Corona Thread |OT| Please scream inside your heart

[Rufus]

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1261640911009779717

The new imports. Coronavirus 

[Ghoul]

[Ghoul]

Way to fuck that up

Don't worry the sign police got him.

[Great Rumbler]

(Image removed from quote.)

I am a FREE
I am not MAN
A NUMBER

[Akala]

I am a FREE
I am not MAN
A NUMBER

it's almost poetic

[shosta]

This is wrong but it still made me laugh

[Bebpo]

Went for a jog for the first time in a few weeks. Was alright, I need to get out of my area and get out of my car somewhere.

I'm kinda tempted one weekend to do the PCH drive up to SF and back (~6 hours probably with no traffic these days) for Big Sur ocean/beaches & Redwood Forests. Dunno where I could stop along that path where it wouldn't be crowded with other people, but that's a lot of coastline so probably somewhere I could pull over and stretch and breathe in some nature.

[Stro]

So you’re saying the 3 months being added in the back end will be significantly more expensive to me than if I just pay now? I did enroll, because as I saw it in the terms, I can still pay it on time and it will be processed normally if I choose, so nothing to lose getting it squared away.

Obviously I don't know the details of your loan, but when I worked in the loans (and granted it was student loans) biz, forbearances were a scam to let extra interest accrue and add it to the backend of the principle and squeeze more money out of you in the end. I saw people double the total of their loans using up forbearance time.

[shosta]

https://twitter.com/youngestwoman/status/1261723641752010752

 

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/stephaniemlee/status/1261404852053131264

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/16/21258834/coronavirus-essential-workers-hazard-pay-kroger-target-covid

[Madrun Badrun]

[bork]

We just went out to pick up take-out from two places.  The first was from a restaurant in the same place as the local mall- the parking lot was almost full.  Can't even imagine stepping foot inside a mall right now, holy shit.

Then the other place is on a busy street in the area full of shops/restaurants.  It was a ghost town right up until this past week- there were so many cars and people walking around that you'd think the pandemic was over.  Zero social distancing going on. Fucking crazy.

[Ghoul]

Yeah kinda the same here, now the unlimited exercise and you can travel anywhere thing is going on it’s just pretty crazy, just so many people doing whatever the fuck they want and then you have people protesting about staying indoors, like it’s some terrible torture to do. The real scary thing is if you get it bad a work colleague of mine has been in hospital for over a month now on a vent and in an induced coma.

But sure guys it’s just 5G and bats making you sick. Absolutely stupid.

[bork]

https://twitter.com/tripgore/status/1261378270190133249

[Madrun Badrun]

I think I came up with a solution to America.  What is better than cheap gas? Free gas.  But only free gas.  You get to go out but only if you have gas.  Someone from the government will drop off your monthly ration.  This will also prop up big oil.  Everyone will be happy. 

[shosta]

gimme some beans and I'll give you all the gas you want

[Bebpo]

We just went out to pick up take-out from two places.  The first was from a restaurant in the same place as the local mall- the parking lot was almost full.  Can't even imagine stepping foot inside a mall right now, holy shit.

Then the other place is on a busy street in the area full of shops/restaurants.  It was a ghost town right up until this past week- there were so many cars and people walking around that you'd think the pandemic was over.  Zero social distancing going on. Fucking crazy.

The weirdest thing I've learned from all this is how many people rely 100% on what other people tell them to do and don't think for themselves.

Like I know so many intelligent people that are like "I'm watching to see when Newsom says it's ok to go to Diners and eat inside because I'll go out once he does" or once the city opens beaches I'll go there because they opened them. It's like once someone says something is ok, they think it's 100% safe and everything is fine again.

I have moderate anxiety and I already get anxiety about going outside lately because of the mask thing and if you wear a mask some crazy person may try to start shit with you because you're wearing a mask and if you don't wear a mask someone might get in your face for not wearing one, so the anxiety of that is already keeping me from going out much. But what I'm really worried about is once they re-open most things in another month or two and everyone thinks this is "over" even though we'll still be in the middle of deaths that if I wear a mask outside at that point it's more likely than ever people will get aggressive with me.

I actually would feel a lot more comfortable driving to somewhere in a different less populated city walking around because of that. It's even more awkward if you run into your neighbors and they're all right wing truthers and crazy on this. I've been avoiding my neighbor who has a parking garage directly opposite of mine and likes to spend most of his day standing in his garage being the neighborhood watch and talking to everyone he sees, because he's always been a crazy anti-vax, racist trump kind of retired old guy. I used to run into him about twice a week and have a short conversation when I was parking or leaving, but I haven't seen him for like 2 months because I'm purposely avoiding encountering him.

[Madrun Badrun]

gimme some beans and I'll give you all the gas you want

The original negative priced gas. 

[Oblivion]

Speaking of Wal-mart: Able to go in and check phones.

