Corona Thread |OT| Please scream inside your heart

[TakingBackSunday]

jesus christ thats scary

[Occam]

It's one of the times when stupidity directly leads to death, without decades of delay like for instance when you smoke. Except for the fact that most victims are outside of their reproductive age, Darwin would approve.

And why shouldn't the one nation that has spent decades trying to make its own population as uneducated as possible be hit hardest? You reap what you sow.

[Nintex]

It all depends on how well governments can contain new outbreaks.

An employee of mine got a call today from the health services because one of his friends has been tested positive and he has been told to self-isolate at home as a precaution.
He was originally planning to go to the birthday of his mother tomorrow and those plans he obviously cancelled. It just shows how easily things can spread if you are unaware and why testing is important.

[Mr Gilhaney]

While some no doubt is due to stupidity, you shouldnt forget the many people working, who have to work during corona. Nurses, doctors, care takers at both retirement homes, in the handicap departments. or fucking grocery store workers. There is just a risk working those places, even if you try to be careful.

[Occam]

If feel very sorry for every single one of them. They don't deserve this. The MAGAts do.

[Pennywise]

It all depends on how well governments can contain new outbreaks.

An employee of mine got a call today from the health services because one of his friends has been tested positive and he has been told to self-isolate at home as a precaution.
He was originally planning to go to the birthday of his mother tomorrow and those plans he obviously cancelled. It just shows how easily things can spread if you are unaware and why testing is important.

That's why the number must be managable not only for hospitals.
Local german health authorities hired a shitload of people that basically only follow those chains. Phone people and get the contact information of those they've been in contact with and call them as well.
In general there have been alot of restrictions for certain buisiness types. For example my mother works in a bakery shop and they've got a small cafe as well. They were allowed to open a few tables, but people have to write down their adress and shit.

Situations like these were pretty much impossible 4 weeks ago. Now it's managable and we'll see how it will play out.

[Bebpo]

It's one of the times when stupidity directly leads to death, without decades of delay like for instance when you smoke. Except for the fact that most victims are outside of their reproductive age, Darwin would approve.

And why shouldn't the one nation that has spent decades trying to make its own population as uneducated as possible be hit hardest? You reap what you sow.

One of the biggest surprises I'm seeing are decently educated and intelligent people that are still hand wringing about "well, it's not that bad and I do miss my KBBQ so I hope they open next week so I can make reservations with all my friends at my table even if I have to pretend they're all family members to get seated together"

[Leadbelly]

It all depends on how well governments can contain new outbreaks.

An employee of mine got a call today from the health services because one of his friends has been tested positive and he has been told to self-isolate at home as a precaution.
He was originally planning to go to the birthday of his mother tomorrow and those plans he obviously cancelled. It just shows how easily things can spread if you are unaware and why testing is important.

That's why the number must be managable not only for hospitals.
Local german health authorities hired a shitload of people that basically only follow those chains. Phone people and get the contact information of those they've been in contact with and call them as well.
In general there have been alot of restrictions for certain buisiness types. For example my mother works in a bakery shop and they've got a small cafe as well. They were allowed to open a few tables, but people have to write down their adress and shit.

Situations like these were pretty much impossible 4 weeks ago. Now it's managable and we'll see how it will play out.

I guess we'll carry on doing it the way we are doing it until it comes back in a big way. If there is a second wave though, in terms of managing it, I guess one question would be: to what ends exactly?

Maybe to relieve pressure on the hospitals. Of course we could aim to increase capacity also. The thing about potential second and even third waves of this though is, it's not going away until a large part of the population has it. Or we have a vaccine. Minus a vaccine though, we're essentially just dragging this out over a longer period. That's all. And there will be some benefits to that I imagine, but also some consequences to that.

I guess my point is, the aim of managing the virus can't be entirely about limiting the number of infected, it may not go away until a certain number of people are infected.

[Tripon]

It's one of the times when stupidity directly leads to death, without decades of delay like for instance when you smoke. Except for the fact that most victims are outside of their reproductive age, Darwin would approve.

And why shouldn't the one nation that has spent decades trying to make its own population as uneducated as possible be hit hardest? You reap what you sow.

One of the biggest surprises I'm seeing are decently educated and intelligent people that are still hand wringing about "well, it's not that bad and I do miss my KBBQ so I hope they open next week so I can make reservations with all my friends at my table even if I have to pretend they're all family members to get seated together"

I miss KBBQ and Hot Pot as much anyone and that sounds nuts to me.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus-report/497324-fauci-real-coronavirus-death-toll-almost-certainly-higher-than

[Mandark]

I guess we'll carry on doing it the way we are doing it until it comes back in a big way. If there is a second wave though, in terms of managing it, I guess one question would be: to what ends exactly?

