COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")

[reinko]

I have a kid who lives in San Bernardino.  He texted me last  night and asked if we had hand sanitizer.  I said of course we do.  Apparently they are all out of it out there and he wanted me to buy a bunch and ship it to him so he could sell it at a profit.  I went to Walgreens at lunch and they are completely out...cannot keep it in stock.  I had no idea things were nutty around here too.  It is tax season so I don't get out much, but really. I thought SE WI was bit calmer than that.....

Yay for your kid who wants to price gouge and profit off the fears of their fellow man?

[Jockey]

I have a kid who lives in San Bernardino.  He texted me last  night and asked if we had hand sanitizer.  I said of course we do.  Apparently they are all out of it out there and he wanted me to buy a bunch and ship it to him so he could sell it at a profit.  I went to Walgreens at lunch and they are completely out...cannot keep it in stock.  I had no idea things were nutty around here too.  It is tax season so I don't get out much, but really. I thought SE WI was bit calmer than that.....

I’d be embarrassed to have a kid like that.

[SERocks]

Heck I don't even know how much hand sanitizer costs.  That was the first thing I was going to check as he said it is going for $2.00 per ounce.  Does not seem like a whole lot to me.  Certainly isn't $300 for an epi-pen.  I bet Jockey and Reinko have probably at one point or another invested in stocks where the companies price gouge, but never mind that.  Take a shot at a kid in CA (and me) trying to obtain something that is not readily available and make a small profit on it.

Best bet, don't be a dick guys.

[Coleman]

I have a kid who lives in San Bernardino.  He texted me last  night and asked if we had hand sanitizer.  I said of course we do.  Apparently they are all out of it out there and he wanted me to buy a bunch and ship it to him so he could sell it at a profit.  I went to Walgreens at lunch and they are completely out...cannot keep it in stock.  I had no idea things were nutty around here too.  It is tax season so I don't get out much, but really. I thought SE WI was bit calmer than that.....

Yikes. Tell your kid to contribute to society in more productive ways.

[JWags85]

Heck I don't even know how much hand sanitizer costs.  That was the first thing I was going to check as he said it is going for $2.00 per ounce.  Does not seem like a whole lot to me.  Certainly isn't $300 for an epi-pen.  I bet Jockey and Reinko have probably at one point or another invested in stocks where the companies price gouge, but never mind that.  Take a shot at a kid in CA (and me) trying to obtain something that is not readily available and make a small profit on it.

Best bet, don't be a dick guys.

Lol, thats a pretty awful justification. And the irony in your closing statement is rich.

[SERocks]

Wow.  So the take away from my story is that my kid is a price gouging fool. 

This place is nuts.

[Coleman]

Wow.  So the take away from my story is that my kid is a price gouging fool. 

This place is nuts.

Sorry if I came off dick-ish, but I stand by the spirit of what I said. I think this would be a good teaching moment if it was my kid.

[mu_hilltopper]

Heck I don't even know how much hand sanitizer costs.  That was the first thing I was going to check as he said it is going for $2.00 per ounce.  Does not seem like a whole lot to me.

$2 an ounce?  Like a 10 oz container for $20?  That's nuts for what is basically a convenience .. a bar of soap is $1 and will last you 300 hand washings.

I was at Walmart today .. hand sanitizer, toilet paper, wipes, bleach, cough medicine, multi-vitamins .. completely gone or almost gone.

[jficke13]

The Guardian put up an article suggesting that people use "bleach and hydrogen peroxide to disinfect surfaces." (they've since corrected the 'and' to an 'or'). Follow that advice and it's a pretty safe bet you won't die from COVID-19...

The Guardian, helping you imitate Ypres in your kitchen.

[Golden Avalanche]

Wow.  So the take away from my story is that my kid is a price gouging fool. 

This place is nuts.

You relayed a tale in which your son sounds like a dick, you're enabling the dick-ish behavior, and you have no idea how much hand sanitizer costs because "it's tax season".

People rightly noted there was a lot of dick in that story. This place isn't nuts.

