Indeed. Small business comprises nearly 50% of all workers and telling mom&pop to keep paying employees for sitting at home is unrealistic as mom&pop don’t have millions of dollars of cash in the bank.
This slowdown will hit illegal alien workers incredibly hard if lockdown conditions persist for very long. Most are working under the table now, and it will be politically very difficult to include non-citizens in direct cash payouts. No unemployment if you are not on the books to begin with.
Also, shelter in place sounds great when you have a 4 bed/4 bath on 2 acres for your family of five in some nice 'burb (“we came for the schools”), not so cool when seven of you live in 600 square feet in a basement in some concrete jungle. The social tensions and potential for exploitation by politicians going forward are going to be incredible. I asked above somewhere, just whom do people think the national guard and police are going to be “locking down”?
Who is going to make money out of all this?
Bankruptcy lawyers
More on Philly
Coronavirus update: ‘Stay-at-home’ orders begin in Philly Monday, Delaware on Tuesday; 1st death in Montco
ByXimena CondeMarch 22, 2020
Updated 8:25 p.m.
To date, there are 479 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania, 1,327 in New Jersey, and 56 cases in Delaware. Philadelphia has 96 cases.
Philly orders residents to stay at home
Philadelphia is issuing a new “stay at home” order for all residents starting at 8 a.m. Monday, the city’s managing director Brian Abernathy said Sunday.
The city’s emergency restrictions will no longer expire on March 27, and will remain in effect “until further notice,” Abernathy said.
The order also bans all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household except for limited purposes, including shopping for or delivering essential goods, going to work at an essential business, and exercising while maintaining social distancing.
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Managing Director Brian Abernathy:
There is now a new “stay at home” order for Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, taking effect Monday at 8 a.m.
Also, Philly’s emergency restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
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Under the “stay at home” order, ALL public gatherings are prohibited.
All residents must remain home unless they’re engaged in things like:
- buying goods and foods
- seeking medical attention
- caring for family members, friends or pets
- delivering goods
- exercise
Walk-in takeout orders will also be prohibited, and food and ice cream trucks will not be allowed to operate. All to-go food orders must be paid online in advance. Food delivery services can also continue.
Mayor Jim Kenney said the new restrictions were necessary “to ramp up the level of concern” in Philadelphia.
“There were too many people out, too many people on the street,” Kenney said. “We had to close our playgrounds ‘cause there were literally hundreds of kids playing basketball, people were out in parties and barbeques and picnics, and it just didn’t seem like people weren’t taking it all that serious.”
Abernathy said the city will detail new efforts to help affected businesses during Monday’s 1 p.m. briefing.
During an update Sunday, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine could not say with certainty if stricter restrictions like the ones in Philadelphia were coming statewide.
“Discussions are being had with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, with PEMA, with local officials, and of course, with the governor’s office on the possibilities of ‘stay at home’ or ‘shelter in place,’” said Levine. “So I don’t have any new information at this time except that conversations are occurring.”
Still, she emphasized that a shelter-in-place order would still allow people to go out and purchase food and other essentials.
Philly reports 11 new cases
Philadelphia reported 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the city’s total to 96.
Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said 12 of the 96 patients are known to be hospitalized, and 16 are health care workers.
Farley said 165 people were tested for the virus Saturday at the site at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, up from 91 on Friday. Ninety-four of those tested were health care workers because they are at the greatest risk of infection.
The testing site will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, with hopes to continue on that schedule the rest of the week, Farley said.
However, only health care workers and people over the age of 50 with symptoms will be offered a test at the South Philly site.
[ Top of the story there is a photo of a drive-thru test site with 4 people in the photo, some of which appear to be cops/security. Tell me if those people are practicing caution in their distance from one another. ]
I predict the US will be ordered to “shelter in place” by Fri. following the models set by Calif , the UK and just today Germany
How do bankruptcy lawyers get paid when their clients have no (or negative) money?
This is a real hospitals newsletter for updates to Healthcare workers
March 22, 2020
From the System Incident Command Center
Alverno to Begin COVID-19 Testing
Alverno Laboratories is aware of the FDA Emergency Use Authorization for a 45-minute COVID-19 test, though reagents are not yet available. The central laboratory in Hammond, IN and two AMITA Health hospitals have the capability to run this new testing when the reagents become available. Criteria for testing is being established, as there is a limited number that can be performed by these instruments.
