Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions

[boutons_deux]

Corrupt Trash repeating is life-long corrupt ways

Trump offered German firm ‘large sum’ for exclusive coronavirus vaccine — to make sure it would be available for profit

German lawmakers and government officials voiced outrage at reporting (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-stop-us-from-luring-away-firm-seeking-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV) Sunday that the

Trump administration is seeking to secure exclusive rights to a potential coronavirus vaccine

being developed by the German firm CureVac

the Trump administration offered CureVac $1 billion to hand the U.S. exclusive rights to a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

"This is depraved.

The German government confirms that Trump apparently

tried to bribe German scientists into giving him exclusive rights to the Covid-19 vaccine

they were working on developing.

He wanted it “for the US only.”

How many new lows will he set for the United States? "

https://t.co/Qm7vFoArQT (https://t.co/Qm7vFoArQT)
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 15, 2020 (https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1239217522093764608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)


"The original story in Die Welt said Trump wanted not only to control any new vaccine but also

to make sure that it would only be available on a for-profit basis."

https://t.co/1oKnnHphLx (https://t.co/1oKnnHphLx)
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) March 15, 2020 (https://twitter.com/JoshuaHol/status/1239203186080206848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-offered-german-firm-large-sum-for-exclusive-coronavirus-vaccine-to-make-sure-it-would-be-available-for-profit-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29 (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-offered-german-firm-large-sum-for-exclusive-coronavirus-vaccine-to-make-sure-it-would-be-available-for-profit-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29)

[boutons_deux]

Geraldo Rivera, of Fox Fucking So-Called News, has a test for covid-19

if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds,

then you don't have covid-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_066dEkycr4&t=0s

[SnakeBoy]

Geraldo Rivera, of Fox Fucking So-Called News, has a test for covid-19

if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds,

then you don't have covid-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_066dEkycr4&t=0s


I actually saw that discussion, Oliver as usual is taking shit out of context. Geraldo was talking about severe respiratory pneumonia and it is good advice on how to tell if you need urgent medical care. So yeah boutons, if you can't hold your breath for 10 seconds then consider immediately going to one of those evils doctors you hate so much.

[Splits]

1239039704181493761

is basically the same as...

1239294295598870530

[baseline bum]

I don't understand this hoarding mentality of people...is it fear? does stocking piling toilet paper make you feel like you have some sense of control? I went to the store today just to do my regular grocery shopping and it was like "Black Friday."

Why shouldn't there be fear? You're in healthcare right? Tell us how prepared our healthcare system is for this disaster. Look at the logarithmic graphs of the death counts for Italy and the US and how similar the slope is and tell me why we're going to be different.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us

[hater]

1239039704181493761

is basically the same as...

1239294295598870530

:wow I called this weeks ago :wow

exactly this :wow

[baseline bum]

is basically the same as...

1239294295598870530

Shit was disgusting on the local news last night when the catholics in town had shut down their churches but then they go ask baptist ministers and they go full Iran on the need for churches to still be open.

[hater]

new youtube challenge. the coronavirus challenge

beat it with no meds....


calling it now... call me nostradamus when it happens

:wow

posted that weeks ago
:wow

[Will Hunting]

Shit was disgusting on the local news last night when the catholics in town had shut down their churches but then they go ask baptist ministers and they go full Iran on the need for churches to still be open.
Sounds good to me. Anything that can accelerate Darwinism and wipe out some bible thumpers.

[baseline bum]

Sounds good to me. Anything that can accelerate Darwinism and wipe out some bible thumpers.

I have to live around these fuckers, we're not islands man. Their irresponsibility affects all of us.

[Will Hunting]

I have to live around these fuckers, we're not islands man. Their irresponsibility affects all of us.
Fair but I’m not really worried if I get it. Coronavirus has a much higher chance of killing morbidly obese southern baptist boomers than it does me.

[boutons_deux]

I have to live around these fuckers, we're not islands man. Their irresponsibility affects all of us.

While some are re-considering their 2016 vote, it sounds like the mass of evangelicals will vote for Trash again, for Trash, as their proxy, to punish, hurt women, LGBT, Muslims, foreigners, etc

[RandomGuy]

Sounds good to me. Anything that can accelerate Darwinism and wipe out some bible thumpers.

Hate to say it, but the jackasses that aren't taking this seriously and who are older, watching Fox News... will not be voting this November.

At least now when I see some old fuck with a MAGA hat on, I know who to cough on.

[RandomGuy]

7 min ago
Vice President Pence says more than 2,000 labs will have high-speed testing capability by Monday
From CNN's Nicky Robertson and Jason Hoffman
Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media during a press briefing at the White House on March 15.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media during a press briefing at the White House on March 15. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
During a White House briefing Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that “more than 2,000 labs” will have high-speed testing capacity by Monday.

Since the declaration of a national state of emergency, Pence said federal public health services have worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and "have reached out to all 50 states to create a process that will enable all Americans who need to be tested to go to a community-based testing site outside of usual health care facilities."

Pence noted these tests will be focused on those "most in need."

Adm. Brett Giroir with the US Public Health Service outlined how new coronavirus testing will be rolled out. He said there would be 1.9 million tests available this week across the 2,000 labs. Giroir also emphasized that the priority would be placed on those most vulnerable.

Giroir added that there wouldn’t be undue stress put on the acute health care system, meaning emergency rooms or urgent care

If they had used the WHO's test, and Trump hadn't fired the pandemic team at the White house, we would have had this capacity in January, you stupid fuck.

[RandomGuy]

I actually saw that discussion, Oliver as usual is taking shit out of context. Geraldo was talking about severe respiratory pneumonia and it is good advice on how to tell if you need urgent medical care. So yeah boutons, if you can't hold your breath for 10 seconds then consider immediately going to one of those evils doctors you hate so much.



https://d3926qxcw0e1bh.cloudfront.net/post_photos/04/81/0481c99cdcdafaf45fecc287c8e366b2.jpg.max800.jpg

1.9 million ICU admissions over two months.

320K free beds.

Assume hospitalization requirement is one week for urgent care.

1.9M people divided by eight weeks, implies a need of roughly 237,000 hospital beds. IF that 1.9M were infected at an even pace. IF "hospital bed" = 100% respirator and specialized care fore every hospital bed.

Neither of those "ifs" represent reality. The need for ventilator support will be one in five, per the graph. Not sure what the ratio of beds to support is right now, but my recent visit to the hospital last week didn't note that much equipment in the rooms. Probably some in storage, but that means at the peak, we will be facing the same problems as Italy, i.e. shortage of equipment.

Given bell shaped curves, let's assume that about 1/3 of the infections will occur simultaneously at the peak. 32,000,000 * .05 = Peak need around 1,600,000, or five times capacity.

Cases requiring ventilatory support is one percent, or 320,000. Assume that ratio of ventilators to beds is roughly 1:5. of these 320,000, there will only be 62,000 ventilators.

Assume lack of ventilator is 50% fatal. My gut says this figure is too low, but for the sake of walkthrough.

320000-62000= 256000 * .5 = 125000 extra deaths from shortage of equipment.

Given the recent superspreading event, going to guess the peak is going to be a bit taller.

The delays in testing, and delays in implementing measures due to the delays in testing will cause that peak to be higher than it would have been otherwise as virus spreads undetected.

Trump's incompetence can argued to cause at hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths.

[TimDunkem]

My brother works at a busy restaurant in town and says that his kitchen manager straight up told him that they're ignoring guidelines they were given to space tables apart and not accept large parties because they have a March sales goal to meet.

Profits over lives in America. Nothing's changing.

[RandomGuy]

Shit was disgusting on the local news last night when the catholics in town had shut down their churches but then they go ask baptist ministers and they go full Iran on the need for churches to still be open.

That makes it really really hard to have any emphathy. When their pews thin out and the donations to support their private jets and Audi's don't roll in... maybe then they will care. Even then, I doubt it.

[RandomGuy]

Why shouldn't there be fear? You're in healthcare right? Tell us how prepared our healthcare system is for this disaster. Look at the logarithmic graphs of the death counts for Italy and the US and how similar the slope is and tell me why we're going to be different.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us

See #3267


We are not ready. Italian health ministry is already saying that they believe their system will hit its limits and they are publishing guidelines that say "don't bother treating anyone over 80".

[DMC]

Hate to say it, but the jackasses that aren't taking this seriously and who are older, watching Fox News... will not be voting this November.

At least now when I see some old fuck with a MAGA hat on, I know who to cough on.

Well if you're coughing you're probably fucked already.

[RandomGuy]

Cyberattack on HHS meant to slow coronavirus response, sources say

The Department of Health and Human Services experienced some form of cyberattack attack Sunday night related to its coronavirus response, administration sources confirmed to ABC News Monday.

The attempt was to slow down operations, sources said.

The nature and origin of the attack is still under investigation.

The attack was first reported by Bloomberg.

“As federal state and local governments focus on handling the current public health crisis, national security officials are also tracking other threats — in particular those posed by terrorist or extremist groups and foreign adversaries who may seek to take advantage of all of the attention being focused on the coronavirus and conduct an attack,” said John Cohen, a former acting Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security and contributor to ABC News.

This is a developing Story. Please check back for updates.

https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/cyberattack-on-hhs-meant-to-slow-coronavirus-response-sources-say/

[RandomGuy]

Well if you're coughing you're probably fucked already.

Not in the age range at risk. That is the point.

[RandomGuy]

My brother works at a busy restaurant in town and says that his kitchen manager straight up told him that they're ignoring guidelines they were given to space tables apart and not accept large parties because they have a March sales goal to meet.

Profits over lives in America. Nothing's changing.

It will change. When nana keels over, and that restaurant is identified on social media as putting profits over people... it's fucking gone.

[Spurs Homer]

Cyberattack on HHS meant to slow coronavirus response, sources say

The Department of Health and Human Services experienced some form of cyberattack attack Sunday night related to its coronavirus response, administration sources confirmed to ABC News Monday.

