Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1419721 times)

Tripon · « **Reply #6720 on:** April 24, 2020, 11:42:49 PM »

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1253834453782351876
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1253834779704856577
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1253834962719191040

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6721 on:** April 25, 2020, 12:37:39 AM »

Quote from: Tripon on April 24, 2020, 11:30:50 PM

https://twitter.com/mayoroflasvegas/status/1253797856491614208

Wut

just drink bleach, forehead

benjipwns · « **Reply #6722 on:** April 25, 2020, 02:57:55 AM »

Quote from: Occam on April 24, 2020, 02:35:47 PM

There's a great quote in that thread:

Journalism 101: "If someone says it's raining & another person says it's dry. It's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true." (source unknown)

The moment the American press forgot this is when the American democracy failed.

So 1941-1987?

curly · « **Reply #6723 on:** April 25, 2020, 07:27:08 AM »

Quote from: Tripon on April 24, 2020, 11:30:50 PM

I believe all Americans love Las Vegas and want to see her survive

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6724 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:09:19 AM »

Tasty · « **Reply #6725 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:10:58 AM »

Was thinking about it last night and I feel (shosta confirm?) like she's being leaned on pretty heavily by the seedier groups on the strip... The casinos aren't mob run but I doubt their presence evaporated completely. I dunno.

Tasty · « **Reply #6726 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:12:26 AM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 25, 2020, 09:09:19 AM

This isn't really a joke tbh. Oh people who commit hate crimes don't follow logic? No shit?

Nintex · « **Reply #6727 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:38:04 AM »

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253995619921821698

Corona-Chan 2nD WaVe

Also means that a vaccine is pretty much useless as well as immunity passports

Tasty · « **Reply #6728 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:42:10 AM »

Things are starting to tilt towards the scenario I feared...

Quote from: Tasty Meat on April 04, 2020, 09:50:13 PM

My fear is by the time we get a vaccine it'll have mutated into something else and we'll start this whole thing all over again.

And my biggest fear is that keeps happening indefinitely. But I guess humans will just have to cope.

Kids 10 years from now "Whoah, you actually went outside for *most* of the day?? Not 30 mins?? What was that like?"

"Well back then we had these things called jobs that required us to leave the house."

"Whoooooaaaaahhhh"

The new normal for humanity might be enforced physical isolation for >90% of every day.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6729 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:43:08 AM »

Russia's gonna pass China in total cases in the next 2 days.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #6730 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:00:39 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 25, 2020, 09:43:08 AM

Russia's gonna pass China in total cases in the next 2 days.

Looks like it's just a product of high testing because of the low death total (assuming the death total is real). 37 people tests per case compared to say 3:1 for France.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6731 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:38:00 AM »

Shoppers is rationing Coke Zero: this is it for me boys, I'm lost.

Fifstar · « **Reply #6732 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:49:31 AM »

The US curves are weird. Normally deaths should be delayed by about 14-20 days, but both curves have been mostly linear for 3 weeks with the deaths only 3-4 days behind the infections curve.

Obviously there are many variables at play here like increased testing capabilities and numerous mostly independent outbreaks. Still most curves in european countries look kinda comparable, that's seems to be different here.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6733 on:** April 25, 2020, 11:59:39 AM »

Youtubers have been awesome though this thing

Nintex · « **Reply #6734 on:** April 25, 2020, 12:31:33 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6735 on:** April 25, 2020, 01:20:40 PM »

200K world wide deaths - US is a quarter of those.

bork · « **Reply #6736 on:** April 25, 2020, 02:18:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/xtemujin/status/1252772647517122561

team filler · « **Reply #6737 on:** April 25, 2020, 02:36:16 PM »

https://twitter.com/1ofaQueen/status/1253721061071507458

https://twitter.com/RaiderACE562/status/1254115073011769345

Uncle · « **Reply #6738 on:** April 25, 2020, 02:59:40 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on April 25, 2020, 09:38:04 AM

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253995619921821698

Corona-Chan 2nD WaVe

Also means that a vaccine is pretty much useless as well as immunity passports

keep in mind there's a difference between no evidence that people with antibodies can't get it again, and evidence that people with antibodies can get it again

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6739 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:05:06 PM »

