The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc
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ScorpioBeauty09
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I was just about to post this. Coronavirus knows no boundaries. ANYONE can get this.
meka72
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My nephew sent this to me and I cackled.
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Belle Du Jour
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I believe I have all of these--at lease eucalyptus and peppermint for sure.
discodumpling
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Idris got the 'rona yall!!
TrulyBlessed
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My nephew had an online lab class last year and they mailed him the materials for all his labs.
winterinatl
All natural!
I’m sure they new this at the beginning but couldn’t put too much on us all at once. The July/August timeline was part of the tip-off I got last week from another educator. I expect this to be more than a 6 week period out of school. And I think we will go on lockdown soon here in WA.
tigereyes83
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I really hope he is wrong...
washyohandslildirty
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Beautiful Jamaican family in Wuhan speaks of their experience there while dealing with this.
I can’t tell if they’re speaking with free will though...we know how China gets down
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What say you JA ladies?
I can’t tell if they’re speaking with free will though...we know how China gets down
.What say you JA ladies?
King of Sorrow
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/cor...laid-off-due-to-coronavirus-closures/2329410/
What to Do If You’re Laid Off Due to Coronavirus Closures
Published 6 mins ago • Updated 11 seconds ago
With the shutdown of restaurants, theaters, gyms and schools, due to coronavirus, many are facing or fearing lay offs. Below you will find some basic advice from officials, legal and budgeting experts on what to do if you believe you may be laid off or have already been laid off. This page will be updated with advice from the New York State Department of Labor as it becomes available.
For the latest COVID-19 numbers click here. For the latest on curfews and mandatory directives, click here. For the latest on the spread of coronavirus in the tri-state, click here.
BEFORE YOU ARE LAID OFF
News
Top news stories in the tri-state area, in America and around the world
Coronavirus Outbreak 9 hours ago
NY, NJ, CT Jointly Ban Crowds Over 50, Dining Out, Gyms; Tri-State Cases Surpass 1,000
Coronavirus Mar 6
Curfews? What’s Mandatory? How Tri-State COVID-19 Action Affects Daily Life
Save money. If you think you might be laid off, start saving as much money as you can right now, Grant Sabatier, author of "Financial Freedom" and creator of the Millennial Money brand says. "Having even a small amount of emergency savings will help you weather some of the uncertainty."
Check your handbooks or contracts to see if there is a severance policy. Christopher Davis, managing partner of The Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, says many employers may have a severance plan in place that can include monetary assistance when employees are laid off, however "some employers may overlook that fact." Check your contract to be aware of your rights.
If you are sick and feel layoffs may be looming, consider applying for disability coverage while you are still working. If you’re sick, have a diagnosis, are symptomatic and can’t come to work, or if you're suffering severe mental health consequences around coronavirus, employees should apply for disability coverage while they’re still employed, Davis says. There are some plans where if you’re terminated you no will longer get the same work compensation you would have while still employed.
Reduce your expenses. If your income might be at risk, you should cut back on expenses as much as possible. Sabatier suggests looking for a cheaper place to stay if your lease is almost up, or moving in with (coronavirus-free) friends or family. He says the average American spends over 70 percent of their income on housing, transportation, and food. "Cut back on all three as much as you can so you reduce the amount of money you need each money. One silver lining to the coronavirus is that because so many people are staying home it's harder to spend money."
Start looking for work that you can do online. With social distancing in place, job stability will be found in work that does not need to be done in person. You might be able to get a job quickly proofreading or writing blog posts to make up some of your income gap, Sabatier says. New Yorkers on community pages have also suggested creative ways to make money online such as teaching English to students in international countries or online tutoring for SAT/ACT examinations for kids stuck at home.
IF YOU ARE LAID OFF
Don't be afraid to ask about healthcare continuation. Many employers will allow for healthcare continuation for a month or even more after work ends, especially for people with families. "Employees should not be afraid to affirmatively ask for that," Davis says.
