Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Tamas]

Over here the more moderate and more leftie members of the cabinet are still fighting around the extent of economic measures. They were supposed to be announced yesterday alongside the lockdown but will instead be passed Tuesday.

No rush.

[Syt]

New measures announced: playgrounds and athletic grounds will be closed. From Tuesday, restaurants, bars etc. will be closed.

Vice chancellor (Greens) warned people from assembling in groups, adding that if this wasn't happening voluntarily, then it would be enforced. Sports clubs violating this advise risk losing financial state support.

People currently doing their mandatory public service (conscripts who opted for serving in social jobs) will have their service time extended. Military reservists who served in the last 5 years have been advised to hold themselves ready.

Travellers from UK, Russia, Ukraine, and Netherlands are not allowed into the country.

Supermarkets will stay open, but the current set of laws being voted on add an option (which will not be applied yet) to limit the number of people in a supermarket based on size.

[Threviel]

The president of Essity, the main Swedish producer of toilet paper was interviewed earlier today, apparently there are no supply issues with toilet paper since the primary mill in Lilla Edet is producing at maximum efficiency.

The latest flashing news is that there is a huge fire in the Lilla Edet paper mill.

The good news is that we bought some extra paper yesterday.

[Syt]

Good Rant by Jonathan Pie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aox7CeOdmOY&feature=youtu.be

[celedhring]

Good Rant by Jonathan Pie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aox7CeOdmOY&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVltOSC0JMQ

[Syt]

He has a point, though. A lot of people will be fucked, economically. I guess most people on this forum can work from home and collect their regular paycheck, but there's plenty who can't. And a lot of people who have to shut down their business now will have to let people go and figure out how to make do till their business can open again. The state has promised help here, but whether it's enough remains to be seen.

[Richard Hakluyt]

It is a curious situation. I would imagine that most bars and restaurants would find it difficult to survive a few months with no customers; but once the lockdowns are over they will probably do a roaring trade.........so how should we keep them afloat in the interim?

[celedhring]

He has a point, though. A lot of people will be fucked, economically. I guess most people on this forum can work from home and collect their regular paycheck, but there's plenty who can't. And a lot of people who have to shut down their business now will have to let people go and figure out how to make do till their business can open again. The state has promised help here, but whether it's enough remains to be seen.

Oh, indeed he has. The short and long term economic effects of this crisis worry me nearly as much as the sanitary ones. Poor people die more often too.

[Syt]

Also, we officially are on lockdown now. Leaving the house is only permitted for necessary errands like food shopping, visiting the doctor, going to work, or helping people who need support in this time (shopping for elderly, e.g.).

[Tamas]

He has a point, though. A lot of people will be fucked, economically. I guess most people on this forum can work from home and collect their regular paycheck, but there's plenty who can't. And a lot of people who have to shut down their business now will have to let people go and figure out how to make do till their business can open again. The state has promised help here, but whether it's enough remains to be seen.

Oh, indeed he has. The short and long term economic effects of this crisis worry me nearly as much as the sanitary ones. Poor people die more often too.

I wonder what having the mob without neither jobs nor entertainment for months can possibly result in.

[Tamas]

Guy comparing Lombardy obituaries in a paper, from 9 February, and 13 March:
https://twitter.com/NaomiOhReally/status/1238868163208634371

[celedhring]

He has a point, though. A lot of people will be fucked, economically. I guess most people on this forum can work from home and collect their regular paycheck, but there's plenty who can't. And a lot of people who have to shut down their business now will have to let people go and figure out how to make do till their business can open again. The state has promised help here, but whether it's enough remains to be seen.

Oh, indeed he has. The short and long term economic effects of this crisis worry me nearly as much as the sanitary ones. Poor people die more often too.

I wonder what having the mob without neither jobs nor entertainment for months can possibly result in.

That too. I don't think a lockdown is sustainable for too long without descending into societal chaos or having the army on the streets.

[Syt]

It's probably more sustainable these days, with electronic entertainment and communications (TV, games, streaming, Facetime, etc.), then it would have been 40 years ago.

[Syt]

Btw, the Vienna State Opera offers free streams of their showings:

https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/staatsoper/news/detail/news/the-wiener-staatsoper-is-closed-but-continues-to-play-daily-online/

Programme (subject to change)

15 March 2020: Das Rheingold (performance of 10 January 2016)
conductor: Adam Fischer | Inszenierung: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with mit Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Boaz Daniel (Donner), Jason Bridges (Froh), Norbert Ernst (Loge), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Ain Anger (Fasolt), Sorin Coliban (Fafner), Michaela Schuster (Fricka), Caroline Wenborne (Freia), Anna Larsson (Erda)

16 March 2020: Falstaff (performance of 30 January 2019)
conductor: James Conlon | director: David McVicar
with Carlos Álvarez (Sir John Falstaff), Simon Keenlyside (Ford), Jinxu Xiahou (Fenton), Herwig Pecoraro (Bardolfo), Ryan Speedo Green (Pistola), Michael Laurenz (Dr. Cajus), Olga Bezsmertna (Alice Ford), Hila Fahima (Nannetta), Monika Bohinec (Mrs. Quickly), Margaret Plummer (Meg Page)

