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1 hour ago, urbanlover568 said:

#BREAKING: #SaudiArabia’s King Salman orders curfew from 7 pm to 6 am for a period of 21 days, to limit the spread of #coronavirus in the Kingdom.

A Boeing worker who came down with the Covid-19 respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus has died, the first death among the infected employees. 

#saudiarabia—For men or women ?

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Richhamleigh, DC
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Commence rant.  Thank you, Governor Cooper, as a Democrat in a purple state, you may have the crappiest job in the nation right now.   The governor is responsible for the health, safety and welf

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Off the top of my head: Uniform scientifically-based recommendations for states to follow A federal entity which holds states accountable for not following recommendations (to the extent

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The state has completely closed the most popular state parks (Crowders Mountain, Hanging Rock, Raven Rock, Lake Waccamaw ) until further notice due to crowds this weekend. This will likely cause the other parks to become more crowded and result in additional closures. All state parks have already shut down camping, visitor centers, restrooms, et... all that is open at the remaining parks are trails and parking lots.

I went to South Mountain this weekend and there were definitely a few folks ruining the social distancing for everybody else by not giving space. The rangers were visibly upset as they watched people congregate in certain areas like the waterfall (much higher percentage of inexperienced hikers than normal). I had a couple ask if we could take a photo of them with their phone as we tried to pass with a wide birth... I kindly declined due to the virus but they gave a "wtf look" and asked another hiker who also declined. 

Luckily at South the back trails were virtually empty. Once we got away from the main area we passed just 4 other people over 3 hours on the more remote trails (avoid waterfalls at all cost right now!). 

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241421861.html

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4 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Good news!! Cases in Italy have decreased for the second day!

That is good news. I’m getting a little concerned about Asia (not including China) though. Hearing this news doesn’t help: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-23-20-intl-hnk/h_d58956be3dbbe22647f404630fcc628f :( 

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CNN: Trump itching to scale back social distancing after 15 day-period, aides say.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/politics/trump-coronavirus-15-days-social-distancing/index.html

 

If anyone can snatch defeat from the Jaws of victory it's this team.

34 minutes ago, gman430 said:

That is good news. I’m getting a little concerned about Asia (not including China) though. Hearing this news doesn’t help: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-23-20-intl-hnk/h_d58956be3dbbe22647f404630fcc628f :( 

India, Indonesia and Malaysia are bound to be hotspots. Don't trust those government's to be able to take appropriate actions.

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56 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Good news!! Cases in Italy have decreased for the second day!

Hopefully that trend holds.  China peaked in late February, or roughly a  month from when the virus was clearly spreading.  Italy started seeing cases in late February so the timing seems about right.  Unfortunately, the death rate has been absolutely astronomical there.

If the same trends hold true here, we probably have another two weeks or so until it peaks. 

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They can't get out of their own way on test kits still. WTH can't they just ask South Korea? Or the other countries with solutions???

Sad but true. Leave it to our government to screw everything up once again.

This virus continues to bring out the worst in people especially when it comes to our politicians. It’s really sad to see. :( 

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24 minutes ago, gman430 said:

Sad but true. Leave it to our government to screw everything up once again.

This virus continues to bring out the worst in people especially when it comes to our politicians. It’s really sad to see. :( 

Maybe after this we have another 911 moment where the nation came together. It was so refreshing to see neighbor helping neighbor.

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Good news!! Cases in Italy have decreased for the second day!

Just to be clear, the rate of increase, and absolute number of new cases, decreased compared to previous days. Cases are still increasing, but more slowly, and as far as I can tell new cases still outnumber recoveries. Still hugely positive news as this is the flattening that is talked about and desperately needed, but Italy isn't quite over the hump with this yet.

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Just to be clear, the rate of increase decreased. Cases are still increasing, but more slowly, and as far as I can tell new cases still outnumber recoveries. Still hugely positive news as this is the flattening that is talked about and desperately needed, but Italy isn't quite over the hump with this yet.

Correct. Just hope they are at that hump. Would be great for that country.

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BREAKING:

 

NEW UK lockdown will last for at least 3 weeks, Prime Minister Johnson says. Police will be enforcing the new restrictions.

 

UK lockdown rules:
People must stay at home, unless..
- Shopping for basic needs
- 1 form of exercise a day, alone or with members of household
- Medical needs or to help a vulnerable person
- Travel to and from work, if absolutely necessary
- Police have power to enforce rules

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