unclevlad Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Pariah said: In something pretty trivial by comparison, Canada just announced that they will not be sending athletes to the 2020 Olympic Games... Assuming the said Games happen at all. So that's the first country I've heard say that. No way it'll be the last. I don't trust the IOC even a little, so I suspect they won't make any decision until long after they've become irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Zeropoint said: Well, we're not in the post-apocalyptic phase yet. Right now we're still IN the apocalypse, and that's not the fun part. Good, I was promised telepathic dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 16 minutes ago, Hermit said: Good, I was promised telepathic dogs Well, you know how it goes. No boom today. Boom tomorrow. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Hermit said: Good, I was promised telepathic dogs My dog is telepathic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hugh Neilson Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Pariah said: In something pretty trivial by comparison, Canada just announced that they will not be sending athletes to the 2020 Olympic Games... Assuming the said Games happen at all. 10 hours ago, unclevlad said: So that's the first country I've heard say that. No way it'll be the last. I don't trust the IOC even a little, so I suspect they won't make any decision until long after they've become irrelevant. If more countries make it clear they will not be sending athletes, the IOC may get the message. While a small thing, it is one more media hit on "this is real, take it seriously". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 35 cases locally now, including two in my work building. I was last there on Wednesday on a different floor, now it's all closed up. It's closer than I feared, though, and growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Last numbers I heard for our county, we have five people hospitalized and about 23 people in quarantine in their homes. The local hospital -- Pite älvdals sjukhus, the hospital for Pite River Valley -- is designated the county center for CORVID-19 treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Texas isn't doing a mandatory stay-at-home order yet, but Dallas county just kicked it off yesterday so that's about 3 million people parked in their homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 It's striking me the enormity of scale of this all. After this is over, people will say this was overblown. Good. We want it overblown, because that means we will have averted the worst of it. I read yesterday on another forum the suggestion that the measures to fight the disease are an existential threat to civilization itself. The premise is that human beings need meaningful work (the part that I do not disagree with) and that with a prolonged break forced by the virus almost all employers will disappear. So we will have millions of workers who can't freelance or work from home with no possible work to do. Bingo. Game over for civilization. Like I said, I agree with the first premise that humans need meaningful work. What I don't follow is the logic that states everything will disappear for good and the businesses that shut down will never come back -- and that even if it is true no new businesses will sprout up in their place. People need work and stuff, and will find a way to get it. I do think that if the stay at home orders continue for three to six months, that will be enough to launch fundamental changes in how society handles work, money, public health, and taxation. Are those changes going to mean The End? I doubt it. I suspect a sudden reexamination of everything we value, and a LOT of social and political disruptions. For me, personally, it may be apocalyptic if government decides it can no longer afford to provide for people with ongoing medical issues. I am entering unknown territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Bazza said: Will the documentary be available to people who don't live in the UK? Because despite the political and social differences, the information in that documentary should be very helpful to a lot of people in just about every country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Loss of Taste and Smell Could Be Signs of COVID-19 in Otherwise Asymptomatic People Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Hermit said: Good, I was promised telepathic dogs You have good taste. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Hugh Neilson said: If more countries make it clear they will not be sending athletes, the IOC may get the message. While a small thing, it is one more media hit on "this is real, take it seriously". The IOC is, I think, too vested to let go. Alternate, cynical argument...they're waiting for Japan to say "shut it down." Because that becomes an out for them, in terms of existing contracts. If they declare a shutdown...major liabilities. If Japan declares a shutdown, arguably many fewer liabilities. Don't know this as fact but it makes sense as a hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Tokyo 2020: Olympics to be postponed until 2021, says IOC member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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