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Metasynth

Metasynth

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raratt

raratt

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doublejj said:
'The food supply chain is breaking,' Tyson says as plants close

"The food supply chain is breaking," wrote board chairman John Tyson in a full-page advertisement published Sunday in The New York Times, Washington Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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'The food supply chain is breaking,' Tyson says as plants close

Tyson Foods is warning that "millions of pounds of meat" will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close, leading to product shortages in grocery stores across the country.
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Plenty of cattle around here, I know a butcher that does whole beef...
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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doublejj said:
'The food supply chain is breaking,' Tyson says as plants close

"The food supply chain is breaking," wrote board chairman John Tyson in a full-page advertisement published Sunday in The New York Times, Washington Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
edition.cnn.com

'The food supply chain is breaking,' Tyson says as plants close

Tyson Foods is warning that "millions of pounds of meat" will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close, leading to product shortages in grocery stores across the country.
edition.cnn.com edition.cnn.com
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raratt said:
Plenty of cattle around here, I know a butcher that does whole beef...
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I mean, of COURSE the Tyson company is going to try to scare people into thinking there are food shortages. They are losing millions and millions by closing.

This country eats way too much meat anyway, and I'm guilty of this as well. We should really reduce the amount of meat we eat.
 
greg nr

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Metasynth said:
I mean, of COURSE the Tyson company is going to try to scare people into thinking there are food shortages. They are losing millions and millions by closing.

This country eats way too much meat anyway, and I'm guilty of this as well. We should really reduce the amount of meat we eat.
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I have pretty good access to fresh fish. Might have to get them alone, but they are gettable.....
 
Metasynth

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greg nr said:
I have pretty good access to fresh fish. Might have to get them alone, but they are gettable.....
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I mean, I live in the mountains above the ocean. Plenty of Deer, Rabbits, Fish...And that's the stuff that's HARD to get. For like 6 months of the year, I have an unlimited supply of Mussels and other easily foraged shellfish.

And edible plants...I have Miners Lettuce growing wild all over my neighborhood, kinda like spinach...prevents scurvy too...lol
 
Laughing Grass

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Metasynth said:
Yeah, but so is death... Once you're dead, there's no coming back from THAT quarantine
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Yesterday our Premier said that he would let us know today when to expect loosening of the restrictions. The plan released today doesn't give us dates or any hope that we'll soon see some of the restrictions relaxed. I just want to go read a book in the park and use the off leash dog areas. I can live without shopping, going to the movies or out for dinner as long as it takes.
 
tangerinegreen555

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There's a personal care retirement home within a mile of my house.

This morning I found out 45 of 52 residents tested positive (all over 70) along with 2 employees.

There are ambulances coming and going there for the last 3 days. There are stacks of mattresses piled up behind the place now. 3 people have died, cause of death unknown right now.

One male employee is theorized to have infected everyone in there. They contact traced him through every grocery store in the area along with contacts he could actually name. His personal R0 factor is through the roof.

So they can't get every single name through contact tracing, like through a store that he passed through.

Cars with state gov't plates coming and going over there. I called my buddy this morning who lives adjacent to the home, but at a nice distance away. He says he knew something was up since before the weekend.

Local hospital now has 22 patients, 8 on ventilators, not to mention the Pittsburgh hospitals.

I still see auto repair businesses where people aren't wearing masks, defying a state dept. of health order.

And we're starting to open back up statewide May 8th?

I seriously doubt people will be willing to go anywhere they don't have to. It's getting ugly.
 
FresnoFarmer

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tangerinegreen555 said:
There's a personal care retirement home within a mile of my house.

This morning I found out 45 of 52 residents tested positive (all over 70) along with 2 employees.

There are ambulances coming and going there for the last 3 days. There are stacks of mattresses piled up behind the place now. 3 people have died, cause of death unknown right now.

One male employee is theorized to have infected everyone in there. They contact traced him through every grocery store in the area along with contacts he could actually name. His personal R0 factor is through the roof.

So they can't get every single name through contact tracing, like through a store that he passed through.

Cars with state gov't plates coming and going over there. I called my buddy this morning who lives adjacent to the home, but at a nice distance away. He says he knew something was up since before the weekend.