The attempt was to slow down operations, sources said.

The nature and origin of the attack is still under investigation.

The attack was first reported by Bloomberg.

“As federal state and local governments focus on handling the current public health crisis, national security officials are also tracking other threats — in particular those posed by terrorist or extremist groups and foreign adversaries who may seek to take advantage of all of the attention being focused on the coronavirus and conduct an attack,” said John Cohen, a former acting Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security and contributor to ABC News.

This is a developing Story. Please check back for updates.

https://www.wtnh.com/news/national/cyberattack-on-hhs-meant-to-slow-coronavirus-response-sources-say/


would not surprise me if trump fires the guy who reported the cyberattack


russian orders for their asset!

[Winehole23]

My brother works at a busy restaurant in town and says that his kitchen manager straight up told him that they're ignoring guidelines they were given to space tables apart and not accept large parties because they have a March sales goal to meet.

Profits over lives in America. Nothing's changing.
For the short term, sure.

Pretty soon they'll have to figure out how to get by without diners and workers.

[Spurs Homer]

I posted during impeachment - that the GOP had an opportunity -

based on the evidence convincingly proving trumps guilt-

to remove trump from office now- to avoid any chance of trump hurting the country even more and possibly costing thousands or hundreds of thousand lives.

Of course- they failed to perform their duty and now this criminal has endangered scores of american lives with his incompetence and his evil actions.

THe GOP kept its ignorant cult happy- but screwed the other 67% of the country by allowing this criminal to get away with crimes.

History will show that americans died needlessly and will show that the person most responsible was trump and the people who aided and abetted him was the GOP.

[SnakeBoy]

Shit was disgusting on the local news last night when the catholics in town had shut down their churches but then they go ask baptist ministers and they go full Iran on the need for churches to still be open.

Is it all Baptist or just these televangelist types?

[Spurminator]

First Baptist in downtown Dallas has an attendance of about 3,000 on most Sundays, and their pastor (Robert Jeffress, FOX News regular and Trump sycophant) is keeping services open despite the Dallas ban on groups of 500 or more. Not sure how that's even possible.

[Spurs Homer]

Ny gov cuomo showing leadership

ordered 5-10,000 new hospital beds/ventilators to be built/get ready for the oncoming surge of overrun hospital

pleading with fed govt to LEAD

[Thread]

Ny gov cuomo showing leadership

ordered 5-10,000 new hospital beds/ventilators to be built/get ready for the oncoming surge of overrun hospital

pleading with fed govt to LEAD

...& then in the next breath citing them President/Vice President for LEADING.

Brother of Fredo is another politicizing gadfly.

[baseline bum]

Is it all Baptist or just these televangelist types?

A couple of local guys.

[RandomGuy]

FWIW:

My sisters and her son are in quarantine from having been in contact with a confirmed case.

My company office has been shut down because a confirmed case visited recently. They are disinfecting it today.

I am riding this out with my 76 year old father, who just had surgery, and is recovering in his home. Fucking terrifying if he has to go back to the hospital for any complications at this point.

[RandomGuy]

...& then in the next breath citing them President/Vice President for LEADING.

Brother of Fredo is another politicizing gadfly.

Fucking president isn't leading shit.

The only thing he is doing is lying to cover his ass for his fuckups, in between rounds of golf, and badly reading the teleprompter.

[SnakeBoy]

First vaccine human trial underway, skipped the animal testing.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-vaccine-clinical-trial-starts-monday-us-official-says-2020-03-15

[RandomGuy]

First Baptist in downtown Dallas has an attendance of about 3,000 on most Sundays, and their pastor (Robert Jeffress, FOX News regular and Trump sycophant) is keeping services open despite the Dallas ban on groups of 500 or more. Not sure how that's even possible.


Poll Shows Most Republicans Aren’t Taking The Threat Of Coronavirus Seriously Enough
As coronavirus continues to spread across much of the world, including here in the United States, most people are at least a little bit concerned about what’s going on.

But a sizable segment of the population is not. Those individuals are, according to one poll, Republicans.

https://hillreporter.com/poll-shows-most-republicans-arent-taking-the-threat-of-coronavirus-seriously-enough-61010

poll:
https://today.yougov.com/topics/health/articles-reports/2020/03/12/coronavirus-data-poll

[Thread]

Fucking president isn't leading shit.

The only thing he is doing is lying to cover his ass for his fuckups, in between rounds of golf, and badly reading the teleprompter.

That ain't what brother Cuomo just stated. He commended both Pence & Trump for their leadership.

Cuomo has a shit load of those tests & he's gonna test anybody who stops their car long enough on the Long & Staten Islands.

[boutons_deux]

D Nunes advice is to keep going out and socializing.

[Monostradamus]

D Nunes advice is to keep going out and socializing.
https://www.trbimg.com/img-58deebb0/turbine/lat-nunestulare-la0050330197-20170331/800/1x1

[Thread]

That ain't what brother Cuomo just stated. He commended both Pence & Trump for their leadership.

Cuomo has a shit load of those tests & he's gonna test anybody who stops their car long enough on the Long & Staten Islands.

& CDC is still hedging on covering the cost of those tests. I told ya's that as well a fortnight ago. But, you said I was chock full of shit. That one Congresswoman finally got the CDC guy to promise, but, he didn't look eye, he looked right & down.

You'll play Hell getting them to fully cover that test top-to-bottom. For them it is money from home & they detest not getting a (firm) cut of it. Not all it, mind you, but, a steady portion is there for the taking & they're taking it, by God.

[phxspurfan]

FWIW:

My sisters and her son are in quarantine from having been in contact with a confirmed case.

My company office has been shut down because a confirmed case visited recently. They are disinfecting it today.

I am riding this out with my 76 year old father, who just had surgery, and is recovering in his home. Fucking terrifying if he has to go back to the hospital for any complications at this point.

I'm doing the opposite, and staying away from my parents. They have my phone and I have theirs in an emergency, but Lord knows if I've got it / had something already as I went to Vegas a few weeks ago and got sick a couple times after. No way is it worth transferring to them.

[Spurs Homer]

...& then in the next breath citing them President/Vice President for LEADING.

Brother of Fredo is another politicizing gadfly.

not exactly

he pointed out their failures and then

FAIRLY -

pointed out ONE good thing pence/trump - did- which is that they (FINALLY) get NY some tests

and thanked them for the good thing they did-

sounds like a fair actor

[boutons_deux]

Billionaire Forrest Preston owns Life Care Centers like the badly managed one in Seattle. He's a Repug donor.

[DarrinS]

Paper: heat and humidity reduce transmission

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767

[boutons_deux]

search "covid-19 in south america", and southeast and South Asia (India)

[phxspurfan]

Paper: heat and humidity reduce transmission

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3551767

Makes sense (for all viruses in general given historical trends). Just need to make sure it isn't as prevalent by staying home/isolating so its not everywhere before then

[SpursforSix]

First Baptist in downtown Dallas has an attendance of about 3,000 on most Sundays, and their pastor (Robert Jeffress, FOX News regular and Trump sycophant) is keeping services open despite the Dallas ban on groups of 500 or more. Not sure how that's even possible.

This was on the news last night. I think they are seating 500 in the main area and have a smaller overflow area where they telecast it. And then the rest watch from home.

[boutons_deux]

Trump-loving megachurch begs followers to pack into the pews amid coronavirus outbreak: ‘If we die — we die for Christ’

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pastor-Guillermo-Maldonado.jpeg

they should be coming to church to worship anyway, and

any fear they might have of packed spaces is coming from a “demonic spirit.” :lol

“Do you believe God would bring his people to his house to be contagious with the virus? Of course not,”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-loving-megachurch-begs-followers-to-pack-into-the-pews-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-if-we-die-we-die-for-christ/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3966&recip_id=298460&list_id=1

And God wants you to keep sending me 10% of your income, or the demon will take you the Hell.

[pgardn]

Hold up in the Senate on emergency funding:

Apparently following the money given to corporations in need is easy compared to business paying for sick leave.
Its very interesting on what is complicated. Things are easy if you just hand out the money to a corporation or bank like in 2008. Thanks Obama and Republican guidance on follow up response. Quite a few people made off very rich.

"It doesn't go far enough and it doesn't go fast enough," Cotton said. "Most of the measures in this bill are something that the senators will support, I believe. ... But we worry that the bill setting up a new and complicated system relying on businesses giving paid sick leave.

[RandomGuy]

I'm doing the opposite, and staying away from my parents. They have my phone and I have theirs in an emergency, but Lord knows if I've got it / had something already as I went to Vegas a few weeks ago and got sick a couple times after. No way is it worth transferring to them.

Definitely a good idea.

My dad has early onset dementia, and I have the power of attorney. He was incoherent for a couple of days due to reaction to the anesthesia, so I had to drive (too fast probably) to get up here. No choice in my case. Washed my hands a lot and took a calculated risk. Office lets me telecommute, so I will proably have to ride it out here. I can go out when needed for him, and if he needs to get to ER, I can take him. I am his safety net, atm.

[RandomGuy]

Trump-loving megachurch begs followers to pack into the pews amid coronavirus outbreak: ‘If we die — we die for Christ’

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pastor-Guillermo-Maldonado.jpeg

they should be coming to church to worship anyway, and

any fear they might have of packed spaces is coming from a “demonic spirit.” :lol

“Do you believe God would bring his people to his house to be contagious with the virus? Of course not,”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-loving-megachurch-begs-followers-to-pack-into-the-pews-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-if-we-die-we-die-for-christ/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3966&recip_id=298460&list_id=1

And God wants you to keep sending me 10% of your income, or the demon will take you the Hell.




Religion.
Poisons.
Everything.