Quote from: bork on April 25, 2020, 02:18:08 PM

https://twitter.com/xtemujin/status/1252772647517122561

We thought 2020 was weird wait till 2021 when we are all injecting bleach diluted Tom Hanks while shining lights up our asses.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6740 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:43:16 PM »

Why.are.there.so.many.stupid.people.in.America

All those years of people pushing anti-intellectualism is gonna kill us all. You never know if your plumber or the person ringing you up at the market thinks like that.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6741 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:53:47 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on April 25, 2020, 09:38:04 AM

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253995619921821698

Corona-Chan 2nD WaVe

Also means that a vaccine is pretty much useless as well as immunity passports

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/south-korean-studies-suggest-antibodies-protect-covid-19/story?id=70312111

Apparently people are beating up the WHO for that dumb post that has no basis.

nachobro · « **Reply #6742 on:** April 25, 2020, 03:57:39 PM »

who would never make a dumbass post with no basis

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152

Uncle · « **Reply #6743 on:** April 25, 2020, 04:22:54 PM »

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6744 on:** April 25, 2020, 05:29:57 PM »

Well, it is looking like Fauci needn't have slash those projections that lasted all of... well most of April.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6745 on:** April 25, 2020, 05:49:40 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 16, 2020, 05:06:20 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

Most recent chart here, to compare with.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6746 on:** April 25, 2020, 05:58:30 PM »

testing rate btw is almost the highest out of the provinces, so long as that persists this is shaping up to be among the best glimpses at the data

percents have dropped a bit as testing ramped up some more since last picture
mortality continues to ramp up significantly post 60, but that hospitalization number starts going up real fast real early

Tripon · « **Reply #6747 on:** April 25, 2020, 07:52:18 PM »

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1254184187529179142
https://twitter.com/adamclarkestes/status/1253375457141104642

Tripon · « **Reply #6748 on:** April 25, 2020, 08:31:42 PM »

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1254134874929332224

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1254135595716272131

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1254135650296741890

VomKriege · « **Reply #6749 on:** April 25, 2020, 08:57:24 PM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 25, 2020, 05:29:57 PM

Well, it is looking like Fauci needn't have slash those projections that lasted all of... well most of April.

That latest number might have been politely suggested for political reasons. I thought the 100k-200k one was generous because there was no time window attached but that's probably where it will end up (or be close to) by the end of May.

toku · « **Reply #6750 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:06:28 PM »

glad this corona shit is over, that was wild

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6751 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:14:18 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 08:57:24 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 25, 2020, 05:29:57 PM
Well, it is looking like Fauci needn't have slash those projections that lasted all of... well most of April.

That latest number might have been politely suggested for political reasons. I thought the 100k-200k one was generous because there was no time window attached but that's probably where it will end up (or be close to) by the end of May.

We've been at an average of 2k deaths a day in April under shutdown, so yeah over 100k by the end of May is very possible.

Tripon · « **Reply #6752 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:32:21 PM »

https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1254221679397613575

We bank robbers now.

Mandark · « **Reply #6753 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:32:26 PM »

At the beginning of the month I was anxious that people would be prone to thinking it was "fake news" after seeing the projections revised downwards several times and the final death toll being around 50k.

Turns out I didn't need to worry about that scenario. ha ha ha fuck

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6754 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:46:35 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on April 25, 2020, 09:32:26 PM

At the beginning of the month I was anxious that people would be prone to thinking it was "fake news" after seeing the projections revised downwards several times and the final death toll being around 50k.

Turns out I didn't need to worry about that scenario. ha ha ha fuck

It's like we've seen a reverse from "yea this is serious and it's gonna be tough" to "actually this is just a PR issue now." I shouldn't be surprised but man, the fact that they still think they can "fake news" their way out of this is mind blowing. Every day, people get more scared. And while a lot of people are desperate and want to go back to work...our economy is based on consumerism, not businesses being open. If businesses are open and nobody is buying shit...the economy can't recover. If businesses aren't selling shit, they have to lay people off again. And worse yet, if we don't get this under control and get hit with a second wave, states will have to shut down again. There's a clear incentive here to get this right. Unless you're utterly incompetent and running scared...like the president and his supporters.

