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The new normal. Folks are tired of being cooped up, we -are- social animals after all..... even when common sense says stay home---- we go out. We might be able to manage the resulting cases if we get REAL good and REAL efficient with our contact tracing.... This is in Michigan, but I bet it will play out like this across the country. The worst part--- this bar was supposedly following all the recommended guidelines for re-opening--- they did what they were told would work- and it didnt. Patrons are asked to self-quarantine after about 85 people who visited a Michigan bar get Covid-19 By Sheena Jones, CNN Updated 5:11 PM ET, Sat June 27, 2020 --- https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/us/michi … index.html (CNN)People who visited a bar in East Lansing, Michigan, are being asked to self-quarantine because roughly 85 people contracted Covid-19 after visiting the establishment this month, a health official says. [...] "Given the number of cases in this outbreak, we consider this a higher risk exposure than a typical visit to a restaurant or bar," Vail said. "There are likely more people infected with Covid-19 not yet identified." The bar followed safety guidelines for employees, capacity guidelines and table spacing, the statement said. [...] --------------------------------------- We here in the US are not the only ones with "quarantine fatigue" the is what is going on in the UK......  -- Crowds gather on the beach Thursday in Bournemouth, England. (Andrew Matthews/AP) Jun 27 20 02:27 pm Link You guys make your own decisions... Trump's administration tells us it is fading away, "overblown" media hype, etc etc... The lead stories today are about the tightening protections around Trump against the virus....then they cancel Pence's campaign trips--- Which is it Cpl. Bonespur--- is it dangerous or is it Media hype? Headlines from today's Washington Post: -- Texas hospitalizations hit a new high for 16th consecutive day -- Texas mayor orders overnight curfew amid coronavirus concerns -- Florida again sets record for new cases amid reopening delays; hospitalizations in Arizona reach an all-time high ---- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 … GGQRY5LMQY ------------------------------------------- Headlines from Today, CNN: -- Trump campaign postpones Vice President's events in Florida and Arizona due to surge in coronavirus cases -- Washington state to pause moving to phase 4 as Covid-19 cases rise, governor says -- Miami-Dade County mayor is concerned about spike in Covid-19 cases among younger people -- California records single day increase of nearly 6,000 positive cases of Covid-19 -- Florida sets new daily record with 9,585 Covid-19 cases ---- https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/cor … c45157f5df ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Coronavirus Infections Vastly Undercounted, C.D.C. Data Shows ---- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/heal … e=Homepage Jun 27 20 03:04 pm Link (CNN) "Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases" "Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week -- Connecticut and Rhode Island. A staggering rise was reported in 36 states, including Florida, which some experts have cautioned could be the next epicenter. Florida reported 9,585 new coronavirus cases Saturday, a single-day record high since the start of the pandemic. The number rivals that of New York's peak in daily cases in early April." [...] "That's all as the US broke another record, reporting the highest number of new cases in a single day Friday with at least 40,173 new infections." [...] "The US has now hit more than 2.5 million infections and at least 125,539 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University." [...] "States hit pause on reopening" "At least 12 states halted or rolled back their reopening plans in hopes of curbing the spread of the virus." [...] "We've been stressing avoiding the three Cs which are: closed spaces with poor ventilation, crowded places with many people nearby and close-contact settings, such as close-range conversations." [...] Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/28/health/u … index.html Jun 28 20 03:28 am Link Don't worry, your President has been working hard. Fighting to protect statues... Oh, and asking the Supreme Court to completely strike down the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), in the middle of a pandemic. --------- You just can't make this stuff up... Jun 28 20 03:38 am Link When enough will be enough?!