Corona Virus Crisis News, Information, Advice & Help Thread

[Lowell]

Local, National And World Covid19 Stories - April 14, 2020

• 1.92M confirmed worldwide cases, 120K deaths, 450K recoveries ~1.35M open cases, numbers via Johns Hopkins subject to nations’ transparency and testing bandwidth
• 582K confirmed US cases, 23.6K deaths, 43.7K recoveries 515K open cases. 2.93M tested with 92.8K hospitalizations.
• 25,635K confirmed Michigan cases, 1,697 deaths, 24K open cases
• Special thanks to DetroitYES IT Manager Nicolas B for creating this update list and those above.

DETROIT+WINDSOR METRO + MICHIGAN & CANADA

• DETROIT: Photos show bodies piled up and stored in vacant rooms at Detroit hospital
• DETROIT: Ford to begin producing respirators for health-care workers at Michigan plant
• DETROIT: Ford is using airbag material to make reusable hospital gowns for Covid-19 responders
• Detroit focusing on nursing home testing, expects major budget shortfall
• Michigan Strip clubs want piece of coronavirus aid, sue feds over restriction
• Greenhouses unable to sell in Michigan under extended order: "The month of May brings in 80% of the greenhouse’s business"
• Michigan offers to buy back liquor from bars, restaurants
• Ontario plans to extend state of emergency by 28 days

USA + CANADA

• For the first time in US history, every state is under a disaster declaration simultaneously
• US approaching peak of ‘active’ COVID-19 cases, strain on medical resources, new modeling shows
• Multiple states report coronavirus infection rate higher than some of hardest-hit countries
• 25 percent of Americans knows someone who has contracted coronavirus
• potus claims 'total' power to lift virus lockdown says he, not governors will decide when the economy opens… meanwhile governors on East and West coasts form pacts to decide when to reopen economies
• New York, New Jersey and other Northeastern states form coronavirus working group to decide when to ease restrictions
• Washington, Oregon and California announce Western States Pact, agreement on a shared vision for reopening their economies and controlling COVID-19 into the future.
• first Saliva Test for Coronavirus Gets Emergency FDA Approval
• Pentagon awards $415 million contract for units to decontaminate N95 masks
• Anti-malarial drug touted by POTUS was subject of CIA warning to employees
• Death penalty states urged to release stockpiled drugs [sedatives which are in short supply] for Covid-19 patients
• Fauci walks back coronavirus comments that sparked fears of his firing [potus lashed out at Anthony Fauci amid criticism of slow coronavirus response.. ‘If Covid-19 mitigation efforts started earlier, you could have saved lives’]
• Fauci Defends POTUS, Who Says He Has No Plans to Dismiss Him
• New York state virus death toll surpasses 10,000
• Deaths from heart attacks have surged in New York City, likely underestimating covid-19 deaths
• 21 teachers among 50 NYC education employees dead of coronavirus
• New York City is in danger of running out of swabs for COVID-19 tests and is urging medical providers to continue testing only patients who are gravely ill
• Bodies of coronavirus victims in New York City may be stored at ex-military fort as morgue near overflow
• Governor Cuomo Says ‘Worst Is Over’ if N.Y. Stays the Course: Live Updates
• NJ Will Be First US State to Offer Drive-Thru Saliva Test
• Los Angeles models show 95% of residents will be infected if stay-at-home order is dropped now
• Los Angeles schools won't give any students failing grade during pandemic.
• California orders insurance premium refunds during outbreak
• Large-scale COVID-19 antibody testing study launched in California
• LA County records lowest new coronavirus-case total in almost 3 weeks
• South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots.
• Austin Texas Extends ‘Stay Home Work Safe’ Order Through May 8
• Louisiana Lieutenant Governor: We had no idea coronavirus outbreak would be this bad
• Florida declares WWE an ‘essential business’ during coronavirus pandemic
• Florida police chief suspended for saying officer died from Covid-19 because he was gay
• CDC director: Agency sent guidance to Florida weeks before gov ordered some residents to stay at home
• Florida tops 21,000 coronavirus cases and nears 500 deaths statewide
• Lobbyists Descend On Washington Seeking Coronavirus Relief Money
• America should be ready for 18 months of shutdowns in ‘long, hard road’ ahead, warns the Fed’s Neel Kashkari
• Coronavirus crippling film industry, US box office headed for worst year since 1998
• Uber and Fiat Chrysler are begging you not to use their products during the crisis
• Half the nation’s Chinese restaurants have closed, study finds
• 'We are on the verge of a massive collapse': Ex-Energy Secretary Perry says COVID-19 will ravage oil industry
• 31% of Americans Can’t Pay the Rent: ‘It’s Only Going to Get Worse’
• Homeowners Seeking Mortgage Relief With U.S. Economy Shuttered
• North America meat plant workers falling ill, walking off jobs
• U.S. ‘Perilously Close’ to Meat Shortage After Major Plant Closes Over Coronavirus
• Former Agriculture Secretary: 'Cascading series of events' disrupting the US food chain
• Dumped milk, smashed eggs and plowed vegetables: Coronavirus pandemic leaves staggering amount of food waste as farmers who supplied restaurants, schools, industry struggle to divert their resources to the supermarket supply chains
• Foodservice distributors entering retail supply chain
• 'It feels like a war zone’: As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work
• Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
• Canadian Rapid COVID-19 test kits approved for use
• Outrage as ‘anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists ignore coronavirus fears to stage public protest in Vancouver’

