The 2019-2020 Coronavirus outbreak thread

[Baltenstein]

He’s acted presidential a few times, which is why I know shit is bad. Trump is as presidential as I’m the pope. You know.

It's the same in the UK with BoJo. Gone is his usual buffonery. He actually sounds and acts like a statesman during his daily press briefings. That's worrying me more than anything else.

You mean after his "Let us wait for a year until we have developed herd immunity even though that unfortunately means that up to half a million elderly will di-FUCK, we are talking about my key voter demographic here, change of plans, CHANGE OF PLANS!" strategy?

[The Black Forrest]

Yea he is actually tolerable now. Who ever trained him should be commended. I suspect the way he talks for TV over this is pissing him off. If it hasn’t happened I am sure there will be twitter tantrums.

Curb your enthusiasm, he recently took shots at Gretchen Whitmer and Andrew Cuomo. He's still Trump.

If I had enthusiasm; I would follow him on twitter. I can’t for medical reasons; I have to preserve what little IQ points I have left.

That wasn’t long. Which I wish I could say I was surprised.

[Samudera Darussalam]

What if this was all a part of The Umbrella Corporation's plan to wipe out humanity and rewrite the world in their image?

Theres some conspiracy theories floating around that the whole thing is engineered to "control people" etc.

It's even there when it's not a pandemic yet. I have to suppress myself from groaning nd rolling my eyes when my friends suggest that.
It's just that......you know, sounds ridiculous.

[The New California Republic]

Just call it T-virus. I don't see any problems with that designation. None at all.

What if this was all a part of The Umbrella Corporation's plan to wipe out humanity and rewrite the world in their image?

It could be. The zombies will make an appearance any day now.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

It's the same in the UK with BoJo. Gone is his usual buffonery. He actually sounds and acts like a statesman during his daily press briefings. That's worrying me more than anything else.

You mean after his "Let us wait for a year until we have developed herd immunity even though that unfortunately means that up to half a million elderly will di-FUCK, we are talking about my key voter demographic here, change of plans, CHANGE OF PLANS!" strategy?

The fact that paid sick leave passed Congress in the US with nigh a peep from the opposition is making wonder if I need to invest on making an underwater city a la Bio Shock.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Yea he is actually tolerable now. Who ever trained him should be commended. I suspect the way he talks for TV over this is pissing him off. If it hasn’t happened I am sure there will be twitter tantrums.

He’s acted presidential a few times, which is why I know shit is bad. Trump is as presidential as I’m the pope. You know.

Jesus.

[New Visayan Islands]

Covid-19 and SARS-CoV-2 are both perfectly specific.

True, but that does not sound hip.

Let us call it "TP-virus".

[Confused Cornholio Noises]

What if this was all a part of The Umbrella Corporation's plan to wipe out humanity and rewrite the world in their image?

Theres some conspiracy theories floating around that the whole thing is engineered to "control people" etc.

What, the bio-weapon theory wasn't enough?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

He’s acted presidential a few times, which is why I know shit is bad. Trump is as presidential as I’m the pope. You know.

Jesus.

The government here is scared. Pretty scared.

[San Lumen]

What if this was all a part of The Umbrella Corporation's plan to wipe out humanity and rewrite the world in their image?

It could be. The zombies will make an appearance any day now.

It honestly wouldn’t shock me with the current state of the world

[Nakena]

Theres some conspiracy theories floating around that the whole thing is engineered to "control people" etc.

It's even there when it's not a pandemic yet. I have to suppress myself from groaning nd rolling my eyes when my friends suggest that.
It's just that......you know, sounds ridiculous.

Yeah but it isnt just random people. There are entire networks and outlets specialized in spreading such nonsense and they make Infowars look reasonable.

[Nakena]

It could be. The zombies will make an appearance any day now.

It honestly wouldn’t shock me with the current state of the world

TZES are organized as we speak.

You mean after his "Let us wait for a year until we have developed herd immunity even though that unfortunately means that up to half a million elderly will di-FUCK, we are talking about my key voter demographic here, change of plans, CHANGE OF PLANS!" strategy?

