How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Isabeau]

 

[Pamela]

So moving. I never was a crier, now I cry several times a day, any time I see kindness or caring Like this.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

From Spain, an empty Catalunya square in Barcelona.

Spain's streets turn eerily quiet following coronavirus lockdown

Transformation of usually bustling Madrid and Barcelona spooks the few residents and tourists to venture out

www.theguardian.com

 

[Isabeau]

More details in the three...

 

[Pamela]

If you have not seen these simulations before, they are great. Wish the cdc knew about them, but they are hidden on the front page of the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/?itid=pm_pop

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/coronavirus-how-epidemics-spread-and-end/

 

[Pamela]

More details in the three...

Some sensible creative problem solving!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Some sensible creative problem solving!

I hope that, at least, water, waste disposal and garbage collection are working, though.

A roof over your head is necessary, but it's not sufficient.

 

[Sredni Eel]

 

[Sredni Eel]

Also, Gen X has things under control.
https://twitter.com/search?q=#GenX&src=typeahead_click

Good news for people in the SF Bay Area: VCA All About Pets is still open to care for pets.
They request that you stay in your car till they text you to come into an exam room. They are now offering free delivery of medications and specialized food items your dog or cat may need.

Kaiser Permanente is asking people to call the advice nurse and speak to doctors on the phone, rather than come in. They recommend people postpone appointments if at all possible, but if you do have to come in, please take every precaution.

By the way, don't forget to disinfect your cellphones. I'd also recommend regularly cleaning the steering wheel and other high touch places inside your cars with bleach or alcohol solution

 

[Sean Gorham]

Don't use bleach to clean stuff in your car. It can damage the fabrics. 70% isopropyl alcohol solution is plenty.

From Consumer Reports:
How You Can Kill Coronavirus in Your Car Without Damaging Interior Surfaces

Yanfeng is the world’s largest supplier of automotive interior parts, and works with almost every major automaker. If you’ve been in a car, you’ve probably seen or touched something Yanfeng has made—and it uses isopropyl alcohol for cleaning parts in its own factories.

“We will use that to clean smudges or any kind of last minute details before we ship the product,” Stout says. All the company’s products—from plastic trim to painted chrome to imitation leather—have been tested to ensure they don’t degrade when exposed to pure isopropyl alcohol. Stout says that it’s even possible to rub the exterior surface of soft cloth upholstery with alcohol in order to clean it.

 

[Sredni Eel]

Good to know. I have alcohol, thanks to Other Half's hobbies requiring a steady supply.

 

[detrius]

I've made bread!


Waaay easier than I thought.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

One way it's affecting society is that like all disasters it brings out the profiteers who insist they're doing nothing wrong.



Good.

Choke on it.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I was going to post snark but instead have more nuance.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Or maybe this one.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

More:

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Brenda Archer]

Healthcare profiteering has got to go. Good grief!

 

[OrinB]

Moving on from WHO let the dogs out... the dogs are now talking sense...

 

[Fionalein]

The Pandemic is not all bad, here's some good effects: while I was driving to a job interview in Nordrhein-Westfalen on wednesday I listened to the radio. "shocking" news: brothel visits have declined by three quarters...
So Novel Coronavirus might effectively pretty much put an end to human trafficing in the red lights districts for a while now.