generated from one infected individual – is understood to be between 2 and 2.5 for COVID-19 virus”

Nothing says friendship like infecting 2 out of 10 friends.

ifpa pulls the plug.

Good
Move guys.

I guess Even “small tournaments” are done for now. Very happy to see them take action.

22,000 people died in the US from flu in this last season.

....and that is awful. Now imagine 10-20 years worth of that happening in one year. That’s what we’re facing if we don’t stop this.

If the US Government states No more than 10 people in one area. Will someone be counting the number of customers entering a 7-11?

In Canada today, both Starbucks and Tim Hortons will not let customers sit down. The seating is cordoned off. Drive thrus will be open, delivery will continue, and walk-ins must purchase then leave. I wonder if McDonalds is next?

At this point I find it really hard to even care about people who say things like This. They are a lost
Cause.

Just stay home and hope you don’t cross infectious paths with one of these idiots.

... Yeah. I keep picturing the first responders to Chernobyl and how ill-equipped they were to deal with the danger. I understand radiation is much more severe, but this shit can be life-altering.

Thanks for that little tidbit of information. You’re the first person to bring up the flu on this thread.

Verily!

“Claymation”? Sir, that is Supermarionation!