The fact that paid sick leave passed Congress in the US with nigh a peep from the opposition is making wonder if I need to invest on making an underwater city a la Bio Shock.

People have to put aside ideological bs now. Those who dont will suffer the consequences.

[Auze]

It isn't delusional ranting at all. I usually call it COVID or corona virus or "that disease that keeps killing people in my town." My issue is when I refer to it by its nickname and people start getting totally bent out of shape.

I really dont see what your problem is, especially since you just stated you aren't a fan of the government of Xi, so I really can't see why you're upset over whatever name I choose to call this thing.

Probably because I prefer actual facts to rabid rants, like you seem to prefer and constantly parrot in this thread. I don’t like Xi, but I also know there are a shit-ton of Chinese people who have no blame here. That’s why calling it the Chinese virus is idiotic.

Nicknaming the disease after its country of origin, China, is racist and idiotic. Spanish flu and German measles are unavailable for comments.

[Zurkerx]

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

[The Black Forrest]

You mean after his "Let us wait for a year until we have developed herd immunity even though that unfortunately means that up to half a million elderly will di-FUCK, we are talking about my key voter demographic here, change of plans, CHANGE OF PLANS!" strategy?

The fact that paid sick leave passed Congress in the US with nigh a peep from the opposition is making wonder if I need to invest on making an underwater city a la Bio Shock.

Kudos on the reference . Playing that now in the lockdown?

[Nakena]

Curb your enthusiasm, he recently took shots at Gretchen Whitmer and Andrew Cuomo. He's still Trump.

If I had enthusiasm; I would follow him on twitter. I can’t for medical reasons; I have to preserve what little IQ points I have left.

That wasn’t long. Which I wish I could say I was surprised.

He's mostly retweetiung stuff atm

[Washington Resistance Army]

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

Tbqh this should happen federally for the next month. Give it time to die in people who already have it and hopefully prevent new cases and whatnot.

[San Lumen]

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

[Nakena]

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

We will have centralized command economy.

[Nakena]

Jesus.

The government here is scared. Pretty scared.

The Helicopter Money plan was scaring the other day.

[San Lumen]

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

We will have centralized command economy.

What does that mean?

[Nakena]

We will have centralized command economy.

What does that mean?

In this case WW2 style resource allocation and rationing.

Command markets often have the following elements in common.

The government takes total control over a nation's economy, including deciding the amount of supply of a given product or services, and what that product or service costs to consumers.
The government has total control over the country's critical resources (think agriculture, oil and gas, and healthcare services, for example).
All companies in a command economy, whether state-owned or privately owned, are controlled by the government.

[The New California Republic]

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

We will have centralized command economy.

Social Distancing Socialism gang represent.

[Zurkerx]

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

Tbqh this should happen federally for the next month. Give it time to die in people who already have it and hopefully prevent new cases and whatnot.

I'm honestly not sure if the Federal Government has that authority to do a complete shutdown across the entire country. I know States can.

Governor Cuomo will sign an executive order that orders 100% of the workforce to stay home, excluding essential services

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

Then you should be happy to hear a majority Americans will be getting a check from the Feds, that's if they pass the stimulus, which is likely. Of course, I suspect if this goes beyond the month's pay, then that could be a problem. It would probably be better to beef up unemployment benefits.

[Fartsniffage]

Ooooh. Just remembered I've not watched 12 Monkeys for a while. That's tonight sorted out.

[San Lumen]

Tbqh this should happen federally for the next month. Give it time to die in people who already have it and hopefully prevent new cases and whatnot.

I'm honestly not sure if the Federal Government has that authority to do a complete shutdown across the entire country. I know States can.

If this keeps up for more than a month or two pretty soon there will be no economy to speak of

Then you should be happy to hear a majority Americans will be getting a check from the Feds, that's if they pass the stimulus, which is likely. Of course, I suspect if this goes beyond the month's pay, then that could be a problem. It would probably be better to beef up unemployment benefits.

we also can't shut down the world indefinitely.

And unless you have UBI that check isn't going to last long for many.