Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1082634 times)

Ontario numbers were decent again today and we did 2700 more test. Also CBC just said the fed gov has approved 2 new methods for testing too, which will just increase our capacity.

Tripon · « **Reply #2772 on:** March 18, 2020, 01:24:28 PM »

https://twitter.com/7StarsInsider/status/1240308574418604034

Ghoul · « **Reply #2773 on:** March 18, 2020, 01:46:07 PM »

I received an email from my MD today to say he had symptoms.

My dumb ass was sitting in his office yesterday making sure he was setup to work from home.

Turns out I could be an actual Ghoul soon.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #2774 on:** March 18, 2020, 01:53:47 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 18, 2020, 01:24:28 PM

https://twitter.com/7StarsInsider/status/1240308574418604034

I'm surprised nearly all states have casinos. I mean, I guess I shouldn't (Tribal) but that's still surprising to me.

Quote from: Ghoul on March 18, 2020, 01:46:07 PM

I received an email from my MD today to say he had symptoms.

My dumb ass was sitting in his office yesterday making sure he was setup to work from home.

Turns out I could be an actual Ghoul soon.

At least you posted hog before you died.

Now do me a favor, cough into a jug (possibly spit to make sure the virus stays alive) and mail it to me so I can die, plz.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #2775 on:** March 18, 2020, 01:55:42 PM »

Everyone around me is melting down! Jesus people. I thought we had come to terms with all this yesterday.

Tripon · « **Reply #2776 on:** March 18, 2020, 01:57:42 PM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on March 18, 2020, 01:53:47 PM

Quote from: Tripon on March 18, 2020, 01:24:28 PM
https://twitter.com/7StarsInsider/status/1240308574418604034

I'm surprised nearly all states have casinos. I mean, I guess I shouldn't (Tribal) but that's still surprising to me.

Quote from: Ghoul on March 18, 2020, 01:46:07 PM
I received an email from my MD today to say he had symptoms.

My dumb ass was sitting in his office yesterday making sure he was setup to work from home.

Turns out I could be an actual Ghoul soon.

At least you posted hog before you died. Now do me a favor, cough into a jug (possibly spit to make sure the virus stays alive) and mail it to me so I can die, plz.

I believe it's a federal crime to knowingly transport contagions.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2777 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:22:46 PM »

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1240131226268323842

thisismyusername · « **Reply #2778 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:32:24 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 18, 2020, 01:57:42 PM

I believe it's a federal crime to knowingly transport contagions.

No laws when Drinking Claws™.

What is the fed going to do if Ghoul sells me "GamerBoy bathwater™" in it?

Nintex · « **Reply #2779 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:35:01 PM »

Again a day of action and reaching out to clients for me.
Remember folks, crisis = opportunity.

Losers will become winners, winners losers. The board has been flipped.

Our government has also announced substantial aid packages for businesses.
Covering up to 90% of salaries, tax exemptions/delays and loans up to 1.5 million for small businesses.

It seems that lessons from 2008 have actually been learned.

As for the virus, our approach is working so far. The worst news of the day other than new infections was that the train services will see a further scale back.
The Government has clarified that herd immunity is not a goal in and by itself. They're trying to keep an open society and economic activity as much as possible without overstretching the healthcare system.

Dutch researches have also discovered that with a plasma sterilisator that is available in most hospitals you can sterilize and clean face masks up to 3 times.

In other words:
- We've discovered the anti-body for COVID-19
- We've discovered that TB vaccines improve resistance against COVID-19
- We've discovered a way to re-use face masks

In the span of a week.

Also you can now scan yourself for symptoms:
https://coronascanner.com

#KillTheVirus

VomKriege · « **Reply #2780 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:37:55 PM »

Rename Nintex to YesMenReject please.

Propagandhim · « **Reply #2781 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:40:29 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on March 18, 2020, 02:35:01 PM

Also you can now scan yourself for symptoms:
https://coronascanner.com

#KillTheVirus

Let me guess. This is the thing you developed that you're curiously (

) not revealing that you developed it right now. So much for that "Dutch directness"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2782 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:40:50 PM »

Congulations to the Dutch People for discovering how to reuse facemasks up to three times.

