Just thought I'd create a thread for updates and discussion on the Coronavirus.  As of right now there's about 120,000 cases worldwide with 4300 deaths. 

Remember when folks screamed about the robots coming to take 'our' jobs? How do folks feel now? Personally, it would be reassuring to have robots do certain jobs at times like these.

 

Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus https://t.co/ss5e4UMmkn pic.twitter.com/84KlChBNJp

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 1, 2020

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Greg Rikaart is doing better

 

 

 

COVID-19 cases by zip code in NYC. Look at how bad Queens and Brooklyn are compared to Manhattan. There’s really only one neighborhood in Harlem that’s really strongly affected.

 

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-cases-by-zip.pdf

I really hope my old neighborhood in Harlem stays with that same low infection rate that I'm seeing.

 

 

One of the worst things to come out of this is the belief that only elderly would be in danger because it has only encouraged some younger people to be less than fully observant of safeguarding their health. In turn, plenty of them, including asymptomatic have gone around spreading COVID-19 to others.  Yes, it is still true (for now) that up to now, the fatalities have largely happened in the elderly but who's to say that won't change?

 

 

Many younger than 40 infected with virus in Tokyo https://t.co/TgQqz77B89

— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) April 1, 2020

 

  

 

 

 

  

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My friends in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn are looking to get out. They feel it's grown dicey there, which is how my nearby, creepily empty glitzy shopping center in LA now feels - it has one essential supermarket, but even without the rising infection point here I'd hesitate to go back and feel safe rn. Too big, too little security. I'm stocked up but trying to master the frenzied Amazon Fresh delivery windows.

 

My mother has yet to be persuaded to stop her six feet apart neighborhood gardening gatherings, despite my rising fury. My stepbrother and his wife are still in Bushwick, Brooklyn; my ex, a doctor, remains on call in Queens.

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That’s so sad about Adam Schlesinger. Loved Fountains of Wayne back in the day (before “Stacy’s Mom” made them super popular).

 

 

 

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My college best friend hightailed it out of NYC to his hometown of San Diego with his wife and two small kids. Can’t say I entirely blame him. 

 

 

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Tonya Pinkins sings a handwashing song.

 

Songful reminder to wash your hands and keep them off tour face #bwayhandwashchallenge ⁦@theatermania⁩ #TodosContraElCoronavirus #QuédateEnCasa #ProtegetePanama #ProtegeLatinoamerica #NoEstásSolo #AmorYControl pic.twitter.com/UtpW0sgeh1

— Tonya Pinkins (@tonyapinkins) April 1, 2020

 

She did sorta scratch her nose at the very beginning though.😕

 

  

Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell seems to have what sounds like a mild case of COVID-19.

 

I’m Coronavirus positive, but doing well! More to come! - Stokes pic.twitter.com/hmPbz3R2gz

— Brian Stokes Mitchell (@bstokesmitchell) April 1, 2020

 

BREAKING: Treasury now says Social Security recipients who don't normally file tax returns will NOT have to file to get the $1,200 check.

Treasury reversed course after pressure from Democrats, some Republicans and media/advocates. pic.twitter.com/rnHECLm01L

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) April 1, 2020