Author Topic: Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis? (Read 1413180 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8400 on:** June 10, 2020, 12:29:55 PM »

Also, excessive US deaths are going to be seen as fake news.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8401 on:** June 10, 2020, 12:30:32 PM »

But that's how this thing is going to play out. We're going to keep making mistakes, learn from it and then adjust according to that. There is no "one size fits all" plan that makes sense for a country of people. It has hit us all differently and in varying degrees of severity. Some states might have to re-close certain businesses and demand masks for everyone, others won't.

So, the "big picture numbers" are always going to look bad because as these "hot spots" keep shifting around the country you're going to have the steady drip of new cases/deaths. You're already seeing that now as places like Texas and Arizona are the hot spots and places in the Midwest/East coast are in decline.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8402 on:** June 10, 2020, 12:32:44 PM »

We won't see states wanting to re-close until it hits NY levels of bad and by that time you have that, it's months of 1K+ deaths just coming from a single state.

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #8403 on:** June 10, 2020, 12:33:45 PM »

Just pretend it never happened and it will go away

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #8404 on:** June 10, 2020, 12:57:09 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #8405 on:** June 10, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »

Nasdaq 10k

Thank you for your sacrifice

Tripon · « **Reply #8406 on:** June 10, 2020, 02:14:56 PM »

https://twitter.com/JonHuntsman/status/1270732990281203712

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8407 on:** June 10, 2020, 03:09:38 PM »

Lots of interesting points in there.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8408 on:** June 10, 2020, 03:45:03 PM »

https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1270490527863992321

The IFR estimate for the flu is 0.01% (instead of 0.1%) using seroprevalence studies and official death counts. This same methodology used for COVID-19 usually gets an estimate IFR of 1%. See my post here: http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=46908.msg2872322#msg2872322

Even if absurdly low IFR estimates are used, COVID-19 is 18 times deadlier than the flu.

Bebpo · « **Reply #8409 on:** June 10, 2020, 06:56:15 PM »

As if Orange County CA can't get any worse. We still going to be in the middle of VERY BAD RONA TIMES in mid-July.

Disney re-opening made sense in Shanghai where Covid is under control and people will follow protocol like masks. It's going to be a total clusterfuck of covid super spreading in the USA.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8410 on:** June 10, 2020, 07:59:08 PM »

I find it concerning that Huntsman had to take two tests to confirm what he knew he had. Why doesn’t it catch someone with full blown symptoms right out the gate?

Tripon · « **Reply #8411 on:** June 10, 2020, 08:13:11 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on June 10, 2020, 07:59:08 PM

I find it concerning that Huntsman had to take two tests to confirm what he knew he had. Why doesn’t it catch someone with full blown symptoms right out the gate?

Sounds like the first negative test was sent to Huntsman by mistake. The 2nd one was actually his.

Edit:

Never mind, somebody messed with it.

https://twitter.com/JonHuntsman/status/1270487435151982593

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8412 on:** June 11, 2020, 10:10:55 AM »

This guy figured it out ...

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During a hearing on whether to declare racism a public health crisis in Ohio, a Republican state senator referred to “the colored population” and questioned whether they get COVID-19 more often because they do not wash their hands as much.

During a discussion with Angela Dawson, director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, Sen. Steve Huffman, a doctor from Tipp City north of Dayton, said, “I understand that African Americans have a higher incidence of prior conditions and that makes them more susceptible to COVID, but does not make them more susceptible just to get COVID.

“We know it’s twice as often, correct? Could it just be that African Americans – the colored population — do not wash their hands as well as other groups? Or wear a mask? Or do not socially distance themselves? Could that just be maybe the explanation of why there’s a higher incidence?”

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8413 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:02:37 AM »

Florida's first day over 1,500 new cases: +1,698. There will be a lot of mysterious "pneumonia" deaths.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8414 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:05:02 AM »

https://twitter.com/youyanggu/status/1271041545458692096

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8415 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:17:36 AM »

Alabama joins Florida with a record day. The state reported 856 new cases

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8416 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:19:17 AM »

Went to the grocery store, my cashier kept sniffling, wiping their nose, and blowing their nose (and leaving the tissues on the counter). Like a coward I did not say anything.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8417 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:25:02 AM »

I hope your affairs are in order.
Who will get your anime collection?

Akala · « **Reply #8418 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:40:49 AM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on June 11, 2020, 11:19:17 AM

Went to the grocery store, my cashier kept sniffling, wiping their nose, and blowing their nose (and leaving the tissues on the counter). Like a coward I did not say anything.

it's just allergies bro!

