Coronavirus - Pittsburgh news (governor, Seattle, state, Ohio)

[gg]

You had that amazing wedding planned at Heinz Chapel for a long time now and are excited for it? Not going to happen until after May.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020...-until-may-31/

[Copanut]

Seems to me the response in Pittsburgh has been handled very well. I was at the Giggle today and didn't notice any empty shelves or panic buying, plenty of PT available. Cancelling the parade was a good idea, they learned that the hard in Philly back in 1918. Personally, I'm in the high risk age group, but no existing medical problems. Stopped shaking hands, limit my exposure to crowds, and will pass on my weekly cigar bar visits for the foreseeable future. My wife's annual ski trip to Colorado was cancelled, damn, there goes my bachelor week. One of my friends on that trip was told by his employer that if he went he would not be allowed back into the office for 2 weeks upon his return, self quarantine. Biggest hit will be those living paycheck to paycheck. Hope this passes fast.

[Independentthinking83]

I think everyone is going overboard on this virus. All this overreaction for nothing. That said I think it will have a tremendous lasting impact on the economy. If the panic drags on. I’ve lost thousands in this stock market collapse. For that I am mad.

Although it is entertaining to see Erieguy squirrelly on here trying to defend President chaos and downplay the virus .

I see fellow millennials, the brainless ones, calling this virus “the boomer remover”. Yo, who will be left to pay for all the freebies you want? It won’t be this upper middle class millennial.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Seems to me the response in Pittsburgh has been handled very well. I was at the Giggle today and didn't notice any empty shelves or panic buying, plenty of PT available.

You must have gone at a different time than I did. I stopped after work, like I often do, to pick up a few things, and it was chaos. I stood in line for 20 minutes. And this was the Parkway Center GE, which is NEVER crowded.

[prnlvsxy]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

I think everyone is going overboard on this virus. All this overreaction for nothing.

You're an idiot.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

You must have gone at a different time than I did. I stopped after work, like I often do, to pick up a few things, and it was chaos. I stood in line for 20 minutes. And this was the Parkway Center GE, which is NEVER crowded.

I stopped at the Centre Avenue Giant Eagle, which is usually buzzing anyway on weeknights. I might be wrong, but typically, Friday evenings/nights are the busiest. On Thursday, though, there was practically NO milk or orange juice left.


I disagree with the "over-reaction" argument, though. There is "reacting"...and then there is over-reacting. People are doing the former. They've gotten the warnings. EVERYONE filling their needs at one time makes it SEEM like it is chaos.


Well, the parking lot antics at the Shadyside Market District are sometimes just that - chaos, but still.


It is hard to fathom, though, the cancellation of sports - the March Madness, etc. All of this is unprecedented, but then again, in 1918* they didn't have the network of pro sports, schools, etc. as we do today. We are very, very lucky in so many ways.


*worldwide flu that killed scores of millions.


The stock market and economy are getting worrisome, though.

[xdv8]

Originally Posted by prnlvsxy

You're an idiot.

It's pretty amazing though. They are wrong on every subject they try to speak to. Impressive.

[SteelCityRising]

I stopped in the Marshall-Shadeland Kuhn's yesterday on my walk home from the office because I was really craving eating a rotisserie chicken like a viking for dinner. The store was very busy. I bought the last chicken they had. Colleagues this morning who also shopped yesterday described similar experiences at other stores in other city neighborhoods.

I guess this will end up being a bust for restaurants, conventions, etc. but a boon for grocery stores, on-demand video purchases, and restaurant delivery services.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by prnlvsxy

You're an idiot.

I swear to God in a different thread he was saying that we needed to take this extremely seriously and that 9,000 people in the city could pass away.

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Seems to me the response in Pittsburgh has been handled very well. I was at the Giggle today and didn't notice any empty shelves or panic buying, plenty of PT available. Cancelling the parade was a good idea, they learned that the hard in Philly back in 1918. Personally, I'm in the high risk age group, but no existing medical problems. Stopped shaking hands, limit my exposure to crowds, and will pass on my weekly cigar bar visits for the foreseeable future. My wife's annual ski trip to Colorado was cancelled, damn, there goes my bachelor week. One of my friends on that trip was told by his employer that if he went he would not be allowed back into the office for 2 weeks upon his return, self quarantine. Biggest hit will be those living paycheck to paycheck. Hope this passes fast.

I agree, I'm glad the city and state is doing what they can even without confirmed community transmission instead of waiting for it to happen like they did in Europe. With any luck, the response of states, local areas, and the business world to limit crowds early will help us a lot.

As an aside, went to work and too the bus like normally today, and it's definitely less busy than normal Downtown today.