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Corona - what does help you? Your fears, thoughts, everything
serious crayons:
A friend at work had plans to travel to Italy. When the virus started getting bad there, she realized she'd have to cancel her plans. So she consoled herself with a spur-of-the-moment long weekend in New Orleans. This was right around Mardi Gras.
Louisiana now has almost 30,000 cases and almost 2,000 deaths, the majority in New Orleans -- partly just because it's the biggest city, but also because the crowds at Mardi Gras helped spread it.
The mayor of NOLA has been criticized for not canceling Mardi Gras, But it was on Feb. 25, before anyone was talking about closing public places or canceling big events. It also draws well over a million visitors and billions of dollars.
My coworker is fine, though.
Jeff Wrangler:
I've been thinking, we are hearing that beef and chicken are getting scarce and more expensive because processing plants are closing because of Covid-19 infections among the workers. But I have not yet heard anything about what effect these scarcities will have on manufacturers of prepared foods. I'm not joking. For example, if chicken becomes expensive, will Campbell's still be making chicken noodle soup--or, what effect will that have on prices to consumers? Or, what will happen with frozen entrees that include beef or chicken? Or things like canned chili or beef stew?
To be sure, diets are healthier without these things, and that could be part of the answer, but that's really not what I'm getting at here. I simply wonder what effect these scarcities will have on other consumer products besides fresh beef and chicken.
Jeff Wrangler:
BTW, have any of you folks on Facebook heard anything from Meryl?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 06, 2020, 10:08:02 am ---BTW, have any of you folks on Facebook heard anything from Meryl?
--- End quote ---
Yup. As recently as 10 hours ago, she posted a photo of herself -- with a group of Brokies, in fact!
southendmd:
Here we are! Madrid, 2014, back stage after the BBM opera. The very tall fellow in the back is Daniel Okulitch, who played Ennis.
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