Me. Fuck all y'all. At FEMA, we're working on Disaster Unemployment Assistance right now with Dept of Labor right now: Lowest usage: 165k workers, about $45m per week. At 10% utilization, 16.5M worker, $4.5 billion per week. Highest utilization we think is likely, 36%, 59.5M workers, $16 billion PER WEEK. Currently modeling out through May, June more likely but we'd be on the downhill slope by then.
I do. Suburbs of NYC. Several cases noted locally as previously posted. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to report that I’ve contracted it in the near future.
I'm pretty much resigned to catching it. I live in Chicago and the public library, where my wife works, is pretty much the only public institution that's staying open. And my wife's direct boss just told my wife and another coworker that she is currently in isolation for exhibiting symptoms. So yeah.
Can any of you explain this in layman's terms? (Our shops are under the 500 employee limit so this would apply to me) https://www.natlawreview.com/articl...-6201-families-first-coronavirus-response-act
I'm genuinely concerned... multiple trips to Tokyo (albeit I'm now out of the 2 week window from them), but also was travelling through 3 airports last week right before things were starting to be taken seriously. One of them was Vancouver. I'm really hoping I was safe enough with my personal protocols about touching shit and washing hands and stuff, but I'm now freaking out over every little ache/pain or head ache as if it's the plague. More than anything I'm worried for my mother, whom I live with, as she's over 65. As well as my sister, who has a compromised immune system due to her MS.
I used to think it was me, until I heard that New York is catching new cases at a faster rate than Washington, so good luck Misanthropic.
My job has been emailing about a rotating schedule, and finally got in touch with us. So I’ll be off work until the 25th, and then I work three days in a row. We still all get full time pay during that time, so that helps. My wife is on Day 2 of WFH. Yesterday they told them all they could work 4 hours. Today during that shift, they gave them quotas that made it a 6.5 hour shift. Then afterward they said it was back to 8 hours tomorrow.
Thankfully, both my wife and I are able to telework. My office is running a rotating skeleton crew in order to keep up to date on classified reporting & issues. I'm on a later rotation, so I'm teleworking for now. I got lucky in that I'm currently working on an unclassified project so I actually have something meaningful to work on instead of just busy work. Normally I take public transit to get to my office in downtown Washington DC, but for now when I go in, I'm driving to limit exposure.
A neighbor I grew up with is now runs his own Veterinary practice. He's keeping his practice open, but is following COVID-19 safety protocols as much as possible, to include, closing his waiting room and having a staff member bring the animal's in/out. Then this happened yesterday: We just had someone bring in two dogs, they stayed in their car, we treated the pets, returned them to the car and went to get payment and they yelled an expletive to our tech, nearly ran over her trying to get away. Of course we have her name, address, and phone number, but come on. We are here risking infection and some people are being unappreciative. Most people are grateful, but it’s people like this that make it bad for everyone else.
Unless I’m mistaken that’s pretty much how it has to happen for this to get better. Problem is trying to get people sick in small amounts at a time. So as perverse as it sounds we kinda need a handful of dumb ducks who don’t think this is serious spreading the virus. But don’t quote me on that, I’m an aging chef in an industry that just bottomed out.
On the one hand, I'm super prepped for this because I just did an 18 month depression in near total isolation. On the other hand, I'm not super stoked to going back to a state of being that can be defined as an "18 month depression." The irony here is that my therapist told me to get a job because it would get me out of the house and seeing people on a daily basis, and now I'm back at home by myself again, except now I have responsibilities instead of just bingeing Netflix and Twitch. At least I have a paycheck again I suppose. I also tried to buy the dip when it was down 14%, it's now down 32%, so yeah, I mistimed that one.
Earlier today my wife and I were laughing how people have been panic buying water bottles like they're gonna shut off the taps or something. Then our well broke and it wasn't so funny. I said something about bathing in the creek and before I could finish there was a dude out here repairing it. End of Day 4 Quarantine: She's given up on the idea of killing me, as I am too valuable to her. Some of my siblings have not fared as well with their spouses. Marriage counselors are gonna make bank when this is all over. I sense the purge is near.
We aren’t shutting down. Some refineries have gone to “hot standby” but not all. Construction in general is still proceeding. Even sites that have closed their doors are allowing the contractors access. As an aside, this further proves my belief that being a contractor means that you are basically granted access to anywhere. Ironically, we are running out of manpower though. Enough people with preexisting conditions are staying home that the crews are running too lean. I’m starting to think that I’ll have to stay away from my family for weeks because I’m not isolated. I’m actually busier this week than before the pandemic. I don’t see the white hats going home anytime soon.
Garage night waits for no one. But we’re sitting/standing 8 feet apart and we have spray bottles of alcohol and bleach. What an absurd way to drink lots of beer and bourbon.
California officially issued a stay at home order. I’m interested to know about the governor’s projections- he stated that 56% of the 40 million in California could have the virus within 8 weeks. Meanwhile, we are still working to get more tests available- from a kit, reagent, supply, and even reimbursement perspective. Shit is a mess...