Help at last: Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort docks in New York
The ship arrived at New York Harbor on Monday morning. It will welcome patients who do not have coronavirus but who still need care in order to clear out the city's other hospitals.
"WW C"- COVID-19, GLOBAL CASES SURPASS 676 MILLION...Here we go again 2025 are we ready for Trump to fuck this up again?
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These are some stupid people they know what’s going on in New York with this virusHelp at last: Navy hospital ship the USNS Comfort docks in New York
The ship arrived at New York Harbor on Monday morning. It will welcome patients who do not have coronavirus but who still need care in order to clear out the city's other hospitals.www.dailymail.co.uk
Macy's will furlough the majority of its 125,000 employees
Macy's is furloughing a majority of its 125,000 employees because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has sunk sales and forced it close to its stores.
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Question: If you started with a grain of rice on the first square of a chessboard, you put two on the second, and you kept doubling, how many squares would it take before you had one grain for every person on earth?
The answer is that in just 32 squares - the first half of the board - you would have reached half of the world’s population. By the 33rd square, everyone.
The second half of the chess board - except for one square - would be empty.
Since the first recorded case of the Coronavirus on 17 Nov 2019, we have already had 20 doublings. In just 12 more, we reach the 32nd square and half the world’s population.
That means we are already two thirds on the way to COVID-19 infecting 50% of all of us.
After 8 doublings, in early January, there were just over 100 cases in China
After 16 doublings, in mid February, there over 32,000 cases
After 20 doublings, last week, there were over 500,000 cases
When we get to the 21st doubling this week, there will be over 1 million cases
And by the 24th doubling in late April, there will be 8 million cases
At the current rate, we reach the 32nd doubling by the end of June.
Is 50% infection possible? It’s the subject of many current government and expert projections. In all probability, we will likely not to reach that point. The world’s worst pandemic, the Spanish Flu, infected 33% of the world’s 1.5 billion population a century ago. We also won’t keep the same doubling rate. Social distancing and isolation measures will slow down the curve.
But either way, we are entering a phase in which the exponential curve we are on starts producing mind-blowing numbers and we see millions passing as quickly as we saw thousands just weeks ago.
And we become numb to the numbers.
For example, on Saturday China reported a total of 3,321 COVID-19 deaths in total since January. On the same day the world reported 3,518 deaths in one day: More than the entire total reported by China so far.
We passed the milestone with barely a mention.
The inability for our linear minds to grasp the true magnitude of exponential growth is told in the ancient Indian fable of “The Rice and the Chessboard”. As the story goes, when the King of India came across the inventor of the game of Chess, he was so impressed by the game, he asked the inventor to name his reward.
The inventor said “Just give me a grain of rice on the first square of the board. Then just double it on each of the 32 squares and I’ll be happy with that.” The King was so amazed by the seemingly small request of the inventor, he said to his advisors “Just make it so”.
It was only when his advisors let him know that the amount of rice required would be bigger than Mount Everest and more than the entire rice produced by all of humankind since the beginning of time that the King decided to have the inventor’s head chopped off instead.
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” - Albert A. Bartlett
We will soon be entering the fourth row of the chessboard, where the numbers will already become astronomical, and our linear systems, from hospital beds to medication to the news of millions of new infections, will test us all far more than everything that has already come before.
Bracing for the coming wave and the impact of half a million becoming a million becoming ten million, and tens of thousands of deaths becoming hundreds of thousands becoming millions, is the only way for what is a global health crisis to not also becoming a mental health one.
Exponential times calls for exponential thinking.
It also calls for exponential caring,
And exponential compassion.
“Do some small acts of kindness every day consistently, and over time it will have an exponential effect on the world.” - Amit Ray
The answer is that in just 32 squares - the first half of the board - you would have reached half of the world’s population. By the 33rd square, everyone.
The second half of the chess board - except for one square - would be empty.
Since the first recorded case of the Coronavirus on 17 Nov 2019, we have already had 20 doublings. In just 12 more, we reach the 32nd square and half the world’s population.
That means we are already two thirds on the way to COVID-19 infecting 50% of all of us.
After 8 doublings, in early January, there were just over 100 cases in China
After 16 doublings, in mid February, there over 32,000 cases
After 20 doublings, last week, there were over 500,000 cases
When we get to the 21st doubling this week, there will be over 1 million cases
And by the 24th doubling in late April, there will be 8 million cases
At the current rate, we reach the 32nd doubling by the end of June.
