Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread

Post by **brian** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:17 pm

Fairly or not (mostly fairly given the pathetic response) the federal government was always going to get the brunt of the blame when things start going bad. A competent administration would have asked for money to build out tests and whatnot sooner, amongst dozens of other things (including not disbanding the part of the NSC that was in place to deal with pandemic response).

Trump will try to blame China, the Democrats, Obama, he'll blame his own kids if he thought it would do any good but even the stupidest of Trump supporters aren't going to buy it when their parents and friends start dying.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:21 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:16 pm My friend's father works for some health agency and he said within 2 weeks, we're going to be in the same position as Italy and to take out as much cash as you can.

Like for cash on hand? I'm sure I'm dumb, but for what?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:22 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:21 pm
Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:16 pm My friend's father works for some health agency and he said within 2 weeks, we're going to be in the same position as Italy and to take out as much cash as you can.
Like for cash on hand? I'm sure I'm dumb, but for what?

To buy gold and weapons.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:25 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:21 pm
Jerloma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:16 pm My friend's father works for some health agency and he said within 2 weeks, we're going to be in the same position as Italy and to take out as much cash as you can.
Like for cash on hand? I'm sure I'm dumb, but for what?

I asked. She said just that cash is universally accepted. I'm not sure what that means either.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:26 pm

Maybe GIOVANNI'S RICOTTA AND PERONI ONLY ACCEPT-AH THE CASH EYYY!!!

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:27 pm

But if we're gonna be there in two weeks why not now? Felt like an idiot taking the kid to school this am. Everyone traveled everywhere for spring break. Can't figure out what I would do with cash either... But id better get the shovel and map.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:29 pm

Right, my oldest is on a damn field trip today. In lieu of strong central leadership, everyone will just wait until its already in circulation to respond.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:29 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:27 pm But if we're gonna be there in two weeks why not now? Felt like an idiot taking the kid to school this am. Everyone traveled everywhere for spring break. Can't figure out what I would do with cash either... But id better get the shovel and map.

She said he said that they're getting the National Guard prepared. <shrug>

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:29 pm

I've bought some extra water and food (for me it's more about taking as few trips out as possible if it gets like Italy, not concern over not having good tap water available) but if it gets so bad that the banking system fails...

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:37 pm

I went out and walked around South Lake Union during the lunch hour. Food Trucks that would normally have 20 - 30 people queued up were completely empty.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:37 pm

If you read the epidemiologist stuff (usually found on Twitter) we are about 9 days behind Italy on their arc. Or percentage of cases from where it started here compared to where Italy's started overlays pretty perfectly as the days pass - so the worry is that over the next nine days we will go from where we are now to what Italy is currently experiencing...

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:39 pm

I'm not handling any cash...you don't know where that stuff's been

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:40 pm

Not an epidemiologist (obviously), but...

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:51 pm

I really think we'll see slower spreading here because a) warming seasonal temps and 2) lower population density (yes, it will hit urban centers but overall we live further apart and have more isolated lives than Chinese & Italians).

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:01 pm

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:04 pm

We're all supposed to fly to Florida in 11 days to visit my mother-in-law. Her husband (my wife's dad) died a few months ago, so it's kinda important that we do it. The mother-in-law is on her own out there, a long way from any family.

We're thinking of driving it instead. Because it's "only" 2000 miles each way, and we have three drivers including my sixteen-year-old daughter.

At what point does that kind of drive become more dangerous than the coronavirus anyway?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:06 pm

Out of curiosity I looked at the details.

Italy is 116,000 sq miles and has 60 million people.

For comparison, New Mexico is 121,000 sq miles and has...2 million people. (Now, nearly half are in ABQ, but still. Imagine 18% of America lived just in New Mexico.)

So very dense, large cities need to worry more than "America," I think. Of course this doesn't diminish the threat, but I'm not going to panic over it.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:07 pm

The calculus is the safety of your drive versus the virus risk to you and your mother-in-law, right?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:08 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:07 pm The calculus is the safety of your drive versus the virus risk to you and your mother-in-law, right?

Um ... yeah!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm

Ha. Drive. I'm supposed to take my kids to visit my parents and aunt, all 70+, and will likely cancel just because I don't know that my conscience would be able to handle something happening.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:20 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm Ha. Drive. I'm supposed to take my kids to visit my parents and aunt, all 70+, and will likely cancel just because I don't know that my conscience would be able to handle something happening.

