Damn, kind of hits home. I just watched S2E2 of Ugly Delicious on Indian food the other night, which features Floyd. David Chang infers that he is one of the best chefs in the world. He has apparently died after testing positive for the virus.

BTW, I highly recommend this show if you enjoy cooking. David Chang is very entertaining and though provoking.

How did the Anti Science movement lead to this current mess and why do half of Americans approve the (federal)government malpractice??(not including governors)

I put my life on the frontline of this mess and still don’t understand, nor do most of the healthcare workers in hospitals.

I wonder if this was actually COVID-19? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/24/media/espn-reporter-dies-trnd/index.html

I firmly believe that it has been here since the end of last calendar year. To not get into specifics, I had a friend who was gravely ill last December with a disease the doctors couldn't identify but figured it was some type of pneumonia. Once he got ill, it quickly spread through his family and workplace and here's the kicker: He still has shortness of breath and lung capacity issues. He lives in central PA.

MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor of Moscow said the outbreak in the Russian capital was much worse than official figures showed.

The comments, by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, marked the strongest statement yet by Russian authorities suggesting they do not have a full grasp of how widely the coronavirus has spread throughout the world's largest country by territory.

Russia has so far reported 495 cases of the virus, a figure that is much lower than in many European countries. One woman, who tested positive for the virus, has also died.

Putin has previously said the situation is under control, but some doctors have questioned how far official data reflects reality, a point taken up by Sobyanin, a close Putin ally, on Tuesday.

"A serious situation is unfolding," Sobyanin told Putin at a meeting, saying the real number of cases was unclear but that they were increasing quickly.

Testing for the virus was at a low level, he said, and many people in the capital were self-isolating at their apartments or at homes in the countryside and not being tested after returning from trips abroad.

"...In reality there are significantly more of those who are sick," Sobyanin said.

Putin on Tuesday donned a bright yellow full-body protective suit and respirator as he visited a hospital on the outskirts of Moscow that is treating coronavirus patients.

The Russian leader used the visit to praise doctors for their work, saying he had been impressed by what he had seen.

Separately, two senior lawmakers, including Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, on Tuesday proposed legislation that would make it an offence punishable by jail time to violate quarantine measures imposed to limit the virus's spread.

Under their proposals, people who flout mandatory quarantine could be jailed for up to seven years if their actions led to the death of two or more people, or for up to three years if it led to mass infection, the RIA news agency reported.

Pavel Krasheninnikov, a senior lawmaker, said the legislation could be adopted by the lower house of parliament as soon as next week, RIA reported. ($1 = 78.2300 roubles) (Additional reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/putin-dons-hazmat-suit-moscow-151551841.html

The market opened down about 1800 today and trading was halted for about 15 minutes. It looks like we could see a big crash today.

..making a feeble attempt to change the subject from the virus....

I am of the opinion that the Villanova Men's Basketball team is this board's favorite non Penn State college sports team....


Thoughts? Other options?

On a personal note, I am also a fan of the Springfield Nittany Tide.

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Fair at 30:

Favorites include:
The Highway Men - anyone see the show live
Il Volo
David Foster
Les Mes - 25th anniversary - saw original cast in NYC many years ago, still have the stubs somewhere

Any other favorites??

to where they were last week?

I understand the seriousness of this I really do but I cant stop thinking this is what our society truly needs. This will give most an opportunity to reflect and put into action what is truly most important (God, Family, and Friends) This slow down of our daily lives is a blessing for mankind. What do you think? Are there others who feel this way?

My local brew pub just sent out a thank you email to the members of the mug club- we get a free growler a month with our annual membership, plus some other bennies.

Just a thank you for supporting them over the years and continuing to do so with take out orders now- and they are giving each of us another free growler this month

A nice way to remind us to try to support our local businesses in uncertain times

Best explanation I have read about the corona virus: Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand...

It has to do with RNA sequencing.... I.e. genetics.

Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by the human immune system. This means that your body has some immunity to it before it comes around each year... you get immunity two ways...through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot.

Novel viruses, come from animals.... the WHO tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years watching for mutations). Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu). But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from animals to humans... then it’s a problem, Why? Because we have no natural or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it off.

