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Old 04-29-2020, 05:33 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I mean what there has to be about 500,000 on unemployment now just in the Pittsburgh metro?
Based upon what source?

As of February 2020 the Pittsburgh MSA's ENTIRE civilian labor force was only 1,224,198.

You're surmising that the Pittsburgh MSA currently has a ~40% unemployment rate?

I'm an essential worker. Based upon the amount of traffic still on our roads and the difficulty I still have finding free parking Downtown it surely doesn't feel like 40% of the region is unemployed right now.
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Old 04-29-2020, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Manchester
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Based upon what source?

As of February 2020 the Pittsburgh MSA's ENTIRE civilian labor force was only 1,224,198.

You're surmising that the Pittsburgh MSA currently has a ~40% unemployment rate?

I'm an essential worker. Based upon the amount of traffic still on our roads and the difficulty I still have finding free parking Downtown it surely doesn't feel like 40% of the region is unemployed right now.
Everyone's an expert these days, aren't they? I find it shocking how many have found the time to become doctors, scientists, economists, public health officials, etc. all while binge consuming media, getting facts from a cousin in Blawnox who knows people, and posting on this forum. Way to keep productive everyone!
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Old 04-29-2020, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Everyone's an expert these days, aren't they? I find it shocking how many have found the time to become doctors, scientists, economists, public health officials, etc. all while binge consuming media, getting facts from a cousin in Blawnox who knows people, and posting on this forum. Way to keep productive everyone!
And all one really has to do is look at the recovery rate.
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Old 04-29-2020, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Now they're saying that there are new symptoms developing everyday.
Who’s they?

Any facts to this, or is it because everyone now has the virus instead of other illnesses?
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Old 04-29-2020, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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I know a lot of smart people from Blawnox.
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Old 04-29-2020, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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I know a lot of smart people from Blawnox.
Bingo
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Old 04-29-2020, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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This could be curtains.
In Wuhan they just found super corona droplets still lurking in the air, the kind that's probably plaguing the PAT buses, airports and etc.
These droplet are supposed to be one tenth inch in diameter and mean business.
Well, we had a good run.
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Old 04-29-2020, 09:33 AM
 
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April 29: new infections per day, from last 16 days, starting with most distant:


15, 11, 21, 22, 62, 26, 7, 17, 29, 61, 28, 21, 13, 13, 11, 38

shake it off, we'll get back down to low numbers....
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Old 04-29-2020, 09:42 AM
 
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What are the numbers Wolf is looking for again, two week decrease in new cases and some population percentage of active cases for the metro and what else? Seems like it would make sense to track all those numbers here and not just new cases.
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Old 04-29-2020, 10:03 AM
 
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Everyone's an expert these days, aren't they? I find it shocking how many have found the time to become doctors, scientists, economists, public health officials, etc. all while binge consuming media, getting facts from a cousin in Blawnox who knows people, and posting on this forum. Way to keep productive everyone!
i recall after Katrina knocked out a sizeable part of the city of new orleans. the number of people who enjoyed dispensing blame - they were expert engineers, planners, and disaster control specialists all of a sudden.

truth is, the army corps handled that rather well, and it wasnt a national defense issue, so the prez at the time didnt "drop the ball", like some idiot at the bowling alley told me. if anyone 'dropped the ball', id say it was the governor of Louisiana, and the racist mayor of new orleans (who wanted a "chocolate city"). it is the state's responsibility to make sure those levees were functioning and whatnot. the federal govt. just disperses the money. or something like that....i'm no expert.
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