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by gdubs 7y ago
Keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in your car. Possibly disinfectant wipes to sanitize your car’s surfaces frequently. Break the habit of flipping through your phone out in public, or start washing your phone frequently. When you touch public
902.
by gdubs 7y ago
You’re just talking about a single earner household _as it exists today_. It sounds like a snarky reply, tbh. But it’s worth addressing regardless: this scheme simply reinforces inequality — only people fortunate enough to live off one inco
903.
by gdubs 7y ago
Universal basic income would be an acceptable approach imho.
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by gdubs 7y ago
My wife an I discuss this a lot. There are a lot of programs designed to help offset costs for women who choose to work, but not a whole lot aimed at paying full-time stay-at-home parents for their contributions. I recently commented about
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by gdubs 7y ago
Hopefully you all don’t mind me tagging on (again) with a link to my project — similar space, but with Fauvist art: http://gregorywieber.com/art/a-walk-through-latent-space-mak...
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by gdubs 7y ago
Just to put this in context, out of the 5,600 cases, 5,500 are active. Around 40 have recovered. Around 30 have died. 52 are in critical condition. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
907.
by gdubs 7y ago
The same is true for the flu. People get it every year but they don’t go and get swabbed. I also agree that there’s a wide range of possibility. But I’m responding to the claim there’s no data with a study from China’s CDC that most experts
908.
by gdubs 7y ago
Except we do have data, that’s my point. China’s study is being cited by most experts as this situation unfolds. It doesn’t mean these numbers will hold — it’s possible that what we see out of South Korea over the coming month might be mo
909.
by gdubs 7y ago
The diamond princess is... interesting, yes, but an unmitigated disaster is how most experts have defined it. It’s unclear we can extract meaningful info applicable to the rest of the world based on the cruise ship. Also consider my point t
910.
by gdubs 7y ago
Aren’t the hospitalization rates something like ~20% according to the main study that came out of China? Also, the cruise ship cases aren’t all resolved outcomes yet. Edit: link to China study summary below, but including it top-level here
911.
by gdubs 7y ago
Just to be clear people, don’t just go to the doctor if you think you might have coronavirus — call first and seek their professional recommendation. They may want to come to you to do a swab, rather than have people randomly walking in a
912.
by gdubs 7y ago
Keynes famously said you could hire people to dig ditches and it would stimulate the economy. However, if we were to take aggressive action on Climate Change, there’s a lot of potential jobs there. A massive potential stimulus. Also, you kn
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by gdubs 7y ago
One thing that’s missing from your question is: what’s the goal? Is it to develop a better understanding of the subject matter? To score better on tests? Having a clear goal can help unlock the right process. Otherwise you risk having a sol
914.
by gdubs 7y ago
True. But we seem so fixated on avoiding any economic downturn that we prioritize the short term over the long term. Wouldn’t it make sense to take a hit in the short term and try more aggressively to slow the spread of coronavirus, for i
915.
by gdubs 7y ago
There’s something of a social stigma around treating this thing seriously but alarm bells should be ringing at this point. We have, essentially, a hurricane off the coast (so to speak) and no one can say with certainty whether it will blow
916.
by gdubs 7y ago
You’re right. And while I’ve been pointing out to people that panic is never a good response, upon reflection “fear” isn’t the same thing and can actually be a motivator. I’m taking this situation very seriously fwiw and agree with the asse
917.
by gdubs 7y ago
“[...] restaurants would be dined.” Kind of ignoring the root cause of this market sell-off.
918.
by gdubs 7y ago
With interest rates already so low, people are sure putting their hopes into monetary policy and another round of quantitative easing. This would usually be a good time to talk about fiscal stimulus options.
919.
by gdubs 7y ago
I feel like now is the time to take preventative measures like canceling large gatherings, crowd avoidance, etc. They’ll have more of an effect now than in two weeks. I also don’t think this is a panicked view point. To me, if we wait until
920.
by gdubs 7y ago
Let’s not post about fears. The situation in Washington in serious. However, a state of emergency was also declared in Santa Clara County weeks ago -they’re necessary for unlocking funding so local governments can prepare. Let’s try to keep
921.
by gdubs 7y ago
Assuming you’re in the US and have insurance you can usually go on your insurance company’s website and find a local provider (doctor). You can then just call them up and say you’re looking for a new primary care physician. Also, many areas
922.
by gdubs 7y ago
Either way you should call first — speak to a doctor on the phone and get their recommendations.
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by gdubs 7y ago
It’s never time to freak out. That leads to poor decisions. It is time to take this seriously. Beyond personal hygiene, plan on how you’ll deal with school closures if you’re a parent (and ensure your school has a remote study curriculum in
924.
by gdubs 7y ago
My wife fractured a rib from coughing just to give a sense of how bad it was.
925.
by gdubs 7y ago
FWIW our family got hit with the same thing. The cough was... different than anything we’ve experienced in recent memory. I assumed it was the flu (we stayed home and didn’t get tested, but it was pretty brutal.)
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by gdubs 7y ago
Meta point but when NYT introduced their paywall they said access would be free during emergencies. Certainly this qualifies.
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by gdubs 7y ago
Aren’t these comparisons a bit like saying that the pipes in Flynt Michigan are already toxic, so what’s another toxin added in to the mix? Yes, we have zero deaths in America today. But like the grains of rice on the chessboard in the old
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by gdubs 7y ago
Everything is in bloom right now in Santa Clara County, which is certainly going to make allergies flare up. Anecdotally, there does seem to be something going around. It’s smart for people to take care of themselves regardless by getting
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by gdubs 7y ago
“Global health experts have been saying for years that another pandemic rivalling the speed and severity of the 1918 influenza epidemic wasn’t a matter of if but when.“ Short-term-ism is the real epidemic in America. We seem paralyzed in ta
930.
by gdubs 7y ago
... and come to realize how undervalued the work of full-time stay-at-home parents is :)

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