Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis?

[team filler]

love you momma nintex

[Dickie Dee]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01891-8

Mounting clues suggest the coronavirus might trigger diabetes

I'm T1 diabetic and got it when I was 17 after a particularly bad flu. Think that's pretty common.

[Madrun Badrun]

Florida gonna Florida.   

You guys keep forgetting the most important aspect of this.

What are Nintex Sr.’s beliefs? And why isn’t he on the bore yet?

Nintex Sr. is a Democratic Socialist who worked an honest job as a mason mostly restoring historical buildings and monuments such as churches and windmills.
He contributed to books published by universities that made other people rich as he didn't consider his work that valuable even though his work is used across Europe to preserve and restore buildings and architecture.
Followed the law to the letter and voted for the Labour party all his life only to watch how his pension is cut year after year.

As a hobby he tinkers with electronics as a member of the Amateur Radio society.

Sounds like a good guy.  What is your mother like?  Something doesn't add up.

My mother is a very sweet woman who always helped others get back on their feet but was dealt some very bad cards early in life after her mom died at a very young age which made her break up with her entire family.
All the trauma caused a string of mild depressions at certain points in her life until about 6 years ago when it got really bad and she couldn't crawl out of that hole anymore and I had to take her to hospital thinking she had suffered from a stroke or worse.
After literally being unable to speak and only being able to get some sort of 'connection' by showing pictures of cats on an iPad, she has fought against depressions and beat cancer while being suicidal. I don't think there is a stronger person in the world.

I will spare you the details but me and my brother had the grave of grandpa (her father) demolished once the truth started coming out about 6 years ago.

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This post totally ruined the mood though 

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Sorry for the joke. 

[Oblivion]

i had what i considered a pretty close friend who i no longer speak to cause of politics. it started way back like a decade or so ago when we were at home watching T.V. and a commercial came on about prop 8. my friend then said something to the effect of "god, why can't they just get over it? getting married isn't a big deal". and this caught me by surprise. sure, i would have expected it from some christian fundie, but my friend was a socially liberal atheist. why is he mad at gay people for wanting rights and not the people trying to stop them? what the hell was the secular case for keeping the gays single? 

as time went on, and we spoke more about politics, it became much clearer that he was waaaaaay more rightwing than i thought. apparently he'd been supporting republicans for years, was a total gun nut, was a proponent of trickle-down economics, and endorsed shit like Arizona's "papers, please" bill back in the day.

our political arguments initially were kind of fun and interesting, but as time went on, they became more and intense and heated. it got to the point where he (along with my other, even more chudlike roommates) decried that we would no longer discuss politics. at first, this seemed like the only way to avoid further animosity, but you quickly learn that "politics" isn't just an issue of talking about who you plan on voting for. politics is something that encompasses literally everything in life, from sports, to video games, to comics, to food, etc. it's pretty fucking difficult to avoid politics when so many other subjects somehow connected to it in one form or another, leading back to having the same arguments over and over again.

it got so bad that i legit couldn't deal with him and my other friends at the time anymore. last time i saw him was in like 2012 i think, right before the election. ngl, i'm sad we don't hang out anymore since i did really like him (he was one of like 5 people i still kept in touch with after high school), but if we were still in contact, i'm sure he'd support trump and think wearing masks were gay, so meh, fuck him.

[Nintex]

I guess it differs from country to country too.

The divisive issues in the Netherlands are:
- Border controls / Migration
- Climate Policy (especially banning non-electric cars and dropping natural gas from our energy mix)
- EU policy (Eurobonds mostly)
- Sinterklaas (Zwarte Piet)

The politicians tried everything, the M17 crash, our dealings with Russia, a healthcare fund, mosques, fireworks and even animal rights etc. nothing really sticks except these 4 issues.
Gay marriage, gun ownership and abortion are issues on the fringes that aren't even part of the day to day political discussion.

[Himu]

My mom works in a hospital and her co-worker has tested positive. Today isn't a good day.

[Great Rumbler]

Just found out that my dad is running a fever. I work with him and I'm around my parents all the time, so if he's got it, I've probably got it too. It'll probably be a couple of days before he can get tested [unless he gets sick enough to need to go to the emergency room] and a few more days for test results, so the family is on lockdown for the about the next week regardless.

[Oblivion]

might as well join. two of my cousins in india caught it as well.  :'(

[Mandark]

Cousin and her husband got it, they have two kids who have been tested but no results yet. All the older folks in my family have ducked it so far.

[Madrun Badrun]

Sympathies all.  I didn't get a call today, which means my test came back negative (can't check the website because I don't have an Ontario health card despite living here for 6 years.)

[Himu]

Everyone take care of yourselves and your family.