[TimDunkem]

Got a text from someone close to me with friends in high places:

"Speaking to one of our local leaders: “The short answer is every day we are closer to closing restaurants and bars. We may only do takeout at restaurants. If I were you I would not plan a st Patty's day party. I cannot in good conscience advise you to do that. I'm meeting with the governor at 2. I think the president may be speaking to the country tonight. He might declare a curfiew or martial law of some sort tonight or tomorrow. So it's hard to say what will happen until tonight. It's hour by hour and day by day right now. Keep people safe postpone. This is not a drill!”

Sounds like bs, but who knows.

[Thread]

Got a text from someone close to me with friends in high places:

"Speaking to one of our local leaders: “The short answer is every day we are closer to closing restaurants and bars. We may only do takeout at restaurants. If I were you I would not plan a st Patty's day party. I cannot in good conscience advise you to do that. I'm meeting with the governor at 2. I think the president may be speaking to the country tonight. He might declare a curfiew or martial law of some sort tonight or tomorrow. So it's hard to say what will happen until tonight. It's hour by hour and day by day right now. Keep people safe postpone. This is not a drill!”

Sounds like bs, but who knows.


I don't understand the permission for take-out & drive-thru. People are handling that food & packaging then passing it on to (us).

---------

In good times, upon gross examination it's ugly to reflect on these practices. Using utensils to eat with that others have ate with, no matter the intervening processes. Having a stranger prepare your food from scratch then another stranger serve it to you. Sure I do it, but, it is terribly gross.

[CosmicCowboy]

Got a text from someone close to me with friends in high places:

"Speaking to one of our local leaders: “The short answer is every day we are closer to closing restaurants and bars. We may only do takeout at restaurants. If I were you I would not plan a st Patty's day party. I cannot in good conscience advise you to do that. I'm meeting with the governor at 2. I think the president may be speaking to the country tonight. He might declare a curfiew or martial law of some sort tonight or tomorrow. So it's hard to say what will happen until tonight. It's hour by hour and day by day right now. Keep people safe postpone. This is not a drill!”

Sounds like bs, but who knows.

San Antonio just banned groups of 50 or more. That pretty much shuts down restaurants and bars.

[baseline bum]

Stringer Bell got it now

1239617034901524481

[Will Hunting]

Stringer Bell got it now

1239617034901524481
Omar and Brother Mouzone have gone biological.

[hater]

Canada is closed

:wow

European countries will do the same

US will most likely do this by end of the week

lets hope by Summer this goes away

[TimDunkem]

San Antonio just banned groups of 50 or more. That pretty much shuts down restaurants and bars.

Really? Business is still booming at most. At least on my side of town and at my brother's restaurant.

In fact, those mf'ers ignored the order to open at 12 and went ahead and opened at 10. :lmao

[Spurs Homer]

Anyone know anything about russia being infected yet?

[boutons_deux]

Anyone know anything about russia being infected yet?

looking for The Whole Pravda and Nothing but The Pravda from Pootin's Russia? :lol

[boutons_deux]

Here's Trash obeying Pootin's strategy of degrading the USA, reducing influence, killing respect by other peoples

Trash is planning to cut foreign countries out of the medical supply chain by executive order: adviser

an executive order to repatriate foreign supply chains for medicine back to the United States, to reduce the health care system’s dependency on foreign countries.

70 percent of the ingredients used in advanced pharmaceuticals “comes from abroad … We’ve got face mask issues, goggle issues, things like that.”

“We need to have” the VA, Health and Human Services, and the Pentagon “buy that from American producers on American soil,”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-is-planning-to-cut-foreign-countries-out-of-the-medical-supply-chain-by-executive-order-adviser/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29 (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-is-planning-to-cut-foreign-countries-out-of-the-medical-supply-chain-by-executive-order-adviser/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29)

:lol is "that" available from American sources? :lol

Just another well thought out strategy from Trash and his kakistocracy.

American Capitalism decided decades ago that they made more money from "buy" rather than "make"

And Trash's trade war? not gonna stop that to allow free flow of goods?

[hater]

Anyone know anything about russia being infected yet?

yeah its slowly starting

they closed borders and shut down restaurants, gatherings, etc

its all over the world now

[spurraider21]

:wow trump just said at a press conference that he expects the quarantine measures to stay in place through july or august

[picnroll]

yeah its slowly starting

they closed borders and shut down restaurants, gatherings, etc

its all over the world now
Putin’s smarter than Trump but that’s zero surprise. Russia another country to get it under control while USA goes all Italy.

[TimDunkem]

A doctor in SA tested positive. Also got a text from that person close to me in high places. A doctor text them saying that more of them are starting to contract the virus.

Only a matter of time before we hear about them too.

[spurraider21]

"my son asks me how bad is this, i tell him it's real bad"

what a stark change in tone from his previous comments...

[spurraider21]

.

[Thread]

"my son asks me how bad is this, i tell him it's real bad"

what a stark change in tone from his previous comments...

Then most assuredly don't tell the youngster about the 8+k that have already died this year from regular flu, uh, dad.

[boutons_deux]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1238916765964554242

[spurraider21]

trump just said they're looking at changing the sick leave rule to include companies with more than 50 employees (makes up 54% of the workforce)

surprised he didnt call that a nasty question. i think he finally understands the gravity of all this

[TimDunkem]

Then most assuredly don't tell the youngster about the 8+k that have already died this year from regular flu, uh, dad.

No one cares about that. Coronavirus isn't the flu. We have treatments for the flu. Again, Coronavirus is not the flu. We don't have a vaccine for this like the flu.

Why are you regurgitating outdated talking points? We're past that now.

[spurraider21]

he just said "no, the virus isn't under control, its not under control anywhere"

[Thread]

No one cares about that. Influenza isn't the flu. We have treatments for the flu. Coronavirus is not the flu. We don't have a vaccine for this like the flu.

Why are you regurgitating outdated talking points? We're past that now.

The 8+k withstanding.

& we're not past that. No way.

[spurraider21]

No one cares about that. Influenza isn't the flu. We have treatments for the flu. Coronavirus is not the flu. We don't have a vaccine for this like the flu.

Why are you regurgitating outdated talking points? We're past that now.
wat?

[spurraider21]

trump just said he believes the media has been very fair regarding COVID coverage, acknowledges recession as a legitimate possibility... he sounds nothing like himself

[hater]

trump just said he believes the media has been very fair regarding COVID coverage, acknowledges recession as a legitimate possibility... he sounds nothing like himself

he caught the bug

[TimDunkem]

wat?

Typo. Corona isn't the flu.

[TimDunkem]

The 8+k withstanding.

& we're not past that. No way.

Just wait.

[Trill Clinton]

Any good news?:cry

[TimDunkem]

Any good news?:cry

Not really. Just stuff you can spin into good news: people are recovering (but infections are outpacing them), clinical trials of a vaccine are underway (but this is the first baby step in a likely 1+ year process).

[hater]

Any good news?:cry

its a great time to refinance :lmao

[hater]

Dr Facci looks worse and worse everyday

poor bastard at this rate he wont survive past May

[boutons_deux]

covid-19 timeline

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/health/wuhan-coronavirus-timeline-fast-facts/index.html

virus researchers and epidemiologists in and out of American govt, in all industrial countries, would have been following these early developments closely.

===========

Trump, Truth, and the Mishandling of the Coronavirus Crisis



Trash has squandered the most valuable resource in a pandemic: time.




https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-truth-and-the-mishandling-of-the-coronavirus-crisis?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsl etter_Daily_ZZ&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_031620&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6795524c17c1048022fcc&cndid=43758549&esrc=&mbid=&utm_term=TNY_Daily

[Thread]

Just wait.

I'll wait if you'll swear to uncross your fingers & toes.

Deal?

[TimDunkem]

I'll wait if you'll swear to uncross your fingers & toes.

Deal?

Brah, I have immunocompromised family members. I had my fingers crossed that this would be contained months ago. I'm not rooting for anyone to die. Don't mistake me for some of the degenerates you waste time with here.

I hope you stay safe too, Cubs.

[Thread]

Dr Facci looks worse and worse everyday

poor bastard at this rate he wont survive past May

Please. He's having the time of his life.

Now he'll head over to CNN & say completely different shit.

[Thread]

Not really. Just stuff you can spin into good news: people are recovering (but infections are outpacing them), clinical trials of a vaccine are underway (but this is the first baby step in a likely 1+ year process).

Please. You said they wouldn't even be testing humans for a year. They've already tested humans.

[TimDunkem]

Please. You said they wouldn't even be testing humans for a year. They've already tested humans.

Not what I said though? I said trials are underway, but a real vaccine is far off. Jeez.

[baseline bum]

Trump needs to make these guidelines law, not recommendations.

[Thread]

Trump needs to make these guidelines law, not recommendations.

...then have the National Guard patrolling the empty streets. You'd love that, bum.

[Will Hunting]

A law banning gatherings of 10 or more people would be unconstitutional.

There should be protections put in place for people who want to stay home (ie paid sick leave) but if people want to go outside and risk it they should be able to.

[Spurs Homer]

he caught the bug

yup

first thing that crossed my mind seeing that presser


he will still lie about it tho

and infect others

[Trill Clinton]

Reporter: "Does the buck stop with you?"
Trump: "Normally, but.."

:lmao

[hater]

A law banning gatherings of 10 or more people would be unconstitutional.

There should be protections put in place for people who want to stay home (ie paid sick leave) but if people want to go outside and risk it they should be able to.

they could label the virus a terrorist organization

[Monostradamus]

Reporter: "Does the buck stop with you?"
Trump: "Normally, but.."

:lmao
:lmao what a cheesedick

[TimDunkem]

Reporter: "Does the buck stop with you?"
Trump: "Normally, but.."

:lmao

Goddamn. :lol

[Trill Clinton]

1239641829668261893


This dude hasn't been tested yet smh

[Reck]

1239641626592460800

Little Ivanka hasn't been seen or heard from for a week or 2 now. :lol

[Will Hunting]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-may-make-millions-of-americans-sick-but-we-only-have-about-100000-ventilators/

Its a joke how unprepared our private healthcare system is for this.