….Oh this virus is spoiling our summer fun!! Poor little things!! Forcing me to wear a mask is like not allowing me to carry a gun! I have the right to do WHAT I WANT!! And on and on...Bunch of T..Holes… On the positive side, affecting the mostly the elderly and the minorities is kind of convenient for some administration. We are facing the perfect storm, a pandemic we were not prepared for, one of the worst economic disaster coming. A totally inept Washington(am being kind) and a president who should be in the hand psychiatrists care. And a country who can only agree on disagreeing Mr. President wear a mask!! you look stupid even without one so what's to loose You may even save the lives of some of your remaining worshipers. Jun 28 20 05:10 am Link Jun 28 20 08:21 am Link LightDreams wrote: United States COVID-19 Statistics Jun 28 20 10:23 am Link LightDreams wrote: ...of TRAITORS Jun 28 20 10:28 am Link The Trump "team" is fighting hard to prevent infection too... oh, wait... https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/tulsa-so … 21089.html Jun 28 20 10:30 am Link ethasleftthebuilding wrote: Trump and Pence BOTH continue saying the virus is "fading" away. The Fox "news" talking heads continue calling it a hoax. Jun 28 20 10:55 am Link One of the funniest public mask tantrums I’ve seen yet. “Karen” warning. https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckYouKaren/c … for_being/ Jun 28 20 03:20 pm Link Baanthai wrote: It might be funnier if it were not so sad. Jun 28 20 04:02 pm Link Baanthai wrote: After checking out the obnoxious woman in your video, I followed a thread to this: Jun 28 20 04:03 pm Link Well, we are still the BEST right here in the Good Ol' United States of Merika. Y'all want you some infection, maybe some death or permanent lung damage? We LEAD the WORLD!!!!! https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-virus- … 31808.html Jun 28 20 08:40 pm Link (The Guardian) "Fauci doubts effectiveness of coronavirus vaccine in US due to anti-vaxxers" "America’s leading public health expert suggests vaccine would not be fully effective and that US skepticism would thwart effort The US is “unlikely” to achieve herd immunity to the coronavirus even with a vaccine, according to the country’s leading public health expert, who warned that a “general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling” is likely to thwart vaccination efforts. In an interview with CNN, Dr Anthony Fauci also said people not wearing masks was “a recipe for disaster” and said of the Trump administration’s attempts at contact tracing: “I don’t think we’re doing very well.” [,,,] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ … th-vaccine Jun 29 20 09:25 am Link LightDreams wrote: I realized that headline could be misleading. Presumably the vaccines would still be effective for those getting the vaccine... Jun 29 20 01:08 pm Link You can look around the web and find China is beginning to inject their military personnel with a vaccine. Some trials also running in Canada, but Chinese military may be the big test group numbering in the millions. https://www.jpost.com/international/cov … ina-633171 https://fortune.com/2020/06/29/china-co … -military/ Jun 29 20 02:00 pm Link LightDreams wrote: This fall, when flu season hits and COVID_19 is still presumably raging along, some people will get both at once. Many will get one or the other although masks and gloves could very well reduce transmission of the flu. Jun 29 20 03:06 pm Link GRMACK wrote: A section from the Fortune article: Jun 29 20 04:12 pm Link Baanthai wrote: I will be first in line, and I do not care where it is from, as long as I am convinced it has been appropriately and legitimately tested... (not Trump certified, "greatest the world has ever seen", but scientifically tested) Jun 29 20 06:15 pm Link If the data is good, well vetted by several sources, I am in. The most difficult aspect to test is how long will immunity last? That would take time and multiple tests to establish. Still, I'd get the vaccine and probably continue to wear a mask until more is learned. Jun 29 20 07:17 pm Link Since this thread is titled "Pandemic Warnings"... https://www.yahoo.com/news/swine-flu-fo … 27669.html Yikes!!! I hope they contain it. Jun 30 20 11:12 am Link Shadow Dancer wrote: There are a few articles on it today. The best news is that they still haven't found any cases of it transmitting from human to human. Hope it stays that way! Jun 30 20 11:51 am Link "We just need more optimism" says the pseudo-libertarion with free health care... https://www.yahoo.com/news/rand-paul-co … 51331.html Jun 30 20 01:23 pm Link Shadow Dancer wrote: Rand Paul is an idiot, just like his father before him. Jul 01 20 03:37 am Link
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Reason: violates rules Jul 01 20 04:17 am Link  Jul 01 20 10:13 am Link Our performance as a nation against this virus has made us the laughingstock of the entire world. Those "third-world sh****les" Trump so loved to denigrate have easily out performed his administration's dim-witted, fantasy based "war" against Covid-19 . As the media has been saying---- He got his Wall.... except our neighbors wont ALLOW Americans in..... The experts warned us, loudly, that if we "re-opened" too quickly it could easily backfire---- How many states retreated today from re-opening? Did Trump hear the experts? Guess he wasnt briefed. ------------------------------------------------------ It took a little more than two months for the US to record its first 48,000 cases. More than that were just reported today alone. ---- https://www.cnn.com/ US sees a record number of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day By Cheri Mossburg, Ralph Ellis, Amanda Watts and Steve Almasy, CNN Updated 9:34 PM ET, Wed July 1, 2020 (CNN)The United States on Wednesday