[james]

I came to talk about the family reunion but tough timing oof can we get a new better page

[Lonewulfeus]

You said you were coming to jersey right?  The James’ seem like they’d be south jersey people.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.afar.com/magazine/europe-finally-set-to-reopen-but-not-to-us-travelers

[Flannel Boy]

Arizona +3,857
New high.

[Steve Contra]

My friends grandma got it and escaped with only a few symptoms. She’s 97 😳

[Flannel Boy]

https://www.afar.com/magazine/europe-finally-set-to-reopen-but-not-to-us-travelers

"The E.U.'s announcement is incredibly disappointing, and a step in the wrong direction as we seek to rebuild our global economy," U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes said. "This is unwelcome news, and will have major negative implications for an economic recovery—particularly if this ban results in cycles of retaliation, as is so often the case."

LOL

[Madrun Badrun]

BTW James how was your flight?

[Himu]

Beautiful visual for trump voters

[Joe Molotov]

Shouts PD who I hope is enjoying olive garden in these difficult times

https://mobile.twitter.com/thetomzone/status/1276996092081721344

How is that different from eating at Olive Garden at the best of times?

[Tripon]

Shouts PD who I hope is enjoying olive garden in these difficult times

https://mobile.twitter.com/thetomzone/status/1276996092081721344

How is that different from eating at Olive Garden at the best of times?

People who eat at Olive Garden made an official pact with Olive Garden that they will die with clogged arteries from shitty food, not clogged arteries from a virus.

Olive Garden will still sell you that lifetime pass though, even if it means 3 months or 30 years.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://nltimes.nl/2020/06/28/netherlands-new-covid-19-deaths-since-june-24

[Pissy F Benny]

the dutch leading the way once again

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/KTLA/status/1277320972480086016
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1277329605116952577

[Mandark]

https://twitter.com/CarrieNBCNews/status/1276237606498512901

On one hand it's crazy that partisanship can have such an effect on how people perceive something ostensibly so non-political.

On the other, the anti-mask faction is a small minority even among Republicans.

[curly]

Coworker dropped "I've had a dry cough the last few days" in casual conversation like it was nothing 

[Oblivion]

On the other, the anti-mask faction is a small minority even among Republicans.

i've mentioned it before, but considering that even fox and breitbart were arguing that people shouldn't worry about the corona since it mainly kills old people, i figure that group would be a tad bit more concerned than the average republican.

[Oblivion]

I'd say fuck it let them die but they're spreading it to people who don't want to catch it

same 

[Oblivion]

And about half of Republicans — 46 percent — believe current economic conditions are excellent or good, while only 9 percent of Democrats say the same.

 

[Madrun Badrun]

It's a mad world in America. 

[team filler]

On the other, the anti-mask faction is a small minority even among Republicans.

i've mentioned it before, but considering that even fox and breitbart were arguing that people shouldn't worry about the corona since it mainly kills old people, i figure that group would be a tad bit more concerned than the average republican.

the whites are willing to sacrifice their olds so long as the blacks and the browns are dying at a higher rate 

[Great Rumbler]

Just found out that my dad is running a fever. I work with him and I'm around my parents all the time, so if he's got it, I've probably got it too. It'll probably be a couple of days before he can get tested [unless he gets sick enough to need to go to the emergency room] and a few more days for test results, so the family is on lockdown for the about the next week regardless.

Clinic said Dad probably didn't have the rona, just an ordinary sinus/ear infection, so they gave him some meds. Hopefully that's all it is, but I'm pushing him to get a test regardless.

[naff]

I support him no matter what rocks his boat and I have nothing against gay people  [/hide]

congrats for having at least the most basic form of human decency slowclap.gif

[Flannel Boy]

https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1277126308376522753

[team filler]

https://twitter.com/xshularx/status/1277398234055483393

[Madrun Badrun]

+40,540 on a Sunday.  Tomorrow might be better because Florida seems to have monday lows. 

[Akala]

A new challenger appears

https://mobile.twitter.com/stereogum/status/1277371016914894848

[El Babua]

+40,540 on a Sunday.  Tomorrow might be better because Florida seems to have monday lows.

A conspiracy I'm hearing is the high case numbers released by FL this past week were backlogged. ie, confirmed cases the state was sitting on.

This week we'll see a lower number of cases reported, in order to support the state gov decision to reopen. Then we'll see more "backlogged" numbers come in the week after that.

[Mandark]

My rough understanding is basic masks to prevent you from infecting others, N95 to prevent yourself from getting infected?

[Oblivion]

https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1277126308376522753

everything looks so nice and pleasant 

[ToxicAdam]

It’s all about the viral load. Anything you can do to decrease your exposure when you come in contact with someone infected is going to significantly decrease your odds of acquiring it.

A good example was that one where two Great Clips stylists were infected for a few days and they cut 60+ people in that time. None of the clients got sick because they were all masked up. I’m sure the masks used were a wide variety of materials and styles.

