Stay at home extended

[Ghost]

I’m curious as to the niece situation, is someone in NYC providing lodging and food?

[BigBlue]

Just getting tired of hearing people who are not in a high risk group talk about how everyone needs to get out there as Glenn Beck would say "and work shoulder to shoulder" to save the economy and some people just might not make it.
Not very many are willing to be in an area where they could risk being exposed though.

I'm not sure there are many folks saying "everyone get out there and work shoulder to shoulder". Most who object to the extended shutdown are saying "come up with some recommendations that people can take to get back a little closer to normal... and folks who are at risk should stay secluded". I'm all for re-opening things in a limited and phased approach with cautions and altered methods we did not use prior to this but we cannot just stay locked up. Following that mindset we'll never be OK to get back to normal until a proven vaccine has been created and that is 18 months out at best. Society won't exist as we knew it in 18 months. Maybe not even 4 months.

BB

[jdege]

Following that mindset we'll never be OK to get back to normal until a proven vaccine has been created and that is 18 months out at best. Society won't exist as we knew it in 18 months. Maybe not even 4 months.

There are still fresh avocados at my local Whole Foods, so why should I worry?

[Ghost]

Following that mindset we'll never be OK to get back to normal until a proven vaccine has been created and that is 18 months out at best. Society won't exist as we knew it in 18 months. Maybe not even 4 months.

There are still fresh avocados at my local Whole Foods, so why should I worry?

For now

Smithfield Foods’ pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., is closing for three days starting on Saturday, April 11, and will remain closed on Sunday and Monday while essential employees clean the plant.

The plant has quickly become one of the top hotspots for COVID-19 in the country, reports KELOLAND News.

The South Dakota Department of Health confirmed on Wednesday that more than 80 employees at Smithfield Foods have tested positive for COVID-19. However, the Associated Press reports that the United Food and Commercial Workers, the union representing employees at the plant, reported the number of people with confirmed cases is higher — more than 120.

“Smithfield Foods is taking the utmost precautions and actions to ensure the health and wellbeing of our employees – with an even increased emphasis on our critical role in the ongoing supply of food to American families,” Smithfield CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan said in a statement.

The Sioux Falls plant processes fresh pork, bacon, deli meats, hot dogs, and smoked meats. It employs nearly 3,700 people in Sioux Falls, of which more than 100 employees are over 65 years old, KELOLAND News reports.

“We’ve been working to understand how they are communicating with employees, how they are helping employees check symptoms, check for potential signs, helping folks go home if needed or stay home if they are ill,” Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon said. “They are looking at making sure the environment is cleaned, and cleaned more often than normal, as well as that employees have appropriate strategies in place to protect themselves.”

The state says it’s working with Smithfield Foods to make sure the plant is taking the proper steps to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.


“Smithfield has instituted a series of stringent and detailed processes and protocols that follow the strict guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to effectively manage COVID-19 cases in its operations. These include mandatory 14-day COVID-19 related quarantines with pay as an uncompromising effort to protect its dedicated employees,” Smithfield Foods said in a statement.

The company has relaxed attendance policies to eliminate any punitive effect for missing work due to COVID-19 diagnosis or quarantine. They are also taking many measures to minimize employees’ risks of contracting COVID-19, including adding extra hand sanitizing stations, boosting personal protective equipment, continuing to stress the importance of personal hygiene, enhancing cleaning and disinfection, expanding employee health benefits, implementing thermal scanning, increasing social distancing, installing plexiglass and other physical barriers and restricting all nonessential visitors.

https://www.agweb.com/article/smithfield-pork-plant-shuts-down-3-days-due-covid-19?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1abFpEWTNaVEZtWldKaCIsInQiOiJqQjVLMDBqYmlzckoyeE9qR2d1U2Fqb2E1NWprMFdQRzRTemFkaW1hOFdTekNoT1Z2amJmQ2JDZERPYmxoM0pVU0tYcUc2RFFadWRJM0NkNU9OQWJcL2dKaWhtRGNaTFFYT09Bdks4aFltemFJQ3Y2bURONlE0SmZndXNIUTlZRTAifQ%3D%3D

[jdege]

Following that mindset we'll never be OK to get back to normal until a proven vaccine has been created and that is 18 months out at best. Society won't exist as we knew it in 18 months. Maybe not even 4 months.

There are still fresh avocados at my local Whole Foods, so why should I worry?

For now

Exactly.

[brad3579]

I’m curious as to the niece situation, is someone in NYC providing lodging and food?

Had a link sent to me this morning.
They put her up in a motel and sounds like the restaurants are taking care of the volunteers pretty good.
The motel manager allowed her to take some weights and stuff from the exercise room and is allowing her to keep them in her room.
Takes a true hero in my eyes to do something like this.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6148750335001#sp=show-clips

[Ghost]

I’m curious as to the niece situation, is someone in NYC providing lodging and food?

Had a link sent to me this morning.
They put her up in a motel and sounds like the restaurants are taking care of the volunteers pretty good.
The motel manager allowed her to take some weights and stuff from the exercise room and is allowing her to keep them in her room.
Takes a true hero in my eyes to do something like this.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6148750335001#sp=show-clips

Good deal, I’d hate for people to make the effort and then end up having to cover all those costs, especially in NYC.

[xd ED]

I’m curious as to the niece situation, is someone in NYC providing lodging and food?

Had a link sent to me this morning.
They put her up in a motel and sounds like the restaurants are taking care of the volunteers pretty good.
The motel manager allowed her to take some weights and stuff from the exercise room and is allowing her to keep them in her room.
Takes a true hero in my eyes to do something like this.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6148750335001#sp=show-clips

If your niece is going to be cooped up in a hotel room,
send her a yoga mat and a TRX; along with walking/ running shoes, the two best pieces of traveling exercise equipment known to man.
Good Luck to her.

[xd ED]

but we cannot stay in lockdown until the virus had been eradicated. It's simply not a possibility.

This has been my thought about this.

We're all going to have to face down the WuFlu virus, sooner or later.

Would you intentionally go into a room full of contagious people?
If so then we could really get this thing moving if you could talk a lot of others into it and get this to the back side of the curve.
I would be willing to pay for peoples airfare to go to New York and help out at one of the hospitals.
I have a friend from Hudson who has a niece that works for Allina Hospital, she volunteered and left to go there last week.

I heard something on the news that reminded me of this conversation.

I hope the woman who went to NYC is safe, and well.

It seems NY governor, Andrew Cuomo has decided to show his appreciation for all the out-of-state health care workers who converged on NYC, by making them pay NY income tax,those in NYC proper will be paying city income tax, in addition to any home state taxes they may be liable for.

[Holland&Holland]

Welcome to socialism comrade

[yukonjasper]

https://youtu.be/ZNT-aJNtg44
An interesting case made for what we are seeing. No idea how accurate the "facts" are.