GasBandit
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I mean, China has universal healthcare, technically.
Coronavirus Thread
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Apparently China just sent aid, including an expert medical team and blood reserves, to Italy to assist with the coronavirus outbreak there.
Meanwhile, Trump, who eliminated the federal pandemic response team and never replaced them (in 2018), put a delayed and very porous restriction on travel from Europe, and is overseeing a response in which the Dow Jones has plummeted twice, including immediately after he addressed the nation on the issue, and the US has tested in total the number of people South Korea tests in a single day.
Source is Twitter, so block of salt and all that.
Also, there's always a tweet:
Total cases testing as of Mar 12th in the US: 13,624 (the UK has twice as many as this.)
Total tested in South Korea (the best in the world, atm): as of Mar 9th: 210,144.
Trump did fire the Pandemic Response Team.
China flying team to Italy and Spain with tonnes of medical supplies.
Also, one of the best sources I have found for US-centric data and news, including a recommended alarm level: BunkerJohn on Imgur
Total tested in South Korea (the best in the world, atm): as of Mar 9th: 210,144.
Trump did fire the Pandemic Response Team.
China flying team to Italy and Spain with tonnes of medical supplies.
Also, one of the best sources I have found for US-centric data and news, including a recommended alarm level: BunkerJohn on Imgur
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I’m not feeling this latest Bob Seger cover
How about that Players Championship?
Say which was the european country that didn't get a ban by Trump?Well, this is reassuring:
The timing is perfect
The country that just infected the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister.
Going into work today basically just to pack up my shit. It's being "strongly recommended" we work from home beginning next week, for the foreseeable future.
Everyone at work had been wondering why this wasn't asked of us already, but we're glad it's finally happening. We're pretty close to downtown and most of the staff takes public transit to get in.
I'm related news, my wife's school had a kid go home sick and check into the hospital with a fever yesterday. Shit's getting real and I'm trying to keep calm for my wife, who is full blown panicking.
Everyone at work had been wondering why this wasn't asked of us already, but we're glad it's finally happening. We're pretty close to downtown and most of the staff takes public transit to get in.
I'm related news, my wife's school had a kid go home sick and check into the hospital with a fever yesterday. Shit's getting real and I'm trying to keep calm for my wife, who is full blown panicking.
People are stupid herd animals.
There's an incredible rush on all supermarkets, with people fighting over toilet paper and so on, while the government has clearly said supermarkets are remaining open, and going in is the worst thing you can do because it'll get you close to a lot of other people. Supermarkets themselves have already said there are no supply problems on any of the necessities and there's no reason for concern etc etc.
Oh well.
There's an incredible rush on all supermarkets, with people fighting over toilet paper and so on, while the government has clearly said supermarkets are remaining open, and going in is the worst thing you can do because it'll get you close to a lot of other people. Supermarkets themselves have already said there are no supply problems on any of the necessities and there's no reason for concern etc etc.
Oh well.
Oh, and, unless the Trump administration is hiding a whole lot of stuff (which is completely implausible and unlikely, of course) , those "European" Corona spreaders? The strains of Corona in the publicly known cases are from Wuhan, Iran, and Japan. Not a single one from Europe.
Of course, Ohio officials claim there may be 100.000 people infected in the state, with 5 known cases, so....
Of course, Ohio officials claim there may be 100.000 people infected in the state, with 5 known cases, so....
Look, the only way to organize an efficient testing of hundreds of thousands of people would be to nationalize healthcare and have the government run stuff. And nobody wants that, right?
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Dave
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Aaaand MI's Governor has just canceled all public K-12 school for the next 3 weeks.
@Celt Z It's my wife I fear for most. She's trying to write a novel right now, and she's already gone on record saying that if school gets canceled and she has to put up with our son interrupting her every 5min because they cancel school, she's gonna strangle somebody.
--Patrick
@Celt Z It's my wife I fear for most. She's trying to write a novel right now, and she's already gone on record saying that if school gets canceled and she has to put up with our son interrupting her every 5min because they cancel school, she's gonna strangle somebody.
--Patrick
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The more you fight, the more ironic it becomes!
Our office just sent two people home for coughs. Which means if they have it, it's too late. But hopefully it's something else.
People are ridiculous here. I see how quickly information turns into misinformation through people who like to morph facts or just plain don't understand things, and we're an office of less than 30 people. Easy to see how it happens on a national scale.
Also:
Sick person leaves, touching door handle.
Not sick person grabs same door handle.
Not sick person immediately wipes hand over mouth.
Please announce remote work today.
People are ridiculous here. I see how quickly information turns into misinformation through people who like to morph facts or just plain don't understand things, and we're an office of less than 30 people. Easy to see how it happens on a national scale.
Also:
Sick person leaves, touching door handle.
Not sick person grabs same door handle.
Not sick person immediately wipes hand over mouth.
Please announce remote work today.
But what if I’m ironically fighting?
I told my wife that my best, uneducated guess was 1.5 million by the end of May if people don't wise up.
Oh, and this pic during the covid press conference:
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About 20% of those aged 18 to 44 think Corona is a hoax
Man, antivaxxers who believe Trump over the CDC are a lot of people. Too bad they'll infect (and kill) people with brains, too.
Man, antivaxxers who believe Trump over the CDC are a lot of people. Too bad they'll infect (and kill) people with brains, too.
My niece is in NYC trying out for a Broadway play. I guess that opportunity has passed. Hopefully she will find work.