Want to make sure to buy it unlocked, go to Best Buy: Totally closed and need to order online/Curbside Pickup.

On one hand: Good for Best Buy for protecting their employees. On the other: I wanted to get the fucking replacement phone today since my current one is "healthcare battery plz"-ing from 80 to 30% in like 4 hours (and getting weaker). But now I need to order from NewEgg or Amazon (ugh) and hopefully 1-day deliver it.

i actually meant to stop by best buy some time to get a phone myself. stores like target were open but i dunno if BB is as well.


might not be the right thread for it, but since we're on the topic of phones....apple or android? 

[ToxicAdam]

Whew. Just got back from a state park hike and it was like Fourth of July out there. Every parking spot filled and every picnic table and grill packed with multiple families. Dozens of biker convoys 15 people deep driving through.

Quarantine is over.

[Bebpo]

Whew. Just got back from a state park hike and it was like Fourth of July out there. Every parking spot filled and every picnic table and grill packed with multiple families. Dozens of biker convoys 15 people deep driving through.

Quarantine is over.

 

[thisismyusername]

Work today only had a whopping two people show-up for 4 of us sitting there full-time.

Thank you so much higher-ups for wasting my time. But hey, at least I get paid to shitpost on Twitter for the hours.

Speaking of Wal-mart: Able to go in and check phones.

Want to make sure to buy it unlocked, go to Best Buy: Totally closed and need to order online/Curbside Pickup.

On one hand: Good for Best Buy for protecting their employees. On the other: I wanted to get the fucking replacement phone today since my current one is "healthcare battery plz"-ing from 80 to 30% in like 4 hours (and getting weaker). But now I need to order from NewEgg or Amazon (ugh) and hopefully 1-day deliver it.

i actually meant to stop by best buy some time to get a phone myself. stores like target were open but i dunno if BB is as well.


might not be the right thread for it, but since we're on the topic of phones....apple or android? 

It might be just mine due to county ordinances. But you might want to order online and call ahead to make sure just in case.

I couldn't tell you which is best. I'm strictly an Android person. No Andy, No Googie.

[Madrun Badrun]

My schadenfreude is really high right now for the US.  It's like you guys tried really hard for a month and a half and you did you best but it just not you.  And instead of trying to change who you guys are, you just embraced a corona-positive lifestyle and now post about how great and life-changing it is on Instagram.   

[Oblivion]

in my part of L.A. people are still taking seriously. at least so far, thankfully

[Oblivion]

Speaking of Wal-mart: Able to go in and check phones.

Want to make sure to buy it unlocked, go to Best Buy: Totally closed and need to order online/Curbside Pickup.

On one hand: Good for Best Buy for protecting their employees. On the other: I wanted to get the fucking replacement phone today since my current one is "healthcare battery plz"-ing from 80 to 30% in like 4 hours (and getting weaker). But now I need to order from NewEgg or Amazon (ugh) and hopefully 1-day deliver it.

i actually meant to stop by best buy some time to get a phone myself. stores like target were open but i dunno if BB is as well.


might not be the right thread for it, but since we're on the topic of phones....apple or android? 

It might be just mine due to county ordinances. But you might want to order online and call ahead to make sure just in case.

I couldn't tell you which is best. I'm strictly an Android person. No Andy, No Googie.

i'm a google fanboy myself, and was looking to get a pixel.

on the other hand, i'd be lying if the iphone doesn't look pretty sick. i may make the jump if i could find a good deal

[Madrun Badrun]

Ontario isn't really doing much better - we are about to open up but really I feel like we should be waiting another 2-4 weeks

https://covid-19-status.ca/on.html

Quebec is the only place in Canada that doesn't seem to have it under control and I feel like most other provinces, other than Ontario could open up.  I kind of feel like if the Maritimes and Manitoba wait they could actually get to a containment stage. 

[Bebpo]

My schadenfreude is really high right now for the US.  It's like you guys tried really hard for a month and a half and you did you best but it just not you.  And instead of trying to change who you guys are, you just embraced a corona-positive lifestyle and now post about how great and life-changing it is on Instagram.

Yeah, pretty much.

[Oblivion]

My schadenfreude is really high right now for the US.  It's like you guys tried really hard for a month and a half and you did you best but it just not you.  And instead of trying to change who you guys are, you just embraced a corona-positive lifestyle and now post about how great and life-changing it is on Instagram.

we all just collectively sort of decided the rona went away

and thus it did

[Nintex]

My schadenfreude is really high right now for the US.  It's like you guys tried really hard for a month and a half and you did you best but it just not you.  And instead of trying to change who you guys are, you just embraced a corona-positive lifestyle and now post about how great and life-changing it is on Instagram.

