COVID-19

[Cnasty]

Its shitty, deferment should be the least they could do after getting bailed out in 2008

Now you’re getting it

[shel311]

And then at the end of those “couple months” they still owe that money that was put towards other utilities and such.

Now what?

See above. I assume it gets added to the end of the amortization term

Yea, that would be great.

Just looked up mine, if I defer, say 3 months, I owe all 3 months as soon as that time is up. That's what I'm saying does me no good.

There is a 2nd option for a repayment plan, but qualifying for either depends on my income stats and loan details, so not sure I'd qualify.


Going to wait it out, not use it unless it's absolutely needed.

[Weasel]

In that case youre right. Those options suck.

[GeorgesGoons]

you are a right wing nut job tho.

Once again, you are showing your immaturity. Yesterday you are begging for people to get the disease and die and today your comebacks have become 2nd grade name calling.

[DRWebs]

If you're still working and not losing income you wouldn't need it though, which is fortunate for some of us

[shel311]

If you're still working and not losing income you wouldn't need it though, which is fortunate for some of us

Right

I'm working from home, no interruptions to my job, but the wife's company is shutdown for who knows how long.

Should be ok unless this really drags out.

[Ry]

All this talk about putting the economy ahead of lives is cold and heartless. The big companies do not deserve bail outs, the individuals deserve it. Putting the dollar above life is disgusting. If Trump decides getting Americans back to work is the choice, can state governors still call for their state to lock down?

[Cnasty]

Yes they can

[shel311]

All this talk about putting the economy ahead of lives is cold and heartless. Putting the dollar above life is disgusting.

There IS some level of lives lost that is acceptable to not crash the economy.

Think about cars, it follows the same logic. Would you be ok bringing speed limits down to 10-15mph everywhere we go? Probably not, we are collectively ok with some level of increased traffic deaths all just to save us time. Same with cars being made safer, we could have much stricter safety standards on every car made, but we sacrifice some level of safety, meaning increased deaths, in order to make cars more affordable.

I'm sure there are a bunch of other examples. But it absolutely applies here as well. What's the number? Who knows, I'm sure we all have a different individual number. Don't worry though we're in good hands, and our government will decide what is acceptable.

[Cnasty]

Fauci Time is back!

He better watch what he says or he will mysteriously get sick from the virus and pass like that Chinese doc.

[ReignOnU]

You know it's coming.

Trump is going to say we are re-opening the country on April blah blah blah
Democrats will be speaking up saying huge mistake blah blah blah

Trump will then blame the other side for the recession and economic downfall and the finger pointing continues.

Forgot the part of taking all credit for any increases, regardless of how unrelated his influence is.

[Cnasty]

Columbia University:

May 21st peak with 600k cases per day is the estimate with NO control measures.
With SOME control measures, peak will be late June with 280k cases per day
With SEVERE control measures, peak will be early August with 30k cases per day

GTFOH

[ReignOnU]

Triple post incoming....

The White House COVID Task Force Coordinator has stated that the US has tested more people in the past 8 days than South Korea has in 8+ weeks, so hopefully we have crossed that bridge and now have a system in place for mass testing.

I'm not going to dig up my post and scenario from a week ago, but on a related note...
- Would we have been better off taking the less accurate German tests?
- We don't know the specific timeline on development of our failed tests, but if it worked with a high level of accuracy, that would have been 1.4m test awhile back and who knows how many more in development. We'd have been far ahead of South Korea's pace if that happened as planned.
- Again, we don't know the timeline to develop the processing system, but it's clear that the processing system has given us huge throughput that other countries don't have.

I get that people are going to be all for or all against Trump, but as I said then, it's naive to think that things weren't happening over a longer period of time and there are some positives that are there if you're honest about the data.

[shel311]

Columbia University:

May 21st peak with 600k cases per day is the estimate with NO control measures.
With SOME control measures, peak will be late June with 280k cases per day
With SEVERE control measures, peak will be early August with 30k cases per day

GTFOH

See the post I made and link to how inflated even their best estimates have been.

It hasn't been nearly as bad as best case scenario even. That doesn't mean it's been fine, just that these estimates have been way too doom and gloom and didn't come to fruition.

[nick]

at 600k/day it would still take 500 days to infect every American

[Cnasty]

This is the infamous Imperial College Study that many nation leaders/infectious disease geniuses are referring to if you want a fun read:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi ... 3-2020.pdf

[Cnasty]

Always shocking to read statements like this in other countries.

Its almost like other planets really because it seems so far from normal in our country.

Ireland: Private hospitals will be made public for duration of pandemic - The State will take control of all private hospital facilities - Health Minister: "Patients with this virus will be treated for free, and they’ll be treated as part of a single, national hospital service."

[ReignOnU]

It's early, but NY is on a crazy trajectory. I guess celebrating the Chinese New Year, keeping construction going and no curfew isn't such a solid strategy.

[ReignOnU]

India has created a test that can test 100 people per kit, with the ability to create 100k kits per week.

[Cnasty]

Screw your stats
Screw your charts
Screw everything

Shit just got real and we are eff'd

Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

Yes this is a thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index