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Mr. Nice! posted:The majority of abortions are not invasive and require taking two pills. At least in the US as of a couple years ago, most abortions were still surgical. And the medical option has side effects that mean women should only use it as a fallback option. Even discounting the physical risks, many women describe an emotional or psychological impact from getting an abortion. I've certainly never talked to anyone who was happy about getting one except as an improvement over the alternative. The process needs to be easily available and non-judgmental, but at the same time doctors should work with patients to minimize the risk of unwanted pregnancy in the first place. And wouldn't you know it, countries with comprehensive reproductive health systems tend to have fewer abortions.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:the leadership we need right now Surely both sides will show decorum in these difficult times. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1243534445367492608
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I feel like y'all are some of the only people I interact with on the regular who share my absolute bewilderment at how weird all this poo poo is; military operations scaled back because of a fuckin virus? What the hell is that? I've never heard of this happening ever. I'm in a non-essential workshop in the Canadian Forces and this is my second week at home. This is so very strange. Is this the big worldchanging event of our lifetimes? Hopefully? gently caress we really don't need anything else significant to happen Great demonstration of why the phrase "May you live in interesting times" can be considered a curse. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about a paycheck, unlike most of my friends and family.
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stevobob posted:military operations scaled back because of a fuckin virus? What the hell is that? Someone maybe read a thing about the military reservoir of the Spanish Flu, the absolutely devastating resurgence it sparked off, and actually took it to heart.  actually no probably not idk what's going on
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Yeah I just got notified I’m being sent home to wait this one out before being sent overseas. Bare minimum 60 days but most likely longer.
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LingcodKilla posted:Yeah I just got notified I’m being sent home to wait this one out before being sent overseas.  your beach bungalo vacation
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Mr. Nice! posted:
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stevobob posted:I feel like y'all are some of the only people I interact with on the regular who share my absolute bewilderment at how weird all this poo poo is; military operations scaled back because of a fuckin virus? What the hell is that? I've never heard of this happening ever. I'm in a non-essential workshop in the Canadian Forces and this is my second week at home. This is so very strange. Is this the big worldchanging event of our lifetimes? Hopefully? gently caress we really don't need anything else significant to happen It is absolutely the most monumental event since the Second World War—bigger than the Cuban Missile crisis, the Moon landing, the fall of the Soviet Union, and 9/11. The phrase you mention has long been called the “Chinese Curse”, though it originated with a Victorian aristocrat.
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We're really, really loving lucky that covid-19 is not as deadly as something like Ebola or worse. If we don't spend billions on stockpiling medical supplies and PPE, and updating and upgrading our technologies and our surge capacity... the next time some pandemic comes around we'll be just as hosed as we are now, if not worse.
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stevobob posted:This is so very strange. Is this the big worldchanging event of our lifetimes? Hopefully? gently caress we really don't need anything else significant to happen
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Bored As gently caress posted:We're really, really loving lucky that covid-19 is not as deadly as something like Ebola or worse.
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Bored As gently caress posted:We're really, really loving lucky that covid-19 is not as deadly as something like Ebola or worse. We’re not even buying ventilators right now because a few minutes of (pre-crisis) GDP is too dear. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators-trump.html
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Platystemon posted:We’re not even buying ventilators right now because a few minutes of (pre-crisis) GDP is too dear. Seriously, he is an absolute monster of a person.
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Bojo has the roni GOOD Rammstein has the roni BAD https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1243537185682448385
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Hot Karl Marx posted:Bojo has the roni GOOD I saw a report that said he's recovering, though.
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I keep seeing how "Oh, Spain, Italy have higher Coronavirus deaths than China has, and the US has more cases overall" from numerous media outlets. One thing in particular that is really striking to me is that they seem to be taking China's metrics at face value, especially the new caseload reports. Yesterday, there were only 55 new reported cases with 54 of those being "imported". Now, as someone who deals in risks and metrics every day, this seems like utter bullshit, and statistically unlikely, especially for a country where the disease should be still spreading, albeit at a low rate. Another thing bugging me is a report that after Spain bought some testing kits from a Chinese pharmaceutical company, they realized the kits had a high rate of false negatives, and inconclusive positives, pointing towards further issues with testing and reporting over there. My issue is, is there any source that can find some sort of nominal middle ground between the Tucker Carlson ethnofascist bullshit and the breathless HuffPo stuff that can reasonably cover this sort of thing? I really think that there's a lot of harm pointing to China as some sort of universally effective responder to the virus, while at the same time, finger-wagging at them as the ultimate blame holder is equally as harmful.
