Coronavirus Freakout 24: An ill wind...

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Jesus Christ, worst title yet and I came up with the polarizing Captain Corelli’s Pangolin.

Stop bitching about the titles, Jesus fucking Christ!

As a belle myself, I relate to Scarlett's tenacity!

US vice president asks governors to identify devices that could be converted into ventilators

From CNN's Maegan Vazquez

Vice President Mike Pence there may be an opportunity to increase the current ventilator supply in American hospitals by converting devices used by anesthesiologists.

Pence said his team told governors on a call today, “that when the President engaged leaders of a number of medical associations, we determined that the devices that are used by anesthesiologists could be easily converted to ventilators that could be used for people struggling with the coronavirus.”

Pence, who was speaking from Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, said that the FDA has “issued guidance on the changing of a vent in that piece of equipment.”

“And so we directed all of our governors today to survey all of their outpatient clinics to identify what we believe are tens of thousands of these devices which could add to our nation’s resources for ventilators for people that might be severely impacted by the coronavirus,” Pence continued.

Pence said the option received a “strong response” from governors on the call.

Agree R2. Some of us have taste.

lmfao so reports are now saying Trump is "getting impatient" with the social distancing and at the end of the 15 day period will want to pivot and get people back out so they can work and restore the economy

and that a clash/firing of Fauci is inevitable

we're fucked

Actually that would fit into his economic plan of helping the corporations and screwing the people R7

It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up....

Keep your distance Then no harm will come

I like the thread title. I was about to suggest: Something Wicked This Way Comes. This will work; unfortunately we will have more than enough time to get it right for everyone.

I love you people! Glad we are still together ❤.

OP captured the prevailing mood nicely.

Watch the fireworks explode if Fatso fires Fauci. That would be the end of any influence he has over this pandemic. The Senate would collectively shit its pants. The governors would unite, probably around Andrew Cuomo. Right now, it's Fauci that is keeping Trump in power.

Can’t we have a vote for titles? Seems like a very undemocratic and narcissistic move to take it on yourself to title these threads.

The WH is clearly moving to a herd immunity stance. There's nothing anybody can do at that point and we'll all be forced to get the virus and hope for the best.

I think Trump is waiting for the makeshift hospital units to be completed in NY, WA and CA before relaxing the social distancing rules.

Boris Johnson on now!

R14 we have a separate thread just for Coronavirus thread titles we could utilize

DL engineers (if there are any): Is there a way I can convert my Shark vacuum cleaner into a respirator? It has a long hose that blows air.

Why is Boris going on so late in the UK? It's past 10:30 pm there.

R15: You will be forced to get the virus. I am listening to the doctors, not the orange shit. Anybody with any sense will do the same.

Once he relaxes the rules: NY’ers should get away from the stress of the city and visit Texas & Florida or other Southern states.

Boris’ new “restraints” are so fucking flimsy. Definitely not worthy of a national address.

The bodies are about to start piling up and the makings of a revolution are happening on Social Media.

R19, it's actually 8:39pm here.

R22. Boris is completely full of shit like Trump. These are truly sad times.

Just saw on Sky News in the UK that 12% of hospitalised patients have needed kidney dialysis ... first I've bloody heard of that. this is completely monstrous.

Boris Johnson: statement announcing stringent measures. To remain in place next 3 weeks:

- "YOU MUST STAY AT HOME"

- Don't meet friends,

- Don't meet family members who don't live in your home

- Only shop for food, use food delivery services where you can and

- Only go out for medicine, or care for vulnerable person

- Only one form of exercise a day

- You can travel only if absolutely necessary, if cannot be done from home

- Police will have power to fine, disperse gathering

- We will immediately close all shops selling non-essential goods, incl, clothes, electronic stores

- Stop all gathering more than 2 people

- Stop all gatherings, social events excluding funerals

- Parks will remain open but gathering remain dispersed.

- Many lives will sadly be lost.

- Each and every one of us is directly enlisted, obliged to halt the spread of this disease, and save many thousands of lives. We will beat the Coronavirus and we will beat it together.

He ain’t exactly Winston Churchill.

Boris's lockdown isn't as strict as I was expecting. No requirement for a certified note before leaving the house, no specific limit on how many times you can go to the shops per week, etc.

In the US, the government can’t prohibit gatherings of some number of people, because the Constitution specifically guarantees the right to “peacefully assemble”, as I understand it.

Appropriate quote OP. Margaret Mitchell’s own mother died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Her death inspired Margaret’s writing about Ellen O’Hara’s death and Scarlett’s reaction to it.

People worried about pandemic thread titles need to put things in perspective.

Thank you, Sylvia.

I think the great societal upheaval we’re experiencing now will continue for a year or so, until they can start vaccinating us. Then it will fade away.

Not sure you are right Pierre, especially because of martial law, as it is temporary to address an emergency.

R32 okay, Sylvia. I’ll be at the ready to make the next thread “ Coronavirus Freakout 25: Coronavirus Thread No. 25...” soon, probably around 230 posts here in 24.

[quote]I think the great societal upheaval we’re experiencing now will continue for a year or so

There's no way this is lasting for a whole year. People are already depressed and suicidal after a week of social distancing.

[quote] In the US, the government can’t prohibit gatherings of some number of people, because the Constitution specifically guarantees the right to “peacefully assemble”, as I understand it.

That’s not accurate. The Constitution would not prohibit a ban on gatherings that are a matter of public heath and safety.

My hands are so chapped and raw from all the hand washing.

R33, Anonynus, and R36, soon, the great majority of us will have had the virus and either recovered, or never shown symptoms. Those will be able to go back to work. In cities, it will be just a few weeks. We will just need tests to show that we have fully recovered and no longer communicable. Where are the tests?

Somehow, R36 made me laugh.

I think I’m going...

R37, are you sure?

These Corona counters on the cable news channels are alarming. You can literally watch the counts climbing throughout the day. The numbers increase every hour or so. I’m watching for world wide cases to hit 1,000,000 and US cases to reach 500,000. I think it may be about week from now.

Trump signs order to prevent hoarding and price gouging

From CNN's Jason Hoffman

President Trump has signed an executive order “to prevent hoarding & price gouging of supplies needed in our war against the #Coronavirus,” according to a tweet from White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.

She included what appears to be a White House photo of the President flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Attorney General William Barr.

Reporters were not told about the Oval Office signing prior to the tweet and have no way to independently verify the picture was taken at today's event.

R37 is correct. Pierre, you have done this before on earlier threads. You did it specifically about the government interfering with religious gatherings. Please feel free to interpret the plain text of the Constitution any way you care to. But please don't share your idiosyncratic interpretations as anything but your own fanciful musings.

There is over 200 years of jurisprudence that already interpreted the Constitution before you joined in. And in those judicial reviews and finding by our federal courts, one will find the interpretations that matter, i.e., the interpretations that carry the force of law.

Honey, it's not gonna be over until a vaccine is found...even then, who knows how many will be able to afford it!

18 months at least...

you life ain't gonna be "normal" again.

Simple CoronaCounter.

South Carolina limits gatherings of 3 or more people

From CNN’s Stephanie Gallman in Atlanta

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Monday the signing of an executive order in the state that would allow law enforcement officers to prohibit and disperse gatherings of three or more people if they feel the gathering is a threat to public health.

Police “would know it when they see it,” he said of such gatherings. The order would not apply to businesses or workplaces, McMaster said.

At least five people have died of coronavirus in South Carolina, according to the Department of Health.

[quote] R37, are you sure?

Yes, I’m quite sure. The measures are needed to preserve public health and safety. There are no viable alternatives that will be as effective and less burdensome on constitutional liberties. Finally, they are temporary in nature.

So, yes.

r45, and how are they going to manufacture and distribute this vaccine with no protective equipment?

"We shall fuck ourselves at the ports. We shall fuck ourselves at the shops. We shall fuck ourselves in the hospitals and in the fields. We shall never surrender!”

I'm not even concerned about the virus itself. I just want to know when this DRAMA is going to end because I need a HAIRCUT!!!!

Well then, the 2nd amendment could be suspended on the grounds that it endangers public safety.

Big dummy R51 you should have thought of that before.

And should be, R52.

I just dug out my old body hair trimmer. It can manage the sides and I can scissors the top and back.

We are all Kimmy Schmidt now.

the orange turd finally used Defense Production Act R49. Fucking cunt took forever to use it...should have done it on Day 1!

The consequences of peddling bogus cures. Thanks, Trump!

Sen. Elizabeth Warren On The Standoff Over Stimulus Bill | Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC

We're not listening to you, you goony cuntressa!

Gimme the cash, Liz!

OMG - Trump and Pence are crazy thinking automakers or other industries can make ventilation machines for hospitals! That shows how much they don’t understand the crisis. This is not MacGyver where you just improvise. Morons!

soon, probably around 230 posts here in 24.

??????

Wait until 580 you stupid git.

WaPo: Single-day U.S. fatalities exceed 100 for first time, pushing country’s death toll past 500.

R61 is obviously a retard

Georgia's bars and nightclubs will shut down starting noon Tuesday

From CNN’s Stephanie Gallman in Atlanta

Georgia’s bars and nightclubs will shut down beginning noon Tuesday until April 6, according to the governor's executive order.

Gatherings of 10 or more people are also prohibited as part of the order as well as a “shelter-in-place” for all elderly residents and those with compromised immune systems.

Pennsylvania issues stay-at-home order for 7 counties

From CNN’s Laura Ly

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a stay-at-home order for seven counties in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19, according to a statement from his office.

The counties include Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.

The order takes effect at 8 p.m. ET on Monday and will continue until at least April 6, the statement said.

Individuals will only be permitted to leave their homes for essential activities, such as seeking medical care and getting necessary services or supplies for themselves, according to the statement.

A number of operations are exempt from the order, including health care services, news media, law enforcement, and religious institutions, Wolf said.

Hiking trails closed in Los Angeles County due to overcrowding

From CNN's Cheri Mossburg

Hiking trails throughout Los Angeles County are too crowded to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak, so they are being shut down entirely, Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced at a news conference.

All beach parking lots are also being closed, Barger said. Parks and Recreation facilities in Los Angeles have been closed since Thursday.

Barger encouraged people to walk around their neighborhoods, but warned residents to "keep to the six-foot rule"

Health Director Barbara Ferrer said social distancing isn’t just sometimes — “it’s all the time.”

Pelosi Unveils New Act As Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Fails For A Second Time | MSNBC

This situation is accelerating so fast. My head is spinning

The press conference was scheduled for 5.30. The motherfucker is already another 30min late. Why is it so fucking hard for him to start on time?

Also CNN is unwatchable. 4 min programme followed by 5 min ads. Repeat.

China knew! We were warned! We were waaaaarrrrnnneeeeddddd!!!!

considering the number of posts arguing about who started the thread, who named the thread, what and whether it should be named as such, how soon the thread was started vs. the previous thread, threadthreadthread....

i am so glad i am not cooped up with you bitches physically for this quarantine. someone would get slapped. likely many someones.

Fat pig Barr is at the press conference

[quote]someone would get slapped.

Some of us would enjoy that very much.

Here we go again..

“the virus problem”

Travelers shocked by barebones coronavirus screening at US airports

“I said I was coming from Vietnam via Tokyo and [the customs agent] said ‘welcome back’ and that was it,” Aneel Makhani, 38, a marketing professional from Brooklyn who landed at New York’s Kennedy Airport on Sunday told The Post.

He said the procedure upon arrival in Vietnam on March 10 was strikingly different.

“They had this whole process,” he said, involving multiple layers of questioning about past travel and symptoms. “I expected at minimum something like that [here], to fill out a form and to have to talk to somebody specifically about [the virus].”

On Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence said at a press briefing that Americans coming in from abroad are “screened when they come home through a series of airports.”

Current CDC protocol, however, only specifies health screenings for people coming in from countries with severe, community-spread outbreaks.

For everyone else, “they’re not doing anything,” said Maria Guerrera, 65, who flew in from the Dominican Republic to JFK over the weekend.

“We checked ourselves on the machine and went to immigration and nothing about the virus,” Geurrera said.

Even some travelers from “Level Three” countries designated by the CDC as sites of “widespread ongoing spread” of the virus reported that they received minimal screening stateside.

Gabriel Katzman traveled to Malaysia, Thailand and Tokyo — all level three countries — before landing in Dallas on Sunday afternoon.