17 March 2020: Tri Sestri (performance of 18 March 2016)
conductor: Péter Eötvös | conductor of the stage orchestra: Jonathan Stockhammer
director: Yuval Sharon
with Aida Garifullina (Irina), Margarita Gritskova (Mascha), Ilseyar Khayrullova (Olga), Eric Jurenas (Natascha), Boaz Daniel (Tusenbach), Clemens Unterreiner (Verschinin), Gabriel Bermúdez (Andrei), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Kulygin), Norbert Ernst (Doktor), Victor Shevchenko (Soljony), Marcus Pelz (Anfissa), Jason Bridges (Rodé), Jinxu Xiahou (Fedotik)

18 March 2020: Die Walküre (performance of 31 May 2015)
conductor: Simon Rattle | director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with Christopher Ventris (Siegmund), Mikhail Petrenko (Hunding),Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Martina Serafin (Sieglinde), Evelyn Herlitzius (Brünnhilde), Michaela Schuster (Fricka)

19 March 2020: Falstaff (performance of 15 December 2016)
conductor: Zubin Mehta | director: David McVicar
with Ambrogio Maestri (Sir John Falstaff), Ludovic Tézier (Ford), Paolo Fanale (Fenton), Herwig Pecoraro (Bardolfo), Riccardo Fassi (Pistola), Thomas Ebenstein (Dr. Cajus), Carmen Giannattasio (Alice Ford), Hila Fahima (Nannetta),Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mrs. Quickly), Lilly Jørstad (Meg Page)

20 March 2020: Tosca (performance of 5 December 2015)
conductor: Dan Ettinger | director: Margarethe Wallmann
with María José Siri (Floria Tosca), Roberto Alagna (Mario Cavaradossi), Michael Volle (Baron Scarpia)

21 March 2020: La cenerentola (performance of 22 February 2018)
conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi | director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Alessio Arduini (Dandini), Paolo Rumetz (Don Magnifico), Ileana Tonca (Clorinda), Margaret Plummer (Tisbe), Isabel Leonard (Angelina), Luca Pisaroni (Alidoro)

22 March 2020: Siegfried (performance of 16 January 2019)
conductor: Axel Kober | director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde),Tomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Monika Bohinec (Erda), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Sorin Coliban (Fafner)

23 March 2020: Tosca (performance of 17 February 2019)
conductor: Marco Armiliato | director: Margarethe Wallmann
with Sondra Radvanovsky (Floria Tosca), Piotr Beczała (Mario Cavaradossi), Thomas Hampson (Baron Scarpia)

24 March 2020: L'elisir d'amore (performance of 26 February 2017)
conductor: Marco Armiliato | director: Otto Schenk
with Olga Peretyatko (Adina), Dmitry Korchak (Nemorino), Alessio Arduini (Belcore), Adam Plachetka (Doktor Dulcamara), Ileana Tonca (Giannetta)

25 March 2020: La cenerentola (performance of 10 November 2016)
conductor: Speranza Scappucci | director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Alessio Arduini (Dandini), Renato Girolami (Don Magnifico), Eri Nakamura (Clorinda), Catherine Trottmann (Tisbe), Elena Maximova (Angelina), Michele Pertusi (Alidoro)

26 March 2020: Tosca (performance of 23 June 2019)
conductor: Marco Armiliato | director: Margarethe Wallmann
with Karine Babajanyan (Floria Tosca), Piotr Beczała (Mario Cavaradossi), Carlos Álvarez (Baron Scarpia)

27 March 2020: Le nozze di Figaro (performance of 15 September 2017)
conductor: Adam Fischer | director: Jean-Louis Martinoty
with Carlos Álvarez (Conte d'Almaviva), Dorothea Röschmann (Contessa d'Almaviva), Andrea Carroll (Susanna), Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Margarita Gritskova (Cherubino)

28 March 2020: Götterdämmerung (performance of 20 January 2019)
conductor: Axel Kober | director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
with Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Anna Gabler (Gutrune), Falk Struckmann (Hagen), Tomasz Konieczny (Gunther), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute)

29 March 2020: Roméo et Juliette (performance of 1 February 2017)
conductor: Plácido Domingo | director: Jürgen Flimm
with Aida Garifullina (Juliette), Rachel Frenkel (Stéphano), Rosie Aldridge (Gertrude), Juan Diego Flórez (Roméo), Carlos Osuna (Tybalt)

30 March 2020: Le nozze di Figaro (performance of 28 June 2016)
conductor: Cornelius Meister | director: Jean-Louis Martinoty
with Luca Pisaroni (Conte d'Almaviva), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Contessa d'Almaviva), Valentina Naforniţă (Susanna), Alessio Arduini (Figaro), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino)

31 March 2020: L'elisir d'amore (performance of 8 November 2018)
conductor: Speranza Scappucci | director: Otto Schenk
with Aida Garifullina (Adina), Benjamin Bernheim (Nemorino), Orhan Yildiz (Belcore), Paolo Rumetz (Doktor Dulcamara), Mariam Battistelli (Giannetta)

1 April 2020: Die Frau ohne Schatten (performance of 10 June 2019)
conductor: Christian Thielemann | director: Vincent Huguet
with Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Wolfgang Bankl (Geisterbote), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Färber), Nina Stemme (Färberin)

2 April 2020: Peer Gynt (performance of 10 December 2018)
conductor: Simon Hewett | choreography and libretto: Edward Clug
with Denys Cherevychko (Peer Gynt), Nina Poláková (Solveig), Eno Peci (Der Tod), Zsolt Török (Ein Hirsch), Franziska Wallner-Hollinek (Åse), Nikisha Fogo (Die Frau in Grün)

[celedhring]

Awesome. I actually have their app installed on my telly 

I had tickets for Lohengrin here in Barcelona this month...