Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[mongers]

Well, on the plus side all this talk about "Social distancing" and "Self-Isolating" means that I've just been ahead of the curve.  By 20 years in fact.

Raz, only yesterday I was thinking 'My whole life has been a preparation for this moment'  'My time has come'

[Sheilbh]

Very good and rather sobering statement by Leo Varadkar tonight - one alarming fact, Ireland is expecting 15,000 cases by the end of the month. Ireland currently has around 250 cases

Talk of this as a great national effort, not isolating/"cocooning" the vulnerable yet.

He is still a cold fish, but that sort of suits the moment. Weirdly got Churchill "never will so many ask so much from so few" (in a normal time this would have had Sinn Fein going insane )

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ICKB1UoVzc

Trump/Mnuchin want to send checks directly to people "possibly in two weeks."

Senate has taken up House relief bill, noises are being made that it will be passed and then more will come on top.

[Admiral Yi]

Also check out that Yahoo! Finance reporter clearly working from home.

[PJL]

It's also being reported that transport could be nationalised for a while to deal with the crisis. It's all starting to feel like Threads but without the nuclear fallout (there's been plenty of economic fallout already). I keep reminding myself of that Protect & Survive film on how to deal with the disposal of dead relatives.

[Sheilbh]

In rather pleasant news, the National Trust is closing all their cafes and most of their properties - but working to open all parks and gardens to the public for free.

[crazy canuck]

BC just declared a public health emergency

Under our Health Act the Public Health officer can now issue decrees which must be followed.  And she has moved quickly to make those pronouncements.

[mongers]

BC just declared a public health emergency

Under our Health Act the Public Health officer can now issue decrees which must be followed.  And she has moved quickly to make those pronouncements.

More panic measures.

[garbon]

BC just declared a public health emergency

Under our Health Act the Public Health officer can now issue decrees which must be followed.  And she has moved quickly to make those pronouncements.

More panic measures.

We've moved on. 

[Admiral Yi]

A Lannister always pays his debts.

[The Larch]

John McAffee is trapped in Barcelona and he's losing it. 

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee

I think he lost is a long while ago, and this is just making things worse.

Then again, the one about him peeing next to a McDonalds was funny. 

[Razgovory]

Mnuchin told Republicans in the Senate that employment may rise to 20% in the US.

[11B4V]

Mnuchin told Republicans in the Senate that employment may rise to 20% in the US.

That's good

[crazy canuck]

Mnuchin told Republicans in the Senate that employment may rise to 20% in the US.

That's good

Maybe not, given the post about the neo cons worrying that giving social assistance decreases the will to work, perhaps the Republicans will conclude the current levels are too generous and more will be cut.

[The Larch]

John McAffee is trapped in Barcelona and he's losing it. 

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee

This is the anti virus guy?
Seems... Less than sane.

The very same one, although I believe he's not linked to the software any more.

He has some really wild exploits under his belt, and some really shady stuff, including some Heart of Darkness level madness in Belize, where he basically kept a pleasure palace by the beach in a remote location with a bevy of young local girlfriends, a drug lab of some sort and armed thugs for security, that ended up being raided by Belizean special police forces. He was even investigated for the murder of one of his neighbours.

Just check his wiki, the whole affair is quite mad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee#Legal_issues