He said authorities in Thailand took his temperature before he boarded in both Chiang Mai and Bangkok. After leaving Bangkok, he had a 90-minute layover in Tokyo, but wasn’t checked before getting his flight back to the US.

US border agents only asked if he had traveled to mainland China, Iran or Europe.

“I took a lot of caution and care — washing my hands a lot, trying to wear a mask when I was around other people,” said Katzman, 27, of Silver Spring, Maryland.

“The process is almost working on an honor system. I essentially have to trust that other people are taking the same level of care as I am.”

I physically brace myself & hold myself when I see him start to talk just dreading whatever he says next.

What was the ambiguous opening about? Who is sick?

Why is John Goodman standing next to him?

Reading robotically off his cue cards as usual.

Oh now “our Asian American community are incredible people.”

More than 100 deaths reported in single day, brings US total to over 500

From CNN's Amanda Watts and Devon M. Sayers

State health officials reported more than 100 coronavirus-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak, according to CNN Health's Tally.

This brings to the total deaths nationwide in the United States to 520, with the state of New York having the most deaths in a single state with 157.

The blonde chick is rocking an 80s belt.

Someone got through to him to drop the “Chinese virus” routine.

He's reading his speech like he's the last student who has to read his report to the class on a Friday afternoon.

R78 - rumor is someone in the White House press corps tested positive.

I swear to God Trump gets dumber by the day.

All about the money. “Country was at its strongest financial point... we’ll come back stronger than before!”

That was reported on MSNBC R85.

"We're fixing it. We're fixing it quickly."

Which is why the #s are skyrocketing.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of masks!

Ontario and Quebec have closed all non essential businesses now for fourteen days. Lifting TBC at fourteen days. Schools in Ontario unlikely to reopen as anticipated, April 6.

Still obsessing about “the hydroxychloroquine.” He desperately wants to be right about this. “Never been anything even close to this.”

[Quote]It is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States, and all around the world. They are amazing people, and the spreading of the Virus....

Totally protect our Asian community now after calling it the Chinese Virus for weeks. Asshole

R92 This is why Fauci bailed.

A FedEx guy was at my door today. Rang the bell. Which I thought was odd so I didn’t answer. I could see he had his device, as if I was supposed to sign. I could see he wasn’t wearing gloves or a mask. So I didn’t answer it. He didn’t leave a notice. They usually leave something stuck to the door, yeah? I wonder if he was trying to drop something for a neighbour and get me to sign for it.

Anyway I thought it was wrong and odd a FedEx guy was not social distancing or wearing gloves. Best Buy left an entire iPad at the door without signature. It wasn’t stolen, but I was happy to take the risk.

Dear God - it’s like he is illiterate.

Scarf lady just wiped her nose with her hand.

His press briefings are like really bad presentions I had to endure by students in college. Just reading from his fucking notes.

Did Ivanka write this?

“Together we will win this war.” Empty platitudes by the same goon who writes his rally speeches.

Restaurants have this thing where you can pick up food cooked by them. Who would have heard of such a thing? Not Trump apparently.

Barr - like all his sycophants- start with praising Trump for his "leadership".

R101 No one’s ever seen anything like it.

Apparently the only one who hasn't seen anything like it are Trump and his supporters R103.

I missed it, what did Barr say about surgical mask and knocking on peoples door?

Denver locked down as of 5PM today

Under the order:

Liquor stores will close

Breweries will close

Recreational marijuana dispensaries will close; medical exempt

No picnics or organized games in parks

Allowed under the order:

Getting groceries

Obtaining medical supplies or medication

Engaging in outdoor activities like walking, hiking or running, and continuing the strict observance of physical distancing practices

Second day without Fauci btw. Maybe the good doctor finally had enough of the Dump show.

My state announced today that non essential businesses can stay open but are prohibited from having more than 10 customers at a time. How that will be enforced is a mystery to me.

Dr. Brixx: 28% of samples submitted for testing have come up positive in NYC, less than 8% in the rest of the country.

Did Trump "temporarily suspend" Fauci ?

R105, they say they passed a law (or executive order, probably?) that says if you’re hoarding products yet to be determined, they’re coming for you.

For right now at least, they’re not going after people’s toilet paper hoards, they’re going after people with “warehouses full of masks.” Since I doubt anyone has warehouses full of masks any more, that sounds like they just opened the door for jackbooted thugs to knock on your door in a month or two.

R105, Barr said if he smells anything like pot roast or fried chicken, he will be knocking on your door.

What is Pence talking about? Congress hasn’t passed anything.

R108, where do you live?

R106 On a side note, in Los Angeles, the Anheuser-Busch brewery facility in Van Nuys remains open, but has shifted to making hand sanitizer. There's one in New York doing it as well.

Thanks R111. That will never happen R112 since I am one of those snobby vegans.

I hope there are no softball questions today from the press.

I’m guessing an executive order? Unless it’s in that Republican bill Pelosi won’t pass.

This sounds like Marshall Law to me. The Constitution would have to be suspended to let them knock your door down for owning legally purchased items.

Martial Law R118.

⏳ CORONA TIME 🐶 MARCH 23 6:30PM EST

🌐 GLOBAL

CASES: 378,392

DEATHS: 16,490

CRITICAL: 22,211

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

CASES: 43,499

DEATHS: 545

CRITICAL: 1,040

Marshall Law r119

R114 SW VA. I heard this on NPR on the car radio today and laughed. What a joke.

Why is Elton John at today’s press conference?

He is going to start a Coronavirus Foundation.

And Marco Rubio R121.

If Trump has his way, we'll all be back to work next week, dressed in the common laborer's PPE....... 55 gallon industrial size trash bags and colorful bandanas.

[quote]I hope there are no softball questions today from the press.

There are very few members of the press there due to the guy who might have CV. Convenient for Trump.

[quote]Why is Elton John at today’s press conference?

Oh god. Not another fucking version of Candle in the Wind.

“We’re going to make things much much less bad,”

“Throughput” again. Scarf lady loves throughput.

One great thing these Coronavirus threads have done is kill off the ridiculous Lindsay Graham meme threads that use "Treason" in the title.

They trickle by with a few posts a day now! Ha ha!

As anyone else noticed when someone is speaking and Trump is listening it looks like he is just have a hell of a time understanding what they are saying so he just nods in agreement.

*Has

China and South Korea’s numbers mean nothing because they both enacted much stricter quarantines and extensive testing than we have.

Elton will right about a new and powerful virus that gentlybwafts through the air in tiny droplets, and silently wacks you like a sledgehammer.

The title, you ask ..... [italic] The Corona In The Wind

Elton keeps touching his face.

Bitch is getting testy.

Scarf lady talking about touching surfaces as she touches the podium and Pence’s blue and white pamphlet with the same hand she wiped her nose with 5 minutes ago.

He's obviously going to end social distancing after the 15 days. He clearly can't wait to get back to business.

R138 And now Trump picks up the same pamphlet. My sides!

^^^ right = write

gentlybwafts = gently wafts

😵 DAMN YOU, AUTOCORRECT.

DAMN YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL !

FL is doomed...check this out! Maybe related to orange turd...very high IQ!

Florida politician says coronavirus cured by blowing hairdryer up nose

A local Florida politician has apologized for telling a public meeting that blowing a hairdryer up your nose can cure the coronavirus.

Okeechobee County Commissioner Bryant Culpepper bragged about his background as a paramedic as he hailed the madcap “cure” that he saw “one of the foremost doctors who has studied the coronavirus” reveal on cable TV.

“This sounds really goofy — and it did to me too — but it works,” he told Friday’s meeting of his commission, as caught on video.

“The answer was you use a blow dryer. You hold a blow dryer up to your face and you inhale with your nose and it kills all the viruses in your nose,” he insisted.

“Sometimes the cures for some of these diseases are very simple.”

His widely debunked claims were met with silence, before an awkward “OK” — and another member of the commission warned against “misinformation” over the potentially deadly virus.

It was met with a far more hostile audience online, however, with the commissioner getting called “dangerously ignorant,” a “special kind of stupid” and even “dumb as a f—ing rock” on his own Facebook page.

“Misinformation is deadlier than the actual virus,” one critic, Tony Trotter, warned him on Facebook.

Culpepper on Sunday offered a “heartfelt sorry” for angry exchanges he had with critics online as well as “the embarrassment I caused to my Fellow Commissioners” and staff.

“I will not offer any more suggestions unless they are tried and proven,” he vowed, asking for “forgiveness for anything offensive that I uttered.”

Scarf Lady's nose is running.

, Elton’s song will be a reworked “I’m Still Standing” and in the video Trump will get to do the “yeah, yeah, yeah”s. And Scott Baio and Antonio Sabato Jr will also appear in it,

Elton looks like he would rather be elsewhere. Scarf lady is needs to be quarantined, stat.

Birx is trying hard to rationalize why it would have still worked out if Rand had not gotten tested due to be being asymptomatic, because he would have been practicing social distancing. She then mentions she had a test because of a slight fever and came back negative. If she would have been a regular person, the doctors probably would not have said her symptoms were not strong enough or it would have taken ten days to get the results.

Trump is really dedicated to opening things up next week.

Also, Idaho etc might have fewer cases because of the much less dense population, not because of a great governor.

Oh and Scarf lady, you need 2 consecutive negative tests before you can officially be considered CV negative. So go shake Trump’s hand now, please.

Has any other thread title in the history of DL had 24+ chapters?

Yes, I'm lazy & refuse to do any research.

Where does the scarf lady even shop? Where does one even find such an ensemble? It looks like a goodwill exploded.

R148, yes, many have.

Taking personal responsibility...in America. That's why we're not going to break the chain. A freaking senator couldn't be bothered to inconvenience his life by self isolating, why would many other Americans? That's why we need national leader to work with state officials to enact self isolating measures. But instead, we'll just dawdle along with this fuck show and states doing their own thing.

[quote]Scarf Lady's nose is running.

Has she tried the hair dryer thing in r142?

Well this is depressing, Dr. Birx (scarf lady) and I are the same age.

"We have to open our country!" In other words, go to work, go out eat, go to sporting events, etc. He thinks the economy is more important than human lives.

They’re all touching the podium. Idiots.

I haven't read it R149, but the NY Post has an article about why it matters what she wears.

He’s going to open everything up in a week. We’re all going to die.

I guarantee Fauci is not down with Trump and his ‘plan.’

The pursuit of capitalism at any cost unfolding before us. Spend, consume, even if it literally kills us. Life isn't worth it unless we spend and consume. Republican bible thumpers can go fuck themselves, I never want to hear another spiel from them. Their bible is money.

[quote]Also, Idaho etc might have fewer cases because of the much less dense population, not because of a great governor.

Less density, less travel in and out of the state, fewer gathering establishments ... but it's just a matter of time before these states, too, get hit hard.

That’s why Fauci isn’t there. Watch Fauci get fired and become a consultant on CNN. While Trump tells MAGATs not to listen to him.

People are going to refuse to go to work, regardless of what he wants. Once they start seeing people drop dead, they're going to refuse to go along with this.

He's unbelievable, thinking the economy is more important than life. That's the real schism between rethugs and Democrats.

So they are going to lead the US citizens to slaughter in order to get business going again?

What the fuck?

No way.

Business will come back. Everybody stay the fuck home.

So Dr Birx is okay with all this? Someone ask her and have her answer on that stage.

On the plus side, Fox News will go back to telling old people to go out and breathe on each other. With any luck, their entire viewership will go back to work and finish each other off.

Trump "press conference" highlights:

- We have TREMENDOUS responsibility, people have TREMENDOUS anxiety and depression

- You have death, we have a double obligation, we have a great country in the world,

- We've gone through A TREMENDOUS learning

- We're doing a lot of things

- We have an incredibly talented group of people

- We're going to be watching very closely the hotspots

- I don't think we'll have another event like this, this is very unique

- You go back to 09, they lost a lot of people

- This is a medical, a severe medical situation that could cause problems far beyond the medical

- This two week period has been good. It's been like this incredible learning process

- Remember New York has the NY Stock Exchange. To close the NY Stock Exchange...

- At some point, we'll be setting some datelines

- This could create a much bigger problem than the problem we started off with

- The number of jobs, almost 160 million, you can't turn that off, there'll be TREMENDOUS repercussions

- I think in the end, we're going to end up being bigger, better and stronger

He keeps saying Asian Americans love "our" country - like they are visitors and not full citizens.