Maybe to relieve pressure on the hospitals. Of course we could aim to increase capacity also. The thing about potential second and even third waves of this though is, it's not going away until a large part of the population has it. Or we have a vaccine. Minus a vaccine though, we're essentially just dragging this out over a longer period. That's all. And there will be some benefits to that I imagine, but also some consequences to that.

I guess my point is, the aim of managing the virus can't be entirely about limiting the number of infected, it may not go away until a certain number of people are infected.

*stares mutely, gestures at Taiwan*

[Great Rumbler]

Russia's probably gonna pass Spain to take the #2 spot by the end of the week.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1260395303540146177

[bluemax]

You know, you think you're safe living in a nice blue state of intelligent people like CA and then you find out that if you live in a red republican controlled county you're still fucked!  -_-

All these protests in OC and San Diego, the big red spots of old white supremacy in CA -_-

Notice how no one is doing these dumbass protests in central LA.

That's because Central LA is getting hit too hard with the Rona!

so yeah, i'm sure there will still be people who will go out on random dates just like there will be people who walk outside without masks. but there are going to be a LOT who aren't going to do that. i just don't see a world where anyone who is scared to not put on some kind of face covering going outside would be open to swapping spit with a random stranger. i recall reading some poll that said one of the big dating websites (ok cupid i think?) dropped traffic -unsurprisingly- by over 90%!

Probably was OKCupid, that app has been run into the ground pretty much. Tinder at least gave everyone access to free "passport" to encourage you to window shop around the world. Coffee Meets Bagel is doing twice a week virtual group dates (if you live in a big city anyhow). There was a point like, mid March/early April where I felt like I was getting more matches and conversations, but I think everyone is just kinda tired of it all right now. I probably would've asked a few girls to meet up if there was no pandemic, but I haven't really felt up to do virtual dates.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1260379378770272257

[bluemax]

https://twitter.com/i/events/1219057585707315201

[Tripon]

https://mobile.twitter.com/nypost/status/1260258922688139269

Humanity is doomed.

[shosta]

mobile.twitter.com/nypost/status/1260258922688139269

Humanity is doomed.

this.. this is the good shit

[railGUN]

I saw a bunch of teens sitting shoulder to shoulder passing around bong yesterday.

 

[Joe Molotov]

I saw a bunch of teens sitting shoulder to shoulder passing around bong yesterday.

 

Should have been using one-hitters, smdh.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/samjabailey/status/1260045166674575360

[CatsCatsCats]

I’ve always wanted to do a cruise. The ex never would, said it was a hotbed for norovirus.

And they are, but I wanna go to the boat hotel party

[BIONIC]

I saw a bunch of teens sitting shoulder to shoulder passing around bong yesterday.

 

Should’ve been passing around hog instead 

[Oblivion]

https://twitter.com/BimboColes2000/status/1260684718397362177

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1260711375237722115

Spain had a lot of COVID-19 cases so this puts the nail in the coffin of herd immunity 

Madrid alone had 65k cases on a population of about 6 million.
Which means that 11%, 1 in 10 or about 600k people have the antibodies.

Spain in total has a population of about 50 million people, of which about 2.5 million have antibodies if the 5% is accurate.
The idea that certain scientists had that in the UK for example about 60% of the populace would already be immune has gone right out the window.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-inflammatory-syndrome-children-cuomo-today-us-states-covid-19-a9512851.html?utm_source=reddit.com

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52648557

[Nintex]

That dude in Wuhan sure cooked up one hell of a virus.

[bluemax]

I'm either gonna die from the Rona or Rona rage violence.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/DailyBreezeNews/status/1260737716209307650

[Flannel Boy]

https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1260711375237722115

Spain had a lot of COVID-19 cases so this puts the nail in the coffin of herd immunity 

Madrid alone had 65k cases on a population of about 6 million.
Which means that 11%, 1 in 10 or about 600k people have the antibodies.

Spain in total has a population of about 50 million people, of which about 2.5 million have antibodies if the 5% is accurate.
The idea that certain scientists had that in the UK for example about 60% of the populace would already be immune has gone right out the window.

Mortality rate lines up with NYC’s numbers (around 1.2%).

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52622037/coronavirus-the-lost-six-weeks-when-us-failed-to-contain-outbreak

[Great Rumbler]

Texas just had its worst day so far in terms of new cases.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/_parisimone/status/1260766954413076487

[Akala]

untold levels of freshness

[Pissy F Benny]

Whoop whoop

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/jc_bradbury/status/1260929547005947906

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/MCmuckraker/status/1260888813183946756

[Tripon]

The Whites are at it again.jpg



https://www.yahoo.com/news/open-immediately-wisconsinites-head-bars-115226028.html

After the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order, which immediately lifted restrictions on businesses and gatherings, some bars opened their doors (and taps) Wednesday night as patrons began trickling out.

