Coronavirus Thread
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No.
I can't. I cannot. I just CANNOT accept that level of stupid. I can't do it.
I can't. I cannot. I just CANNOT accept that level of stupid. I can't do it.
figmentPez
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He claims he was being sarcastic:
This is not something to be sarcastic about. It's an important issue that needs the clearest possible communication.
It may also be a zing at Ben Sasse‘s objections to the unemployment benefits increase in the relief bill: “This bill as currently drafted creates a perverse incentive for men and women who are sidelined to then not leave the sidelines and come back to work.” That’s how I read it, anyway.
BTW, unless there’s another Patrick Chovanec, he was one of the signatories on the open letter from the GOP national security community opposing Trump as president. Definitely not a Trump fan.
BTW, unless there’s another Patrick Chovanec, he was one of the signatories on the open letter from the GOP national security community opposing Trump as president. Definitely not a Trump fan.
(just a quick question, why is this in the politics forum? This seems much bigger than just that)
So, an update on what it's like getting screened for Covid-19 in Florida.
About a week ago I was potentially exposed to the virus because a coworker I work closely with was potentially exposed, having a live at home son that tested positive through the military.
Cut to the last few days, I've been having all the symptoms of a mild/asymptomatic case, with fatigue and cough that come and go. I manage a grocery store, one of only a few in this small town, so my job is unfortunately too essential to be able to shut down. Then, starting two days ago, I began to run a fever.
This was on a Saturday, so per our protocol I called out for work until I could get screened Monday, today. I go to the local healthcare center and get directed to a door at the back.
Well this looks professional.
I get hooked up with a mask and brought inside.
I like this mask, it really brings out my eyes.
Doctor finally comes in and I get interviewed. Even though I have all the symptoms, because I haven't had direct contact with anyone that's been tested and confirmed to have covid-19, and because I'm not likely in danger of dying to complications given the mildness of the symptoms, and because they are woefully undersupplied on tests, they deem that they can't test me. I openly wonder how you can have any confirmed cases if you don't test anyone, and all they can do is shrug their shoulders and clear me to go back to work.
So, an update on what it's like getting screened for Covid-19 in Florida.
About a week ago I was potentially exposed to the virus because a coworker I work closely with was potentially exposed, having a live at home son that tested positive through the military.
Cut to the last few days, I've been having all the symptoms of a mild/asymptomatic case, with fatigue and cough that come and go. I manage a grocery store, one of only a few in this small town, so my job is unfortunately too essential to be able to shut down. Then, starting two days ago, I began to run a fever.
This was on a Saturday, so per our protocol I called out for work until I could get screened Monday, today. I go to the local healthcare center and get directed to a door at the back.
Well this looks professional.
I get hooked up with a mask and brought inside.
I like this mask, it really brings out my eyes.
Doctor finally comes in and I get interviewed. Even though I have all the symptoms, because I haven't had direct contact with anyone that's been tested and confirmed to have covid-19, and because I'm not likely in danger of dying to complications given the mildness of the symptoms, and because they are woefully undersupplied on tests, they deem that they can't test me. I openly wonder how you can have any confirmed cases if you don't test anyone, and all they can do is shrug their shoulders and clear me to go back to work.
I figured it was going to get super-political and I didn't want people to feel like that wasn't appropriate.
Politics are a part of everything right now, that's just the hellscape we live in. But fair enough
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Not testing is the same as flattening the curve, right?
figmentPez
Staff member
That's what I figured, and with the side benefit of keeping a very distressing subject in an easier to avoid area for people who don't want to be constantly reminded of the hellscape we live in.
Germany is debating on that one has to wear a mask when outside.
I dont mind, but where do we get masks? Our hospitals are on short supply (some scumbag stole 1500 mask from the hospital one of my friends works at, hope that person gets found out and strung up by his/her nosehairs) and the common person has no chance at all at getting mask at a reasonable price, if at all.
I dont mind, but where do we get masks? Our hospitals are on short supply (some scumbag stole 1500 mask from the hospital one of my friends works at, hope that person gets found out and strung up by his/her nosehairs) and the common person has no chance at all at getting mask at a reasonable price, if at all.
@LordRendar coincidentally, just saw a link for these type of masks from eBay. Not sure if those prices are considered reasonable, but they don't seem too crazy. These aren't as good as N95 masks, but should be better than homemade ones.
Dave
Staff member
Best way to keep numbers down? Lie. Isn't this what the administration and all those racist asshats are condemning China for?
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Pentagon order stops Joint Base San Antonio from public release of COVID-19 data
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The testing rules are bullshit, and feel like they only exist to keep the numbers down as much as possible.
I get that there are limited testing kits, but then we need to get more kits. If other countries can do it, we should be able to do it too. Instead it just feels like testing kits are being limited enough that doctors won't be able to test every possible case, then they can write that person off as just having some other illness, and the numbers stay down.
We already are seeing reports that local government officials are not even testing some of the people that die due to symptoms that match up with COVID19 but didn't get a previous test, because then they can just list it as regular pneumonia and keep that death count lower.
While keeping the numbers down may look good on paper, it's going to keep accelerating spread. We are already on point now to have the worst infection rate and death count in the world by the end of this year. We need proper testing so people take this shit serious.
I get that there are limited testing kits, but then we need to get more kits. If other countries can do it, we should be able to do it too. Instead it just feels like testing kits are being limited enough that doctors won't be able to test every possible case, then they can write that person off as just having some other illness, and the numbers stay down.
We already are seeing reports that local government officials are not even testing some of the people that die due to symptoms that match up with COVID19 but didn't get a previous test, because then they can just list it as regular pneumonia and keep that death count lower.
While keeping the numbers down may look good on paper, it's going to keep accelerating spread. We are already on point now to have the worst infection rate and death count in the world by the end of this year. We need proper testing so people take this shit serious.
"Our lies are different, because they're for the good of our people."Best way to keep numbers down? Lie. Isn't this what the administration and all those racist asshats are condemning China for?
Pentagon order stops Joint Base San Antonio from public release of COVID-19 data
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered bases worldwide to stop sharing the number of...
GasBandit
Staff member
"It's not totalitarianism when we do it!"
Man, I'm getting to recycle memes from 15 years ago now!
You know what scares me? What Viktor Orbán did in Hungary. It scares me because I know we could be a month away from the same thing here in the US and the only thing I can do is hope the House or the Supreme Court will be able to stop it.
For those who missed it, the Hungary parliament passed a Coronavirus Emergency bill that gives emergency powers to Viktor Orbán without any sunset clause, allowing him to "rule by decree" possibly indefinitely. The bill suspends parliament, cancels upcoming elections and suspends them as long as the powers are invoked (again, no sunset clause, it's completely up to Orbán when it ends), and adds new punishments for what the government considers fake news, allowing journalists to be locked up for five years is they report something the government considers "misleading".
This virus is a big deal, but we have to stay vigilant for those that would take advantage of it for power.
For those who missed it, the Hungary parliament passed a Coronavirus Emergency bill that gives emergency powers to Viktor Orbán without any sunset clause, allowing him to "rule by decree" possibly indefinitely. The bill suspends parliament, cancels upcoming elections and suspends them as long as the powers are invoked (again, no sunset clause, it's completely up to Orbán when it ends), and adds new punishments for what the government considers fake news, allowing journalists to be locked up for five years is they report something the government considers "misleading".
This virus is a big deal, but we have to stay vigilant for those that would take advantage of it for power.
