Coronavirus Thread
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Belgium has gone into complete lockdown. All social gatherings are banned. All schools are closed. All sorts are cancelled. All hotels, restaurants, bars are closed. All non-essential shops and stores are ordered closed (pharmacies and food stores). Public transportation remains but odds strongly disparaged. All employers are ordered to make work from home possible for all personnel for who being on site is not essential, all until April third.
Well, that's gonna be something.
Well, that's gonna be something.
All schools and daycares in the province are closed for two weeks following March Break.
This is a bit confounded by the fact that all four teachers' unions are in the middle of very ugly contract negotiations with rotating strikes. My wife and I are HOPING she's going to still get paid for those two weeks cause we're fucked if she doesn't.
Also, Toronto Comic Con is refusing to cancel itself for some reason.
This is a bit confounded by the fact that all four teachers' unions are in the middle of very ugly contract negotiations with rotating strikes. My wife and I are HOPING she's going to still get paid for those two weeks cause we're fucked if she doesn't.
Also, Toronto Comic Con is refusing to cancel itself for some reason.
This guy certainly has a hot take lemme tell ya.
I hardly noticed.
...of course I’m still waiting to be told whether or not my job will close down for a month, or the city gets a curfew or something like that, soooo...
—Patrick
I just dry off with a square or two. But that's because we didn't spring for the one with the built in dryer. I'm not laundering any poop towels.
I just got approval to work from home for the indeterminate future until the covid issue has resolved itself.
Canada's First Coronavirus Vaccine Made In Saskatchewan Is Now In Testing Stages
They recently got $1 million in grants for the vaccine.
www.narcity.com
GO CANADA GO! GO GO GO!
Doesn't @Emrys work there?
Bitcoin is down something like 27% today.
Also the Dow dropped 2100 pts today, which means Trump is not only the first President in history to preside over a two thousand point drop in the Dow, he's also the first President to preside over TWO such two thousand point drops within the same term.
--Patrick
Also the Dow dropped 2100 pts today, which means Trump is not only the first President in history to preside over a two thousand point drop in the Dow, he's also the first President to preside over TWO such two thousand point drops within the same term.
--Patrick
Damn, even video games are getting cancelled
www.polygon.com
NBA’s coronavirus shutdown breaks a mode in NBA 2K20
NBA Today, which picks up where the season is in real life, can’t simulate games that aren’t scheduled
Thanks Obama
Yup, me too. Not just approval, but "Highly recommended"
All extra curriculars have been cancelled at school, and students have been reminded to be sure to always bring their iPads and chargers home everyday in case school get shut down before spring break next Friday. It's nice that our district is already prepared for closing down since every kid gets a loaner iPad, but my daughter is already over the idea because she hates having to work on her own.
ALL NCAA winter sports championship tournaments have been canceled.
That includes the Frozen Four as well as the Final Four, too.
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My neck of the woods: Gov. Ducey and State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman have both recommended not closing schools, but will leave it up to individual counties/districts/charters as to whether to close.
I've gotten two messages saying that MPS (largest district in the state, btw) is still evaluating the situation.
That includes the Frozen Four as well as the Final Four, too.
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My neck of the woods: Gov. Ducey and State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman have both recommended not closing schools, but will leave it up to individual counties/districts/charters as to whether to close.
I've gotten two messages saying that MPS (largest district in the state, btw) is still evaluating the situation.
Yep. The VIDO centre is a world-class organization, so I'm not surprised that they've come up with something.Canada's First Coronavirus Vaccine Made In Saskatchewan Is Now In Testing Stages
They recently got $1 million in grants for the vaccine.
GO CANADA GO! GO GO GO!
Doesn't @Emrys work there?
I'm just sad that they're probably going to use ferrets as their animal models.
Also football spring games.
...I’m sorry that I’ve been spammy in this thread. I dont know why but I’ve been following this stuff all over
Canada's First Coronavirus Vaccine Made In Saskatchewan Is Now In Testing Stages
They recently got $1 million in grants for the vaccine.
GO CANADA GO! GO GO GO!
Doesn't @Emrys work there?
The University of Queensland (presently 1 km from me) is hard at work on one as well. And I heard some human trials might be starting in London.
I'm in a weird place. The company I work for got bought by another company. When I found another job, the parent company counteroffered, and gave me a work contract guaranteeing me a year--but they left me in place at the original job. I took it, because the new job I'd found paid less, and that gave me a year to find something better.
The parent company just went all telework today, but I only found out through the grapevine. So, I wrote my new boss and said "uhm, me too?" Since I technically work for them now, no matter where my butt sits, I think they pretty much had to approve it.
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