Coronavirus:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The Mayor of NYC just now announced that its schools would all be closed from tomorrow, Monday, until April 20, and possibly, for the remainder of the entire academic year. He seems distressed at having to do this.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Mayor of NYC just now announced that its schools would all be closed from tomorrow, Monday, until April 20, and possibly, for the remainder of the entire academic year. He seems distressed at having to do this.

While it solves one issue, it creates another -- who stays at home caring for all the children - some depend on the school system for food - some parents have to work to pay the bills, some parents are healthcare or 1st responders.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

OMG , have you seen (on the News) the long lines of "travelers" at Chicago's O'Hare airport, crowded and not moving (!) to anywhere?! Terrible . Like festering petri dishes !

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The Mayor of NYC just now announced that its schools would all be closed from tomorrow, Monday, until April 20, and possibly, for the remainder of the entire academic year. He seems distressed at having to do this.

While it solves one issue, it creates another -- who stays at home caring for all the children - some depend on the school system for food - some parents have to work to pay the bills, some parents are healthcare or 1st responders.

Yes, indeed, he mentioned each of those intrinsic factors.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

OMG , have you seen (on the News) the long lines of "travelers" at Chicago's O'Hare airport, crowded and not moving (!) to anywhere?! Terrible . Like festering petri dishes !

Yup! Glad I cancelled flying to the Chicago meet this weekend!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Now governments are closing restaurants and bars in some states. Good luck getting the government back out of all of this.

The alternative solution is?

Is it possible each level of government , states and federal, can consider giving small businesses, that suffer loss of income, tax breaks?

For example, this afternoon, I went to a favorite restaurant and spoke only to the manager-owner at the kitchen , ordering three of their entrées as takeouts. He seemed pleased to accommodate my somewhat unusual request/suggestion . I waited in the car while they prepared my order, packaged-up and ready to take home. The parking lot, normally difficult in which to find a space at that time of day, was empty and there was not a customer anywhere in the dining room .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now governments are closing restaurants and bars in some states. Good luck getting the government back out of all of this.

The alternative solution is?

Is it possible each level of government , states and federal, can consider giving small businesses, that suffer loss of income, tax breaks?

Tax breaks are far from any solution. Drop in a bucket. If the Senate gets its collective thumb out of its posterior, the Bill from the House will address a lot of stuff like this....but they have not been in session......during a crisis......

For example, this afternoon, I went to a favorite restaurant and spoke only to the manager-owner at the kitchen , ordering three of their entrées as takeouts. He seemed pleased to accommodate my somewhat unusual request/suggestion . I waited in the car while they prepared my order, packaged-up and ready to take home. The parking lot, normally difficult in which to find a space at that time of day, was empty and there was not a customer anywhere in the dining room .

That's a far better solution - shift to being a takeout operation.

[robert.]

places hear are take out only. grocery stores are empty. No pasta, no frozen food, no hamburger. you can buy choice cuts of meat. I took a funny photo today . in Walmart. No bicycle left on the shelves. Hard to believe. Just maybe we wont see anymore photos of over weight walmart shoppers. A trip to the local park was cut short by the county. Rangers came and said leave. To many people in one place. 60 degrees, sunny and everything is shut. You can't even walk around the lake.
I'm a small business. my wife is a school bus driver. If she is off for two weeks and i'm closed for two weeks. It will mean no summer vacation. that's not a biggie. she has a chance to gain back two weeks if schools go into late June. losing a summer trip is better then losing living quarters. If it goes for 6 weeks we will still be ok 2 months we are toast.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Unprecedented and dramatic, the mayor of NYC has just ordered that all restaurants can only provide take-out.

Theaters; movies; concerts: closed.

[rogruth]

Unprecedented and dramatic, the mayor of NYC has just ordered that all restaurants can only provide take-out.

Theaters; movies; concerts: closed.

People will need to do what I saw happening in Italy on some newa program today (?), open their windows, get out their instruments and play and sing
with each other. And they were all quarantined.But we probably can't do that without using our phones in some way.

I did think that it was very nice and all seemed to be enjoying the experience.

[HONDO74]

The first half hour of the debate was all about the coronavirus, with each candidate laying out their plans for combating its spread. Sanders insisted that the pandemic showed the necessity for his signature campaign issue, Medicare for All, while Biden stayed focused on immediate measures to contain the virus, scoring a point with the observation that Italy’s national health care plan hadn’t stopped that country’s outbreak, one of the worst in the world.

Italy has a national health plan (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), which provides universal coverage for hospital and medical benefits, Italy is rated number 2 in the world. The US is 37.

Country

Healthcare Rank

Population 2019
France 1 65,129,728
Italy 2 60,550,075
San Marino 3 33,860
Andorra 4 77,142
Malta 5 440,372
Singapore 6 5,804,337
Spain 7 46,736,776
Oman 8 4,974,986
Austria 9 8,955,102
Japan 10 126,860,301
Norway 11 5,378,857
Portugal 12 10,226,187
Monaco 13 38,964
Greece 14 10,473,455
Iceland 15 339,031
Luxembourg 16 615,729
Netherlands 17 17,097,130
United Kingdom 18 67,530,172
Ireland 19 4,882,495
Switzerland 20 8,591,365
Belgium 21 11,539,328
Colombia 22 50,339,443
Sweden 23 10,036,379
Cyprus 24 1,198,575
Germany 25 83,517,045
Saudi Arabia 26 34,268,528
United Arab Emirates 27 9,770,529
Israel 28 8,519,377
Morocco 29 36,471,769
Canada 30 37,411,047
Finland 31 5,532,156
Australia 32 25,203,198
Chile 33 18,952,038
Denmark 34 5,771,876
Dominica 35 71,808
Costa Rica 36 5,047,561
United States 37 329,064,917

[HONDO74]

Coronavirus: EU states record highest one-day death toll
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51901976

The three states bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe have all recorded their highest death tolls for a single day.

Italy saw 368 deaths bring its total to 1,809, Spain recorded 97 more deaths for a total of 288, and France reported 29 deaths, giving a total of 120.

The UK also saw a single-day record, with 14 new deaths and a total of 35.

Governments across Europe have responded by curbing the movements of citizens and tightening borders.

So all these countries have a far superior health care that the United States. Since the US is far down the list we are apparently all going to die.

[E7]

Since the US is far down the list we are apparently all going to die.

Sooner or later it will happen to everyone.

[robert.]

CDC. says "no groups over 50 people. For the next 8 weeks. My guess would be. No york train show. No spring time Carlisle. No Antique motorcycle club show in Oley pa.All 3 take place on the same weekend. At this point i would think that a Pa travel borough would step in and say " shut them down"

[robert.]

On a pleasant note. NBA. rookie Zoin Williams will pay the salaries of all Smoothie King arena employees . For the next 30 days. while the NBA. is closed. It takes a rookie to act like a veteran player.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 046762002/