saw a record number -- 48,477 -- of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day, according to data complied by Johns Hopkins University. Wednesday's total eclipses the previous high of new cases reached on June 26, when 45,255 new coronavirus cases were reported across the US. It took a little more than two months for the US to record its first 48,000 cases, the university's data says. There have been 2,683,894 cases of coronavirus in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 128,000 people have died. At least five states -- Arizona, California, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas -- had record-high totals of new case reports on Wednesday. [...] Jul 01 20 08:43 pm Link United States COVID-19 Statistics Updated Jul 2, 2020 @ 10:25am EDT Population 330,756,000 Cases: 2,686,928 Total Deaths: 128,064 Total ---- https://covidusa.net/ Perspective: with 2.6 MILLION confirmed cases.... that would be like EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT of Wyoming, Vermont, District of Colombia and Alaska COMBINED infected with the coronavirus. Or EVERY SINGLE PERSON in Chicago, Ill. being infected... With 128,000 DEAD.... that would be like EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT OF: Athens, Ga. or Thousand Oaks, Ca. or Lafayette, La. or Topeka, Ks. or Wilmington, NC or Abilene, Tx, or Hartford, Ct or Allentown, Pa. or Ann Arbor Mi. DEAD----every single one, dead... Jul 02 20 08:04 am Link rfordphotos wrote: Not to worry. Its just EMBERS. Jul 02 20 09:48 am Link I give you the STUPIDITY of youth--- I hope the involved "students" dont/didnt KILL a responsible ADULT. I hope they are ALL expelled from the college, and enjoy their lives flipping burgers somewhere... This is why we are in trouble. This is TOTALLY predictable behavior when you send the messages Trump has sent. Officials: Students in Alabama threw COVID contest parties ---- https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Off … 381555.php July 2, 2020 10:04 a.m.  --- Party organizers purposely invited guests who tested positive for COVID-19 in Alabama, according to officials. ----Georgijevic/Getty Images---- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus, news outlets reported. McKinstry said party organizers purposely invited guests who tested positive for COVID-19. She said the students put money in a pot and whoever got COVID first would get the cash. "It makes no sense,” McKinstry said. “They’re intentionally doing it.” Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Randy Smith confirmed the incidents to the City Council on Tuesday. [...] Jul 02 20 11:12 am Link Focuspuller wrote: yup- a few hot spots--- flare ups--- clusters.... Jul 02 20 11:22 am Link rfordphotos wrote: At least twice in this thread I have predicted that COVID_19 will eventually increase the average IQ of the American People. Jul 02 20 11:41 am Link Pence redefines the word "pandemic."  “It’s not one large pandemic, but rather pandemics that emerge individually,” Pence said. (According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a pandemic is an “epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents.”) Jul 02 20 03:45 pm Link Hunter GWPB wrote: It is likely that the reason Pence is percieved as being not quite as dumb as Trump is due to his tendency to not say very much most of the time. Jul 02 20 05:26 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: Jul 02 20 07:18 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: Looks like a stock photo to me. Just sayin' Jul 02 20 07:52 pm Link Hunter GWPB wrote: Honestly, Pence redefines the word "Christian." Jul 02 20 07:56 pm Link  Moderator Warning!Remember: Politics are not permitted! Keep the discussion on the health aspects, not the political ones. This thread is ---> <---- that close to being locked and yanked. Jul 02 20 08:33 pm Link "Study confirms new version of coronavirus spreads faster, but doesn't make people sicker" "(CNN) A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make them any sicker than earlier variations of the virus, an international team of researchers reported Thursday. "It is now the dominant form infecting people," [...] "We do know that the new virus is fitter. It doesn't look at first glance as if it is worse," Saphire said. "The mutation affects the spike protein -- the structure the virus uses to get into the cells it infects. Now the researchers are checking to see whether this affects whether the virus can be controlled by a vaccine. Current vaccines being tested mostly target the spike protein, but they were made using older strains of the virus." [...] "No effect on patient survival" [...] "Three to nine times more infectious" "The new version seems to multiply faster in the upper respiratory tract -- the nose, sinuses and throat -- which would explain why it passes around more easily, the researchers said. But tests on 1,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients in Britain showed those infected with the new version did not fare any worse than those who caught the original strain." [...] Source: CNN (tonight's headlines) https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/c … index.html Jul 02 20 10:35 pm Link |
