De Blasio saying a shelter in place order could come within the next 48 hours per gothamist
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
shit is getting real: alternate-side parking regulations have been suspended for the next week
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
Theyโre not sweeping the street, it begins
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
local bodega sold me five rolls of toilet paper without so much as a wink. they were out of tamales though. sometimes walk around the neighborhood fixes a lot of agit.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
i'm not worried as much about 'shelter in place' as I am the risk of going anywhere even for authorized purposes, in my immunocompromised class.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
"shelter in place" is a terrible name for what the order actually means, at least the bay area version is. it's basically an enforced version of social distancing norms (essential businesses remain open, you can leave your apartment but can't congregate in groups, etc.)
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
of course, it has a name that immediately induces panic and thoughts like "oh god, is my apartment even shelter enough?"
Have I said I had no use for it but RIP anyway yet?
― Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette Alone) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
Here's hoping all this rain will wash the coronavirus away.
― Alba, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
Like Night of the Comet.
― Yerac, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
JUST IN: MTA buses will be backdoor-only starting Monday, with exceptions for disabled riders. On local buses, that means no more fare collection.— David J. Meyer (@dahvnyc) March 20, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
deBlasio released 23 ppl from Rikers
alleged progressive heroes @NYCMayor & @NYGovCuomo are leaving thousands to rot in NY state and city prisons and jails despite scores of experts calling for mass release of prisoners, namely those (1) w/ underlying conditions (2) over 50 (3) w/ less than a year on their sentence https://t.co/6aIcBNlB1L— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 March 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
NYT top headline is the high COVID 'attack rate' in the NY metro region
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
also an article explaining why the reason new york has been hit hard is its density, which article does not mention singapore or hong kong.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 04:03 (four years ago) link
also doesn't mention that density varies throughout the five boroughs yet they seem to have roughly the same infections per capita (staten island slightly ahead)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 08:20 (four years ago) link
not fair, I've met a bunch of Staten Islanders who aren't dense
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
i thought ny was hit hard because of density and complete disregard to stay at home/take precautions.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
it's probably being hit harder than other US cities because of density. it's being hit harder than other world cities because it's in the US and the US is unbelievably badly run at the city, state and national level, and it has very poor healthcare.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
well GRANTED. sheesh. but ASIDE from that
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
guilty lol
― absolute idiot liar uneducated person (mh), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
POTUS says Cuomo "is supposed to be buying his own ventilators"
good luck NY
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
cuomo knows a guy
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
well funny that since the states were bidding against the federal govt and other states for supplies.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
ayyyyy iโm ventilatinโ here
― a struggle to make meat-snacking fit (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
all right does anyone have opinions about grocery delivery options
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
FreshDirect has no slots for a week, and the calendar only covers a week
relying on friends w/ a car so far
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
btw bdb *might* opt to close the playgrounds by the end of the week. to make up for the lost public space, he *might* then opt to close exactly two streets per borough to traffic
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
We ordered a box from some place called grateful produce and it was amazing. I also found a market on seamless and got some snacks and like 3lbs of cold cuts. Check seamless thereโs always some delis that have staples.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
what about instacart
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
I take it Mimi's Hummus is still doing delivery
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 12:27 (four years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/state-lawmakers-pushing-coronavirus-rent-cancellation-say-cuomo-mia
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 12:56 (four years ago) link
instacart is like a five-day wait
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
that's acceptable, we are just needing to reup on flour, yogurt, eggs, that kind of stuff
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
hopefully the flour situaton is not similar to the UK's!
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
get that stuff from delis on seamless.
I ordered a big meal from Dawas last night, a favorite place of ours in Woodside. Did it via credit card and wasn't happy that when the guy came he made me sign the CC. I never understand when that's needed. I tipped the delivery guy 20 bucks.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
morbs (and other nycers), freshdirect offers slots a day before for delivery pass members; $40 for a 6 month pass that lets you hold Tuesday to Thursday deliveries seems worth it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
I just did an Instacart for next Monday
can get by til then
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Very difficult to say if, in not even considering fleeing the overcrowded plague hub where I live, I am presently being "cool-headed in a time of crisis" or merely "stupid."— ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (@NickPinkerton) March 22, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
same
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8125
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
little "support" yea/nay button on the right side
my sister just texted me to say "ARE YOU OKAY? TERRIBLE NEWS OUT OF NYC!" and when i asked what she meant she said "28% POSITIVE TESTING RATE IS TERRIBLE" and i got to be like um, yeah, it's a pandemic; gonna go jogging.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
I saw a few alarmist tweets about people leaving NYC? What would be the benefit to fleeing, if any?
Weโre seeing a lot of flight from the city (especially among those who can afford to go to, say, the Hamptons). Iโm not sure what the benefit is, perhaps itโs largely psychological. Weโve seen it in this pandemic, and throughout history. It happened in the medieval plagues, in the plagues in London, as well as many others. People see infection around them, and hope to escape it by fleeing. Instead, they may already be infected and are just bringing it to another place, perhaps even introducing it there.If, as the tweets you refer to suggest, you can really leave without coming in contact with anyone outside your household and stay inside for 2 weeks, at least youโre not infecting anyone else and thatโs an ethical approach. Unfortunately, not everyone will be so scrupulous, so the virus is very likely circulating there anyway. The end result: youโll probably still be keeping to yourself, but perhaps in nicer surroundings.However, if I thought I might get sick, Iโd rather be somewhere near a good hospital.
If, as the tweets you refer to suggest, you can really leave without coming in contact with anyone outside your household and stay inside for 2 weeks, at least youโre not infecting anyone else and thatโs an ethical approach. Unfortunately, not everyone will be so scrupulous, so the virus is very likely circulating there anyway. The end result: youโll probably still be keeping to yourself, but perhaps in nicer surroundings.
However, if I thought I might get sick, Iโd rather be somewhere near a good hospital.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
Asking "what would be the benefit??!" seems facile? Uh in the country I can have a whole house instead of a couple of rooms, laundry on site, a yard we can go in, a garden where I grow food to eat, two bathrooms (lol), and be with my partner who lives alone when I'm not there, and if he gets ill, would be alone in his house and no one would be able to get to him.
I have largely been up here since around Mar 4 or 5 with only brief visits to the city where I used gloves + wiped down everything + stayed in as much as poss w my whole building doing the same. It's possible I was exposed in those moments but in any case we're both asymptomatic still.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
I guess those aren't the reasons rich ppl are "fleeing" tho cause they have the all the luxuries wherever they are.
everyone's situation is different, io, you don't have to explain yourself.
(except that growing yr own food stuff, my god, do you know what century it is? I know, the 11th)
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
I mean if I fled to my sister's I'd have to take transit for 3 hours. just no way.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
Specifically the fresh veg are the thing that we'll be lacking if we can't go to the store at all. We have staples for a long time but it will help to have lettuce & radishes & herbs on hand soon.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
I fled with gf to her parents house in the jersey burbs. I expect we'll be here at least a month, probably more though. I have multiple friends in the city who are moderately sick, one degree away from someone who's on oxygen in a hospital.
my driving motivation to flee was 'if I get this I don't want to be on a bed in the javits center'.
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Waiting at least a week or so more till weโve been quarantined weโll over two weeks and wives parents are the same then maybe going to their house in the jersey burbs. A yard and help with the three year old a big reason, plentiful fridge space. Etc.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link