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COVID-19 Update (Domestic) – Sunday/Monday, March 29/30

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New York:

Maine –

Thread, from the Land of Lincoln:

Bleeding Kansas:


Georgia:

The ‘Not Enough’ Sunshine State –

Possibly good news from Seattle, though!

General summary of the weekend news:

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    JoyceH

    Until the past few years it seemed abstract and faintly amusing that an ancient curse was “May you live in interesting times.” But boy-howdy, we’re living in interesting times!

  2. 2.

    Sab

    My husband is sending his kids out to shop for us. They are his kids, not mine, so don’t know what to get. Also they don’t cook. Going to Dollar Stores. Endangering themselves as well as us. This is nuts. About to be a big domestic dispute.We are not being safer by making the kids less safe.

  4. 4.

    Rusty

    In the middle of a pandemic I start my new job this morning.  The company sent me a letter signed by the CEO stating I am an essential employee, I am to show the letter to the police in case I am stopped.  (I have out of state plates since I had to relocate).  What a strange way to start.  I am to get a computer today, I will likely be working remotely almost immediately.  Odd indeed, but I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the job after a four month job search (the saving grace having been time to look because my old boss fought to give me time before my job was eliminated).  Not sure how long I am going to get to drive the seven hours each way on the weekends to see the family two states away with the growing epidemic.  But I have work and a pay check!

  5. 5.

    Geminid

    I think the “fight the virus vs restart the economy” issue is bogus. The economy has taken a heavy hit already; all we can do at this point is roll with the punch with measures like the $2.2trillion stimulus bill, and plan longer term measures, some that can be started in the next few months, some, like a job creating green new deal, to be started next January under the next Congress. I am no economist, but I doubt if two years from now “restarting the economy” whether by May 1 June 1, or July 1 will have more than a very marginal effect on GDP.

  8. 8.

    satby

    @Rusty: congrats! One less thing to stress you in this otherwise awful time.

  10. 10.

    joel hanes

    Trump claims he took action

    Everything he claims is a lie.

    Everything he denies is true.

  12. 12.

    joel hanes

    @Sab:

    Here, you can online or by phone give the grocery store your list and schedule curbside pickup.   Same deal at Walgreens.

    Hope it’s the same where you are.

  13. 13.

    WereBear

    @p.a.:Tried to do the online w delivery foodshopping thing.  Deliveries sold out thru 4/12.

     
    Which is why I still go out to the store, with precautions. Plus, I know what I’m getting :)

  14. 14.

    WereBear

    @joel hanes: They have that for our local health food market, which we also want to see through this. We are still buying from them what we usually buy: the local eggs, fresh ground coffee, goat cheese.

    I email, they call when it’s ready and/or ask questions, then I go over there and an employee puts a box into the back of my vehicle.

  16. 16.

    CaseyL

    @Rusty:

    Congrats on the new job!  And congrats also on the new employer being careful and sane and setting you up for work from home immediately.

    Best of luck to you!

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