Confirm with your employer in writing that they won't contest unemployment. Davis says employees should confirm that their employer believes that their unemployment application is eligible, and won't contest it.
IMMEDIATELY apply for unemployment. New York state has waived the 7-Day waiting period for Unemployment Insurance benefits for people who are out of work due to COVID-19 closures or quarantines. Click here to learn more about how to file a UI claim. Be aware the state is experiencing high demand on the website -- some NewYorkers have reported the site being slow or being down at times.
Look into accessing your Roth IRA. If you've already been laid off and you don't have any money but have a Roth IRA you can take out your contributions you've made in prior years tax free, Sabatier says. If you have 401k you might be able to take a loan.
Take the opportunity to build new skills. If you're going to be out of work and stuck at home, think about ways to diversify your skills to protect yourself in the long term. "Skills are future currency, especially ones that you can use to make money online and not have to be as reliant on going to an in-person job or having a boss who can lay you off," Sabatier says. Look for free or low-cost online courses, or learn skills like video editing, basic accounting or coding via YouTube. More ideas here.
FOR STRUGGLING BUSINESSES
Small businesses can apply for a grant to cover payroll. New York City is offering small businesses with fewer than five employees a grant to cover 40 percent of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees. Click here to see if you're eligible and complete an interest form.
Apply for a zero interest loan of up to $75,000. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees who have seen sales decreases of 25 percent or more will be eligible for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to help mitigate losses in profit, New York City says. Click here to see if you're eligible and complete an interest form.
Try to mitigate impact on employees. Doing what you can to limit the effects of mass layoffs will be in the best financial interest of your business, Davis says. Former employees could have a negative impact on the business in the future even just reputationally. "Every employer has a moral imperative to be humane -- that means softening the blow of any transition in the instance of the pandemic."
What to Do If You’re Laid Off Due to Coronavirus Closures
Published 6 mins ago • Updated 11 seconds ago
With the shutdown of restaurants, theaters, gyms and schools, due to coronavirus, many are facing or fearing lay offs. Below you will find some basic advice from officials, legal and budgeting experts on what to do if you believe you may be laid off or have already been laid off. This page will be updated with advice from the New York State Department of Labor as it becomes available.
For the latest COVID-19 numbers click here. For the latest on curfews and mandatory directives, click here. For the latest on the spread of coronavirus in the tri-state, click here.
BEFORE YOU ARE LAID OFF
News
Top news stories in the tri-state area, in America and around the world
Coronavirus Outbreak 9 hours ago
NY, NJ, CT Jointly Ban Crowds Over 50, Dining Out, Gyms; Tri-State Cases Surpass 1,000
Coronavirus Mar 6
Curfews? What’s Mandatory? How Tri-State COVID-19 Action Affects Daily Life
Save money. If you think you might be laid off, start saving as much money as you can right now, Grant Sabatier, author of "Financial Freedom" and creator of the Millennial Money brand says. "Having even a small amount of emergency savings will help you weather some of the uncertainty."
Check your handbooks or contracts to see if there is a severance policy. Christopher Davis, managing partner of The Law Office of Christopher Q. Davis, says many employers may have a severance plan in place that can include monetary assistance when employees are laid off, however "some employers may overlook that fact." Check your contract to be aware of your rights.
If you are sick and feel layoffs may be looming, consider applying for disability coverage while you are still working. If you’re sick, have a diagnosis, are symptomatic and can’t come to work, or if you're suffering severe mental health consequences around coronavirus, employees should apply for disability coverage while they’re still employed, Davis says. There are some plans where if you’re terminated you no will longer get the same work compensation you would have while still employed.
Reduce your expenses. If your income might be at risk, you should cut back on expenses as much as possible. Sabatier suggests looking for a cheaper place to stay if your lease is almost up, or moving in with (coronavirus-free) friends or family. He says the average American spends over 70 percent of their income on housing, transportation, and food. "Cut back on all three as much as you can so you reduce the amount of money you need each money. One silver lining to the coronavirus is that because so many people are staying home it's harder to spend money."