He’s replaced the “China virus” with the “Invisible Scourge.” Everything must have a nickname.

And now he’s not gonna allow anyone to blame “our great Asian-Americans” for this virus? Really??

The president is opening up business to save his stupid hotels. And be willing to risk all of our lives.

“The workers LOVE those businesses.”

fucking incoherent

Pretty much guaranteeing the USA will have the highest number of cases and deaths. He won't care.

Donald Trump wants to play himself in the Lifetime Movie Network production of "The Corona Diaries"

"coming all over the world"

Birx is the angel of death, she has it and he does now too

He thinks people are going to be booking hotel rooms and cruises? Guess he's banking on America's unending supply of stupid people.

He just called Dr. Birx “Debbie.”

Is he ever going to finish a sentence, instead of being distracted like a 2 year old?

Boeing produced a flawed airplane that killed over 500. And they covered up their negligence. Their executives should be indicted for manslaughter.

🙅 The scarf is covering the hole in her neck where her trach tube will be connected after her performance on today's episode of The Trump Hog & Phony Show.

R179 They’re a GREAT COMPANY and we need to help them out.

How about you think about how you wiped your nose with your hand on live TV, Dr. Birx?

Trump can’t “open everything up”. Governors are in control of their states. They have the final say. He can threaten the red state govs with not supporting them if they don’t go along with him but that’s about it. He has no say in schools, private businesses, etc.

We’ll see what tune he’s singing on Friday when there are 200k infected and 10k dead.

Dr. Birx wouldn’t take his bait about the reporters’ seating. She’ll be gone before long.

His "opening" the country back up next week (or soon after) is his typical B.S. (remember when we were supposed to have a "million" tests last week?). He's saying that for the stock market.

By the end of the week the numbers will have increased so much that most will forget he ever said that.

CNN and MSNBC think we need to hear their babbling anchors more than our nutcase president. Bye bitches.

Just because his supporters are retards doesn’t mean we all are. When people start seeing the bodies pile up the last thing they’re gonna want to do is go on a trip.

They are more informed than Trump R186.

omg Trump back to asking Scarf lady moronic questions like a hyperactive 8-year old. Babbling on and rambling while everyone in that room is like “WTF??”

Reading accounts like the one at R76, it's almost as if our government wants it to spread far and wide.

Why can't someone take him and Pence out? I can't even imagine the secret service would be too moved to get in the way at this point.

That reporter asking Trump about a (economic) depression and Trump takes off ranting about mass depression and suicides among the unemployed if he doesn’t “open up the country.”

Birx seems more open to say the things Trump wants her to say - am guessing we will not see Fauci again.

Trump mentioned Fauci so maybe Trump hasn't fired him yet.

If trump was gonna open the country up next week then congress wouldn’t be passing a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill right now. I don’t know why people bother watching these press conferences and then stressing over them. They’re meaningless. Hot air.

He’s really determined to end all social distancing. Reporter asking if Dr. Fauci agrees with his “plan.” Trump says they talk all the time.

Right.

Birx is a doctor so of course she could self diagnose herself. I just can't stand the stupid.

He saw that 30% unemployment figure and panicked. He’s scared shitless. This is ALL about his re-election.

"We can't tell you if it's transmitted mainly through droplets or surface transmissions, but go ahead and go to work next week."

Trump mugging and winking and smirking and nodding randomly as Pence drones on is priceless.

The whole concept of death is terrible...

Trump is terrified so he is falling back on his usual tricks. He thinks he can control the virus like he has been able to control everything else but he is going to find out that he can't.

But the falling stock market is more terrible cause I won’t be reelected if we have a recession, so full speed ahead! Back to work, everyone!

Medical professionals should not be sticking up for Plump. When the smoke clears, he will blame them and they will be on tape praising him. People need to know to just stay away from creeps like the illegitimate president.

I Donald's psychopathy is exposed to the degree that even his simple-minded followers will realize it and turn on him.

I hope people will take a moment and reach out to their reps and tell them to hold the line against the corporate raiders who are begging for a hand out. It’s high time the average guy gets help before these people.

These press briefings are his new rallies. Please stop watching them. They’re meaningless. On Sunday when there’s 300k cases and over 10k dead he isn’t going to open everything up. Please. He’s rambling for his brain dead base. I wish networks would stop broadcasting.

R206 Robert Reich was interviewed on this and he said these companies will do just fine without billions of dollars in bailouts. They can borrow money at rock bottom rates and get by with no problem. It’s the workers that need help, NOT big business.

His tone when asked about Melania being test -- She's great - she's fine - negative, negative -- was a bit odd. He almost seemed irritated and seemed like he really did not think about it much. No emotion on being happy she was ok. Not a huge shock, but it stuck out to me.

Hopefully the house will hold the line against the corporate raiders. Can you i ignite the giveaways for Wall Street that they tucked in there.

Such a scam.

Since this is the hot thread I have a question. I have the 9 mega roll of toilet paper which equals 36 regular rolls. Does anyone remember toilet rolls being so small?

I want to watch Fox viewers watching and cheering on Fox as it falls in line with Trump and Kudlow.

Sean Hannity: We can't shut down the economy to save 2.5% of the population who are unproductive!

Fox viewers gumming their food and raising their canes in ecstatic unison.

[quote]This is ALL about his re-election.

Isn't everything, R198? His constant press conferences haven't been working for him, they just reveal his incompetence. The head of most Trump fans must be spinning trying to reconcile all the up-is-now-down, black-is-now-white reversals.

Trump's probably desperate to get back out on the road and hold more rallies in front of fawning fans. He is probably keen to embrace "herd immunity" but what he really wants is the return of herd stupidity.

My manager has been parroting the can't close down the economy for long, it's not good for people and anyway, it's no worse than the flu messaging.

He works from home, makes 170K annually and hasn't skipped a beat with this so call shutdown.

Jokes on the fox news viewers-they’re the ones who will die in the largest numbers.

Good riddance.

The mega roll equals 4 rolls of the regular roll.

Just a quick recap:

People Freaking Out Over Corona Virus 1/24/2020

Coronavirus Freakout 2: WuFlu Boogaloo 1/29

Coronavirus Freakout 3: Return to Kung-flu 2/2

CoronaVirus Freakout 4: To Kung Flu, Thanks for Everything, Julie Flu-mar 2/8

CoronaVirus Freakout 5: We won’t get flued again! 2/14

CoronaVirus Freakout 6: One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest! 2/21

CoronaVirus Freakout 7: Pandemic! At The Disco 2/25

Coronavirus Freakout 8: REVENGE OF THE PANGOLIN 2/28

Coronavirus Freakout 9: Saturday Night Fever 2/28

Coronavirus Freakout 10: Stayin’ Alive! 3/1

Coronavirus Freakout 11: The Boy(s) in the Plastic Bubble 3/3

Coronavirus Freakout 12: Subtitles Off 3/6

Coronavirus Freakout 13: Love In The Time Of Coronavirus 3/8

Coronavirus Freakout 14: Quarantine of Solace 3/10

Coronavirus Freakout 15: Live and Let Die 3/11

Coronavirus Freakout 16: Escape from New York 3/12

Coronavirus Freakout 17: World War C 3/14

Coronavirus Freakout 18: The Lung and the Breathless 3/15

Coronavirus Freakout 19: March MADNESS 3/16

Coronavirus Freakout 20: Captain Corelli's Pangolin 3/16

Coronavirus Freakout 21: one more for The Road 3/19

Coronavirus Freakout 22 - Apocalypse Now 3/20

Coronavirus Freakout 23: An Abundance of Caution 3/22

Coronavirus Freakout 24: An ill wind... 3/23

In my local county, we tallied our fourth infected victim today.

That adds up to 3 in their early thirties, and 1 in his early twenties.

Keep partying, dumbasses, you're young, you're strong, youre invincible !

He seemed downright jovial today. He really thinks this dumb virus is not such a big deal after all and he can just “open up the country” and the economy will come roaring back “even better than before” and he’ll prove all the haters and doctors wrong and be a big hero. And win in a landslide against ‘Sleepy Joe Biden.’

Maybe R209, he thought you were talking about the STD testing.

Barr looks like death! I thought he had already been fired a long time ago.

R216 That's what they want you to believe. From my personal experience, their talking the tiny size rolls that you get 4/$1.00 @the Dollar General Store or the Dollar Tree.

Hence my question R222. If I took that mega roll and made four regular rolls they would be tiny. Growing up I don't remember rolls of toilet paper being small.

[quote]Does anyone remember toilet rolls being so small?

For years everything has been getting smaller, flimsier, and generally of lower quality—while corporate greed increases like never before. What used to be considered standard quality items or services are now dubbed "premium". Our society and economy have been pillaged by rampant corporate greed and governmental corruption. Until now, the average consumer has been either too stupid to see what's going on right in front of their fat faces, or easily distracted by the shiny things that are dangled before them. The whole system is on the brink of crumbling, as it should.

Tweet by Joe Scarborough:

Donald Trump knows the pandemic numbers are going to explode this week. His talk about getting people back to work soon is just talk. The only question is why the president keeps saying these things. Hint: it’s political.

I agree- the press needs to stop live streaming these updates. Just edit the doctors down to actual headlines.

🐘 My rolls are HUUUGE !

Shouldn’t the unemployment rates be public by now?

What are we, China?

The CEO of my company hates trump and no way are we all going back to the office unless he thinks it’s safe.

[quote] I wish networks would stop broadcasting.

Yes, to a degree, I would agree r207. He is shamelessly promoting himself at every turn but he needs to be kept "under the glare of the spotlight" because slowly, in case you haven't noticed, there's a tidal wave of animosity building up on SM, certain political commentators and it is EATING him. It is highly entertaining to watch and observe the unraveling. DJT is being forced to face his own inner "invisible scourge."

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Drone footages of empty city streets

Wow, sacrificing the lives of the old and infirm to save the economy...sounds like the Hitler comparisons werent hyperbole after all

I know he is not liked around here, but Elon Musk delivered 1000 ventilators to California. I would like more confirmation, but I thought we would use some good news.

He is demanding the Rethuglicans in the Senate deliver to him the $500 Billion corporate slush fund. He wants it to funnel money into his own businesses.

I'm reading, I'm watching. I'm listening

I'm home insid with my pets. No traffic outside. No people in the streets.

I still can't wrap my head around what's going on in my world.

I feel like I'm wasting time, wasting days.

I hope I don't eventually lose it

WATCH LIVE: Senators clash as Congress remains deadlocked over coronavirus economic stimulus bill

I just watched Dr. David Katz on Anderson Cooper's show and he made a lot of sense. He says that South Korea's data shows that 99% of CV cases are mild and the other 1% are contained to older people and those with chronic illness. He proposes to let the 99% go about a normal life, while identifying and protecting that 1%. He says we need more data in the US before proceeding with this plan, but it looks like it will be similar to Korea's.

He's right that we can't live like this for another 12 months while the economy collapses and people lose their jobs and life savings. We have to let young people and healthy people live a normal life again.

R223, Yuss, dey vood bee tynee.

But..... Eef yoo cuntvertd dat seengall rowl enn too fyve or sixx tynee roll, yoo haff roll da syze uff Dunhold's tynee dicks.

R238 except the last thing we need is for some semblance of Trump to be "right." I'd much rather tank the economy to ensure he loses in November.

[R240] Are you nuts? This is the sort of behavior that the Trump Trash are accusing the left of. If that fucker pulls this out of the fire, I'm not going to pull a sadface.

HINT: Unfortunately, he won't.

R240> He is not right. The *safe* group will go back to work/play and get sick due to extra exposure and things will be shutdown again. Short term “solution” will create an even bigger problem in the long run. But since it will be dumb/selfish young people, deplorables and red states who will listen to him - get back out there and make America great!!

It sick being me.

And you.

And you & you & you & you & you & you & you !

99% of cases are not mild...

I don’t know how to square what we’re seeing with 99% of cases are mild. Because it seems to me it's a fuck of a one per cent if this is "all" one per cent gets you.

OMG - please! They know so little about this virus - how it is transmitted, how many are infected, what the impacts are to hospitals with a huge flood of patients - do not listen to anyone who says we can go back to work. The rich will not die with you.

The Cuomo brothers are alternately infuriating and wildly entertaining.

80% of cases are mild.

20% of cases are serious to severe. 20% of that 20% require hospitalization.

1% of overall cases are fatal.

99% of fatalities are in people over 50 or who have underlying medical conditions.

