Coronavirus Thread
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Dave
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The more I see stats and the more that I see what the right is doing (downplaying or ignoring the virus) the more I'm sure they think it's in their best interest to let Americans die.
Cities - which are blue - tend to get hit the hardest. They like that. But I've said that before. What is new? What else could be happening that they like?
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Cities - which are blue - tend to get hit the hardest. They like that. But I've said that before. What is new? What else could be happening that they like?
African Americans 'disproportionately affected' by coronavirus, CDC report finds
Obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, all more prevalent in African American communities, are risk factors for coronavirus outcomes.
This is Easter week. It's not like coming back from the dead is unheard of around this time of year.
FYI, for those engaging in exercise while trying to maintain effective social distancing, it's probably safer to stay 4-5 meters (13-16 feet) away from the people around you when running in a line, and up to 20 meters (65 freedom units) behind a person cycling ahead of you. (Caveats: white paper, so not peer reviewed; affects mainly movement in a line/column vs. running/cycling next to someone; recommendations extrapolated from model of droplet dispersal in slipstream, with no component evaluating detection of actual virus or infective potential)
I read this as 20 meters behind a person crying ahead of you. Still following it.
GasBandit
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There's a crowning - corona joke here somewhere, i'm just not good enough to think of it...
This is why I've been using the treadmill in out basement. They are too many people out exercising around here and I don't trust the distances. Of course, I should probably apologize to Mr. Z for teasing him months ago when he got our 3RD treadmill, because he never uses them, but then again, I was right, because I'm the only one consistently using it.
Meanwhile, in other Covid-news, my step-father tested positive for Corona, which means that the "cold" my mother has been dealing with is...yup, you guessed it! But the good news is she no longer has a fever, and her stuffiness gone, and taste is back. I would get mad at him, but he does work for a national company that got considered "essential", and they need the money for retirement. So.
In other positive news, my uncle's (by marriage) brother was brought home from the hospital today. He's been at NY Presbyterian for a week on oxygen and being treated for Covid-pnemonia symptoms. But he beat the odds, responded to the treatment and is 90% breathing on his own again, so that's a win. He is a very nice man and it would have been a shitty loss, to say the least.
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My county has just shut down. All non-essential businesses are shut. And the only people allowed to be in a residence are the ones that live there. We were on stay at home orders. But the no gatherings is a little surprising.
That will keep people more than six feet awaySFX artist makes himself a mask
"Are you my mummy?"SFX artist makes himself a mask
So where is Diane Keaton?SFX artist makes himself a mask
EDIT: Maybe this pic will help @figmentPez and anyone else:
--Patrick
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figmentPez
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I'm getting Howard the Duck vibes, and it's creeping me out.
They're testing out a curfew on Oahu this weekend. In the meantime, my newest favorite quote is in this article about how we are still getting "visitors" and they aren't following the quarantine order.
Also, a number of those visitors are homeless people who have been sent here from other states with no safety net in place.
Have you checked to see if Patrick Warburton is among them?
EDIT For @WasabiPoptart and others: In the first episode of the 2001 live-action The Tick TV show, it's shown that the titular character (played by Patrick Warburton) ends up in the city because someone "finds" a bus ticket that he "...must have dropped" and gives it back to him.
--Patrick
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GasBandit
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Corona beer stops production
Production of Corona beer is being temporarily suspended in Mexico because of the coronavirus pandemic.
www.cnn.com
figmentPez
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From what I've read up on this, the last time it erupted was 2018, which caused a domino effect in creating a tsunami:
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
figmentPez
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