Coronavirus COVID-19

[noodles_leone]

Are you saying Obama will save the day?

[drinkanddestroy]

Are you saying Obama will save the day?

Titoli is trying to say that

[titoli]

From the article:

What if I don?t have insurance?
You should be able to get covered. If you lose your job, you may qualify for Medicaid or be able to sign up for a health plan under the Affordable Care Act.

A growing number of states are also creating a special enrollment period for residents who want to sign up, and there is even some talk of the federal government making a similar decision for the marketplaces they operate. There?s also talk of using the Medicaid program much more broadly to cover the uninsured.

Good. Let's hope it works.

Today, for the very first time since the lockdown, a significant drop in the numbers in Italy. Only deaths are more or less constant (575) but probably that is to be expected as Italy has got the second or third older population in the world and in Lombardy they didn't act wisely at the start (a tenth of total world deaths are localized there).   

A few minutes ago the Director of the NHC said that the epidemic can be considered halted in the centre and south of the nation.

[titoli]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW56CL0pk0g

[drinkanddestroy]

Coming soon to a theater near you: Social Distancing https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movie-theaters-opening-coronavirus-seating-concessions-safety-guidelines-210001492.html

[dave jenkins]

Coming soon to a theater near you: Social Distancing https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movie-theaters-opening-coronavirus-seating-concessions-safety-guidelines-210001492.html

Sounds like industry suicide. Fewer seats filled means fewer concession sales, the point where the real money is made. Meanwhile, overhead, in the form of increased security workers, sky-rockets.

Prices have to go up. The prospect of home viewing becomes even more attractive.

[cigar joe]

Sounds like industry suicide. Fewer seats filled means fewer concession sales, the point where the real money is made. Meanwhile, overhead, in the form of increased security workers, sky-rockets.

Prices have to go up. The prospect of home viewing becomes even more attractive.

Drive Ins could make a big comeback

[drinkanddestroy]

Drive Ins could make a big comeback

New York is indeed opening drive-in movie theaters

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/movies/drive-in-movie-theater-coronavirus.html

https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/drive-in-movie-theaters-in-ny-where-to-catch-a-film-this-summer

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/05/15/drive-in-movie-theater-ny/

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/new-york-city-diner-creates-drive-in-theater-save-business-1202231515/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-gives-green-light-to-drive-in-theaters-closed-amid-coronavirus-11589233435

[dave jenkins]

Hey, this is great news! Mrs. Jenkins has never been to a drive-in theater. Honey, road trip!

[drinkanddestroy]

Hey, this is great news! Mrs. Jenkins has never been to a drive-in theater. Honey, road trip!

I just saw Targets (1968). Suddenly queasy about drive-ins 

[dave jenkins]

Well, we won't be going anywhere where Boris Karloff is making an appearance. 

[drinkanddestroy]

Hey, this is great news! Mrs. Jenkins has never been to a drive-in theater. Honey, road trip!

Not have I. Nor, I assume, anyone in my age bracket (35).

[PowerRR]

Not have I. Nor, I assume, anyone in my age bracket (35).

I've gone plenty at 27! I live 20 minutes from a decent one in Rhode Island. They just re-opened but are currently only screening the stuff that was in theaters before it last closed. I'm hoping that before movies get released again, they'll start showing some classics.

[drinkanddestroy]

I've gone plenty at 27! I live 20 minutes from a decent one in Rhode Island. They just re-opened but are currently only screening the stuff that was in theaters before it last closed. I'm hoping that before movies get released again, they'll start showing some classics.

I have lived in NYC all my life and I'm not even aware of any drive-ins. But some are opening now

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/exclusive-a-drive-in-festival-is-coming-to-the-parking-lot-of-yankee-stadium-this-summer-051520?

https://ny.eater.com/2020/5/18/21259860/nyc-drive-in-movie-theater-coronavirus-bel-aire-diner

[dave jenkins]

Everybody got enough face masks? https://www.redbubble.com/i/mask/Sergio-Leone-A-Fistful-of-Dollars-by-FILMOVISR/50523085.9G0D8