[Thread]

1239641626592460800

Little Ivanka hasn't been seen or heard from for a week or 2 now. :lol

She's having her hair crinkled one strand at-a-time, upstairs & down.

[Trainwreck2100]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1238916765964554242

oh lord that's how fauchi get's fired

[boutons_deux]

oh lord that's how fauchi get's fired

and I think Trash would dare to fire him.

[boutons_deux]

BUSTED: Trump said nobody knew about coronavirus a month ago — but he was briefed two months ago
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/busted-trump-said-nobody-knew-about-coronavirus-a-month-ago-but-he-was-briefed-two-months-ago/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3968

in the same tradition of "Nobody knew. I didn't know" but EVERYBODY knew

[DarrinS]

BUSTED: Trump said nobody knew about coronavirus a month ago — but he was briefed two months ago
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/busted-trump-said-nobody-knew-about-coronavirus-a-month-ago-but-he-was-briefed-two-months-ago/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3968

in the same tradition of "Nobody knew. I didn't know" but EVERYBODY knew


Well, he enacted travel ban from China at the end of Jan.

[boutons_deux]

Trash boasts to governors that his pandemic response system will be ‘the talk of the world’: leaked recording


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-boasts-to-governors-that-his-pandemic-response-system-will-be-the-talk-of-the-world-leaked-recording/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3968

[boutons_deux]

The Best People

CNN reporter calls out Trump to his face:

‘Yesterday you said this was under tremendous control’

Dr. Deborah L. Birx, who is heading the coronavirus response, claimed that

the White House’s inability to respond in the first 40 days of the crisis was actually a good thing :lol

because it enabled them to sit back and

watch the way others dealt with the crisis and what worked for them.

Monday is day 47 since the first coronavirus case (https://rawstory.com/2020/03/here-are-all-the-lies-trump-has-told-about-coronavirus/) was discovered in the United States.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/cnn-reporter-calls-out-trump-to-his-face-yesterday-you-said-this-was-under-tremendous-control/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3968&recip_id=298460&list_id=1 (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/cnn-reporter-calls-out-trump-to-his-face-yesterday-you-said-this-was-under-tremendous-control/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3968&recip_id=298460&list_id=1)

[DMC]

Not in the age range at risk. That is the point.

If you weren't at risk why are you coughing?

[DMC]

Putin’s smarter than Trump but that’s zero surprise. Russia another country to get it under control while USA goes all Italy.

It's amazing how well you can filter information, write the narrative and control your people with that kind of government. Don't you wish the US could be more like China and Russia?

[boutons_deux]

‘Stealth Transmission’ Fuels Fast Spread Of Coronavirus Outbreak


Undetected cases, many of which were likely not severely symptomatic, were largely responsible for the rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in China,

• 86 percent of all infections were undocumented prior to the January 23 Wuhan travel shutdown

• Per person, these undocumented infections were half (52 percent) as contagious as documented infections yet were the source of two-thirds of documented infections

• Government control efforts and population awareness have reduced the rate of spread of the virus in China; after travel restrictions and control measures were imposed, it spread less quickly

“The explosion of COVID-19 cases in China was largely driven by individuals with mild, limited, or no symptoms who went undetected,”

stealth transmissions will continue to present a major challenge to the containment of this outbreak going forward.”

https://scienceblog.com/514756/stealth-transmission-fuels-fast-spread-of-coronavirus-outbreak/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28Science Blog.com%29 (https://scienceblog.com/514756/stealth-transmission-fuels-fast-spread-of-coronavirus-outbreak/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28Science Blog.com%29)

[pgardn]

Putin’s smarter than Trump but that’s zero surprise. Russia another country to get it under control while USA goes all Italy.

If a country already imposes strong measures concerning individual rights it works really well during these events.
Ill wait it out here thank you.

This is good timing for the autocrat Putin.
He was attempting to become president for life.
This May seal the deal.

[Winehole23]

It's amazing how well you can filter information, write the narrative and control your people with that kind of government. Don't you wish the US could be more like China and Russia?We already are. Coronavirus task team meetings are top secret. The government drags its feet on testing, reporting the case numbers, and updating the numbers.

You may or may not have noticed that the White House thinned out the press corps in the interest of the public health emergency today. Very on brand to have done so, hm?

[pgardn]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1238916765964554242

At ~1:28 - 1:33

A Washington Post fact check explains how the Biden campaign manipulated video.
The blue team plans to win this thing stooping to Trump tactics?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/13/biden-ad-manipulates-video-slam-trump/

stop this shit...

[baseline bum]

:wow trump just said at a press conference that he expects the quarantine measures to stay in place through july or august

Sadly it's not quarantine but needs to be.

[Reck]

Sadly it's not quarantine but needs to be.

If things stays like this in July or August, Trump might just have an excuse to cancel the elections.

[Spurs Homer]

If things stays like this in July or August, Trump might just have an excuse to cancel the elections.

Im sure if it was up to him - he would have already put that plan in motion.

It is not.

[boutons_deux]

4.4 Million Jobs Hit by Bar, Restaurant Closures

More than 4.4 million workers will be affected by actions taken Sunday by five states and New York City to try to stem the spread of COVID-19.

2.06 million California jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry could be temporarily lost,

along with 625,000 in Illinois,

537,000 in Ohio,

nearly 450,000 in New York City,

380,600 in Massachusetts and

355,900 in Washington.


https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/03/16/4-4-million-jobs-hit-by-bar-restaurant-closures/ (https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/03/16/4-4-million-jobs-hit-by-bar-restaurant-closures/)

[spurraider21]

1239336564334960642

[baseline bum]

4.4 Million Jobs Hit by Bar, Restaurant Closures

More than 4.4 million workers will be affected by actions taken Sunday by five states and New York City to try to stem the spread of COVID-19.

2.06 million California jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry could be temporarily lost,

along with 625,000 in Illinois,

537,000 in Ohio,

nearly 450,000 in New York City,

380,600 in Massachusetts and

355,900 in Washington.


https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/03/16/4-4-million-jobs-hit-by-bar-restaurant-closures/ (https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/03/16/4-4-million-jobs-hit-by-bar-restaurant-closures/)

It's cute when they say temporary lost. Six plus months.

[Reck]

1239685852093169664

Did anyone say I did good earlier? Let me step on my orange weiner just cuz :lol

[baseline bum]

1239685852093169664

Did anyone say I did good earlier? Let me step on my orange weiner just cuz :lol

And a boot in the ass for the people

[boutons_deux]

Trump to governors:

‘Try getting it yourselves’

if you need life-saving equipment to fight coronavirus


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-to-governors-try-getting-it-yourselves-if-you-need-life-saving-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus/ (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-to-governors-try-getting-it-yourselves-if-you-need-life-saving-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus/)

[hater]

:lmao “chinese virus”

its q world virus now dumbfuck Dump

[boutons_deux]

Ex-Wisconsin sheriff goes off in expletive-laden rant about coronavirus as an

‘orchestrated attempt to destroy capitalism’

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sheriff-David-Clarke-092116.jpg

, “it is now evident that this is an orchestrated attempt to destroy CAPITALISM.

First sports, then schools and finally commercial businesses.

Time to RISE UP and push back.

Bars and restaurants should defy the order.

Let people decide if they want to go out.”

I am TIRED of all this,

“we have to err on the side of caution” BULL SHIT.


WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO REASONABLENESS DAMMIT.

It’s the DAMN FLU. :lol

Stop being afraid and start being SENSIBLE. :lol

WASH YOUR FUCKING HANDS!

STOP BUYING TOILET PAPER.

DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME????

pic.twitter.com/a0dZwhA4nj (https://t.co/a0dZwhA4nj)
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) March 15, 2020 (https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239324440934133760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[baseline bum]

LOL wash your hands is the new duck and cover.

[boutons_deux]

The Best People

Trump is livid at Jared Kushner over the ‘inept and flat-footed’ coronavirus response

President Donald Trump has lost faith in his son-and-law and senior advisor,

Coronavirus poses a once-in-a-hundred-years threat to the country,” Vanity Fair reported.

“As Trump processes the stakes facing the country—and his presidency—

he’s also lashing out at advisers,

whom he blames for the White House’s inept and flat-footed response.

Sources say a

principal target of his anger is Jared Kushner.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-is-livid-at-jared-kushner-over-the-inept-and-flat-footed-coronavirus-response-report/ (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-is-livid-at-jared-kushner-over-the-inept-and-flat-footed-coronavirus-response-report/)

[DarrinS]

I'm hoping for an early heat wave. We had a very warm winter, so, hopefully...

[spurraider21]

I'm hoping for an early heat wave. We had a very warm winter, so, hopefully...
i was pretty disappointed we only got one snow day here all season... not this is exactly blizzard country but there was supposed to be considerably more. having come from a place where it literally never snows, i was looking forward to that change of scenery

[Splits]

i was pretty disappointed we only got one snow day here all season... not this is exactly blizzard country but there was supposed to be considerably more. having come from a place where it literally never snows, i was looking forward to that change of scenery

just wait, DC area storms will destroy your will to survive. go buy a generator.

[boutons_deux]

covid-19 in Australia (summer there), indonesia, brazil, mx, argentina.

Y'all gullibles swallow Trash's lies every time.

[boutons_deux]

The Obama White House Warned Trump In 2017 About A Potential Global Pandemic


Just before Donald Trump took office in 2017,

officials in the Obama White House warned Trump’s team about

the need to plan for the very type of pandemic that is now wreaking havoc around the globe.

officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.”

two-thirds of Trump officials who were briefed on the matter are no longer in the administration, :lol

which is likely one reason why the president has managed this current crisis so badly.

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/03/16/obama-white-house-warned-trump-in-2017-about-potential-global-pandemic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29 (https://www.politicususa.com/2020/03/16/obama-white-house-warned-trump-in-2017-about-potential-global-pandemic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politi cus+USA+%29)


https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/trump-inauguration-warning-scenario-pandemic-132797

[DarrinS]

covid-19 in Australia (summer there), indonesia, brazil, mx, argentina.