REST OF THE WORLD

• British PM has now tested negative for COVID-19
• Boris Johnson praises immigrant nurses who saved his life
• UK's chief scientific adviser says UK is starting to see the flattening of outbreak, but lifting lockdown too early would risk a 2nd wave and would be a "complete waste of everything everyone's done until now"
• UK lockdown could last at least another month
• UK Drug Dealers Are Dressing Up as Delivery Drivers, Joggers and Nurses to Sell Heroin During Lockdown
• France extends restrictions until May 11th, allowing people to wear masks systematically.
• Austria reopening thousands of shops in first loosening of lockdown
• Spain Has Overcome Peak of Virus Epidemic, Health Minister Says
• Spain begins to ease lockdown, allowing people in manufacturing, construction and some services to return to work, hundreds of thousands return...
• Putin Warns Russia To Prepare For 'Extraordinary' Virus Crisis
• Putin says Russia may need the army to help battle coronavirus
• South Korea, at one point the worst affected country outside China, is no longer in the top 20 by number of confirmed coronavirus cases. Yesterday, there were only 9 new domestic cases
• Japan to roll out contact detection app for coronavirus
• Small apartments make staying at home difficult in Japan.
• Japan gov't wary of nightlife workers leaving big cities, leading to new virus clusters
• Australian unemployment rate to double as virus hammers economy
• Mexico closes Minneapolis company’s Baja California plant for refusal to sell ventilators to Mexican hospitals
• Brazil likely has 12 times more coronavirus cases than official count, study finds
• Bolsonaro says Coronavirus is leaving Brazil and " Mass Unemployment"is Coming.
• Respirator ran on raspberry pi and commonly found parts being tested in Columbia.
• WHO Says COVID-19 Immunity Is An Unknown; Disease '10 Times Deadlier' Than 2009 Flu
• WHO Says 70 Vaccines in the Works, With Three Leading Candidates
• Loss of Smell and Taste Validated as COVID-19 Symptoms in Patients with High Recovery Rate
• Dark web market bans drug dealers selling fake Covid-19 vaccines
• Health expert warns live concerts won’t return until 2021 ‘at the earliest’
• Olympic athletes with 1 year doping bans intended to prevent them from competing in 2020 are now unexpectedly eligible to participate in the postponed Olympics
• John Conway, inventor of the Game of Life, has died of COVID-19

[renf]

Thank you for the summary of COVID19 news.

[Lowell]

Another astonishing headline in these most astonishing times.

Michigan now has one of the highest numbers of unemployment claims, behind only California and Pennsylvania, withmore than a quarter of its workforce filing for benefits, the state's labor department head said.
“Michigan is higher than all Great Lakes states,” Jeff Donofrio, director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, said Tuesday.

“Michigan is higher than the state of New York, which also has been heavily hit by COVID-19” Last week, he said, the state paid out about $240 million in benefits. This week, with the addition of $600 per claim in federal money, the amount is expected to be substantially higher.

[Zacha341]

Yeah including what's up with this? We are the Great Lake State? .......

.....“Michigan is higher than all Great Lakes states,” Jeff Donofrio, director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, said Tuesday.

[401don]

It does show just how Mich. is still a blue collar state. Salaried white collar employees do not face nearly as high a percentage of lay-offs.

[Honky Tonk]

Yeah including what's up with this? We are the Great Lake State? .......

Not if the others are trying to make money from selling off the water. Then it's everybody's.

