twoday posted:

not again!!

Zberan Madowinty posted:

west wing democrats rush into the thread with the D&D guard, sobbing: "HE HAD POLIO YOU CAN'T LAUGH WHEN BAD PEOPLE DIE! DECORUMMMM!!!!"

Schnorkles posted:

https://twitter.com/lukemcgee/status/1252633540958846976

https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/1252650525750853632

Schnorkles posted:

https://twitter.com/lukemcgee/status/1252633540958846976

https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/1252650525750853632

etalian posted:

quote:

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but had been blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the community.

The company said the indefinite closure of the Waterloo, Iowa, plant would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further disrupt the nation’s meat supply. Tyson had kept the facility, its largest pork plant, open in recent days over the objections of local officials.

The plant can process 19,500 hogs per day, accounting for nearly 4% of U.S. pork processing capacity, according to the National Pork Board.

brugroffil posted:

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1252999381051113475

brugroffil posted:

Inaction by the federal government ensures massive austerity and suffering at the state and local levels.

McConnell not taking any action is the point.

etalian posted:

twoday posted:

Of course it is the French researchers who now turn their focus towards a potential cure that presents itself in the form of a Faustian bargain, causing one to question their life choices, reflect upon the fleeting insignificance of their own mortality, and descend further into cynical ennui

Fellatio del Toro posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftLdKV8j3H4

Chris James 2 posted:

Thoguh posted:

They had several hundred cases among their employees and the governor wanted them to stay open.

quote:

But the Spanish Flu in poorer countries had a different profile. It’s rarely appreciated that almost 60 per cent of global mortality, perhaps 20 million deaths, occurred in the Punjab, Bombay and other parts of western India, where grain exports to Britain and brutal requisitioning practices coincided with a major drought. Resultant food shortages drove millions of poor people to the edge of starvation. They became victims of a sinister synergy between the flu and malnutrition, which suppressed their immune response to infection and produced rampant bacterial, as well as viral, pneumonia. In a similar case in British-occupied Iran, several years of drought, cholera and food shortages, followed by a widespread malaria outbreak, preconditioned the death of an estimated fifth of the population.

This history—especially the unknown consequences of interactions with malnutrition and existing infections—should warn us that covid-19 might take a different and more deadly path in the dense, sickly slums of Africa and South Asia. With cases now appearing in Lagos, Kigali, Addis Ababa and Kinshasa, no one knows (and won’t know for a long time because of the absence of testing) how it may synergize with local health conditions and diseases. Some have claimed that because the urban population of Africa is the world’s youngest, with over-65s comprising only 3 per cent of the population—as opposed to 23 per cent in Italy—the pandemic will only have a mild impact. In light of the 1918 experience, this is a foolish extrapolation. As is the assumption that the pandemic, like seasonal flu, will recede with warmer weather.

More likely, as Science warned on 15 March, Africa is ‘a ticking time-bomb’.footnote2 In addition to malnourishment, the fuel for such a viral explosion is the huge number of people with crippled immune systems. hiv/aids has killed 36 million Africans over the past generation, and researchers estimate that there are currently 24 million cases, along with at least 3 million suffering from the ‘white plague’, tuberculosis. Some 350 million Africans are chronically malnourished, and the number of small children whose growth has been stunted by hunger has been increasing by millions since 2000. Social distancing in mega-slums like Kibera in Kenya or Khayelitsha in South Africa is an obvious impossibility, while more than half of Africans lack access to clean water and basic sanitation. Additionally, five of the six nations with the world’s worst healthcare are in Africa, including the most populous, Nigeria. Kenya, a country well-known for exporting nurses and doctors, has exactly 130 icu beds and 200 certified icu nurses to greet the arrival of covid-19.

Squizzle posted:

🐢 can steer relief/stimulus toward specific industries as a backdoor red state aid program

Mummy Xzibit posted:

Who the gently caress gets a lifted golf cart

Alobar posted:

the more people who post in this thread, the better.

from this post, when the number of different posters itt reaches 100 i will donate $100.



you might have to ask some of your goon friends to post in here! :/

Chris James 2 posted:

Gringostar posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejIeeDGSLSY

A Bakers Cousin posted:

remember when these ladies committed perjury during a live senate hearing and nothing ever happened?

