Ongoing coronavirus happenings

welp…

From Dirty South Soccer:

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I wonder what the “white stuff” was.

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Money printing machine goes brrrrr. :expressionless:
Fed announces over $1 trillion liquidity operation as bond market churns

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Yeah, it’s been running strange all day today.

Hmmmmm who doesn’t want real info out there? Could it be? …

… trump?

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Ontario just closed schools for two weeks (three since next week was scheduled March break anyway). One more day of school and that’s it for three weeks! (This is around 2M children)

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Asked about this yesterday. Yeah, conspiracy fans unite!

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Add us to the list!

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My brain just mangled together “Gov Northam” into “Gotham” and I was worried for bat man.

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Pressure-swing adsorption oxygen generators are extremely simple and cheap to make if you have a compressor and the flow rate would be more than adequate. It’s also way safer because there’s no hydrogen involved. As @anon68287401 said, electrolysis is not the way to go due to current consumption. Also, such generator can be used for fun projects like thermal lance after the epidemic.

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Well, that just about sums up my reaction as well.

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Meanwhile:

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Ah, keeping the eye on the prize for what truly matters.

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I was looking into that, but I don’t think I have the materials for the sieve bed filters.

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Good idea. If people haven’t cancelled their March-break trips, the kids will have two weeks of “quarantine” before going back to school. (Hopefully no one extends their trips another two weeks.)

Meanwhile, down south…

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Rep. Katie Porter did a magnificent job getting the director of the CDC to pledge to cover the costs of testing for Covid-19:

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National Geographic has shut down. Campus closed till the end of March.

When Explorers bail watch out.

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I don’t know what to make of the U.K. government advice. They’ve decided to stop testing people in the first seven days of symptoms. They tell you not to even bother calling the non-emergency number. Just wait at home for seven days and hope that you get better. I’d be interested on a doctor’s take on these instructions

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-people-with-confirmed-or-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

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