Let's think about uncommon places that will be affected by the flu...

[Pazuzu]

I know someone who just got popped for DUI (how, when the bars are all closed??). A night in the drunk tank...I wonder how much the virus has taken over places like jails?

Let's brainstorm about strange, uncommon, or little thought of locations where people end up crammed together, which would make for little "virus dance parties".

[Laneco]

Stores that only allow 10 people at a time in and have 50 or 60 people outside in a line waiting for their turn to go in and stock up on more toilet paper...

Obviously airports, air travel, air security lines (pretty obvious).

The unemployment office.

Public transit....

angela

[Zeke]

Courts.
Anywhere there is emptying pockets and placing on a conveyor.
Speaking of which, conveyors at grocery stores (that should have been eliminated decades ago).

[ckelly78z]

Customs, and TSA scare me, like cattle through a chute, all touching the same things, and 100s an hour. I can't even imagine public transportation like busses, and subways.

[Crowbob]

Tonsorial and beauty establishmnets.

[biosurfer1]

How about the corona virus task force, the one lead by Pence. Nothing like a team of 22 who meets daily advising people not to be in a meeting with 10+ people

[MRM]

Homeless shelters and encampments. Residential treatment facilities. Kidney dialysis clinics. Food banks and soup kitchens. State legislatures are in session with the new year.

The court system is already reacting. The federal court system postponed all jury trials and cancelled all in-person hearings a week or two ago. I think the buildings are closed to visitors. State courts have done the same. With electronic filing and phone conferences you cant do almost everything in the civil system except jury trials. The criminal justice system is harder. They are adjusting bail for newly arrested people and giving the ones who don't seem dangerous first appearance dates in May or later. All arraignments and pretrial conferences have been postponed. There's going to be a huge backlog when courts open again.

Prisons have all ended in-person visits. The immigration courts are trying to let some detainees out on bracelets or on bail to reduce the numbers at risk. County jails are reassessing who can go on home monitoring or bail. It's crazy out there.

[wdfifteen]

I was filling the truck with gas and thought of this thread. The station was busy and a lot of different people held those handles in a short period of time. I particularly noticed a guy who had his hand on the handle the whole time he was filling the tank. The virus can live on surfaces for varying lengths of time, none of them short.

"The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel. "

[mattdavis11]

Whore houses.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

Whore houses.

I was going to mention the oldest profession. I'm sure that's probably not slowing down too much.

[red-beard]

Blood Bank

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Blood Bank

Our local squad hosted a blood drive this past weekend...they got maybe 20 pints, maybe.

[GothingNC]

DMV and DL offices are shut down in NC

Expired licenses and registrations will have a 90 grace period now.