Y'all gullibles swallow Trash's lies every time.

Warm climate doesn't mean zero.

[DarrinS]

Good read


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/coronavirus-covid-19-hong-kong-usa-new-york

[boutons_deux]

Disaster Capitalism

Google, other companies get your data if you used Verily's coronavirus site

Verily says it only shares the data with Google with explicit permission.

You can't use the service if you don't agree.

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-other-companies-get-your-data-if-you-used-verilys-coronavirus-site/#ftag=CAD590a51e (https://www.cnet.com/news/google-other-companies-get-your-data-if-you-used-verilys-coronavirus-site/#ftag=CAD590a51e)

[DMC]

i was pretty disappointed we only got one snow day here all season... not this is exactly blizzard country but there was supposed to be considerably more. having come from a place where it literally never snows, i was looking forward to that change of scenery

We had a snow in Austin. I spent enough time in the frozen tundra this year, don't need more.

[DarrinS]

Disaster Capitalism

Google, other companies get your data if you used Verily's coronavirus site

Verily says it only shares the data with Google with explicit permission.

You can't use the service if you don't agree.

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-other-companies-get-your-data-if-you-used-verilys-coronavirus-site/#ftag=CAD590a51e (https://www.cnet.com/news/google-other-companies-get-your-data-if-you-used-verilys-coronavirus-site/#ftag=CAD590a51e)



Don't know how Google works yet?

[spurraider21]

just wait, DC area storms will destroy your will to survive. go buy a generator.
we're far enough from DC and far enough from the coast where the major storms rarely hit here. we do get a decent amount of thunderstorms and a tree did crush a car next door to us (all the trees around us have since been cut). but power outages are uncommon and here within the city, they do a good job of getting things back up pretty quick. if i was in the outskirts or in more rural areas, yeah i'd easily invest in a generator.

only thing i really have at this point as countermeasure is my car jumpstarter that also has USB charging ports

[DarrinS]

Social distancing works

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/12/23/25892312-8106127-Pueyo_referenced_the_Spanish_Flu_pandemic_in_the_U S_in_1918_to_i-a-1_1584056534611.jpg

[Will Hunting]

i was pretty disappointed we only got one snow day here all season... not this is exactly blizzard country but there was supposed to be considerably more. having come from a place where it literally never snows, i was looking forward to that change of scenery
Yeah everyone told me when I moved from dallas to DC “Just wait until you get those northeastern winters, you’ll really miss Dallas!” and the winter in DC was extremely mild this year.

[hater]

Social distancing works

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/12/23/25892312-8106127-Pueyo_referenced_the_Spanish_Flu_pandemic_in_the_U S_in_1918_to_i-a-1_1584056534611.jpg

it does its pretty damn effective

it sucks tho

hopefully w the heat it goes away so we can have social lives and when next wave comes we hibernate again

that beats other scenarios

we will have about 3 or 4 waves of this before we have a good drug to combat it

I dont believe in the vaccine fantasy

[spurraider21]

Yeah everyone told me when I moved from dallas to DC “Just wait until you get those northeastern winters, you’ll really miss Dallas!” and the winter in DC was extremely mild this year.
i mean dont get me wrong, within our first month of moving here we saw a tree fall and crush our neighbor's car :lol... thunderstorms here are much worse than anything i ever experienced in LA. and i mean not even close. but luckily Cville is far enough inland where we dont quite get the hurricanes

while we have had some power outages, the worst we had was ~3 hours. for those who live within the city or near the main roads, they do a good job of getting things back up. i asked my neighbors about it during that one big outage and they said it was really an exception, and its quite rare for outages to exceed an hour

same with plowing roads if there is snow. bigger issue is for people who have to commute to the city.

[spurraider21]

it does its pretty damn effective

it sucks tho

hopefully w the heat it goes away so we can have social lives and when next wave comes we hibernate again

that beats other scenarios

we will have about 3 or 4 waves of this before we have a good drug to combat it

I dont believe in the vaccine fantasy
yeah, we cant be expected to bunker down until a vaccine is ready for mass distribution :lol... im hoping the heat drives it away, but we will see. nothing certain yet.

[DarrinS]

it does its pretty damn effective

it sucks tho

hopefully w the heat it goes away so we can have social lives and when next wave comes we hibernate again

that beats other scenarios

we will have about 3 or 4 waves of this before we have a good drug to combat it

I dont believe in the vaccine fantasy


Yeah, it sucks. I just wonder how many Americans are going to do the right thing.

[Will Hunting]

i mean dont get me wrong, within our first month of moving here we saw a tree fall and crush our neighbor's car :lol... thunderstorms here are much worse than anything i ever experienced in LA. and i mean not even close. but luckily Cville is far enough inland where we dont quite get the hurricanes

while we have had some power outages, the worst we had was ~3 hours. for those who live within the city or near the main roads, they do a good job of getting things back up. i asked my neighbors about it during that one big outage and they said it was really an exception, and its quite rare for outages to exceed an hour

same with plowing roads if there is snow. bigger issue is for people who have to commute to the city.
Commuting from the more southwestern parts of Fairfax County to DC on a daily basis seems fucking awful. I know a few people who do it and I’d hate having to spend that much time driving every day.

[Winehole23]

Well, he enacted travel ban from China at the end of Jan.Can't have containment and quarantines without travel restrictions. Wonder what caused DJT to lose sight of the ball.

(Impeachment)

[Spurminator]

1238859871870738436

[DMC]

My fear with social distancing, though it's still a better outcome, is that the powers that be say "oh look, it's not nearly as big a problem as some thought" and they scale back the attack which almost, not quite, but almost makes it just as bad as the alternative.

[Winehole23]

Casinos and cruiselines are systemically important now?

1239684003738914822

[DMC]

Every job in Nevada basically.

[ElNono]

So did Japan stop reporting, or they're doing a heck of a job?

[ElNono]

Federal officers seize fake COVID-19 test kits at Los Angeles International Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a package containing suspected counterfeit COVID-19 test kits arriving from the United Kingdom, officials said Saturday.

Officers working in the airport’s international mail facility on Thursday discovered six plastic bags containing numerous vials in a parcel labeled “Purified Water Vials,” authorities said in a prepared statement.

After further examination, the officers found vials filled with a white liquid and labeled “Corona Virus 2019nconv (COVID-19)” and “Virus1 Test Kit,” authorities said. The shipment was then turned over to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for analysis.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-14/federal-officers-seize-fake-covid-19-test-kits-at-los-angeles-international-airport

[baseline bum]

So did Japan stop reporting, or they're doing a heck of a job?

They don't test. They're scared of losing the Olympics.

[ElNono]

They don't test. They're scared of losing the Olympics.

forgot about that

[baseline bum]

forgot about that

It's fucking ridiculous, I see it all the time watching Japanese TV news. The people are really pissed at Shinzo Abe.

[DC23]

They don't test. They're scared of losing the Olympics.
I think it's a foregone conclusion that the Olympics will be cancelled.

I wouldn't truck any data coming outside of the US and regions within Europe. South Korea may be truthful. There is definitely some element of transparency over there.

[Trainwreck2100]

Federal officers seize fake COVID-19 test kits at Los Angeles International Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a package containing suspected counterfeit COVID-19 test kits arriving from the United Kingdom, officials said Saturday.

Officers working in the airport’s international mail facility on Thursday discovered six plastic bags containing numerous vials in a parcel labeled “Purified Water Vials,” authorities said in a prepared statement.

After further examination, the officers found vials filled with a white liquid and labeled “Corona Virus 2019nconv (COVID-19)” and “Virus1 Test Kit,” authorities said. The shipment was then turned over to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for analysis.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-14/federal-officers-seize-fake-covid-19-test-kits-at-los-angeles-international-airport


SOROS, tHE GREAT YAuGHT Was RIGHT

[ElNono]

SOROS, tHE GREAT YAuGHT Was RIGHT

5d chess

[ElNono]

Israel takes step toward monitoring phones of virus patients

Israel's Cabinet has authorized the Shin Bet internal security agency to use mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor the movements of coronovirus patients, despite an outcry from privacy advocates

JERUSALEM -- Israel has long been known for its use of technology to track the movements of Palestinian militants. Now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to use similar technology to stop the movement of the coronavirus.

Netanyahu’s Cabinet on Sunday authorized the Shin Bet security agency to use its phone-snooping tactics on coronavirus patients, an official confirmed, despite concerns from civil-liberties advocates that the practice would raise serious privacy issues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-takes-step-monitoring-phones-virus-patients-69611060

[Nathan89]

https://twitter.com/kristensreality/status/1239336110301446144?s=20:cry

[Nathan89]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664?s=20

Thread title should say "Chinese virus" tbh

Gotta love the ass hurt people on Twitter defending China when China is blaming America and threatening to cut off their access to to critical supplies.

[Splits]

They don't test. They're scared of losing the Olympics.

:lol

1239860292219109376

[Reck]

forgot about that

Probably because it was a foregone conclusion that it wasn’t happening. It was pretty much dead when the Virus ran loose in China.

[hater]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664?s=20

Thread title should say "Chinese virus" tbh

Gotta love the ass hurt people on Twitter defending China when China is blaming America and threatening to cut off their access to to critical supplies.

dumb take

do we call Ebola, african virus?

or AIDS african virus?

or Lime disease American disease

:lmao

[Splits]

:lol... thunderstorms here are much worse than anything i ever experienced in LA. and i mean not even close. but luckily Cville is far enough inland where we dont quite get the hurricanes

while we have had some power outages, the worst we had was ~3 hours. for those who live within the city or near the main roads, they do a good job of getting things back up. i asked my neighbors about it during that one big outage and they said it was really an exception, and its quite rare for outages to exceed an hour

same with plowing roads if there is snow. bigger issue is for people who have to commute to the city.