Tripon · « **Reply #2783 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:41:39 PM »

Why is Nintex running PR for the Dutch government.

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That corona virus website is basically a glorified google form.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #2784 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:42:50 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 18, 2020, 02:41:39 PM

Why is Nintex running PR for the Dutch government.

because he’s a statist

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2785 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:51:31 PM »

https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240329716453777409

VomKriege · « **Reply #2786 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:53:27 PM »

Tensions in the workforce of garbage collecting and delivery drivers (postmen or private services) for a severe undersupply if not absence of masks & sanitising gel.

Some Chinese associations sent 1m masks to France (on top of that Xiaomi donation), which is appreciated -though I just heard a few time today some disgruntlement about the French donation of 17 tons of medical material earlier that year to fight the Wuhan crisis, I think it's neither here nor there though French healthcare could certainly do with more today and in general-.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2787 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:54:44 PM »

Montserrat has fallen

https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/breaking-news-montserrat-confirms-first-coronavirus-case/

team filler · « **Reply #2788 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:57:58 PM »

Quote from: riotous on March 18, 2020, 11:46:28 AM

My home gym strategy paying off!

as the official thebore.com big dick daddy, we need you safe and healthy should a situation arise which requires a young thottie need be fucked thoroughly to save our lives. we'll invoke you as our champion in battle

VomKriege · « **Reply #2789 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:02:57 PM »

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/fkoik5/fraction_of_posts_on_dataisbeautiful_that_are/

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2790 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:15:59 PM »

So far what I've seen, smoking seems to correlate with worse outcomes.
Ibuprofen maybe also correlates with worse outcomes, nothing guaranteed but switch to Tylenol/acet for some time just for caution.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2791 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:20:48 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 18, 2020, 03:19:00 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 03:15:59 PM
So far what I've seen, smoking seems to correlate with worse outcomes.
Ibuprofen maybe also correlates with worse outcomes, nothing guaranteed but switch to Tylenol/acet for some time just for caution.

I was assuming smoking was probably the reason why the male/female death ratio in Italy was like 3:1.

Pretty sure it is the case in China, male mortality outstrips female there and it lines up with smoking trends.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #2792 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:28:50 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 03:15:59 PM

So far what I've seen, smoking seems to correlate with worse outcomes.

*starts smoking like a chimney*

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2793 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:31:02 PM »

fuck you dutch

https://twitter.com/LivPosting/status/1240103092382769152

VomKriege · « **Reply #2794 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:31:44 PM »

French government is working on a bill for "state of medical emergency powers" that would give them the ability to further limits freedoms (movement, meeting) on a local or national scale. Probably in case they want to enforce harsher quarantines and the capacity to requisition whatever is deemed necessary to fight an outbreak.

Hopefully the rapid progress in tests will allow for a more targeted and efficient crisis managing in the next weeks.

Basically so far the Paris and Great East regions are the most battered (over 2000 cases each, so over 40% of all French positives). A special army medical plane (fully equipped for reanimation) moved six patients to the East to a less burned hospital.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2795 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:52:51 PM »

My surgeon will call this afternoon and I'll know if my Friday surgery is still on or not.

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2020, 12:32:04 AM

Is it normal that people have 2 fridges? Or is that like a "if you have a family" thing? I don't remember my family ever having 2 fridges and I've never had two. But my friends are showing my their family's prepper set and they all seem to have 2 fridges as well.

We have a full size freezer in the garage that was originally purchased when my wife was breastfeeding our daughter, and now it's full of frozen berries, freezer meals that she's made in the past and lots of ground beef, pork and chuck roast from Costco. I've also got a little fridge in the garage for beer.

Also really glad we have an elliptical in the garage.

VomKriege · « **Reply #2796 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:04:11 PM »

So what's the deal with Germany ? Honestly I think France could have ramped up to an Italian-style lockdown 4 days earlier, and Germany is lagging from the same amount behind us. Fatalities are still "low" and I guess Germany tests better and wider (catching a lot of milder cases) so maybe the infection is at an earlier stage compared to Italy, Spain, France but every empirical data is pointing to the situation to deteriorate at the hospital & care level in similar proportions.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2797 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:08:05 PM »

I have an uncle that works at Nintendo who says the German's are culling their elderly so they are not a burden on the Fourth Reich.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2798 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:11:43 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on March 18, 2020, 04:08:05 PM

I have an uncle that works at Nintendo who says the German's are culling their elderly so they are not a burden on the Fourth Reich.

