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[wierd]

Just wait until those old retirees (in florida) start dropping like flies.

[martinuzz]

Meanwhile in India, doctors have written a letter to the government asking for help, after a lot of them have been thrown out of their houses by angry mobs and neighbors, who do not wish to live nextdoor to what they see as high risk infection vectors.
Medical staff now more often than not sleep in the bathrooms and waiting areas of the hospitals they work at, because they, together with all their belongings, were thrown out of their houses.

That's India for you.  Such a lovely country.

[WealthyRadish]

That's India for you.  Such a lovely country.

Man, glad that isn't happening here in the US.

_{^{(obviously, it goes without saying that it is)}}

[IcyTea31]

So instead of allowing the "infection vector" to rest in the isolation of their home, they are pushed to spend their free time in a public space frequently used by vulnerable people. Well done, Nurgle bless you for being part of the problem.

[Jimmy]

So I was recently surprised to discover I can currently order a new car on finance through one dealership and get a safety certificate for the sale of a second car through another dealership.

So I guess car dealerships are an essential service right now?

Not that I'm complaining. I need a new vehicle to get home delivery of medications happening ASAP. So for me, I guess it actually was essential.

[Frumple]

They kinda' are? Beyond the whole transportation thing (which can be important if public transportation for the area is shite, ala the majority of the US), at least in my neck of the woods they tend to also do (often expensive compared to non-dealerships, but...) repair and maintenance for vehicles they sell, and that, reasonably enough, is legitimately fairly essential. Most places handling vehicle repair and/or parts are considered essential. Travel is discouraged, but you still need to be able to get around to handle genuinely important stuff.

[McTraveller]

I know it is not a trend, especially since it was over a Sunday which is a "slow" day, but it's somewhat comforting that both my state and the US as a whole had fewer new cases reported than the day before.  US had far fewer deaths reported (my state was up a few, but it's still in the low tens, so ±2 every day is kind of in the noise).

Also worldwide plots had a day of growth factor below 1: daily new cases yesterday dropped to 59000 compared to 67000 the day before.

Maybe, maybe all these social distancing things do work?

[Kagus]

When they run out of hand sanitizer, where else can you buy refined ethanol, eh?

Haha, that reminds me of a joke I forgot to make - what are the alcoholics supposed to drink if you paranoid folks keep buying all the hand sanitiser?   

Mouthwash, same as ever

[coalboat]

Meanwhile in India, doctors have written a letter to the government asking for help, after a lot of them have been thrown out of their houses by angry mobs and neighbors, who do not wish to live nextdoor to what they see as high risk infection vectors.

In Februrary (when the situation was worst), some stores refused to serve doctors and nurses. This can happen in anywhere. But there were also hotels near hospital providing accommodation for doctors when public transportation was suspended in Wuhan. Not all people can act honorably or even sensibly in the face of disaster, but some do.

[nenjin]

Well I’m at the hospital for my moms surgery. One silver lining I guess is that handed out masks to everyone in the hospital. With the way things are going, I didn’t expect to get my hands on one. Goin g to get a lot of mileage out of it.

[martinuzz]

Good luck to your mom! Hope it all goes well.

[TamerVirus]

The medical system in NY is getting overloaded already. Putting bodies in refrigerated 18-wheelers.
The borough of Queens getting hammered really badly, especially in the lower wealth high density immigrant communities

[Kagus]

Norway (one of the hospitals in my town even, actually) has apparently joined part of a WHO research effort on testing medications for covid19.

They're going to be putting certain patients on hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir, alone or combined with interferon-β 1a


That... I dunno, I'm no medical professional, but I was under the impression that all of those things were somewhat unpleasant to go through just on their own. Curious to see how they play together.

Hope they get some good effect out of it...

[martinuzz]

At this point, any side effects up to becoming psychotic or homicidal are better options than just dying.

EDIT: in other news, the near complete stop to air travel poses a problem. Parking spots for civilian airlines are becomeing so scarce that military bases are now used to park them.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

And thus we will finally learn if we've made more planes than there are spaces to land them.