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- If you are interested in Crafting, maybe try ordering a craft kit online (something substantial that would take time would be best, like a Latch hook kit
(and crochet hook if you don’t have one), a potholder loom and cotton loops, or cross stitch kit), to work on.
- learn something physical, like an instrument, how to sew or knit, etc
- a lot of museums and zoos and the like are doing virtual tours or free online classes, so keep an eye out for that as well.
- do a giant puzzle
- Join an online bookclub
- Take an online class
While the outbreak started around New Year's Day (12/31), it's picking up steam around the Asia-Pacific region especially since Mainland Chinese people tend to travel a lot.
For reference, the BNO Newsroom twitter has a special feed for any info on the coronavirus:
https://twitter.com/bnodesk?lang=en
The WHO has page about COVID-19 and any other concerns people may have. I suggest peeps go to the Q&A page to check for official details.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Edited by nombretomado on Jun 3rd 2020 at 3:21:48 AM
In the name of being honest
Well, shoot. Hope Nicky won't start peddling herbal remedies for this one.
An artist drew a cartoon celebrating the end of the lockdown in Wuhan. The city is represented by its signature dish, the hot dry noodle (reganmian).
Like reflections in the glass!
For reference, how long did the lockdown last?
In the name of being honest
Started on 23rd of January, right there on the first page of this thread. It's going to be partially lifted on the 8th of April, so it won't quite be the end, but Chinese media sure is talking like it is. The rest of the Hubei province is already starting to relax travel restrictions.
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 26th 2020 at 5:20:17 AM
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
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now I’m curious. What does it taste like?
Redmess
That link does not seem to work. Or at least, I don't see a cartoon.
Edit: oh, it took me somewhere else entirely the first time through. I think this is one of those spam sites that sometimes redirects you.
Edited by Redmess on Mar 26th 2020 at 1:50:21 PM
Optimism is a duty.
I find it morbidly funny that, “USA! USA! USA!” Is currently trending on twitter right now. (Granted, it’s sarcastic)
“We’re doing great! Everything is good. We are number one in the world in Coronavirussing!” USA USA USA [2]
school shootings are down, flu deaths are down, healthcare bankruptcies are down, and traffic is better cause everyone died of coronavirus. USA! USA! USA! [3]
So I hear the US is number 3 for coronavirus cases globally? This is UNACCEPTABLE! US should be #1 🥇😎🇺🇲🦅🎇. USA USA USA
Edited by megaeliz on Mar 26th 2020 at 9:03:37 AM
HERE'S A LITTLE LESSON IN DISTANCING, THIS IS GOING DOWN IN HISTORY
Redmess
We don't care what it is, as long as we are number one! America fiiiiirst!
Optimism is a duty.
Well some separatist/communist forces are willing to get to a ceasefire thanks to the virus.
Although in Kosovo, the entire government collapsed.
And there’s a shooting in the US while the FBI tried to investigate a man who’s planning to attack a hospital.
This also made me chuckle.
@realDonaldTrump "Tremendous" numbers! You did it! You made America great again! We are in the lead! #1 #Coronavirus Oubreak cases! WE'RE NUMBER ONE. 👏
[2]
Are we great again yet.
Edited by megaeliz on Mar 26th 2020 at 9:09:08 AM
Figure of Hourai
So you know all those testing kits China sent out?
Lo and behold, seems they either don't work or have an incredibly poor sensitivity and basically don't work.
Why am I not really that surprised?
Edited by megaeliz on Mar 26th 2020 at 9:10:08 AM
I'd be more surprised if they had actually worked.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
In the name of being honest
I hate on the CCP for free, as a public service, but we probably gotta draw a distinction between the "donated" test kits and the "imported" ones here. European regulators have been cutting the red tape to get test kits and medical supplies ASAP, so a lot of products that haven't even been approved by Chinese regulators are making their way there through private channels.
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 26th 2020 at 6:16:39 AM
Echoing hymn of my fellow passerine | Art blog (under construction)
There were some reports of that in the local province in the Philippines that a mayor who got those PRC kits ordered South Korean versions instead.
Welp, pretty much as expected, Mexico jumped more than 100 cases in just one day, the total being 585 vs yesterday's 475. 8 dead so far, including the first one in my city like I commented earlier.
So just for the sake of a mental check in, how’s everyone doing right now?
If anyone needs something else to think about, here’s a dog doing Yoga in Italian.
And here’s the further adventures of Wellington the Rockhopper Penguin.
Edited by megaeliz on Mar 26th 2020 at 9:45:46 AM
A petition has started to get the current WHO chairman to leave his post.
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
My ghost learned how to type.
Oh, bother.
Over half a million signed onto it, apparently.
Sr. admin official says bipartisan Senate grp working to ensure they can access one of the facilities—or else will seek a legislative fix in the next package.
That’s kinda hilarious.
Never Trust
Prediction 1: As the infection and death rate in the US rises there will be an attempt by the Trump administration to hide the numbers.
Prediction 2: Alternatively, even if the numbers are coming from his own government he will call, and by "call" I mean "scream hysterically" that it's "FAKE NEWS!" And his followers will believe it
Prediction 3: Now that I think of it the first two predictions are not mutually exclusive.
Trump delenda est
Trump can't fake the numbers. The states and media are already publishing them faster than the CDC can.
Not gonna happen, "he said nice things about China" is not against any sort of WHO rules.
Not mention that it's factually spurious.
"Sandwiches are probably easier to fix than the actual problems" -Hylarn
First death confirmed in Venezuela. Now, riiiiight now that the least of Maduro's concerns, but for the rest of Venezuelans this still signals a top concern.
Honduras reported their first death as well.
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