Some auto insurance policies (Allstate, USAA, ...) giving refunds.. waiting to see what mine will be (I already pay very little..).
Augustus wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:55 am
I always thought they were batshit crazy for letting the subways run. Those seem as bad as preschools and airplanes for disease transmission. COVID spreads by breathing in exhalant right? What percentage of the population uses subways? 10%? Seems like in a cramped box with recirculated air you'd get almost every single one of those people infected right?
Folks have been saying (not sure what the latest is) the virus is in "droplets" i.e. bigger/heavier than typical atmosphere, by some degree. However, yeah.. I've "heard" that not many cases have been found to be from "outside" contact; mostly "indoors" contact. Reminds me of CO2 meter reading differences between outside, small rooms w/ just you, rooms with more people.. makes you hypothesize that if you put 100k people into a stadium to watch a football match, most of any spread that might happen would be from the bathrooms or areas otherwise not well-ventilated. So yeah, I would expect a subway, bus (w/ closed windows), etc. to be pretty bad.
Maybe we should keep most bars or clubs closed, but open up the roof-top bars and beer gardens?
classical_Liberal wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:18 am
My GF's
temporary contract got canceled
two weeks early. Now she's eligible for $600 week + normal unemployment through July or something crazy like that. Normally she wouldn't have even qualified for unemployment. I'd like to get a taste of that type of deal myself!
Ego wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:11 pm
Gotta admit, this is the kind of thing that makes me a bit furious... not with you or your girlfriend... but with the entire program.
Some perversion w/ that $600 for sure. Also in some of the other bits..
There are definitely businesses and charities out there that applied for, and got, the PPP loans who need it way less than others. I know one (that shall remain nameless) that will be getting >$500k and their income/revenue has actually slightly improved (tbd if that lasts..). Their plan is to keep it in a separate account and not touch it, as much as possible in the short-term (long-term they may put it toward growth).