Morning Reads for Monday, March 16, 2020
Welp, this extrovert has survived two days of staying home with a walk and a grocery store run. And if *I* can do “social distancing”, trust me, literally anyone can. So, call a friend and talk to them on the phone while you go for a walk. Read a book. Binge netflix. Whatever you need do. But, stay home, inasmuch as you can!
- The Governor and Director of Public Health had a conference call with the Georgia House of Representatives last night and here is a summary of that call here, here, and here.
- You can find the Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 Daily Status Report here
- Georgia delays primary election
- Renegade revelers in Georgia hold own St. Patrick’s Day parade after cancellation
- Power, Gas Service will continue, Companies Vow
- University of Georgia is working to develop a vaccine for Coronavirus
- Comcast to provide 60 days of free internet for low-income families over coronavirus
- Atlanta mayor declares state of emergency in city
I tried to find y’all something non-COVID-19 related, but all I could find was Georgia Five Midday numbers, a fire at a paper mill, a kid who set himself on fire, and a guy who recorded himself pointing a gun at a police officer. Consider this an open thread for ANYTHING not related to COVID-19. We all need a break while we “social distance”.
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20 pounds of pollen substitute spilled on the ground. The bees are cleaning it up.
Since toilet paper has been wiped out,
“10 Plants You can Grow That Make Great Toilet Paper Substitutes”
The positivity is welcome. But we’ve got to flatten the demand curve long enough to get the plants to maturity.
Less fiber may prolong things.
I thought the closures announced late last week were over-reaction, but there has been more and more discussion of asymptomatic transmission.
Meanwhile, Trump yesterday remarked coronoavirus is very contagious, but “we’ve got tremendous control”.
Trump’s sycophant Surgeon General nailed it eight days ago on the Sunday talk shows when explaining Trump’s remarks about everyone wanting a test getting a test that there were based on there being a million tests available last Monday, and two million by last Friday.
This morning the Surgeon General was on TV explaining that Trump’s reference to “tremendous control” concerned the logistics of restocking grocery stores. You can’t make this stuff up.
Mike Pence wants to help, but between Pence’s first priority of stroking Trump’s ego and Pence’s record of past healthcare truthiness that has hurt specifics groups, he should stay away from the microphone.
Thank goodness for the deep state even though it will make some mistakes, and the media though it will overhype, because Trump and his sycophants are a Clear. And. Present. Danger.
This has Jared Kushner’s fingerprints all over it. Like “reinventing government” by shutting half of it down, and creating middle east peace by telling Palestinians to take the money and shut up, his generic battle plan seems to be:
– Keep it simple (because I’m stupid)
– Don’t bother to consider the consequences
– If it doesn’t work it’s somebody else’s fault, especially foreigners
Here is your quarantine staycation monday reader.