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Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
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Congress is exempt from insider trading restrictions. No jail
Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
A friend texted me a screenshot of a text she got from someone who got it from someone and so on that said trump is going to quarantine the nation in the next 72 hours and will deploy the national guard to prevent looting. Grain of salt, obviously, but when I came here to post this and saw the previous few pages, now I’m taking it more seriously. Ugh. What does that mean? Can you go food shopping? I want to get stuff for my mom.
A friend texted me a screenshot of a text she got from someone who got it from someone and so on that said trump is going to quarantine the nation in the next 72 hours and will deploy the national guard to prevent looting. Grain of salt, obviously, but when I came here to post this and saw the previous few pages, now I’m taking it more seriously. Ugh. What does that mean? Can you go food shopping? I want to get stuff for my mom.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Mookie was offered to be exfiltrated back to the US last Friday.... he declined. We are in good shape here (inshalla)
Mookie was offered to be exfiltrated back to the US last Friday.... he declined. We are in good shape here (inshalla)
leswp1
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
We might not see impressive # of cases in the south, because it is doubtful they have the capacity to respond to test, but my bet is we will see a disproportionate # of deaths and acuity
ticapnews
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Depends on how the order is worded. Usually those type of things you only leave the house for food, pharmacy or medical treatment. Although I did ask today if going to the dump was deemed 'necessary' and was told it was (fortunately). In some places if you're deemed an essential worker then you are also exempted (which is why Minnesota declaring grocery workers essential matters)
Depends on how the order is worded. Usually those type of things you only leave the house for food, pharmacy or medical treatment. Although I did ask today if going to the dump was deemed 'necessary' and was told it was (fortunately). In some places if you're deemed an essential worker then you are also exempted (which is why Minnesota declaring grocery workers essential matters)
Handyman
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump just ordered 500 million masks. It will take 18 months for them to be delivered.<br><br>Which made me recall how shocked I was leaving the Administration's first congressional briefing on Coronavirus on Feb. 5. <br><br>I tweeted this as I walked out. <a href="https://t.co/mRVJgxsHjF">https://t.co/mRVJgxsHjF</a></p>— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1240748971213164549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump just ordered 500 million masks. It will take 18 months for them to be delivered.<br><br>Which made me recall how shocked I was leaving the Administration's first congressional briefing on Coronavirus on Feb. 5. <br><br>I tweeted this as I walked out. <a href="https://t.co/mRVJgxsHjF">https://t.co/mRVJgxsHjF</a></p>— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1240748971213164549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
psych
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Have southern states fallen behind on the testing thing? I know Texas is being a bunch of dips**** about testing, but are other ones falling behind too? Like, are they not receiving their proper allotment of tests? I hadn't read anything about that but it's possible it's happening.
Have southern states fallen behind on the testing thing? I know Texas is being a bunch of dips**** about testing, but are other ones falling behind too? Like, are they not receiving their proper allotment of tests? I hadn't read anything about that but it's possible it's happening.
RaceBoarder
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
I'm curious how my newish job fits into this. I'm a forklift jockey at a cold storage warehouse. Basically the four biggest accounts we have are Butterball, Bel Cheese, Kellogs, and Chobani yogurt. I assume food distribution falls under "essential", but questions still remain for individuals like myself. Outside of some Butterball products, these products are what I would consider "luxury" foods. Does that play into things? Do we keep working at current capacity? If not, where do I rank on the totem pole with my 5 months of service? Management has been sorta quiet over this deal.
I'm curious how my newish job fits into this. I'm a forklift jockey at a cold storage warehouse. Basically the four biggest accounts we have are Butterball, Bel Cheese, Kellogs, and Chobani yogurt. I assume food distribution falls under "essential", but questions still remain for individuals like myself. Outside of some Butterball products, these products are what I would consider "luxury" foods. Does that play into things? Do we keep working at current capacity? If not, where do I rank on the totem pole with my 5 months of service? Management has been sorta quiet over this deal.
JF_Gophers
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NC at least has developed a 4 hr results test. So not all of the south is total crap.
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Three members of the 76ers organization have received positive tests for coronavirus.</p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1240762673312251910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Three members of the 76ers organization have received positive tests for coronavirus.</p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1240762673312251910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Handyman
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s How More Than 20 Infectious Disease Experts See Coronavirus Playing Out in the U.S. <a href="https://t.co/IJF8GFDfIy">https://t.co/IJF8GFDfIy</a></p>— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1240792831603748870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s How More Than 20 Infectious Disease Experts See Coronavirus Playing Out in the U.S. <a href="https://t.co/IJF8GFDfIy">https://t.co/IJF8GFDfIy</a></p>— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1240792831603748870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
leswp1
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
I don't know about allotment but I do know they have a less than robust healthcare system. Over the last few yrs there have been reports of rural hospitals and clinics closures. Lots of reports of people needing to drive hours to see specialists. This came to light when they decided to save the world by closing the Planned Parenthood Clinics and other Women Health Clinics they decided were abortion mills. There were some quotes of people needing to drive 100+ miles for preventative screening and no close facilities. They made noises that other clinics would absorb the patients but when they investigated the rural clinics and hospitals were understaffed, overwhelmed and closing or close to it way more than was safe. One I particularly remember was rural PA but they also did some interviews in Cities and in Rural areas down south.
