Covid-19

[Blizzard]

Fauci had an interesting morning, apparently his revised predictions are up to 200k dead in the US with 100K on the low side. I saw that online, did not see the interview, I don't know over what time frame he's thinking about.

Yeah, with the exception of total actual deaths, the number counts and forecasts have become virtually meaningless. No one is providing the needed context to any of them and, almost worse, no one is asking. They're just just excepting and reporting numbers.

We don't have enough tests nor are we reporting or accounting for recoveries, so total is of no real value. Total actual deaths is the only traceable, quantifiable metric. However, total deaths when reported as a forecast with no timeline is problematic.

Media is responsible for this. They simply need to do their job and ask a few questions before reporting/publishing this garbage.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I gotcha:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1244267871397707776

If we have millions of cases...what is China's real numbers? Extrapolate their actual response, and then backdate patient zero [actua] to likely being infected and walking around in October.

 

[racing_kitty]

From Tech Startups’s website: Results from second French study shows that hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin help treat Covid-19. This study had 80 patients that did test positive for the virus, while the first one only had 20 patients. It looks like there were similar results; the second study only saw one patient die after receiving treatment. He was 86yo, and the disease was too far advanced in his body.

 

[GOTWA]

Media is responsible for this. They simply need to do their job and ask a few questions before reporting/publishing this garbage.

Or stop stoking fears with wild ass headlines.

BREAKING NEWS: Corona cases DOUBLE in one day, from one to two!

 

[Brill]

Except that most of what's stated is not true/accurate.

Ipso facto, ridiculous!

 

[ThunderHorse]

OK everyone, put on your tinfoil suits... Some of this is plausible.

Saw this on FaceCrap.

Honestly, this is almost the perfect scenario for Red Dawn to happen. Over here waiting for the Chinese Nukes to be launched. Heck, I'm surprised there hasn't been a major terrorist attack during this period.

 

[Marauder06]

Oh no! Not Hooters!!

;)

COVID Casualty: Hooters Switches To Delivery-Only; Changes Name To “Knockers”

We wish them the breast of luck.

 

[Gordus]

The Chinese economy is also suffering from the pandemic and it is getting worse. I doubt any of this was some deliberate evil scheme. Are some people trying to use this situation to their advantige ? Perhaps. But it is what it is. A disease outbreak. One of many in human history.

 

[Hungry_Dog]

The drawbridge goes up, for now

ttps://www.afr.com/politics/federal/china-spree-sparks-firb-crackdown-20200329-p54exo

text only, no paywall: China spree sparks FIRB crackdown

 

[ThunderHorse]

You know that whole New York should be quarantined thing...yeah it's starting to look better by the day: New York city man infected with COVID-19 stopped at Jacksonville International Airport

 

[CQB]

I don’t know what the NY mayor is on about, but lockdown makes sense.

 

[Marauder06]

Cliff Notes for the COVID-19 CARE ACT and What It Means for You

from the article:

"If you’re an American and have a job, this impacts you. If you’re a small business owner and have employees, this impacts you. If you rent or own a home, this impacts you. If you’re a real estate investor, this impacts you. If you just lost your job and are left wondering what’s next and what the road ahead looks like, this impacts you. If you think privacy is important and it’s okay for the government to strip it all away, this impacts you. If you thought this 6 trillion dollar bailout was going to lift your 401k and return your life back to normal, you are sorely mistaken.

Here are my cliff notes for the 880 page COVID-19 CARE ACT. That’s 2300 pages of this garbage since last Thursday. 1400+ pages in Pelosi’s Proposed House Bill and now this 880 page Presidential approved one… That’s enough for me!"

 

[Dame]

Cliff Notes for the COVID-19 CARE ACT and What It Means for You
from the article:
"If you’re an American and have a job, this impacts you. If you’re a small business owner and have employees, this impacts you. If you rent or own a home, this impacts you. If you’re a real estate investor, this impacts you. If you just lost your job and are left wondering what’s next and what the road ahead looks like, this impacts you. If you think privacy is important and it’s okay for the government to strip it all away, this impacts you. If you thought this 6 trillion dollar bailout was going to lift your 401k and return your life back to normal, you are sorely mistaken.

Raises Hand: "Um, I need a Cliff's Notes of the Cliff's Notes."

 

[SpitfireV]

OK everyone, put on your tinfoil suits... Some of this is plausible.

Saw this on FaceCrap.

Oi vey. Firstly, it did reach Beijing and Shanghai (and is probably still there). Secondly, their economy has been affected- the port of Shanghai, for example, is (or was) backed up and nothing was going in or out because there weren't any workers. Thirdly, their stockmarket (probably) didn't crash because the govt there controls it to the extent that stocks can only go up or down a certain value in a day before a trading halt is put in on them.

I don't know who wrote that but it looks like the lack of hockey is affecting all of us in different ways.

 

[Steve1839]

Some serious shit here...but an opportunity for bourbon aficionados...
Coronavirus Pandemic: Popular Arvada Bar Sells Rarest Bourbon To Pay Employees

 

[ThunderHorse]

Some serious shit here...but an opportunity for bourbon aficionados...
Coronavirus Pandemic: Popular Arvada Bar Sells Rarest Bourbon To Pay Employees

That was their "rarest" bourbon? It's at a Total Wine here for $30 less! Jim Beam Distiller's Masterpiece

There's a bar in Florida Selling a Van Winkle 25. There are very few Van Winkle 25s out there as it was a single year run.

 

[Dame]

Aaaaannnnd, we're out for April.
Trump to extend coronavirus distancing guidelines until April 30

 

[ThunderHorse]

Aaaaannnnd, we're out for April.
Trump to extend coronavirus distancing guidelines until April 30

Jesus ain't rising this year. Seems the POTUS is making data based decisions as things keep changing.

 

[Cookie_]

Jesus ain't rising this year. Seems the POTUS is making data based decisions as things keep changing.

I haven't been shy about my disdain for how flippantly he treated this as it was first starting out, but I'll be the first to say I'm glad to see he seems to be taking the advice of his response team and adjusting guidelines accordingly.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I haven't been shy about my disdain for how flippantly he treated this as it was first starting out, but I'll be the first to say I'm glad to see he seems to be taking the advice of his response team and adjusting guidelines accordingly.

I don't think he was treating any of this with disdain. I think Easter is a major religious Holiday that fell on their target date and he was doing his job to give people hope. He's been pretty steady through most of this especially since Fauci and Birx became de-facto aides to the president.