Coronavirus Thread

GasBandit

GasBandit

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As bad as things are in the US and Texas in particular, I feel really lucky.

Either I've managed to not get infected or I've been an asymptomatic carrier.

My best friend's 8 year old got really sick back in late January/early Feb, and he took her to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her with simultaneous cases of Strep and Mono, and said "it's really crazy, I've seen 10 kids with this this week." Shortly thereafter, his entire family got sick one after another. He's of the opinion it was actually an early and undiagnosed case of COVID. I am not entirely convinced, but if it was, I was hanging out with them ALL the time back then and didn't get sick.

So, yeah, I make sure to keep my mask on all the time when I'm around other people, because I figure there's a non-zero chance I'm a carrier, even though I never got sick. Especially with as much time as I have spent in places like Dallas and Magnolia (which is where the highest infection rate in Texas per capita is, and where the first confirmed diagnosis was) in the past spring and summer.
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

My son actually came down with a mysterious flu like illness about a week before I even learned about COVID. My daughter followed soon after. The sickness didn't last long (a few days, tops), and my son barely registered it. He had a temperature but never complained about being uncomfortable, my daughter a little worst but not inconsolable. My wife and I figured we must have gotten whatever they got too, but nothing ever came of it other then maybe one morning I remember waking up with a sore throat.

Still to this day I wonder if we had it and just got super damn lucky. I still ain't gonna take the chance though. I always wear my mask, and the kids are staying home.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
My best friend's 8 year old got really sick back in late January/early Feb, and he took her to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her with simultaneous cases of Strep and Mono, and said "it's really crazy, I've seen 10 kids with this this week."
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Had the same sort of thing in Feb, but none of the other 4 people in the house ever got sick, so I'm thinking it was just an actual cold.

--Patrick
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Tapes just came out from an interview that Bob Woodward did with Trump back at the start of the year, going over what we already knew. Trump knew Covid19 was deadly, but downplayed it anyways.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Dei said:
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I couldn't even finish watching this. He admits to lying, says it was to prevent panic, and then proceeds to continue lying about how well we're doing compared to other countries, and to also lie about how quick the US responded to the virus in buying supplies.

Reporter: Why should we trust you going forward?
Trump: Well, you can't show panic.

What's really scary to me is how many people will accept this. People will think "Well, it's okay that he lied, because it was good for the economy" or "It was good that he lied, because it kept people calm" and I'm so sick of stupid people who think lying is a good thing.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Pence saying that Biden and Harris should "stop playing politics with American lives" is completely on brand for Trumpers. The status quo of hypocrisy continues.
 
Frank

Frank

I hate that there are so many people here (as in Canadians joining in on this kind of massive dipshittery) being this stupid.

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sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I live in the most active hot spot in America for recent cases.

I assume mostly due to the prison population. But a few weeks ago they pretty much had it handled.

But the asses in this town don't wear masks either.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

That’s at least 4 teacher deaths so far.
And we’re barely 2 weeks in. That’s 2 deaths/wk.
At this rate, another 70 teachers will die by the end of the school year.

—Patrick
 
Dei

Dei

"We still have some Tea Partiers who don't give a fuck about anything but not spending money, and we can't pass things with our majority, so it's the Dems fault!"

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PatrThom

PatrThom

TBH, if the bill's not actually going to help people, why pass it at all?
Forbes said:
Despite failing to advance, the vote provides a symbolic victory to McConnell and Republicans, especially [those] vulnerable Senators up for re-election in November. These Senators wanted a formal vote in favor of additional coronavirus stimulus to provide them with proof that Republicans were attempting to pass stimulus relief.
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Oh, I get it now. They wanted it on record that they tried. They tried soooooo haaaaaard but it just wasn't enough and can we have four more years please?

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Fun Size said:
There are two stages to every Trump scandal. 1. We all know he did it and 2. someone officially reports that he did it.
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My wife says the same thing about studies. Yes, everyone knows water is wet, but until there's a study about it, we don't know exactly HOW wet.

--Patrick
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
My wife says the same thing about studies. Yes, everyone knows water is wet, but until there's a study about it, we don't know exactly HOW wet.

--Patrick
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I've heard it suggested water isn't wet, since wet is the state of something covered or soaked in water which water technically can't be. You can't dry it, you can't make it wetter.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Bubble181 said:
I've heard it suggested water isn't wet, since wet is the state of something covered or soaked in water which water technically can't be.
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Luckily we're way past the time of the invention of "zero", so i can easily argue water is wet nothing, and vacuum is dry nothing. So while i can't make it any wetter, since it's already 100% wet (true also of other things when you wet them enough), i can dry it by making it go away.

Hope you enjoyed my TEDTalk.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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I saw the news that Canada reported no new deaths from COVID-19 on Sept 11, the first day since March 15 to have no deaths. Congrats to them.

To put in perspective how poorly the US is doing in comparison, the 8 counties that make up the greater Houston region reported 17 deaths that day. In fact, for the past two months the Houston area (~7 million people) has reported more deaths from COVID-19 than the entire nation of Canada (~37 million). When the entirety of the pandemic is taken into account, Texas (~29 million) has had about 2x as many deaths per capita as Canada has.
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

That doesn't really do it justice. Your federal government is ramping down testing and attempting to altered what data it reports.

Canada has seen a rise in cases as kids and university students go back to school. Most of it is being driven by irresponsible behavior of young adults. In response we are increasing testing and enforcement. And private industries are stepping up as well, here in Halifax if you violate quarantine you go on a list and every bar in the city will exclude you for a year. We're down to one case again, but still need to take this seriously.

Weird fact, wildfires in Canada are down this year due to covid.
 
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