Start looking for work that you can do online. With social distancing in place, job stability will be found in work that does not need to be done in person. You might be able to get a job quickly proofreading or writing blog posts to make up some of your income gap, Sabatier says. New Yorkers on community pages have also suggested creative ways to make money online such as teaching English to students in international countries or online tutoring for SAT/ACT examinations for kids stuck at home.
IF YOU ARE LAID OFF
Don't be afraid to ask about healthcare continuation. Many employers will allow for healthcare continuation for a month or even more after work ends, especially for people with families. "Employees should not be afraid to affirmatively ask for that," Davis says.
Confirm with your employer in writing that they won't contest unemployment. Davis says employees should confirm that their employer believes that their unemployment application is eligible, and won't contest it.
IMMEDIATELY apply for unemployment. New York state has waived the 7-Day waiting period for Unemployment Insurance benefits for people who are out of work due to COVID-19 closures or quarantines. Click here to learn more about how to file a UI claim. Be aware the state is experiencing high demand on the website -- some NewYorkers have reported the site being slow or being down at times.
Look into accessing your Roth IRA. If you've already been laid off and you don't have any money but have a Roth IRA you can take out your contributions you've made in prior years tax free, Sabatier says. If you have 401k you might be able to take a loan.
Take the opportunity to build new skills. If you're going to be out of work and stuck at home, think about ways to diversify your skills to protect yourself in the long term. "Skills are future currency, especially ones that you can use to make money online and not have to be as reliant on going to an in-person job or having a boss who can lay you off," Sabatier says. Look for free or low-cost online courses, or learn skills like video editing, basic accounting or coding via YouTube. More ideas here.
FOR STRUGGLING BUSINESSES
Small businesses can apply for a grant to cover payroll. New York City is offering small businesses with fewer than five employees a grant to cover 40 percent of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees. Click here to see if you're eligible and complete an interest form.
Apply for a zero interest loan of up to $75,000. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees who have seen sales decreases of 25 percent or more will be eligible for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to help mitigate losses in profit, New York City says. Click here to see if you're eligible and complete an interest form.
Try to mitigate impact on employees. Doing what you can to limit the effects of mass layoffs will be in the best financial interest of your business, Davis says. Former employees could have a negative impact on the business in the future even just reputationally. "Every employer has a moral imperative to be humane -- that means softening the blow of any transition in the instance of the pandemic."
nycutiepie
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Why is Italy outpacing China at such a rapid rate?
MomofThreeBoys
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That’s what I’ve been wondering.....
I’m starting to think the Chinese took extraordinary measures to contain the virus that we aren’t privy to. I am not a conspiracy theorist so I’m try to educate myself and rationalize how.
Jmartjrmd
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I read it is because Italy's population is just older than China's.
I received an email today saying that someone at my job has tested positive. I work in a big government building and they work on a different floor. They've closed off that floor and everyone is now required to telework. I've been teleworking permanently since March 2nd and hopefully we've never crossed paths.
Black Ambrosia
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A friend believes it's Italy's culture of greeting people with kisses. I don't think we'll ever see China's real numbers so using them as a baseline may be a waste of time but, if those numbers are accurate, we should consider that China took very aggressive measures by forcing the country into self quarantine and removing sick people from the population.
oneastrocurlie
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I rebuke this.
PretteePlease
#fakeworkouts
So they said it was honey ginger acv and bitter oranges got itBeautiful Jamaican family in Wuhan speaks of their experience there while dealing with this.
I can’t tell if they’re speaking with free will though...we know how China gets down
What say you JA ladies?
Kalia1
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I listened to a report on NPR that stated that Italy has a higher number of senior citizens compared to other countries. Perhaps this is why their numbers are higher.
