Ebola Roulette posted:

Gonna go out on a limb and say maybe he had one of the regular rear end coronaviruses and the garbage covid antibody tests have cross reactivity to it. Or it's a false positive.


poo poo dude I'm sorry

Steve Yun posted:

choice ny strip steak is $20/lb at my local restaurant depot. this is the wholesale price.

Thoguh posted:

Yeah, if this thing ripped through Congress without a single one of them having more than a mild case and not even a single hospitalization that would mean everything we know about it is wrong.

Like, I'd absolutely believe their access to medical care would help them all survive if they all did get sick but congress is basically an old folks home theres no way half of them wouldn't be intubated by now.

fatnoodlesfarting posted:

Northern Virginia here. Since someone asked to share experiences thought I would post

The pandemic has already "hit home" for our family, so to speak - my cousin (actually my mom's cousin but I grew up referring to him as "my" cousin) died in early April. He had Down's Syndrome and began suffering from early onset dementia this past year. His parents died a year ago and his brother's family was taking care of him but were struggling mightily and in January put him into a state home. The disease ripped through the home sometime in mid to late March and he ended up being rushed to the hospital with a high fever and breathing struggles. Apparently given the shortage of ventilators the hospital told the family that he wasn't eligible for one and he died alone, without any family with him, in the hospital.

It really pisses me off when the chuds or whoever brush off deaths like this, of older or weaker people, as not a big deal. What is particularly galling to me about this whole thing is that my cousin was passionately all about his family and the small little community in the rural town where they lived that cared for him. When he got sick no one was there to see him or help him. He was incredibly confused and devastated when his parents died and I can't imagine how he was feeling during this ordeal. Yes, he was going downhill with the dementia but this was a particularly cruel and unfair hand to be dealt at the end of his life. And now he has been dead for more than a month - a remembrance may happen sometime in the distant future, maybe not, but without any kind of funeral it feels like he just unceremoniously dropped off the face of the Earth. No kids to pass on his legacy, no celebration of his life, barely even a discussion of it except for some horrified phone calls and emails. Lack of face to face with anyone outside our immediate household is so bizarre.

Maybe thats why I had the urge to post this - it at least feels like I'm talking to someone, even strangers, acknowledging it outside of my immediate family and closest friends.

I live in a more distant suburb of Washington. My area is mostly Hispanic/African American and MOST of the people here are taking the pandemic pretty seriously still. I ran to the ABC today for some emergency essentials after not having been out at all for a few weeks and everyone in the store and around it were masked and distancing. The people who are NOT following the rules around here seem to be (surprise!) the older fatter white people with the expensive pick up trucks. I almost swerved off the road with shock when I saw the crappy Tex-Mex place frequented almost exclusively by the older white crowd jam packed, parking overflowing to an adjacent lot. Packed patio, no masks. Meanwhile, the dozens of other vastly superior Mexican places are still closed or take out only.

Notice the same difference with the grocery stores. The few times I have ventured out to our craphole Safeway I run into several older white men not distancing, not masked. Safeway in our area hasn't even bothered to ensure all their employees have masks or to enforce any kind of safety measures (a marked contrast from the Safeway in the wealthy area of the nearby city where I work). Our Safeway also has had shortages on almost everything. Contrast that with the Asian grocery store nearby in which they actually make sure people are wearing masks in the store, provide guidance for appropriate social distancing and my spouse was able to find paper towels and eggs there a few weeks ago!

People are really being squeezed in our area as costs have been rising for a while and pricing people out. They just shut down two trailer parks and people are fighting efforts to build low income housing nearby to make up for it. I think about 60% of kids at the local elementary are entitled for free lunches, I don't know what is being done to ensure these children are getting what they need. A lot of the local churches are doing food drives and there are big lines which is extremely depressing to see. Then we have the mansions and gated communities less than a mile away from some of these churches. I was once followed while driving through one of these neighborhoods by some weird vigilante and they are always the ones complaining on Next Door about every petty little thing - usually poop, noise and "those people" daring to go to the public parks near them or walking "suspiciously" near their property. Nowadays its the freedom-crushing horrors of being expected to wear masks around town. All while people are dying and there are food lines down the street. Seriously, gently caress these people.

Well, that's my little rant and sorry for the length. tldr: Sad family death. Annoyed by usual suspects around town not taking things seriously.

Lambert posted:

It's very likely there's a very expensive treatment for Coronavirus the public doesn't know about. The US government was certainly talking about having one ready by this time back in March.

nooneofconsequence posted:

https://twitter.com/JeffBernthal/status/1266509051699044352?s=20

BrownieMinusEye posted:

I assure you there are ideas of treatments of corona but nothing the rich have secret. Anything they are taking is experimental and probably not a good idea.

