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Covid-19 Outbreak of new SARS-like coronavirus (Covid-19)

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S.J.B. said:
The U.S. now has the most confirmed cases in the world.
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Part of this is acceptable considering getting a test and knowing you have a disease doesn't change you from not having it into having it it changes your awareness and your health care options.

There's a hope that you won't have coronavirus forever unlike something such as HIV. Not every covid19+ result means death, and many covid19+ patients will recover so I have hope.

Without having the test kits it becomes impossible to treat and cure the disease. I am hoping the results help people seek the care they need.
 
My work gave me a letter stating that I am an essential worker. They said if I were to be pulled over or stopped by the police or military that I would need to show them the paper.
I am not really sure what this means for other people. The government said we all could go to grocery store, doctor's office and parts shop so why give me a paper. Maybe the whole lockdown thing is going to get worse? I am not sure tbh
 
I too have that paper,, we are up against it.. but key tasks needs to be done.. we doing it are now the most at risk and in turn place all others then in major risk. Medical staff seems under supplied in US but other key workers totally so.
 
D's said:
My work gave me a letter stating that I am an essential worker. They said if I were to be pulled over or stopped by the police or military that I would need to show them the paper.
I am not really sure what this means for other people. The government said we all could go to grocery store, doctor's office and parts shop so why give me a paper. Maybe the whole lockdown thing is going to get worse? I am not sure tbh
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BECAUSE

IF I GO DO ANYTHING

ANYTHING FUN

like that isn't the grocery store, or fuckin' in the hood/on the block because of the lockdown about to end or re-start

and it could go nation wide

THIS WAY YOU DON'T GET A MUST SHOW UP @ COURT TICKET

it sucks but is true

"Oh I got lost, where's the nearest grocery store? The last one I was at... they were out of ____ (say a meat product)" FOR THE REST OF YA'LL. "I needed to go to this pharmacy for this but they were out" = LEARN THE EXCUSES. Don't get in trouble loved ones.

But seriously try to self-quarantine for like the old ppl's sake who need us to not spread THE DREADED COVID.

BTW they are doing this because odds are we ALL HAVE COVID like at least 50, 60, or more of us have, mostly asymptomatic. This is why we're quarantining the young away from the old right now until they get THE COVID VACCINE.

It's all gonna be OK.
 
So I am kind of worried about the stimulus check. I haven't paid taxes since like 2013. Because I haven't made enough to file. Now I read that they are going to go off your 2019 or 2018 taxes, now what would I do so I could get the stimulus?
 
D's said:
So I am kind of worried about the stimulus check. I haven't paid taxes since like 2013. Because I haven't made enough to file. Now I read that they are going to go off your 2019 or 2018 taxes, now what would I do so I could get the stimulus?
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I think I read that you can still file this year to get your name "on the list" . Technically you can still file even if you don't make enough to get anything back.
 
Human to pet transmission risk:

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Captain.Heroin said:
still no faith in the Holy Bible guys?

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You may eat any clean bird.
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But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
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the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon,
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any kind of raven,
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the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
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the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
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the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
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the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

Ya'll need to get right with the LORT. ;)

I shat myself when someone mentioned this verse to me.
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So the creator himself doesn't even know that the bat isn't a fuckin bird?

I rest my case... :|
 
D's said:
So I am kind of worried about the stimulus check. I haven't paid taxes since like 2013. Because I haven't made enough to file. Now I read that they are going to go off your 2019 or 2018 taxes, now what would I do so I could get the stimulus?
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mal3volent said:
I think I read that you can still file this year to get your name "on the list" . Technically you can still file even if you don't make enough to get anything back.
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I'm no authority and am only expressing my belief, but I do believe you file (nothing earned, nothing owed) and get yourself registered to get any stimulus. Makes sense.

I'm hearing such monies wouldn't get out until May?
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
So the creator himself doesn't even know that the bat isn't a fuckin bird?

I rest my case... :|
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I am now interested to know the Hebrew word “bird” was the word for. Maybe it was a more general word meaning “flying creature” - I wonder?
 
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Human to pet transmission risk:

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people in my city have taken their pets to the Humane Society due to fear of being infected from their pets.
It is SO SAD!
The humane society is overflowing with people’s pets now! ☹️
With no one to adopt them!

I am afraid of giving it to my beloved dog.
She is a member of the family!
NO WAY am I giving her up!
I cannot imagine how all these people are just dropping off their beloved pets! WTF?!
 
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Sika deer cross a road in Nara, Japan. The animals are wandering through city streets and subway stations.


