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[Bandit]

For a small shred of good news, I just went to Trader Joe's and while I had to wait about 15 minutes to get in, they seemed to be pretty much fully stocked. Now if ers would just stop hoarding baby wipes...

 

[Buddy The Elf]

I was on a cruise from 3/1 to 3/8. I came home a different world. This is wild! The economic damage is done and will be felt for years regardless of what I want, Trump wants or wall street. Help out your fellow earthlings because the coming days, weeks and months are going to take a heavy toll on everyone. Godspeed hockey fans!

 

[HeadInjury]

Looks like we're back up.

Italy's death count seems to be flattening out now. Over the last 7 days, the death toll has been 627, 793, 651, 601, 743, 683 and 662 today. (Edit: today's number was adjusted up to 712)

I hadn't noticed this page on the worldometers website before:
Coronavirus Age, Sex, Demographics (COVID-19) - Worldometer

What it's saying is, if you have no pre-existing conditions, the worldwide chances of dying is just under 1%. Of course, our death rate is much lower than the worldwide average currently. Further, the death rate is based on positive tests and there are probably several times more infections than positive tests. So, in the US, absent having an underlying condition, it's probably around 99.8% survivable.

 

[DAkings20]

Ice Station closes permanently

This sucks, practically grew up there

 

[Fishhead]

Ice Station closes permanently

This sucks, practically grew up there

It's so hard for rinks in general. The ones that make it are usually supported by teams, like "The Rinks" in OC. Rents and operating costs are huge, and you can only have your price point so high or people won't be able to afford it. So unfortunate.

 

[ricardfromage]

We play a ton of outdoor hockey (couple of lakes, one big one and all kinds of ponds) up here but our one rink way down in Couer D Alene has shut down and there isn't a ton of hope for it. It is poorly run and can't handle the loss of time and cash. There goes one of the league spots until someone else buys it and runs it into the ground. Lots of other options but I hate to see rinks close for any reason.

 

[HeadInjury]

Trump's answers to reporter questions at his press conferences can often be a bit of a train wreck, and at times he's obviously full of it, but I've heard useful information every time I've watched, whether from him or from the other speakers.

The fact that Trump's approval ratings are approaching all time highs is probably motivating the decision not to cover them.

By the way, if someone lies the proper response by a news publication would be to report on that.

 

[KINGS17]

I was on a cruise from 3/1 to 3/8. I came home a different world. This is wild! The economic damage is done and will be felt for years regardless of what I want, Trump wants or wall street. Help out your fellow earthlings because the coming days, weeks and months are going to take a heavy toll on everyone. Godspeed hockey fans!

Glad you made it home safely with no COVID-19 issues on your cruise.

 

[KINGS17]

I am using Vader's technique right now. Hope the intended recipient can tell.

 

[KingLB]

Ice Station closes permanently

This sucks, practically grew up there

Kings should buy it. That rink has tons of potential. Management has erroded it from what it once was. Like half the number of travel teams there use to be. In house a reck, adult league etc

I’m that area, that rink should have to problem filling both sheets.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I am using Vader's technique right now. Hope the intended recipient can tell.

The downside to my Zoom conferences is the other side can see your gestures

When I hop on the phone I'm a wanderer...i've more than once got my 'daily steps' from one phone call. I'll end up in the parking lot if someone doesn't obstruct me. So all this sitting for video conferencing has me losing my shit

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I was on a cruise from 3/1 to 3/8. I came home a different world. This is wild! The economic damage is done and will be felt for years regardless of what I want, Trump wants or wall street. Help out your fellow earthlings because the coming days, weeks and months are going to take a heavy toll on everyone. Godspeed hockey fans!

Glad you're safe, and that your ship was OK through all this!

I hadn't noticed this page on the worldometers website before:
Coronavirus Age, Sex, Demographics (COVID-19) - Worldometer

What it's saying is, if you have no pre-existing conditions, the worldwide chances of dying is just under 1%. Of course, our death rate is much lower than the worldwide average currently. Further, the death rate is based on positive tests and there are probably several times more infections than positive tests. So, in the US, absent having an underlying condition, it's probably around 99.8% survivable.

Encouraging news. By the way: serious hat-tip to you for your daily reporting through all this - much appreciated!

The downside to my Zoom conferences is the other side can see your gestures

When I hop on the phone I'm a wanderer...i've more than once got my 'daily steps' from one phone call. I'll end up in the parking lot if someone doesn't obstruct me. So all this sitting for video conferencing has me losing my shit

Yup; the ole' tele-conference workout. Beyond the technical glitches themselves, that's the reason I almost always preferred audio-only conferences - sometimes, though, the client just "has" to see your screen or (much more rarely, fortunately in my/their case) face, ya' know...

