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The Coronavirus thread

Deborah Birx, Coronavirus Response Coordinator:

South Korea testing - only 4% of the tests were positive. 96% of the people had different respiratory issues.
Labcorp and Qwest early data are running 1-2% positive.

Heard that too. But not from the MSM. I believe it was from a doctor at the press conference. Also what they didn't tell you is that half the deaths in Italy were of patients older than 80, nor do they tell you that half the deaths in Washington state were patients in a nursing home.
 
No one said it was a global extinction event. But if your mother or father or aunt or uncle got it, would YOU just say "well, guess you're unlucky" or would you expect the hospital to be ready to treat them 110%?

Again, just use influenza as the example but imagine that 60 million WITHOUT a vaccine? How many get infected then? How many die? How many are wiped out for 2 weeks instead of a week?

We ALL know someone who catches the flu every year. But we also all get the flu vaccine (or should).

This is WORSE than the flu because even old people that get the flu are often vaccinated (and that helps).

There is no way the government or our healthcare system should just sit back and ACCEPT a disease that culls 2-3% of its population (even those already sick) by throwing up their hands and saying "oh well".... Every step the government is taking is an effort to turn that 2-3% into 1%. This will last a LONG time because that is the PLAN. Slow it down enough so the healthcare system can hopefully treat anyone that YOU care about that gets it seriously.

I'm really not sure anything done to date is "over the top". This is a worse, more easily catchable influenza strain that doesn't have a vaccine and kills a high percentage of susceptible people. That definition ALONE is enough to worry people. And it should.

There was no H1N1 vaccine until there was. Millions died worldwide but we did not have this significant panic.

Yes, it's horribly sad when anyone's parent or uncle dies. The reality is the elderly with weakened immune systems get sick and die from things that are very mild in the rest of us. A common cold can lead to pneumonia and kill some people.

I suspect that the death rate from this illness is actually quite low, because for a long time only significantly ill and critically ill people were being tested at all. It is likely that hundreds of thousands of people in the US already have or have had this virus and we will probably never even know.
 
I get bored reading responses from people that just don't know what they are talking about. Political prognosticators that know nothing about science or viruses extrapolating from their ignorance how the world is ending due to Trump.

I'll have you know I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night - all the knowledge, only faster.
 
One way to solve this virus issue is to open our borders, and promise free healthcare to anyone that gets here. **** Americans.
 
Some observations......

How can you not touch your face?
Toilet paper? WTF?
Don't open to public, but play the games.
Bring manufacturing back. Our lives depend on it.
**** the Chinese.
 
The gate guard still takes my Id and hand scans it every time, so does every clinic and pharmacy worker and cashier at the commissary.

I hear they may eventually do away from plastic and chip us, like lost dogs
In which institution are you presently residing?
Glad you have egress privileges.

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Spike is not in here, I am in charge now

You ignore it, I will be shoving **** under your nose 100 times if I must when you ignore ****, I'm not nice like that weakling Tibs
That is ******* awesome.

Is your dual identity ending soon, or is this just the pilot "episode"?

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Those points are valid and in no way mean he doesnt care. I am more worried about supplies right now thn the actual disease as my daughter is a type 1 diabetic and besides just insulin other supplies have disappeared like alcohol wipes and needles.
Access to needed medicine is a form of control; the fear-mongers ought to be held responsible, because they are

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Dumbfuck Donald is holding a 3 pm presser following hastily-called emergency WH meeting.

Hmmm.

I presume he’s going to declare a national emergency and invoke the Stafford act.

Or, he’s going to announce he contracted the virus last weekend from Brazilian President at Mar a Lago.

If he really wants to help fight the pandemic and do the right thing, he should announce his immediate resignation.
Groundhog Day Tibsy!

Lather, rinse, repeat.
(Handwashing instructions provided to you for months)

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Some observations......

How can you not touch your face?

I hire illegals to do the work Americans won't do.

Toilet paper? WTF?

Jeez, my neighbor feels dumb for stocking up on food and ammo. All you need is toilet paper. It will soon be our national currency. "Can of soup? That'll be 6 sheets."

Don't open to public, but play the games.

Pirates ownership says, "Hell yeah, nobody would notice."

Bring manufacturing back. Our lives depend on it.

Too bad no candidate has ever made this an issue. Nobody. Ever. God, I wish Trump has focused on this for three ******* years. I am POSITIVE the worthless (D)ims would have backed him 1000%.

To be fair, Biden is willing to slow down the flight of America's production might to China by making them say "thank you" before stealing another billion. You know, so long as Hunter gets position with one of those Chinese companies, on the board or something, for a business he does not know a ******* thing about, where he never shows up and gets paid $1 million per year.

So he can get back to ******* his dead brother's wife and strippers.

**** the Chinese.

Racist. Xenophobe. Arachnophobe. Entomophobe. Dodecaphobe. Triskaidekaphobe. Tetraphobe. I could go on and on.
 
that's a lot of eyeball time on the screen when you manage so many restaurants.
pray tell, you were asked earlier - what are YOU - the manager of so many restaurants in Hungary personally doing to prevent the spread of this? you have a responsibility to society.
Yes, tell us about your life-saving efforts, and you economic sacrifice for the common good of the average Hungarian!!!

