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*** OFFICIAL *** COVID-19 CoronaVirus Thread. Fresh epidemic fears as child pneumonia cases surge in Europe after China outbreak. NOW in USA (5 Viewers)

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Scoresman said:
JFC, our client is essentially the city of San Francisco and they just sent out an email saying they will consider temporary work from home for certain employees.  You have to fill out this 5 page form detailing out what you will be working on, when, what your home work conditions are like, and it has to be signed by 4 supervisors.  What a waste of time.  Do you trust people you hire or not?  
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No they don’t. Busy idiots. 

 
Big League Chew said:
Anyone with a chest freezer ? Should I marinate before vacuum sealing then freezing ?
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In general, no.  You want to have as little moisture in the bag as possible.  the exception to this is if you intend to sous-vide the item later.  

Mainly I find trying to pull a seal on something with a lot of moisture causes the seal to fail.  I try to dry off the items as best I can first.

 
shader said:
Felt like an idiot being at the grocery store at 6am this morning.  From reports I've heard, I'm glad I stocked up.
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Yeah, we stocked the pantry pretty full two weeks ago. I went out at 7am today to top it off. Glad I did. 

Told my wife that, given the news over the last 12 hours, it would be a madhouse this weekend. Sounds like, at least in some locations, it's not even taking that long. 

 
shader said:
Felt like an idiot being at the grocery store at 6am this morning.  From reports I've heard, I'm glad I stocked up.
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Ours didn't open until 7 but I was the 2nd person in the parking lot - only 5 minutes before opening.  I expected more people tbh.  I grabbed some final cold stuff that will expire if not used in the next 2-3 weeks and grabbed one more thing of TP and some cleaners.  Now wish I had gotten some more meds.

 
The Captain said:
 Not likely. Generally you have to meet your plans definition of disability to receive STD benefits. 
 
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Reading the actual certificate booklet of one of my STD groups (covered by a very large and well known insurance company).  There is a section about a "quarantine benefit rider".  "We pay a benefit if you" are not disabled; and are quarantined due to an infections and contagious disease."

You have to be suspected of having the disease or having been exposed to it by a doctor, you must be ordered by a doctor to serve under quarantine, and provide proof.  Also talks about being "placed in enforded isolation as ordered by either the US Secretary of Health and Human Services or the CDC. 

 
krista4 said:
Scoresman said:
A great thing about this community is being able to come here and be lighthearted posting about stuff.  This includes humor which is just as valid a coping mechanism as anything else out there.  This thread to date has been a great mix of humor and information and it's been working great.  This is such a weird take.  
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It’s beyond weird; it’s a complete misunderstanding of human condition, needs, and interactions.  I’d dare say those who are most worried are those who need and appreciate light humor the most.   In fact I’ve seen exactly one “person” (quotes due to faceless mod) express concern about humor in the entirety of this thread.  That person is on an island with this thinking.
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:goodposting:   Fantastic post.

 
Scoresman said:
JFC, our client is essentially the city of San Francisco and they just sent out an email saying they will consider temporary work from home for certain employees.  You have to fill out this 5 page form detailing out what you will be working on, when, what your home work conditions are like, and it has to be signed by 4 supervisors.  What a waste of time.  Do you trust people you hire or not?  
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Obviously not 

 
Scoresman said:
Yup, you can tell me not to post yoga pants threads or political posts, that's easy.  You can't change my basic nature of using humor in most of my interactions.  
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Just find somewhere else to joke is what he is saying. 

Maybe FBG.inc don't want to have to deal with any possible joke being borderline incentive but, we can police ourselves on these matters.

Terrible outlook...with the need to feel eveyone needs to be treated like a 5 year old. 

Pastors joke in church

Sermons during a funeral may have a joke or 3

Nothing funny about eternal life/death

Your sandbox Joe and we get this is serious but people use light humor to deflect anxiety and bond as humans.

 
culdeus said:
In general, no.  You want to have as little moisture in the bag as possible.  the exception to this is if you intend to sous-vide the item later.  

Mainly I find trying to pull a seal on something with a lot of moisture causes the seal to fail.  I try to dry off the items as best I can first.
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Good point. Few will be sous vide but I usually only do S&P 

 
Its hardly breaking news when a league suspends operations these days - but MLB has joined the fray:

Jeff Passan@JeffPassan

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.