Now.... sometimes, the mutation only allows transfer from animal to human, for years it’s only transmission is from an infected animal to a human before it finally mutates so that it can now transfer human to human... once that happens..we have a new contagion phase. And depending on the fashion of this new mutation, thats what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s gonna be..

H1N1 was deadly....but it did not mutate in a way that was as deadly as the Spanish flu. It’s RNA was slower to mutate and it attacked its host differently, too.

Fast forward.

Now, here comes this Coronavirus... it existed in animals only, for nobody knows how long...but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China, in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people. At first, only animals could give it to a person... But here is the scary part.... in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to human. Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery”

This Coronavirus, not being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or acquired immunity). Took off like a rocket. And this was because, Humans have no known immunity...doctors have no known medicines for it.

And it just so happens that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way that it causes great damage to human lungs..

That’s why Coronavirus is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or any other type of influenza.... this one is slippery AF. And it’s a lung eater...And, it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to deal with, strain s, and strain L....which makes it twice as hard to develop a vaccine.

We really have no tools in our shed, with this. History has shown that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918 and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu.

Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near him, till the Black Plague passed...(honestly...I understand him so much better now). Just like us, he had no tools in his shed, except social isolation...

And let me end by saying....right now it’s hitting older folks harder... but this genome is so slippery...if it mutates again (and it will). Who is to say, what it will do next.

Be smart folks... acting like you’re unafraid is so not sexy right now.

#flattenthecurve. Stay home folks... and share this to those that just are not catching on.

From the WSJ

In mid February a 38 year old man from Codogno Italy, just outside of Milan, is believed to be the first person infected in Italy. The 50,000 residents went on lock down, people stayed in their homes and the city was sealed from the rest of Italy.

Three weeks later the town is almost free of the virus recording only a few new cases a day, down from 50-100.

This could be a model for future pandemics. If the State of Washington had been locked down with the first patient, this contagion may have had a different path.

It will be interesting to see what protocol will develop for the next time.

I'm setting this up in advance, I had planned to be around to follow the B1G tournament, and provide PBP. Alas, something came up that I have to attend to, so I'm pretty much out for the tournament. I might be able to jump in during the Semis, or possibly during the finals, but my schedule isn't set enough for me to be able to say for sure in advance. Hopefully, several of you will step forward, and provide PBP. As always, I remind folks to please post scores of matches. As this is a tournament, mat assignments, when a PSU wrestler is on deck or in the hole, etc., are also helpful.

I'll be reading this thread occasionally, to see what's happening in the tournament.

In previous B1G tournaments, I've set up separate Session I, Session II, etc. threads. I'll leave it to one of you to take on that chore. I believe that Session I is the opening round and the quarters, Session II is the semis on Saturday evening, Session III is the consolation semis on Sunday at noon, and Session IV is the finals at 3:30 on Sunday.

To the details:

When:
March 7, 10 am EST

Where:
The RAC, @ Rutgers

TV:
none, until the finals, on March 8th

Video Streaming:
The action will be streamed via BTN+, or via FloPro, for those that have subscriptions to those services

Audio Streaming:
Ironhead's radio PBP will be streamed for free, via GoPSUsports.com. The pre-session show starts at 9:40 am EST, and the action starts at 10:00 am EST. You can access the audio stream at:

https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=740&type=Live

Have fun following the action, and discussing it in this thread. Go PSU!

at least one death. All stores except grocery and pharmacies closing for three weeks in seven county area. People told to shelter in place, meaning stay at home, unless they are 'essential workers'.

What are everyone's thoughts? Will this season count towards eligibility?

I am watching The Old Man and the Sea on TCM, pretentious as hell, it is. Anyway, got me to thinking. Faulkner’s big three (TSARF, As I lay Dying, Light in August) makes him the best overall, in my opinion, but only because I consider USA to be one book. My vote for the best single book is USA.

COVID 19 Prevention Tip:

Wash your hands like you just touched a Duke shirt.

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Ugh

From Johns Hopkins.

The sad thing is there is a category listed with the country data called "Cruise Ships"

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

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