Quote from: Flannel Boy on June 11, 2020, 11:17:36 AM

Alabama joins Florida with a record day. The state reported 856 new cases

MDW Bumpin

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8419 on:** June 11, 2020, 12:09:51 PM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on June 11, 2020, 11:17:36 AM

Alabama joins Florida with a record day. The state reported 856 new cases

Add S. Carolina to the list. https://www.wjcl.com/article/it-s-serious-south-carolina-sees-worst-spike-in-covid-19-cases-since-pandemic-began/32826669

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #8420 on:** June 11, 2020, 12:16:46 PM »

And Texas:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article243424981.html

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8421 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:21:41 PM »

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The US has performed its first double lung transplant for lung damage caused by #COVID19. The recipient is a 20 yr old woman. She remains on a ventilator at this time. The damage inflicted by #SARSCoV2 is stunning. Via
@nytimes

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https://twitter.com/tmprowell/status/1271054835702468609

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Lonewulfeus · « **Reply #8422 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:37:30 PM »

Bet she’s white and probably from a wealthy family.

Tripon · « **Reply #8423 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:38:25 PM »

https://twitter.com/CharlieGileNBC/status/1271187582324486149

https://twitter.com/ABC7/status/1271194960792961024

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #8424 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:45:21 PM »

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8425 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:57:47 PM »

Quote from: Lonewulfeus on June 11, 2020, 05:37:30 PM

Bet she’s white and probably from a wealthy family.

Hispanic.
There's a link to the story in the tweet.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8426 on:** June 11, 2020, 06:09:51 PM »

Quote from: Stro on June 11, 2020, 05:59:36 PM

To get tickets to the Trump rally, you have to sign a waiver that you're potentially exposing yourself to COVID 19 and the venue/Trump admin aren't responsible

Makes sense. Trump has already abdicated responsibility for COVID-19.

Nintex · « **Reply #8427 on:** June 11, 2020, 06:36:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1271143581609230336

No one could've predicted this

BisMarckie · « **Reply #8428 on:** June 11, 2020, 06:59:46 PM »

Quote from: Stro on June 11, 2020, 06:53:57 PM

Landlords everywhere: lol no

I rent out my parking space for 50 bucks a month, the money goes straight into my vidya games budget.
NO RENT FORGIVENESS!!!

team filler · « **Reply #8429 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:40:46 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on June 11, 2020, 06:59:46 PM

Quote from: Stro on June 11, 2020, 06:53:57 PM

Landlords everywhere: lol no

I rent out my parking space for 50 bucks a month, the money goes straight into my vidya games budget.
NO RENT FORGIVENESS!!!

50 a month?

they robbing you, ya cuck

should be getting a cool 2 hundo at the least tbh

BisMarckie · « **Reply #8430 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:44:39 PM »

Quote from: filler on June 11, 2020, 07:40:46 PM

50 a month? they robbing you, ya cuck should be getting a cool 2 hundo at the least tbh

That's the going rate here in my town.

70-80 gets you a garage or at least something with a roof. My spot is like parking your car on the street.

Nuitangg · « **Reply #8431 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:46:39 PM »

Texas increasing restaraunt capacity to 75% tomorrow $:-\$

team filler · « **Reply #8432 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:52:10 PM »

the whites stopped caring when they realized it kills the blacks at a higher rate

you can get the whites to go along with most anything so long as they know it makes life worse for the blacks

Bebpo · « **Reply #8433 on:** June 11, 2020, 09:08:16 PM »

in my county they just announced they're giving into public mob pressure and rescinding the mask order when our infections/death count keep rising.

And were going to re-open disneyland!

Tripon · « **Reply #8434 on:** June 11, 2020, 09:55:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1271253017866665984

team filler · « **Reply #8435 on:** June 11, 2020, 10:03:21 PM »

orange man county bad

bluemax · « **Reply #8436 on:** June 11, 2020, 10:34:55 PM »

America has pretty much given up on Corona.

Bebpo · « **Reply #8437 on:** June 11, 2020, 10:57:54 PM »

Just got off an hour call with my dad and was a big fucking fight. He's bringing all our employees back to work (IN ORANGE COUNTY) on Monday.

The reason is because the system we've been using has been 2 people at the office like 30 feet apart doing in-house necessary stuff, while the other 2 people work from home because they have kids and stuff.

Well basically the 2 people working at the office have gotten in such a bad pissy mood because they think it's so unfair that they have to work real work while the other 2 at home are barely working and just hanging out at home. One of the 2 people at work is taking vacation time in 2 weeks leaving the other all alone and they claim they're overwhelmed and it's very unfair and the people at home need to work at the office.