I'm not even surprised. This is often compared to a wartime situation and this is how the USA has behaved in nearly all wartime situations.
The only example of the US not going all in in recent history is Syria and if you go back further in time probably the Cuban missile crisis.

WW1
French: "Don't just run at the German machine guns, they'll tear you to shreds it's better to...."
USA: "COWARDS, You're just too weak to break the German lines, let's go boys! USA USA!"

WW2
Churchill: "You see Italy is the soft underbelly of Europe, if we land there then..."
USA: "No, we'll liberate France, the liberation starts there, we'll just drop our para boys behind enemy lines and straight up attack their most heavily defended beach fortifications FOR LIBERTY"

WW2 Part II
Soviet Union: "We will now join you in your battle to fight Japan it is too dangerous to attack them directly, we first need to take out their puppet states"
USA: "We'll just nuke em, fuck yeah"

Korea
South Korea: "Well this is hopeless, we can't beat the communists"
USA: "Don't worry, we'll push them back into CHINA!"
McArthur: "How about we nuke the Chinese?"
Truman: "Ok dude, time-out"

Vietnam
France: "It is impossible to impose our will on these people, we're outta here"
USA: "COWARDS, you just need some more NAPALM"

Serbia
Germany: "Declaring Kosovo a state will really upset the Russians, they see this as an attack on their backyard, there is a long history that...."
USA: "Serbians can eat shit, Kosovo is now FREE bitches"

Afghanistan
Russia: "So this is where the Taliban camps are but just in and out, I wouldn't stay there bad idea"
USA: "Those guys can't do shit. We'll win this in 2 weeks, trust us"

Iraq
UN: "It is probably a really bad idea even if Saddam has nukes, our inspections so far don't show anything alarming"
USA: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED*"

Libya
Russia: "Well, it would be terrible if that city would turn into a killing field. So we agree that action should be undertaken to defend it"
USA: "RAPING QADDAFI IN A DITCH AFTER DROPPING F16 BOMBS ON HIS ASS AND HILLARY LAUGHING ABOUT IT ON TV IS BASICALLY DEFENSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT"

Syria
Russia: "Arming these terrorists is a really bad idea"
USA: "Surely these guys can't be worse than Assad?"

Ukraine
EU: "We must be careful, you will probably upset the balance of power in the region, who knows what Putin will do and we're not sure the opposition can be trusted..."
USA: "FUCK THE EU! FUCK PUTIN! UKRAINE FREE!"

So to me it is no surprise that in this 'war' the US wants to have the most masks, ventilators, vaccines and at the same time open the earliest.

[CatsCatsCats]

So you’re saying the 3 months being added in the back end will be significantly more expensive to me than if I just pay now? I did enroll, because as I saw it in the terms, I can still pay it on time and it will be processed normally if I choose, so nothing to lose getting it squared away.

Obviously I don't know the details of your loan, but when I worked in the loans (and granted it was student loans) biz, forbearances were a scam to let extra interest accrue and add it to the backend of the principle and squeeze more money out of you in the end. I saw people double the total of their loans using up forbearance time.

I’ll definitely have to run numbers before I skip a payment then, thx

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/jc_bradbury/status/1261800352229318656

[Positive Touch]

My schadenfreude is really high right now for the US.  It's like you guys tried really hard for a month and a half and you did you best but it just not you.  And instead of trying to change who you guys are, you just embraced a corona-positive lifestyle and now post about how great and life-changing it is on Instagram.   

at this point there's not much to do besides sit back and watch people die. i know it sounds evil as hell but i hope that as the bodies pile up it'll be those who decided to be reckless and not those who wanted to be safe but couldn't.

it really, honestly, blows my mind though. like it was unreal to me that the country just decided to accept that being a victim of daily mass shootings was ok, but being completely ok with knowing that you might randomly get struck down by the fucking plague is so absurd that i don't think any of us would have ever considered it possible. it all feels hopelessly idiotic.

[shosta]

The elderly that I know have been freaking the fuck out this whole time and e.g. Jesse Watters has been pushing the "you and your kids won't die if you're not in an at risk demographic" so I think the issue is more pathological selfishness than suicidal ignorance.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/chrisredreports/status/1261815620066144256

[shosta]

this won't be interesting except to a few people but the guys who put out that stanford study and forgot to mention the conflict of interest with their funding just got owned on a zoom call and it fucking rules so hard

https://twitter.com/neoliberal_dad/status/1261357844726779904

[shosta]

So, so, you know, a lot of the concerns were about that, the uncertainty bounds... but that's a separate issue from getting somewhere close to the, you know, the inaccuracy.

[Mandark]

Someone in this thread quoted Ioannidis a while back but I'm not going to say who it was cause Leadbelly would get defensive about it.