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We're dealing with an unprecedented situation, may have to shut operations down as early as next week. We've doubled cleaning of restaurants, introduced more stringent personal hygiene measures for staff, have hand sanitizers at counters for customers, kept anyone feeling ill off the schedule, to name a few. We already have pretty tight policies as far as employees always wearing gloves when handling food, regularly washing hands with disinfectant, cleaning policy, etc. The problem of late is the city is close to shutting down, hotels are at 20% capacity, tourists have simply stopped coming. We still have a fair share of customers, so we're doing better than most. We also have a robust home delivery service which remains strong. Who knows how long any of this will last. We are working out contingency plans, may have to make some tough decisions soon. No sign of any type of support or bailout for hospitality sector from government thus far, this thing could get ugly in a hurry. Knocking on wood we can somehow remain in business for the foreseeable future, but nothing is guaranteed.
Home delivery was the way patient zero in Italy spread the disease.

Tell us how you responsibly handle the situation for your employees and customers benefit.

Why are you open when your city is "acting responsibly" and shutting down? Are you capitalizing on their fears?

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Again, this is a MAJOR event. My heads in the sand? Rex Tillerson’s ******* Moron is about to declare a National Emergency after weeks of downplaying the crisis. Seems the media coverage was warranted. Where is your criticism of Trump?

You can’t blame the media for people acting irrationally. Can you show where they urged people to stockpile water and toilet paper? Pinsky says listen to Fauci? The man is constantly being covered by the media, TV, internet, newspapers. Tell Trump to listen to Fauci!
Just because you do not understand how leaders are supposed to act, rather than how your political views color your need for mis-interpretation of leadership, demonstrates the aptness, again, of your nickname.
You are amazingly consistent in your servile ineptitude.

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Tell him hello and we miss him. LOL


Wow, thank you so much

You know I am just a demi-god that has just been assigned to Lord Spike for a brief while but I gotta tell ya, he knows how to party


$18 porterhouse steak night at the Moose with baked potato and all the side fixings

I feel to honored to inhabit his skin, all the 20 something barmaids love him
 
Dirty Dims are at it again. Nancy Pelosi's spending bill is full of pork. Of course.

PMSNBCABCNBCCBSCNN will NOT report the following. What a heinous party. In the time of a pandemic, they want to stick it to America...again. Pork to include funding abortions, undue additional burden on business, and robbing social security.

Anyone know if the bill, reportedly just signed, included this ****?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: Multiple WH officials tell me that Nancy Pelosi sought to include a provision into the coronavirus stimulus that would set a precedent for up to $1 billion in mandatory health spending outside of protections outlined by the Hyde Amendment<a href="https://t.co/qmrfmPdGsb">https://t.co/qmrfmPdGsb</a></p>— Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TocRadio/status/1238147825311023105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">paid sick leave mandate: all employers have to provide 7 days of regardless of size FOREVER. With added days IF COVID19 relates. Plus carve outs for missed work completely unrelated to the virus (e.g. domestic violence, etc).</p>— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnny_Joey/status/1238187664160980992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">- emergency unemployment funded through social security. This literally takes resources from seniors and could take a long time to enact. Im told R’s countered with disaster unemployment assistance under the Stafford act (like we do for natural disasters-$40B relief fund).</p>— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnny_Joey/status/1238187665524228096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">- mandatory OSHA emergency standards specifically for coronavirus. Besides being heavily burdensome for the small businesses who need RELEIF now, it wouldn’t be effective for the current situation. Making today’s victims pay for tomorrow’s preparation doesn’t fit the goal.</p>— Johnny (Joey) Jones (@Johnny_Joey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnny_Joey/status/1238187666761342976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/03/12/the-democrats-wuhan-coronavirus-bill-is-partisan-trash/
 
Wow, thank you so much

You know I am just a demi-god that has just been assigned to Lord Spike for a brief while but I gotta tell ya, he knows how to party


$18 porterhouse steak night at the Moose with baked potato and all the side fixings

I feel to honored to inhabit his skin, all the 20 something barmaids love him
Glad you are finding your way back, pitmaster

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In which institution are you presently residing?
Glad you have egress privileges.

What? you want my door code to buzz you into the Eagles?

Paula the bartender will kick your ***

She's a Steelers fan too

You do know we can vape and smoke at the bar like civilized people, right? This is FL, we make our own rules.
 
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Elon Musk Told Workers They're More Likely To Die In A Car Crash Than From Coronavirus

“The risk of death from C19 is *vastly* less than the risk of death from driving your car home.”


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What? you want my door code to buzz you into the Eagles?

Paula the bartender will kick your ***

She's a Steelers fan too

You do know we can vape and smoke at the bar like civilized people, right? This is FL, we make our own rules.
Is the beer cheap?
And cold?

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yes, we have Happy Hour, $2.25 any beer u want

Gambling machines lining the wall too, but we're not allowed to talk about that

Did I mention you can smoke at the bar?
Beer is priced nicely.

I don't smoke, what with all the respiratory issues I'm reading about.

I know a little bit about the vape stuff....

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Pool league, dart leagues, motorcycle clubs, hell yes this a smoking club, one of only a handful left on the gulf coast, and just a mile from my house,

how fortunate!

I vape now yaknow

LOL
 
Pirates ownership says, "Hell yeah, nobody would notice."

Bob Nutting's first thought is, ''I can keep all the TV money and not have to pay the ushers and concession stand workers.''
 
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