Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Before shitting your pants, consider how slow we've been to test. I have yet to see a roadside testing station around here, like one sees in South Korea.

Doylestown hospital has 3 quonset huts set up with 40 ft trailers for power and clean air. Nobody inline to use them yet. Philadelphia's sports complex has Penna task force 1 set up. some of the nicest trucks and tents i have ever laid eyes on. I don't know where they came from or how they remained so clean. Philly's is packed during the week. Closed during the weekend.

Last week NJ had drive through stations set up that they had to close due to being overwhelmed. NY has them, too.

Problem here is that each state is on its own - total lack of Fed Gov't coord. and yet another failure in leadership.

[HONDO74]

A New Jersey man was charged after throwing a 'Corona Party' for nearly 50 people in his apartment
https://news.yahoo.com/jersey-man-charg ... 12867.html

Ethan Miller/Getty Images for CineVegas

A 54-year-old New Jersey man was charged with disorderly conduct after throwing a party with nearly 50 attendees crammed into his one-bedroom apartment.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order on March 21 telling residents to stay at home until further notice. The order also prohibits social gatherings.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy explicitly warned residents against hosting "Corona parties" in a tweet on Saturday, saying: "We will crash your party. You will pay a big fine. And we will name & shame you until EVERYONE gets this message into their heads."

[HONDO74]

Emergency field hospital being built in New York's Central Park
https://news.yahoo.com/emergency-field- ... 30285.html

New York City's famous Central Park is being put to use in the fight against the coronavirus.

The North Carolina-based Christian organization Samaritan's Purse is constructing a 68-bed field hospital in the park's East Meadow in conjunction with Mount Sinai Hospital, officials from Mount Sinai announced Sunday.

The field hospital is expected to be constructed and ready to treat patients with COVID-19 by Tuesday as cases continue to skyrocket in New York and patients pack emergency rooms at hospitals across the city.

There are 33,768 cases in New York City with 776 deaths, the most of any area in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.

A floating Navy hospital ship with a thousand beds and 12 operating areas, the USNS Comfort, is due to dock in New York harbor to treat non-coronavirus patients in order to free up hospital beds in the city.

[HONDO74]

Before shitting your pants, consider how slow we've been to test. I have yet to see a roadside testing station around here, like one sees in South Korea.

Doylestown hospital has 3 quonset huts set up with 40 ft trailers for power and clean air. Nobody inline to use them yet. Philadelphia's sports complex has Penna task force 1 set up. some of the nicest trucks and tents i have ever laid eyes on. I don't know where they came from or how they remained so clean. Philly's is packed during the week. Closed during the weekend.

Last week NJ had drive through stations set up that they had to close due to being overwhelmed. NY has them, too.

Problem here is that each state is on its own - total lack of Fed Gov't coord. and yet another failure in leadership.

And how many of these people that were lined up to be tested were just doing it to be tested and wasting valuable test kits ?

Kind of like the people that are hording toilet paper.....

[Chris Webster]

The USNS Comfort should arrive in New York Harbor on Monday with up to 1,000 beds.

Andy Cuomo's twitter has a video clip of a state police boat escorting it into NY harbor.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Doylestown hospital has 3 quonset huts set up with 40 ft trailers for power and clean air. Nobody inline to use them yet. Philadelphia's sports complex has Penna task force 1 set up. some of the nicest trucks and tents i have ever laid eyes on. I don't know where they came from or how they remained so clean. Philly's is packed during the week. Closed during the weekend.

Last week NJ had drive through stations set up that they had to close due to being overwhelmed. NY has them, too.

Problem here is that each state is on its own - total lack of Fed Gov't coord. and yet another failure in leadership.

And how many of these people that were lined up to be tested were just doing it to be tested and wasting valuable test kits ?

Too many? But they were told that anyone that wanted to be tested would be able to get a test..........let's go back to that failure in leadership.

Kind of like the people that are hording toilet paper.....

Let's see how much TP a family of 4 goes through in a month. Curious what amount constitutes hording.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The USNS Comfort should arrive in New York Harbor on Monday with up to 1,000 beds.

Andy Cuomo's twitter has a video clip of a state police boat escorting it into NY harbor.

Should take a little pressure off the hospitals taking over all of the non-virus related medical care and get all those patients outside that environment.

[Chris Webster]

Yesterday:
Tampa megachurch crowded with worshipers, despite social distancing orders

And today the Hillsborough County Sheriff has an arrest warrant out for the pastor:
Sheriff Chad Chronister worked with State Attorney @AndrewWarrenFL @sao13th to get the search warrant for the arrest of the pastor. #teamhcso

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yesterday:
Tampa megachurch crowded with worshipers, despite social distancing orders

And today the Hillsborough County Sheriff has an arrest warrant out for the pastor:
Sheriff Chad Chronister worked with State Attorney @AndrewWarrenFL @sao13th to get the search warrant for the arrest of the pastor. #teamhcso

There was a church in Arkansas that held services last week - 36 infected/tested positive and they were tracking down the rest of the congregation.

I'm at a loss to understand what these people are thinking......maybe it was all a scheme to exchange horded TP?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Maryland goes into mandatory lockdown at eight o'clock tonight. If they catch you out and about on non-essential frivolities, it's a misdemeanor, up to one year in jail and a $5000 fine.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maryland goes into mandatory lockdown at eight o'clock tonight. If they catch you out and about on non-essential frivolities, it's a misdemeanor, up to one year in jail and a $5000 fine.

That will give the police something to do....

[healey36]

They have plenty to do, just never do it. Putting aside the routine speeding, I'd be happy if they busted people driving on "antique" plates in 1995 Honda Accords, and enforce the window-tinting rules. Oy, I'm such a curmudgeon...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They have plenty to do, just never do it. Putting aside the routine speeding, I'd be happy if they busted people driving on "antique" plates in 1995 Honda Accords, and enforce the window-tinting rules. Oy, I'm such a curmudgeon...

Not really; I'm with you on a lot of that sort of crap.

[HONDO74]

Maryland goes into mandatory lockdown at eight o'clock tonight. If they catch you out and about on non-essential frivolities, it's a misdemeanor, up to one year in jail and a $5000 fine.

So this virus only affects people after 8pm in Maryland. Is anything actually open there after 8pm. In my neck of the woods it's pretty dead after 8pm. With or without the virus.