Thoguh posted:

I was finally able to get my surgery rescheduled to fix my ruptured bicep. The surgery isn't for another three weeks but they are requiring me to go to my primary care doc next week to get a COVID test. The test is on the 27th of May and the surgery is on the 8th of June. I understand the thought behind requiring the test but that's just shy of two weeks before the surgery, which is a lot of time to go from negative to positive.

Man Musk posted:

Folks it’s time to open up

https://twitter.com/africafactszone/status/1262677154871087104?s=21

FizFashizzle posted:

ive got a great new idea how to cut weight

https://twitter.com/awwhalenawl/status/1262462238532734976?s=20

FizFashizzle posted:

ive got a great new idea how to cut weight

https://twitter.com/awwhalenawl/status/1262462238532734976?s=20

facetoucher cat posted:

is that a colostomy bag or something to drain his lungs? likely a stupid question but it's higher up than most colostomy bags I've seen before

Ebola Roulette posted:

I know this was pages ago but are they not having you go into isolation between your test and surgery? That was the policy for my surgery. If not then uh yikes and good luck

twoday posted:

i think it’s a chest tube for the lungs

Thoguh posted:

They haven't mentioned it but I'll basically be in isolation even if they don't. My wife has to go to work in the office though so there's some risk there, they had five cases in a building of about 60 people back at the end of March but haven't had anything since.

twoday posted:

lol that av rules

FizFashizzle posted:

ive got a great new idea how to cut weight

https://twitter.com/awwhalenawl/status/1262462238532734976?s=20

facetoucher cat posted:

is that a colostomy bag or something to drain his lungs? likely a stupid question but it's higher up than most colostomy bags I've seen before

Funion posted:

FizFashizzle posted:

/extremely disappointed anatomy professor voice

“Think of your anatomy and where that is.”

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube.

He was being fed through it.

quote:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — As Florida starts to reopen, the architect and manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, announced she'd been removed from her position, Florida Today reported.

Rebekah Jones said in an email to CBS12 News that her removal was "not voluntary" and that she was removed from her position because she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen."

Jones made the announcement May 5 in a farewell email to researchers and other members of the public who had signed up to receive updates on the data portal, according to Florida Today. She said that for "reasons beyond my division's control," her office is no longer managing the dashboard, involved in its publication, fixing errors or answering any questions.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

So much for action being taken

https://mobile.twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1262720484350857216

https://mobile.twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1262717184360529922

Funion posted:

gently caress all this dumb poo poo, have some global agitprop:

Austria

“Rent strike now!”

Brazil

“We refuse to pay!”

Chile

“Strike until both the state and the coronavirus perish.”

France

“Jogging is too risky, but working without protection is OK.”

Germany

“The crisis shows what was already a problem before.”

Greece

“Against the death policy of the state—solidarity to the struggles and the revolts of detainees in prisons and migrant camps.”

Italy

“We won’t go back to normality, because normality was the problem! When the lockdown is over, let’s meet in the streets.”

Mexico

“Immediate suspension of payments and rent—If those who pay stop those who collect.”

Slovenia

“Masks on, this is a revolution.” The additional graffiti reads “The academic college to the students!”

Spain

Punk art about the pandemic from a Venezuelan artist in Barcelona.
https://twitter.com/CNTsindikatua/status/1238770787676499968?s=20
CNT encourages workers to “wash their hands without extinguishing the flame of revolt,” measuring the proper amount of time for hand-washing by singing the classic song from the Spanish Civil War, “A Las Barricadas”.

United States

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1262725658607747072

facetoucher cat posted:

a ruptured bicep sounds so excruciating

unfortunately when people hear elective surgery they're thinking people getting nose jobs and I know that's some of it but it's really surgeries like yours. I hope you are not in too much pain and the fact time doesn't exist makes it come faster

Iron Crowned posted:

On the way home from work, I drive by a fairly popular bar/restaurant. The past two months it's been empty save for a few cars from staff members and the occasional pick up order. Yesterday was the first day I drove past since Ohio allowed outdoor seating on Friday, and the parking lot was packed.

