OT: Corona virus

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy




Concentrate on schoolwork at college? Riiiigght....[:D]

<says a silent prayer the damn thing is not sexually transmitted>

What do you think that the "social distancing" means?

What do you think college-aged kids that are maybe a little scared, cooped up on (or off) campus and facing existential threats are more likely to do? And did I mention horny?

[Cap Mandrake]

Yes, about time for the CDC to put out a public education campaign on whacking off.

They could use Anthony Weiner as the spokesperson.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Yes, about time for the CDC to put out a public education campaign on whacking off.

They could use Anthony Weiner as the spokesperson.

[:D]
But with some cautions about sharing the experience online ...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By report 21 million Chinese cellphone accounts were closed since mid January.

Maybe 21 million people forgot to pay their bill? Or....they had their accounts suspended by the Chicoms for sharing "rumors".

I wouldn't trust Chinese state media with the Beijing weather report. But this a great time to get some discounts on Chinese-made 5G systems!

Do you have a link to a news item on that so I can share it with others?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By report 21 million Chinese cellphone accounts were closed since mid January.

Maybe 21 million people forgot to pay their bill? Or....they had their accounts suspended by the Chicoms for sharing "rumors".

I wouldn't trust Chinese state media with the Beijing weather report. But this a great time to get some discounts on Chinese-made 5G systems!

Do you have a link to a news item on that so I can share it with others?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... irus-bites

Bloomberg says 15 million but I also saw a figure of 21 million. Either way it seems like a big number to me.

[witpqs]

Thanks.

[Cap Mandrake]

Bloomberg postulate it was migrant workers who cancelled their plan when they went home after their plant shut down.

Perhaps...it is a Hell of a big place..but considering what they did to medical personnel trying to report the epidemic and the control they exercise over social media and even automated AI software systems spying on internet users...you have to be careful. Also consider the Beijing swamp-dwellers might even find themselves detached from their necks if it were to get bad enough.

[RFalvo69]

First signs of social disruption in Southern Italy.

All started when the lockdown of Lombardy was leaked to the press hours before it became official. At once, hundreds of people fled in the middle of the night by rushing to catch the last trains to the South. What we are now seeing there are the outbreaks caused by these idio... er... "human-bombs". We feared from the first moment that this could happen.

Now, a leaked report by the Italian Intelligence Services warns about "the danger of moderate to severe social disruption in Southern Italy".

The key problem is simple: the lack of an adequate infrastructure. Not only hospitals, but banks, post offices and other "daily needs" services. Lombardy has one of the best infrastructures in Europe, and the Coronavirus sent it to its knees. Also, people are more wealthy in Lombardy, with more savings. With a lockdown like the one seen here, people in the South risk to spend all their savings and not be able to buy anything. This means that the situation in the South seriously risks to become ebullient.

The first signs are reports of people literally attacking groceries (that, due to the crisis can't provide everything) because they don't believe that there are shortages, supermarkets and even closed banks - which is amazing: videos of of people hammering the bulletproof glass and screaming obscenities (this one is from Bari, the two strongest screams you hear say "I have no more money!! How can I buy what I need?" and "Please, I don't have anything to eat!!")

Right now we can only wait. I chat via Skype with my wife every day, and she is very worried. Then I see this (in Italian). Basically: "We are already not ready. We were already creaking under normal circumstances (*) - now imagine with the Coronavirus"

But it gets better! Our local bank is opened only on Wednesday and Friday, and from 9:30 to 13:30 (way to create crowds of people and throwing social distance under the bus). I told my wife to avoid the bank altogether, use home banking and wait for some decrees that forces banks to stay open for other operations.

Only time will tell how much disruption the virus will cause. I fear it will be bad. The government must show strength - also because be sure that were the government fails, the Mafia will fill the void.

(*) Just an example. In Milan if you have an emergency you can get an ambulance within 15 minutes - or, for less serious cases, call it like you could call a cab and get one within 30-40 minutes. A few years ago, back in Calabria, my father fell from a ladder while checking some wine bottles. He wounded his head, so he was losing a lot of blood. We called an ambulance, and, after a long wait, the operator told me that one was arriving from Catanzaro. Check a map and look for Lamezia: Catanzaro is on the other side of the Apennine Mountains. We were actually able to stabilise my father before the ambulance arrived - and then, of course, they had to return to Catanzaro, where my father was admitted in a local hospital. Now upscale this to a Coronavirus-level Emergency...

[USSAmerica]

Thank you for continuing to provide us updates, RFalvo, even if they are not good news. I hope you and your family in both ends of the country are able to stay safe and healthy.

I'm afraid we will see areas of the type of chaos you describe here in the US. Hopefully, only limited to a very few areas.

[Chickenboy]

Sorry to hear that, RFalvo69.

[Chickenboy]

A little levity for Zilch in this difficult time...

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

A little levity for Zilch in this difficult time...

I see. [8D] You should speak with Mr. Ertz, a native of Texas, about a certain end-of-season game.
And how are negotiations with Dak going?

[Chickenboy]

RFalvo69,

If I recall correctly, Italy has received a disproportionately large percentage of the African continent migrants in recent years.

I've wondered how a group like that-probably not really well integrated into Italian culture yet-coming from great poverty would fare in times like this. What do you hear about any disparate preparation levels between the 'locals' and these newer arrivals?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

First signs of social disruption in Southern Italy.