However tiny your brain is, R248, please use it.

I think you are leaving out that half of the hospitalizations are young people. And that young people are now coming down with it due to spring break and ignoring guidelines etc,

Not to go all Susan Collins but I’m concerned tonight because on cable I’m hearing more and more ask the expert when is this going to be over?

Frighteningly, I think Trump managed to partially reframe the debate with this don’t let the cure be worse than the problem. I think he got guards down because he tapped into nobody wants to live like this.

So true.

A guy just died from chloroquine poisoning. Trump lied, someone died.

Update for Miss Pence

[quote] Pierre: In the US, the government can’t prohibit gatherings of some number of people, because the Constitution specifically guarantees the right to “peacefully assemble”, as I understand it...

[quote] R44: Pierre, you have done this before on earlier threads. ... please don't share your idiosyncratic interpretations as anything but your own fanciful musings.

R44, are you saying I was wrong? And more than once?. Mon Dieu! I don’t believe it possible?

I did say “as I understand it”. And later asked if R37’s correction was correct. No need to go to the archives, for Pete’s sake! This calls for illumination, not snark. Thank you, R37, for your constructive comment in R48.

R44, you can fuck off and shove this response up your archive.

Trump is trying to turn this into a culture war over social distancing. He’s positioning himself to be able to blame the mostly blue state governors for small businesses failing. Because he can say “look I wanted to open it all up”. What an absolute disaster but not at all surprising. The only question is when the death numbers start climbing into the 100s of thousands will his retarded followers stand by him? Will republicans? Judging by some tweets I’ve seen there’s growing discomfort with the way trump is handling this with Rs. They’ll never explicitly say it publicly. Or will they?

Mild in this case means not requiring hospitalization. It does not mean mild in the common language sense. It includes everything from people who are asymptotic to people who have high fevers and pneumonia who don’t require hospitalization.

Approximately

80% don’t require hospitalization

15% require hospitalization, but not ICU level care.

5% develops ARDS or multi-organ failure

If the hospital system has adequate resources to care for everyone the death rate can be less than 1%. If they don’t the death rate is 5-6%

I really think this will be the end of America. We have leaders and their lemmings who would rather protect the economy than the lives of fellow Americans. Millions could potentially die and they don’t care. They’re not even denying it anymore.

Worldometers has stopped reporting the number of critical cases in the USA. That graph is gone now...

R257 I would just emphasize that death is not the only statistic that is important. As you point out, many people will be very ill and that is not a small thing. This is not a cold. There is also considerable expense associated with hospitalization.

The red states will turn on him when they all get sick. And if they want to practice social closeness, be my guest.

I just got told I could work from home which is a relief to me since I am over 60 with underlying conditions. I will get paid to work from home. I can't wait for Trump to send me $1200.

[quote]The red states will turn on him when they all get sick.

These people, who have consistently voted against their own interests, will not suddenly wake up to their follies. They'll believe Trump's next lie, and continue to blame anyone and everyone other than those truly responsible (including themselves). Their stupidity is terminal.

I don't really understand his talk of re-opening the country. It wasn't the Feds that shut things down - it was State and Local governments, and corporations making the decision to close stores, not Trump.

Denver went on stay at home order today, that wasn't PPG, that was Michael Hancock. I don't see State and Local leaders reversing their orders just because Cheetolini says so - at least not in the blue cities and states.

R263 and it will thankfully get them terminated.

Meanwhile on a Trump property...

[quote] As you point out, many people will be very ill and that is not a small thing.

Precisely, R260. In addition, people are acting as if medical personnel will be able to tell at the outset when someone enters a hospital what the course of their illness will be. Each hospital admission takes up a bed. At some point we’re going to run out of beds — just like is happening in Spain tonight.

Dubai police patrol.

R264 it’s Trump gaslighting. He’s just saying shit to try anything to drum up the markets. These press conferences are his new rallies. Don’t pay attention to them

Oh they will turn on him. It’s happened from time immemorial and Trump is no exception to the rule.

I'm no constitutional scholar, but I want to remind everyone: while we do have the 1st Amendment freedom of speech, incitement to riot is still illegal, and you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater just for fun.

I'm not sure how that would extrapolate to constraining "the right of the people peaceably to assemble," though.

[quote] I'm not sure how that would extrapolate to constraining "the right of the people peaceably to assemble," though.

I believe a court would look at the purpose and reasonableness for the restrictions. In the midst of a global pandemic the First Amendment should be able to allow a slight infringement on the right to assemble for a brief duration of time.

The Lieutenant Governor of Texas says he’s all in with people going back to work.

And BTW he is 70 years old.

All the while he is cocooned.

I was just thinking that all this has to be having a terrible effect on the residential burglary industry. If everyone stays home, when can the criminals safely break in and steal your valuables?

So profound R276.

The next thread should be called LONDON KILLS ME and include this quotation -

August 1665.

'But now, how few people I see, and those walking like people that have taken leave of the world. I to the Exchange, and I think there was not 50 people upon it. Thus I think to take Adieu today of London streets.'

Samuel Pepys, Plague Diary

A damn sight more appropriate than Gone with the Wind ffs

[quote]f everyone stays home, when can the criminals safely break in and steal your valuables?

Eventually, it won't matter whether you're home or not.

Brian Williams through a lot of (deserved) shade at Trump tonight.

Trump is crazy saying that it will get better soon. There is literally NO ONE backing him up on this misguided promise he is making.

Threw. He was seriously smacking him around.

What’s the deal with the stimulus bill? Am I gonna get $1200 or not?

[quote] I don't really understand his talk of re-opening the country. It wasn't the Feds that shut things down - it was State and Local governments, and corporations making the decision to close stores, not Trump.

It's all about Trump trying to deflect blame when the economy tanks. Trump will keep insisting that we should lift the lockdowns and go back to work. But he knows that the state and local governments will resist and keep the restrictions in place to avoid having millions of people die. Then, when the economy hits rock bottom, Trump will say, "I tried to warn everybody that we needed to get back to work to save the economy, but those nasty governors wouldn't listen to me."

But all that does is make the people of those states hate him. Face it, he has no plan.

Be very afraid

Monday was the second consecutive briefing in which Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, was not present. Asked if he’ll listen to Fauci if he advises him to maintain the self-isolating guidelines beyond 15 days, Trump said: “Yeah … then ultimately I have to make a decision.”

When will it blow up in the red states?

Based on WHO estimates, as many as 200,000 to 1.7 million Americans could die. This would greatly surpass the flu death numbers that Dumb Donald is so often clinging to.

⏳ CORONA TIME MARCH 24 1:30 AM EST

🥪 NATIONAL CHEESESTEAK DAY

🌐 GLOBAL

CASES: 381,744

DEATHS: 16,588

CRITICAL: 12,062

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

CASES: 46,145

DEATHS: 582

CRITICAL: NOT UPDATED @ 1040

Cheeto is going to reopen everything so the stock market can recover? Even though that’ll mean skyrocketing infections?

Has Susan Dey rebased a statement?

F.U.B.A.R.

That's the Trump Administration

U.S.A. now has 12% of known worldwide infections.

Trump has a cure/treatment for him and his family including his precious cumdump Ivanka, so he doesn’t care about any of you anymore.

Is it spreading rapidly in the red states?

Red states are going to get hit even harder.

It’s spiking in Louisiana and Florida.

Cheeto was happy when it was just blue states suffering.

M-O-O-N

THAT SPELLS CORONA

Florida is definitely fucked. Half their population is on deaths door anyway. Their hospitals are probably already full, before covid patients even get there.

And all of those freaking Spring Breakers are bringing The Corona home to Mama and Papa.

Trump doesn’t need cash.

He plans to get all he needs (and a Wall) Moscow Mitch/Munchkin slush fund.

He is concerned that the stock market numbers could doom him. . And Obama’s stock market falling is his Birnam Wood come to Dunsiname.

And America thought that I was a Crook !

. . . to die in jail

R282 it is not looking good. Think it was voted down twice cause the Repugs included corporations with sketchy details.

That stupid blue and white pamphlet that Pence clings to, “15 Days to Slow the Spread,” is nothing more than an illusion, because most people are not observing the warnings in any meaningful way. So, in typical tRump fashion, he’s done a half-assed job with minimal results. Now he’s getting ready to pull the plug on even those laughable efforts, thereby undercutting the attempts by governors and mayors who are desperately trying to flatten the curve. All he’s done is cripple the economy while providing no significant benefits to slowing or stopping the spread of the virus. In the process, we have put lives in jeopardy while we have simultaneously wasted precious time that we don’t have. Maddening and infuriating. 😡

👋 Big Rig Semi Drivers are America's New Heroes.

No PPE, except for bandanas, but they're out there hauling supplies to fill shortages across the country.

And We ❤️ You For It !

R304 It's probably fifteen days of Bible verses and prayers.

Not so good news ........

Seventeen days after passengers left the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship, traces of Corona virus still being found on that ship.

I think US might surpass Italy in total number of cases by the weekend

as more testing is available the last several days, number of cases in the US is really spiking

Trump will be happy at least in the morning as stock futures up

Interesting graphs in USA Today showing that most states are on the same trajectory as New York. New York got a "head start" on most other states, but they will be where New York is currently if they don't change.

All states need to get their shit together NOW.

I have no doubt Texas and Florida will be as bad if not worse than New York in a couple weeks. Louisiana already getting there

BBC-The number of confirmed cases in Germany has risen by 4,764 in a day to reach to 27,436, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Tuesday. A total of 114 people have died, an increase of 28 from the total published on Monday

Why is NYC so spazzed? Same size as London but five times as many cases.

This bill will be a black check to the rethug administration and will be no doubt a used accordingly.

500 BILLION with a b goes to the admin. God knows where the other 1.5 TRILLION is going.

Not to the people.

IT’S OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

blank check

People need to demand a fair bailout bill before it’s too late.

Jessica Baker @JTheBakerShaker Why isn’t stopping all trading for 2-3 weeks an option, but a million deaths is?

[quote]Why is NYC so spazzed? Same size as London but five times as many cases.

NYC has almost 1M Chinese. London has roughly 120K. There's more traveling from China to NY

Louisiana usually ranks pretty bad in healthcare, and it's already showing in the number of COVID19 deaths.

1172 total cases with 35 deaths already is nearly 3%

Because R317, money makes the world go around.

[quote]People need to demand a fair bailout bill before it’s too late.

People need to start hunting down these Wall Street scum. They're willing to literally kill people to add to their extreme wealth. There is NO use for them

Trump knew that his economic stimulus payout bill wasn't going to pass as easily as he promised. Anything to make himself look good.

Too damned much in house fighting between parties. The entire world is in crisis mode, yet the Democrats and Republicans are still fighting like stubborn brats.

At the polls, we'll remember exactly who continued to put our health and welfare in serious jeopardy.

Oh honey, if you get this disease in a red state you’re a goner. But they will hide your cause of death. It will just say pneumonia or unknown.

Red states will bury their numbers.

That bill the republicans are trying to shove through IS A HEIST.

Don’t let them pass that bill tomorrow. Call/email/tweet/DM your reps.

This is a no go.

Dead in water.

Pass Nancy’s bill instead.

Cash to Constituents! Not Corporations!

Expand Medicare, and stop the assault on the affordable care act, and cash for constituents.

That needs to be passed first and in a seperate bill.

Then they can debate the corporate welfare at a later date when the smoke has cleared.

[quote] yet the Democrats and Republicans are still fighting like stubborn brats.

FUCK. YOU. The fight is over the fact that Republicans want money to go to billionaires/corporations and the Dems want money for working people/families, you asshole. Don't act like they're fighting over the last roll at dinner. I'm so sick of people like you acting like the fight involves to equally-moral sides. You lazy-thinking fool.

two*

Now we're hearing that Social Security Recipients may not receive a payout, even though the government admits that they live on the lowest amount of money in the country. Is this real or is the elephant in the room thing to scare the elderly to death.

Get him and his freaking grifter family the hell out of the White House before he kills us all.

At what point to fucking Republicans who barely have a pot to piss in, see what the party they vote for does? Fucking idiots. Racist, moronic idiots.

Good luck with having mee-maws CV-stricken dead body next to you with no one coming to get it and you're no longer getting SSI because JP Morgan needed even MORE money.

do*

[quote]Cash to Constituents! Not Corporations!

