Coronavirus COVID19 - Megathread

Discussion in 'Real Madrid' started by Eddie, Mar 12, 2020.

  1. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    We should refuse to complete the season just because his foolishness.

    We don't even have a treatment for this thing and the idiot is talking about losses like everyone isn't losing something whether personal, social and/or financial during this climate.

    Tebas is truly a fool.
     
  2. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    So 1050 a week after the federal one
     
  3. janos audron

    janos audron Member+

    Apr 12, 2010
    Isn`t there massive drop in cost when living outside major areas?

    In Slovenia, getting 450 a week would be massive.
     
  4. janos audron

    janos audron Member+

    Apr 12, 2010
    Isn`t there massive drop in cost when living outside major areas?

    In Slovenia, getting 450 a week or near 2k per month would be massive.
     
  5. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Just got word that we should "prepare plans to open for business within 10 days" due to public pressure.

    As i basically thought, we basically started an essay, wrote a decent opener and will just say f*** it and fill the rest of the pages with nonsense.
     
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  6. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    Public pressure? More like imminent economic collapse while using the public as a scapegoat.

    This won't work... all that will happen if anyone tries this is another spike in the number of infected which would lead to another spike in the number of deaths.
     
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  7. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I work in the education sector. The pressure is apparently coming from private institutions that are worried they are not going to collect fees in the coming semesters and researchers that are having a boner to get their arts history essay works published.
     
  8. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    They want those fees so badly due to the imminent collapse.
     
  9. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nothing will collapse in one of the few sectors in life that has a chokehold on life itself, a degree is basically almost mandatory nowadays. Nobody lowers fees, they just lower entry grades and the fees come back in.
     
  10. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    Surely you are jesting....

    Everything is tied to one another; hence why a housing bubble can be part of the catalyst of a recession.

    At this point education is an afterthought. What people are most concerned with is health and finances; hence why their concern is for you guys to get back to work quickly. Finances.
     
  11. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Our medical University has a waiting list of 3 to 4 years for people waiting for slots to open. I don't want to go into a lot of details but universities won't struggle a bit. The losers are employees under timed state employee contracts running out, because when this is over, the chop is coming hard in every state funded function.
     
  12. RMSocrates

    RMSocrates Member+

    Apr 5, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    It can be a massive drop in terms of cost of living if your not in a bigger city but then your likely also not making as much money.

    To give an example when I lived in the central part of the US in a city with about a million people, apartments would range from 800 to 1.8k or so, wages weren’t bad either if you were working in the right industry (IT or medical) although those jobs werent as available.

    Now I’m living in VA and the cost of apartments is 1.2k to 3k. Better/more jobs out here and better pay but if your one of the unlucky ones without a job, it doesn’t help. No idea if the new benefits would help cover people but imagine rent being 1.8k then add on your grocery, gas, electric and etc and that 450 a week is nothing.

    TBH, the pay in the US isn’t good enough. Minimum wage is a joke and the cost of expensive keep rising higher than the salary.
     
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  13. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Gerd Fätkenheuer (President of the German Insitute for Infectiology):

    "Isolating risk groups over 60 and letting everybody else go about their business would simply kill off 100.000 under 60 year olds in Germany, this just can't be a reasonable strategy"

    Almost every single expert in the country thinks separating population in different "priviledge groups" is pointless.
     
  14. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The you have shit like this:

    Daniel Günther, prime minister of the Schleswig-Holstein state:

    "We are entering a phase where social interaction should be possible"
    "Shutting down restaurants and cafes was needed because people wouldn't keep proper distance from each other, they didn't understand the protocol and rules of conduct."
    "Now that people learned how to keep enough distance from each other, we should step away from the harsh measures"

    We're basically going to tell people to go out there and whoever gets sick simply didn't keep enough distance.
     
  15. janos audron

    janos audron Member+

    Apr 12, 2010
    Nobody claimed business as usual.
     
  16. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Simply by opening hair salons, stores, restaurants, bars and cafes, you're increasing public transportation fivefold. You'll have packed subways during peak hours, just like we've had them pre lockdown.
     
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  17. janos audron

    janos audron Member+

    Apr 12, 2010
    What did you expect? Long term shutdown in the West was unrealistic to begin with.
     
  18. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Whicch is why the west is basically unequiped to face a challenge like this. Zero discipline.
     
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  19. janos audron

    janos audron Member+

    Apr 12, 2010
    It is about socio-cultural and economic differences. Hence you cannot simply copy paste what China did.
     
  20. hala_madrid722

    hala_madrid722 Member+

    Jan 10, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The entire Bay Area region is insanely expensive. A decent 2 bedroom apartment runs almost $3,000 a month to rent. To buy a small house nothing special is probably $800,000 if you get a good deal.

    It’s *********ng nuts.
     
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  21. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    I'm pretty sure the lockdown will be unfolded gradually. Bars will probably be among the last to open, playgrounds and parks probably among the first. People telecommuting 5 days/week now will probably go to something like 2-3 days/week working from home for a (long) while before working on site every day. For a lot of restaurants, stores, etc. it will still not be in their interest to be open like before. They'll reduce their hours or remain closed until people are no longer scared to go out.

    For all these reasons, I don't see packed subways and buses returning any time before Autumn. This idea of a big party for Grand Re-Opening Day is a nice fantasy though...
     
  22. Eddie

    Eddie Member+

    Oct 19, 2005
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The UFC has secured a private island (location: somewhere on earth), where they plan to have UFC events every week, starting from April 18th. With most sports cancelled this could work out for them... or blow up in their faces if people get sick.
     
  23. celito

    celito Moderator
    Staff Member

    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Dana is doing it to pump his ego.
     
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  24. Eddie

    Eddie Member+

    Oct 19, 2005
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Dude is a hustler, gambling addict and a douchebag, it's a fatal combination. With all the major sports canceled he's probably hoping that the UFC has nothing to lose here. It'll be interesting (and funny) to see how he will deal with the criticism after someone who took part in these events gets infected.

    He's becoming "the poster boy for corporate greed" lol.
     
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  25. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Pretty bad day for Belgium - over 400 deaths. That's gotta be the worst day of any country yet on a per capita basis. Well, San Marino probably had worse days, but counting countries with populations of at least 1 million.
     

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