Is 50% infection possible? It’s the subject of many current government and expert projections. In all probability, we will likely not to reach that point. The world’s worst pandemic, the Spanish Flu, infected 33% of the world’s 1.5 billion population a century ago. We also won’t keep the same doubling rate. Social distancing and isolation measures will slow down the curve.
But either way, we are entering a phase in which the exponential curve we are on starts producing mind-blowing numbers and we see millions passing as quickly as we saw thousands just weeks ago.
And we become numb to the numbers.
For example, on Saturday China reported a total of 3,321 COVID-19 deaths in total since January. On the same day the world reported 3,518 deaths in one day: More than the entire total reported by China so far.
We passed the milestone with barely a mention.
The inability for our linear minds to grasp the true magnitude of exponential growth is told in the ancient Indian fable of “The Rice and the Chessboard”. As the story goes, when the King of India came across the inventor of the game of Chess, he was so impressed by the game, he asked the inventor to name his reward.
The inventor said “Just give me a grain of rice on the first square of the board. Then just double it on each of the 32 squares and I’ll be happy with that.” The King was so amazed by the seemingly small request of the inventor, he said to his advisors “Just make it so”.
It was only when his advisors let him know that the amount of rice required would be bigger than Mount Everest and more than the entire rice produced by all of humankind since the beginning of time that the King decided to have the inventor’s head chopped off instead.
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” - Albert A. Bartlett
We will soon be entering the fourth row of the chessboard, where the numbers will already become astronomical, and our linear systems, from hospital beds to medication to the news of millions of new infections, will test us all far more than everything that has already come before.
Bracing for the coming wave and the impact of half a million becoming a million becoming ten million, and tens of thousands of deaths becoming hundreds of thousands becoming millions, is the only way for what is a global health crisis to not also becoming a mental health one.
Exponential times calls for exponential thinking.
It also calls for exponential caring,
And exponential compassion.
“Do some small acts of kindness every day consistently, and over time it will have an exponential effect on the world.” - Amit Ray
That's part I dont understand, I see people bitching and complaining about staying inside their home but all they're doing is prolonging the spread of the virus. Making them stay in their home even longer.
Spring and summer will be here when all of this die down but not you or anyone else after getting affected.
While,I knew people were selfish ass fuck. I didn't know folks were this selfish....my goodness..
Whole Foods Employees Are Staging a Nationwide 'Sick-Out'
Workers say they will strike Tuesday because the Amazon subsidiary has failed to prioritize their safety during a period of record sales.
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I did, and I've known it for a long time. We've been talking about how selfish and greedy corporations are, but corporations are just people right.
Whole Foods Employees Are Staging a Nationwide 'Sick-Out'
Workers say they will strike Tuesday because the Amazon subsidiary has failed to prioritize their safety during a period of record sales.
Instacart workers are doing the same now along with some Amazon warehouse employees.
No they are who control people and therefore have influenced this kind of reaction from people by putting their profits over lives.
Have to use that leverage while they have it. They've been denied collective bargaining for so long its now or never.
Mayor Bowser issues stay at home order for D.C.
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We are going to have 400+ deaths today alone and we still have a functioning health infrastructure. Give it about a week longer and these same people will be saying "why didn't they warn us?"
Can we get a free pillow along with the $1200 check?
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Internet confused why Trump invited My Pillow owner to public health briefing: 'Tell me this is a prank'
When President Donald Trump took the podium to deliver his daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, one of the businessmen pledging to help make masks was an unusual choice: Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of My Pillow.It is unclear why Lindell, a frequent Fox News advertiser and...
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Utah Jazz 'Cleared' By Health Dept., No Longer At Risk Of Infecting Others
Huge news out of Utah ... where the state Dept. of Health says it has "cleared" Jazz players and staff to leave isolation after 2 players tested positive for coronavirus.
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Joel Embiid Praises Sixers For Paying Staff, Donates $500k To COVID-19 Relief
Joel Embiid is gunning to help those in need "do a 180" during the coronavirus pandemic
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NBA Analyst Doris Burke Tested Positive for Coronavirus, On the Mend
Doris Burke -- America's most beloved sportscaster (sorry Joe Buck) -- just revealed she tested positive for coronavirus ... but she's already on the mend!
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LeBron James Gives Tour Of His Nike Shoe Vault On Air Max Day
Nike's bilion dollar man is showing off his incredible Air Max collection.