Friday, Ohio allows indoor seating, we're hosed.

Shageletic posted:

Just permanently lose a portion of your lung capacity to look lean? Hells yeah!

Funion posted:

gently caress all this dumb poo poo, have some global agitprop:

Austria

“Rent strike now!”

Brazil

“We refuse to pay!”

Chile

“Strike until both the state and the coronavirus perish.”

France

“Jogging is too risky, but working without protection is OK.”

Germany

“The crisis shows what was already a problem before.”

Greece

“Against the death policy of the state—solidarity to the struggles and the revolts of detainees in prisons and migrant camps.”

Italy

“We won’t go back to normality, because normality was the problem! When the lockdown is over, let’s meet in the streets.”

Mexico

“Immediate suspension of payments and rent—If those who pay stop those who collect.”

Slovenia

“Masks on, this is a revolution.” The additional graffiti reads “The academic college to the students!”

Spain

Punk art about the pandemic from a Venezuelan artist in Barcelona.
https://twitter.com/CNTsindikatua/status/1238770787676499968?s=20
CNT encourages workers to “wash their hands without extinguishing the flame of revolt,” measuring the proper amount of time for hand-washing by singing the classic song from the Spanish Civil War, “A Las Barricadas”.

United States

quote:

According to a report from Politico, Donald Trump’s administration is recalling National Guard members assisting in states with coronavirus pandemic efforts just before many become eligible for extra benefits from the federal government.

The report states the guardsmen face a “hard stop … just one day shy of many members becoming eligible for key federal benefits, according to a senior FEMA official.”

In a May 12 call obtained by Politico, “The official also acknowledged during the call that the June 24 deadline means that thousands of members who first deployed in late March will find themselves with only 89 days of duty credit, one short of the 90-day threshold for qualifying for early retirement and education benefits under the Post-9/11 GI bill.

”The official also acknowledged that the order will require a “delicate messaging strategy,” in order to quell complaints.

“We would greatly benefit from unified messaging regarding the conclusion of their services prior to hitting the 90-day mark and the retirement benefit implications associated with it,” the official stated.

“Top National Guard and other federal officials on the call did not dispute the June 24 cutoff or raise the possibility of an extension. In a statement, FEMA acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s current order for the federal government to fund the troops expires on June 24. But a National Guard spokesperson said a decision to extend the deployments could still be made in the coming weeks,” the report continues, with a spokesperson stating, ” We’re not there yet on the determination. Nobody can say where we’ll need to be more than a month down the road.”

According to Politico, over 40,000 Guard members are involved in the coronavirus efforts in 44 states, three territories and the District of Columbia, with the report stating, “Tens of thousands of them have been working full-time since early March on a wide range of sensitive and dangerous tasks, such as decontaminating nursing homes and setting up field hospitals, along with performing tests for the virus. They’ve provided a crucial backup for understaffed and underfunded state public health agencies trying to contain the pandemic,” at a cost of nearly $9 million per month for every 1,000 troops.

According to the National Guard Association and some state officials, they believe Trump administration timed its orders to limit the deployment to 89 days in full awareness that the additional benefits could be denied.
Noting the date of the recall, retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson, president of the National Guard Association, stated, “It seemed kind of weird to me. It’s a Wednesday. And it also coincides with 89 days of deployment for any soldiers who went on federal status at the beginning. I was getting all kind of calls about it and I said, ‘It’s probably just a coincidence.’ But in the back of my mind, I know better. They’re screwing the National Guard members out of the status they should have.”

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/1262738726066819072?s=20

Leon Sumbitches posted:

Super good post, where did you find these?

twoday posted:

i think it’s a chest tube for the lungs

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Wow

https://mobile.twitter.com/RawStory/status/1262735416400195588

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Wow

https://mobile.twitter.com/RawStory/status/1262735416400195588