Shima Honnou posted:

can we convince them to take more experimental treatments, the wilder and more untested the better

nooneofconsequence posted:

https://twitter.com/JeffBernthal/status/1266509051699044352?s=20

fits my needs posted:

pittsburgh is the paris of appalachia

nooneofconsequence posted:

https://twitter.com/JeffBernthal/status/1266509051699044352?s=20

etalian posted:

The funniest corona video is still the one with that blonde chick with the weird voice.

ascii genitals posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXURg4dEQ0g

lol

nooneofconsequence posted:

https://twitter.com/JeffBernthal/status/1266509051699044352?s=20

Failson posted:

LOL that Prester Jane was right, just about the wrong country.

Free Prester Jane.

Lambert posted:

It's very likely there's a very expensive treatment for Coronavirus the public doesn't know about. The US government was certainly talking about having one ready by this time back in March.

Lambert posted:

It's very likely there's a very expensive treatment for Coronavirus the public doesn't know about. The US government was certainly talking about having one ready by this time back in March.

Thoguh posted:

Yeah, if this thing ripped through Congress without a single one of them having more than a mild case and not even a single hospitalization that would mean everything we know about it is wrong.

Like, I'd absolutely believe their access to medical care would help them all survive if they all did get sick but congress is basically an old folks home theres no way half of them wouldn't be intubated by now.

Thoguh posted:

Yeah, if this thing ripped through Congress without a single one of them having more than a mild case and not even a single hospitalization that would mean everything we know about it is wrong.

Like, I'd absolutely believe their access to medical care would help them all survive if they all did get sick but congress is basically an old folks home theres no way half of them wouldn't be intubated by now.

BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:

Mmm I'm not so sure. Who's the sickest member of Congress? They are all in ostensibly good health, no?

nooneofconsequence posted:

https://twitter.com/JeffBernthal/status/1266509051699044352?s=20

Thesaurus posted:

https://tounesnanews.com/2020/05/28/lake-of-the-ozarks-bar-owner-defends-his-wild-memorial-day-weekend-party-amid-covid-19-pandemic/
A Lake of the Ozarks bar owner who hosted a wild Memorial Day Weekend party is defending the event, saying no laws were broken because failure to observe social distancing ‘is not a crime’.

Gary Prewett, who runs Backwater Jack’s Bar and Grill in Osage Beach, Missouri, took to Facebook Tuesday – three days after his establishment held a ‘Zero Ducks Given’ party, where revelers squeezed into a pool and flouted social distancing guidelines.

Photos from Saturday’s event sparked widespread outrage, but Prewett insisted individuals had a right to attend the event, before explaining that he conducted non-contact temperature checks and provided bottles of hand sanitizer to keep party-goers safe.

‘We understand that there are many emotions and feelings involved on every side of the pandemic situation… [but] we stand by our decision to move forward with Memorial Day Weekend plans,’ Prewett wrote.

‘We love our customers and will continue to do our best to provide delicious food, drink, and entertainment’.

Thesaurus posted:

Inceltown posted:

New York has found a way to avoid getting the roni. Have the police beat you to death first.

https://twitter.com/benFranklin2018/status/1266527034496430080

Inceltown posted:

New York has found a way to avoid getting the roni. Have the police beat you to death first.

https://twitter.com/benFranklin2018/status/1266527034496430080

Thesaurus posted:

https://tounesnanews.com/2020/05/28/lake-of-the-ozarks-bar-owner-defends-his-wild-memorial-day-weekend-party-amid-covid-19-pandemic/
A Lake of the Ozarks bar owner who hosted a wild Memorial Day Weekend party is defending the event, saying no laws were broken because failure to observe social distancing ‘is not a crime’.

Gary Prewett, who runs Backwater Jack’s Bar and Grill in Osage Beach, Missouri, took to Facebook Tuesday – three days after his establishment held a ‘Zero Ducks Given’ party, where revelers squeezed into a pool and flouted social distancing guidelines.

Photos from Saturday’s event sparked widespread outrage, but Prewett insisted individuals had a right to attend the event, before explaining that he conducted non-contact temperature checks and provided bottles of hand sanitizer to keep party-goers safe.

‘We understand that there are many emotions and feelings involved on every side of the pandemic situation… [but] we stand by our decision to move forward with Memorial Day Weekend plans,’ Prewett wrote.

‘We love our customers and will continue to do our best to provide delicious food, drink, and entertainment’.

bring back old gbs posted:

https://twitter.com/jonrosenberg/status/1266548561891799040

Fellatio del Toro posted:

run up with scissors and snip them off

Thoguh posted:

Yeah, if this thing ripped through Congress without a single one of them having more than a mild case and not even a single hospitalization that would mean everything we know about it is wrong.

Like, I'd absolutely believe their access to medical care would help them all survive if they all did get sick but congress is basically an old folks home theres no way half of them wouldn't be intubated by now.