Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Fedex drivers may not be allowed to help. Those people are pushed real hard on time.

So are the UPS drivers - tracked and recorded.

Amazon hod to shut a distribution center in mercer county NJ. They had a covid outbreak.

Yup.

[up148]

Yes, the companies really push the drivers hard. I can now understand why we don't get the service we did in the 80's,90's and into the 2000's. Way more being shipped and the companies push these people like slaves.

We haven't installed a "ring" at this new house yet, but will asap, as that is the best way to know you got a delivery. I sometime hear a package being dropped off. Yesterday, I heard the package delivery sound and looked up to see the driver sprinting to his truck. Yes, sprinting to his truck. That is amazing to me.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

....... I heard the package delivery sound and looked up to see the driver sprinting to his truck. Yes, sprinting to his truck. That is amazing to me.

That is normal here - run to near the porch, toss package, run back to truck

[robert.]

Fedex pays by the route. Sometimes the have good days and sometimes they have hard days . During the pandemic everyday id a hard day for them.

[Chris Webster]

There's an interesting thread on NK about flying the family from California to Chicago on $45 air fares and then using Southwest's free checked luggage allotments (2 per passenger) to transport purchases from Stout Auctions to California. I presumed that the thread was the work of a master troll but it appears to be real.

[robert.]

$50.00 roundtrip philly to Tampa. With a few add ons of tax and 9,11 fees. 2 of my friends flew down to build a wood play set/swing set. For one of the guys daughters. The spent 3 days there. It was cheaper than having home depot build it.

[rogruth]

I have NEVER understood airline fares. My grand daughter says she pays $75.00 round trip from Denver to Atlanta. She says Denver to Savannah
would cost@ $175.00 one way. So she flies to Atlanta, rents a vehicle and drives to the Savannah area and it costs less. And she gets here quicker
because of skipping the lay-over. Repeat. Never understood.

In the 1940s and 1950s railroad fares were pretty easy. Mileage times fare per mile. Extra for sleeper and other good stuff.

[v8vega]

I had a direct flight from Burbank CA to Portland OR and they canceled it because so few are flying right now and I had to go to Seattle WA then back to Portland. Makes no sense.

[rogruth]

My above post is NOT virus related. SOP.

[HONDO74]

NY Post Editorial Board: China’s deadly COVID cover-up was worse than we thought
China launched an obscene effort to protect its own image at huge and deadly expense for the entire world
COVID-19 did not need to be a global pandemic: China expert

A new report finds China censored and suppressed alarming information on the severity of COVID-19 in the early days of the virus; Gordon Chang, author of 'The Coming Collapse of China,' reacts.

Fresh evidence published jointly by The New York Times and ProPublica confirms that Beijing has been trying to keep COVID-19 information from the rest of the world since the very start of the pandemic.


In January, before the coronavirus had even been definitively identified, the CCP began working overtime to mislead the world about the truth to protect the party’s image as infections began soaring — even making the disease look less severe. As a result, the world lost its best chance of preventing the global pandemic.

This is a damning expose from two left-leaning news organizations. Now it’s up to left, right and center to unite in holding the CCP to account for its obscene effort to protect its own image at the huge and deadly expense to the entire world.

Canada, Japan among nations reporting infections with fast-spreading UK coronavirus strain
New variant of COVID-19 is believed to be up to 70% more contagious

LA County probing if fast-spreading coronavirus strain linked to surge in cases
California is grappling with a stunning surge of infections, recording more than 2 million cases .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now it’s up to left, right and center to unite in holding the CCP to account for its obscene effort to protect its own image at the huge and deadly expense to the entire world.

Easy to say, but harder to do - just what is proposed that's even close to being credible to hold them to account????

[gregj410]

Fedex drivers may not be allowed to help. Those people are pushed real hard on time.

I’d say


https://www.dropbox.com/s/1yjgrlfjd8j67rz/IMG_1446.mov?dl=0

[HONDO74]

WHO warns COVID-19 pandemic 'not necessarily the big one'
WHO chief expressed hope that pandemic will help become more prepared for future threats

https://www.foxnews.com/health/who-warn ... he-big-one

Despite the severe global toll of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization warns that the outbreak is "not necessarily the big one" — and urges the world to get "serious" about preparedness.

"This is a wakeup call," WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan said at a press conference Monday marking a year since the UN agency first learned of the new bug spreading in China.

Since emerging in Wuhan, COVID-19 has killed almost 1.8 million people around the world, out of over 81 million infected. In the US, about 335,000 people have died and over 19 million have been infected.

CORONAVIRUS HERD IMMUNITY NOT LIKELY UNTIL END OF NEXT YEAR, WHO WARNS

"This pandemic has been very severe," Ryan said, according to Agence France-Presse. "It has spread around the world extremely quickly and it has affected every corner of this planet, but this is not necessarily the big one."

He stressed that while the virus is "very transmissible, and it kills people … its current case fatality (rate) is reasonably low in comparison to other emerging diseases.

"We need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in the future," Ryan added.

Bruce Aylward, a WHO senior adviser, also cautioned that while the world had made huge scientific advancements, including developing vaccines at record speed, it remained far from prepared to prevent future pandemics.

COVID-19 VACCINE 'NOT A SILVER BULLET,' WHO SAYS

"We are into second and third waves of this virus and we are still not prepared to deal with and manage those," he said. "So while we are better prepared … we are not fully prepared for this one, let alone the next one."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"This is a wakeup call,"

Yes, the phone is ringing and there's no answer...........

[robert.]

"This is a wakeup call,"

Yes, the phone is ringing and there's no answer...........

Similar to a fire drill on a jetliner. all goes real smooth. until there is a real fire. Every ME ME ME person will stop. Grab their suitcase and coach handbag then head for the door.
On a lighter side. Us. post still has all my eBay sales stuck in Philadelphia. All my buyers want refunds.