From their side, sending it down other paths to be "preserved" is a future problem, as future production will price compete with stored or preserved past production.
As a PR game, combined the preserved milk with the countries in need. Preserve it (take out a lot of the water weight) and ship it to places where food is a much bigger short-term problem then Corona virus (india, africa, parts of brazil, etc). That avoids your future problem with the supply dragging down milk prices. Depending on what they do, I'm not sure about future problems. Even if we had unlimited powdered milk available for a cheap price in Canada, I suspect the demand would be very low. Fresh (pasteurized) is cheap enough that most people would not make the switch.
As a PR game, combined the preserved milk with the countries in need. Preserve it (take out a lot of the water weight) and ship it to places where food is a much bigger short-term problem then Corona virus (india, africa, parts of brazil, etc). That avoids your future problem with the supply dragging down milk prices. Depending on what they do, I'm not sure about future problems. Even if we had unlimited powdered milk available for a cheap price in Canada, I suspect the demand would be very low. Fresh (pasteurized) is cheap enough that most people would not make the switch.
I think in this context they would be more worried about commercial sales (used in the manufacture of other foods, cheese, ice cream, whatever they make out of milk/creme/etc.) where the preserved current milk (powdered, frozen, etc.) is totally usable for industrial food production (using fresh milk has little to no value add in the end product) and will undercut future fresh production pricing.
I agree from the consumer perspective, I do not see a meaningful switch from fresh to preserved.
Sending it overseas should be an option, but as I noted, the opposition (Cons) will start screaming about empty shelves and JT shipping milk products to the needy countries. Easier to just dump it, I don't like it, but I totally get it.
Limited edition corona cheese. Could have special pricing as it wouldn't really compete with existing cheeses and once it's gone, there won't be anymore.
but seriously
cow's milk sales are way down prior to this
cheese sales are way up
we have a dairy deal with the US in the new NAFTA
we have an opportunity to cash in on that
I like someones idea for covid patients. Semi-permanent marking (~two-week) on your face. Something like "I spit on a bus driver" written across your face for a few weeks may make you reconsider the next time you want to be an idiot.
I remember seeing a peddlar in Cabo a few years ago, he had something like "my pretty sister" (in spanish) tattooed on his upper lip. He was tattooed by fellow inmates while in prison. That might be a little extreme, but marking bad people with a Sharpie would satisfy me right now.
Well he is corrupt and not completely dumb. Probably JK, IT or a "blind" trust are sitting on a giant pile of stock. I agree though, there is enough news without trying to manufacture a tenuous link. Publish the story once you find the real trail.
Spain and Italy clearly on the mend
Canada doing okay - consistent with places of similar pop
UK rising quick
very ugly stats for the US - and will get worse for awhile yet
Spain and Italy clearly on the mend
Canada doing okay - consistent with places of similar pop
UK rising quick
very ugly stats for the US - and will get worse for awhile yet
I always try to look at yesterdays stats unless it is close to midnight GMT. The daily stats update throughout the day so you never know where they are going to end up. 30 minutes after your screen cap, Canada is at 886 new cases. 1155 yesterday so probably some more regions still to report for today.
Using yesterdays stats for spread (new cases as a percentage of total), I get Spain 4%, Italy 3%, Canada 7%, UK 7%, USA 8%. I find looking at absolute number of cases is relatively unimportant compared to percentage growth. The percentage growth is where the preventative measures will show up (with a lag time of a week or so). There may be better metrics you can drag out of the data (eg new cases as a percentage of yesterdays total, active cases would be good but I have very little faith that the data there is remotely reliable, deaths is very reliable in most countries but should lag cases by ~two weeks so that is less useful with something developing this quickly)
As with all of these, various countries are either intentionally or unintentionally playing with the numbers so god knows where reality lies.
I thought the bus's have doors you can close to protect the drivers, even though most drivers don't use them. I doubt you are being hyperbolic, as being spit on is a thing for the TTC drivers. My friend's dad is a operator so I have heard about some $hit they need to deal with. He has a routine when he starts shift to wipe down all the controls etc where the other operators touch. He did this well before the virus happen, seems smarter now. Dealing with the general public sure has it's moments, good luck!
We went on strike earlier this year to fight for the barriers. They are not even on order yet. We went to rear door boarding a good week later than pretty much any other transit company and it was multiple work refusals that finally made the company go to "free" fair, rear door entry, and moving the yellow line further back.
Yet, they are doing a woeful job of disinfecting the buses (no disinfecting done last Friday or Saturday night) and where other transit companies have taped off behind the accessible seats or even put up a plastic barrier these are all non starters in discussions with management.
As I said we were over a week behind other transit properties in going to rear door boarding. It was about 3 weks ago a drunk fell into my lap coughing and sneezing. I hope I have dodged a bullet there. However, without any physical barrier or taping I am at the mercy of an idiot just walking up to me like yesterday. Once the service became "free" the homeless took over the buses.
Other transit properties have gone to passenger limits to try and maintain social distancing. HSR went to 10 for conventional buses and 15 for articulated buses. Our Union keeps asking for this and management keeps ignoring us. For the record the only people at the head office / main facility working other than drivers and supervisors are the dispatchers, mechanics, and bus attendents. Management is working from home to keep them safe.
Maybe I need to take my abilities to another transit property that protects their workers better? As I said, I love my job. Would be more than happy to put another 11 to 15 years in.
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