Geographically I don’t know how those decisions are being made- I’d imagine by immediate need and FEMA projections.
The call with our CEO today mentioned this as well. We are adding 1000s of beds to the capacity in NY and also being tasked with acceleration nation-wide on healthcare projects. Not a lot of details other than that at this point. I don't cover the heathcare sector, I'm not read-in on the details at this point.
For those of y’all in the thick of this, does having these details make you more or less worried about what’s going on?
I live in Cincinnati. I have heard they are setting up a makeshift nursing home in the convention center to house people recovering from COVID-19, because no nursing homes will take them.
That reminds me of this local pastor (Church of the King, McAllen, TX.) who does a lot of pro-right wing commercials on the local Fox News radio station. Just here in the last few days, he's put out a commercial/ announcement that quarantining healthy people is fascist. This same guy also says that global warming is a Marxist plot to create a new world order. I hope he gets the virus.
I love me some Dr. Fauci. https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-fa...rus-cure-says-we-dont-operate-on-how-you-feel
I love the fact that Dr. Oz's kids aren't vaccinated, all because his wife makes the decisions in his "happy marriage".
What's the old saying? Happy wife, happy life, bankruptcy from preventable childhood diseases and possibly dead kids. TV/Media doctors and advice columnists all need to go away. Remember Ann Landers and Dear Abby? They were twin sisters who couldn't get along with each other. Yet millions of people took their advice on personal relationships.
I really hope that one of the things that comes from all of this shit is that people start listening to the smart people again, and telling the morons to shut the fuck up. I know it won't happen... but we can dream, can't we? That's the virus we need... the "kill all the stupid people" virus. I'd sign up for that kickstarter.
Are the smart folks the ones that told us two weeks ago not to wear masks because they're pointless and to save them for the medical professionals, or are they the ones that are now mandating that people wear masks in public and face fines and or arrest? It's kind of hard to keep up.
At least in LA the mayor's office has made it very clear that these aren't the same masks. The instructions are to leave the N95s and surgical masks for medical professionals, and to wear other available masks or homemade masks when out in public.
I think you can find that virus inside a Tide pod. And if this virus sweeps nation wide... who moves into Tucson to fill all the empty homes?
On my Facebook feed I watched a woman basically scream at people to stay home. A week or so goes by and someone requests help making homemade masks for the elderly. This woman set up her spare sewing machine and invited people to her house to come work, making masks for this cause. Her friends came to her house! She's also one of the people that posted a photo of her Chevy suburban packed with toilet paper and bottled water. People just don't use their fucking heads, man.
I’ve been obsessively washing my hands. I make a point to leave the house once a week to get some basics and pick up a pizza on Fridays. We get most of our groceries delivered via Whole Foods and wipe all that shit down. At this point my hands are dry and cracked from all the soap. On another note, I do like seeing celebrities stepping up for the cause:
So I heard on the radio this morning that Ticketmaster, StubHub, and other scalpers are getting worried because with no end to the virus in sight, people are wanting their money back on tickets that they bought in advance. Good luck to those folks; I hope that somehow, this puts them out of business.
Some idiots just don’t fucking get it, that life comes at you fast. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1176066 ....while people are trying to find positives in this mess, the destruction of the “career” of an “Instagram Influencer” is probably as good as it gets.