Fuck off, idiot. Many small businesses are incorporated. They will be devastated by this crisis. Where will you go out to eat, get your car fixed and your hair cut when this is over if they all file for bankruptcy? Not to mention the fate of all the millions of Americans who work at these companies.

R323, they won't get away with it because once some of those red state assholes get directly affected, then they say something because being the selfish pricks that they are, it only matters when THEY feel it.

R332, FUCK YOU. We know the difference between SMALL businesses and corporations, you dickhead. NO MONEY FOR CORPORATIONS. You know what that means, so don't LIE. We're not talking about the person running a small cafe in Brooklyn and you know it, shithead.

[quote] Not to mention the fate of all the millions of Americans who work at these companies.

Cunt, did you even see the Republican proposal or do you have to lie to SELL IT? There is NO protection for the WORKERS. The GOP bill has money going to the CEOs/shareholders to split up like jackals on a carcass

BTW, you know how all of the cruise lines have their hands out? Most if not all DON'T PAY TAXES. All incorporated *outside* the US. So they want money - none of which came from them via tax dollars because they never paid. They're KY in cruise form - only mooching, no paying.

^Retard @ R334/R335. My SMALL business is incorporated. I employ 45 workers in six locations who are all collecting unemployment. They will be fine. I, on the other hand, have $20k in monthly rents to cover, not to mention many other bills ......with zero revenue.

Someone has serious anger management issues and poor reading comprehension skills.

R337, and that has what to do with what I said? You're acting like we don't know the difference between a JPM and you. the issue most people have is with WALL STREET GETTING A DIME.

Interesting science article regarding how ill prepared the US is this time around compared to the response of the Obama administration to the swine flu in 2009. Funny how Dumpty doesn't cite any of these numbers.

It's not funny, it's par for the course for that asshole. If Republicans who aren't at Jim Jones-level worship of that asshole were being truthful and their choices were Obama or Trump at the helm of this from the beginning, who do you think they'd choose?

[quote]Seventeen days after passengers left the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship, traces of Corona virus still being found on that ship.

I too have seen numerous articles stating it exactly that way; reporting partial information that leads people to panic even further. What they actually found was RNA. Finding viral RNA does not mean that active virus was present or even any whole virus at all — it's just the RNA — but I've yet to see that mentioned in any of the articles I've read.

From the source:

[quote]SARS-CoV-2 RNA was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess but before disinfection procedures had been conducted (Takuya Yamagishi, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, personal communication, 2020).

I forgot the link.

Dang! Place nice people! All of the fuck you's and cunt calling is only adding to the stress level that we are all feeling.

Next title: "Around the World in So Many Ways"?

Yikes! Very scary given the healthcare system there.

Guardian-Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 107 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase to date in the South-east Asian country, bringing the total number of cases to 686, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Seven more people had died of the disease as of Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths to 55, he said, adding 30 people had recovered from the virus

Do you think during the Spanish Flu, there came a time when people just thought, 'Fuck it, if I die, I die."

I primarily come to these threads for the CORONA TIME updates r288.

Thank you so much!

Guardian-South Africa’s confirmed number of coronavirus cases rose to 554 on Tuesday from 402 a day earlier, as businesses raced to make plans for a nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday.

The situation is not yet stable in Belgium. 34 additional deaths and 526 new detections since yesterday. Both figures are higher than the figures reported yesterday morning for Sunday to Monday.

Update for Spain

Guardian- The number of new coronavirus cases in Spain jumped on Tuesday to 39,673 from 33,089 cases registered on Monday, the health ministry reported on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The number of fatalities rose to 2,696 overnight from 2,182, the ministry said.

And for Iran

Guardian-Iran reported 1726 new Coronavirus cases in last 24 hours raising the total number to 24811, reports Akhtar Mohammad Makoii

It will be very bad in USA coz they are fat cunts. So many people with diabetes, heart problems, overweight...all gonna die if they get it.

A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications from the coronavirus — the first known death of a city public schools staffer tied to the pandemic, officials said Monday.

Dezann Romain, 36, led the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville, a transfer school that serves students who have dropped out or fallen behind in credits in traditional high school settings.

My pal in an east coast state has trumper siblings in their 50s residing in the Midwest. They don’t believe anything will happen to them, so much so that they have packed up their teens and 90 year old parents to drive to Florida For their planned spring break, they think trump is doing a great job! They posed for Facebook pics wearing the two surgical masks they brought With them (safety first!) while they had martinis. FB Caption: Quarantine happy hour in paradise.

That’s the level of dumb we are dealing with in this country. One of them runs a small manufacturing co, the other is a teacher. Yup.

Rosie O’Donnell’s streaming show raises $600K for coronavirus victims

Sunday’s show featured Kristin Chenoweth singing “Taylor the Latte Boy,” Gavin Creel singing “You Matter to Me,” Darren Criss singing “Being Alive” and Gloria Estefan singing “There’s Always Tomorrow.”

The special was streamed live on Broadway.com and their YouTube channel. The money went to The Actors Fund to help those suffering the coronavirus.

Other highlights included Neil Patrick Harris performing a magic act with his children, Patti LuPone performing “A Hundred Years From Today” and Adrienne Warren live from her bathtub singing “Simply The Best.”

[quote]A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications from the coronavirus — the first known death of a city public schools staffer tied to the pandemic, officials said Monday.

Well, she knew her sacrifice would help the economy, so that's good.

Nashon Wooden, who performed in the downtown Manhattan club scene as drag star Mona Foot, has died from the coronavirus, a friend said Monday. He was 50.

In an emotional Instagram post, “Project Runway” winner Geoffrey Mac said, “I lost my best friend today from the coronavirus, Nashom Wooden.”

“And I just want to make sure that everybody out there stays healthy, and takes care of each other because the virus is really real. And I’m just so sorry,” the fashion designer said through tears.

Another friend of Wooden’s said that he was recently sent home from the hospital for not exhibiting serious enough symptoms.

Wooden, who was born in Brooklyn, burst into The Big Apple’s nightlife scene in 1989, quickly gaining a following while regularly performing at the Boy Bar in the East Village.

In an August 2017 interview with Paper Magazine, Wooden had already retired Mona Foot, telling the publication, “It just kind of fizzled out. I stopped taking gigs.”

But in 2018, Mona Foot performed once more at Wigfest, an outdoor drag festival, dressed as Wonder Woman.

Aside from Mona Foot, Wooden was also known for his role as one of three singers in the band “The Ones.”

The band’s single, “Flawless,” which was released in 2001, was even sampled by George Michael.

BBC-Italy’s civil protection head says as many as 600,000 people have been infected, almost 10 times the official figure. The rate of increase in new cases and deaths has begun to fall and Angelo Borrelli has told La Repubblica “in the next few hours… we will understand if the growth curve really is flattening out”

A warning from the WHO this morning. I have a feeling that the US might have more deaths than all other countries combined by the time this is over. Especially with our insane President!

Guardian- A spokeswoman from the World Health Organisation has said that US risks becoming the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak as the country is seeing a “very large acceleration” in cases.

After temporarily closing their doors to ward off the coronavirus, some of New York City’s largest hotel chains are already predicting a summer rebound.

“The property looks forward to welcoming guests later this summer,” a Hilton spokesperson told The Post of the Hilton New York Midtown — New York’s largest hotel, with 1,878 rooms.

Pelosi waited too long to try to negogiate the stimulus package. The Republicans are going to make an ass out of her and pass the original bill from Sunday. Why wasn't she there last week?

R361. As id

As if

Chilling (no pun intended)

CNN-Ice rink in Spain turned into morgue: The bodies of Covid-19 victims are being delivered to the Palacio de Hielo, which is being used as a temporary morgue in Madrid. The regional government said it was a “temporary" measure to ease pressure on hospitals in Spain, which has more deaths than any other country other than China and Italy.

You are absolutely right R260. I have shared in an earlier and also unrelated threads how I survived septic shock three years. For months afterward I continued to suffer from significant cognitive impairment. It wasn't like I was just magically fine when I went home. Now in my case I had a bowel resection and so the long-term physical damage in my case isn't so bad with the right medication and supplements. With COVID-19 people are getting permanent lung damage and needing dialysis.

Hey, everybody, what's your prediction on how much longer Dr. Fauci is on the Task Force?

And, will it be a Fauci: "I quit". Trump: "You can't quit, you're fired!" situation?

[quote] Big Rig Semi Drivers are America's New Heroes.

Truck drivers, grocery store clerks, food preparers, healthcare aides ... many of them making next to nothing, and they're the ones holding our society together right now, at the risk of their own health. They are indeed heroes.

Spain close to 40,000 total cases with more than 2,500 deaths

From CNN's Max Ramsay in London, and Laura Perez Maestro, Scott McLean and Al Goodman in Madrid

Deaths from Covid-19 in Spain have risen to 2,696 with 39,673 total cases, according to Health Ministry data released on Tuesday.

The rise in deaths of 514 (23.6%) and rise in cases of 6,584 (19.9%) over the past 24 hours are the largest numerical increases the country has recorded, but not the largest percentage increases.

Up to Monday, there had been 33,089 total recorded cases in Spain with 2,182 deaths.

Spain has the third largest number of coronavirus deaths of any country in the world, behind Italy and China.

On Monday, the Madrid city government’s funeral service announced they would stop collecting the bodies of those who die from coronavirus as they are “without sufficient protective material,” according to a statement sent to CNN.

Bodies of Covid-19 victims are now being delivered to an ice rink that is being used as a temporary morgue in Madrid.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that he would seek to extend Spain's state of emergency for another 15 days as the number of Covid-19 deaths soared.

Reflections from an ER doctor who contracted Ebola in 2014. "I survived Ebola. I fear #COVIDー19."

R313, NYC is twice as densely populated as London. The two cities have roughly equal populations (NYC/8.6 million and London/8.9 million), but NYC has half the square miles of London.

I have no words.

Fuck this bill.. $500M for Rump to determine who gets it? No.

We need to offer forgivable bridge loans to small businesses to get them solvent. Then we need the larger Corporations to borrow...money is very cheap these days. They got a uge tax cut and what did they do with it? Wasted it on stock buy backs. Fuck them.

Italy is starting to decrease a bit...that's some good news.

Re. The bailout bill I gather the biggest problem is the Republicans don’t want any useful oversight.

I don’t know why the Democrats aren’t in front of the cameras every waking minute saying: The Republicans are putting your lives at risk because they want to go soft on business. These moves aren’t about business, they’re about you but Mitch McConnell doesn’t care. Even in the middle of all this, he doesn’t care.

For the turtle out from under his rock.

I know hard ball is seldom advised in negotiations in politics but this is making everybody look bad and you know it’s Republican ideologues and McConnell.

NAME AND SHAME AND GET IT DONE. If people can have confidence when it’s the economy’s time for revival in this mess, they can live with the social distancing and shut downs to get the “herd” to that point.

Where am I wrong in this? Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t know if I’m right, I just know that I’m sure.

Two cardiologists working in the same hospital in Manila died. One of them was in his 30s. Two other doctors are in ICU on ventilators.

It's official now

CNN-Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach agreed Tuesday to postpone the Olympics by about one year. Abe put the suggestion to Bach, who agreed that the latest date the Olympics will be held is summer 2021.

All is not lost. They got some pretty new buildings out of it.

Plenty of time for this to resolve only to be followed by a Godzilla attack.

2009, (H1-N1): 12,500 deaths in USA. Mortality rate: 0.02%.

2020, (COVID-19): XXXXX deaths in USA, to be determined. Mortality rate 2.0%.

The numbers are going to be TREMENDOUS! Like never before!

@jonlovett

[quote]Trump is a wartime president. And like a great wartime president, first you say there won't be a war, then you refuse to protect your soldiers, then you lie about losses, then you complain about your press, and then you surrender.

If indeed Trump does open the country back up before this virus is contained and dealt with, he will be telling those that did not practice social distancing that they were right all along, and the rest of us are damn fools. Good luck with getting anyone to do it again.

The Texas Governor thinks the elderly are willing sacrifice themselves for the economy.

Sorry, everyone who's been insisting that summer weather will make all this go away.

Soon it will be “kill Gramma for ‘mureca”

r383, well the Texas governor should put his money where his mouth is, resign and quarantine himself at home until its over.

This whole thing is just a reminder that people over 65 should not be working in positions of power, which includes many of the leaders in Washington.