[reinko]

Heck I don't even know how much hand sanitizer costs.  That was the first thing I was going to check as he said it is going for $2.00 per ounce.  Does not seem like a whole lot to me.  Certainly isn't $300 for an epi-pen.  I bet Jockey and Reinko have probably at one point or another invested in stocks where the companies price gouge, but never mind that.  Take a shot at a kid in CA (and me) trying to obtain something that is not readily available and make a small profit on it.

Best bet, don't be a dick guys.

Run on baby formula too, so ship him some of that too.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

All of Italy is now on lockdown.  60 million people.
Starts tomorrow.

Looks like that European model universal health care system ain't working so good?  Is this the downfall of Conte?  Does Italy go more socialist to solve their covid 19 problems?   

[Galway Eagle]

All of Italy is now on lockdown.  60 million people.
Starts tomorrow.

Looks like that European model universal health care system ain't working so good?  Is this the downfall of Conte?  Does Italy go more socialist to solve their covid 19 problems?   

Italy = every European healthcare system? 

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Italy = every European healthcare system? 

No, someone else said that italy is the model healthcare system for the WHO.  Words are hard.

[jesmu84]

All of Italy is now on lockdown.  60 million people.
Starts tomorrow.

Looks like that European model universal health care system ain't working so good?  Is this the downfall of Conte?  Does Italy go more socialist to solve their covid 19 problems?   

Socialist is such a weird trigger word with genX/boomers.

So if the US has the worst outcome/fatalities/infection compared to other 1st world countries, what does that say about our healthcare system?

IMO, it says nothing. Because this is a one-off pandemic that doesn't represent what the goals of a healthcare system is about. This is more representative of emergency preparedness.

[Galway Eagle]

No, someone else said that italy is the model healthcare system for the WHO.  Words are hard.

Did not see that anywhere. NHS seems to have a pretty good handle on it

[🏀]

No, someone else said that italy is the model healthcare system for the WHO.  Words are hard.

I find that interesting because I find a lot of Italians to be gross when it comes to cleanliness.

[Plaque Lives Matter!]

Right in the middle of modeling supply scenarios (Medical device and pharma) for the outbreak. So far we are only shifting volume from 2H to 1H production but we have our "all hell breaks loose" model being discussed and they are something...

[lawdog77]

My brother lives in Avon, Indiana, so my niece and nephew have two weeks off of school. Two kids of tested positive for Coronavirus I feel sorry for my sister-in-law's since she's a stay-at-home mom.

[Hards Alumni]

Heck I don't even know how much hand sanitizer costs.  That was the first thing I was going to check as he said it is going for $2.00 per ounce.  Does not seem like a whole lot to me.  Certainly isn't $300 for an epi-pen.  I bet Jockey and Reinko have probably at one point or another invested in stocks where the companies price gouge, but never mind that.  Take a shot at a kid in CA (and me) trying to obtain something that is not readily available and make a small profit on it.

Best bet, don't be a dick guys.

Awful cavalier attitude.  I bet if it wasn't your kid, you wouldn't approve... but maybe the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Hards Alumni]

https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1237061056620625921

Something to keep an eye on.  I expect numbers to increase, significantly.

[mu_hilltopper]

Brutal thread from an Italian doc:

https://twitter.com/silviast9/status/1236933818654896129

[warriorchick]

My brother lives in Avon, Indiana, so my niece and nephew have two weeks off of school. Two kids of tested positive for Coronavirus I feel sorry for my sister-in-law's since she's a stay-at-home mom.

If she is a SAHM with school age children, what does she normally keep busy with while the kids are at school?

If you want to feel sorry for someone, feel sorry for the paycheck-to-paycheck single moms who will have to take unpaid leave to watch their kids.

[Hards Alumni]

If she is a SAHM with school age children, what does she normally keep busy with while the kids are at school?

If you want to feel sorry for someone, feel sorry for the paycheck-to-paycheck single moms who will have to take unpaid leave to watch their kids.

Exactly, now imagine that is most Americans (it is).  What happens to supply chain?  What happens to basically everything?  Collapse.

I'm hopeful (but not confident) that the US government has used the time that they have had since we learned of this to develop solutions for those problems.

Because, I don't dare to think about what happens when millions can't afford to pay rent, CC bills... hell everything they need to pay on a monthly basis to stay afloat.

[Hards Alumni]

Brutal thread from an Italian doc:

https://twitter.com/silviast9/status/1236933818654896129