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A very good example indeed. And that is why it is based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul, and used to be called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.

Well, this is not bubonic plague or Spanish flu (at least not yet), so I don't think we should overdramatize it. Keep reasonable precautions and you should be safe, that is how I see it (at the moment.)

At the same time, it seems a good idea to support local businesses like cafes and restaurants to the extent you can. I spoke with a couple of local (in my small town) restaurant owners today, they are really scared, understandably so. I am ordering take out tonight.

Seems similar to "scared shitless" suggested earlier by Fradi, n'est-ce pas?

Their idea of a "breakthrough" is rather comical: Quebec City-based Medicago said it has taken the first step towards a vaccine by producing a virus-like particle of the novel coronavirus. Especially when there are multiple reports of companies having already developed actual vaccine...

Well, it's getting interesting. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau diagnosed with COVID-19; PM to remain in isolation

This very thread obviously included.

That may not be the nicest thing to say, but I kinda enjoy the sight of Russians and Saudis at each others' throats. I won't mind if that goes on for a while. But, of course, if our favorite Montreal ladies start accepting payment in U.S. currency only, that will change things drastically.

Things are getting crazier by the day...

It just went above 1.36 for the first time in months. Due to the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. https://www.myfxbook.com/en/forex-market/currencies/USDCAD-historical-data

Brexit may have been a contributing factor, but hardly a major one, as Flybe was first and foremost a domestic airline. It was just too weak to compete with the big boys (BA as well as Ryanair + EasyJet.) Flybe collapse: Five things that went wrong

He just forgot to mention one insignificant detail: the party of profound intellectuals who are all, to a person, busy upholding constitutional ideals, first has to make a strategic choice between communism and senility.

Another one bites the dust. Who is next? Norwegian? I am surprised they are still in business. Collapsed Flybe tells passengers not to travel to airports

Who are those experts? As has been pointed out a few times in this thread, we don't know (and can't possibly know) that. No one knows what is really going on in China, so the number of infected people is unknown. Not to mention the number of people who have been infected but not tested.

The answer is basically that we don't really know why it is happening, we only know that it is caused by global warming. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/unexpected-ice

Buttigieg and Klobuchar bail out right on the eve of Super Tuesday... Collusion, anyone?

I was thinking long and hard about my long planned trip to Europe and decided to go ahead after all. I was hoping that maybe air fares could be getting a little better, but no such luck, unfortunately. I am not afraid of catching the virus, but as mentioned before, rather of getting stuck in...

Come on, technology is not allowed. Germans are serious people, you better follow the rules or else... We are getting somewhat off topic here, let us take it to the FKK thread.

Hey, that is a terrifying thought indeed. I plan to visit some in a couple of weeks' time; worse come to worst, will have to report from the scene...

I feel your pain...