Corona Thread |OT| Nu variant, who dis?

[bluemax]

My work sent the "you should probably not expect to come back to the office this year" email today.

They didn't rule it out, but they made it pretty unlikely.

[Oblivion]

The TPUSA account retweeted this from Charlie Kirk:

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https://twitter.com/JoshThifault/status/1288226674442678285

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The VERY NEXT tweet:

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https://twitter.com/TPUSA/status/1288251564256186369

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if kirk isn't that bothered about his friend dying, why should we?

[OnlyRegret]

the asians take car of their own    https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-hannah-and-joseph-kim-family-fund

Godamn I bet she's cute too

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1288676902278844416

[OnlyRegret]

apparently this corona will require the grey knights to intervene

[Oblivion]

https://twitter.com/Chinchillazllla/status/1288701168705830912

well i guess these idiots have SOME shame

[Transhuman]

I'm not sure if it's shame as much as them being humiliated with how pathetic they are. If idealogues felt shame they wouldn't be idealogues.

[Oblivion]

i know i was a bit glib about this, but i didn't think it would happen so soon:

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1288842257857220608

i mean, he was a dick, but...damn 

[Positive Touch]

it's ok, he's running through that great Kanto region in the sky now  :'(

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seriously tho fuck him

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[Oblivion]

he's gonna be serving his terrible pizza to angels in heaven now

[BIONIC]

Rest in piss.

[james]

Closest we ever got to a gamer president

[Mandark]

when they asked him to go to the rally he should have said "nein, nein, nein!"

[ToxicAdam]

Fake virus, he obviously died from high cholesterol.

[BIONIC]

Tell us more about our lost humanity, Shonda 

[Joe Molotov]

he's gonna be serving his terrible pizza to angels in heaven now

Didn't take Trump long to move on.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288843391065882629

[Oblivion]

this was tweeted ONE day before:

https://twitter.com/THEHermanCain/status/1288521930782330883

[Oblivion]

he's gonna be serving his terrible pizza to angels in heaven now

Didn't take Trump long to move on.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288843391065882629

"i like pizzeria owners that don't die from the chinese virus "

[thisismyusername]

When you don't wear a mask to own the libs.

[Kara]

this was tweeted ONE day before:

https://twitter.com/THEHermanCain/status/1288521930782330883

Always tweet like it's your last word. *finishes haiku, sheaths wakizashi*

[shosta]

Now who will usher in a solutions revolution?

[Oblivion]

https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1288854111367172099

seems like he's missing something here

[Mandark]

Looking at his Twitter feed, it seems really probable that some staff member kept churning out boilerplate conservative takes on his account while Cain himself was slowly dying. Including "skepticism" that downplayed the danger of the disease that was killing him.

It's a cold, cold game.

[shosta]

https://twitter.com/HarrisonVevo/status/1288738519586705410

[Pissy F Benny]

i thought you liked them cold, darkman

[thisismyusername]

this was tweeted ONE day before:

https://twitter.com/THEHermanCain/status/1288521930782330883

Always tweet like it's your last word. *finishes haiku, sheaths wakizashi*

That's not a Haiku though. 

Always tweet like it's
your last word.

5
3. (4 more)

Where's the 5?

Looking at his Twitter feed, it seems really probable that some staff member kept churning out boilerplate conservative takes on his account while Cain himself was slowly dying. Including "skepticism" that downplayed the danger of the disease that was killing him.

It's a cold, cold game.

Same with the Turning Point one. Which is why they're hilarious.

That said: I sort-of (ok, not really. A tiny smidgen) feel bad for Cain. He didn't deserve to die for Trump's bullshit like Turning Point and others. But all the same... COVID owning Conservatives

[shosta]

Always tweet like it's
your last word. *Finishes hai-
ku, sheaths katana*

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

RIP to the first gamer to run for president

 

[VomKriege]

Always tweet like it's
your last word. *Finishes hai-
ku, sheaths katana*

...Fuck.

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Love

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[Tripon]

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Thousands of Arizona parents are being asked to sign liability waivers before sending their children back to school.

ABC15 learned that 249 of the 256 traditional school districts in Arizona were provided a standard waiver by Arizona School Risk Retention Trust [The Trust], the statewide insurance carrier for schools, so that they could be shielded from potential lawsuits connected to coronavirus outbreaks in schools.