Finicums Wake posted:

from https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/mike-davis-in-a-plague-year

Eleven Eleven posted:

That's going to hit the South & Midwest a lot harder than anywhere else.

Chris James 2 posted:

Gringostar posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejIeeDGSLSY

quote:

State releases guidelines for barbers reopening during COVID-19 pandemic

Temperature Checks: Salons should consider use of a touchless infrared thermometer to check the temperature of employees each day and of each client who enters the salon/shop.

Screening Questions: Ask each client entering the shop the following questions – Have you had a cough? Have you had a fever? Have you been around anyone exhibiting these symptoms within the past 14 days? Are you living with anyone who is sick or quarantined?

Limit People In Shops/Salons: Salons/shops should consider seeing clients by appointment only. Salons/shops should consider telephonic or online scheduling. Limit the number of persons in the waiting area of the salon/shop. It is recommended that clients wait outside the salon/shop in their vehicle until the cosmetologist or barber is ready to serve them. It is recommended that persons not being serviced in the salon/shop wait outside the salon/shop.

Maintain Social Distancing: Spacing between persons in the salon should be at least six feet at all times. Salons/shops should consider additional spacing between booths, divider shields, and/or alternate work schedules.

Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Best Practices: Salon/shop employees will be required to wear masks at all times. Salons may want to consider providing masks to clients. Clients should wear face masks to the extent possible while receiving services. Salons/shops should also make use of face shields, gloves, disposable or re-washable capes, smocks, neck strips, etc. These items should be disinfected or disposed of between each client. Employees should should arrive at the salon/shop showered and wearing clean clothing and change clothes before leaving the salon/shop each day. Hand washing with soap and warm water, for a minimum of 20 seconds will be required by employees between every client service.

Disinfection: All salons/shops should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected prior to reopening. Disinfect all surfaces, tools, and linens, even if they were cleaned before the salon/shop was closed. Salons/shops should maintain regular disinfection of all tools, shampoo bowls, pedicure bowls, workstations, treatment rooms, and restrooms. Additionally, salons/shops should remove all unnecessary items (magazines, newspapers, service menus, and any other unnecessary paper products/decor) from reception areas and ensure that these areas and regularly touched surfaces are consistently wiped down, disinfected, and that hand sanitizer is readily available to clients and staff. Avoiding the exchange of cash can help in preventing the spread of the virus, but if this is unavoidable, be sure to wash and sanitize hands well after each transaction. The use of credit/debit transactions is preferred, using touch/swipe/no signature technology.

Administration: Employees who are sick will be expected to stay home. Salon/shop owners/managers should provide training, educational materials, and reinforcement on proper sanitation, hand washing, cough and sneeze etiquette, use of PPE, and other protective behaviors. Ensure break rooms are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized and not used for congregating by employees. Be flexible with work schedules/salon hours to reduce the number of people (employees and clients) in salons/shops at all times in order to maintain social distancing.

Finicums Wake posted:

from https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/mike-davis-in-a-plague-year

Admiral Ray posted:

a champion

facetoucher cat posted:

https://decaturish.com/2020/04/state-releases-guidelines-for-barbers-reopening-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Mummy Xzibit posted:

Who the gently caress gets a lifted golf cart

etalian posted:

Mistle posted:

Oh, also, since pork is going to be expensive, McD's won't be buying pork anytime soon, so the McRib is but dust in the wind at this point

Plank Walker posted:

Dumb Lowtax posted:

Watch the CATS 1998 Musical (the big high-production stage recording, that they actually released in theaters) with captions so you can understand the songs:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av22548736/

Original poem Lyrics: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/eliotts-practicalcats/eliotts-practicalcats-01-h.html

My wife and I watched it just because we're masochists and wanted to embrace the weirdness, but then we.... loved it? And now we know the whole thing by heart