Hey now, give them time. I know it's still paltry when you adjust per capita, but Modi is trying his best to catch up!
Coronavirus Thread
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Or as a certain webcomic artist once said, "You forgot to carry the stupid."
I for one was expecting the initial numbers to be worse for the US, because, obviously, considering Trump.
But i assumed that after the first big wave of deaths even the idiots would catch on...
That is, until i read about that pastor guy that dismissed it and then got it from New Orleans etc, and his fucking kids where saying how confusing the media was being about it, and how they'd wish that would stop...
When your dad dies and you're still unwilling to call out the utter BS you side's media is spewing, that's when you're utterly hopelessly idiotic...
The fact that this disease can have the corollary effect that it causes brain damage i.e., lowers cognitive ability is not lost on me.
--Patrick
I still can't get the people at any of our local stores to take this seriously. Most businesses aren't enforcing mask rules, and neither is the county sheriff, or the local PD, or anyone else. It's bad enough that I was actually thankful when I stopped at Safeway for hotdogs and they were actually providing masks for people to enter the store with. Of course, most of the idiots couldn't put them on, wore them with their mouths exposed, or covered their eyes with them, because apparently stupidity is the only common trait in this part of the state.
I suppose the one bright spot (and the reason I don't talk numbers around here) is that our county only has 54 cases, our town has none, and even if the 80% under-reporting number is correct (which I suspect it is), that puts my entire county at 270 cases.
There were a handful of people who walked into the donut shop where I went for lunch today who didn't have masks - despite it saying clearly on the door "MASKS REQUIRED".
Each one came back out immediately.
Each one came back out immediately.
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Sadly, the quoted Twitter feed is gone. (Thanks, Disney!)
figmentPez
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You know, that Disney "infomercial" is one thing I keep in the back of my mind every time I see little kids running around without masks.
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...do NOT make Arizona hold their beer.
I keep hearing about the cases spiking, but with the 14-day period, death cases are bound to spike any minute, right? Like, I don't want anyone to die, of course, but just looking at the numbers, it's not looking good.
Of course, that's assuming the deaths are still being fucking reported.
Of course, that's assuming the deaths are still being fucking reported.
Narrator: "They were not."
The problem with death case reporting is that morgues are getting dangerously close to full. (Though the mayor of That Large City In The Middle of The Valley mistakenly said they were already full, much to MCCO's chagrin.)
NOTE: Ms. Gallego is a Democrat.
NOTE: Ms. Gallego is a Democrat.
Nope. Just down in many states but rising in Texas, Arizona, Florida
No, I'm talking European and Asian studies, too - more younger people being tested and better screening /reaction in homes for the elderly etc have caused the confirmed cases vs confirmed deaths ratios to change quite a bit.
Obviously there'll be many more dead Americans before things get better.
I think I just need to make my avatar a facepalming brain at this point to save me the trouble of finding a react image.
Ok that Merida pic looks kinda badass though.
GasBandit
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Here we go again!
www.cbsnews.com
www.nbcdfw.com
Texas governor warns of possible lockdown if Texans don't start wearing face masks
"The worst is yet to come," Governor Greg Abbott warned.
www.cbsnews.com
Texas Positivity Rate Reaches Record-High as Houston Leaders Call for City Lockdown
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Texas reached a record-high as top officials in Houston call for the city to lock back down as area hospitals strain to accommodate the onslaught of patients sick with the new coronavirus.
www.nbcdfw.com