Since then they have done nothing to increase funding that I have seen. They've also gutted the ACA which I believe was to provide funding and prop up the places which were on the edge (don't quote me on that part- that is only from what I recall vaguely).
So, extrapolating from what was happening before I can't see how they would magically be able to care for the volume projected or even have facilities in all areas.
Can't remember exactly where I was listening to it but I remember thinking that at least in Africa the population knows what they need to do to care for their loved ones and that they will be expected to take care of them. Here we have the expectation of excellent care and an unawareness that we won't always get it. ::climbs off soap box::
I don't know about allotment but I do know they have a less than robust healthcare system. Over the last few yrs there have been reports of rural hospitals and clinics closures. Lots of reports of people needing to drive hours to see specialists. This came to light when they decided to save the world by closing the Planned Parenthood Clinics and other Women Health Clinics they decided were abortion mills. There were some quotes of people needing to drive 100+ miles for preventative screening and no close facilities. They made noises that other clinics would absorb the patients but when they investigated the rural clinics and hospitals were understaffed, overwhelmed and closing or close to it way more than was safe. One I particularly remember was rural PA but they also did some interviews in Cities and in Rural areas down south.
Since then they have done nothing to increase funding that I have seen. They've also gutted the ACA which I believe was to provide funding and prop up the places which were on the edge (don't quote me on that part- that is only from what I recall vaguely).
So, extrapolating from what was happening before I can't see how they would magically be able to care for the volume projected or even have facilities in all areas.
Can't remember exactly where I was listening to it but I remember thinking that at least in Africa the population knows what they need to do to care for their loved ones and that they will be expected to take care of them. Here we have the expectation of excellent care and an unawareness that we won't always get it. ::climbs off soap box::
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Girlfriend just got through...Delta person had no clue there was even an announcement by the State Department.
Changed flight to Sunday (from Monday) as it was the first nonstop out of here. They said flights were still on through Monday but we didnt want to test it.
Girlfriend just got through...Delta person had no clue there was even an announcement by the State Department.
Changed flight to Sunday (from Monday) as it was the first nonstop out of here. They said flights were still on through Monday but we didnt want to test it.
psych
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Rural hospitals are definitely closing, and faster in places that haven't taken the (now) 90% payment from the federal govt. to expand Medicaid through the ACA. Many of those are southern states, yes. And shame on them. Many Southerners, black and white, are poorer, and sicker on average, than the average American. Because of this, many of them will likely end up in the hospitals, and then overwhelming their respective states' hospital system. I don't disagree with any of that, but it seems like this is a national problem, since plenty of northern states, like New York, may also experience a spike in cases that will overwhelm their hospital system. In dye-in-the-wool blue, progressive New York, with its robust healthcare system. What I'm saying is, I think there's a way to distinguish between a state's response to the virus (such as receiving enough tests to test enough people, while closing schools, restaurants, etc.), and that state's population's propensity for being affected by the virus. The federal government ****ed this up, not the states, especially when it comes to the testing. I don't think I've seen any governor of a southern state refusing to accept more tests in order to test citizens. I could be wrong. Could some of them have done more in the years leading up to this virus to make sure their healthcare systems were more fully funded and ready to go? Absolutely.
Rural hospitals are definitely closing, and faster in places that haven't taken the (now) 90% payment from the federal govt. to expand Medicaid through the ACA. Many of those are southern states, yes. And shame on them. Many Southerners, black and white, are poorer, and sicker on average, than the average American. Because of this, many of them will likely end up in the hospitals, and then overwhelming their respective states' hospital system. I don't disagree with any of that, but it seems like this is a national problem, since plenty of northern states, like New York, may also experience a spike in cases that will overwhelm their hospital system. In dye-in-the-wool blue, progressive New York, with its robust healthcare system. What I'm saying is, I think there's a way to distinguish between a state's response to the virus (such as receiving enough tests to test enough people, while closing schools, restaurants, etc.), and that state's population's propensity for being affected by the virus. The federal government ****ed this up, not the states, especially when it comes to the testing. I don't think I've seen any governor of a southern state refusing to accept more tests in order to test citizens. I could be wrong. Could some of them have done more in the years leading up to this virus to make sure their healthcare systems were more fully funded and ready to go? Absolutely.
Handyman
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
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Re: Covfefe-19: Do What Now?
Here’s a cheerful thought: the more people that carry the virus, the more random mutations of it are experimenting on what they can accomplish with human physiology... things could get even more interesting
https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.na...19/04/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants
Here’s a cheerful thought: the more people that carry the virus, the more random mutations of it are experimenting on what they can accomplish with human physiology... things could get even more interesting
https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.na...19/04/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants
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