Uncle · « **Reply #6755 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:00:33 PM »

feel like trump has partly set himself up for failure

on the one hand he's astroturfing a nationwide campaign to reopen things, anyone actually protesting are the highly motivated crazies, a chunk of his voting base

so if he doesn't set the stage for things reopening those who are like muh constitewshun, muh rights are gonna be pissed

but if he does reopen, the economy won't recover and there will be a second wave anyway, hitting right around election time

Tasty · « **Reply #6756 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:08:39 PM »

Quote from: Uncle on April 25, 2020, 10:00:33 PM

feel like trump has partly set himself up for failure

on the one hand he's astroturfing a nationwide campaign to reopen things, anyone actually protesting are the highly motivated crazies, a chunk of his voting base

so if he doesn't set the stage for things reopening those who are like muh constitewshun, muh rights are gonna be pissed

but if he does reopen, the economy won't recover and there will be a second wave anyway, hitting right around election time

Explaining it like that he does seem pretty fucked.

Maybe I don't have to vote for Biden after all.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6757 on:** April 25, 2020, 10:35:13 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 08:57:24 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 25, 2020, 05:29:57 PM
Well, it is looking like Fauci needn't have slash those projections that lasted all of... well most of April.

That latest number might have been politely suggested for political reasons. I thought the 100k-200k one was generous because there was no time window attached but that's probably where it will end up (or be close to) by the end of May.

gonna be a depressing lookback for the future survivors when they look over the posts/articles a year in the past

Tripon · « **Reply #6758 on:** April 26, 2020, 12:16:48 AM »

https://twitter.com/jiyunaJP/status/1254261465214664706
https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1254267152741343233
https://twitter.com/shiftsphere/status/1254233924395360258

team filler · « **Reply #6759 on:** April 26, 2020, 01:29:12 AM »

https://twitter.com/ABCLiz/status/1254207698461061121

Oblivion · « **Reply #6760 on:** April 26, 2020, 01:30:56 AM »

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1253374873474338817

bluemax · « **Reply #6761 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:07:36 AM »

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/another-48-people-die-of-covid-19-in-l-a-county-as-residents-remain-under-stay-at-home-orders/

Things are still rough in LA County.

Transhuman · « **Reply #6762 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:12:14 AM »

Quote

John McDaniel, 60, of Marion, Ohio, died “peacefully” at a hospital on April 15 after suffering complications from COVID-19, according to an obituary shared by the family's funeral home.

"Peacefully"? Some fucking journalism. Buzzfeed is just a blog.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6763 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:28:33 AM »

Quote from: filler on April 26, 2020, 01:29:12 AM

https://twitter.com/ABCLiz/status/1254207698461061121

Yeah, doesn't make me feel great this is in my backyard. I hear a good % of these people are coming from other cities though, so sorta my backyard, sorta not.

But I dunno if people get how insanely fucking hot it got here yesterday. Like bad combination of So Cal heat & Shelter at Home = lots of people without AC who aren't going to be miserable and will go somewhere like the beach to cool down. The summer is going to be soon in So CA and it's going to be really really bad for minimizing virus spread unfortunautely.

Plus we're gonna start getting those So Cal fires on top of this all.

We literally had like the coldest week in years in So Cal a couple weeks ago and now it's summer 94F. So Cal has no spring/fall anymore, it's winter and then it's summer.

bluemax · « **Reply #6764 on:** April 26, 2020, 01:10:40 PM »

With the heat wave, lack of AC across SoCal, and general exhaustion of being inside I really think it is going to be a losing battle to keep people from the beaches. Mind you they did a good job in Santa Monica and Venice where it is still not allowed, but with Ventura and OC reopening, you're just gonna get people from LA going there. And since LA hasn't had a single day without an increase... I expect numbers in those counties to start going up again.

Nintex · « **Reply #6765 on:** April 26, 2020, 01:33:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/krone_at/status/1254383776181911552

Nintex · « **Reply #6766 on:** April 26, 2020, 02:04:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/HaraldDoornbos/status/1254330845164376064

Lefties in Amsterdam riding their bikes like nothing even matters

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #6767 on:** April 26, 2020, 02:32:59 PM »

lefties

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #6768 on:** April 26, 2020, 02:49:10 PM »

tfw when nintex's lefty minions demand he let them back in the office

Raist · « **Reply #6769 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:10:15 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 25, 2020, 03:53:47 PM

Quote from: Nintex on April 25, 2020, 09:38:04 AM
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253995619921821698

Corona-Chan 2nD WaVe

Also means that a vaccine is pretty much useless as well as immunity passports

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/south-korean-studies-suggest-antibodies-protect-covid-19/story?id=70312111

Apparently people are beating up the WHO for that dumb post that has no basis.