 

[KINGS17]

Former Arizona State University backup QB, Gus Farwell, (to Jake Plummer in 1996) sings on his balcony in Barcelona every night at 8pm to help raise the spirits of his neighbors.

You can read about him in this article from The Athletic. If you haven't read Doug Haller's stuff before, he is a fine writer and has many articles as good as this one.

Arizona State Sun Devils - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic

 

[Bandit]

Former Arizona State University backup QB to Jake Plummer (1996) sings on his balcony in Barcelona every night at 8pm to help raise the spirits of his neighbors.

You can read about him in this article from The Athletic. If you haven't read Doug Haller's stuff before, he is a fine writer and has many articles as good as this one.

Arizona State Sun Devils - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic

Pretty cool. Took me a minute at first i thought you were saying this IS Jake Plummer and he changed his name or some shit. Clearly I need more whiskey.

 

[KINGS17]

Pretty cool. Took me a minute at first i thought you were saying this IS Jake Plummer and he changed his name or some shit. Clearly I need more whiskey.

Thanks, I fixed it. Gus Farwell is the man's name and he should be the focus of the post.

 

[Bandit]

Bleak.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warns of mass death, condemns 'false hope,' and tells us his city will be on lockdown for another 2 months — and to 'be prepared for longer'

 

[kingsholygrail]

If it means traffic gets to be light for two more months I'm fine with it. They can make this permanent.

 

[KingsofLA]

hopefully May is around the time where things can begin to change with warmer weather.

Hello.. Global Warming don’t fail us now. Jk

 

[KINGS17]

If it means traffic gets to be light for two more months I'm fine with it. They can make this permanent.

Which one the lockdown, or the mass death Garcetti is predicting? Some of this doomsday stuff coming from local politicians is getting to be way over the top.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

My parents business has been running successfully for 26 years and even weathered the 2008 recession with relative ease.

If they don’t get some kind of financial relief within the next 30 days, they are going to go under. I just can’t believe it. Unprecedented times we’re living in.

 

[kilowatt]

Which one the lockdown, or the mass death Garcetti is predicting? Some of this doomsday stuff coming from local politicians is getting to be way over the top.

Doomsday stuff? Do you mean facts?

 

[KINGS17]

Doomsday stuff? Do you mean facts?

No, I mean projections of numbers of cases and deaths that are pessimistic in the extreme. Some are using models which Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx say are not accurate.

Fauci: Worst-case coronavirus predictions 'unlikely if we do the kinds of things that we're essentially outlining right now'

ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Fauci on “This Week” about the New York Times report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) worst-case projections. The CDC reportedly predicted 160 million to 214 million infections, 2.4 million to 21 million hospitalizations and 200,000 to 1.7 million deaths in the country.

Fauci responded that a model is “only as good as the assumptions you put into a model.”

Birx cautions against inaccurate models predicting significant coronavirus spread

Birx, speaking at a White House press briefing, singled out a recent study on the United Kingdom that originally predicted 500,000 people would die from the virus and has since been revised down to predict 20,000 deaths in the U.K. She said the data the government has collected does not show that 20 percent of the U.S. population would be infected with COVID-19, cautioning against predictions that say so.

“When people start talking about 20 percent of a population getting infected, it is very scary but we don’t have data that matches that based on the experience,” Birx said.

“There’s no … reality on the ground where we can see that 60 to 70 percent of Americans are going to get infected in the next eight to 12 weeks,” Birx later continued.

 

[KINGS17]

My parents business has been running successfully for 26 years and even weathered the 2008 recession with relative ease.

If they don’t get some kind of financial relief within the next 30 days, they are going to go under. I just can’t believe it. Unprecedented times we’re living in.

I think they will make it. Tell them good luck and hang in there. I hope the package the Senate approved today gets them the help they need.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I'm obviously pretty big on using the models to show people what CAN happen, but there has to be SOME balance between millions of dead and "we're good by Easter, go to church."

Everyone sucks.

Edit: This is problematic, though:

"Los Angeles, where intensive-care units were 90% filled long before the expected peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, is no better prepared. In the weeks to come, Garcetti said everything from convention centers to sports arenas, such as the Staples Center, may need to be converted into space for hospital beds."

I'm a little annoyed to see drive-thru testing and testing in general still not easily available and the lack of PPC for medical personnel is alarming at best

 

[KINGS17]

Tests using blood from a finger prick with results in 15 minutes are out there. It can't be long until they are widely used in the United States.

This test checks for antibodies. If you test positive it means you were infected with COVID-19, but now have the antibodies which should make you immune. How long does immunity last? Doctors are not sure yet.

U.S. companies, labs rush to produce blood test for coronavirus immunity