Bette Davis Eyes
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Just took some liquid echinacea and feel like I took speed lololol
https://www.esquire.com/news-politi...virus-trump-administration-rejected-who-test/
Why Did the Trump Administration Reject the WHO Coronavirus Test?
It's the most consequential—and inexplicable—move of this crisis.
The most consequential—and logically inexplicable—decision taken by this administration* in response to the current pandemic occurred in January, when German scientists developed the first test for COVID-19 and the World Health Organization offered the test to countries around the world and 60 countries accepted. We were not one of them. From Politico:
Why the United States declined to use the WHO test, even temporarily as a bridge until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could produce its own test, remains a perplexing question and the key to the Trump administration’s failure to provide enough tests to identify the coronavirus infections before they could be passed on, according to POLITICO interviews with dozens of viral-disease experts, former officials and some officials within the administration’s health agencies.The slowness of the testing regimen — which, administration officials acknowledged this week, is still not producing enough tests to meet the national demand — was the first, and most sweeping, of many failures. So far there have been confirmed cases in at least 23 states, and at least 15 deaths, while the stock market plunged and an otherwise healthy economy braced for a major disruption.
Let’s guess why this happened, and let’s leave aside for the moment that Jared Kushner’s brother runs a company that’s involved in testing, because that should not be any kind of surprise. What I’m fairly convinced is also behind that decision is the administration*’s disdain for international organizations, alliances of any kind, and foreigners in general. Couple that with the Republican Party’s similar xenophobic impulses and overall dislike of any science that can’t be replicated with baking soda and Fizzies, and you’ve got a pretty good reason why help from overseas is more terrifying in many minds than viruses from overseas are. American exceptionalism now means “except us.” That’s not a good development.
****We are in trouble
Why Did the Trump Administration Reject the WHO Coronavirus Test?
It's the most consequential—and inexplicable—move of this crisis.
The most consequential—and logically inexplicable—decision taken by this administration* in response to the current pandemic occurred in January, when German scientists developed the first test for COVID-19 and the World Health Organization offered the test to countries around the world and 60 countries accepted. We were not one of them. From Politico:
Why the United States declined to use the WHO test, even temporarily as a bridge until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could produce its own test, remains a perplexing question and the key to the Trump administration’s failure to provide enough tests to identify the coronavirus infections before they could be passed on, according to POLITICO interviews with dozens of viral-disease experts, former officials and some officials within the administration’s health agencies.The slowness of the testing regimen — which, administration officials acknowledged this week, is still not producing enough tests to meet the national demand — was the first, and most sweeping, of many failures. So far there have been confirmed cases in at least 23 states, and at least 15 deaths, while the stock market plunged and an otherwise healthy economy braced for a major disruption.
Let’s guess why this happened, and let’s leave aside for the moment that Jared Kushner’s brother runs a company that’s involved in testing, because that should not be any kind of surprise. What I’m fairly convinced is also behind that decision is the administration*’s disdain for international organizations, alliances of any kind, and foreigners in general. Couple that with the Republican Party’s similar xenophobic impulses and overall dislike of any science that can’t be replicated with baking soda and Fizzies, and you’ve got a pretty good reason why help from overseas is more terrifying in many minds than viruses from overseas are. American exceptionalism now means “except us.” That’s not a good development.
****We are in trouble
MomofThreeBoys
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Even with that, the numbers still seem out of whack.
LivingInPeace
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I think China lies about everything.
This. I don’t believe a word that they say. China has plenty of old people too. They are trying to avoid panic and blame.
The Kushner family is trying to cash in on the pandemic that could kill millions of us.
Oscar Health, the health insurance company co-founded by Jared Kushner’s younger brother, announced Friday it has launched a testing center locator for COVID-19. It shows where more than 100 centers are in the United States. The company is also offering a risk assessment survey and means to talk to a doctor online.
Can you go to the supermarket if you run out of food?
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