I lived in College Park for 7 years, we constantly lost power, not just during hurricanes or winter storms. We'd be without power for over 24 hours on the reg, probably happened at least once a year.

[boutons_deux]

White She Devil Trish Regan ‘unlikely to return’ to Fox after getting benched for coronavirus wing-nuttery: report


https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Trish-Regan.png

“Regan’s on-air speculation at the start of last week that

coronavirus was merely another impeachment gambit for Democrats

drew widespread pushback,”

Regan’s removal from air showed that

only some hosts — those with the biggest ratings — are protected at Fox News.

‘If you put Trish’s comments up against Laura [Ingraham’s],

you can’t honestly tell me that Trish is off the air’ because of her coronavirus commentary,

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trish-regan-unlikely-to-return-to-fox-after-getting-benched-for-coronavirus-wing-nuttery-report/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3974&recip_id=298460&list_id=1 (https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trish-regan-unlikely-to-return-to-fox-after-getting-benched-for-coronavirus-wing-nuttery-report/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3974&recip_id=298460&list_id=1)

[hater]

Italy is probably our worst case scenario

Italians have resorted to let their 80+ year olds die

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/14/italians-80-will-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/

[baseline bum]

Italy is probably our worst case scenario

Italians have resorted to let their 80+ year olds die

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/14/italians-80-will-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/

How is Italy the worst case scenario for us? We haven't locked cities down and the no groups of 10 is just a recommendation with no teeth behind it. We could be worse. Our exponential growth rate in deaths was faster that Italy's when I checked it about 3 days ago. Eg you logarithmically plot deaths vs time in both countries and they're both very nearly straight lines (indicating plain as day exponential growth), with our line having a higher slope. So exponentiate to get the actual deaths and we our exponential was growing significantly faster and likely still is. Italy is not a worst case. It might even be an expected value.

[TimDunkem]

How is Italy the worst case scenario for us? We haven't locked cities down and the no groups of 10 is just a recommendation with no teeth behind it. We could be worse. Our exponential growth rate in deaths was faster that Italy's when I checked it about 3 days ago. Eg you logarithmically plot deaths vs time in both countries and they're both straight lines, with our line having a higher slope. So exponentiate to get the actual deaths and we our exponential was growing significantly faster and likely still is. Italy is not a worst case. It might even be an expected value.

Many businesses (specifically bars, malls, restaurants, etc) are straight up ignoring recommendations still. I shudder to think of the numbers after St.Patrick's celebrations tonight.

[baseline bum]

Many businesses (specifically bars, malls, restaurants, etc) are straight up ignoring recommendations still. I shudder to think of the numbers after St.Patrick's celebrations tonight.

Yeah. I mean it looks like we may be worse off than Italy. Check out our trend line in logarithm of deaths being steeper.

https://i.ibb.co/LPsMjvv/fuck.png

[baseline bum]

Meanwhile our crooked government isn't doing a god damn thing to slow this down.

[TimDunkem]

Yeah. I mean it looks like we may be worse off than Italy. Check out our trend line in logarithm of deaths being steeper.

https://i.ibb.co/LPsMjvv/fuck.png

For sure. I've been following the lines closely. It feels like being that guy in those end of the world movies telling others to pay attention while they just ignore the warnings.

[TimDunkem]

Meanwhile our crooked government isn't doing a god damn thing to slow this down.

Specifically, in Texas, Abbott is really dragging his limp feet on this. He can mitigate the damage now but continues to be 3 wheelchair rolls behind.

[baseline bum]

For sure. I've been following the lines closely. It feels like being that guy in those end of the world movies telling others to pay attention while they just ignore the warnings.

I'm surprised people aren't burning DC to the ground today. The government is just going to let millions of us die and not give two fucks as long as the billionaire robber baron class is ok and doesn't have to pay anything.

[boutons_deux]

Many businesses (specifically bars, malls, restaurants, etc) are straight up ignoring recommendations still. I shudder to think of the numbers after St.Patrick's celebrations tonight.

yep, due to Trash/Repug fuckup on tests, USA has no fucking idea of the number of infections and

then there's this nightmare:

Coronavirus: "Il 50-75% dei casi a Vo' sono asintomatici. Una formidabile fonte di contagio"

( "50-75% of cases in Vo 'are asymptomatic. A formidable source of contagion" )

https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/16/news/coronavirus_studio_il_50-75_dei_casi_a_vo_sono_asintomatici_e_molto_contagi osi-251474302/ (https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/16/news/coronavirus_studio_il_50-75_dei_casi_a_vo_sono_asintomatici_e_molto_contagi osi-251474302/)

[RandomGuy]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664?s=20

Thread title should say "Chinese virus" tbh

Gotta love the ass hurt people on Twitter defending China when China is blaming America and threatening to cut off their access to to critical supplies.

Meh. Lots of difference between defending a POS regime, and giving into to Trump party attempts to shift blame for incompetence. Not surprised that nuance escapists you cultists.

[Splits]

How is Italy the worst case scenario for us? We haven't locked cities down and the no groups of 10 is just a recommendation with no teeth behind it. We could be worse. Our exponential growth rate in deaths was faster that Italy's when I checked it about 3 days ago. Eg you logarithmically plot deaths vs time in both countries and they're both very nearly straight lines (indicating plain as day exponential growth), with our line having a higher slope. So exponentiate to get the actual deaths and we our exponential was growing significantly faster and likely still is. Italy is not a worst case. It might even be an expected value.

They also had much better testing early on, we could see some serious spikes once everyone who should be tested is tested (dead or alive)

[baseline bum]

They also had much better testing early on, we could see some serious spikes once everyone who should be tested is tested (dead or alive)

Yeah, pretty much why I only compare deaths.

[RandomGuy]

Specifically, in Texas, Abbott is really dragging his limp feet on this. He can mitigate the damage now but continues to be 3 wheelchair rolls behind.

Trump party voters tend to skew older.

The people in the Trump party have polled as being less concerned with virus, and take fewer precautions for it spreading. Implying that it will spread much more among Trump party members than Democrats.

I would grimly note that when it gets bad for the elderly, they won't be voting in November. Trump wont the electoral college by 77,000 votes, or less than one percent of total votes cast in three specific states. If every single vote in 2020 mirror 2016, and the death rate is anywhere near that of Italy, attrition alone might reverse the outcome.

[RandomGuy]

Israel takes step toward monitoring phones of virus patients

Israel's Cabinet has authorized the Shin Bet internal security agency to use mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor the movements of coronovirus patients, despite an outcry from privacy advocates

JERUSALEM -- Israel has long been known for its use of technology to track the movements of Palestinian militants. Now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to use similar technology to stop the movement of the coronavirus.

Netanyahu’s Cabinet on Sunday authorized the Shin Bet security agency to use its phone-snooping tactics on coronavirus patients, an official confirmed, despite concerns from civil-liberties advocates that the practice would raise serious privacy issues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-takes-step-monitoring-phones-virus-patients-69611060

Doubleplus ungood.

[hater]

German next in line after Merkel positive for coronavirus

RIP merkel tbqh

do you remember when Merkel was seen shaking and collapsing a fee months ago?

[Spurs Homer]

I'm surprised people aren't burning DC to the ground today. The government is just going to let millions of us die and not give two fucks as long as the billionaire robber baron class is ok and doesn't have to pay anything.

maybe- that is the plan?

[boutons_deux]

some Republicans remain skeptical of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-much-of-america-takes-drastic-action-some-republicans-remain-skeptical-of-the-severity-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/03/17/f8b199c8-6786-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-much-of-america-takes-drastic-action-some-republicans-remain-skeptical-of-the-severity-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic/2020/03/17/f8b199c8-6786-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most)

[Trill Clinton]

CUrrently smoking a rocky patel cameroon vintage 2003 and looking forward to watching the tea party cast votes for spending packages.

[Trill Clinton]

from reddit:

January 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

February 2: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China. … We can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus. So we’re gonna see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes.”

February 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”

February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”

February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”

February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”

February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”

February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

February 28: “We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”

February 28: “Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that, right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa.” “They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax.”

March 2: “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”

March 2: “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”

March 4: “If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better.”

March 5: “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”

March 5: “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”

March 6: “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”

March 6: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

March 6: "You know, my uncle was a great person. He was at MIT. He taught at MIT for, I think, like a record number of years. He was a great super genius. Dr. John Trump. I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much about this? ' Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president."

March 6: “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault.”

March 8: “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”

March 9: “This blindsided the world.”

March 9: "The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant.”

March 9: “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”

March 10: "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."

March 13: National Emergency Declaration

March 13: “I don't take responsibility at all”

March 13: "For decades the @CDCgov looked at, and studied, its testing system, but did nothing about it. It would always be inadequate and slow for a large scale pandemic, but a pandemic would never happen, they hoped. President Obama made changes that only complicated things further"

March 14: "SOCIAL DISTANCING!"

March 15: "TODAY IS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. GOD BLESS EVERYONE!"

March 15: “This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over.”

March 16: “If you’re talking about the virus, no, that’s not under control for any place in the world. ... I was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus."

March 16: "I'd rate it a 10" (in response to how he rate his handling of the situation)

[Nathan89]

Italy is probably our worst case scenario

Italians have resorted to let their 80+ year olds die

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/14/italians-80-will-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/

Can't believe they are disregarding their human right to healthcare tbh

[ElNono]

Now that I'm WFH, I get to see that the Head Clown in Charge and Pence are on TV every fucking day or so, just doing a "we're showing up" routine.

[boutons_deux]

Now that I'm WFH, I get to see that the Head Clown in Charge and Pence are on TV every fucking day or so, just doing a "we're showing up" routine.

redstate, Fox, etc are "both-sides-ism" with Obama/H1N1 being identical, even worse than Trash/covid-19

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trumps-h1n1-swine-flu-pandemic-spin/

[Reck]

Now Casino owners want to be bailed out too. :lol degenerates

[Nathan89]

Anyone have hospitalization rate by age data?