In the interim, Alverno has received test kits for a COVID-19 test from Abbott Diagnostics. This test will go live Tuesday, giving Alverno the ability to test about 200 patient samples daily. The tests will be reserved for inpatients and healthcare workers to shorten the turnaround time for those who are critically ill and those serving our patients on the frontline. Faster turnaround time for PUIs is an important strategy for PPE conservation, as well.
Alverno continues to work with other companies who have received FDA Emergency Use Authorization to test for COVID-19, with the goal of securing additional in-house testing options.
Next 24 Hours
Adding information on cleaning and transport, mortuary care and discharge instruction to the playbook.
Continuing work on guidelines for PPE conservation
Setting guidelines for return to work following leave
Working on possible alternative community sites for patients not requiring acute care
Looking at supplies in clinical areas, such as ORs, where supplies may exist, but not be included in current inventory
Our Physicians
REMINDER: COVID-19 Physician Hotline Launches Monday
To assist you during this difficult time, the system is launching the AMITA Health Medical Staff COVID-19 Hotline, which can be reached at beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, from 7 am to 7 pm, weekdays for the foreseeable future.
Dedicated Website for Updated Physician Documentation
For the most up-to-date information, please go to Healthcare | Ascension. There, you’ll find the latest playbooks and instructions needed.
Today’s Status by Hospital
Northwest
AMITA Health Alexian Brothers
Medical Center Elk Grove Village
• 35 PUIs
• 2 Confirmed
AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical
Center Hoffman Estates
• 22 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
AMITA Health Saint Joseph
Hospital Elgin
• 2 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Mercy
Medical Center
• 8 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
AMITA Health Adventist
Medical Center GlenOaks
• 9 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
Metro Chicago
AMITA Health Saint
Francis Hospital Evanston
• 9 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Resurrection
Medical Center
• 21 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
AMITA Health Saints Mary and
Elizabeth Medical Center
• 10 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Saint Joseph
Hospital Chicago
• 7 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
Southwest
AMITA Health Saint Joseph
Medical Center Joliet
• 21 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health St. Mary’s
Hospital Kankakee
• 3 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
AMITA Health Adventist
Medical Center Hinsdale
• 16 PUIs
• 4 Confirmed
AMITA Health Adventist
Medical Center La Grange
• 13 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
AMITA Health Adventist
Medical Center Bolingbrook
• 3 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
Post-acute Care
AMITA Health Holy Family
Medical Center Des Plains
• 0 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Rehabilitation
Hospital Hoffman Estates
• 0 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Hoffman Estates
• 0 PUIs
• 0 Confirmed
AMITA Health Home Care and
Hospice and Palliative Care
• 1 PUIs
• 1 Confirmed
System Totals
• 180 PUIs
• 14 Confirmed
Maybe. But bk lawyer fees are limited by bk law and the courts.
@1NJParent I think we are on the same page but a little miscommunication. The auto makers etc are retooling for ventilators.
3m and others are ramping up masks. Honeywell is tooling up a huge plant in ri.
There aren’t a lot textile plants left and that’s why the Chinese can. I believe that companies with inventory of cloth may have to be repurposed for gowns and scrubs. Any clothing manufactuers. They will most likely have to change over plants in foreign countries. It’s a problem and part of a big dialogue around outsourcing.
Small companies are also chipping in. Ventilator and masks.
It would be great if every hoarder brought them to their local hospital stat.
"The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that hospitals and health care professionals may now repurpose ventilators that were originally intended for other environments. For example, the agency said, hospitals could adapt ventilators that are now used in ambulances for use on patients who are being treated inside their facilities.
In addition, the agency said that manufacturers that would normally need F.D.A. clearance to modify a ventilator could now do it without an agency review. The F.D.A. said that this would help companies speed up their manufacturing by obtaining ventilator parts from automobile manufacturers or other companies that do not currently make medical devices.
“We are providing maximum regulatory flexibility to facilitate an increase in ventilator inventory, while still providing crucial F.D.A. oversight,” said Stephen Hahn, the agency’s commissioner.
Hospitals across the country have been sounding the alarm that they cannot find anywhere to buy ventilators, which help patients breathe and can mean the difference between life and death for those struggling with the most dire respiratory effects of the coronavirus.
