Well, this post isn’t going to get you the unpaid job. 
“Rand Paul, R-Ky., who wanted the cost offset with cuts to foreign assistance programs, was the chamber’s lone “no” vote.”
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/03/05/senate-sends-8-3b-coronavirus-aid-bill-to-trump/
The above is presented as a news item - not as a political commentary.
Be careful what you say, we do not want this to become a debating site!!
Bobyrob for supermoderator!!
@Tigerle Thanks for reporting in and the info. Glad you and your family are not infected. We’ll have to wait longer for the CC Patient Zero. 
Banned members can’t be moderators. 
Forum rules prohibit second accounts. Creating a second account just to troII? SMH.
This statement is bizarrely illogical. Look, you’ve made it clear you think this is all a buncha baloney. You’re free to think so, in which case why don’t you simply not read this thread?
For a little levity…
Tito’s Vodka does not want people using its liquor to make hand sanitizer
Per the CDC, hand sanitizer needs to contain at least 60% alcohol. Tito’s Handmade Vodka is 40% alcohol, and therefore does not meet the current recommendation of the CDC.
At 20 bucks for a fifth, I have better uses for my vodka.
Not surprising news…
Southwest Airlines may need to cut flights due to coronavirus, CEO says
"Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says a drop-off in bookings began last week, and the airline may have to join competitors in cutting flights if it continues.
He said the decision hadn’t been made, but called it a “gut punch.”
This is significant because Southwest is essentially only a domestic carrier – so it isn’t seeing people who are disinterested in flying to China, but seeing people who don’t want to fly around the US.
Kelly said he doesn’t think discounting prices would help, though it is something he could consider." (CNN)
But Everclear does!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4Y9QPOzmA
Pence says for now, there are not enough coronavirus tests to meet anticipated demand
“We don’t have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward,” Pence told reporters following a meeting with his coronavirus task force and executives from 3M in Minnesota.
“For those that we believe have been exposed, for those who are showing symptoms, we’ve been able to provide the testing,” Pence said.
He went on to say the US “distributed 1,500 kits, with roughly 500 tests each so there’s roughly about a million and a half tests going out to hospitals.” (CNN)
By my math, Pence needs to cut that number in half to be accurate.
Does CC have an eyeroll emoji?
That’s funny but I just had that exact conversation with someone this morning. She was suggesting vodka and lemon juice was better than soap. I didn’t know the percentage of alcohol in vodka but I did say “that doesn’t sound like a very good idea…”
Nurses union says 80 members around US under self-quarantine due to the coronavirus
National Nurses United says 80 of its members nationwide are currently self-quarantined due to the novel coronavirus.
…Bonnie Castillo, a registered nurse and executive director of National Nurses United, said, “it is not a successful strategy to leave nurses and other health care workers unprotected so that one patient can sideline so many workers at once.”
“When we are quarantined we’re not only prevented from caring for our COVID-19 patients, but also taken away from caring for our cancer patients, our cardiac patients, our premature babies. Nurses need to be protected so that we can care for all our patients when they need us,” Castillo said.
During the press conference, Deborah Burger, president of California Nurses Association, read a letter from an anonymous nurse who works in California and is currently self-quarantined. In the letter, the nurse said they are struggling to get a test, despite developing a fever after caring for a patient who tested positive for novel coronavirus.
The nurse is currently waiting to get a test, the letter said.
“This is not a ticket dispenser at the deli counter. It’s a public health emergency, delaying this test puts the whole community at risk," the letter added." (CNN)
@doschicos ???
Regarding testing…sure, it’s important to verify if a person’s illness is coronavirus (or flu or strep or whatever). But as with other illnesses…if you are sick, consider the worse case scenario…and self isolate…why not? If I become ill with the symptoms of coronavirus, I will self isolate (well…unless I’m so sick I need to go to the doctor) until my symptoms are gone…at least.
I wouldn’t need testing to make that decision.
@thumper1 you might need testing to get permission to stay home with no repercussions, no? If schools/jobs are working with coronavirus patients for the sake of public health, that doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily let every person with a sniffle or a cough to stay home at their own deeming.
Nurses union says 80 members around US under self-quarantine due to the coronavirus
National Nurses United says 80 of its members nationwide are currently self-quarantined due to the novel coronavirus.
…Bonnie Castillo, a registered nurse and executive director of National Nurses United, said, “it is not a successful strategy to leave nurses and other health care workers unprotected so that one patient can sideline so many workers at once.”
“When we are quarantined we’re not only prevented from caring for our COVID-19 patients, but also taken away from caring for our cancer patients, our cardiac patients, our premature babies. Nurses need to be protected so that we can care for all our patients when they need us,” Castillo said.
During the press conference, Deborah Burger, president of California Nurses Association, read a letter from an anonymous nurse who works in California and is currently self-quarantined. In the letter, the nurse said they are struggling to get a test, despite developing a fever after caring for a patient who tested positive for novel coronavirus.
The nurse is currently waiting to get a test, the letter said.
“This is not a ticket dispenser at the deli counter. It’s a public health emergency, delaying this test puts the whole community at risk," the letter added." (CNN)
Agreed in part but the length of the quarantine here and the fact that we collectively are focused on containment and in the absence of vaccines and treatment options makes this something worth testing, unlike other ailments.
I found this interesting so posting it.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/03/hand-sanitizer-effective-soap-water-make-12339048/
I works in public education but am now retired. I do not need permission to stay home.
BUT I’m going to add…my school district is telling sick people to stay home. My husband’s private place of employment is telling people to…stay home. Both of my kids have been told to stay home if they are sick.
Frankly, this might wake some people up. I was disgusted by the number of students and teachers who used to come to school when they were sick. Exposing everyone else to whatever they had.
From CNN
These are the disinfectants you can use against coronavirus
The US Environmental Protection Agency is arming consumers with a list of disinfectants that people can use to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus.
The federal agency released a five-page list of chemicals and products Thursday that it says are strong enough to ward off “harder-to-kill” viruses than SARS-CoV-2.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-03/documents/sars-cov-2-list_03-03-2020.pdf