[EchoValley]

What I don't understand with all this and please feel free to explain, is that I live in a state KY where bars, restaurants have been ordered to close, however businesses like factories continue to run.  Folks working on the lines are within arms length of each other, so how is that any different?  So many conflicting stories out there.  At first I was poo pooing it because I thought the media was fueling it way to much and government leadership seems lost and just grabbing at straws.  I'm trending toward being depressed and not being able to see how we come through this.

[pete b]

What I don't understand with all this and please feel free to explain, is that I live in a state KY where bars, restaurants have been ordered to close, however businesses like factories continue to run.  Folks working on the lines are within arms length of each other, so how is that any different?  So many conflicting stories out there.  At first I was poo pooing it because I thought the media was fueling it way to much and government leadership seems lost and just grabbing at straws.  I'm trending toward being depressed and not being able to see how we come through this.

I think it’s mostly the fact that no one needs to go to bars and restaurants and between all the plates and glasses being handled and the close quarters it’s just more of a Petri dish than other work places like factories and offices.

[BrewBama]

I predict a baby boom in 9 months.


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[KellerBrauer]

What I don't understand with all this and please feel free to explain, is that I live in a state KY where bars, restaurants have been ordered to close, however businesses like factories continue to run.  Folks working on the lines are within arms length of each other, so how is that any different?  So many conflicting stories out there.  At first I was poo pooing it because I thought the media was fueling it way to much and government leadership seems lost and just grabbing at straws.  I'm trending toward being depressed and not being able to see how we come through this.

I think it’s mostly the fact that no one needs to go to bars and restaurants and between all the plates and glasses being handled and the close quarters it’s just more of a Petri dish than other work places like factories and offices.

I agree with Pete.  The restaurant industry, while big, is more susceptible to the transmission of this virus than a factory - especially if the factory takes the extraordinary steps of screening persons before they enter.

My wife and I just returned from a cruise to the Mexican Riviera.  We had our body temperatures monitored while the cruise line (Carnival) had very strict measures in place to prevent the spread.  A factory can practice these same measures where a restaurant cannot.

The question is: will the manufacturing industry take these same preventative steps?

[Slowbrew]

It occurred to me this morning that June/July will be the time to stat having COVID Neighborhood parties.  After the first wave we need to make sure enough people get exposed to build the herd before school in the Fall.  Any reason for a party right?

I'm kidding of course, but I wouldn't put it past some folks.
 
While I sit in the office with the other 10 people who didn't check our email before coming in this morning.  At 6:00PM last night an email was sent out telling everyone to work from home.

Paul

[KellerBrauer]

It occurred to me this morning that June/July will be the time to stat having COVID Neighborhood parties.  After the first wave we need to make sure enough people get exposed to build the herd before school in the Fall.  Any reason for a party right?

I'm kidding of course, but I wouldn't put it past some folks.
 
While I sit in the office with the other 10 people who didn't check our email before coming in this morning.  At 6:00PM last night an email was sent out telling everyone to work from home.

Paul

LOL - Oops!

[hopfenundmalz]

What I don't understand with all this and please feel free to explain, is that I live in a state KY where bars, restaurants have been ordered to close, however businesses like factories continue to run.  Folks working on the lines are within arms length of each other, so how is that any different?  So many conflicting stories out there.  At first I was poo pooing it because I thought the media was fueling it way to much and government leadership seems lost and just grabbing at straws.  I'm trending toward being depressed and not being able to see how we come through this.

In some factories you see very few people, even though several thousand are working.  That statement is based on being in auto assembly plants in my career. Work stations are spread out on the line, the car moves to stations. The tasks are done at the station in a minute or less. Parts for assembly limit your view. Many other jobs are not on the line.

Other industries are different.

[pete b]

What I don't understand with all this and please feel free to explain, is that I live in a state KY where bars, restaurants have been ordered to close, however businesses like factories continue to run.  Folks working on the lines are within arms length of each other, so how is that any different?  So many conflicting stories out there.  At first I was poo pooing it because I thought the media was fueling it way to much and government leadership seems lost and just grabbing at straws.  I'm trending toward being depressed and not being able to see how we come through this.

I think it’s mostly the fact that no one needs to go to bars and restaurants and between all the plates and glasses being handled and the close quarters it’s just more of a Petri dish than other work places like factories and offices.

I agree with Pete.  The restaurant industry, while big, is more susceptible to the transmission of this virus than a factory - especially if the factory takes the extraordinary steps of screening persons before they enter.

My wife and I just returned from a cruise to the Mexican Riviera.  We had our body temperatures monitored while the cruise line (Carnival) had very strict measures in place to prevent the spread.  A factory can practice these same measures where a restaurant cannot.

The question is: will the manufacturing industry take these same preventative steps?

Things are moving so fast that taking people’s temperature is ancient history. We now know that this is very spreadable before symptoms like fever appear. There are probably way more people right now who have it but are not symptomatic than who are identified. The failure to get tests rolled out fast really contributed to the current situation.

[Northern_Brewer]

I predict a baby boom in 9 months.

And a divorce boom...

[Jimandi Brewing]

It occurred to me this morning that June/July will be the time to stat having COVID Neighborhood parties.  After the first wave we need to make sure enough people get exposed to build the herd before school in the Fall.  Any reason for a party right?

I'm kidding of course, but I wouldn't put it past some folks.
 
While I sit in the office with the other 10 people who didn't check our email before coming in this morning.  At 6:00PM last night an email was sent out telling everyone to work from home.

Paul

We're seeing a 2020's version of prohibition. I seriously can see a strong demand for pop-up speakeasies with delicious homebrew, good food parings, entertainment and socializing. Somebody bake me a cake with a file in it!

Jim

[Steve Ruch]

I predict a baby boom in 9 months.

And a divorce boom...

That won't take mine months.

[dbeechum]

I predict a baby boom in 9 months.

And a divorce boom...

That won't take mine months.

Unless the courts get busy!
https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-peak-divorce-rate-chinese-cities-2020-3

[KellerBrauer]

The failure to get tests rolled out fast really contributed to the current situation.

Bingo!

The inept and ignorant approach of those in Washington put many thousands of lives at risk and the worst is yet to come.

[denny]

People need to talk qbout this, so the thred will stay open for now.  But I want to caution people to avoid politics.

[hopfenundmalz]

People need to talk qbout this, so the thred will stay open for now.  But I want to caution people to avoid politics.

I agree with this.

Oh, the virus has no politics.