FULL COVERAGE: Safely Back to School in Arizona

The waivers though, do not even need to be signed by parents for their kids to be allowed to return to in-person classes.

Furthermore, The Trust told ABC15 Tuesday evening that they have developed a "coverage option" that would make the "optional waiver" obsolete. The board plans to vote on it at their meeting August 4.

None of the parents in the Queen Creek Unified School District knew that though when the waiver popped up in their parent portal Monday.

"I think a lot of parents are just clicking through and approving it, without actually reading what it is," said Mark Linder, a former district board member. "And when you read it, it releases the district of any and all liability if your child gets sick in school."

Linder is one of many parents who told ABC15 they were not comfortable signing the document.

"When I logged into ParentVUE and saw the waiver, my first gut reaction was I was enraged," said a Queen Creek High School teacher and parent, who did not sign the waiver and asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions. "It wasn’t communicated. It was just, 'Hey here’s two waivers you need to sign.'"

Regardless of the waivers or not, Queen Creek has made it clear they plan to welcome back students to the classroom as soon as possible.

It is a decision some parents are applauding after months of children at home and away from vital, in-person education, while others are calling the move hasty and irresponsible.

"We all want to get back as soon as we possibly can - every teacher wants to. But if we rush it, like we rushed our return in May, we end up out of school for longer because we reinvigorated this whole crisis again," said Jake Frantz, President of the Queen Creek Education Association and a high school chemistry teacher in the district.

"I wouldn’t be so upset if my district was doing social distancing in the classrooms, or if they were doing temperature checks as a requirement to get on campus, or if they were going to reduce the class sizes," said the anonymous high school teacher. "But the only thing that they are requiring is masks."

It is unclear now, with the waivers potentially obsolete in a week, what the Queen Creek Unified School District will do with the waivers that have already been signed.

Some parents have possibly forfeited their right to sue, although lawyers say any lawsuit will be incredibly difficult because the plaintiff will have to be able to definitively prove COVID-19 was contracted at the school and due to negligence.

Some other districts, like Madison School District in Phoenix, said they "would be requiring parents to sign a waiver." While larger districts like Peoria and Scottsdale Unified said they were not opting to use the cookie-cutter waiver.

A Queen Creek spokesperson told ABC15 via email that "... Arizona School Risk Retention Trust recommended a COVID-19 waiver to all districts..."

But a spokesperson for the Trust said "it wasn't a recommendation...[rather] a tool to use at their discretion." By August 4 though, that "tool" may be irrelevant.

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https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/queen-creek/arizona-parents-asked-to-sign-covid-19-waivers-before-sending-kids-back-to-school

[Oblivion]

trump tweeted about that pizza place, but still hasn't tweeted abut cain yet 

[VomKriege]

trump tweeted about that pizza place, but still hasn't tweeted abut cain yet 

Pizza

Herman Cain ? Very bad. Didn't get an invite to his Arizona funeral. Very disrespectful.

[thisismyusername]

Always tweet like it's
your last word. *Finishes hai-
ku, sheaths katana*

I'm not counting actions as part of Haiku's. Get out of here with your creative bending for Kara's shame.

trump tweeted about that pizza place, but still hasn't tweeted abut cain yet 

Technically, since Cain ran a pizza place (Godfather's Pizza which wasn't that good. RIP to 2 Childhood parties attended there by someone else), he did.

[shosta]

I'm not counting actions as part of Haiku's. Get out of here with your creative bending for Kara's shame.

You tell me your rules
I proceed to break them all
I am a poster

[Kara]

It's my understanding that a proper haiku has a "turn" at the end, sort of like an epiphany.

I do something else that's culturally appropriative to organize my thoughts though so don't quote me on that or turn this post into a 5 7 5 (999) thing.

[Mandark]

I do something else that's culturally appropriative to organize my thoughts

"It's my accounting sombrero!" snapped Kara in response to his colleague's puzzled stare.

[Kara]

Nothing goes with a Mao suit quite like a sombrero.

[Joe Molotov]

It's my understanding that a proper haiku has a "turn" at the end, sort of like an epiphany.

I do something else that's culturally appropriative to organize my thoughts though so don't quote me on that or turn this post into a 5 7 5 (999) thing.

It's not cultural appopriation; it's fusion posting.