[BIONIC]

It’s all about the viral load.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/MyDesert/status/1277456583899918337

Yikes

[Don Rumata]

https://twitter.com/xshularx/status/1277398234055483393

I never even held a real gun, but i know i wouldn't keep my rifle's muzzle casually pointed at my wife like that. 
And is she resting her finger on the trigger, too?

[VomKriege]

https://twitter.com/xshularx/status/1277398234055483393

I never even held a real gun, but i know i wouldn't keep my rifle's muzzle casually pointed at my wife like that. 
And is she resting her finger on the trigger, too?

This is the Death Wish 3 future I always wanted !

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-beaches-fourth-july-weekend-coronavirus-us-a9590696.html?utm_source=reddit.com

good news but way too late.  Also if they just had done a proper shutdown, there is a good chance they could have had the beaches safely open by the 4th. 

[Madrun Badrun]

https://twitter.com/wendellpotter/status/1276158510955401216

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/tweets-comparing-u-s-and-canadian-health-care-during-pandemic-strike-nerve-1.5001456

[Madrun Badrun]

Ontario had our first bad day in a while, 257+, but 177 are in Windsor Essex and mostly due to a  farm outbreak.

Saskatchewan, has small numbers but has had two of these large outbreaks, which is why it's in its third wave

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

Kind of shows just how menacing these can be and why we need to keep being vigilant. 

[Tripon]

Every country that says that they had a bad day with coronavirus numbers and its in the tens or hundreds and I realize I'm already numb to it because I live in an area where we're averaging thousands in the county.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'd stop posting Ontario numbers cause only F-Boy and I care, but what is going on in the US is abnormal, so I kind of feel like a missionary bringing the Truth to you savages down south.  It's a hard job and one I don't expect to be rewarded for in this lifetime. 

Also, Florida is 5,266, on a Monday which is generally their low days with a positivity rate of 16%.  Last Monday it was 2,926.

Also also, just looking at headlines, seems like the rest of the American airlines have announced they are stopping social distancing.  Also, virus drugs might cost people a few thousand dollars. 

:christpassion

[Pissy F Benny]

[Tripon]

I'd stop posting Ontario numbers cause only F-Boy and I care, but what is going on in the US is abnormal, so I kind of feel like a missionary bringing the Truth to you savages down south.  It's a hard job and one I don't expect to be rewarded for in this lifetime. 

Also, Florida is 5,266, on a Monday which is generally their low days with a positivity rate of 16%.  Last Monday it was 2,926.

Nah, keep on posting them. It's good to see where other areas are dealing with the novel coronavirus. The U.S. needs to see that it's not a special condition and this situation was unavoidable. We can't fucking claim there's this American Exceptionalism, and then also claim we couldn't stop this. Our leaders need to learn this isn't acceptable.

[Nintex]

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[curly]

+40,540 on a Sunday.  Tomorrow might be better because Florida seems to have monday lows.

A conspiracy I'm hearing is the high case numbers released by FL this past week were backlogged. ie, confirmed cases the state was sitting on.

This week we'll see a lower number of cases reported, in order to support the state gov decision to reopen. Then we'll see more "backlogged" numbers come in the week after that.

Imagine when (if) this is all over we're going to learn about all kinds of fuckery that went on in measuring and reporting infections, deaths, etc. It's just too easy to do. The American public will end up as conspiracy happy as the Russians.

[Mandark]

Ron DeSantis is going to threaten to sue whoever makes a TV movie about this.

[EightBitNate]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine-idUSKBN2400DZ

Low-key one of the few good times China uses its citizens as guinea pigs.

[Bebpo]

My antigen Covid test result was negative, my dad is still stable and mom still has no symptoms. One of our main office employees who had the most contact with the employee who tested positive through daily chit chat conversations got his test results today and was negative. So far so good.

If our other employees tests come back negative, it'll make it most likely that my dad and the employee who tested positive both got it from elsewhere around the same time just because it's out there so much and it wouldn't have traveled through our office since my dad had basically no interaction with that employee.

[Madrun Badrun]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine-idUSKBN2400DZ

Low-key one of the few good times China uses its citizens as guinea pigs.

Why do I feel like this vaccine will end up sterilizing a bunch of Uyghurs accidentally? 

[Flannel Boy]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine-idUSKBN2400DZ

Low-key one of the few good times China uses its citizens as guinea pigs.

Why do I feel like this vaccine will end up sterilizing a bunch of Uyghurs accidentally?

China doesn't need to sterilize Uyghurs surreptitiously. China don't care.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1277696544603398144

L.A. County going with "Increase numbers are okay!" to shit's FUUUUUUUUUUUCKED within a week is frustrating. These fuckers.