# COVID-19 Pandemic Thread \[NY Now Closes All Biz\] **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 18, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978 "2020-03-18T16:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/201 "2020-04-19T19:11:36Z")
One more thing I would like to see is infections by county for the US. When you look at the NY, map, it looks like the map for red vs blue elections. (I’m probably wrong, and have not bothered to see if it already exists) [https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n](https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n) All this outbreak proves is that cities should now be considered unsafe year round. For the safety of the planet, nobody should live in a densely populated area. Even if it only saves one life, isn’t it worth it? Edit: I looked up the US map and I’m totally wrong. It’s just cities that cased the problem. North and South. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/202 "2020-04-20T14:39:14Z")
> secondhand market is overflowing with cheap, interesting cars and you just got $1200. That doesn’t sound like much ($1200 is basically one adult dollar), but it’s enough to put a (ratchet, high mileage) racer in your (soon to be oil-stained) driveway. Here are a few models to look out for while hunting your own bargain. > **[The Second Rice Age: Cheap Gas, Empty Roads, Twelve Hundred Dollars, and You...](https://collectorcarfeed.com/2020/04/19/the-second-rice-age-cheap-gas-empty-roads-twelve-hundred-dollars/)** > > The COVID-19 epidemic might be the genesis of a new era of budget-minded auto enthusiasts. Or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/203 "2020-04-20T16:38:48Z")
hard to say whether the nova Scotia massacre should be in here or it’s own thread… i’ll let you guys decide. but the early details are startling… havent seen anything like this in the US in decades. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/204 "2020-04-20T17:15:25Z")
Any news on why the guy lost it? I am finding it difficult to avoid make comparisons with US/Canadian laws knowing that it’s all BS to those effected buy such tragedies. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/205 "2020-04-20T17:54:09Z")
here is a snippet from a Reddit post… take with a grain of as much salt as you wish: The details of this are fucking horrible. Here’s a message from a friend who patrols in NS. It’s direct, but you’ll get the gist. “Got dressed as RCMP with shit he found online, took his personnal marked pc that he made himself Went to his ex’s place Forced her and new boyfriend out the house and tied them to a tree, executed them. Kids ran to the neighboor, neighboor got out to see, executed him Unclear what house he set on fire but probably both houses Then hit the road, pulled people over with his marked pc and executed the drivers Went accross our member on the highway, shot her once, dragged her out of her car, executed her, burned his own car and stole her gear and her car and kept on the “joyride” then ditched our member’s car and ran off in another vehicle”. EDITED some details. Further info: “The guy went on a rampage last night through cottage country there burning houses and executing people. Executed a mom and dad in front of their children. Burned his own house. Got in to his PC he had made at home. Drove around pulling people over and executing them. Heidi Stevenson rams him on highway. He shoots her in the chest. Pulls her out and executes her point blank. Takes her Smith, mags and her car. Burns his car. Ert shows up and drags her back. Leave her with gd. That’s the video that was out there. Shoots Chad Morrison at some point. Current status is he’s alive to the best of ERT’s knowledge. Burns heidi’s car and gets in to another vehicule. Civilian reports it. Rat actually pulls up while guys are getting gas at one station and leaves. They don’t put it together until later. The description and photos they had didn’t match him at that point. Rat goes to another gas station and is filling up. Pds and ERT members show up. Pds ID’s him. They challenge him. He has smith out. Eats 10ish rounds. 10 plus people dead maybe more. Apparently the members were going from house to house just finding bodies. “ Fyi: ERT is the SWAT. GD is General Duty PDS is police dog services ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/206 "2020-04-20T18:00:23Z")
also: > **[Car 54, where are you?](http://www.frankmagazine.org/post/car-54-where-are-you?fbclid=IwAR0oYxXckWUx6X58gTGiGecHwRBa6sPnFPPGuqsOjA4HOISJi2qZo4nP7uc)** > > By Barney Fife Was it an HRP SWAT team speeding through the streets of Dartmouth to take a bite out of crime or were Halifax Regional Police racing against time on a dramatic rescue mission to save two of their own? And what dastardly vile villain... ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/207 "2020-04-20T18:00:52Z")
same dude doing good deeds in years past: [https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/there-s-angels-among-us-cancer-survivor-to-receive-new-dentures-1.1928606](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/there-s-angels-among-us-cancer-survivor-to-receive-new-dentures-1.1928606?fbclid=IwAR34esqC45SULS7s22hRx4FSKg2JXigWfspE4eDJnRE_ww8Lx6srRLtZa-M) also, death toll is expected to continue to rise. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/208 "2020-04-20T18:12:10Z")
That is pretty awful and will give a lot of people something non-covid related to complain about from both sides of the boarder. I expect a lot of US outrage on Canada’s behalf. I’m pretty sure people pull the impersonating an officer in the US, but with nowhere near the commitment to evil doing. Stress is a killer, and if he had lost it all just prior to the lock down, it would take surprisingly little to push someone over the edge. I bet it was a facebook post. ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/209 "2020-04-20T18:17:22Z")
If this lasts very long Russia will be bombing oil fields. > **[Oil Prices In U.S. Have Never Been This Upside Down Before | Investor's...](https://www.investors.com/news/us-oil-prices-have-never-been-this-upside-down-before/)** > > U.S. crude oil prices plunged to a new low Monday as demand dives and storage capacity dwindles amid the coronavirus pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/210 "2020-04-20T18:52:52Z")
New business Idea. Use glut of oil to Ramp up production of the “more sanitary” plastic bags for stores and some thin plastic body condoms that are as one time use as plastic bags. Then a side hustle for oil burning boats and ships to scour waterways to reclaim all the plastic and save a turtle or two. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/211 "2020-04-20T19:34:25Z")
So with a barrel of oil being worth less than $0 do I get money back when I fill up my car? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/212 "2020-04-20T20:47:14Z")
I’ll be standing at the pump filling the bed of my truck… ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/213 "2020-04-21T20:13:33Z")
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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/214 "2020-04-21T21:31:57Z")
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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/215 "2020-04-22T03:33:19Z")
Y’all following this? ![Screenshot_20200421-233216](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/5/85a89058f7c8e46e358a13d8998a3e6f55a07bea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/216 "2020-04-22T04:13:03Z")
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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/217 "2020-04-22T04:13:19Z")
What happens now? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/218 "2020-04-22T12:51:47Z")
The problem with these hacks is how do you prove they’re real? WikiLeaks was effectively taken out by the media as a trusted source. And without disclosing sources & methods, what weight do they really have other than to reinforce confirmation bias? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/219 "2020-04-22T14:18:45Z")
i think it depends on what information comes out of it if any. i’m just warm and fuzzy that dudes are working on this. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/220 "2020-04-22T16:35:09Z")
There’s a drive up COVID screening right now on Maple at the golf course. The signs say by appointment only and Erie County sheriffs are there checking people in. Hopefully we see some real randomized screening start happening soon. That I know of there have only been two places in the US that have done random screenings of anyone who wanted the test, asymptomatic people included. In LA they found 4.1% infected but in MA they found about 33%. It’s tough to draw conclusion from two limited tests other than we need a lot more of these kinds of tests. Finding these people who are or were infected but haven’t had any symptoms or complications is critical to having good data to make decisions about continued isolation policies. If it turns out 30+% already have it (like what was found in one of the randomized test I mentioned) it invalidates any of the statistics about death rate we have to far. Most reasonable people have argued from the start that limiting testing to severe cases and people in high risk jobs like healthcare was going skew the data. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978.md?page=10) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978.md?page=12)