⏳ CORONA TIME 🥪 MARCH 24 9:30 AM EST

🌐 GLOBAL

CASES: 394,065

DEATHS: 17,266

CRITICAL: 12,187

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

CASES: 46,168

DEATHS: 582

CRITICAL: NOT UPDATED @ 1,040

Some input from a four legged.

Some input from a four legged.

Some input from a four legged.

Thanks for posting that dumbass video 3 times.

That's a fake, R388. Dogs don't sound like that when they speak. Obvious phony.

R386 Bernie and Joe are both are both a heartbeat away from eighty years old. And Trump's not much younger, but he's mentally unstable.

Really makes you think.

German army loses 6 million face masks at Nairobi airport

The German army has lost six million protective masks at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, a spokesperson for the German Defense Ministry has told CNN.

The Defense Ministry — tasked by the country's Health Ministry with sourcing the masks — had ordered the masks from an unnamed commercial company. The German company had confirmed the order, with anticipated receipt by the Health Ministry in Germany, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson did not know why the masks were lost in Nairobi and did not know where they were originally shipped from. No payment had yet been taken, as it was due on delivery.

Meanwhile, German company Qiagen, which produces diagnostic tests for Covid-19 that it says can give results in just one hour, began shipping tests on Tuesday to the US.

Thierry Bernard, Chief Executive Officer of Qiagen, said: “We are pleased to begin making QIAstat-Dx SARS-CoV-2 test kits available in the United States as the first syndromic test not only to detect SARS-CoV-2, but also a range of more than 20 other respiratory targets. '

"This is an important step in our commitment to offer a range of solutions to support the public health fight against COVID-19 and dramatically ramp up production. Our teams have responded rapidly to the challenge, implementing 24/7 production of test components, adding staff and investing in expanding production capacity."

There have been 30,081 cases and 130 deaths recorded in Germany, according to Johns Hopkins University.

An employee of German biotech company Qiagen demonstrates the use of the Qiagen QIAstat-Dx testing device for infectious diseases at the Qiagen plant on March 11, in Hilden, Germany. Qiagen has modified the device for testing fluid samples for coronavirus infection.

I have never been more grateful for the Founding Fathers explicitly delegating powers to the states than I am at this moment.

Noted virologist Jerry Falwell Jr. is inviting students to return to his Liberty University after last week's spring break, and he's ordering faculty members to return to campus – even though most classes will be moved online.

He sounds desperate and unwell. Literally begging on his hands and knees.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress MUST ACT NOW. We will come back strong

So the WHO is warning the U.S. could become the next epicenter of the virus. Fuck Cheeto to hell.

Coronavirus found on Diamond Princess surfaces 17 days later (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Coronavirus stays on surfaces far longer than first thought — with traces found in cabins on the stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship 17 days after they were abandoned, according to alarming new research.

The potentially deadly bug was previously understood to live two to three days on some surfaces — but the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it lasts more than five times as long.

The coronavirus “was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess but before disinfection procedures had been conducted,” according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

However, the report stressed that the research “cannot be used to determine whether transmission occurred from contaminated surfaces” and whether the traces were active enough to get anyone sick.

The alarming discovery came in a study of the bug’s terrifying spread in cruise ships, with the CDC calling for further study of the vessels.

“During the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Diamond Princess was the setting of the largest outbreak outside mainland China,” the CDC report noted.

More than 700 of the ship’s 3,700 passengers and crew later tested positive for the coronavirus, the study says.

Along with its sister ship, the Grand Princess — also owned by Carnival Corporation — there were a total of 10 deaths, the report says.

Passengers returning from cruises have also been linked to cases “in at least 15 states,” with reports of “secondary community-acquired cases linked to returned passengers on cruises,” according to the study.

“Cruise ships are often settings for outbreaks of infectious diseases because of their closed environment, contact between travelers from many countries, and crew transfers between ships,” the report warned.

Burning Question: Is Donny Two-Scoops now Donny Three-Scoops?

Mount Sinai researchers develop test for coronavirus antibodies

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an antibody test for the coronavirus and shared the directions online for how to make it so labs around the globe can duplicate it, according to a report.

While testing for COVID-19 has been ramping up in the US, attention also has been focused on finding a way to detect virus-fighting antibodies from the blood of survivors.

Florian Krammer, a virologist at the Mount Sinai school in Manhattan, told Science Magazine that labs could easily scale the test to “screen a few thousand people a day” for antibodies.

Though the study has been posted on the preprint server medRxiv, it’s too early to use with patients because it has not been published yet in a peer-reviewed journal, according to Live Science.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said state health officials were testing the process of taking plasma from someone who has been infected, processing it and injecting the antibodies into a sick person to stimulate their immune system.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the trial, which will begin this week on a “compassionate care basis,” the governor has said.

Regular tests being used to diagnose infections look for COVID-19’s genes in samples taken from people’s noses and throats, which indicate that a person is actively infected, according to Live Science.

The other tests, meanwhile, look for antibodies that a person’s immune system develops to fight the virus.

The antibody tests can show what percentage of the population has ever been infected, even if the people aren’t currently infected — allowing researchers to calculate a more accurate fatality rate.

The tests also could be used to screen health care workers and identify those already immune to the disease, which would likely mean they could provide care without the risk of being infected, the authors said.

The researchers are already using the test at Mount Sinai Hospital to determine how quickly people develop antibodies to COVID-19, according to the report.

The situation there must be far worse than reported.

BBC BREAKING India to go into full lockdown India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just announced that the country will go into full lockdown from midnight local time - that's in just under four hours.

‘Young and the Restless’ vet Greg Rikaart diagnosed with COVID-19

Actor Greg Rikaart, best known for his roughly 15-year run as Kevin Fisher on CBS’s “The Young and the Restless,” took to social media to reveal that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

According to his Instagram account, the multiple Daytime Emmy nominee had been experiencing symptoms for awhile and initially was diagnosed with pneumonia.

“I just tested positive for coronavirus. I am a pretty healthy 43-year-old who doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink much, eats well and exercises regularly and this has been the hardest experience of my life. Two+ weeks ago, everyone in my house had a bit of a cough and my son came home from school with a high fever. Everyone recovered, but I deteriorated. I isolated from my family and have been in solo quarantine since Saturday the 14th. I had a fever for 11 days, difficulty breathing and was diagnosed with pneumonia,” he wrote to his followers.

He shared, “I’m confident that I have finally turned the proverbial corner and am fever free today for the first time since this all started. I was told to stay isolated for another 72 hours before I acclimate back into my family. So, nice try coronavirus, but I have another 4-5 decades worth of experiences to have with these guys. Furthermore, I want to thank you all for the well wishes and I hope you heed the warnings. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay inside. ❤️”

Rikaart, who had been with soap opera since 2003, exited the series back in 2017 but later returned for a recurring stint.

RIP Nashom

Fiddle dee dee. I'll think about it tomorrow. I'll go crazy if I think about it now.

Daddy Cuomo in his "commander-in-chief' jacket.

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R399, see R342.

Daddy Cuomo for President.

Wow, R409. Awesome cartoon.

I wish Cuomo would mention how much of our money goes to DC.

25665 confirmed cases in NY State. via gov's press conference.

CNN-New York governor says the peak of pandemic is 14 to 21 days away

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the apex of the coronavirus will be "higher" and "sooner" than experts anticipated — and it could be two or three weeks away.

"We haven’t flattened the curve," he said at a news conference. "The apex is higher than we though and the apex is sooner than we thought. That is a bad combination of facts."

New York revised its estimated needs to 140,000 hospital beds and 40,000 ICU beds.

Currently, the state has 53,000 hospital beds, he said.

Cuomo just delayed the WH presser til late afternoon again... a slew of reasonable approaches, solutions and asks... it will take Kellyanne all after to consult her voodoo doll, Pence will have to pray on it, Jared will have to redo it all and then Trump will rewrite.

Perhaps when the deplorable dens body bags star piling up we can rename it the Red State Plague.

As a NYer, I really want to hear from idiots in moocher states telling me we shouldn't get *their* money for help when our reps have always voted yes to help them during natural disasters.

It's all about small mom and pop businesses and unborn children.

Even Putin is gearing up

Guardian- Russia is to close night clubs and cinemas due to the coronavirus, reports the RIA Novosti news agency.

If this virus does take me out, at least let me watch it take Trump and McConell first.

Trump should just stop his daily briefings. Cuomo putting the president to shame.

Damn I haven't watched Cuomo before but he's actually really good at this, once you get past the overuse of cliches and "New York loves you"* pablum.

OMG. Cuomo for President!!!

Largest daily rise so far in terms of deaths

CNN-The number of deaths related to coronavirus in Britain has jumped by 87 in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health. There have been at least 422 deaths and 8,077 confirmed cases in the country.

@HillaryClinton

[quote]Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar eclipse.

Are they so concerned about the economy because it will be terrible or is it because they fear Rump won't get reelected because of it?

Are they so concerned about the economy because it will be terrible or is it because they fear Rump won't get reelected because of it?

USA - 3rd highest CV infection rate in the world (will be 2nd highest by Friday)

USA - 6th highest CV death rate in the world

Italy numbers back up after 2 days of decline

BBC-Italy has just reported a jump of 743 deaths in the past day, bringing its death toll up to 6,820. This comes after two days of the number falling.

"Noted virologist Jerry Falwell Jr. is inviting students to return to his Liberty University after last week's spring break, and he's ordering faculty members to return to campus – even though most classes will be moved online."

God WANTS my students and faculty to die!

Falwell is just addicted to $$$

r425 they're so fearful of the economy because they love money more than people and they want more of it, which is why their stimulus plan was, again, just a giveaway to giant corporations.

"Noted Virologist"???!!!

Sarcasm, R432. Sarcasm.

"If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

Is Howard Dean a datalounger?

Haha, meow!

Trump just said the country should be up and running by Easter-which is April 12th. Such a loser.

And now he’s bitching and telling lies about Cuomo-BIG MISTAKE.

He's SO JEALOUS of Cuomo, it's hilarious.

Donnie on Feb. 24th:

The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!

Just got back from Target. Thank goodness I didn't need groceries because there was barely any. Looked like plenty of chip and cookies. Of course no paper products. What is strange is the frozen vegetable aisle usually is stocked full, but not now. My vegan products are all gone too. It really is unfortunate people are hoarding products since it makes it tough for the rest of us to find things just to last for a week or two. Has anyone heard what the manufacturers are doing to get more product to the stores?

This woman is hilarious. “You’ve all been told you fuckin’ idiots...”

The Hill:

Trump says he hopes to have economy reopen by Easter

R442: Well, that is better than next week! However, it will really depend on the US infection rate by 4/12...

If Trump is afraid of catching the Chinese virus, I've got a nice warm "white man" blanket he can wrap himself in.

I do think Cuomo has done a good job as a calming presence on a national level so far. However, I do not agree with him now trying to hoard ventilators for NY state with his "need of 30,000" ventilators retort to only getting 400 today. Yes, NY is the state with the greatest number of cases and should be getting more supplies to attenuate the situation. However, we also must be reminded that the cases are rising there due to increased levels of testing that is even surpassing those done in South Korea when it had concerning pockets of outbreak. Majority of those testing positive will not be requiring ICU level of care. Ventilators are only used in the ICU setting not on the Med-Surg floors or even step-down/ intermediate units.

Cuomo realizes that if they don't have enough ventilators someone is going to have to make the choice of who dies or who lives R445.

US at 50K cases

I'll add, he has a lot of compassion and doesn't want to be the person to have to make that decision.

R448> Yes, Cuomo was getting emotional today

It didn't have to be this way. When the dust eventually settles, hopefully Americans will call for the appropriate heads on pikes.

R450 No the sheep will go right back to watching

Willing to Die. That's what Trump mouthpiece Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says, older people will be glad to die from Coronavirus, to help strengthen the economy, by opening up the country again to all businesses. Trump is so itchy to cancel all of the disease prevention moves that governors have put into place. He wants money flowing, the stock market heading straight north, so he won't lose the election in November. I, for one, as a certified old person, have no intention for ending my life so the rich get richer. Would you?

R446 I understand that but 30,000 ventilators is not a reasonable number borne out of any scientific basis or public health trajectories. He has done a fantastic job so far but I have to disagree with this, and no I'm not a fucking Trumptard by any means. That fucker can't drop dead fast enough.

Damn, Cuomo is pissed basically telling everyone what a fucking failure the Trump administration is. "People say, people say. Where is the equipment? Where are the face masks, where is PPE? They're not here. Where are the ventilators? I told FEMA I need 30.000 ventilators. They sent 400."

