Make that a 3rd TSA employee who works at Orlando International Airport who tested positive for covid19.
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Researchers Kickstart Huge Study of Malaria Drug to Prevent Coronavirus
There’s a lot of hope but not much data about whether hydroxychloroquine can fight coronavirus. Now scientists are rushing to get the answers.
flynnibus
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Or more simply put... 'war bonds'
ImperfectPixie
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OMG...remember I mentioned misinformation in our town FB group? Here's an example...
"It's airborne that's the problem."
"It's airborne that's the problem."
Shouldigo12
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So interesting that an immunosuppressant could potentially help with Corona."If you’ve been closely exposed to a person with confirmed COVID-19 disease within three days; AND, are a household contact or a healthcare worker; AND, do not have current symptoms of COVID-19 disease, email covid19@umn.edu."
Researchers Kickstart Huge Study of Malaria Drug to Prevent Coronavirus
There’s a lot of hope but not much data about whether hydroxychloroquine can fight coronavirus. Now scientists are rushing to get the answers.
Josh Hendy
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Someone here was asking yesterday how Italy got so messed up.
I have no documented links but I saw a claim somewhere that northern Italy at some point brought in 100,000 migrants from Wuhan and Wenzhou regions of China to work in textile factories. So many people that direct flights existed. The implication is that when the panic flight from Wuhan started, enough Wuhanese managed to escape back to Italy (presumably there were in Wuhan for Chinese New Year) that ... what with general unpreparedness and incompetence in both China and the EU ... the virus became unstoppable.
Sorry if this is old news or totally wrong.
I have no documented links but I saw a claim somewhere that northern Italy at some point brought in 100,000 migrants from Wuhan and Wenzhou regions of China to work in textile factories. So many people that direct flights existed. The implication is that when the panic flight from Wuhan started, enough Wuhanese managed to escape back to Italy (presumably there were in Wuhan for Chinese New Year) that ... what with general unpreparedness and incompetence in both China and the EU ... the virus became unstoppable.
Sorry if this is old news or totally wrong.
ImperfectPixie
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Very. My step-dad has been on that drug for his arthritis...2 doses per day.
It may be, see https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10...tm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top for the most recent research - the supplemental appendix in the article has more details.
RobWDW1971
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For those people who believe "the economy will snap right back when it's over" see below - there are countless businesses that are highly leveraged or in a debt reorganization processes that will be permanently impacted by being closed for months:
Bankrupt casual-dining company CraftWorks Holdings Inc. furloughed most of its 18,000 employees and is shuttering its restaurants and brewpubs as the coronavirus derails the company’s planned chapter 11 sale, people familiar with the matter said.
The Nashville-based restaurant operator has idled its locations after a devastating collapse in consumer activity and restrictions from state and local authorities on business operations and public gatherings, these people said. CraftWorks, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, was hoping to sell more than 260 of its best-performing locations, possibly to Fortress Investment Group, which had offered $138 million for the assets. Now the sale process has been upended, and Fortress, a senior lender to CraftWorks, has revoked a $23 million bankruptcy loan that was keeping the company afloat while it looked for other bidders, people familiar with the matter said. The company’s cash dried up, putting the loan into default, they said.
It isn’t clear how many of the idled restaurants could ultimately reopen. A small number of CraftWorks employees will remain working in its corporate offices, a person familiar with the matter said.
Consumer-facing companies are broadly ratcheting down operations, furloughing some employees, moving other to part-time status and resorting to layoffs in some instances as they grapple with the spreading pandemic.
CraftWorks entered bankruptcy operating 338 locations under brands including Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago Restaurants, Gordon Biersch, Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, Big River Grille & Brewing Works, The ChopHouse and A1A Ale Works. The company also owns Ragtime Tavern, Seven Bridges Grille and Brewery and the Big Bang at Sing Sing.