[ElNono]

tbh, sorta infuriating we're still not testing nearly enough, have no actual real idea of the current scope. I don't think(?) lack of test availability is an issue anymore?

I get that it's politically expedient to keep people in the dark, but from a disaster management perspective, it's crazy bad.

[SnakeBoy]

Yeah, pretty much why I only compare deaths.

I like this tracker better than the John Hopkins one. Just click on deaths to change the map to show only deaths.

http://ncov.bii.virginia.edu/dashboard/

[ElNono]

Anyone have hospitalization rate by age data?

Probably early for that. The US at least is in the early stages of this.

This is the 'normal' though:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/184447/us-population-with-a-hospitalization-by-age/

[SnakeBoy]

In addition to antivirals a number of rheumatoid arthritis medications are undergoing trials and showing promise
https://news.yahoo.com/trials-begin-existing-drugs-potential-171811834.html

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder and these drugs work by blocking cytokine production that causes the inflammation. It is the cytokine response to the virus that is causing the severe cases and deaths. If they can effectively block the cytokine response then we'll all just have a cold.

Just need time for them to figure this shit out.

[vy65]

Yeah. I mean it looks like we may be worse off than Italy. Check out our trend line in logarithm of deaths being steeper.

https://i.ibb.co/LPsMjvv/fuck.png

I'm giving all the caveats of not knowing the math behind the graphing or being an epidemiologist, but:

Day 1 (meaning 1 death).
Italy: Feb. 21
US: Feb. 29.

So they're 8 days ahead of us. As of March 8th (where Italy was compared to where we are today), Italy had 366 deaths. We've had 97. So they're over 3x worse from that vantage point.

I suspect you'll say that it's the day over day rise that shows how exponential we are compared to Italy, and the exponential rise is what matters.

[ElNono]

I'm giving all the caveats of not knowing the math behind the graphing or being an epidemiologist, but:

Day 1 (meaning 1 death).
Italy: Feb. 21
US: Feb. 29.

So they're 8 days ahead of us. As of March 8th (where Italy was compared to where we are today), Italy had 366 deaths. We've had 97. So they're over 3x worse from that vantage point.

I suspect you'll say that it's the day over day rise that shows how exponential we are compared to Italy, and the exponential rise is what matters.

To be fair, the US has generally adopted the social distancing rules fairly well, at least on large metropolis, despite the early communication irresponsibility from leadership.

Something Italy didn't really do until it was too late, but gave us a big heads up.

Also, the US is severely lacking on testing.

[vy65]

To be fair, the US has generally adopted the social distancing rules fairly well, at least on large metropolis, despite the early communication irresponsibility from leadership.

Something Italy didn't really do until it was too late, but gave us a big heads up.

Also, the US is severely lacking on testing.

Agreed. The response to this has been clearly and deeply fucked.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that we're entering spring and some experts say that the warm weather will slow down virus spread. So you can thank global warming for that ...

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coronavirus-highly-sensitive-high-temperatures-dont-bank-summer

[TimDunkem]

Agreed. The response to this has been clearly and deeply fucked.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that we're entering spring and some experts say that the warm weather will slow down virus spread. So you can thank global warming for that ...

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coronavirus-highly-sensitive-high-temperatures-dont-bank-summer

No one knows that for sure.

[Thread]

Agreed. The response to this has been clearly and deeply fucked.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that we're entering spring and some experts say that the warm weather will slow down virus spread. So you can thank global warming for that ...

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coronavirus-highly-sensitive-high-temperatures-dont-bank-summer

Locking out China was profound.

[vy65]

Locking out China was profound.

Bend over and I'll show you a profound locking

[Thread]

Bend over and I'll show you a profound locking

The old vyster!!!

[picnroll]

Italy has an older population so when final numbers of mortalities/infected comes out I expect they’ll be worse. Neither good. Is up up to how effective containment can be which is all up to what containment measures are put in place. Partying at San Padre isn’t the measure you want. Somebody wake up the Texas governor.

[boutons_deux]

He Lies

Trump says he knew coronavirus was a 'pandemic long before it was called' one. Two weeks ago he called it a 'hoax.' (https://theweek.com/speedreads/902936/trump-says-knew-coronavirus-pandemic-long-before-called-two-weeks-ago-called-hoax)

Trump denied he's changed his tune (https://theweek.com/speedreads/902718/trump-admits-coronavirus-looking-bad-economy-may-headed-toward-recession) in recent days about the coronavirus.

The president is even

claiming he was ahead of the curve and

knew the outbreak amounted to a pandemic

even before the World Health Organization declared it one.

"I've always viewed it as very serious," he said. :lol

Trump, who not a month ago characterized Democratic criticism of the coronavirus response as a "hoax,"

during a rally in South Carolina, he

described (https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-charleston-south-carolina-rally-transcript-february-28-2020) the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the outbreak as "their new hoax" and

more recently said (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-risks-creating-more-coronavirus-panic-by-trying-to-prevent-it) that the U.S.'s once-limited number of cases would soon be gone. :lol

Two weeks ago he called it a hoax and said the “15 cases” in the US would soon be “down to zero.”

Never forget.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/902938/china-expels-journalists-from-country-retaliation-american-limit-staterun-media (https://theweek.com/speedreads/902938/china-expels-journalists-from-country-retaliation-american-limit-staterun-media)

[TSA]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ethanrbarton/status/1239953908635766785

[baseline bum]

I'm giving all the caveats of not knowing the math behind the graphing or being an epidemiologist, but:

Day 1 (meaning 1 death).
Italy: Feb. 21
US: Feb. 29.

So they're 8 days ahead of us. As of March 8th (where Italy was compared to where we are today), Italy had 366 deaths. We've had 97. So they're over 3x worse from that vantage point.

I suspect you'll say that it's the day over day rise that shows how exponential we are compared to Italy, and the exponential rise is what matters.

Say X(t) = number of deaths at time t. Those are graphs of log X(t) which are nearly linear, eg log X(t) = at + b for some numbers a,b, so that X(t) = e^(at + b) = e^b e^(at). The US's "a" coefficient is larger than Italy's in that graph from deaths up until 3/12 in those those two graphs since a gives the slope of the graphs and the US's is steeper. Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down.

[vy65]

Say X(t) = number of deaths at time t. Those are graphs of log X(t) which are nearly linear, eg log X(t) = at + b for some numbers a,b, so that X(t) = e^(at + b) = e^b e^(at). The US's "a" coefficient is larger than Italy's in that graph from deaths up until 3/12 in those those two graphs since a gives the slope of the graphs and the US's is steeper. Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down.

You lost me at "Say X(t)"

[TimDunkem]

You lost me at "Say X(t)"

:lol

[redzero]

Chinese Virus is really bugging me. I lost $4000 in a blink of an eye.

[boutons_deux]

"Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down."

Repug pols and rightwinghatemedia are still downplaying the risk, so the gullibles who believe them, the entire Trash cult mob could end up being the vectors of infection into the rest of us who are scared shitless and truly "social distancing"

On nextdoor, I read a lot of msgs in SA from people who think Trash walks on water and has done a great job containing covid-19 while the Dems did nothing except the impeachment hoax. such motherfucking idiot Repug sheeple now endanger us all

[spurraider21]

Chinese Virus is really bugging me. I lost $4000 in a blink of an eye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQA_29Htts

[picnroll]

"Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down."

Repug pols and rightwinghatemedia are still downplaying the risk, so the gullibles who believe them, the entire Trash cult mob could end up being the vectors of infection into the rest of us who are scared shitless and truly "social distancing"

On nextdoor, I read a lot of msgs in SA from people who think Trash walks on water and has done a great job containing covid-19 while the Dems did nothing except the impeachment hoax. such motherfucking idiot Repug sheeple now endanger us all






So fewer Trump voters. That’s probably what has him scared shitless now.

[RandomGuy]

Say X(t) = number of deaths at time t. Those are graphs of log X(t) which are nearly linear, eg log X(t) = at + b for some numbers a,b, so that X(t) = e^(at + b) = e^b e^(at). The US's "a" coefficient is larger than Italy's in that graph from deaths up until 3/12 in those those two graphs since a gives the slope of the graphs and the US's is steeper. Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down.

I actually understood that. Not sure that having a large part of the country say this is a hoax/hysteria is going to bring it "way" down.

[RandomGuy]

You lost me at "Say X(t)"

Log is just a way of putting exponential growth (a curved upwards line) into a straight line. the rise over run (steepness of line) just denotes a larger exponential growth.

"a coefficient" just being the mathematical expression of the slope.

[Blake]

from reddit:

January 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

February 2: “Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China. … We can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus. So we’re gonna see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes.”

February 14: “We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape.”

February 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”

February 25: “CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus.”

February 25: “I think that's a problem that’s going to go away… They have studied it. They know very much. In fact, we’re very close to a vaccine.”

February 26: “The 15 (cases in the US) within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.”

February 26: “We're going very substantially down, not up.”

February 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

February 28: “We're ordering a lot of supplies. We're ordering a lot of, uh, elements that frankly we wouldn't be ordering unless it was something like this. But we're ordering a lot of different elements of medical.”

February 28: “Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that, right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa.” “They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax.”

March 2: “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?”

March 2: “A lot of things are happening, a lot of very exciting things are happening and they’re happening very rapidly.”

March 4: “If we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better.”

March 5: “I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.”

March 5: “The United States… has, as of now, only 129 cases… and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!”

March 6: “I think we’re doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down… a tremendous job at keeping it down.”

March 6: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. They’re there. And the tests are beautiful…. the tests are all perfect like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

March 6: "You know, my uncle was a great person. He was at MIT. He taught at MIT for, I think, like a record number of years. He was a great super genius. Dr. John Trump. I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much about this? ' Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for president."

March 6: “I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault.”

March 8: “We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”

March 9: “This blindsided the world.”

March 9: "The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant.”

March 9: “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”

March 10: "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."