Next time without Italy indeed.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2799 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:14:59 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on March 18, 2020, 04:04:11 PM

So what's the deal with Germany ? Honestly I think France could have ramped up to an Italian-style lockdown 4 days earlier, and Germany is lagging from the same amount behind us. Fatalities are still "low" and I guess Germany tests better and wider (catching a lot of milder cases) so maybe the infection is at an earlier stage compared to Italy, Spain, France but every empirical data is pointing to the situation to deteriorate at the hospital & care level in similar proportions.

Frankly I have no idea, but we are more distanced in general compared to the countries you mentioned. No kissing on the cheek for example.

I mentioned it in jest earlier in this thread, but Germans have a high trust in authorities and they are obedient. Of course there are exceptions, but even without a mandated curfew, the cities are absolute ghost towns. I live in one of the biggest cities and there is nobody on the streets. This has been the case since Friday.

Nintex · « **Reply #2800 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:15:53 PM »

Our health minister collapsed of exhaustion during a debate.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1240349753852006401

VomKriege · « **Reply #2801 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:18:28 PM »

Just some tidbits of French info, to give an idea of what's probably ahead for US, UK and Germany.

Paris region transports are scaling down tomorrow : half the subways, tramways and trains. 70% buses. Night bus lines at 100% because used by a lot of hospital workers.

Obligation to desinfect public transport vehicles now by law.

Paris Transport Regie estimates there was 80 to 90% less passengers than usual.

Edit : in the comments of Le Figaro (conservative) about those numbers "Always a good excuse to slack off work !"

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2802 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:18:34 PM »

lol at parliament debates.
We have been 100% executive decisions for two weeks. No calls from the opposition, it’s like they don’t even exist.

Nintex · « **Reply #2803 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:20:40 PM »

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #2804 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:22:17 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:14:59 PM

Quote from: VomKriege on March 18, 2020, 04:04:11 PM
So what's the deal with Germany ? Honestly I think France could have ramped up to an Italian-style lockdown 4 days earlier, and Germany is lagging from the same amount behind us. Fatalities are still "low" and I guess Germany tests better and wider (catching a lot of milder cases) so maybe the infection is at an earlier stage compared to Italy, Spain, France but every empirical data is pointing to the situation to deteriorate at the hospital & care level in similar proportions.

Frankly I have no idea, but we are more distanced in general compared to the countries you mentioned. No kissing on the cheek for example.
I mentioned it in jest earlier in this thread, but Germans have a high trust in authorities and they are obedient. Of course there are exceptions, but even without a mandated curfew, the cities are absolute ghost towns. I live in one of the biggest cities and there is nobody on the streets. This has been the case since Friday.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2805 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:23:10 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:14:59 PM

Germans have a high trust in authorities and they are obedient.

On that note: The largest German newspaper ‚Bild‘ published pictures of public places where people met and publically shamed them on their title page.

Tripon · « **Reply #2806 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:33:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1240354656494268419

VomKriege · « **Reply #2807 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:33:28 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:14:59 PM

Quote from: VomKriege on March 18, 2020, 04:04:11 PM
So what's the deal with Germany ? Honestly I think France could have ramped up to an Italian-style lockdown 4 days earlier, and Germany is lagging from the same amount behind us. Fatalities are still "low" and I guess Germany tests better and wider (catching a lot of milder cases) so maybe the infection is at an earlier stage compared to Italy, Spain, France but every empirical data is pointing to the situation to deteriorate at the hospital & care level in similar proportions.

Frankly I have no idea, but we are more distanced in general compared to the countries you mentioned. No kissing on the cheek for example.
I mentioned it in jest earlier in this thread, but Germans have a high trust in authorities and they are obedient. Of course there are exceptions, but even without a mandated curfew, the cities are absolute ghost towns. I live in one of the biggest cities and there is nobody on the streets. This has been the case since Friday.

