Wisconsin has “gone off the tracks”. “On Wednesday night in the heart of downtown Platteville, Wis., just hours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the state’s stay-at-home order, Nick’s on 2nd was packed wall to wall, standing room only. It was sometime after 10 p.m. when “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” by The Hollies came over the loud speaker and a bartender took out his camer
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I work in hospital laboratories. Most days I am in the lab of a hospital, in my area. For the past five or six weeks a new process has been in place at all hospitals in order to gain entrance to the building. Hospitals have sealed off all but a few doors to the building. At an entry door you will find a team, usually two people, who screen each person who wants to enter. A variety of questio
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Very interesting article - How Pandemics End
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Lol.
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If a person does not like the idea of opening back up then they should stay home. It is now up to each person to make the decision the fits them. It is your choice and it is my choice. Home of the FREE and the BRAVE. Be smart be safe but don't be scared **************************************************************************** That’s what the lemmings yell to one another as
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From The NY Times: “As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths over the next several weeks. The daily death toll will reach about 3,000 on June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times, nearly double the current number of about 1,750.” In my o
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The state of New Mexico has isolated a city to "mitigate the uninhibited spread of Covid-19.” The roads have been closed in/out of Gallup which is located west of Albuquerque fairly close to the Arizona border. "The spread of this virus in McKinley County is frightful," Lujan Grisham said. "And it shows that physical distancing has not occurred and is not occurring. T
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Quotemakemeburnthecandle Quotebv Is it possible to travel by direct flights from NYC or Detroit into Denver, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Memphis? Is there anything preventing the corona virus hotspots in NYC/NJ and Michigan from spreading, via travel, into states and cities now opening up? That is possible and many states require passengers to self quarantine once they arrive. If you believe they
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That pic is disturbing...... Kind of like the bat pic. ROCKMAN, you have some interesting newspapers down there!
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South Korea - virus spread in an office building. “Last month, 97 of the 811 employees at a Seoul call center tested positive for the virus. Of the sick workers, 94 sat on the same floor — the building's 11th — and 79 were in the same section.” “”Despite considerable interaction between workers on different floors of building X in the elevators and lobby, spread of COVID-19 was limite
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QuoteSici Living in a Ghost Town, Rome. Sici
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The White House press briefings are beginning to challenge Tiger King in terms of shock value entertainment.
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Article about a guy from Ohio who publicly called Covid-19 a political ploy. Ironically, he died from the virus.
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QuoteHairball Quotecmc QuoteSomeTorontoGirl If anyone gets the Smithsonian channel, there is a series called America’s Hidden Stories and tonight’s episode deals with the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, including what happens when the curve isn’t quite flattened and society reopens. Someone who has already seen it recommended it for me, I have it set to record. Thanks for the tip! I just finished w
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QuoteSomeTorontoGirl If anyone gets the Smithsonian channel, there is a series called America’s Hidden Stories and tonight’s episode deals with the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, including what happens when the curve isn’t quite flattened and society reopens. Someone who has already seen it recommended it for me, I have it set to record. Thanks for the tip! I just finished watching the show - fasc
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QuoteMisterDDDD This place is in my county, a short distance across the water from a beach cabin of mine. It can only be reached by driving through Canada. With the borders closed to non-essential travel, it is now deemed the safest place in the country. So close, but yet so far This is the ‘safest place’ from coronavirus in America The safest place from the coronavirus in the US might be
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Brilliant recap!!! Thanks SomeTorontoGirl
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Regarding masks: Many times on the television today, the news channels showed video from Wuhan and all of the people coming outside after 76 days of lockdown. I don’t recall seeing a single person without a mask. I think everyone had a mask!
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Bill Gates is speaking on a CNN Global Town Hall at this moment. Mr Gates is very informative. Terrific information. Hopefully CNN will makes this interview available online.
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Quoteangee No, not happening, it's not. Where do you live, cmc? Minnesota, USA
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The White House Press Briefing is well underway. It’s pretty clear that Trump is changing his stance on the current situation. America is getting ready to open for business again. (Just my opinion based on what I am hearing.)
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QuoteMileHigh When you use a gas pump you should be wearing gloves. . Absolutely!
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Quotegrzegorz67 Glad you made it back before they pulled up the drawbridge. Thank you! Delano - great little town!
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Quotegrzegorz67 And the US-Canada border slams shut to all but essential commercial traffic. I made the trip to Winnipeg Canada from Minneapolis USA yesterday (Tuesday), to retrieve my son from college. Successful trip. Nothing exciting to report. The border was very quiet - three cars in the queue going north, no queue going south. Entered Canada at 1030am and returned to USA 2.5 hours
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QuoteMisterDDDD QuoteMAF Canada closes the borders for foreigners. US citizens exempted.. for now. My son is in Winnipeg, Canada for college. I live 7 hours (drive) away in Minneapolis, USA. Hopefully the border remains open for another day! My plan is to drive up tomorrow/early morning and pull him out.
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QuoteSici In Italy schools should resume on April 6th. I think it won't be, it's too early, unfortunately. But the online lessons work fine and the school teachers are happy with the boys' commitment. I hope England follows what other states are doing Sici Good luck! Please keep us posted on news from Italy.
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Great analysis treaclefingers. Very interesting.
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Maybe the situation has turned the corner in Italy. ???? Fingers crossed! Here in Minnesota (Minneapolis), things are only beginning. The governor announced today that schools would close beginning Wednesday. The state currently has identified 35 positives. One week ago, Minnesota had 1 positive. The state of Minnesota has a population of 5+ million. To date, 1,422 have been tested. My o
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Thank you Bjornulf for providing this venue. Terrific reporting on your part. I also appreciate reading the local-level accounts from those of you in different regions/countries. Much better than my tv.
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Follow the Facebook link for an account of the crisis in Italy, written by an American mother living in Bergamo. She did an interview on CNN earlier today which makes her credible in my opinion.
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