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james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

The somewhat intoxicating normalcy of being a place

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3/18/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Alas: a traveler must move on

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3/20/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Troopin’ across the viral wastes of North America

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3/20/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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A thin layer of nitrile between me and the Invisible Enemy

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3/20/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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They’ve locked down New York, San Francisco. No other option I guess, the virus caught us with our pants down.

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3/20/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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At first we thought it was a joke. Information was scant from China, but this was nothing new. Their response seemed... outsized though. Surely an overreaction.

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3/20/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Then it started spreading. Fast.

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3/21/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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The information landscape is pure noise: official statements at odds with reports on the ground, death and infection rates being wildly speculated on by everyone from world leaders to reddit anons.

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3/21/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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A few smart nerds on the edges of the internet saw what was happening, tried to warn us

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3/21/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Their message was clear: "Take drastic action or there will be serious problems" Well, shit's serious now.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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China's severe and immediate response (which by now makes a bit more sense) was recreated to some degree by its neighbors. South Korea, Taiwan, Japan are doing ok. But to say the Western governments fumbled is generous, implying some accident of poor luck and bad timing.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Politicians played politics: first denying then spinning the threat to keep panic down and markets up. Responses delayed for appearances, delays that are costing lives everyday

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Italy got hit hard. Sorry, is getting hit hard. (Regular flights to Wuhan from China-owned factories in Northern Italy... but don't mention that, it's racist)

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Numbers have started to roll in, but without widespread testing they're next to useless. No reference.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

Replying to @JimmyRis

We're fighting an invisible enemy with our eyes closed.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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We have no analytics, we don't know where this thing is. Hence the blanket lockdowns.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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When you lack information you're forced to use a blunt tool

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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First, it was music festivals. Major conferences. There was shock: Coachella!? not Coachella! South by Southwest!? Then it was every conference. Every festival. Then it was concerts. Then it was church. Now whole cities, whole states.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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We're going into hibernation

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

Replying to @JimmyRis

The markets, of course, immediately tanked and will continue to do so until further notice. You can't exactly just cycle the power on a perpetual motion machine.

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3/22/2020

james, the giant peach@JimmyRis• over 5 years ago

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Which will do more damage in the long run: the virus or the efforts to contain it? What does the Patriot Act: Pandemic Edition look like? What's a post-Corona America and world feel like? Only time will tell, though plenty of folks have thoughts they'll share if you listen.

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3/22/2020