@RodneyTrotter 😀

@RodneyTrotter yeah the key word here is "yet"! This is fucked up.

@RodneyTrotter This is one of the areas that may become controversial. Healthy children and younger adults are at a minimal risk for serious illness - but there is some risk and they are perfectly suitable 'carriers.'

However, we don't have an interest in doing things that are counterproductive without benefit. The Director of Center for Infectious Disease Research cites a study that found 35% of nurses in the US are mothers to school-aged children. I can imagine that number is similar in other nations. Is it a great plan to face what could be the greatest stress modern hospitals have ever faced - minus a third of our healthcare workers?

There may well be some far more difficult choices ahead.

@Powderflask yep . On line school started today . My kids homeschool ... our nanny teaches them

@TexChik trying to sympathize with my friends who are worried about losing their income since basically all schools and daycares closed.

@Powderflask yep that’s a tough one

@SW-User More than welcome. Am impressed you're willing to check history.

@Melpomene oh I see how it is...

@HannibalAteMeOut Some of this was updated a couple of hours ago. There were rumours of this possibility. It's a small country and we are far from having enough resources (including medical staff) to save others so the government is trying to avoid the worst-case scenario(s) as best as possible.

@Melpomene I know, it's the same here. It's for the better.

@RodneyTrotter yeah-lots of places will not survive this.

Proper teaching today, we are taking each day at a time. @Moonpenny

@pennynoodles Unpredictable as everything 🤷🏼‍♀️

@RodneyTrotter We’ll see. The combination of people choosing not to vote at all and his supporters who see him as a “victim” of the “lefties and liberals”, and are determined to back him no matter what he says or does, may prove problematic. Especially in the swing states, which factor into our electoral college.

@ravenwind43 the problem is, if it turns out that it's a storm in teacup, you will say, there, i was right all along. but there is no way to measure what would have happened without all the precautions.


unless you test everyone, you have no way of telling whether or not there are any cases of the virus. so yes, for containment, it does make sense.


curfews reduce social interaction outside the main hours of economic activity, and so reduce pportunities to spread the virus, while minimising the impact on the economy.


describing worst case scenarios is not "fear mongering", it is treating people as adults and giving them clear information. it is not a forecast of what will happen but a projection of the worst estimable outcome.

@Yulianna we shall agree to disagree🙂

@ravenwind43 that is reasonable, i guess 🙂

have a good night, day, whatever it is where you are

@GJOFJ3 Same in Michigan,only you can go through take out window or order ahead for pick up orders at restaurants.

@RodneyTrotter Some schools are setting up online classes free for students.

We are setting up online classes for those who do have computer access at home, in preparation for closure at some point. @RodneyTrotter

@RodneyTrotter UK?

@RodneyTrotter I'd say do but I'm not sure. The PA dept of Health updates the corona numbers each night around 7 PM. I generally look by now but I haven't yet. I have seen increases in the Pittsburgh area though. My county has been clean so far.