[shosta]

It's my understanding that a proper haiku has a "turn" at the end, sort of like an epiphany.

haiku have kireji, a particle which serves to split the poem into two juxtaposed images. contemplating the two images together and their relationship is the joy of haiku. The kireji itself can appear anywhere

[Oblivion]

[Nintex]

RIP Herman Cain
He will always be the very best (President), on one ever was 

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Herman Cain is looking down and he's very proud of us and happy with all the great things that are happening

[Mandark]

New record deaths for FL and AZ.

ICU & ventilator stats for AZ peaked a couple weeks ago, looks like they may have peaked in Miami a few days ago. At this point I'm hoping the Sun Belt wave is the last big one and we can get it down to "just" a few hundred deaths per day nationally.

[Flannel Boy]

https://twitter.com/CityCynthia/status/1288885838907084801

Masks for grade four and up. No physical distancing.
My partner teaches grade one--looks like I'll have COVID in the fall.

[shosta]

My partner teaches grade one--looks like I'll have COVID in the fall.

trying to take the easy way out of the bet, huh?

[Oblivion]

sorry, i'm just loving these pokeyman memes:

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it's koffing, right? 

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[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/briana_reilly/status/1288894708392120321

Having a state supreme court actively work against a health mandate is insane.

[Kara]

Michelle Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19.

[Tripon]

Michelle Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19.

3rd wife, only 38 years old.

[Kara]

Wait until you web search Michel Temer's current wife.

[BIONIC]

Michelle Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19.

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3rd wife, only 38 years old.

[VomKriege]

Michelle Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19.

Was she bitten by a whimsical exotic animal though ?

[tiesto]

Closest we ever got to a gamer president

The true closest:

[tiesto]

he's gonna be serving his terrible pizza to angels in heaven now

Didn't take Trump long to move on.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288843391065882629

The pizza actually isn't that great, and the mussels gave me the shits when I went back in the day (I grew up about 2 miles down the road from here). We have a million other delicious pizza places in that area.

[Flannel Boy]

who wants to guess how high we'll be up to by the end of the month? 200k?

I don’t see it getting close to that. 75k?

I was close. It was over 75k once, 78,407 on July 24th.

[shosta]

I'm actually gutted the Herman Cain is dead tbh

[james]

https://twitter.com/theangiestanton/status/1288852529938399233

[BIONIC]

I'm actually gutted the Herman Cain is dead tbh

[Positive Touch]

https://twitter.com/_joydoe/status/1288855793257910272?s

[Tripon]

In the parking lot of Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina, construction workers have been working around the clock to erect a series of inflatable white and blue medical tents as doctors inside scramble to contain the wave of coronavirus patients.

The rural hospital, which serves a population twice the size of Rhode Island, is nearly full, forcing officials to ask the National Guard to erect the state’s first field hospital, comprising four tents to provide overflow capacity for at least a dozen virus patients at a time.

While the alternative care site won’t be usable for up to three weeks, Regional Medical Center President and CEO Charles Williams said the precautionary measure is necessary as the state continues to see a surge of COVID-19 cases that could overwhelm the public health system.

“At some point, we must do something, because there’s only so many beds, so many staff, we must do something,” Williams said in a Monday press conference, noting that there were only eight beds available in the hospital. “We must do everything we can to actively plan to care for our patients.”

The dire situation in Orangeburg is a microcosm for the state, which has continued to shatter COVID-19 records. As one of the earliest states to loosen coronavirus restrictions, South Carolina is now struggling to address a brewing COVID-19 crisis.

Meanwhile, Gov. Henry McMaster this week announced a slew of businesses could reopen. Festivals, concerts, movie theaters, stadiums, gymnasiums, concert halls, performing arts centers, parks, and racetracks can reopen at 50 percent capacity.

“Hollywood is knocking and movie theaters will be ready to open,” McMaster said Wednesday. “They will have to follow these rules. Go see your favorite movie, have some distancing, you’ll have to wear a mask.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-is-surging-so-much-in-south-carolina-theyre-building-tent-hospitals?ref=home

[thisismyusername]

That said: I sort-of (ok, not really. A tiny smidgen) feel bad for Cain. He didn't deserve to die for Trump's bullshit like Turning Point and others. But all the same... COVID owning Conservatives

Remember how I said I felt a little bad for Cain?

https://twitter.com/moatman/status/1288879895804694528

I lied. Fuck him, and bless you 'Rona for catching hands with him.

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https://twitter.com/Cary_Elwes/status/1288904614310367232

[Madrun Badrun]

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1288916474913075201