 
With all this WFH for many people and sports being suspended, I project a HUGE boom in births 9 months from now (December/January).

Watch.  Won't be long until Tanner says he has a "Covid" in his class.

 
Sinn Fein said:
Its hardly breaking news when a league suspends operations these days - but MLB has joined the fray:

Jeff Passan@JeffPassan

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.
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At least that benefits some East Coast/Northern teams. The Tribe is always getting screwed with crap weather at the start of the season. #silverlining

 
Worm said:
Really looking for how things are trending in other countries (US included) relative to their case/death charts.
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I mean that link has about as good of a summary along those lines by country as you could expect.  Given the lack of testing in the US I don't know how reliable this is.  

 
Here is a sample certificate booklet for a group's short term disability contract.  The group seems to be University of Mass. medical school, but the section I'll bring your attention to would likely be identical with any group policy with this carrier.

On page 48 of the PDF...

Quarantine Benefit Rider

We pay a benefit if you are not disabled; and are quarantined due to an Infectious and Contagious disease.

If this gets bad, and thousands or perhaps millions are under quarantine, these insurance companies could go under pretty quickly. 

 
Sinn Fein said:
Its hardly breaking news when a league suspends operations these days - but MLB has joined the fray:

Jeff Passan@JeffPassan

After a conference call among owners this afternoon, Major League Baseball is expected to suspend spring training. The league likely will delay the beginning of the regular season as well. At this point, it's a formality that ownership-level sources expect to happen.
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Ugh..... was inevitable I guess.

There's gonna be nothing to watch on TV sports-wise.  My worst nightmare.

 
AAABatteries said:
We have a little over 100 rolls in the house - 6 people, let's say 1/3 roll a day??  I'm going through 2 rolls a day so I got almost 2 months worth.  Very rough math but I feel pretty good on the TP front.  I've also got about 60-70 beers.  Liquor is another story - I may need to dig deep and just drink the last of the gin, vodka, bitters, moonshine and cinnamon whiskey - if I get desperate.  I do have some McCallans 15 year on hand but no rye, no bourbon at the moment.
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worse comes to worse...do the "dump and jump" into the shower. 

 
Just a PSA for those who need/want it:

Derek Brown @ideasimprove

If anyone is stuck at home tonight and needs a cocktail recipe, tweet me your ingredients. I’ll tell you what to make.

His Bio: Spirits and cocktail expert, author "Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World," owner

@ColumbiaRoom, mindful drinker.

:shrug:

 
matttyl said:
Here is a sample certificate booklet for a group's short term disability contract.  The group seems to be University of Mass. medical school, but the section I'll bring your attention to would likely be identical with any group policy with this carrier.

On page 48 of the PDF...

Quarantine Benefit Rider

We pay a benefit if you are not disabled; and are quarantined due to an Infectious and Contagious disease.

If this gets bad, and thousands or perhaps millions are under quarantine, these insurance companies could go under pretty quickly. 
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Almost all of them have reinsurance to cover large scale claims but yes it will be costly.  That's how insurance works, really.  They collect money and pay out when bad things happen. 

 
JbizzleMan said:
Italy crossed 1,000 deaths. :scared:
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Italy definitely blew up today, but I think we all knew that would keep happening.  They are really our eyes and ears for what the next few weeks are going to be like.  They are on lockdown, their cases are exponentially rising, but the lockdown should start to have an impact soon.  How much of an impact it will have is crucial.  I'd predict we have 1-2 more days of explosive growth, then the numbers will begin to level off, but who really knows.

 
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Ksquared said:
I think he is looking for a table indicating how many days behind Italy are US, France, etc.  Someone was overlaying these graphs to give you an idea of where each country would be in the near future.  I have seen them several times in the last week, but cannot find any tables now due to the massive number of posts.
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Just multiply Italy's COVID numbers by the ratio of the populations (US 327M, Italy 61M) and compare to US COVID numbers.  So basically multiply Italy's curve by 5.5 and find out where the US is on that curve at the moment.

Assumes that population densities are similar, so only a rough comparison approach.

 
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