The Coronavirus / COVID-19 Thread (Keep all related posts here)

[DeSexGuide]

Stay home have sex and smoke weed till you die

[DeSexGuide]

What are the odds you'll survive this COFID-19 if you re 80 years old, not good is my best answer.

[DeSexGuide]

China did some things right, their rate of infection is going down from the high point, we can learn form them.

[DeSexGuide]

Some people are doing good for others, take Jack Ma the Chinese billionaire owner of Alibaba, he's donated 1 million masks and 500,000 Coronavirus test kits

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce colossus Alibaba, announced that the first shipment of his donated face masks and coronavirus testing kits was en route to the US.

“The first shipment of masks and coronavirus test kits to the US is taking off from Shanghai. All the best to our friends in America,” Ma said on Twitter in his first message on the social media platform.

His Ma Foundation earlier said 500,000 testing kits and 1 million face masks would be donated to the US, CNN reported.

“Drawing from my own country’s experience, speedy and accurate testing and adequate personal protective equipment for medical professionals are most effective in preventing the spread of the virus,” Ma said in a statement. “We hope that our donation can help Americans fight against the pandemic!”

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As of March 2, Ma has donated a million masks to Japan and had been trying to ship another million to Iran as of March 6, according to his Weibo posts.

He later wrote that 1.8 million masks and 100,000 testing kits would be sent to Europe, including to Italy and Spain, two countries that have been especially hard hit by the virus.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/alibaba-b ... its-to-us/


Then look at these two brothers, selling hand sanitizers on Amazon for up to $70 a pop.

On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver S.U.V. to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tenn., they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves.

Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores in the backwoods,” his brother said. “The major metro areas were cleaned out.”

Matt Colvin stayed home near Chattanooga, preparing for pallets of even more wipes and sanitizer he had ordered, and starting to list them on Amazon. Mr. Colvin said he had posted 300 bottles of hand sanitizer and immediately sold them all for between $8 and $70 each, multiples higher than what he had bought them for. To him, “it was crazy money.” To many others, it was profiteering from a pandemic.
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The next day, Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks. The company suspended some of the sellers behind the listings and warned many others that if they kept running up prices, they’d lose their accounts. EBay soon followed with even stricter measures, prohibiting any U.S. sales of masks or sanitizer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/tech ... llers.html

[Lenny]

I feel good with how LA is handling this virus situation

[Lenny]

Who cares if events are cancelled or postponed, let's save lives.

[TheButcher]

I've always been a germ conscious person and I wash my hands with hot water and soap, not always with antibacterial if it is not there. But I was my hands all day long. And let me say this, washing the hands under cold water for 10 seconds is a waste of time, you have to have hot water and keep them under it for a good half minute.

[blingman]

People with underlying lung and heart conditions are going to have it worse than healthy adult, this is a fact.

[TheButcher]

Not just celebs, drive in LA you'll see a lot of people with face masks and latex gloves on.

I went to a gas station this morning, they had thick plastic hanging in front of the cash, the guy behind it was wearing a mask and latex gloves. Best to try stay safe than what people think of the appearance. This Cornavirus is going to get a lot worse before it ends.

[deviantz]

The FSC has asked porn producers to do a voluntary halt in production in America and Canada thru March 31st. It seems way too short a period of time, make it at least 2 months.

[TheButcher]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has put forward a bunch of closures, including brothels which is smart. With churches, mosques and synagogues, make this a permanent closure!


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In yet another attempt to slow down the spread of the Coronavirus, Germany announced new measures. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the federal states would implement them very soon.

In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a new set of restrictions the country’s federal states will implement “very soon”. The new guidelines are supposed to make sure people are not in close contact that much anymore. Berlin is hoping the rules will help to slow down the Coronavirus in Germany, where more than 7,000 cases have been confirmed by now.

Prayer Services to be Banned

Merkel said gatherings at churches, mosques and synagogues, including prayer services, would be banned. Bars and clubs needed to close. The same applied to operas, concert venues, theaters, trade fairs, cinemas, zoos, gambling halls, casinos, brothels, sports clubs, gyms and public swimming pools. Some federal states, including Berlin and Hamburg, had already closed these establishments before Merkel’s announcement.

Hotels are not supposed to be used for touristic purposes anymore. Only “necessary” overnight stays would be allowed. Merkel stressed the restrictions were based on what scientists had told the government. “Incisive measures” of this kind had not been taken in Germany before, the Chancellor stated, but they were necessary, also because the number of infected persons had risen again this past weekend.

Restrictions for Restaurants

Merkel also said supermarkets, other food shops, beverage stores, gas stations and convenience stores would not be closing. Neither would banks, hairdressers, drug stores and pharmacies. Service providers and craftsmen will be allowed to offer their services as well. Merkel stated food stores might be allowed to open on Sundays too, which is usually not the case in Germany.
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Restaurants will be allowed to open, but with new restrictions. Tables need to be set up with a distance of at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) between them, and they need to close by 6 p.m..

Playgrounds to be Closed

Other countries in the European Union have implemented similar rules and bans, including France and Spain, but also smaller countries like Bulgaria. In Sofia, police officers and security guards have been making sure not too many people entered supermarkets at the same time since Saturday.

Playgrounds in Germany are supposed to be closed as well. Observers believe this rule might be hard to enforce because there are so many playgrounds in Germany, and due to the fact that they are mostly out in the open. Visits at hospitals were restricted too.

[CanadianChick]

Only Canadian citizens, permanent residents and people from US can come in from Wednesday. Business goods are still open to enter.

On a bad note Montreal now has 12 cases the most in Quebec.

[TheButcher]

I aw that , he's in self isolation since his wife tested positive. He's done the right thing. If all countries stop travel the disease would not spread so fast.

[rx_tom]

Sex workers are going to take a big hit. They do not work they do not get paid.

[rx_tom]

Jack Ma has donated before, he's a decent business man.