cisgenderedAggie said:

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flakrat said:

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What the fook is that blue thing

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It's what's eating the ranch.

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... including the barn, tractors and livestock.

CDub06 said:

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Same. I don't understand the people that are taking the news personally and claiming American media is hyping this up in an attempt to oust trump. What about the news and quarantines and distress in the other countries? Is that all out of spite for Trump too?

This is bigger than your team sport known as politics.

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Exactly. I really wish people would shut the **** up about politics with this. It's a black swan event, it's much bigger than politics. However, if this can't bring people to work together then nothing ever will and we're going to see it tear us apart completely.

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CDub06 said:

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Same. I don't understand the people that are taking the news personally and claiming American media is hyping this up in an attempt to oust trump. What about the news and quarantines and distress in the other countries? Is that all out of spite for Trump too?

This is bigger than your team sport known as politics.

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Exactly. I really wish people would shut the **** up about politics with this. It's a black swan event, it's much bigger than politics. However, if this can't bring people to work together then nothing ever will and we're going to see it tear us apart completely.

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It should be this way instead "So long as you get your work done and you never miss deadlines while providing quality work, then do what you want the rest of the day." Companies don't know how to deal with that kind of reality though.

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That's pretty much how exempt employees have been treated at companies I have worked for, but I agree that most of corporate America (including other supervisors/managers) don't always understand what that really means.

Italy responding now. Hopefully this will do something to help slowly their epidemic

UncoverAg00 said:

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Just saw the movie Outbreak is now on Netflix... either their programming managers have a ****ed up sense of humor, or the conspiracy theory stuff may have legs.

Yeah, I'm gonna watch it. Well played Netflix.

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Watched it a couple days ago. I had forgotten how dumb it gets once they commandeer the helicopter

KorbinDallas said:

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Italy responding now. Hopefully this will do something to help slowly their epidemic

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Read article this morning that the folks in that area are bristling about the quarantine already in place and authorities had to rescind a curfew because of push back. It's about to get a hell of a lot more totalitarian for those folks.

Much of the problem is people still feel they need to shout at everyone telling them the news is exaggerating and sensationalizing things.

It's a college message forum -- people here aren't oblivious to how mainstream media works.

Some of these posters remind me of the guy who repeated over and over again how Harvey would be a non-event... and that he'd "eat crow" if he was wrong. Guess what? If it's a disaster then no one gives a hoot about coming back to watch some random internet poster "eat crow".

YouBet said:

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KorbinDallas said:

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Italy responding now. Hopefully this will do something to help slowly their epidemic

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Read article this morning that the folks in that area are bristling about the quarantine already in place and authorities had to rescind a curfew because of push back. It's about to get a hell of a lot more totalitarian for those folks.

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My Italy conference was finally postponed earlier this week, but mainly because the American side could call out the increase for America's flight warnings. The Italian side kept really assuring us that stuff was fine, they are a different area, and they had a parade of 30k people that day. They were pointing out that the areas that were affected still had pubs open, museums open and that everything was fine. Media was overreacting. Those who did decide to go are still being accommodated and they keep saying everything is copasetic. We are all watching to see if that area is as chill in a week or 2.

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Much of the problem is people still feel they need to shout at everyone telling them the news is exaggerating and sensationalizing things.

It's a college message forum -- people here aren't oblivious to how mainstream media works.

Some of these posters remind me of the guy who repeated over and over again how Harvey would be a non-event... and that he'd "eat crow" if he was wrong. Guess what? If it's a disaster then no one gives a hoot about coming back to watch some random internet poster "eat crow".

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Corona deniers, huh?

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Did Frito Lay and Pepsi give a reason for telling everyone to work from home? Has there been any employees there who have tested positive? I just keep thinking there is more to this than the public is hearing. I've never heard of large companies shutting down and telling everyone to work from home.

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I work at a major, if we have one case on our campus there is a possibility of closing down the whole campus and wfh mandate. 5000 employees, multiple buildings in one campus location.

This is absolutely being talked about at every major responsible company right now.