All started when the lockdown of Lombardy was leaked to the press hours before it became official. At once, hundreds of people fled in the middle of the night by rushing to catch the last trains to the South. What we are now seeing there are the outbreaks caused by these idio... er... "human-bombs". We feared from the first moment that this could happen.

Now, a leaked report by the Italian Intelligence Services warns about "the danger of moderate to severe social disruption in Southern Italy".

The key problem is simple: the lack of an adequate infrastructure. Not only hospitals, but banks, post offices and other "daily needs" services. Lombardy has one of the best infrastructures in Europe, and the Coronavirus sent it to its knees. Also, people are more wealthy in Lombardy, with more savings. With a lockdown like the one seen here, people in the South risk to spend all their savings and not be able to buy anything. This means that the situation in the South seriously risks to become ebullient.

The first signs are reports of people literally attacking groceries (that, due to the crisis can't provide everything) because they don't believe that there are shortages, supermarkets and even closed banks - which is amazing: videos of of people hammering the bulletproof glass and screaming obscenities (this one is from Bari, the two strongest screams you hear say "I have no more money!! How can I buy what I need?" and "Please, I don't have anything to eat!!")

Right now we can only wait. I chat via Skype with my wife every day, and she is very worried. Then I see this (in Italian). Basically: "We are already not ready. We were already creaking under normal circumstances (*) - now imagine with the Coronavirus"

But it gets better! Our local bank is opened only on Wednesday and Friday, and from 9:30 to 13:30 (way to create crowds of people and throwing social distance under the bus). I told my wife to avoid the bank altogether, use home banking and wait for some decrees that forces banks to stay open for other operations.

Only time will tell how much disruption the virus will cause. I fear it will be bad. The government must show strength - also because be sure that were the government fails, the Mafia will fill the void.

(*) Just an example. In Milan if you have an emergency you can get an ambulance within 15 minutes - or, for less serious cases, call it like you could call a cab and get one within 30-40 minutes. A few years ago, back in Calabria, my father fell from a ladder while checking some wine bottles. He wounded his head, so he was losing a lot of blood. We called an ambulance, and, after a long wait, the operator told me that one was arriving from Catanzaro. Check a map and look for Lamezia: Catanzaro is on the other side of the Apennine Mountains. We were actually able to stabilise my father before the ambulance arrived - and then, of course, they had to return to Catanzaro, where my father was admitted in a local hospital. Now upscale this to a Coronavirus-level Emergency...

Are the banks running out of cash? Are they just protecting their employees? Are electronic banking systems failing? That doesn't sound good.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

RFalvo69,

If I recall correctly, Italy has received a disproportionately large percentage of the African continent migrants in recent years.

I've wondered how a group like that-probably not really well integrated into Italian culture yet-coming from great poverty would fare in times like this. What do you hear about any disparate preparation levels between the 'locals' and these newer arrivals?

My understanding is that once they gained refugee status in Italy, most would head for Germany, Belgium, Holland and France because of the large enclaves already there. Never heard of unrest between refugees and Italian locals on the news.

[witpqs]

This is just an update on a possibility that's being discussed already.

Coronavirus cure: French researchers completed new additional study on 80 patients, results show a combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to be effective in treating COVID-19

Question for those in the know: I understand that Hydroxychloroquine is said to be plentiful/easy to manufacture, but how about obtaining Azithromycin? I know it's used a bunch, but how are stockpiles and how easy to manufacture if they wind up needed a great deal of it?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

This is just an update on a possibility that's being discussed already.

Coronavirus cure: French researchers completed new additional study on 80 patients, results show a combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to be effective in treating COVID-19

Question for those in the know: I understand that Hydroxychloroquine is said to be plentiful/easy to manufacture, but how about obtaining Azithromycin? I know it's used a bunch, but how are stockpiles and how easy to manufacture if they wind up needed a great deal of it?

Alot easier to manufacture than some of the anti-virals per se (e.g., Remdesivir). Dunno about stockpiles.

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake




<says a silent prayer the damn thing is not sexually transmitted>

What do you think that the "social distancing" means?

What do you think college-aged kids that are maybe a little scared, cooped up on (or off) campus and facing existential threats are more likely to do? And did I mention horny?

The other issue is that there is now a worldwide condom shortage!!![X(]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... production

Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom in its three Malaysian factories for more than a week because of a lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of the virus.

That is already a shortfall of 100m condoms, normally marketed internationally by brands such as Durex, supplied to state healthcare systems such as Britain’s NHS or distributed by aid programmes such as the UN Population Fund.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




What do you think that the "social distancing" means?

What do you think college-aged kids that are maybe a little scared, cooped up on (or off) campus and facing existential threats are more likely to do? And did I mention horny?

The other issue is that there is now a worldwide condom shortage!!![X(]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... production

Malaysia is the largest producer, and apparently they're shutting down a lot now.

warspite1

[&:] A major problem for a an international lover like my good self [&:]

[durnedwolf]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy




What do you think college-aged kids that are maybe a little scared, cooped up on (or off) campus and facing existential threats are more likely to do? And did I mention horny?

The other issue is that there is now a worldwide condom shortage!!![X(]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... production

Malaysia is the largest producer, and apparently they're shutting down a lot now.

warspite1

[&:] A major problem for a an international lover like my good self [&:]

And condoms will protect your head from the COVID-19 so of course there's a shortage... It's a guy thing.