Covid-19

[Dame]

Meanwhile, in China...

Hu Xijin, the editor of the widely-read Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times, wrote on Twitter that President Donald Trump administration’s attempts “to downplay the epidemic is disturbing."

“I have called on Chinese local governments to implement 14-day quarantine for all people coming from the U.S.,” he wrote.

New coronavirus infections may drop to zero by end-March in Wuhan: Chinese government expert

 

[Devildoc]

Another local case about 20 miles from here. Guy was in Italy, got sick there, and was sick when he flew back.

 

[AWP]

If anyone on the planet understands multiple dead people, it is OJ...

 

[racing_kitty]

Not gonna lose any sleep over this one.

Former Hostage Taker of US Diplomats Dies of Coronavirus in Iran

 

[medicchick]

Confirmed case in my county, not worried.

 

[LibraryLady]

Confirmed case in my county, not worried.

In your county, I'd be worried. Not so much about catching virus as the other sheeple's panic.

LL

 

[Dame]

Just what the hell? China's safety protocols are like pirate code. More of a guideline.
Hotel collapse traps 70 in eastern China

 

[Marauder06]

Just what the hell? China's safety protocols are like pirate code. More of a guideline.
Hotel collapse traps 70 in eastern China

As if having Corona wasn't enough...

 

[Ooh-Rah]

 

[Teufel]

If you don't follow OJ....you should!

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Honestly most people are probably at a higher risk of death from OJ Simpson than the Coronavirus.

 

[AWP]

Youtube is demonetizing videos that even mention coronavirus/ Covid-19, or anything similar. Any mention, even video game content creators or tech channels talking about it as a news item, will see the video demonetized.

YouTube is demonetizing videos about coronavirus, and creators are mad

YouTube Is Demonetizing Coronavirus Videos Under Its Long-Standing "Sensitive Events" Policy - Tubefilter

 

[R.Caerbannog]

Youtube is demonetizing videos that even mention coronavirus/ Covid-19, or anything similar. Any mention, even video game content creators or tech channels talking about it as a news item, will see the video demonetized.

YouTube is demonetizing videos about coronavirus, and creators are mad

YouTube Is Demonetizing Coronavirus Videos Under Its Long-Standing "Sensitive Events" Policy - Tubefilter

Looks like they're trying to discourage the spread of information via financial means. A cynic would say that Youtube is either trying to protect it's ad- revenue and/or is sucking the CCP's schlong to keep the status quo.

On the other hand, some of the 'viral content' content on Youtube is derpy click-bait. I wouldn't put it past some 'Youtubers' to spread fear in exchange for likes and subscribers. Fear sells and when it's paired with a monetary mechanism it's liable to spread unchecked.

 

[AWP]

Looks like they're trying to discourage the spread of information via financial means. A cynic would say that Youtube is either trying to protect it's ad- revenue and/or is sucking the CCP's schlong to keep the status quo.

On the other hand, some of the 'viral content' content on Youtube is derpy click-bait. I wouldn't put it past some 'Youtubers' to spread fear in exchange for likes and subscribers. Fear sells and when it's paired with a monetary mechanism it's liable to spread unchecked.

Destiny 2 content creators are being demonetized over this:

This Week At Bungie – 3/5/2020 > News | Bungie.net

Before we get started with the rest of the TWAB, I wanted to take a quick moment to highlight another blog post that went live earlier today. In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, our teams have been working hard to build out an infrastructure that would enable Bungie employees to support Destiny 2, and the impending Season 10 release, safely from remote locations. Season of the Worthy is still planned to release on March 10, followed by the return of Trials of Osiris on March 13. While there is a possibility that this change could affect our patching cadence in the short term, we will be sure to keep players informed about those schedules as much as possible. Stay tuned to @Bungie and @BungieHelp for any future updates.

YT is preventing content creators from making money...by reporting news. Game news, not fake news, not CNN vs Fox shyte...news stright from a company's mouth. The mere mention of Covid-19 has YT in an uproar.

Cynical people, and I'm as rainbows and sunshine as they come, could argue this is the result of Chinese dollars invested in US companies.

Regardless, Profit > 1st Amendment > Actual facts.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

Destiny 2 content creators are being demonetized over this:

This Week At Bungie – 3/5/2020 > News | Bungie.net


YT is preventing content creators from making money...by reporting news. Game news, not fake news, not CNN vs Fox shyte...news stright from a company's mouth. The mere mention of Covid-19 has YT in an uproar.

Cynical people, and I'm as rainbows and sunshine as they come, could argue this is the result of Chinese dollars invested in US companies.

Regardless, Profit > 1st Amendment > Actual facts.

Well, they are a multinational who've whored themselves out to the Chicoms. It's not like YT are big proponents of truth and justice, their business model revolves around advertising slave made trinkets and generating user profiles that would make the NSA/Intel geeks blush. (No offense to my fellow D&D nerds.)

If anything, things are about to get worse before they get any better. I just hope to God that after this pandemic is through and our dead are buried that we exact a heavy toll on the Chicoms and their supporters both here and abroad. Asia needs to burn and their commie sympathizers need to burn with them. (Talking about you Pakistan and Iran)

 

[SpitfireV]

Or maybe they're just trying to be responsible considering their influence.

 

[R.Caerbannog]

On a lighter note, if I were one of them youtube gamers I'd be stocking up on boxes of cheesy poofs and pallets of Mountain Dew. Cause grocery resupply runs are gonna be a bitch when quarantines hit and everyone is sick.

 

[Totentanz]

Or maybe they're just trying to be responsible considering their influence.

Pardon me while I laugh out loud. Responsibility and YouTube don’t belong in the same thought.

 

[Cookie_]

YouTube's algorithm is awful, but it's impossible to control what sort of content gets cleared with a story like this. We'd all prefer that it separate the clicky-baity stupid shit from the actual news, but that's basically impossible with the 500+ hours of video uploaded every minute.

 

[Totentanz]

How so?

Start with the fact that most corporations won't act responsibly unless it's in line with some kind of outside motivation, add in YouTube's fairly blatant manipulation of their recommendation and search algorithms (accompanied by frequently lying about it), add in Silicon Valley's tendency to court Chinese financing (who, BTW, have a LOT of interest in implementing the kind of message control Google and YouTube are capable of), and ice it with incredibly weak leadership on the part of Sandberg and Pichai... yeah, I don't think they've (either YouTube or parent Google) acted "responsibly" (or even attempted to) in years... if ever.

 

[Marauder06]

Youtube is demonetizing videos that even mention coronavirus/ Covid-19, or anything similar. Any mention, even video game content creators or tech channels talking about it as a news item, will see the video demonetized.

YouTube is demonetizing videos about coronavirus, and creators are mad

YouTube Is Demonetizing Coronavirus Videos Under Its Long-Standing "Sensitive Events" Policy - Tubefilter

Very interesting, especially the part about how “white listed” companies can continue to get paid for ads in “sensitive content.”