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4 heavy travel IBM consultants that were interacting with Plano employees at a week long conference left the conference ill. Then employees exposed to them spent time back in HQ before getting word. 2 have supposedly been clear, but apparently one in particular seems a likely case. With all of the work from home capability now and heavy use of it there (entire office is on laptops, company heavily uses Zoom, and flex policy has a ton of people wfh at least 1 day per week), it seems like more of an abundance of caution for now until they know more, knowing the workforce is enabled well to handle it. Most of the office is wfh at least one

Seems like a good Black Mirror episode. "Pandemic Pete"

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can just picture the end-times, much of the world's population devastated... a man closes the eyes on his wife and family that passed earlier in the day and with what little energy he has left drags himself over to his computer... he slowly types out "this aged well" on a reply to a forum post from months prior saying this would be no worse than flu, before closing his eyes as death takes him.

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You just created the storyline for an amazing short... I'd watch that.

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It could premier at SXSW next year

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UncoverAg00 said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can just picture the end-times, much of the world's population devastated... a man closes the eyes on his wife and family that passed earlier in the day and with what little energy he has left drags himself over to his computer... he slowly types out "this aged well" on a reply to a forum post from months prior saying this would be no worse than flu, before closing his eyes as death takes him.

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You just created the storyline for an amazing short... I'd watch that.

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It could premier at SXSW nest year

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It'll prolly be canceled.

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Tanya 93 said:

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It could premier at SXSW nest year

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you are assuming that we all make it to nest year.

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Treu

"The Final Gotcha"

Proposition Joe said:

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"The Final Gotcha"

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"Post of the Day"

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Dear AISD Families, Students, and Staff,

We care about the health of our students, staff and families and we want to keep everyone updated on what we're doing as a district to mitigate the risk of the coronavirus. Out of an abundance of caution and to be in alignment with other governmental partners, Austin ISD has canceled all district-sponsored international school trips through March 31 because of the increased risk of exposure to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The situation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Warning Level Advisory can change quickly, and we will continue to assess the impacts on domestic travel on a frequent basis.

Before returning to school please ensure students do not have or had recently had a fever of 100.4F or higher. If a student has developed a fever, they should check in with the physician before returning to school.

The CDC is recommending avoiding all non-essential travel to China, Iran, Italy and South Korea and has placed restrictions on re-entry to the United States for individuals traveling from those countries. Austin ISD encourages families to follow CDC guidelines regarding travel and avoid visiting these countries over Spring Break. Parents of students who do travel to one of these countries over Spring Break or have plans to do so, should contact campus administration and plan to self-quarantine for 14 days after returning to the United States, per the CDC's guidelines. The self-quarantine days will be counted as excused absences.

Austin ISD is closely monitoring the situation and communicating with the CDC, Texas Department of State Health Services and the Travis County Health Department to ensure all students and staff members are safe and updated with the latest information.

Information on AISD's response to coronavirus may be found at: https://www.austinisd.org/student-health/coronavirus.

Thank you,

Paul Cruz, Ph.D.
Superintendent, Austin ISD

UncoverAg00 said:

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Just saw the movie Outbreak is now on Netflix... either their programming managers have a ****ed up sense of humor, or the conspiracy theory stuff may have legs.

Yeah, I'm gonna watch it. Well played Netflix.

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That opening scene though!

We received a similar email this week in Pearland ISD.

ETA this was in response to CrazyRichAggie's AISD post.

Meanwhile a hotel in China being used to house Covid 19 patients has collapsed.
https://www.kron4.com/news/world/chinese-hotel-used-to-observe-virus-contacts-collapses/

C@LAg said:

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[url=https://imgur.com/ImZhrlj][/url]


this is the "epicenter" location.70 employees with symptoms

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Don't leave home without a bio suit.

I will miss how much you mock me if you get this.

Uh...



Happy thoughts. Where's my happy place? Brb, need to find my wife.

The media's number one motive is selling advertisements. Clicks lead to revenue.

Reactions to this are writing an episode to South Park.

Jeez... 26 deaths? Just the flu huh