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1261701460384985089

[Stro]

America becoming a death cult to the stock market really seems like a natural conclusion to the American Empire arc tbh

[Mandark]

Feels like we're headed towards some weird middle of the road response, where enough people start going out that we can't get control of the virus, but enough people stay careful that the economy (especially restaurants/hospitality/airlines) doesn't rebound, and the semi-reopening makes the political leadership complacent about the money printer going brrrrr.

So we get to have a half-assed public health response AND a half-assed fiscal response.

[shosta]

I don't think we're going to have even a half-assed fiscal response. I think we're going to going to let state coffers generally dry up and slash important services, with state entitlement programs being the most vulnerable, and the huge gridlock factor in american politics will make any meaningful response at least half a year late. I expect another year of intense (and unnecessary) human misery against the backdrop of nearly two hundred thousand dead americans.

[toku]

thoughts and prayers tho

[team filler]

the tales of apocalypse throughout human history were only wishful thinking 

[ToxicAdam]

https://twitter.com/karenkasler/status/1261801923021361154?


Patio bars are open in Ohio. All are packed tonight.

[Coffee Dog]

The vulnerable are protecting themselves, but out here the rest of them aren't concerned for just too many different reasons; repub brainworms, dont think its worse than flu, got antsy staying home, resistance to big govmint, and just a generally stupid out of sight out of mind. If there was more of a response federally I think this could be contained somewhat, but in absence of that we simply have many different americans with many different truths, the only throughline being that it's a neighbor's problem but never your own. People are dying at the altar of Truthiness. 

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1261838849396715520

Grain of salt and all that

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/1261629370726301696

We made it! No more deaths.

[Madrun Badrun]

US is now at 1.5 mil cases and 90k reported deaths. 

[shosta]

not great, not terrible

[Madrun Badrun]

It also basically guarantees at least 200k deaths before this is over.

[Tripon]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/asia/zhong-nanshan-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

China still faces the "big challenge" of a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections, the country's top respiratory authority has warned, with the lack of immunity among the community a serious concern as the race to develop a vaccine continues.

Dr. Zhong Nanshan, the Chinese government's senior medical adviser and the public face of the country's fight against Covid-19, also confirmed in an exclusive interview with CNN on Saturday that local authorities in Wuhan, the city where the novel coronavirus was first reported in December, had suppressed key details about the magnitude of the initial outbreak.
China has reported more than 82,000 coronavirus cases, with at least 4,633 deaths, according to data from the country's National Health Commission (NHC). The number of new infections surged quickly in late January, prompting city lockdowns and nationwide travel bans.

By early February, China was reporting as many as 3,887 fresh cases a day. A month later, however, daily cases had dropped into the double digits -- while in the US, the number of daily infections skyrocketed, from 47 new cases on March 6 to 22,562 by the end of the month.

Having now largely contained the virus, life in China is slowly returning to normal. Lockdowns have eased and some schools and factories have reopened across the country.

Zhong is known as the "SARS hero" in China for combating the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic in 2003. This time around, he has led the country's coronavirus response -- especially in the critical early stages of the outbreak.
On January 20, it was Zhong who confirmed on state broadcaster CCTV that the coronavirus can be transmitted between people, after Wuhan health authorities had maintained for weeks that there was no clear evidence for human-to-human transmission, and that the outbreak was "preventable and controllable."
Heading a team of experts dispatched by the NHC to investigate the initial outbreak, Zhong visited Wuhan on January 18. He said that upon his arrival, he received many calls from doctors and former students, warning him that the situation was much worse than the official reports had claimed.

"The local authorities, they didn't like to tell the truth at that time," Zhong said.
"At the very beginning they kept silent, and then I said probably we have (a larger) number of people being infected."

Zhong said he became suspicious when the number of officially reported cases in Wuhan remained at 41 for more than 10 days -- despite infections emerging overseas.
"I didn't believe that result, so I (kept) asking and then, you have to give me the real number," he said. "I suppose they are very reluctant to answer my question."

[Great Rumbler]

-Russia will pass Spain tomorrow for 2nd most cases worldwide, they also had their worst day for deaths today.
-Brazil jumped into 4th place and had the most daily cases outside of the US, deaths have averaged 800 per day for the past 5 days.
-India and Peru are both ramping up in terms of new cases and are likely next up to be global hotspots.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://globalnews.ca/news/6952623/new-brunswick-covid-19-update-may-16/

All 120 COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick have now recovered

[Positive Touch]

completely shocked to see that the worst-hit countries are all run by fascist morons who promote doing whatever the fuck you want at the expense of society

[Occam]

What's with the title? More than 300,000 have died worldwide.

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/GapToothGinny/status/1261802488786595841

 

[Nintex]

Charlie Brooker breaks it all down in Antiviral Wipe
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hi5G7kvo9Fs1kDXImc2Wyzu1BWZeGA5c/view
 

[Oblivion]

https://twitter.com/debdrens/status/1261798123418128384?