Quote (fender @ 19 Mar 2020 16:44)

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?

Quote (fender @ Mar 19 2020 03:44pm)

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?

Quote (dro94 @ 19 Mar 2020 21:33)

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:

https://imgur.com/GIOS0sh.png

Quote (thundercock @ Mar 19 2020 08:51pm)

Jesus, that's a TERRIBLE idea.

Quote (excellence @ Mar 19 2020 08:52pm)

you’re more obsessed with America than your ancestor was with Jewish people.

Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 19 2020 01:27pm)

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.

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As the coronavirus outbreak began to spread across the U.S. in mid-February, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) unloaded his holdings in dozens of stocks that would lose much of their market value over the coming weeks.

Burr and his wife Brooke sold between $581,000 and $1.5 million in publicly traded stocks on Feb. 13 and didn’t buy any new positions, according to a recent financial disclosure filed with the Senate.

Around the time that Burr sold his shares of major corporations, including several hard hit hotel companies, he publicly expressed confidence about the U.S. government’s ability to fight the virus. However in late February, Burr privately warned that the virus is “much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history,” according to a recording obtained by NPR.

Between the Burrs’ two accounts, they sold up to $150,000 worth of stock in Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, which lost almost two-thirds of its market value since Feb. 13. They sold up to $150,000 in Extended Stay America, another hotel company that lost half its value over the last month. Burr also sold between $15,001 and $50,000 of stock in Park Hotels & Resorts, which saw its stock price drop from nearly $24 to under $5. The hotel industry is asking President Donald Trump for a bailout as Americans increasingly avoid travel.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Mar 19 2020 04:15pm)

It's kind of wild. I can't imagine that we won't see an individual economic relief plan. I and many others have effectively lost our jobs due to covid-19. Colleges across the country now are also coordinating with the Board of Behavioral Sciences to talk about graduation requirements. Aspiring therapists have to meet a certain number of hours working with clients in their program in order to graduate. Everything is closed down, and right now only senior clinicians will be able to do telehealth. Us trainees are SOL for the time being.

Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 19 2020 02:26pm)

Did u see Italy waived final tests and put new drs and nurses right into the system? Congrats now get to work...