Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What restaurants will be like in the future is something I file under the heading of tbd.

[robert.]

A lot of towns have anti drive thru window laws. I think they'll need to loosen them up some. Either that or lose a lot of tax money. We have talked about people losing money and businesses. what about towns? We you come to a stop sign now. You better count to 10 or more before you go through. I'll bet bridge tolls go through the roof. The time they are a changing.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A lot of towns have anti drive thru window laws.

Some parts of PA are still in the 19th century.......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[HONDO74]

Anyone remember this one, I don't.

The 1957 flu that killed one million people
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-525 ... ion-people

In 1957 a new strain of avian flu emerged in East Asia and quickly spread around the world, killing at least one million people.

[chuck]

Sorry, I was 5. My parents were probably more concerned about polio and measles.

[rogruth]

1957. My first or second year out of college and same number of years of teaching.
TV didn't cover much world news unless it was a disaster and was fairly nearby.
Most towns were lucky to get one TV station and reception was not always good.
Many of us remembered WW II and the Korean police action and were just starting to
hear about the possibility for an end to polio. Bird flu was far from our minds.
Besides the movie newsreels were now showing the beginning of another war in
Asia in French Indo China where the French were getting beat up by this little place.
If you were old enough to worry it wasn't about some disease that birds got.

[bob turner]

Well, that takes care of it. A million in 1957 is a bit like two million now, and we are only at a quarter million. Of course, that is pretty much only the first six weeks, but I suppose it could all just go away in June. Then, according to Mr. Kushner, the economy will come roaring back in August, and Trump will be granted another term.

I do hope it goes away in June. I also hope we are smart enough to carefully weigh our options in November.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It still stuns me to see, again on the CBS News, shots panning Times Square described as vacant. And it was, from east to west , and north to south. Empty of even a single soul . Wow.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looking at this morning's case numbers for MD and VA it's a roaring upwards while both states are opening things up. There were all these recommendation of a phased re-opening and it seems no one is actual following any of them.

[HONDO74]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Maybe, our USA lifestyle is never going to be the same again; rather, perhaps something new will be emerging from this assault.

For example, concerning socializing, when I mentioned that to a relative over the phone last night, she said she was thinking that we would not be returning to "the way it was," with hi-5z and hugging Hello being abandoned/shunned. She feels all of that will not be returning to customary greetings. Ever.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe, our USA lifestyle is never going to be the same again; rather, perhaps something new will be emerging from this assault.

For example, concerning socializing, when I mentioned that to a relative over the phone last night, she said she was thinking that we would not be returning to "the way it was," with hi-5z and hugging Hello being abandoned/shunned. She feels all of that will not be returning to customary greetings. Ever.

That seems probable as this is not just going to go away any time soon and that there will be an extended period to ingrain societal behavior.

[Chris Webster]

My understanding is that this week there were more new Covid-19 cases at the White House than in all of New Zealand.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My understanding is that this week there were more new Covid-19 cases at the White House than in all of New Zealand.