I'm starting this thread as a side discussion of all things Corona Virus related. I understand that this is going to be discussed in almost all other topic threads but we could collect news and other items here. 

 

At work, many conferences have been cancelled.

NBA - Suspended.

NHL - About to be suspended. 

NCAA March Madness - Playing - no crowd. 

 

Political Rallies have been cancelled. 

Travel bans. 

 

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks tested positive. They're in Australia where testing is available. If they were in the US, they wouldn't have been tested. 

Just now, pigseye said:

Okay, time to take the tinfoil hat off and come back when it's affects have worn off. 

After you.....

14 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

I expect credit where credit is due anyone gonna man up?

 

10 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yeah, there's no political partisanship  on this thread. Even with an act of kindness there has to e an agenda? Okay then... What's Junior up to? Oh yeah, he's been self isolating for a month. Too busy raising the carbon tax while our economy is heading for a depression & giving himself a raise when millions of Canadians like me have lost or are losing their jobs. Our great ******* leader. 

Yeah same old blah blah.

And no its not partisan to say that the premiere of a province picking up supplies on his own truck is staged by Warren Kinsella.  It might look nice but its about the worst use of his time you could imagine.

2 minutes ago, pigseye said:

I expect credit where credit is due anyone gonna man up?

100% - Palliser has done a pretty good job - I'd say Legault, Horgan and Palliser have made some good moves...  Horgan is staying very low key but there's a lot of infrastructure ready if the curve spikes again

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

100% - Palliser has done a pretty good job - I'd say Legault, Horgan and Palliser have made some good moves...  Horgan is staying very low key but there's a lot of infrastructure ready if the curve spikes again

Ford has been good recently. He seems to get it now. 

To me, Kenney and Moe seem to be looking like morons in all of this, but most premiers have looked good.

Someone was asking about other measures to help ease the financial burden (in Manitoba):

 

I'm glad the scientists are running things and not the tinfoil hat wearing, anti-science nutters we see around:

Edited April 3, 20205 yr by JCon

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

Ford has been good recently. He seems to get it now. 

Like I said, I'm skeptical of Ford's release of worst case scenario and I think he is late to the game... but he's making some positive moves for sure

Its not really political.  Most leaders have leadership skills and are relatively intelligent (either smart themselves and/or smart enough to have smart people around them).  They *should* be great leaders in a crises.   

53 minutes ago, pigseye said:

What would you rather have 5% of 100 billion or 50% of nothing?

Like it or not, we are all at the mercy of big business because we the well paying jobs they offer.

If you know of a better way to create well paying jobs I'm all ears. 

The tax rate isn't a big driver of whether a business is located somewhere or isn't. So your choice is flat out incorrect. 

 

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Its not really political.  Most leaders have leadership skills and are relatively intelligent (either smart themselves and/or smart enough to have smart people around them).  They *should* be great leaders in a crises.   

I really can’t see it as political either here in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. They have two viruses. The Covid-19 and the idiocy virus. It must be terribly frustrating to be stifled by political lines when you’re just trying to do the right thing.

8 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

I really can’t see it as political either here in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. They have two viruses. The Covid-19 and the idiocy virus. It must be terribly frustrating to be stifled by political lines when you’re just trying to do the right thing.

Well yes in the US, you still have plenty of local and state leaders showing non-partisan leadership.  Its just one that makes everything political and would rather people die.  Unfortunately he's the top guy.  I think his plan is clearly to try and make it seem like the individual States will be to blame.  

51 minutes ago, pigseye said:

I expect credit where credit is due anyone gonna man up?

 

Has anyone **** on the way Pallister is handling all of this?

11 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Well yes in the US, you still have plenty of local and state leaders showing non-partisan leadership.  Its just one that makes everything political and would rather people die.  Unfortunately he's the top guy.  I think his plan is clearly to try and make it seem like the individual States will be to blame.  

Its not just one... the Republican party is swarming with ideologues

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Its not just one... the Republican party is swarming with ideologues

Yup, wasn't it the Texas Govenor who said church services are an essential service?

31 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

The tax rate isn't a big driver of whether a business is located somewhere or isn't. So your choice is flat out incorrect. 

 

Dear God, promise me you will never go into politics because if you do, we are all doomed. 

On 2020-04-03 at 9:00 AM, J5V said:

BTW, before you run off to get your next flu shot, you might want to read this article on the hazards and effectiveness of the flu shot before you make up your mind.

https://experiencelife.com/article/the-debate-about-flu-shots/

 

Edited April 6, 20205 yr by Bigblue204

3 minutes ago, pigseye said:

Dear God, promise me you will never go into politics because if you do, we are all doomed. 

I mean, he's not completely wrong. Business will still happen and does still happen in places with high taxes.

15 cases two deaths

9 in hospital 6 in ICU 11 recoveries

 

If true there is no sports or concerts or large scale gatherings until there is a vaccine.  Which could be over a year from now.  

52 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Yup, wasn't it the Texas Govenor who said church services are an essential service?

Florida governor Ron DeSantis overrode the order of county officials, deeming religious gatherings an essential service. What a ******* dolt. So much for separation of church and state.

51 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I mean, he's not completely wrong. Business will still happen and does still happen in places with high taxes.

Tax rate totally affects where businesses operate...  at least the larger ones

28 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

If true there is no sports or concerts or large scale gatherings until there is a vaccine.  Which could be over a year from now.  

Obviously stabilizing the health and safety of all people is priority one but I did not realize how much my life revolved around sports until it was taken away.  When times got tough my default coping resource was always humor and sport. I know there is way more things we need to focus on right now but having no sports is suffocating.