And what happens when that place tells workers to stay at home -- VAHokie89 03/15/2020 6:59PM
Provisions in the house bill can crush small businesses... ** -- ColoVT82 03/15/2020 5:05PM
But for uncommon business, like web entertainment -- HokieAl 03/15/2020 4:37PM
What is it? We want to hear. ** -- HokieSignGuy 03/15/2020 9:12PM
Just call UBER- there no regulations on those people ** -- bigbadbird 03/15/2020 3:53PM
Rideshare drivers are independent contractors. A lot of rules -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 4:07PM
They view them as suggestions- that get in the way of cash ** -- bigbadbird 03/15/2020 4:08PM
This thread is an example of why we can't find TP in stores ** -- Vienna_Hokie 03/15/2020 3:44PM
Do you really think America is going to be locked down? -- Vienna_Hokie 03/15/2020 2:57PM
Partially, at least. -- Chris Coleman
03/15/2020 3:25PM
Locked down means essential services staying active -- bulab 03/15/2020 3:20PM
63 dead is not a plague ** -- HOKIEVET 03/15/2020 3:25PM
Italy now has 2K dead and counting (Italy is about the same area as Az) ** -- JoesterVT 03/15/2020 4:02PM
What may "plague" us most is in the aftermath of COVID-19 -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 3:27PM
Much faster--that's why Asian populations reacted so quickly -- bulab 03/15/2020 3:29PM
Asian populations other than China. If China had -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 3:31PM
My view is that early on they didn't do enough (Wuhan) but after that... -- bulab 03/15/2020 4:11PM
I don't trust any numbers out of China. -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2020 6:06PM
I don’t share your dim view of what we’re capable of. As far as -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 4:31PM
I hope we are. Unfortunately, I do not think enough people are taking... -- bulab 03/15/2020 4:40PM
Are you not aware of how widespread closings and cancellations are in -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 4:48PM
I think those closings were very late in coming -- bulab 03/15/2020 5:07PM
I hope you won’t rely on anecdotal bar crowds or % of TSL as -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 5:16PM
I wonder how many Americans are not getting tested because their.... -- EDGEMAN 03/15/2020 4:42PM
Symptoms are knowable. People can get real info if they’d seek real -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 4:53PM
They really did a good job containing the virus outside Hubei Province. -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/15/2020 4:19PM
And yet 20k have died of the flu this season and that isn't a plague ** -- Vienna_Hokie 03/15/2020 3:27PM
Nope. A 0.1% death rate isn't a plague IMHO. ** -- 48zip 03/15/2020 4:37PM
Our national psyche and health system has the flu -- HokieSignGuy 03/15/2020 3:55PM
I bet people with family flu deaths don’t agree so much with that. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 4:34PM
The flu is well-studied, and there is a vaccine to help prevent the spread. -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2020 3:54PM
It's the growth rate, not the absolute number -- bulab 03/15/2020 3:26PM
Another concern is the ~20% hospitalization rate.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/15/2020 4:15PM
Why are flu deaths considered less serious than C-19 deaths? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 3:33PM
Flu is a "mature" illness--been around forever -- bulab 03/15/2020 3:50PM
Um...coronaviruses have been around since the 60s... -- vthokieq 03/15/2020 4:00PM
Yes, coronaviruses have... but as you said, not this one -- bulab 03/15/2020 4:13PM
Flus can mutate and do the same... -- vthokieq 03/15/2020 4:22PM
H1N1 was in the same strain as the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic -- EDGEMAN 03/15/2020 4:45PM
Yes - the "novel" part of the name. There are inroads -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 3:55PM
Because of the unknown...and no cure/solution. -- vthokieq 03/15/2020 3:47PM
Individual localities may implement stricter controls then present, but -- Hokie360 03/15/2020 3:16PM
The economy has already been destroyed, IMO. It just hasn't... -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2020 3:06PM
This is one of the dumbest posts I've ever read -- Teewinot 03/15/2020 7:53PM
Ha, OK. We'll agree to disagree. ** -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2020 8:02PM
Really? -- hokie77th 03/15/2020 4:09PM
I'm not panicked...just trying to be prepared for the worst case scenario. -- MP4VT2004 03/15/2020 4:21PM
Yoda, I hope you prepped for this outcome you blithering idiot :) Not what ** -- Rodman6565 03/15/2020 3:23PM
I bet China is secretly loving this, devastate US & western Europe ** -- Apex-Hokie 03/15/2020 3:13PM
Bad take ** -- typed by ben 03/15/2020 5:26PM
No China depends on the us market -- Hokie1992 03/15/2020 4:16PM
My SO works in the power industry and -- AtlantaHokie 03/15/2020 3:03PM
My wife is in operations for Dominion as well..... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/15/2020 4:16PM
Gonna be a lot of stories about people staying away -- HokieSignGuy 03/15/2020 3:05PM
Essentially inevitable -- Gobbler-100 03/15/2020 3:02PM
Well, we're not getting a lot of leadership from the national level.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/15/2020 4:20PM
"unless we're talking about a plague" is an interesting line... -- JoesterVT 03/15/2020 3:02PM
Not one medical professional I've talked to believes that -- Vienna_Hokie 03/15/2020 3:15PM
No, there are medical professionals in these United States... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/15/2020 4:11PM
There are rational medical opinions and then there are those that -- PhotoHokieNC 03/15/2020 3:42PM
Put some names on them. Virtually every medical professional that -- BB Hokie 03/15/2020 3:28PM
I'm a physician -- bulab 03/15/2020 3:24PM
Have you read any of the first hand accounts of Italian doctors? ** -- JoesterVT 03/15/2020 3:17PM
I think you should have saved the " " for the word experts. ** -- thankbud 03/15/2020 3:12PM
Is Anthony Fauci an "expert" or an expert? -- JoesterVT 03/15/2020 3:49PM
He also says he doesn't expect that if we -- 133743Hokie 03/15/2020 5:10PM
He'd rather overreact than underreact -- 48zip 03/15/2020 4:41PM
I've been reading a lot of debate on businesses staying open... -- turkeytrot 03/15/2020 2:50PM