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I feel confident in saying that the coronavirus will not be improving the international economic outlook or general way of life for the vast majority of people on this planet. Toilet paper rationing notwithstanding.

I'm old enough to remember those people before Y2K on morning news shows bragging about how they were preparing for the apocalypse by buying garages full of toilet paper. The reasons were never clear back then, either!

My area finally got the shelter in place order, all non-essential movement outside of the home is cancelled. My job is one of those considered "essential" so I'll be out, but it's getting real. I've been trying to get in touch with our county health office to offer to set up a drive-through...

Right, they totally deserve criticism for their handling of the virus. They did a bad job, and the misinformation they are putting out there right now is pretty bad and inflammatory, too. But the outbreak here in the US has more than a single cause, and there were plenty of people who should...

I'm also worried that the lesson a lot of people will learn will be something to the effect of "China is bad and evil and this is all their fault," as opposed to anything on the disease preparation front. I mean, China's government are jerks, and they botched the initial response badly out of...

Yeah I really think it's worth considering, without minimizing how much of a threat this pandemic is, that our collective lack of preparation for events of this kind could be far, far deadlier. We aren't getting away easy, but as with most things, it could also be much worse, and may be some...

People will look back on the 20's as the time of the iconic, classic D&D campaign streams catalyzed by the Great Virus Outbreak.

This is about an hour and a half from me, I'm expecting the same here soon. I'm incredibly concerned about my business, but I'm also supportive of whatever measures need to be taken to save lives. Hopefully Congress will offer some meaningful relief to small businesses while the government is...

To add on to @lowkey13 with my own story about local preparedness, I teach a class at our community college on weekends for phlebotomy students (the people who draw your blood). This Saturday we had a class, and while I was setting up in the back one of the other assistants was making an...

Wow, I was just talking to my friend in Monterrey, Mexico last night about how they were preparing, and joking that we wish the US wall was built already to keep all the sick gringos out. Man, I hope things don't hit them as badly, get out in front of it and you can avoid the worst, Mexico!

I read your question as an actual question. Sorry if I got it wrong! Nuance can be hard to read on the internet. In the case that you were legitimately asking if that was the CDC's sole mission, I provided an answer. Now that I've given it, have a great night! And stay safe (applying to everyone).

Okay cool, so in answer to your question: The answer is no, that is not what the whole CDC is.

Actually no, the CDC does a lot of things, most of them involved in routine standards of care and best practices for healthcare related to, surprisingly, diseases. Most of what the CDC does is day-by-day healthcare. A small portion of the CDC is dedicated to monitoring, preparing for, and...

There are the Archons, a race of Angel's sort of that used to rule all of Theros in a sort of enlightened fascist dictatorship before they were overthrown by the poleis. They still rule the leonine, a race of proud warrior lion people, and occasionally attack the poleis or plot against them in...

Okay I have a question for you. How do I upvote a comment more than once? Thx in advance.

I've already buried 3 dozen rolls of toilet paper in my backyard. When society collapses and supplies are scarce, I'll be trading my organic-grown TP to the supermutants and living like a prince!

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Second person future tense is the only artistically daring choice.

Don't worry, I saw this really great tutorial online for how you can make your own red beans from simple ingredients to make it through the coronavirus pandemic! All you need are white beans and a red permanent marker...

I've had very mixed luck on forum games, so assuming you don't live near the Monterey Peninsula in Cali, that's a very big maybe. Then again the one system I have had success with online is DFRPG, so if some people are interested I might be down! I'll take this to PM though.