Of course Trump used his Fox Town Hall to blame Cuomo for everything. Claimed he refused to buy ventilators in 2015 and something about a lottery. When ScarfLady was discussing why NYC had so many cases, ScarfLady said bc of huge Chinese population and many returning from China after Christmas. TRUMP smirking: "Do you blame Cuomo ?"

Such a vile human being. Cuomo' s fame and leadership must really annoy him.

He’s such a vile fucking idiot ... it can’t be said enough.

R462, Pelosi was working last week, including this past weekend. She got the House version of the stimulus bill passed. It's McConnell who was away for the weekend, getting back to work on Monday.

Mitch couldn't be bothered; had to take the weekend off.

Sorry, those were for R362, who's either trolling or is ignorant.

I live in Texas. I can't believe the state's Lt. Gov. wants me to die from Covid19 because I'm in my 70s. I'm sure he'll make a rule for all hospitals in the state to "use the Spain procedure," that of not giving me a ventilator to survive, but simply a strong pain shot that will put me out until I'm dead.

I hear you

USA CV cases are going through the roof today! :(

+8000 new cases, so far, just today. Death rate is picking up too. We expected this, but the numbers are hitting hard.

Do not let the rethugs get their hands on FIVE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS.

NO WAY, NO HOW!!!!!!

You guys should all watch this Cuomo press conference. Especially the part starting at 43:35.

Any funds need to be doled out by Congress in broad daylight.

Not by the corrupt cabinet or illegitimate president.

⏳ CORONA TIME 🥪 MARCH 24. 3:15 PM EST

🌐 GLOBAL

CASES: 414,611

DEATHS: 18,552

CRITICAL: 12,988

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES

CASES: 52,678

DEATHS: 667

CRITICAL: 1,175

A former Kansas school superintendent who was turned down three times for a coronavirus test has died after a week of “immeasurable suffering,” his wife said.

“The fight is over. I am absolutely heartbroken,” Joanna Wilson wrote on Facebook as she announced the death of her 74-year-old husband, Dennis, on Saturday.

“It has been an indescribably horrible week of immeasurable suffering on the part of the love of my life and then certainly on the part of our three children and our 6 grandchildren who could only watch helplessly from a distance,” she said.

“He was my love, my soulmate, a devoted father, and beloved grandfather,” she said.

Wilson — a former teacher and superintendent who later became a magician — first went to an urgent care facility on March 12 but was told to go home and rest, his wife said in an earlier post.

He went to a different urgent care the next day, but was again sent home even after testing negative for flu, his wife wrote.

By March 15, he struggled to breathe and went to a hospital, where an X-ray showed he had pneumonia, she said. “The doctor suspected … COVID-19 although he didn’t meet the criteria for testing,” his wife said at the time.

He finally got tested the following day, Monday last week, after his condition deteriorated to the point where he needed treatment in an intensive care unit.

“Test results back: Confirmed! Please keep us in your prayers. And pray hard. Please!” his wife pleaded on Facebook at the time.

After his death, his grieving widow now struggles in isolation, facing the fresh “travesty” of not being able to arrange a suitable send-off, she wrote.

“I cannot go anywhere or have visitors in so I’m now finding myself in the grips of great sorrow and grief completely alone. Where do I begin?” she asked, overwhelmed by the task of “completely ridding our home and belongings of Covid-19.”

One of Wilson’s sons, Luke Wilson, told the Kansas City Star that his dad “was technically elderly but pretty damn healthy for a man in his 70s.”

“The virus is stealth, isolating and cruel; seemingly coming out of nowhere, infecting him early in the outbreak without high-risk exposure or travel,” Luke Wilson told the paper.

“We were unprepared to handle this enemy and my beautiful father paid the ultimate price.”

Trump: "I'd love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter."

Joyce Alene ‏Verified account @JoyceWhiteVance

Joyce Alene Retweeted Peter Baker

And I’d love to be a gifted wizard with a degree from Hogwarts.

Connie Schultz ‏Verified account @ConnieSchultz

Connie Schultz Retweeted Joyce Alene

Ooo, I love this game.

I’d love for the Grand Ole Opry to invite our all-girl country music band Feral Feminist (favorite reader insult, ever) to perform our string of #1 hits that don’t exist.

R466 tragic and I'm sure there are a lot of examples like that happening

testing has increased a lot but still not widely available. This is beyond pathetic

The US will definitely pass Italy by the weekend if not sooner

Trump will be oh so happy today with the stock market way up. He and his dumbass echo chamber on Fox will probably start declaring we've "turned the corner and things will be back to normal before we know it"

R 469 as far as deaths go, not anywhere near.

[quote]I employ 45 workers in six locations who are all collecting unemployment. They will be fine.

Unless you are supplementing the difference between unemployment compensation and their usual wages, and their landlords can afford to not collect their rents, they may not "be fine." Unemployment does not reimburse fully. Most of us who have been on it were lucky to get half of what we usually made. It's also taxable income, just like a paycheck is.

If it is still in the bill R472 those collecting unemployment would collect what their full salary would be.

R471> CV cases - which is a major concern (overwhelmed hospitals).

There have been about 1.3 million Americans who have died in war, since the Revolution. This is high because we fought ourselves during the Civil War and the Indian Wars.

An estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the 1918 pandemic.

This Coronavirus could kill, at 1% to 4%; between 3.3 and 13.2 million. It could hospitalize, perhaps, 20%, or 66 million Americans. There is no comparison to our wars or the early 20th century flu.

Just as a matter of money, it will be far more costly for these people to die, than we are losing by shutting down the economy for a number of weeks.

Wall Street is a fucking moron.

Bahahahahaaaa

Bahahahahaaaa

According to Worldometer the US had 111 corona virus death on 3/22 and 140 on 3/23. That’s an increase of 26% (29 more.) That’s a pretty sizable jump but still very small numbers.

Greta Thunberg thinks she and her Dad has it. Although I wonder if she's saying she has it to convince the kids to stay at home:

Greta Thunberg says she and her father have Covid-19 symptoms and that it's "extremely likely" she contracted the coronavirus. "We who don’t belong to a risk group have an enormous responsibility," she said on Instagram, noting that they were in isolation.

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Los Angeles County on Tuesday confirmed four more deaths linked to the coronavirus, including the first of a person under the age of 18.

Nancy spoke earlier. She was “glowing”. Maybe from the lighting? I hope the glow wasn’t a fever!

When they played the clip where Trump says that he will oversee the $500 billion in spending, she just said, “you don’t want to hear my response to that.”

She looked very stressed but was clear and articulate.

I really hope Ruth Ginsburg is locked away in a hermetically sealed safe room until January.

WaPo: The coronavirus isn’t mutating quickly, suggesting a vaccine would offer lasting protection.

Scientists who are closely studying the novel pathogen’s genetic code say this relative stability suggests the virus is less likely to become more or less dangerous as it spreads, and represents encouraging news for researchers hoping to create a long-lasting vaccine.

The new coronavirus looks pretty much the same everywhere it has appeared, the scientists say, and there is no evidence that some strains are deadlier than others.

Trump’s speech notes from last night. He crossed out ‘China’ with a sharpie and added a paragraph about ‘protecting our Asian-Americans’ stuck on with tape.

It still cracks me up that he has these printed out in extra-large font like they do for old people.

[quote] It still cracks me up that he has these printed out in extra-large font like they do for old people.

Sweetheart, Trump IS old people.

Can you imagine how packed restaurants are going to be if Rump suggestion comes to pass?? Can you imagine the spike in cases...it is just plain nuts.

Anyway I don't see the States agreeing to this. At least the States with sensible governments.

Is the Federal Gov going to pay for all the hospitalizations?

Playwright Terrence McNally dead of coronavirus complications at 81

Terrence McNally, a prolific playwright whose love of opera and compassion for human frailties wove their way into many of his works, died March 24 from complications of the coronavirus in a Sarasota, Fla., hospital. He was 81, and had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some time.

For a while, it seemed as if there were hardly a Broadway season that didn’t have a McNally show running.

Starting with 1965’s “And Things That Go Bump in the Night,” the St. Petersburg, Fla., native went on to win four Tony Awards, two of them back to back: for 1995’s comedy drama “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and the following year’s “Master Class,” in which Audra McDonald, 49, starred as a tormented opera student of a fictionalized diva Maria Callas.

Tonys also went to his books for the musicals “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993) and “Ragtime” (1998). McDonald appeared again in the revival of his 1982 drama “Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune,” which opened the same year McNally received a Tony for lifetime achievement.

“A huge part of me is gone,” said Chita Rivera, 87, who starred in McNally’s “The Rink,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “The Dancer’s Life” and “The Visit,” in a statement. “He helped to make me who I am as a person … Only God knows how much I will miss him.”

Business Insider:

Coronavirus could shut down the Postal Service in less than 3 months, lawmakers warn

Well USPS is over 70 years old. Time to get out of the way for the greater good of younger more productive Americans.

Daddy Cuomo for POTUS..

So is there no merit to L strain and S strain of the virus?

Gotta say have a crush on Andrew Cuomo... real talk, no bullshit. Strong leader.

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I was surprised to see a PSA by the CDC on HBO the other night. I think that's a first.

Pelosi: Fauci A ‘Truth Teller,’ Lifting Restrictions Brings ‘Uncertainty’ | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

I just read this about St louis vs Philadelphia during the Spanish flu. Sorry if this was discussed here before.

R470. The stock market is reacting to the stimulus package that will soon be signed based on signals from leading Democrats. Some of today's biggest gains are from companies who stand to directly benefit like Boeing. As the plan is now mostly "built in" to the current market prices, it is not yet clear what (if any) additional impact the actual signage will have in the near or long term. In any event, these companies and the market in general will continue to face significant pressure in the coming days and weeks, due to lower demand, uncertain forecasts, and increasing numbers of infections and deaths throughout the world. To put it another way, Trump has just shot his load, however disgusting this may sound. Here is summary from BBC.

BBC - Investors are hopeful that Congress will pass a $2 trillion (£1.7 trillion) stimulus package to help businesses and households weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.The S&P 500 also rallied more than 9%, its biggest gain since October 2008. Shares of companies likely to get help from the government saw some of the biggest gains, including Chevron, American Express and Boeing whose stock prices all jumped more than 20

26-year-old New Yorker with coronavirus, ‘couldn’t speak, walk’

A 26-year-old New York City woman says the coronavirus landed her in a hospital on oxygen — despite having no underlying symptoms that would put her at higher risk for the bug, according to a report.

Fiona Lowenstein told told CNN she had planned to ride out the illness at home after coming down with a fever on March 13.

“The fever persisted through the next day when I started to experience a cough,” Lowenstein said.

But within two days, she said she started feeling better and was under the impression that the worst was over.

“I started planning to take a shower on Monday, get back to some of my household tasks,” Lowenstein said.

The next day, however, she started vomiting and experiencing shivers as well as shortness of breath.

“It exacerbated throughout Monday to the point where I had to go to the ER because I couldn’t speak, couldn’t walk, couldn’t eat,” she told the outlet.

Lowenstein was treated for two days at the hospital, where she was placed on oxygen, according to CNN. She has since been released and now remains in isolation as she recovers from the ordeal.

“I’m feeling better every day but there are some lingering symptoms so it will probably be a while before I’m back up to my normal self,” she said.

She warned others about how quickly the virus can escalate — even for younger adults like herself.

“I definitely was in denial about how serious it could get,” she said.

It feels as though Christmas was eight million years ago.

Even if 'merica was back open for business, do Trump really think people are going to flood restaurants and concerts so quickly? Not everyone who lost their jobs work in the service industry. People will still be social distancing and others will be cutting back on expenses because of layoffs or fear of being laid off.

WH briefing is on now.

Brace Yourselves........

The Unstable Genius is moving his lips.

Trump "Press Conference" Highlights:

- As we near the end of our historic battle with the enemy

- I hope we can do this by Easter

- Easter is a very special day, me, for a lot of our friends a very special day

- I'm very proud to be your President, there's TREMENDOUS hope, light at the end of the tunnel

- DOW surged, this is very encouraging

- Open our country for business and we hope that's very soon

- I'm also hopeful to have Americans working on Easter, that beautiful Easter Day

Great People

Wonderful People

Intelligent People

Leverage

Grounded

Record Numbers

Unite

Independence

This is a MEDICAL CRISIS, not a FINANCIAL CRI$I$ !