Wild animals are venturing into locked-down cities

by Maanvi Singh | The Guardian | 22 Mar 2020

Deer, raccoons, turkeys and other creatures have made their way into urban settings they normally avoid.

As cities around the world mandate coronavirus lockdowns, there are some early signs that animals – especially the creatures that lurk in the periphery of big cities and suburbs – are feeling emboldened to explore.

In Nara, Japan, sika deer wander through city streets and subway stations. Raccoons were spotted on the beach in an emptied San Felipe, Panama. And turkeys have made a strong showing in Oakland, California, home of one Guardian editor.

“Normally, animals live in the parts of our cities that we don’t use,” said Seth Mangle, who directs the Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. “It makes them an unseen presence, kind of like ghosts.”

Gangs of wild turkeys aren’t an uncommon sight in parts of the Bay Area but it seems they’ve got a bit more room to wander through neighborhoods they might not normally visit. Boars have been known to descend upon European cities – but Barcelonans on lockdown have marveled at how the wild animals romp through quiet, deserted streets.

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In American cities under shelter in place orders, walks and jogs are one of the few excuses for people to go outside. “It’s going to be a really cool time to spot wildlife,” Mangle said.

In San Felipe, where restaurants and bars have closed and tourist traffic is almost nonexistent, Matt Larsen has noticed some new visitors on the beach near his home. “There were three raccoons, just frolicking along right at the edge of the surf,” said Larsen, the director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. “I’ve lived here six years, and it was something I had never seen before.”

The beach, which is right by the presidential palace, is usually kept clear by security guards, said Larsen, who directs the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. “But normally there are people all around; the streets are almost always crowded with foreign visitors and Panamanian tourists,” he said.

Larsen, who has been teleworking from home with his wife, was "happy to see nature maintaining itself,” he said. “It was nice to see something a little out of the ordinary.”

Quarantines could continue to affect wildlife in unexpected ways, said Paige Warren, an ecologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “I’ll be interested in whether creatures like coyotes and foxes start acting more bold in American cities,” she said. "At the same time, fewer people in the streets could drive some species away," she said, "especially those who subsist on whatever humans feed them – or leave behind in the trash."

That is the case in Nara Park, where the sika deer – which look like Bambi – have grown accustomed to tourists lining up year-round to feed them rice crackers. Now that the park is devoid of human visitors, the deer have begun wandering into the city looking for food. They’ve been spotted crossing city streets and walking through subway stations, snacking on potted plants.

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In Lopburi, Thailand, the absence of tourists and their tasty snacks left local monkeys brawling over what appeared to be a cup of yogurt.

"But just as many urban animals have adapted to humans, they’ll find ways to adjust during the quarantine," said Warren.

Mangle concurred: “As they said in Jurassic Park, life tends to find a way.” Though his team in Chicago has been working from home and practicing social distancing, Mangle said they were trying to find a way to set up equipment around Chicago for their annual study of urban wildlife and track how the coronavirus crisis may shift animal behavior.

The changes will probably be subtle, the researchers said. Urban foxes and coyotes might venture out of their hiding spots a bit more. Birds might roam, graze and hunt new pastures.

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Monkeys hang from cables on a street in front of Prang Sam Yod temple amid declining
tourism in Lopburi, Thailand.

The narrative that wildlife populations will dramatically rebound and retake cities is fantasy – albeit one that might comfort those looking for meaning amidst the crisis. “If anything, these times may serve as a reminder that animals have always lived in our area,” Mangle said. “We may not think of our cities as a part of nature, but they are.”

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Emboldened wild animals venture into locked-down cities worldwide

Deer, raccoons, turkeys and other creatures have made their way into urban settings they might normally avoid
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Wrote the last post I made outside of a nursing home that I deliver to for a pharmacy. I was wondering why I didn’t have a tote for a unit; at the last unit that I delivered to, a QMA was trying to get ahold of the head nurse, because the health department was trying to reach her. Then she told me they had a confirmed case in the building. No good.

Perhaps coincidental, today was the first interaction I’ve had with a pharmacy worker since all this happening - when returning totes from that building; I asked her where I should put the totes, since they have to wait 3 days to process them/returns, and the sections allotted for returns are full. She looked East Asian/Chinese, and didn’t speak very fluent English.

Close connection, in a way. That’s me looking for order/meaning/structure (“synchronicity?”), to attach something meaningful to something meaningful, with the chaos that surrounds? I don’t know?
 
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This entire situation makes me feel emotional and sad to my core.
This song is kinda how I am feeling. Deeply sad for the World!

 
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