Covfefe-19 The 11th Part: Suck It Up And Die Grandpa I Need A Manicure!!

[rufus]

Just pay them all directly. Would be a lot safer.

Exactly. Pay everyone to stay home and binge watch whatever.

[Jeb2020]

Even IF treatments have gotten better, and more people are surviving, at some point, if left unchecked, that's going to end up being moot to the people who can't find space in very full hospitals.

False. Hospital capacity is hardly an issue.

[Jeb2020]

Exactly. Pay everyone to stay home and binge watch whatever.

There is still a “stay at home” crowd?

[Drew S.]

Exactly. Pay everyone to stay home and binge watch whatever.

The way I understand it is the vacation tax credit would be for a year or so once things get back to normal. Completely agree at this point we should be trying to keep folks home as much as possible.

Edit: And to wear a mask when they must leave home.

[Kepler]

It's a bribe for a vote so don't specify. The briber does not typically say "but you can only spend this for x." The vote is the value exchanged.

[aparch]

(not sure this was mentioned before)

Apparently it is getting so bad in Texas that the Texas Children's Hospital is admitting adult COVID patients because even their biggest medical facilities are almost to max capacity.

https://twitter.com/abc13houston/sta...97542889144322

Weird, I saw someone on FB spreading rumors that Dallas hospitals are so empty that they were laying nurses off....

[Scarlet]

Here in MA prior to the predicted surge in April, they set up these satellite (for lack of a better term) hospitals in a few places like the Boston Convention and Expo Center for patients that needed hospitalization but were not deemed critical. This was done to keep ICU beds open for those that needed them. They were able to close them all down but not before naysayers whined that the numbers were not that bad and OMG look at what they had to do, waste of money, this is all a hoax blah blah blah fishcakes.

Some of these areas where they're seeing these tremendous spikes should do the same, if they haven't already.

[Handyman]

#AbbottBetrayedTexas is now trending here. He's trying to pass off the blame to others by saying guidelines aren't being followed. Wonder where he learned that.

It was trending worldwide last night when I posted it. Cant imagine why people are upset ;-)

[Kepler]

Here in MA prior to the predicted surge in April, they set up these satellite (for lack of a better term) hospitals in a few places like the Boston Convention and Expo Center for patients that needed hospitalization but were not deemed critical. This was done to keep ICU beds open for those that needed them. They were able to close them all down but not before naysayers whined that the numbers were not that bad and OMG look at what they had to do, waste of money, this is all a hoax blah blah blah fishcakes.

Some of these areas where they're seeing these tremendous spikes should do the same, if they haven't already.

Fishcakes is now going to be my go-to word for Boston whining. It's perfect.

[Scarlet]

Fishcakes is now going to be my go-to word for Boston whining. It's perfect.

Happy to help, Kep. But I think it needs to be used with the preceeding blah blah blah to make it most effective.

[Handyman]

Even IF treatments have gotten better, and more people are surviving, at some point, if left unchecked, that's going to end up being moot to the people who can't find space in very full hospitals.

Exactly. Which is why the way many of these states are acting is just plain stupid.

[Kepler]

Happy to help, Kep. But I think it needs to be used with the preceeding blah blah blah to make it most effective.

Absolutely! It signifies that the whining proceeds into infinity.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Looks like the EU is making thr smart move and banning Americans when they open travel July 1. Sounds like they’re gonna reasses every two weeks but I see no timetable to want Americans in.

lots of Rich kids will really be missing their euro trips this summer

[alfablue]

Looks like the EU is making thr smart move and banning Americans when they open travel July 1. Sounds like they’re gonna reasses every two weeks but I see no timetable to want Americans in.

lots of Rich kids will really be missing their euro trips this summer

In theory, we have a trip planned for Sept. I'm pretty confident that at least half of it will be canceled- the cruise part. But the land part seems quite suspect based on the current trends in the US.

[rufus]

Looks like the EU is making thr smart move and banning Americans when they open travel July 1. Sounds like they’re gonna reasses every two weeks but I see no timetable to want Americans in.

lots of Rich kids will really be missing their euro trips this summer

At least the EU is smart. Treat America like the third world ****hole it's become.