The only way to really provide definitive evidence would be to willingly infect people who've tested positive for antibodies. Which obviously, is never going to fucking happen.

The WHO might want to get someone else to handle their twitter account, cause the current one is a moron

toku · « **Reply #6770 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:32:26 PM »

https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1254484231654342657

Nintex · « **Reply #6771 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:41:51 PM »

The good news just keeps coming

Bebpo · « **Reply #6772 on:** April 26, 2020, 03:51:09 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on April 26, 2020, 02:04:24 PM

https://twitter.com/HaraldDoornbos/status/1254330845164376064

Lefties in Amsterdam riding their bikes like nothing even matters

I'm just at the point where about 50% of the world isn't going to care anymore and 50% is.
So it's gonna be a long ride unfortunately.

EchoRin · « **Reply #6773 on:** April 26, 2020, 04:15:19 PM »

Went for a run today. Alone mind you. I'm the dude that will shift from the sidewalk to the road (we talking side streets here, not busy streets) if I see I'll be passing someone. Keeping it classy. 6 feet and all that jazz.

Well I make it to a 4 way stop and I decide I'm going to rest for like 30 seconds. I'm heaving a little, catching my breath. Some white performative nitwit rolls down his window and barks at me, "you're not a professional runner. Go fuck yourself!"

Nobody even close to me. Shit the car was like 20 feet away too. Probably a Bernie bro flexing his wimpy muscles from the safety of his car. Doubt he was a professional driver too

Nintex · « **Reply #6774 on:** April 26, 2020, 04:21:23 PM »

Quote from: EchoRin on April 26, 2020, 04:15:19 PM

Went for a run today. Alone mind you. I'm the dude that will shift from the sidewalk to the road (we talking side streets here, not busy streets) if I see I'll be passing someone. Keeping it classy. 6 feet and all that jazz.

Well I make it to a 4 way stop and I decide I'm going to rest for like 30 seconds. I'm heaving a little, catching my breath. Some white performative nitwit rolls down his window and barks at me, "you're not a professional runner. Go fuck yourself!"

Nobody even close to me. Shit the car was like 20 feet away too. Probably a Bernie bro flexing his wimpy muscles from the safety of his car. Doubt he was a professional driver too

You should've invited him over to this place.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6775 on:** April 26, 2020, 04:27:07 PM »

I always wondered how you found this place Nin.

Nintex · « **Reply #6776 on:** April 26, 2020, 04:42:58 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 26, 2020, 04:27:07 PM

I always wondered how you found this place Nin.

From what I remember I was chatting with a friend about the good ol' days of NeoGAF and that got me in a nostalgic mood to Google.
I remembered Opa Ages and The Bore and the likes from back in the day and thought, whatever I'll just sign up to whatever still seems active.
Although I admitted the place looked a bit dead it was more alive than other GAF offshoots known to me.
After all most of us moved on to Twitter only to disappear in the sands of time.

Then suddenly my account was approved weeks later (I had completely forgot about signing up) and I recognized some peeps from the 'old site'.
Just about 10 days later the goblin shower incident happened and the rest as they say is history.

Although I signed up on ResetEra I found this place much more to my liking so I posted here more frequently.
Got in just in time to watch Etoilet and Optimus destroy themselves.

I've also been unbanned from NeoGAF after years but I don't feel the need to go back.

Occam · « **Reply #6777 on:** April 26, 2020, 05:28:02 PM »

Excellent interview:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/virologist-christian-drosten-germany-coronavirus-expert-interview

Occam · « **Reply #6778 on:** April 26, 2020, 05:36:52 PM »

I think there'll be a terrible second wave. Because people are dumb.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6779 on:** April 26, 2020, 06:10:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1254461123753054209

I'm at little

at the language of the tweet, several national offices of statistics have started releasing numbers and their assessment within the express framing of the pandemic weeks before the Financial Times "looked into" the "highly suspect" stats. All the more eye rolling the FT was explicit in their decision to use the "deaths in hospitals" for a number of countries even when other tallies were added by official authorities so they're obviously well aware of the difficulties of having real time, perfect statistics.

News:

Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1419721 times)