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Maybe the italians are the only ones reporting honestly on it. It will be called the italian flu
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I'm pretty sure China is posturing to show how more authoritarian, state controlled countries will handle situations "better" than the west. They're trying to draw comparisons between USA and the UK and are looking brilliant at it, for now. Doesn't help that both the leaders of those countries are bumbling idiots.
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One of the things to remember is the manner of response. Italy, Spain, the UK, and USA said "nah no big deal" and let poo poo spread unfettered. The USA is the most severe and poo poo is about to get really bad with deaths. The USA is also under reporting deaths because we aren't testing a lot of dying people. Deaths are getting listed as caused by pneumonia or other complications with no postmortem testing. China locked the gently caress down once they took it seriously. Everyone was confined to their homes. Anyone testing positive was isolated. Food and essential services were provided to people. China is certainly under reporting for sure, but any place that has locked down similarly has shown low infection/death rates. South Korea, Honk Kong, and Singapore are examples.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/1243152451139784711?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJwaeynSkFY Summary: Be fast Have no regrets You must be the first mover The virus will always get you if you don't move quickly You need to be prepared If you need to be right before you move, you will never win Perfection is the enemy of the good when it comes to emergency management Speed trumps perfection The problem in society we have at the moment is everyone is afraid of making a mistake Every one is afraid of the consequence of error The greatest error is not to move The greatest error is to be paralyzed by the fear of failure
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Mr. Nice! posted:I saw a report that said he's recovering, though. The main source for "he's feeling better and is no longer in danger" is a German tabloid newspaper, Bild. Not a whole lot of information out there, unfortunately.
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Platystemon posted:We’re not even buying ventilators right now because a few minutes of (pre-crisis) GDP is too dear. Much as I dislike Biden, I cant read things like this and see him as being identical to Trump.
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Tom Pepinsky (@TomPepinsky) Tweeted: The public response to #COVID19 in the United States is utterly, thoroughly partisan [thread] https://t.co/xq4M0fyBGz https://twitter.com/TomPepinsky/status/1243565460395831297?s=20 https://twitter.com/tompepinsky/status/1243566275730845698?s=21
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So trump has been tweeting about GM and "Invoking 'P'!" all morning. This is what its about : https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1243346211563765761 $12 500 isnt a terrible price for a ventilator I don't think. Also for perspective: https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1243548759486795777?s=19
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Gross. Mr. Trump, who has faced a growing outcry from state, local and health officials around the nation that they will soon face critical shortages of the mechanical ventilators needed for coronavirus patients unable to breathe on their own, played down the need for ventilators in an interview Thursday night with Sean Hannity, the Fox News host. “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators,” Mr. Trump said, in a reference to New York, where Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has made pointed appeals for federal help in obtaining them. “You go into major hospitals sometimes, and they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying, ‘Can we order 30,000 ventilators?’ ”
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Is he saying hospitals don’t need more ventilators because they don’t have more ventilators? Crack Ping
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Don't expect baseball in 2020. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1243586086594588679?s=19 With that said, there are some positives that I'm seeing. A hospital ship has finally made it to Los Angeles, Italy significantly cut their COVID rate (though there was a huge spike in deaths), and the Army Corps of Engineers is setting up hospitals hyperquick. Turns out, when you give LTG Semonite a non-bullshit (wall) mission, poo poo gets done.
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facialimpediment posted:Don't expect baseball in 2020. Well, I guess that means the Tigers won't be any more disappointing than usual this year.
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Eej posted:https://twitter.com/redpomgranat/status/1243329443784867840 hey, he's not just any jackass https://twitter.com/redpomgranat/status/1243332449402150912
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LingcodKilla posted:It’s been long enough. I could be working in my garden or garage. Glad your making it home.
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Hot Karl Marx posted:the leadership we need right now Real loving obvious that the Democrats only care about beating Sanders.
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