My county was just ordered to shelter-in-place starting at midnight tonight here in California. Time to play video games.

1 month ago "ahah look at china virus"

be safe friend.

Well, our county is just being abundantly cautious. We've only had 1 confirmed case in the entire county, and that person has since recovered after self-quarantine. I feel like they're doing this both out of caution but because we're a relatively rural county in the state with a major college student population. Many people will be returning from Spring Break this weekend.

i selfishly hope for a shelter-in place approach in my county/state. ive got a lot to do at home. but i doubt we'll go that way here.... even as u say with spring break boom coming.

All schools, bars & gyms have been shut down here in Texas, with restaurants doing take out only.

It’s not like the streets are barren or anything though, lots of people still on the roads out & about

This post was edited by IgoSoHard on Mar 19 2020 02:31pm

Been out and about the last few days and people are still going to work in big numbers. Govt haven't shut any transport, bars pubs or restaurants down. No serious effort at social distancing. So many employees across the country are ill now. We'll get as bad as Italy really quickly.

Tube in London this morning:

not just trump's decision to get rid of the pandemic response team, also his misinformation campaign helped to infect america, when it was originally in a promising situation to prevent a major outbreak:

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818192535/burr-recording-sparks-questions-about-private-comments-on-covid-19

but hey, it's election year, so why would he care about the lives of his fellow citizens, when there is a stock market to protect, upon which he thinks his political destiny hinges, right?

Jesus, that's a TERRIBLE idea.