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Breakdown of the deaths / recoveries in Wuhan, if you feel like getting into the statistical weeds....
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showP ... KvchBRDSxFRMpBuQeKyuBj6OU
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I tell people on my side of the political spectrum to back off on the conspiracy stuff and look at the fact in reality (SARS epidemic), science fiction, and 'disease war games' by the CDC, China is often 'the source' of a flu like outbreak: Terrible pollution coupled with the fact the Chinese smoke like fiends (increases chances for respiratory infections) Unsanitary conditions, people often living with their livestock in the same building 'Wet Markets' with wild animals sold I am getting worried the economic fallout is going to be worse than Covid itself. My wife's employer (fashion) is in a crisis right now. Their customers are invoking Force Majeur clauses in their contracts to cancel orders, delay orders, and re-schedule payments. There is $millions in inventory on ships, waiting to dock, that now has nowhere to go. Even if it did have someplace to go, there is not enough staff as the ports are basically shutdown to unload it. Meanwhile factories have to be paid, banks have insured those payments with irrevocable letters of credit, and the shipping companies have to keep paying their crews and fuel bills. Basically it's a collapse of capital flows similar to what happened during the beginning of the Great Depressions. Side note: Is Newport Mall completely closed? I got a pair of glasses I need to pick up at Lenscrafters.
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Jersey City is now fining dollar stores for "price gouging". $10k per offense. The other thing I noticed was cleaned out were the Ramen noodle packs. The only thing I urged by Dad and my wife to buy extra were prescription meds. So much of that stuff relies on ingredients made in China that it created one hell of a logistic disruption.
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Went to Stop&Shop yesterday... the toilet paper racks were completely cleaned out.
So you think we are at the beginning of something out of the movie "12 Monkeys" and the first thing you panic buy is toilet paper?
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Saw on the TV at the place I was getting lunch that China is claiming to be restarting their economy. The presenter stated the pollution shows this to be true.
That appears to be the case: http://aqicn.org/map// Though air quality is still less bad than what you would normally see. So maybe China does have this thing under control?
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To be fair, you can't get masks right now. My wife has a few left over (she has been wearing them because of chemo), but can't get more. Her sister is an RN and they are running out of them in her facility as well. Turns out most of the masks are made in China which is undergoing a severe supply chain disruption. If the official Chinese numbers are to be believed, new cases are dropping to zero due to the aggressive quarantines. So maybe trade will resume in the next 30 days or so... The country to watch will be South Korea. They have instituted the equivalent of drive-thru testing and are basically testing the entire country.
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Good analysis from an epidemiologist Dr. John Campbell. He updates daily.
https://youtu.be/FZV9z0RVhy4
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I have been monitoring posts from people working in ERs and other medical care facilities. This post is similar to what I have been reading elsewhere, but in more detail. The poster is someone working in an ER in Miami, FL.
The ER where I am doing training is taking this dead serious. It is packed constantly and now we have new protocols (eye protection, constant disinfection, and protective clothing). In Miami they cancelled the WMC, Ultra, and several other events. The virus is vulnerable to UVB rays, yet the cases keep coming. The only bright spot appears to be the lack of young children with symptoms (likely due to their constant exposure to a multitude of coronavirus variants and other viruses plus their young immune systems), otherwise it is pretty bad. The worst part is that it is flu season so we have people with severe flu as well as Covid, there are no test kits, and a huge elderly population. This last two weeks have really tested me emotionally, mentally, and physically. It took months for me to gain emotional distance from all the crap I would see in the ER, but this is really tough to deal with. The team I work with , including the director, are really pulling their weight. I can honestly say that I am proud to learn from these guys, they are giving all. For the record, this is way worse than the news or the government is telling you. For every postive case reported there are 1000 with the virus. 3-14 days from infection to symptoms, the people testing positive now have had the illness for at least a week before the symptoms made them seek medical attention. Follow-up post: I have 12 hours off before I go back in to the ER. I have worked 72 hours straight . This is a pandemic, don't let people tell you otherwise. The problem is not the virus as much as the virus and usual conditions (chronic disease). There are so many people with Diabetes, on corticosteroids, CAD, regular flu, unvaccinated FOB people, flu , elderly people with chronic conditions and now Covid. There are no tests for Covid. We have to test for everything then if everything is negative then we diagnose covid if the gram stain, culture, sputum culture and Xray are negative for everything else. Self isolation is not working, people are not doing it and we are losing staff to infection. I have not seen so much bilateral lung issues in my life. The worst is when people have signs or sore throat and some rihnorheaa and you know the deterioration is coming. The inflammatory fluid begins to collect in the lungs and you see the pulse oxy drop and it is ICU time, ventilators, and another bed full. The United States needs to quarantine all people over 65, close nursing homes, open supplemental healthcare facilities, and cancel public events. We need to bit the bullet until May- no religious services, political rallies, movie theaters, gyms, or sporting events. People need to isolate and hold it together until it is warm- the lack of significant cases in Africa is promising that warm weather may give us relief. Saint Patrick's day should be canceled too. I am passing out until next shift, but make no mistake the government is downplaying this to stop panic. They would be better served by leveling with the public and telling people to stay home if not essential, forgo public events, and stay away from hospitals and close nursing homes. We need to get to summer.
