6456

No one even knows what a ventilator is. Rinse and repeat.

6457

Trump explaining that his government is too incompetent to be managing this crisis.

6458

I love how he is bragging that companies are calling him to help rather than the government calling them. Yes, that’s because they recognized your utter failure of leadership and are trying to fill the void and do what they can. There have been stories about companies that can ramp up production but have been waiting for the government to put in orders.

6459

I also love the line about how we’ve got to bail out the cruise lines because they were making so much money before the crisis. They were so profitable so of course we need to bail them out with taxpayer money!

6460

In the short-term we have vote pairing. A senator can vote present as way of canceling out an opposing vote, of another senator who couldn’t be present. Of course that takes a certain amount of bipartisan cooperation.

6461

Except Ron Swanson has a soul.

6462

Interesting update in the City of Brotherly Love:

6463

The problem is that of they incarcerate people, they risk making the jails into hotbeds of contagion.

6464

Good idea, until it was publicized.

6465

Welcome to Hamsterdam!

6466

Exactly, I really don’t understand the point of publicizing it.

6467

Thank God winter will be over soon. We’re getting snow tonight but should melt overnight.

6468

But stealing TP is still a capital offense, right?

6469

Silly problems, I can’t cancel my gym membership because the building has been closed for a week and there’s no way to do it online. I can’t dispute the charge because they ask for proof you tried to contact the company, but there’s nobody picking up the phone. I guess I’ll just eat it every month?

(Embarrassingly I actually hadn’t gone in 3 months anyway, literally zero times, so I should have cancelled long ago…)

6470

That’s annoying, gyms just closed in Sydney and the one I joined announced that payments will be put on hold until they reopen.

Are you sure your gym will keep charging?

6471

Jacinda Ardern just announced that in 48 hours, the time required to ensure that essential services are in place, NZ will require everyone stay at home.

6472

Going hard is the only choice NZ has. Given our isolation we may be able to get ahead of this and get to where somewhere like Singapore has got.

6473

Is it one of the soft “shelter in place” orders we’re seeing in parts of the US? Those are basically, “stay home, but you can still go out for groceries, medical stuff or work.”

6474

Yeah, I believe it’s that, and will remain in effect for four weeks.

6475

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