March 13: National Emergency Declaration

March 13: “I don't take responsibility at all”

March 13: "For decades the @CDCgov looked at, and studied, its testing system, but did nothing about it. It would always be inadequate and slow for a large scale pandemic, but a pandemic would never happen, they hoped. President Obama made changes that only complicated things further"

March 14: "SOCIAL DISTANCING!"

March 15: "TODAY IS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. GOD BLESS EVERYONE!"

March 15: “This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over.”

March 16: “If you’re talking about the virus, no, that’s not under control for any place in the world. ... I was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus."

March 16: "I'd rate it a 10" (in response to how he rate his handling of the situation)

What's more unbelievable than that is the number of people that still believe his every word.

Or they excuse his performance because "Hillary wouldn't have done any better"

[RandomGuy]

So fewer Trump voters. That’s probably what has him scared shitless now.

"this could impact MY voters"

Sad that is where we are.

[Trill Clinton]

Say X(t) = number of deaths at time t. Those are graphs of log X(t) which are nearly linear, eg log X(t) = at + b for some numbers a,b, so that X(t) = e^(at + b) = e^b e^(at). The US's "a" coefficient is larger than Italy's in that graph from deaths up until 3/12 in those those two graphs since a gives the slope of the graphs and the US's is steeper. Hopefully we're actually socially distancing and bringing that a coefficient way down.


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[vy65]

Log is just a way of putting exponential growth (a curved upwards line) into a straight line. the rise over run (steepness of line) just denotes a larger exponential growth.

"a coefficient" just being the mathematical expression of the slope.

Thanks (I'm not a retard, I swear).

[boutons_deux]

What's more unbelievable than that is the number of people that still believe his every word.

Or they excuse his performance because "Hillary wouldn't have done any better"

that's as scary as the virus itself

these people who "Devin Nunes" the virus will function as vectors of infection for all the people who are scared shitless

Repugs and rightwinghatemedia STILL downplaying the virus.

10Ms of their ignorant demograhpic believe that shit

That demographic is 65+ years old and prime killing ground for the virus, as was reported from China.

[boutons_deux]

All the airlines bankrupt by end of May.

[boutons_deux]

covid-19 and its aftermath will make 9/11 look like slipping on a banana

[RandomGuy]

Agreed. The response to this has been clearly and deeply fucked.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that we're entering spring and some experts say that the warm weather will slow down virus spread. So you can thank global warming for that ...

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074131/coronavirus-highly-sensitive-high-temperatures-dont-bank-summer

They haven't really figured out if that is the case yet. Not even going to guess at this point, given the conflicting science.

[picnroll]

Log is just a way of putting exponential growth (a curved upwards line) into a straight line. the rise over run (steepness of line) just denotes a larger exponential growth.

"a coefficient" just being the mathematical expression of the slope.

Missing piece I believe is what are the testing criteria in the two populations. Same? Different? If different how does that influence the results.

[Reck]

Amazon is partially shutting down their warehouses. Will only ship the essentials.

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[RandomGuy]

Thanks (I'm not a retard, I swear).

:tu Never took you for one. Math isn't everybody's forte. :D

[RandomGuy]

I'm giving all the caveats of not knowing the math behind the graphing or being an epidemiologist, but:

Day 1 (meaning 1 death).
Italy: Feb. 21
US: Feb. 29.

So they're 8 days ahead of us. As of March 8th (where Italy was compared to where we are today), Italy had 366 deaths. We've had 97. So they're over 3x worse from that vantage point.

I suspect you'll say that it's the day over day rise that shows how exponential we are compared to Italy, and the exponential rise is what matters.

Hmm.

Not sure you can exactly compare the number of deaths, given the relative populations. A lot of factors go into morbidity, such as age as well. Italy is a bit older all things considered, than the US. If their slope is lower, that would imply ours is currently on a very dangerous trajectory. yikes.

Wait until this hits Britain, where the response has been... nothing yet. Seriously. Johnson is fucking up worse than Trump.

[RandomGuy]

Missing piece I believe is what are the testing criteria in the two populations. Same? Different? If different how does that influence the results.

That's the scary part. We can't really know. The testing isn't really ramped up even now. They will get that way in a couple of weeks.

Two more weeks for this thing to spread undetected in most places in the US.

We can't really trust the overall "reported cases" numbers. They are vastly too low, in all likelihood.

We can probably more closely trust the "death" numbers, because deaths are almost certainly tested. Those figures are a lot more accurate.

Given that our deaths are increasing faster than Italy's, this strongly implies our infection rate is a lot faster. we have slightly more hospital beds per capita, but I don't think that will make a spits worth of difference.

[picnroll]

That's the scary part. We can't really know. The testing isn't really ramped up even now. They will get that way in a couple of weeks.

Two more weeks for this thing to spread undetected in most places in the US.

We can't really trust the overall "reported cases" numbers. They are vastly too low, in all likelihood.

We can probably more closely trust the "death" numbers, because deaths are almost certainly tested. Those figures are a lot more accurate.

Given that our deaths are increasing faster than Italy's, this strongly implies our infection rate is a lot faster. we have slightly more hospital beds per capita, but I don't think that will make a spits worth of difference.
Testing capability at this time is way less than we’ve been led to believe. Even for healthcare workers getting tested involves jumping through hoops

[baseline bum]

Amazon is partially shutting down their warehouses. Will only ship the essentials.

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8 weeks? That's fantasy talk. We're not getting past this shit in 8 weeks. Maybe 8 months.

[Splits]

We can probably more closely trust the "death" numbers, because deaths are almost certainly tested.

Are you sure? Maybe once the tests are/will be readily available. But over the past weeks?

[phxspurfan]

8 weeks? That's fantasy talk. We're not getting past this shit in 8 weeks. Maybe 8 months.

I wouldn't say 8 weeks is for the virus to work its way through everyone. It's 8 (12?) weeks to get the OK from the medical experts in the US who say they are ready for more patients (like China did by shutting down field hospitals)

[spurraider21]

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[phxspurfan]

covid-19 and its aftermath will make 9/11 look like slipping on a banana

9/11 wasn't really that bad in terms of disaster scale (a few buildings in a few cities). The reaction is what was bad, which is what OBL wanted to do, sadly

[DarrinS]

NISD schools closed through Apr. 3

[RandomGuy]

Are you sure? Maybe once the tests are/will be readily available. But over the past weeks?

Well anyone dying of respiratory distress are a lot more easily identified by medical professionals for testing. I"m sure that some happened, but given the publicity, I would think that any health care facility would require testing of deaths.

That said, I am not a medical expert. Just a good analyst. Always room for error.

[Splits]

Well anyone dying of respiratory distress are a lot more easily identified by medical professionals for testing. I"m sure that some happened, but given the publicity, I would think that any health care facility would require testing of deaths.

That said, I am not a medical expert. Just a good analyst. Always room for error.

I'm just saying that with the rationing of tests, the dead might fall behind in priority to ER personnel

[Thread]

9/11 wasn't really that bad in terms of disaster scale (a few buildings in a few cities). The reaction is what was bad, which is what OBL wanted to do, sadly

Yes, it was an ingenious hit by Bin.

He knew.

[Thread]

I'm just saying that with the rationing of tests, the dead might fall behind in priority to ER personnel


Hey, DMC called you an asshat this morning, sweetheart. LOL!!!

[Winehole23]

NISD schools closed through Apr. 3
Austin bars and restaurants will be closed atarting noon today for other than take out until May. 1st.

Public gatherings of more than 10 people are banned, with a $100 fine per violation.

Schools have not yet been closed here.

[Splits]

Hey, DMC called you an asshat this morning, sweetheart. LOL!!!

*chirp chirp*

[Splits]

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[baseline bum]

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I keep trying to tell people the season is over. This is going to keep happening.

[Splits]

I keep trying to tell people the season is over. This is going to keep happening.

Nah, they probably played a charity event at Coron-a-Lago

[hater]

8 weeks? That's fantasy talk. We're not getting past this shit in 8 weeks. Maybe 8 months.

just ordered a bench and weights from them tbqh

hopefully it fucking arrives

[hater]

martial law coming in less than a week

calling it now

these stupid kids are gonna fuck it up for everyone

[baseline bum]

Nah, they probably played a charity event at Coron-a-Lago

:lol

[Splits]

martial law coming in less than a week

calling it now

these stupid kids are gonna fuck it up for everyone

By definition, "martial law" in the US is Federal suspension of habeas corpus

calling it now, that's not happening in less than a week

[picnroll]

martial law coming in less than a week

calling it now

these stupid kids are gonna fuck it up for everyone
... and thousands of Zs say “ okay millennial” :rollin

[Reck]

So only way to get these test kits in your hands you need to be a ball player or an elite?

How are these tests so readily available for them but not the public? :lol we're only getting the bread crumbs. No wonder we're not keeping up with the test demands.

[boutons_deux]

I keep trying to tell people the season is over. This is going to keep happening.

probably no sports of any kind for the rest of the year.

[Spurs Homer]

So only way to get these test kits in your hands you need to be a ball player or an elite?

How are these tests so readily available for them but not the public? :lol we're only getting the bread crumbs. No wonder we're not keeping up with the test demands.

yup

the first thing that comes to mind when i hear a celebrity tested positive is:
”that person is famous enough to score a test? Good for him/her!”

[Will Hunting]

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Which players? Wouldn’t mind seeing Kyrie or dominos Durant kick the bucket.

[Will Hunting]

So only way to get these test kits in your hands you need to be a ball player or an elite?

How are these tests so readily available for them but not the public? :lol we're only getting the bread crumbs. No wonder we're not keeping up with the test demands.
Welcome to the private healthcare system your boy Biden is campaigning on.

[picnroll]

Science focused at warp speed

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/science/coronavirus-treatment.html

[DarrinS]

Austin bars and restaurants will be closed atarting noon today for other than take out until May. 1st.

Public gatherings of more than 10 people are banned, with a $100 fine per violation.

Schools have not yet been closed here.


Doesn't make much sense to not close the schools.