Note we're paying hazard pay to the people at the office to try to balance that, but apparently the growing resentment between our employees has gotten too much so after one of the employees at work went off on my dad, he backed off and agreed to call the other 2 at home employees in starting monday.

We've put up plexiglass along everyone's stations on 3 of the 4 sides, kept every station at least 10 feet apart and implemented policies like masks required and disinfect shared areas like the copy machine and files, etc...

But I just feel no matter how much protection we put in place, bringing more and more people into the work environment who are out and about in their own lives and live with families who do the same is just making it a matter of time before covid goes around the office. And it's a family matter because my parents both work there and are in their 70s.

Anyhow I basically got told stfu and too bad and got a lot of flak because I'm not there since I'm working from home so I have no right to say anything because I have no idea of what the day to day is and don't participate in it. I get guilt tripped a lot because of stuff like that but it doesn't change my opinions.

So that's how I spent my evening.

I've already cut off my social friends because they're crazy and the day Disneyland is opening they've already been making reservations and meetup events for disneyland, california adventure, etc... they planned a vegas trip for August, etc...I just can't deal with interacting with them anymore and I don't want to fight them about their bad ideas so I've just cut them all off. So I'm back to having like 3 friends and my mom as my only social circle.

Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but it just seems like it makes sense that when things are getting worse and worse with Covid in my area that erring on the side of over-precaution is better.

idk I'm just so angry and unhappy and anxious. If we all make it through Covid I'll have to basically rebuild and repair a lot of my life.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #8438 on:** June 11, 2020, 11:12:25 PM »

isolating was hard enough, but having to do it while everyone wrongly mocks you like you're being paranoid is maddening. this shit is horrible.

BIONIC · « **Reply #8439 on:** June 12, 2020, 01:24:19 AM »

Invite Bebpo Sr to the bore!

Tripon · « **Reply #8440 on:** June 12, 2020, 01:39:33 AM »

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1271203807712575489

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8441 on:** June 12, 2020, 01:41:58 AM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 25, 2020, 05:49:40 PM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on April 16, 2020, 05:06:20 PM
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Most recent chart here, to compare with.

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Another chart update, cases have slowed and resolved by a large margin. Whether that stays the case hinges on the people.
Testing pretty damn thorough.

Under 60's fatality rate, under 0.2 percent. Bit worse than a bad flu season.
Over 60s, oh boy, oh boy oh boy. No accounting for comorbidities either.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8442 on:** June 12, 2020, 01:47:21 AM »

Also.

I can't believe that the facemask debate raged that long.
Gee, respiratory droplet vector, what if everyone slapped covering in front of their pie hole. Surely the massive reduction in inhaled droplets would correspond to significantly reduced transmission rates.

Mandark · « **Reply #8443 on:** June 12, 2020, 05:52:08 AM »

https://twitter.com/whmullally/status/1271109120997933058

Read the whole thread etc.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #8444 on:** June 12, 2020, 09:17:57 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 11, 2020, 09:08:16 PM

And were going to re-open disneyland!

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BuzzFeed article so take with a grain of salt, but things are looking pretty, pretty pretty ~~good~~ bad:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomgara/economy-recession-coronavirus

Quote from: Buzzfeed

On July 31, the $600 federal unemployment payments going to unemployed people every week will end, and there’s no sign they’ll be replaced with anything nearly as generous. In fact, many Republicans want to replace them with nothing at all — and there’s also little sign that another round of one-time stimulus checks will get mailed out. So income for tens of millions of households is likely to nose-dive in August.

[...]

Few seriously expect the US economy to recover as fast as those bills come due; the federal government’s own projections expect unemployment will remain frighteningly high well into next year, even as people return to work as the lockdowns are lifted. Many companies will only rehire workers as quickly as consumer demand returns, and in labor-heavy industries, such as restaurants, entertainment, and travel, nobody expects things to go back to normal anytime soon.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8445 on:** June 12, 2020, 10:43:43 AM »

Florida's record breaking day yesterday: +1,698
Florida's record breaking day today: +1,902

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8446 on:** June 12, 2020, 10:57:26 AM »

Ontario had a good day.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #8447 on:** June 12, 2020, 11:25:03 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on June 12, 2020, 05:52:08 AM

https://twitter.com/whmullally/status/1271109120997933058

Read the whole thread etc.

Spaghetti? Italy had the earliest major COVID breakout in the west.
Coincidence?

Akala · « **Reply #8448 on:** June 12, 2020, 11:41:20 AM »

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #8449 on:** June 12, 2020, 12:40:47 PM »

North Carolina: +1,679

To put that in perspective, that's more than the combined total of new cases yesterday for Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Austria (population of 10.5 million vs. 265 million).