Local hospital now has 22 patients, 8 on ventilators, not to mention the Pittsburgh hospitals.

I still see auto repair businesses where people aren't wearing masks, defying a state dept. of health order.

And we're starting to open back up statewide May 8th?

I seriously doubt people will be willing to go anywhere they don't have to. It's getting ugly.
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In a town not to far from here(Visalia) 3 nursing homes have been hit hard by the virus. It’s sad. And on Snapchat yesterday I saw my homie was at a party with shared platters and dips. Fuckin gross.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Laughing Grass said:
Yesterday our Premier said that he would let us know today when to expect loosening of the restrictions. The plan released today doesn't give us dates or any hope that we'll soon see some of the restrictions relaxed. I just want to go read a book in the park and use the off leash dog areas. I can live without shopping, going to the movies or out for dinner as long as it takes.
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Yeah, I'm sure they want to give you a time too...But they have no idea how long it's going to take. North America is WAY behind the rest of the world on this.

All they can do at this point is say "If these certain things happen, we can start thinking about opening back up"
 
greg nr

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Laughing Grass said:
Yesterday our Premier said that he would let us know today when to expect loosening of the restrictions. The plan released today doesn't give us dates or any hope that we'll soon see some of the restrictions relaxed. I just want to go read a book in the park and use the off leash dog areas. I can live without shopping, going to the movies or out for dinner as long as it takes.
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Same here, and while I feel for people who could lose jobs, I personally don't care if shake shack or ruth christ' ever re-open. The people who lose those jobs are mostly minimum wage earners. And there will always be min wage jobs. IT's the manufacturing and semi-skilled jobs we should be rallying around.

And f' the hedge funds. They shouldn't be protected at all.
 
srh88

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tangerinegreen555 said:
There's a personal care retirement home within a mile of my house.

This morning I found out 45 of 52 residents tested positive (all over 70) along with 2 employees.

There are ambulances coming and going there for the last 3 days. There are stacks of mattresses piled up behind the place now. 3 people have died, cause of death unknown right now.

One male employee is theorized to have infected everyone in there. They contact traced him through every grocery store in the area along with contacts he could actually name. His personal R0 factor is through the roof.

So they can't get every single name through contact tracing, like through a store that he passed through.

Cars with state gov't plates coming and going over there. I called my buddy this morning who lives adjacent to the home, but at a nice distance away. He says he knew something was up since before the weekend.

Local hospital now has 22 patients, 8 on ventilators, not to mention the Pittsburgh hospitals.

I still see auto repair businesses where people aren't wearing masks, defying a state dept. of health order.

And we're starting to open back up statewide May 8th?

I seriously doubt people will be willing to go anywhere they don't have to. It's getting ugly.
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When the hell is penndot opening back up lol. I need to get some info from them but the office i need to call isn't working
 
Laughing Grass

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Metasynth said:
Yeah, I'm sure they want to give you a time too...But they have no idea how long it's going to take. North America is WAY behind the rest of the world on this.

All they can do at this point is say "If these certain things happen, we can start thinking about opening back up"
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I wish he would have chosen his words more wisely 'cause I was expecting a date. Not necessarily a date for opening everything up but a date that we'll start loosening restrictions. We've flattened the curve in Ontario and have had three consecutive days of reduced number of cases. It just seems stupid to me that it's okay for me to go to a grocery or drug store where it's impossible to stay two meters from everyone and it's not okay for me to sit under a tree by myself and read a book.

greg nr said:
Same here, and while I feel for people who could lose jobs, I personally don't care if shake shack or ruth christ' ever re-open. The people who lose those jobs are mostly minimum wage earners. And there will always be min wage jobs. IT's the manufacturing and semi-skilled jobs we should be rallying around.

And f' the hedge funds. They shouldn't be protected at all.
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Almost everyone I know has been laid off in the past 40 days.... from six digit incomes down to servers making 31k per year. The thing about the service industry is those people are most vulnerable to financial ruin from any interruption in their income. Honestly I never imagined I'd be in this position, so I can sympathize with anyone who lost their job because of covid. My partner works in the health and fitness industry so going by Ontario's plan she's going to be one of the last fields to return to work.
 
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