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Mine looks considerably more aggressive, but it actually hasn't changed since I last left the house on purpose in November.
Don't you review cars?
Mine looks considerably more aggressive, but it actually hasn't changed since I last left the house on purpose in November.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
I tried that, the next delivery window was two weeks out and they would only deliver a certain number of items. They also placed a limit on how much of one thing you could buy, like only 1 gallon of milk, and they won't (can't?) deliver beer either. It didn't seem worth it to me and was more of a hindrance than a help. So I just don a mask and power shop at 7 am Sunday or Monday morning right when the store opens. Takes me about 20 minutes to get everything I need.
Not if I can help it. I haven't even driven one this year yet.Don't you review cars?
Slots for delivery are not always availableIt's wild to see how many of you are aggressively distancing. I mean I know that so many people around the world are doing it. But here's the evidence. It's very cool.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
We got our first supermarket delivery last night... after placing the order on 27th March. And a third of it didn't arrive.It's wild to see how many of you are aggressively distancing. I mean I know that so many people around the world are doing it. But here's the evidence. It's very cool.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
If only you could put your attitude on hold just long enough to look at a graph.
The percentage rises gradually and increasingly between every age group going up.
So yes, that is kind of like clockwork.
That's counting.1,2,3 etc.
What?Children? You haven't provided a reason why I should "know" that a breakout respiratory virus would barely affect children.
You asked if it's weird that children aren't affected by it. They are.And why do you think there being a few exceptions make it somehow inherently dangerous?
I have a child, yes.Do you have children?
I worry to the degree that I worry.If you do, you should be much more worried about literally anything else killing them.
It's wild to see how many of you are aggressively distancing. I mean I know that so many people around the world are doing it. But here's the evidence. It's very cool.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
Friends of mine use a delivery service for their groceries, in fact they used the service well before any of this Coronavirus stuff started happening. Unfortunately, the service has been somewhat hit and miss, in that they’re not getting a lot of the things they order. Many items are being substituted with close alternatives, which is fine if they get penne instead of spaghetti, but not so fine if they get artsy scented soap instead of antibacterial hand soap. They’ve ended up paying for many things they have little to no use for.
This has been a point of contention in my house since I was a child because my mom would pick up something else when the specific item my dad asked for wasn't available. It ended in her returning at least one thing almost every week.If I asked for something in particular then that is what I'm expecting with no substitutes. I would rather be in the store myself to look at other options in case they were out of something than to have those options decided for me.
The number is only important if you want to show that China is hiding the true scale of the infection, which was especially important at the beginning when the rest of the world could have been better prepared for the coming crisis.I guess that means we're losing because our number is lower? I thought Trump was a golfer. Should the lower number win in this scenario?
Our lockdown started 12 days after Denmarks but whilst they are coming out of their's, started a couple of days ago with opening primary schools, we are in it for at least another 21 days. So best case scenario or lock down will have lasted 11 days longer than their's. Time will tell how our government's response will be judged. I'm fairly certain countries like Denmark & New Zealand will be judged to have done a better job.Not sure about that quote... how are we shutting down for "far longer" when our lockdown started later (but actually at an earlier stage relative to Italy) and is likely to be lifted after almost the exact same length of time...
Ironically, the UK is now in the situation where we would be well advised to wait a bit longer to see how lifting of restrictions works (or doesn't...) in countries that were ahead of us in terms of the outbreak progression. Would this guy prefer that we followed suit irrespective of how well or badly lifting restrictions goes in Italy, Spain or the US? I certainly hope not.
What this kind of comment seems to miss is the fact that this is only the beginning of what is likely to be a series of lockdowns, and that each country will have to try to keep their own economies ticking over while also addressing the most serious public health issue in a century. As such, I don't think that fingerpointing and 20/20 hindsight are particularly helpful, esp. when the key claim they are making is basically rubbish.
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We got our first supermarket delivery last night... after placing the order on 27th March. And a third of it didn't arrive.
Supermarket deliveries only accounted for a small market share in the UK prior to the pandemic, and quite simply they haven't been able to cope with the massive surge in demand. It takes 15 minutes just to browse the website of the major supermarket I normally use.
It is possible, though, to survive with online-only shopping... but a three week wait (if you can get a delivery slot at all) is pretty crazy. It does, however, beat catching a deadly virus.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
Hah--not when you live out the boonies like we do. We have one supermarket in this town. After some initial, disastrous days where few people were paying attention to voluntary rules, it's been a huge improvement over the last two weeks. The first hour of the morning is always for the over 60 crowd. And they won't let you in without a mask and gloves. There are only one way aisles, strictly enforced. Fruit and vegetables are in bags. They only allow 50 people in at one time. And, for the most part, people are generally behaving and abiding. Though on most days the line to get in goes half way down the strip mall. We tried doing a pre-order and pick up but the next slot was almost 3 weeks out.
