tkdguy Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Spain's death toll from COVID-19 now surpasses China's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Op-Ed in NYTimes this evening discusses Europe's reaction to the economic downturn...pay companies to keep workers on the payroll...versus the US response of cutting the job and paying unemployment. The former does feel much more likely to lead to a faster turnaround, as the corporate knowledge loss won't be nearly as high, and there won't be as much low productivity due to needing to train replacements. Yeah, sure, many will go back to their old jobs, but not all sectors will recover in the same timeline, so many will change jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 At what point do we extend the "You may only use the F-word when talking about cancer" rule to include COVID-19? Asking for a friend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Careful. I'll start feeling unappreciated. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Liaden Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Have you guys seen your local retailers who are still open changing how they interact with their customers? Almost all of the ones I've gone into over the past week have their employees wearing gloves and masks, have put out hand sanitizer that they request people use when they enter, and/or ask people to pay with a debit/credit card or cellphone tap rather than exchange cash. A chain grocery store in my neighborhood has erected plexiglass shields at the checkout counters between the public and their clerks, and has a security person in mask and gloves making sure people in line stay at least six feet apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 My daughter's employer (a big pet and pet supply chain) has moved to preferring curbside pickup of orders made by phone, which keeps customers in their cars. By the nature of their work, they did lots of sanitizing and disinfecting already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: Have you guys seen your local retailers who are still open changing how they interact with their customers? Almost all of the ones I've gone into over the past week have their employees wearing gloves and masks, have put out hand sanitizer that they request people use when they enter, and/or ask people to pay with a debit/credit card or cellphone tap rather than exchange cash. A chain grocery store in my neighborhood has erected plexiglass shields at the checkout counters between the public and their clerks, and has a security person in mask and gloves making sure people in line stay at least six feet apart. Natural Grocers has erected the shields, I'm told; haven't been in there since they sent out some email where that was one point. They and the Albertson's are also asking people to do their own bagging...but this hasn't taken root quite yet in the Alby's. Some of the checkers were wearing gloves, some weren't. I was also talking to one of the guys in the meat department...LONG time employee. Yes, we maintained social distance. I mentioned considering coming by first thing in the AM...but already had warnings that the lines were beyond insane. He said, the worst he'd ever seen in his 40 years. People haven't learned how to cope yet...and unfortunately, I fear they're slow learners. Heck, it took me decades to actually start planning ahead, and more "oh man I'm out of...." just as I needed it, than I ever wanna mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Why is Bill Gates of all people getting a lot of crap over COVID-19? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, unclevlad said: Natural Grocers has erected the shields, I'm told; haven't been in there since they sent out some email where that was one point. They and the Albertson's are also asking people to do their own bagging...but this hasn't taken root quite yet in the Alby's. Some of the checkers were wearing gloves, some weren't. I was also talking to one of the guys in the meat department...LONG time employee. Yes, we maintained social distance. I mentioned considering coming by first thing in the AM...but already had warnings that the lines were beyond insane. He said, the worst he'd ever seen in his 40 years. People haven't learned how to cope yet...and unfortunately, I fear they're slow learners. Heck, it took me decades to actually start planning ahead, and more "oh man I'm out of...." just as I needed it, than I ever wanna mention. Well, they were going on constant, disinfect at the local grocery store. Which helped my already raw throat/lungs from the work disinfectant, oh so very much. My throat is feeling better from a day off today, but I am starting to get worried that even if I don't catch the thing, I will come out with breathing problems, anyway. (hoping that the annual allergies have been an exacerbating factor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Iuz the Evil said: that last guy is 90 percent of the locals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 "I’ve never seen this before. It is like a rainbow spotlight!" https://www.facebook.com/groups/380132055419693/permalink/1768152283284323/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Starlord Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, Bazza said: "I’ve never seen this before. It is like a rainbow spotlight!" That's the Rainbow-Signal! Time for billionaire playboy Roy G. Biv to change into his crime-fighting alter ego, Captain Spectrum! Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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death tribble Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Boris Johnson has tested positive for the virus https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52060791 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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