The ruling applied to Gov. Tony Evers' statewide order to lock down Wisconsin amid the public health emergency of the coronavirus pandemic. Evers intended to keep the order in place until May 26. However, localities are still imposing and extending their own stay-at-home orders, meaning not all businesses in the state may immediately open.

Photos showed small gatherings of Wisconsinites out at bars and restaurants shortly after the ruling came down, while some establishments posted on social media they were staying closed.

What bars in Wisconsin were like Wednesday night
More than a dozen people had flocked to State Street Pub in Green Bay by 7 p.m. Wednesday. Owner Tera Hansen chose to open as soon as she could, and people started dropping in without any kind of announcement on social media.

At Lenny's Tap, about a mile and a half away, four employees wearing masks served about 20 patrons who stopped by for a drink. Owner Marty Leonhard said the bar's beer distributor had already delivered two shipments by 8 p.m.

Nick's, a bar in Platteville, posted a photo and video on Twitter of two dozen or so patrons at the bar.

https://twitter.com/nicksonsec/status/1260746591918608386

[Kestastrophe]

MAGAts so starving they're resorting to eating themselves

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/05/fight-erupts-at-michigan-capitol-over-doll-with-a-noose-around-neck.html

[Madrun Badrun]

http://art19.com/shows/high-and-mighty/episodes/a3fafa99-f280-4b10-8536-f0dcb52a03ac

this was a good listen, epsiecally the end.

[Ghoul]

how did NZ deal with this so well...

[shosta]

it's an island

[Tripon]

SHEPHERD, Texas — When Jamie Williams decided to reopen her East Texas tattoo studio last week in defiance of the state’s coronavirus restrictions, she asked Philip Archibald for help. He showed up with his dog Zeus, his friends and his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

Archibald established an armed perimeter in the parking lot outside Crash-N-Burn Tattoo, secured by five men with military-style rifles, tactical shotguns, camouflage vests and walkie-talkies. One of them already had a large tattoo of his own. “We the People,” it said.

“I think it should be a business’s right if they want to close or open,” said Archibald, a 29-year-old online fitness trainer from the Dallas area who lately has made it his personal mission to help Texas business owners challenge government orders to keep their doors shut during the coronavirus pandemic. “What is coming to arrest a person who is opening their business according to their constitutional rights? That’s confrontation.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/businesses-chafing-under-covid-19-121824076.html

[Stro]

it's an island

Aren't we all 

[Ghoul]

it's an island

then explain UK? Holy fuck Brazil, India and Mexico..... But mainly US.

[Madrun Badrun]

It's an island run by competent people and not next to europe. 

[shosta]

The UK had an explicit policy of letting as many people get infected as they can as quickly as possible

[shosta]

Even dense Taiwan handled it well (because they were reading the Chinese version of 4chan and freaked out early). If you don't already have an outbreak and you can really control your cross border travel, you can prevent one.

[stufte]

Can Canada just invade us already? I'm ready for the Tim Hortons revolution.

[ToxicAdam]

The equivalent state (in terms to population density) to NZ is Maine.

[Madrun Badrun]

Can Canada just invade us already? I'm ready for the Tim Hortons revolution.

We aren't actually doing that good (unless you exclude Quebec, then we are doing OKish)

[shosta]

Stufte, did your daughter recover? How'd the rest of your family avoid catching it?

[shosta]

https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1260987089660903424

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm pretty sure he is right at the US being at 100K deaths now.  I'm pretty sure reporting is not all accurate.  Do all states report care home deaths?  Also, I read that Flordia doesn't report covid deaths unless there is an actual test done, even when the symptoms are clearly covid.   

And the sad thing was that the lockdown was working. 

[shosta]

That number comes from the excess deaths research and eliminates a lot of the guesswork.

[Mandark]

Grand re-opening, grand closing.

[Tuckers Law]

KN95’s we’re supposed to wear at my job when interacting with clients don’t fit well enough on my face, leading to my nose frequently being exposed if I ever move my jaw from a close-mouthed position. 

[Tripon]

KN95’s we’re supposed to wear at my job when interacting with clients don’t fit well enough on my face, leading to my nose frequently being exposed if I ever move my jaw from a close-mouthed position. 

Check if it's made by a company that's FDA approved. The FDA did a clean up recently because so many companies were claiming their masks were KN95s when in reality, they were blocking as low as 35% particulates which would be lower than a regular cloth mask.

[Bebpo]

https://twitter.com/_parisimone/status/1260766954413076487

I feel like this whole pandemic is just giving comedy/satire writers the perfect script for the next zombie movie.

Zombie invasion? Hey the bars are open let's all go out and hang there.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes, I know Shaun of the Dead sorta did this already

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