Yeah, I think that's it. I don't know how afraid I am (yet) of actually catching the virus, but the "what ifs" are nagging me.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:20 pm

Could it be it spread more in Italy due to Italians hugging and kissing when they greet each other?
Not a custom in America, just have to avoid handshakes.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:21 pm

Maybe. And I think it has caused the virus to mutate:

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:57 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:32 pm From the time I found out I will be going to the Bay Area some time next week to now, the number of cases in Santa Clara (the closest to where I am going) has increased from 14 to 20.

So, I've got that going for me.

Maybe we can find you a brewpub full of sneezy, runny-nosed screaming kids!

(btw, did you all hear that Santa Clara County (San Jose area) banned all gatherings of more than 1,000 people?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 6:53 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:57 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:32 pm From the time I found out I will be going to the Bay Area some time next week to now, the number of cases in Santa Clara (the closest to where I am going) has increased from 14 to 20.

So, I've got that going for me.
Maybe we can find you a brewpub full of sneezy, runny-nosed screaming kids!

(btw, did you all hear that Santa Clara County (San Jose area) banned all gatherings of more than 1,000 people?

You've got a good lead on that first one. And, yes, I did see about that ban. Our event is smaller than that, so my question about it this morning was disregarded by my bosses.

Don't be offended that we're not hanging out this time (I probably won't have the time on this trip, anyway).

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:10 pm

Anyone else hearing chatter bubbling up that Cruz tested positive?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm

Not yet but I was just about to quote your Biogen post and ask how completely impossible it would be for all the CPACers to skate.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:10 pm Anyone else hearing chatter bubbling up that Cruz tested positive?

If true, I imagine Trump will say it's only because he's a pussy.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:38 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm Not yet but I was just about to quote your Biogen post and ask how completely impossible it would be for all the CPACers to skate.

Unless resources were...no surely not that would be...

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:47 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:30 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:10 pm Anyone else hearing chatter bubbling up that Cruz tested positive?
If true, I imagine Trump will say it's only because he's a pussy.

I prefer Congressmen that don't contract potentially fatal viruses.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:04 pm

The biogen debacle is exhibit 1A for social distancing for the next month or so.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:52 pm

A Hopkins prof in the Atlantic:

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:01 pm

Nescac (Amherst, Williams, Middlebury,. Tufts) just canned spring sports.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:01 pm

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:25 pm

Gov. Inslee to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, a move aimed at sports and concerts to be

In the most drastic move yet to try to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Gov. Jay Inslee is expected Wednesday to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, a move aimed at sports, concerts and other cultural events.

The measure will be announced during a Seattle news conference, according to a source involved in conversations with the governor’s office but who has not been cleared to discuss the issue. The measure would not affect retail stores, according to the source.

The restriction applies to large public gatherings such as baseball games, concerts and cultural events, another source told the Times.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:37 pm

Arsenal vs. Manchester City postponed after players exposed to Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis

Arsenal's Premier League match against Manchester City on Wednesday has been postponed after a number of the squad made "close contact" with Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis two weeks ago.

Marinakis, who is also the owner of Championship side Nottingham Forest, announced on Instagram on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus -- 13 days after being present at the Emirates as his side eliminated Arsenal from the Europa League.

Post by **brian** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:40 pm

Still feels like the calm before the storm, but the storm is coming. Or maybe a better analogy is how it seems that time slows down right before you get in an accident but in those split-seconds before the accident has happened where you know it’s going to happen seems like it can last forever.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:51 am

I have seen conflicting reports - has anyone definitively seen it stated that if you have COVID-19 and recover, that you cannot get it again?

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:55 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:37 pm Arsenal vs. Manchester City postponed after players exposed to Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis

Arsenal's Premier League match against Manchester City on Wednesday has been postponed after a number of the squad made "close contact" with Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis two weeks ago.

Marinakis, who is also the owner of Championship side Nottingham Forest, announced on Instagram on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus -- 13 days after being present at the Emirates as his side eliminated Arsenal from the Europa League.

Roma won't travel to Sevilla because there plane from Italy is not authorized to land in Spain.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51831256

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 8:00 am

Looking like the Pentagon is going to stop all movements of anyone who is either moving from one station to another or redeploying. Not exactly sure about deployments for people coming out, but we'll see.

People are here thinking they're going home soon. 🤣🤣🤣