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Metro Atlanta Chick-fil-A closes after employee tests positive for COVID-19
The owner of the Chick-fil-A on Highway 81in McDonough said he decided to voluntarily close the restaurant after learning an employee was sick.
Andrew Cuomo, COVID-19 Content, and Sports Media Layoffs
Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week
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Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the rise of Andrew Cuomo (01:00), the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week (18:00), how you and your non-news website can continue to create content during the coronavirus pandemic (20:00), and sportswriting during this national emergency (32:30).
I was in the store today talking to some 60 plus year old black men I have known for awhile. I had my mask on. They thought it was funny I had on a mask and once again they was like, “if you gon get it, you’re gon get it”. Then was like, “you can go out here and get hit by a truck and then what”. Then was like, “I am as healthy as an ox and you don’t see me wearing a mask”.
My thing is that this disease isn’t you get it and then you die instantly. No you will suffer before you pass away by not being able to BREATHE! Your family will not be able to be by your side, you will pass away alone with no one holding your hand.
The level of ignorance I hear from older black men about this virus is bewildering. This is the toxic masculinity that we have in our community and it serves no purpose. These gentlemen are the ones that are at high-risk, but they spout this bullshit rhetoric. These brothers are on the frontlines and aren’t taking precautions. They’re working in a closed environment where I am sure the virus is residing.
I am afraid they will get it and spread it to other people and they may not recover. The level of ignorance is truly sad and shocking. There is nothing funny about this virus and the suffering it causes.
My thing is that this disease isn’t you get it and then you die instantly. No you will suffer before you pass away by not being able to BREATHE! Your family will not be able to be by your side, you will pass away alone with no one holding your hand.
The level of ignorance I hear from older black men about this virus is bewildering. This is the toxic masculinity that we have in our community and it serves no purpose. These gentlemen are the ones that are at high-risk, but they spout this bullshit rhetoric. These brothers are on the frontlines and aren’t taking precautions. They’re working in a closed environment where I am sure the virus is residing.
I am afraid they will get it and spread it to other people and they may not recover. The level of ignorance is truly sad and shocking. There is nothing funny about this virus and the suffering it causes.
Vancouver suspends meter parking, restricts waste disposal amid pandemic
The City of Vancouver is making some temporary changes to help essential workers and front-line staff during the state of emergency.
www.citynews1130.com
‘Be patient and kind’: London Drugs staff face threats before, during virus pandemic
According to the company, some customers have reportedly threatened to spit or cough on staff at various London Drugs locations.
www.citynews1130.com
COVID-19 Outbreak Archives - NEWS 1130
The novel coronavirus was first reported in December of 2019 in China, but has since infected hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. Follow along for the latest on COVID-19.
Went to Costco, was one of a few people with gloves and a mask on. They are not taking this shit seriously.
Hold up ... did the mypillow guy really talk today. My internet is slow and I’m sure someone’s is playing a prank on me.
i know right...wtf kind of insight can he present in this situation
I was in the store today talking to some 60 plus year old black men I have known for awhile. I had my mask on. They thought it was funny I had on a mask and once again they was like, “if you gon get it, you’re gon get it”. Then was like, “you can go out here and get hit by a truck and then what”. Then was like, “I am as healthy as an ox and you don’t see me wearing a mask”.
My thing is that this disease isn’t you get it and then you die instantly. No you will suffer before you pass away by not being able to BREATHE! Your family will not be able to be by your side, you will pass away alone with no one holding your hand.
The level of ignorance I hear from older black men about this virus is bewildering. This is the toxic masculinity that we have in our community and it serves no purpose. These gentlemen are the ones that are at high-risk, but they spout this bullshit rhetoric. These brothers are on the frontlines and aren’t taking precautions. They’re working in a closed environment where I am sure the virus is residing.
I am afraid they will get it and spread it to other people and they may not recover. The level of ignorance is truly sad and shocking. There is nothing funny about this virus and the suffering it causes.
Mask do not prevent u/one from getting the virus. It helps stops people who already have it from spreading it. So you all wearing the mask that ain't sick is pointless.......
That's not true
Celtics' Smart says he's cleared of coronavirus
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart, who tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, has been cleared by the Massachusetts Department of Health, he announced Sunday on social media.
Celtics’ Marcus Smart cleared from COVID-19
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart cleared after testing positive for coronavirus
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is the latest NBA player to be cleared of coronavirus. Smart, who announced on March 19 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, tweeted Sunday night that he is n…
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Post scientific research and proof that shows a mask will prevent this virus....