Good.
Honestly I think French (and Italian, perhaps) media (and Internet) are a bit hyperbolic about the "incivility' and "lack of discipline" of our "Latin" citizenry and hyperfocuses on outliers to give moral lectures because three people are on some piazza. Data like the Paris transport stats show that by and large there's a massive reduction in crowds outside and that people try to comply.

I've seen Le Figaro, of all places, have an article about the moral weight of this social isolation. It fucking sucks to not seeing a friend, have a drink, etc... in a painful way, humans are not wired to be permanent NEETs. Yeah it's regrettable that people in the US went to St Patrick's parties or are massing at beaches (there was some examples in Europe a week ago) but the "son I am disappoint" attitude cuts both ways : Western governments have arguably downplayed this until a few weeks ago, sent mixed messages. Yes, it's sad that people only start to realize the gravity of this when it starts to creep close but I wouldn't cast the first stone.

We're told to be responsible but it's hard to get tested, hard or impossible to get masks and gloves, hard to get hand sanitizer, hard to get a thermometer even.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2808 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:41:14 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on March 18, 2020, 04:33:24 PM

https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1240354656494268419

The rules apply to everyone but me.

Fuck you brah. You don't get a hospital bed.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2809 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:41:19 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 02:51:31 PM

https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240329716453777409

I watched her speech and that translation is not false, but it conveys a different meaning than the German original.

VomKriege · « **Reply #2810 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:43:41 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:41:19 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 02:51:31 PM

https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240329716453777409

I watched her speech and that translation is not false, but it conveys a different meaning than the German original.

We will win this, like WW2... Wait... Like WW1 minus backstabs. Wait... We're gonna wreck Corona like Napoléon III.

headwalk · « **Reply #2811 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:45:19 PM »

like the difference liberation and occupation?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2812 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:53:53 PM »

TBF WW2 went pretty well for them until the end. If you just ignore that part, the simile holds.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #2813 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:57:10 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on March 18, 2020, 04:53:53 PM

TBF WW2 went pretty well for them until the end. If you just ignore that part, the simile holds.

Does this mean Merkel is gonna commit suicide when she catches it?

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2814 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:59:20 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on March 18, 2020, 04:43:41 PM

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:41:19 PM
Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 02:51:31 PM

https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240329716453777409

I watched her speech and that translation is not false, but it conveys a different meaning than the German original.

We will win this, like WW2... Wait... Like WW1 minus backstabs. Wait... We're gonna wreck Corona like Napoléon III.

Just like our difficult struggle against Corona and our battle with many losses in Stalingrad: This is Italy‘s fault.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2815 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:05:14 PM »

btw. since WW2 is an incredibly common expression that just refers to the Federal Republic of Germany(2nd republic if we used the French way of counting

)

Don Rumata · « **Reply #2816 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:06:22 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:59:20 PM

Quote from: VomKriege on March 18, 2020, 04:43:41 PM
Quote from: BisMarckie on March 18, 2020, 04:41:19 PM
Quote from: OnlyRegret on March 18, 2020, 02:51:31 PM

https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1240329716453777409

I watched her speech and that translation is not false, but it conveys a different meaning than the German original.

We will win this, like WW2... Wait... Like WW1 minus backstabs. Wait... We're gonna wreck Corona like Napoléon III.

Just like our difficult struggle against Corona and our battle with many losses in Stalingrad: This is Italy‘s fault.

Italy's incompetency, is the last line of defense against Germany's clockwork machine of doom.

You're welcome, world!

team filler · « **Reply #2817 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:34:54 PM »

if this pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that restaurants who say they don't deliver have been bullshitting us this entire time!

everybody delivers now

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2818 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:37:06 PM »

Yeah, even restaurants with Michelin stars do deliveries now.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2819 on:** March 18, 2020, 05:41:25 PM »

I think a fun way for us to pass the coming months at home would be a friendly bore competition, like who can pee in the most pop bottles? or who can collect the most nail clippings? (not necessarily your own. Pee must be yours.).

News:

Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1082634 times)