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Reposting this interactive map of the Covid-19 spread
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/app ... 740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
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The only update I found about this was one perp got arrested and two more appeared to have eluded capture.
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Suspects are three black males, one with dreads, believed to be armed with handguns...
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Looks like search is concentrating on St. Paul's and Oakland Ave. Sheriff dept has a canine unit on route..
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Helicopter flying overhead and state and JC police blocking off streets.
Per scanner (as best as I can tell): Someone with gun, three suspects (one with dreadlocks) and the police are asking if a canine unit is on duty...
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What is the county government supposed to do? If it does anything, it will be coordinated with the Feds enforcing quarantines and bans on public congregation.
If we get hit with Spanish Influenza level of pandemic here, you are going to have overwhelmed hospitals and an economy that will grind to a halt... Japan is facing this now:
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I used to be active on their Jersey City forums way back in the late '90s to early '00s. Some of the "editing" there reached comical levels.
After the 9/11 attacks, a number of people started posting about Golan Cipel's appointment by Gov. McGreevey in a post that had to do with anti-terrorism / home security, etc. The forum administrators would aggressively delete any and all references to Cipel. Certain posters would just keep posting his name just to see how quickly the posts would get deleted. It was only after the whole mess of "I am a Gay American!" McGreevey broke nationally that the deletions stopped and people were allowed to talk about the Cipel's role in the McGreevey administration. Cipel had high tailed it to Israel at that point. Note: For anyone that followed NJ politics closely at the time.. McGreevey being gay was the worst kept secret in Trenton. Nobody cared...
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I have been hoping for a project like this. My wish though was to be higher density allowed in return for extending the light rail through the Bergen Arches, integrating a station(s) into the project. There is an available unused rail right of way that could extend the line from Hoboken.
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"Looks like an airport terminal" Meanwhile, at the White House... https://www.dwell.com/article/making-f ... -executive-order-fffb1df2 Quote:
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Unfortunately it appears the Murphy's administration policy is to block new Charter schools from opening. I was following the efforts of a group here in Jersey City to open a Montessori based charter, but it appears their application will never be approved under the current regime in Trenton. It was the first time in at least a decade that the state has rejected every charter school bid in a cycle, and this time without even interviewing the applicants, according to charter-school advocates. https://www.njspotlight.com/2018/10/18 ... ects-latest-two-hopefuls/
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A fair amount.. the rest was somewhere in the desert...
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This thread is reminding me of a low budget scifi movie from the '90s called 'Circuitry Man'. One of the plot devices was that the underground of the US became one gigantic parking garage. You could travel from LA to NYC via the parking garages.
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Or just offer current residents a payoff to leave. This is what happened with the Duncan Ave projects years back, when they were emptying them out for demolition. Someone in the know at the time told me 90% took the cash payoff.
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For any of you that need to travel in the near future.. or just curious as to the spread of the disease. This map (so far) is being regularly updated.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/app ... 740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
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I recall reading that such a system would be difficult on the PATH because it was designed with some pretty tight turns (relative to other subway systems).
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With just a quarter inch of snow the roads were as slippery as dog snot. I don't recall seeing any brine trucks overnight or this morning spraying the roads with brine. JC had this issue last winter with the salt trucks getting very late on the roads.
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ahh.. ok. The video preview looked like what is shown when video has been deleted. It plays when you click it though.
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Looks like the video was deleted.
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Few times I walked past La Dolce Vita on Central Ave it was closed with the windows covered. Already gone?
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