COVID-19 - Part 2

[Darius]

Re: COVID-19 - Part 2

As it should be. Its the states responsibility to deal with that Russian threat, not the White(orange) House. That New Hampshire Navy will protect us.

https://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/...rol/index.html

Two of their vessels are in the harbor daily, typically around the shipyard. The shipyard was working on 2, 3 boats until recently. NH probably should have conscripted them when we had the chance.

[e.cat]

Don't take your eyes off Russia else we'll be deploying submarine nets at the Portsmouth harbor entrance by summer.

Excellent point Darius I'm sure our good friends in the Kremlin would NEVER take advantage of this situation

[Dutchman]

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As of a few hours ago, 60.8% of all deaths in 5 locations:
NYC
New Jersey
Michigan
Louisiana
Washington

NYC = 40.68%

[Darius]

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Excellent point Darius I'm sure our good friends in the Kremlin would NEVER take advantage of this situation

We deploy ships to counter the current cocaine scourge. (Huh?). Fentanyl ships in from China. Meth from the Ozarks. China ramps up in the South China Sea. The Russians destroy our oil industry.

The above is sort of, kind of tongue in cheek so please y'all, don't flame me over it, but the world order or at least its PWR is changing.

[e.cat]

We deploy ships to counter the current cocaine scourge. (Huh?). Fentanyl ships in from China. Meth from the Ozarks. China ramps up in the South China Sea. The Russians destroy our oil industry.

The above is sort of, kind of tongue in cheek so please y'all, don't flame me over it, but the world order or at least its PWR is changing.

If you're looking for something to watch on Netflix, third season of Ozark is now available. Highly recommend it.

[e.cat]

As of a few hours ago, 60.8% of all deaths in 5 locations:
NYC
New Jersey
Michigan
Louisiana
Washington

NYC = 40.68%

Lovely!

[Wayuphere]

we deploy ships to counter the current cocaine scourge. (huh?). Fentanyl ships in from china. Meth from the ozarks. China ramps up in the south china sea. The russians destroy our oil industry.

The above is sort of, kind of tongue in cheek so please y'all, don't flame me over it, but the world order or at least its pwr is changing.

m.a.g.a.

[Timothy A]

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Good data. There’s always some room for noise in the data: I’d have a hard time believing that testing (and as a result: known infections) is able to keep pace with the actual number of infections.

It's not and here's why. My niece has all the symptoms. She face-timed with her doctor. Her doctor told her this: "You have it. Stay quarantined (with your husband and 2 kids), unless you get to the point where you have an exceedingly hard time breathing, then get to the ER ASAP, they will test you and admit you." So how many people are like her who have it, are quarantined by Dr's orders, not tested and therefore not in the count? The count is massively understated. Hence we all should hang very low, minimize our exposure to others and let this thing pass.

[Wayuphere]

It's not and here's why. My niece has all the symptoms. She face-timed with her doctor. Her doctor told her this: "You have it. Stay quarantined (with your husband and 2 kids), unless you get to the point where you have an exceedingly hard time breathing, then get to the ER ASAP, they will test you and admit you." So how many people are like her who have it, are quarantined by Dr's orders, not tested and therefore not in the count? The count is massively understated. Hence we all should hang very low, minimize our exposure to others and let this thing pass.

All true. My daughter said they are seeing ER patients who are obviously infected with the Trump Virus but they are sending them home unless very sick, with no testing done. There is a shift going on to the predicted assumption that there is no need to test widely as you probably have it anyways. Sure you’ll get tested, if you end up in the ICU.
To this point, really all one can do is treat the symptoms and hope it doesn’t turn into pneumonia. So underreported cases must be higher.

[Wayuphere]

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All tongue in cheek but think about it for the chuckle.....
Present day life in the USA is a conservative’s worse nightmare. Hijabs being worn everywhere, not just by females. Big brother spying with cams everywhere? Nope, can’t see facial features anymore. Rob an open bank or business? Sure, that mask won’t raise any suspicion and you can even leave it on and walk down the street.
Crazy times.

[e.cat]

All tongue in cheek but think about it for the chuckle.....
Present day life in the USA is a conservative’s worse nightmare. Hijabs being worn everywhere, not just by females. Big brother spying with cams everywhere? Nope, can’t see facial features anymore. Rob an open bank or business? Sure, that mask won’t raise any suspicion and you can even leave it on and walk down the street.
Crazy times.

I think you're losing your mind, whats left of it, wayouthere

[Wayuphere]

I think you're losing your mind, whats left of it, wayouthere

Thanks. That’s kind of what I’ve been saying. 😜

[Timothy A]

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I think this whole thing being politicized is lame, lots of wasted energy and un-needed friction. Focus on what YOU can do for you, your friends, family and community.

[NCAA watcher]

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So, FEMA is giving its ventilators to the scalpers, who are then reselling them for a profit to the states, rather than giving them to the states directly? Between forcing states to bid up the masks, and now bid up ventilators, he's going to bankrupt states and help the profiteers.

What. The. ****. FEMA isn’t direct distributing ventilators. It’s giving them to PRIVATE COMMERCIAL FOR-PROFIT distributors for the sake of “not disrupting the supply chain.”

& “there’s been some abnormal behavior.”pic.twitter.com/XLOmqPl93O

— rzrwiresunrise (@rzrwiresunrise) April 3, 2020

I remember when Ticketmaster ran this scam.

A longtime Republican fundraiser sent an email to his clients on Thursday abruptly announcing that he would no longer be working for them.

The reason: He saw an opportunity to capitalize on the coronavirus response.

“Over the last 14 days I have built another business outside politics and will be focusing my full attention there,” he wrote in the email, which was obtained by POLITICO.

The fundraiser, Mike Gula, didn’t specify his new line of work in the email. But in an interview, he said he’d started a new company selling medical equipment that’s been in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.

The company, Blue Flame Medical LLC, was formed Monday in Delaware, according to state records. Its website says it sells coronavirus testing kits, N95 respirator masks, “a wide selection” of personal protective equipment and other “hard to find medical supplies to beat the outbreak.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...navirus-152184

Asked how he’d managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, “I have relationships with a lot of people.”

[LynahFan]

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We live in the United States of America, not the People's Republic of America.

Your emphasis is on the wrong word. When the constitution was ratified, the 13 formerly sovereign states became merely "constituent units" (to quote Merriam-Webster) of the new nation (i.e. state) that had been created. E Pluribus Unum. The former condition was loosely aligned states; the current condition is a single, combined State.

What exactly is Mike Pompeo's title again?

Sorry to burst your "South will Rise Again" fantasies, but we live in a Federal Republic and the use of the term "state" to describe the next hierarchical governmental layer is really just an anachronism.