I think I've seen Fauci's soul leave his body at least 5 times.

"Borders, beautiful borders everywhere"

Fauci was given strict instructions. Don't snicker, no eye rolling, no talking.

Fauci keeps touching his face. He just touched the side of his nose. None of them are 6 feet apart.

And no giggling! No hand puppets!

Deborah looks like Vivienne Westwood's less hip but equally ugly sister.

Dr. Deborah MARY Birx in a new scarf. I hope her fainting couch is nearby when Mr. Trump takes the mic again.

People are fleeing NYC, apparently. Scarf lady says no bueno!

Okay the adult is speaking now.

Does anyone know when someone is hospitalized and then released for self quarantine how they get home? I'm under the impression they are sick, but over the worst of it and that is why they are released.

[quote]Trump starts his coronavirus propaganda press conference. He’s clearly trying to model it after Cuomo’s press conferences, but he’s failing miserably. Probably because you can’t believe a word that comes out of Trump’s mouth. Also, he’s somehow more orange than he’s ever been.

Can someone please throw a fucking shoe or purse?

Fauci should Trump to stay at least 6 feet the hell away from him.

R514 Great... bringing the virus with them no doubt!

So Trump definitely doesn't know what Easter is, right?

"It's an important day for other reasons...." or so I've been told....

The Meaning of Easter

Coronavirus: Spanish army finds care home residents 'dead and abandoned'

Spanish soldiers helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and, in some cases, dead in their beds, the defence ministry has said.

Spanish prosecutors said an investigation had been launched.

The military has been brought in to help disinfect care homes in Spain, one of Europe's worst hit countries.

Meanwhile, an ice rink in Madrid is to be used as a temporary mortuary for Covid-19 victims, officials said.

The virus is spreading very fast in Spain - the second worst-hit European country after Italy.

On Tuesday, the health ministry announced that the number of deaths had risen by 514 in the past 24 hours - a daily record.

A total of 2,696 people have now died and there are 39,637 confirmed cases.

He is such an embarrassment

Donny in his Easter Ears

Meanwhile in France

Death toll from coronavirus in France reaches 1,100, with reported cases hitting 22,302. The number of cases rose by 2,153 over Monday, while the death toll surged by 240 over the last 24 hours.

Who came up with this 15 days garbage?

🤭 Fauci sounds like Mrs. Wolowitz.

In a total state of denial

Governor Rejects State Lockdown For COVID-19: ‘Mississippi's Never Going to Be China.'

[italic] SEEDING POINTS !

[italic] FIFTEEN DAYS !

....

[italic] BEAUTIFUL TIMELINE !

It's going UP, UP UP EVERY DAY.....

R522 Does Trump think we will have an Easter miracle? Save the economy! Pray the virus away!

When asked why he chose Easter as a good day to end lockdowns, Trump really said this:

“Wouldn’t it be great to have all of the churches full? …Easter Sunday and you’ll have packed churches all over our country.”

[quote]Does Trump think we will have an Easter miracle? Save the economy! Pray the virus away!

If I remember my childhood TV correctly, it is how Olivia Walton recovered from polio. Not to be confused with Carol Brady being healed of laryngitis on Christmas morning.

This Easter deadline is batshit crazy. He’s batshit crazy.

Guys, please keep in mind that this virus has likely been circulating among the general population for MONTHS already. For example, what are the odds of an epidemic in China in November that DIDN'T spread to the US or various parts of Europe way back then? People are always traveling. I am not a medical expert, but believe that there have probably been millions of people who have already been exposed to this virus, had no symptoms or thought they had a cold or flu, and recovered and went on with life. We absolutely need to tackle this thing, but let's keep perspective on the whole picture.

I think an extremely valuable data point would be (when resources allow, which is probably not now) to test the blood of everyone who was sick since November to see who has antibodies to Covid-19. That would give a much better picture of what % is likely to progress to serious illness, mortality rate, etc, for those who have not yet been infected. Also, think about it: if I could know that the illness I had last week (low grade fever, dry cough) was Covid-19 with very minor symptoms, I would be immune and could be very helpful to others who are at high risk. I could be out in the world without risk of getting sick from this, for now, and be able to help people who are quarantined.

I wish there was more media coverage on things like the 60 anti-viral drugs that are currently being tested, some already in clinical trials. And the fact there are something like 20 vaccines under testing. It is only a matter of time. Yes I know in the meantime some will still get sick and die. I care a lot about all that and am absolutely doing my part to stay home, etc. But we need to be careful about destroying ourselves in the process of trying to solve this.

Be safe, stay healthy, and please let's try to give as much attention to hope for the future as we are the gloom and doom.

I was hoping Italy had plateaued and was over the worst of it but today their deaths spiked back up again.

R539 Seriously? I call troll

I'm truly sorry for the family at R466, but I have to say it: I don't doubt they've voted for Republicans their whole lives.

What we are seeing today didn't just happen over night. The toxic ideology of greed, hate and contempt for empathy from The Republican Party has come to fruition. You reap what you've sown...for decades. And now, we all pay for your selfishness.

[quote]This Easter deadline is batshit crazy. He’s batshit crazy.

He's a dangerous psychopath, is what he is.

R537, don't forget how Carol Brady's singing voice was able to keep a collapsed building from falling on and killing Mike in 1988's 'A Very Brady Christmas!'

R539

[quote]I am not a medical expert

You sure as fuck aren't, Trump Apologist.

[quote] don't forget how Carol Brady's singing voice was able to keep a collapsed building from falling on and killing Mike in 1988's 'A Very Brady Christmas!'

I was a senior in college -there were so many people who took a finals procrastination study break and watched that. I remember talking to one of my friends working the information desk and that was what was on the TV.

[quote] don't forget how Carol Brady's singing voice was able to keep a collapsed building from falling on and killing Mike in 1988's 'A Very Brady Christmas!'

I was a senior in college -there were so many people who took a finals procrastination study break and watched that. I remember talking to one of my friends working the information desk and that was what was on the TV.

I don't know what your point was R541. I'm not a troll. I am a rational human being and trying to get some perspective and was just sharing my thoughts. Feel free do disregard my post if you don't agree.

[quote]I have to say it: I don't doubt they've voted for Republicans their whole lives.

Well in that case they DESERVED to die, right R542?

Fodder for SNL

Yes r535 !

✝️ On Easter Sunday morning, Jesus will rise !

He will walk to the entrance of the cave where his Sacred Body was placed, and command the stone slab protecting the entrance to roll back. He will walk outside into the bright sunlight. Standing there, He will see his Blessed Shadow, and ye shall know that there will be six more weeks of the quarantine.

TROLL at R548 / R539.

R539 thanks but we will listen to actual scientists rather than your "opinions" based on not-science.

[quote]Feel free do disregard my post

Done.

R552, what the fuck? I am being real. Why is thinking things trough in a rational way and trying to get some perspective and sharing that with others considered trolling?

R548, I'm coming to get you

He's really pandering to his followers. it's still all 'reality tv show' for him all time.

R553 everything on her is opinions. And some of them ridiculous.

When the next thread is made, can we avoid the stupid pretentious plague quotes?

[quote]Well in that case they DESERVED to die, right [R542]?

STFU and don't even try it. I didn't say they deserved it, but I'm not going to pretend their voting patterns haven't led to THIS. You want to fucking pretend Republican policies for decades and up to now where the god damned president literally fired the team that HANDLES THIS, you go right ahead. You think Hillary would've fired the pandemic team? You think she would've called it a hoax. You think she would've ignored the warning MONTHS AGO?

FUCK. YOU. We're not going to pretend that people like them didn't have a hand it causing the demise of this nation via their votes for a party that hasn't done a fucking thing to help anyone NOT wealthy for a million lifetimes. And even NOW, they want to give more money to those same people. Jesus Christ, stop pretending we don't get to call them out for this.

You're a fucking idiot R556. And a troll.

Take it outside, bitches.

Do you really want another DL 4 hour time out ?

Coronavirus party!

[quote]A person attended a coronavirus party in Kentucky and then tested positive for the virus, Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Tuesday. Bashear later said the “coronavirus party” was a group of “young adults” who intentionally got together, “thinking they were invincible" and purposely defying the state’s guidance to practice social distancing.

R561, takes one to know one.

r526 the Mayor of Landerneau should be criminally charged. Macron should have intervened.

This was two weeks ago! People knew what was coming. [quote]"We must not stop living...It was a chance to say that we are alive," mayor Patrick Leclerc, mayor of Landerneau, told AFP.

Don't forget the CDC fucked up the testing kits. They weren't working properly and the delay no doubt cost lives and infected people were out in public infecting others before getting a diagnosis

I wanted this title for 24 so I will suggest it for 25. Coronavirus Freakout 25: Tempers flair on Datalounge.

Wow, some people on here are seriously fucked up. Obviously rational thoughts are not welcome here. Only bitchy cunty behavior and screaming and being outraged. Do whatever you want. But know that you're a troll and I was not trolling in my post. Maybe re-read it with an open mind. Notice one of my points was that I want to be of help to people. I think I probably already had a minor case of this and if I could get a test to prove that out, I would spend my time helping others. Call me a troll if you want. It doesn't matter. I know who I am. And you're demonstrating who you are.

"Mais oui! Why are Papa and Maman dead?"

"Mon infante...there was this comic strip called 'The Smurfs"..."

Why did CNN & MSNBC get rid of their onscreen Corona counters?! It’s not like the numbers have stabilized.

FNC took theirs down too.

R568, we are listening to the experts who say your opinions are wrong. You are wrong. You're also being a smug cunt about it.

R567 Tempers flare !!!

FLARE, as in flame !

Not tempers flair !! fuck !!

26-year-old New Yorker with coronavirus, ‘couldn’t speak, walk’

MSNBC and CNN’s numbers were behind anyway

New thread. Suck it, quote-haters.

Tempers flare, not tempers flair.

Amazon worker in Staten Island warehouse tests positive for coronavirus

The positive test was shared among a small group of supervisors at a meeting late Tuesday morning — all while the facility has remained open for business as usual, Chris Smalls, a worried management assistant at the facility, told The Post.

“They don’t have people’s best interests in mind. It’s irresponsible and inhumane to have us keep working there,” Smalls said. “We’re going to be a second wave [of the outbreak]. I understand we’re essential to our communities, but we’re not helping out the community if we’re carrying the virus.”

“It can definitely travel to drivers and other people down the line. If the sort centers are infected, then, yeah, you got a problem and it can go to customers. It’s a domino effect.” “We are supporting the individual who is recovering. We are following all guidelines from local officials and are taking extreme measures to ensure the safety of employees at our site,” Amazon said in a statement confirming the positive test.

The infected employee was last at work on March 11 and is currently quarantined after receiving medical care, according to the e-commerce giant.

The company did not address why the facility remained open — or detail any additional cleaning procedures — but said it has advised any workers who were in close contact with the employee to stay home and self-quarantine for 14 days.

The infected worker hadn’t been at the fulfillment center in about a week, Smalls said — but at a facility with more than 2,500 full-time employees, Smalls feared that an impending outbreak is inevitable.

When an Amazon employee tested positive for the virus at the company’s warehouse in Queens, Amazon told The Atlantic that the site had been cleaned daily and was temporarily shut down for “additional sanitation.”

Smalls said it was unclear why similar procedures weren’t taken on Staten Island, other than pressure to meet production targets. He told The Post he would be rallying against unsafe work conditions outside the warehouse in Bloomfield on Wednesday morning.

[quote]I think I probably already had a minor case of this

Pity about that "minor" part.

You need help R579

Cash is always appreciated r580.

Pretentious quote and NO POLL, r576.

[quote]Pity about that "minor" part.

It's never a pity.

If you can't take the bitchiness, head over to SesameStreet.com

Who will be the next celeb to die from it?

If you can't take rational discussion take it to reddit or 4chan

Isn't that the 2nd Amazon employee testing positive R578. I think the 1st one is a warehouse worker. Hard to keep track of all this.

And that is why the American English is shitty. Flare, flair.

Ann Coulter proving she can't read a graph

Ann Coulter proving she can't read...

Tempers on a gay website could have a flair to them, too.

Tempers on a gay website could have a flair to them, too.

Bajour!

Easter services cancelled due to...

I reread R539's post and I don't get all the hate for it. Instead of hurling invective at it, maybe explain what the problem with it is.

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