Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

[ayayrawn]

At least 13 crew members evacuated as cruise ships carrying people with flu-like symptoms sail off Florida

At least 13 crew members who were displaying respiratory symptoms consistent with pneumonia and bronchitis have been evacuated from two cruise ships near Florida, according to Miami-Dade County government.

www.cnn.com

If there's any industry I hope never recovers from this debacle, I hope it's cruise ships.

 

[Ed Selley]

MAD MAX!

It does slightly undermine the Wagnerian splendor of Fury Road knowing that in reality, this is going to be full of toilet roll

 

[RenegadeMonster]

The US will likely pass China for total number of cases sometime tomorrow if not today.

 

[dhodo]

Interesting local story here. I know that restaurants/bars are hurting (understatement, I know), but this is not the way.

Downtown Charleston restaurant new to delivery accused of charging $18 for $2 frozen pizza

Coquin, a 5-month-old wine bar on Spring Street, is being accused of misleading customers by selling frozen pizzas as “gourmet Roman-style thin crust pizza, with house made marinara sauce and

www.postandcourier.com

 

[marshall]

Remember when our big concern was that vinyl factory that burned down?

 

[Mather]

Flipping @Mather - whose turn is it to watch him?!?!!!

WAT I WAS OUT OF BON BONS I NEEDS MY BON BONS

 

[nolalady]

Anyone feel like we're in the beginning stages of a combination of Idiocracy, The Hunger Games, and The Handmaid's Tale?

YES. It's going to get bad in NOLA. Poverty and lack of resources are going to make this thing so much worse here. I am so worried about my town and my people.

Demographics of New Orleans and early COVID-19 Hot Spots in the U.S. | The Data Center

This webpage highlights key demographic data relevant to mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and related economic impacts in New Orleans. Indicators include age distribution, poverty levels, access to vehicles and the internet, along with comparisons to Seattle, Westchester County, NY, and New...

www.datacenterresearch.org

 

[Indymisanthrope]

Everybody knows a virus is too small to shoot, but what this administration presupposes is, maybe it isn't?

 

[jaycee]

YES. It's going to get bad in NOLA. Poverty and lack of resources are going to make this thing so much worse here. I am so worried about my town and my people.

Demographics of New Orleans and early COVID-19 Hot Spots in the U.S. | The Data Center

This webpage highlights key demographic data relevant to mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and related economic impacts in New Orleans. Indicators include age distribution, poverty levels, access to vehicles and the internet, along with comparisons to Seattle, Westchester County, NY, and New...

www.datacenterresearch.org

just reinforcing your poverty point

When Middle-Class Values Determine What’s Essential

Poor people suffer when the definition of a “life sustaining” service ignores their needs.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

If there's any industry I hope never recovers from this debacle, I hope it's cruise ships.

Supposedly fun things I hope never to recover again, amrright!?!??

 

[jaycee]

Supposedly fun things I hope never to recover again, amrright!?!??

I really want to make a bad Ted Cruz-ship joke here but this isn't the politics thread

 

[RenegadeMonster]

 

[RenegadeMonster]

So about this $1200 stimulus.

The democrats fought to give everyone $1200 now and not figure out what poor people would not qualify for the full amount and pay them less.

The bad news is, those poor people will have to pay it back as the senate bill currently stands. If your 2020 tax return is less than $1200 you will have to pay the difference back over 3 years. Everyone is going to find that their 2020 tax return is $1200 less because of the $1200 paid out in advance due to this stimulus.

 

[Hollywood]

Do you read french?

Some idiot tried to go to two grocery stores after freshly driving back from the US and was refused entry. They spotted him because he went directly to the store with his RV. The store owners didn't call the police but did post a photo of the RV online.

Lac-Saint-Jean: un snowbird expulsé de deux supermarchés

Un homme identifié comme étant un snowbird fraîchement rentré des États-Unis aurait été expulsé mercredi de deux marchés d’alimentation du Lac-Saint-Jean après avoir tenté de faire des achats.

www.lapresse.ca

Yes I can because I'm French, and that guy is a prime example of a covidiot!

 

[dhodo]

So about this $1200 stimulus.

The democrats fought to give everyone $1200 now and not figure out what poor people would not qualify for the full amount and pay them less.

The bad news is, those poor people will have to pay it back as the senate bill currently stands. If your 2020 tax return is less than $1200 you will have to pay the difference back over 3 years. Everyone is going to find that their 2020 tax return is $1200 less because of the $1200 paid out in advance due to this stimulus.

Where did you see that pay back confirmed? I was looking earlier and didn't see it.

 

[Enaz Fox]

So about this $1200 stimulus.

The democrats fought to give everyone $1200 now and not figure out what poor people would not qualify for the full amount and pay them less.

The bad news is, those poor people will have to pay it back as the senate bill currently stands. If your 2020 tax return is less than $1200 you will have to pay the difference back over 3 years. Everyone is going to find that their 2020 tax return is $1200 less because of the $1200 paid out in advance due to this stimulus.

My understanding is this is not coming from our tax returns but our tax liability. If you normally owe $5k a year in taxes (normally taken out by your employer) next year you would owe $3.8k and could expect the same refund check next year as you received this year.

 

[Chucktshoes]

So about this $1200 stimulus.

The democrats fought to give everyone $1200 now and not figure out what poor people would not qualify for the full amount and pay them less.

The bad news is, those poor people will have to pay it back as the senate bill currently stands. If your 2020 tax return is less than $1200 you will have to pay the difference back over 3 years. Everyone is going to find that their 2020 tax return is $1200 less because of the $1200 paid out in advance due to this stimulus.

Tax returns? Ha! What are those? I generally have to cut 5 digit checks.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Where did you see that pay back confirmed? I was looking earlier and didn't see it.

Well, it's not exactly confirmed. It could change with the House vote.

But this was in an article about what changes were made to the bill to reach a deal in the Senate.

The Senate republicans wanted to audit everyones income, and reduce the $1200 amount for people who were of low income because their 2020 tax return wouldn't give them $1200 back.

The democrats wanted to pay everyone $1200 now and speed things up. The Republicans agreed to that with the provision of the difference being paid back over the next 3 years tax returns.

The article I read was dated Tuesday evening. It may not still be relevent.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

 

[nolalady]

just reinforcing your poverty point

When Middle-Class Values Determine What’s Essential

Poor people suffer when the definition of a “life sustaining” service ignores their needs.

www.theatlantic.com

I was just talking about this with a nurse that I work with. The new thing to do in health insurance is talk about social determinants of health, which is something that was done in public health for years and years before health insurance realized that they were missing the boat. I encounter this very thing all the time internally and externally in my organization. Unless you've lived pay check to pay check on a crappy job or two, you have no idea what the poor really need. They completely miss out on how to curb expenses in this population because they have no idea how to navigate the world with very little money. It's a different mindset that is driven by survival not comfort. It's so sad to see how out of touch the people are who are making decisions for all of us.

Also, it doesn't look like we are flattening the curve at all right now.