COVID-19 - Irish Envy

**Wild Bill** · 03-09-2020, 02:05 PM

US has about 600 confirmed cases now, per link below:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashb...23467b48e9ecf6

Could get wild here in the next few weeks. Stay safe, boys.

Henges24 · 03-09-2020, 02:22 PM

Can anyone remember an outbreak/scare like this happening?

Guy at work said he can only think of the AIDS epidemic.

**BabyIrish** · 03-09-2020, 02:33 PM

A kid in Avon IN tested positive and the school is shutting down for two weeks. I think we’re gonna see some panic in IN because of it.

**GreenGemsOmally** · 03-09-2020, 02:35 PM

First presumptive case in Louisiana just announced by the Gov, patient is being treated in Orleans Parish (my guess is at Ochsner - Jefferson Highway Campus, but could be anywhere).

I'm just hoping my workplace starts encouraging people to work remotely. We already can and do most of our job remote anyways...

**ACamp1900** · 03-09-2020, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenGemsOmally

First presumptive case in Louisiana just announced by the Gov, patient is being treated in Orleans Parish (my guess is at Ochsner - Jefferson Highway Campus, but could be anywhere).

I'm just hoping my workplace starts encouraging people to work remotely. We already can and do most of our job remote anyways...

All the Deans and Chairs are having a meeting right now about this... I think our fac/staff meeting on Wednesday is going to cover when we go to this and how it looks... crazy times.

arrowryan · 03-09-2020, 02:48 PM

People are overreacting, if you ask me.

BeauBenken · 03-09-2020, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henges24

Can anyone remember an outbreak/scare like this happening?

Guy at work said he can only think of the AIDS epidemic.

One that directly affected the global market in such way? Not that comes to mind for me.

Pandemics aren't new, and that is why many people still do not see the potential danger with this virus. Many people have been desensitized to a threat of a pandemic because they see it in the news all of the time: Ebola in Africa, 2009 Swine Flu, Zika Virus, West Nile Virus, etc. For many people, they have never been directly affected by these things, but they have seen them drummed up for years and so they see this and just think, "well, the flu kills tens of thousands of people every year, why should this worry me?"

I am cautiously watching this one though just because it seems to be only beginning and it seems that it's make up has made it incredibly hard to detect at times so we do not know the exact numbers. There have also been reports that should this not be largely stomped out in the US, it could become endemic.

03-09-2020, 02:05 PM	#1
Wild Bill Starter Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,553 Cash: 1,052,126,213.17 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,052,126,213.17 Donate	COVID-19 US has about 600 confirmed cases now, per link below: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashb...23467b48e9ecf6 Could get wild here in the next few weeks. Stay safe, boys.

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GreenGemsOmally Waterboy Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 48 Cash: 1,095.71 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 1,095.71 Donate	First presumptive case in Louisiana just announced by the Gov, patient is being treated in Orleans Parish (my guess is at Ochsner - Jefferson Highway Campus, but could be anywhere). I'm just hoping my workplace starts encouraging people to work remotely. We already can and do most of our job remote anyways...

03-09-2020, 02:48 PM	#6
arrowryan All-American Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 9,761 Cash: 100,000,000,003,312,784.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Bankroll: 100,000,000,003,312,784.00 Donate	People are overreacting, if you ask me.

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