Bankrupt casual-dining company CraftWorks Holdings Inc. furloughed most of its 18,000 employees and is shuttering its restaurants and brewpubs as the coronavirus derails the company’s planned chapter 11 sale, people familiar with the matter said.
The Nashville-based restaurant operator has idled its locations after a devastating collapse in consumer activity and restrictions from state and local authorities on business operations and public gatherings, these people said. CraftWorks, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, was hoping to sell more than 260 of its best-performing locations, possibly to Fortress Investment Group, which had offered $138 million for the assets. Now the sale process has been upended, and Fortress, a senior lender to CraftWorks, has revoked a $23 million bankruptcy loan that was keeping the company afloat while it looked for other bidders, people familiar with the matter said. The company’s cash dried up, putting the loan into default, they said.
It isn’t clear how many of the idled restaurants could ultimately reopen. A small number of CraftWorks employees will remain working in its corporate offices, a person familiar with the matter said.
Consumer-facing companies are broadly ratcheting down operations, furloughing some employees, moving other to part-time status and resorting to layoffs in some instances as they grapple with the spreading pandemic.
CraftWorks entered bankruptcy operating 338 locations under brands including Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago Restaurants, Gordon Biersch, Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, Big River Grille & Brewing Works, The ChopHouse and A1A Ale Works. The company also owns Ragtime Tavern, Seven Bridges Grille and Brewery and the Big Bang at Sing Sing.
ImperfectPixie
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Thank you! Problem is, this is just some nimrod saying stuff he doesn't know. I asked for a source (politely) over an hour ago and am being flat-out ignored.
Rimmit
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I think how long we can last is going to depend on a number of factors.
1.) If the government actually sends out checks. As long as people have income and can eat that will calm a lot of fears.
2.) A big part of this is how severe this gets. In theory if we start having 10000 people a day dying, you may not be able to get people to leave there houses for fear of catching Covid-19. However if only 300 a day are dying, people are more likely to start breaking a lockdown.
3.) Putting a ban on evictions. As long as people have a place to live people Can be content to sit still.
4.). If the government is actually able to stop businesses from going bankrupt through loan deferrals, loans, bail outs, or whatever means they have at their disposal. As long as people know there is a reasonable chance that they will or can get a job coming out of this that will calm people.
If you can keep people fed, sheltered, and the hope of a job when this is over combined with a healthy dose of fear people can make it beyond 8 weeks.
In all honesty, there is a good chunk of our society that already does a fair amount of sitting at home, collecting government checks, receiving free healthcare and food stamps, so as long as that continues for them I don’t see a riot breaking out in that population. It’s really the low middle/middle income class that will be the most in need of assistance and needs to be covered during this. The upper class will have the cash reserve and as long as the government can provide assistance to their business if needed they will weather the storm.
TrainsOfDisney
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Looks like you are right.
From 2013 article
The Italian fashion capital being led by the Chinese
A growing number of Chinese clothing companies are now dominating business in one of Italy's most historic centres of fashion production, as the BBC's Sylvia Smith reports.www.bbc.com
That would explain some things.... I was trying to figure out why Italy was soooooo much worse than anywhere else.
That’s why “look at Italy, we don’t want to be Italy!” Is maybe not what we should be saying. Too late now....
TeriofTerror
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I believe in yesterday.
21stamps
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Here’s my worry with this.. let’s say you own a second property, use as a rental, single family home. Now your tenant can’t pay. How long do you allow that? Is it right for the government to tell you to allow it for several months?
Giss Neric
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So when will Disney and Universal announce their extensions? I assume reopening will also be around May too.
WDW are paying cast members until the end of the month. I would expect what WDW will do moving forward not until then.
HongKongFooy
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PeoplemoverTTA
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Can we please not go down the political rabbit hole again, Guys? 
ImperfectPixie
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I reported the post.Can we please not go down the political rabbit hole again, Guys?
ETA: Not that I enjoy being a snitch...but because we're all trying really hard to be good and be polite, and I'd hate to see the thread shut down.
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