[jcole]

Yeah including what's up with this? We are the Great Lake State? .......

We call ourselves that but it really includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Pennsylvania and NY.

[Zacha341]

Oh yeah good point! I'd not thought of that : )

[Zacha341]

Yes, that factor does seem to emerge doesn't it?

Not if the others are trying to make money from selling off the water. Then it's everybody's.

[Honky Tonk]

We call ourselves that but it really includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Pennsylvania and NY.

And don't forget O Canada, eh?

[jcole]

And don't forget O Canada, eh?

As far as I know, that is not a state nor is it part of the US,so I don't know what that has to do with US unemployment claims

[Honky Tonk]

As far as I know, that is not a state nor is it part of the US,so I don't know what that has to do with US unemployment claims

Nothing. But it does have to do with the post I responded to about who else besides MI is on the Great Lakes.

Also good call on CA not being a State or part of the US. You're up on your geography.

[401don]

We call ourselves that but it really includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Pennsylvania and NY.

This is where these posts went awry. Michigan is called the Great Lakes State because it's the only one that borders 4 of the 5 great lakes. In Canada, you could call Ontario the Great Lakes Province for the same reason but we don't.

[jcole]

Nothing. But it does have to do with the post I responded to about who else besides MI is on the Great Lakes.

Also good call on CA not being a State or part of the US. You're up on your geography.

Here is the original post that brought up the question of "What's up with that; we ARE the Great Lakes State"

Michigan now has one of the highest numbers of unemployment claims, behind only California and Pennsylvania, withmore than a quarter of its workforce filing for benefits, the state's labor department head said.
“Michigan is higher than all Great Lakes states,” Jeff Donofrio, director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, said Tuesday.

Reading comprehension is fundamental

[Honky Tonk]

Here is the original post that brought up the question of "What's up with that; we ARE the Great Lakes State"

Reading comprehension is fundamental

jcole, Then I think perhaps you should probably take a remedial class. Anyway, I'm done with your angst and your nonsense. Have a great day.

[Honky Tonk]

An interesting report on a C-19 Vaccine recipient.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/test...153744104.html

[jcole]

jcole, Then I think perhaps you should probably take a remedial class. Anyway, I'm done with your angst and your nonsense. Have a great day.

Do you even know what angst means, because there certainly was none on my part in any of the related posts; just facts.

[Zacha341]

Some will never trust vaccines - and they don't have a perfect record, some being more affective for the previous years flu than the current one.

An interesting report on a C-19 Vaccine recipient.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/test...153744104.html

[CassTechGrad]

Smoking weed and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Updated 8:22 AM ET, Fri April 10, 2020

“If you're smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it's time to think twice.

Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.”

[Dan Wesson]

Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have launched Rt.live, a covid-19 tracker that shows the virus’ transmission rate.

https://gizmodo.com/instagram-founders-launch-a-covid-19-tracker-for-states-1842947102


The site...

https://rt.live/

[Honky Tonk]

Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have launched Rt.live, a covid-19 tracker that shows the virus’ transmission rate.

https://gizmodo.com/instagram-founders-launch-a-covid-19-tracker-for-states-1842947102


The site...

https://rt.live/

Great, just what I need, another "tracker" site.

[Bong-Man]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/thir...dy-coronavirus

I'm surprised this study hasn't received more attention. The lines between social distancing and herd immunity are starting to erode. I'm betting the statistics in the Metro Detroit area are similar, especially in the inner city.

[Pat001]

I have tix to see Billy Joel at Comerica Park this summer. Even if they declare an end to the pandemic I’m not too thrilled right now about sitting in a stadium with 20,000 people.

[Lowell]

Wow. We’ll pay you to take this s*** off our hands.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...h-storage-woes

[Richard]

^ my guess is a big player hit capacity and is dumping causing the drop.

See any empty tankers floating about? We could do a group buy.

Consider the difference between Friday’s prices for West Texas Intermediate to be delivered in May, which was $18.27 a barrel, and in May 2021, which closed at $35.52: A $17.25 spread could be locked in by buying contracts for oil to be delivered next month and then selling contracts for delivery a year later.

That is from a WSJ article

There are 5 major companies that still have a storage capacity of over 10 million barrels.The guys making the money are those who are filling tankers up and storing them off the coast of Africa,they charge 10c per barrel per day for storage.

A Panamax tanker ship can hold 500,000 barrels of oil.

ULCC 4 million barrels worth.