I’m a little annoyed today. Another day of record breaking COVID cases. DuPage county IL now has all ICU beds filled. They may have to open a field hospital. My wife’s hospital has 60 employees out due to COVID (either sick or in quarantine). All vacation cancelled and minimal time off.
Meanwhile, stores are packed with people going about their business as though nothing is going on. The cognitive dissonance is amazing.
Good lord, what a nightmare! We have the same kind of attestation system, which we make fun of because “if I have Covid symptoms, I sure as hell am not coming tonwork!” Guess that is not a given. Denial is a hell of a drug.
Field hospitals are a great fallback, as long as they can be staffed. A day is potentially very near where we are just using them to warehouse dying patients out of sight, and out of mind. Just order up another dozen refrigerated trailers.
Yeah, remember I said that about Thursday’s figures. Well it keeps getting worse. Friday’s total was over 177,000 according to JHU, and Worldometer has yesterday at nearly 188,000.
The public’s response is not great:
Meanwhile, in Germany:
My response exactly. It translates to me as: “holy sh*t, Templeman, all those developers and landlords we loaned money to on commercial real estate deals are gonna lose tenants, leaving us on the hook when they can’t cover the mortgage! Figure out a way to socialise the losses and/or rebuild the old order and bail us out, pronto.”
Worldometers says America just crossed the ¼M line
Coronavirus Cases:
11,226,038
Deaths:
251,256
Great. Time for another drink.
I find this confusing because the couple of times I’ve crossed the border it appears the border is definitely open for business. You should see the traffic and the lines.
They’re all just terrified that their expensive real estate in city centres will become less valuable. We have an opportunity here to reset the economy in a more sustainable way, to diversify and disperse beyond city centres and commuting, to make sustainable communities where people can walk to get their groceries daily. I pick on groceries rather than say thinking of local cafes and lunch spots because if I can walk to the greengrocer I can buy only what I need today and minimise food waste, stop buying from supermarkets which screw farmers, and maybe buy stuff with fewer food miles.
I’d like the one that works, please.
More like Dozen Dork Demonstration…
Given the right-wing skew of covidiocy and Make America Infectious Again superspreader events like this, plus the great sort, I wonder if we’re going to see a partisan difference in infection rates when we look back on this huge omnishambles.
Already there.
I worry that it makes it harder for workers to organize. And everyone ends up the equivalent of an Uber driver.
You’re right. That’s definitely one play they are going for.
Yes: Democrats and immigrants working hand to mouth service industry jobs and in healthcare will be the worst affected.
