Covid-19

I'm currently on 14 days quarantine at a hotel in Germany. DOD and Germany seem to have a pretty controlled approach for handling new arrivals. Already got my 2 negative tests, so not quite sure why i have to quarantine longer.

The EU has been having issues lately though. Generally there's been little to no restrictions for green to green travel within the zone and UK, but there's been a recent uptick in cases, especially in Spain, that might cause some renewed policy. My point being that I've seen a lot of people criticize the United States in handling, and rightfully so in some situations, but we're not too unique and this problem isn't going away anywhere.

Now of we could stop putting COVID patients with nursing home... looking at you Gretchen
 
Link to an article on a vaccine.

The Risks of Rushing a COVID-19 Vaccine

Also here the government is being circumspect, pointing out that the PRC processes for R&D are great, but there’s a query over delivery. Keeping the product at the required temperature consistently from A to B for example. The head shed was pretty clear on anything having to comply with our standards. Also mentioned was the risk of a black market, bribery etc.
 
Dvr55119 said:
I legitimately didn’t know that. I thought that was a professional association. Like the AANA or even something like the SFA. I thought to be a union you had to have collective bargaining. Learn something new everyday.
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That's not a union in a traditional sense, like to which you are referring. But they are very politically powerful and their coffers have an enormous amount of money, they wield a lot of political influence. That organization is singularly the reason bad teachers cannot get fired once they got tenure.
 
Blizzard said:
Sadly, this is something that's not discussed enough. I have even greater concerns for those high school ages between 14 and 18. Social interactions are key to developing young people.
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I can talk about all the zoomers and how weak they'll be blah blah blah. But kids not being around other kids is bad. A friend of mine posted a long thread on facebook about a mental breakdown her daughter had two months into lockdown, high achieving, athlete type. I'm gonna say that is a more normal result than not and it is not good.
 
GOTWA said:
I'm sure a couple of people have seen this little gem. When you bring the choke from the sheets to the streets...

Victoria police charge woman who was filmed allegedly being choked then pinned to ground by officer
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None of that was about a mask. The lack of mask was the initial conversation, but instead of supplying the exemption letter, she played the not supplying my name game and then escalates the drama by grabbing at his vest. From there it's a bit of a masterclass, kungfu grip applied to slow her down a bit, gets her back pedalling rapidly to take her mind off grabbing at his gear, gently sweeps the leg and rolls her on to the ground, lets her gas her self out struggling, cuffed and then into the van.
 
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Article originally appeared in the NYT, but I found it outside of the paywall thanks to yahoo. What if 'Herd Immunity' is Closer Than Scientists Thought?

Something that I've suspected, we're pretty much already there with Herd immunity given serology testing of anti-bodies. This is the second major article that I've read discussing the Herd immunity threshold being much lower that the touted numbers of 50-70%. Remember, vaccines are not 100%. This is also a viral disease, so that means you will just catch by doing normal bodily sustaining functions like breathing.

Is it serious? Certainly, but so is the flu.
 
Blizzard said:
My neighbor woke up a couple weeks ago with supposedly a tremendous amount of pain in his big toe; so much so that he called his doctor (insert all kinds of smart ass comments here...I did). The doc tells him to come in immediately and get checked for "Covid Toe". I'm like, you gotta be shitting me, right? Nope, a real thing, evidently.
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I was at the doctor's office yesterday for blood work. While sitting in the lobby, a lady came in, walked up to the plexiglas and said to the guy, "I'm here because my toe is killing me. Oh, and I have a cough."

I immediately looked for a seat as far away as possible.
 

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