Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

Indymisanthrope said:
This is good and rational and practical feedback, thank you. I think being in the Midwest just means that I've never experienced this level of mass disaster prepping outside of a snowstorm, and then it's almost always just milk, bread, and eggs. Not being able to buy spinach yesterday shook me a little.
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I feel it only fair to point out that not all my purchases are quite as considered. Behold- the most achingly middle class stockpile of anything, anywhere;

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Indymisanthrope said:
Yeah, that's been on my mind. We have a solid of amount of canned goods, but a lot of what we've bought has been with the thought of laying a good supply into our new chest freezer (I didn't buy this TO prep for COVID-19 -- it had been our plan for a while -- but I pulled the trigger on it the day my work told me to stay at home). If we lose electricity/water over this, though, I figure our worries are a LOT worse than whether Kroger has honeycrisps in stock.
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There's really no reason we should be concerned about water/power loss. That's more the domain of hurricane/flood preparedness.
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
From the White House. Just a bunch of business leaders up there kissing his ass. They seem to think private enterprise is going to solve this thing. Don't bother watching. Ignore them all and listen to your state and local authorities.
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Yeah, just saw some news alerts about private sector is going to be taking care of this. And that Trump does not want everyone taking tests.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Yeah, just saw some news alerts about private sector is going to be taking care of this. And that Trump does not want everyone taking tests.
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If everyone took a test the number of cases would explode. And that makes Trump look bad.

I saw a John's Hopkins doctor say he wouldn't be surprised if the actual number is closer to 500,000 cases in the US. (That seemed a little extreme to me though).
 
Trump says he does not support House coronavirus bill
From CNN's Sarah Westwood and Jason Hoffman

President Trump said Friday he does not currently support the House Democrats’ coronavirus bill, which would among other things provide paid leave to Americans who can’t go into work during the pandemic.
“We just don’t think they’re giving enough, we don’t think the Democrats are giving enough,” Trump said during an appearance in the Rose Garden.
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"We thought we had something, but all of a sudden they didn’t agree to certain things,” Trump said of Democrats.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke eight times Friday as they worked to negotiate a coronavirus response all sides can support, although sticking points over the paid leave aspects of the legislation remain.
"They’re not doing what’s right for the country,” Trump said.
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I'm assuming when he says "we don't think the Democrats are giving enough" he means conceding.

I'm reading this as he does not support the paid leave aspects of the bill.
 
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