American and European manufacturers say they cannot speed up production enough to meet the soaring demand, at least not anytime soon."
The mayor of LA is also asking small business to keep employees on the payroll. He has never been a small business owner obviously.
Bankruptcy lawyers in effect obtain a priority lien on the assets from the bankruptcy estate. The judges approve the reorgs or liquidations of course, it is a nice system.
In Australia the following types of businesses will all be forcibly closed within the next hour, the federal government has announced:
Pubs, registered and licensed clubs (excluding bottle shops attached to these venues), hotels (excluding accommodation)
Gyms and indoor sporting venues
Cinemas, entertainment venues, casinos, and night clubs
Restaurants and cafes will only be able to serve takeaway.
Religious gatherings, places of worship or funerals (in enclosed spaces and other than very small groups and where the 1 person per 4 square metre rule applies).
A few minutes ago, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed the country, saying “Australians would be living with this virus for at least the next six months. It could be longer.”
There is no short-term solution to this. We have to steel ourselves for the next six months and work together to slow the spread in order to save lives, to protect the elderly and vulnerableAustralians.
Nearly one in three Americans under orders to stay home
Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restrictions, Reuters reports.
The three states join New York, California, Illinois, Connecticut and New Jersey, home to 101 million Americans combined, as cases nationwide neared 34,000, according to Johns Hopkins University figures.
“Every piece of evidence that I can lay my hands on indicates that we’re at an absolutely crucial time in this war and what we do now will make all the difference in the world,” said Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. “What we do now will slow this invader. It will slow this invader so our healthcare system … will have time to treat casualties.”
Ohio has 351 cases and three deaths, while Louisiana has 837 cases and 20 deaths, several in a senior-care facility. Louisiana has the third highest number of cases per capita and saw a 10-fold increase in cases in the past week, Governor John Bel Edwards said.
Ohio’s order will go into effect at midnight EDT on Monday and stay in effect until April 6. Louisiana’s order goes into effect at 5 p.m. CDT on Monday and lasts through April 12. Delaware’s order starts at 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday.
In Kentucky, non-essential businesses must close by 8 p.m. EDT on Monday but authorities stopped short of ordering residents to stay home.
The New Zealand opposition party has suspended all election campaigning amidst the coronavirus crisis, saying the priority was now on supporting and working with the government in emergency efforts to clamp down on the spread of the virus.
“I have offered the Prime Minister my full support during this crisis, providing they move expeditiously enough. We will work in a supportive and constructive way in the interests of New Zealanders,” said National Party leader Simon Bridges in a statement.
“I have also offered the Government the services of our MPs and staff to assist where we can.
“We want to do all we can to protect the lives and livelihoods of New Zealanders.”
New Zealand National Party leader Simon Bridges.
New Zealand National Party leader Simon Bridges. Photograph: Grant Maiden/The Guardian
Bridges said he had been “inundated” with calls from doctors, scientists and health professionals, and strongly believed the country needed to be moved to alert level 4 - a total shutdown, as seen in Italy, France and Spain. Bridges had expressed this message to prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
“We won’t regret moving quickly to stop this virus spreading. We may have regrets if we don’t.
“We will support the Government where we can. But we won’t always agree and we will continue to let the Government know when we don’t.
“The Opposition will continue to play an important role to ensure the best decisions are being made in the interests of all New Zealanders. We won’t be campaigning for the foreseeable future, however.”
Guardian
@Nrdsb4. If I answer your question about who will get rich during this… I might be kicked off CC… So… I will stay mum… ?.
FWIW, on Friday night, our small synagogue hosted an online Shabbat service attended by over 125 congregants, family and friends.
correct. A budding academic before he went into politics.
Every store I have been to is looking for workers. It might not be a cush job but lots of jobs paying $14-17 /hours at stores in various roles. Lots of students looking for jobs… Maybe unloading and stocking is safer then cashier workers now?
Dallas county now ordered to “shelter in place”. I’m sure the state of Texas will be making a similar announcement in the coming days.
The American Academy of Otolaryngology posted information on its website saying that mounting anecdotal evidence indicates that lost or reduced sense of smell and loss of taste are significant symptoms associated with Covid-19.
Source: New York Times
Their clients still have assets. Just their liabilities are even greater. Fees, including legal fees, are typically paid ahead of creditors in liquidations.