We have a BJs, a Wal-Mart and a Target each about 20 minutes away but we're too far for home delivery. The next closest supermarket is at least 15 minutes but it's even more crowded. There's another supermarket about 20 minutes, across the New York State border. We did a pick up but the amount of asinine substitutions was ridiculous. We were actually laughing putting the food away wondering if it was somebody's idea of a practical joke. We ended up with less than half of what we ordered. And they were out of so many things that we figured with the precautions they're enforcing at our home town supermarket, it's worth it just to go shopping ourselves.
We also try and do food take out at least twice a week. There are a number of local restaurants which, well, none of them are great, but I'd like to see them stay in business when this is over so we're trying to support them. And they've all gotten very strict and are taking precautions during the pick up process. I find it amazing though, standing in line (6+ foot intervals) and outside in most cases, that already two weeks ago, almost everybody in line was wearing a mask and gloves, before it was required. The only exception, and literally EVERY time I go, are the 60+ year old men, sometimes just one, sometimes even 3-4, who wear no mask, no gloves and are often standing shoulder to shoulder, as if to show how "tough" they are. It should be no wonder why more and more people in this town are infected every day. I even saw one guy wait until he got to the front of the line to put on his mask. So ridiculous. And of course it's the very people (>60, generally obese) that SHOULD be taking extra precautions that don't.
But walking around the neighborhood, everybody is very well behaved with social distancing. Although it's easy when distances are plentiful.
Car review or you don't drive right now? If so, how do y'all get around?Not if I can help it. I haven't even driven one this year yet.
Maybe the virus just stroke there first, like it did in some other comparable areas like NYC or Lombardy or Ile-de-France region.Does anyone understand what's been happening in Belgium? It currently has the highest number of deaths per capita of any country (excluding the pretend countries of Andorra & San Marino) at 455/million. This is more than twice that of neighbouring Netherlands.
Before this claim, which i don't comment here, he's known to be a complete idiot. A genuine charlatant.Some of the comments suggest this Dr be taken with a pinch of salt, as he is known for some rather wacky claims (separate from his work on HIV).
Maybe the virus just stroke there first, like it did in some other comparable areas like NYC or Lombardy or Ile-de-France region.
Belgium: 5,163 deaths / 11.48 M. inhabitants = 450
NYC: 12,199 deaths / 19.45 M. inh. = 627
Ile-de-France: 4,359 deaths / 12.2 M. inh. = 357
Lombardy: 11,851 / 10.06 inh. = 1178
Those areas are not at the same point in their covid-19 timeline.
Some friends of mine went the order online route and had half of their order cancelled ten minutes before it was due to arrive. I'd rather have the food in my hand. Plus it's my chance to get some exercise hauling it back as I don't have a car. I'd rather leave those scarce delivery slots to the people who truly need them and have no other choice.I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries. You know you can pay a few bucks to have it delivered right?
This seems pretty important, but not entirely shocking if it turns out to be true.
Some of the comments suggest this Dr be taken with a pinch of salt, as he is known for some rather wacky claims (separate from his work on HIV).
If anyone can find info which would either confirm or deny these claims, that would be much appreciated.
I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries.
Just because only part of this interview was posted.
The coronavirus outbreak could have started as early as mid-September, and the Chinese city of Wuhan may not be where it began, a scientist looking at the origins of the disease has said.
Geneticist Peter Forster, from the U.K.'s University of Cambridge, is leading a research project to understand the historical processes that led to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, they hope to identify the first person who got the virus and served as the source for the initial outbreak. By analyzing networks, they have so far been able to chart the spread of the virus, including the genetic mutations, as it moved from China to Australia, Europe and the rest of the world.
They have created a network analysis using over 1,000 coronavirus genomes. This includes patient infection date and the "type" of virus the person was infected with. There are three types—A, B and C. A is closest to the coronavirus found in bats and is thought to be the original human virus genome. This type was found in Chinese and American individuals, with mutated versions in patients from Australia and the U.S.
However, A was not the virus type found in most cases in Wuhan, the city in China where COVID-19 was first identified. Instead, most people there had type B. Researchers suggest there was a "founder event" for type B in Wuhan. Type C, the "daughter" of type B, is what was identified in early cases in Europe, as well as South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong—but appears absent from mainland China.
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I'm a little surprised at how many of you are getting your own groceries.