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If I get Corona/China/Foreign/Non-PC virus I'm going to be just fine. But I'd feel fucking terrible if I spread it to your kid/parent/grandparents and they weren't fine. About 33,000 confirmed cases in the US...that still 1-hundredth-of-a-percentage-point of the US population. Those numbers will double or triple in the next 2-3 weeks. That's as much a function of more tests being conducted as it is actual spread of the virus. I've talked to more than a few people in health care. Once they see the groups of people that have it and the limited supplies the reality of the situation really seems to sink in. More masks, test, ventilators are being produced...Remdisivir, Chloroquine, or some new drug will make a difference...There will be some relief, eventually. In the mean time we can't overwhelm the Health Care Industry's ability to scale. No one in health care wants to be forced to make decisions on which critical patients can be treated and which have to be turned away due to lack of ventilators.

Any guesses on when Ohio gets the shelter in place order. I'm guessing in the next day or 2.

I thought medicinal weed was mostly nonsense. But it solved my GFs vertigo in minutes after the prescription meds didn't do a damn thing.

I was hoping the bagger version would have a little better cornering manners and be more function over form than a typical bagger. If that is the riding position on the production model, it will flop...like BMWs last cruiser attempt.

At this point I think the credibility of weaselzippersis on par with CNN. Not a compliment for either.

I was really hoping to like this thing, but...that riding position looks pretty funky. Knees are to the top of the fuel tank. The cylinder looks like it's right in the way of a comfortable riding position and being able to move your foot Hopefully that's just a preproduction issue, but IDK.

Corona isn't Trump's fault. Ebola wasn't Obama's. SARS wasn't Bush's and only a handful of cases of herpes were Clinton's

Now might be a good time to buy stock in cruise companies. Carnival dropped from about $60 to around $10/share.

I doubt they know yet. Those decisions will be made as the situation evolves.

Agreed. I tend to read both for sake of comparison. Fox and CNN and both dripping with partisan bias. Did you know that Fox has more viewers than CNN...I was not aware of that until recently.

I think the 400 is a better overall package than the 650. I looked at both of them and the 900. Still bought the 400. I'll let you ride it sometime...

In the Cleveland area (probably Ohio and beyond) there was a widespread upper respiratory infection in November/December. Everyone had it. I had it. It lasted about 4 weeks. I'll bet lots of people are wondering if it was Corona. It wasn't.

There's more to that story. It's been discussed pretty openly in some of the briefings.

From what I read... South Korea rushed their COVID 19 test development. They took a chance and released a test that skipped some of the normal testing steps. They took a risk and it paid off, thankfully. If it had not worked, South Korea might be in a situation like Italy. But it did work. Our CDC on the other hand took a less risky approach, which took more time, and did not result in a better test than South Korea's. The CDC's protocols exists for a reason, but in the case a a fast spreading, mutating virus...speed is critical. I'm certain the CDC will be reevaluating their methods. Why not do both? Why not have a fast track plan A, with a less risky plan B running concurrently?

Clean the asses or the washcloths in the sink?

If it doesn't, you should take a look and the Ninja 400. It's a pretty significant jump over the 300. It's a capable sport bike and does surprisingly well as a sport tourer... ask @Pauly or @Blitz and it's super fun to ride.

https://www.sciencealert.com/who-recommends-to-avoid-taking-ibuprofen-for-covid-19-symptoms

I think I'm good

I have read that at a National level there is no shortage of food. But local shortages can occur due to people stock piling. It will level off. Food is still being manufactured. Lots of companies that were making food for restaurants will have capacity to service retail...if necessary. I've been to 3 stores in the last 2 weeks as recently as Monday. Plenty of food was on the selves. The only things that were out of stock were things like hand sanitizer and Lysol wipes.

The current buzzword against remote employees is "collaboration." It's nonsense. In a closed door meeting, the CEO of my last company (ADP 50,000 employees) literally said to his inner circle exec douchebags that they were moving away from remote EEs because they wanted to move away from the older, higher paid (many remote) employees and hire more young, low-wage millennials...but millennials don't have the same work ethic and cant be trusted to work from home. Shortly after a "Voluntary" early retirement package to everyone over a certain age. Most took it, many of those that didn't were laid off within the next 6 months.

After all this passes. I wonder if working from home will become more common. Some companies have had much success with remote employees, others are reluctant to give employees a remote option. The trend has been up and down. I've worked from home for the past 15 years and would prefer to never work in an office again.

I'll bet bars would be willing to sell some of their on hand stock at retail prices, or even distributors. I seem to always have an absurd amount of bourbon on hand

One for @Tonik