Random observations from your day

[Dirty Big Yoke]

I don't get the urgent mass buying of toilet roll. It does nothing but destroy the supply for everyone else. Wow well done buying 10 stacks of jumbo loo roll, covid cured everyone! 

Fucking idiots, the whole lot of them. In the past 6 months we've used only 1 and half 8 packs of toilet roll despite being constantly in the house. That's despite constant shite'n, wanks, mishaps etc, doubly folded over and used liberally in general.

[Phoenix]

It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.

[Gopher Gary]

I don't get the urgent mass buying of toilet roll. It does nothing but destroy the supply for everyone else. Wow well done buying 10 stacks of jumbo loo roll, covid cured everyone! 

Fucking idiots, the whole lot of them. In the past 6 months we've used only 1 and half 8 packs of toilet roll despite being constantly in the house. That's despite constant shite'n, wanks, mishaps etc, doubly folded over and used liberally in general.

I can totally relate to someone who feels like they need a lot of toilet paper.  What I can't relate to, is someone who feels like they need a lot of toilet paper but they don't already have a lot of toilet paper. Especially now.    The rest, I may just be used to it, because panic buying happens here every time a storm points this way. Some stuff makes sense, like all the bread and lunch meat disappearing, ice and canned stuff like soups, because people are basically preparing to camp in their homes if there's a power outage. What I don't understand is the bottled water. It's stunning people who live in a disaster zone would wait until the last minute to be prepared with drinking water.

[Gopher Gary]

It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.

The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. 

[Genesis]

My home state's second wave happened in the City, and down in the southern part of the state... the university towns were most affected.

[odeon]

The numbers are rising in a few parts of the country but there's no second wave yet, I think. I'm sure it'll come because people are ignoring all the rules now.

[FourAceDeal]

All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper.  I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.

[Gopher Gary]

All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper.  I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.

Maybe you'll learn a lesson this time. 

[FourAceDeal]

All the towns supermarkets are now out of toilet paper.  I reckon we've got enough to last another 5 days then we're wiping our arses on leaves and twigs.

Maybe you'll learn a lesson this time. 

Gopher's look quite soft and absorbent.

[Gopher Gary]

 

[Parts]

Lots people out walking and riding bikes early on a Sunday morning,  I dont like it it used to be my quiet time to be out with the dogs

[Phoenix]

It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.

The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. 

Did you guys ever flatten the curve for a good chunk of time the first time around though? Our province didn't open up until we were under 2% of new daily cases for weeks (so under 100 new daily cases). We were down to 0.2% for awhile and now we're back to 1% daily again and they're limiting things again.

[Gopher Gary]

It's just starting again here but we're into the second wave. We buy 12 rolls but start looking when we're down to 3 rolls due to supply issues and we have 4 people in the house which also cuts into the supply more quickly. Thankfully a week ago I had topped up the things I was out of, or nearly out of, so I don't need to worry about the things that went so quickly last time. Flour, yeast, tp, hand sanitizer, disinfecting all purpose cleaner and kleenex. The only thing I need to get is cold meds so we have them here if someone gets sick with the usual flu/cold type stuff.

The second wave in the US started when reopening began in June and peaked at the end of July, so it's already in a downward trend again for a couple of months. It didn't seem to create a second panic buy, at least not locally and I haven't heard of it anywhere else. I figure people who can stock up, already have. 

Did you guys ever flatten the curve for a good chunk of time the first time around though? Our province didn't open up until we were under 2% of new daily cases for weeks (so under 100 new daily cases). We were down to 0.2% for awhile and now we're back to 1% daily again and they're limiting things again.

Honestly I can't even wrap my head around the whole aspect of positive cases, or understand how anyone else can either, because it's grounded in availability and abundance of testing, so I can only think about it in terms of mortality. I don't think anyone here has acknowledged the US is already on the downside of a second wave, at least I haven't seen or read anyone else say it, although that graph Jack found on excess mortality clearly shows it. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=2020-01-05..latest&country=~USA&region=World
So, I guess you have to consider you're talking to a gopher. 

[odeon]

I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing.

[Gopher Gary]

I thought gophers were good at this sort of thing.

Seriously though, what does a hundred new cases per day even mean if the number of tests administered aren't factored in? I've been watching a website for tracking my state, it tracks new cases per day, but also tracks the percentage of tests which are either positive or negative. Only the latter seems meaningful.