Coronavirus Thread

[Celt Z]

LOOK AT ALL THE B-ROLL WE SHOT! LONG-TERM INVESTMENT FTW!!

Actually, the one I think has the worst timing is the Subaru one I see all the time where the two parents brag about they bought their Subaru so they could drive their toddler son all over the country, and it's like, "Read the room, Subaru!".

 

[GasBandit]

Sound

 

[GasBandit]

 

[figmentPez]

 

[DarkAudit]

Back to work or stay at home? A WSJ debate.

 

[DarkAudit]

 

[Frank]

 

[Hailey Knight]

Thanks, Twitter. That really puts it in a horrible nutshell.

 

[PatrThom]

Wendy's cosplay person makes a good point.

--Patrick

 

[grub]

Kill the rich, it's the most bucks for your bang?

 

[Tinwhistler]

 

[figmentPez]

 

[figmentPez]

 

[General Specific]

I just wish we could identify these people with an ear tag or something so that when they inevitably wind up at the hospital with covid-like symptoms, they can be sent back home with some big fat placebos so the health care workers don't get exposed unnecessarily.

 

[Krisken]

I just wish we could identify these people with an ear tag or something so that when they inevitably wind up at the hospital with covid-like symptoms, they can be sent back home with some big fat placebos so the health care workers don't get exposed unnecessarily.

I said something similar. Fuck these morons gathering in groups. I don't want to be anywhere near these assholes, and I want anyone I care about to see their stupid a mile away. Let them gather in groups, scream at the void that they want their freedom. Once this is all over, I look forward to the rest of us moving on while they suffer the consequences of their stupidity.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I just wish we could identify these people with an ear tag or something so that when they inevitably wind up at the hospital with covid-like symptoms, they can be sent back home with some big fat placebos so the health care workers don't get exposed unnecessarily.

Unfortunately, being on the right side means having to be the bigger man. Because healthcare is and should be treated as a basic right, one that even these morons should receive.

 

[Krisken]

Unfortunately, being on the right side means having to be the bigger man. Because healthcare is and should be treated as a basic right, one that even these morons should receive.

But until the morons agree they should have it, especially when their actions risk the lives of everyone else.

Till then, fuck 'em. Life is hard enough without trying to save the lives of someone drowning trying to drag you down too.

 

[figmentPez]

It's troubling to think of tracking people's movements, especially from a political rally, but damn I wish there were some reasonable way to force these people to be accountable for the consequences to their actions.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

It's troubling to think of tracking people's movements, especially from a political rally, but damn I wish there were some reasonable way to force these people to be accountable for the consequences to their actions.

Honestly, their heads are so far up their asses, even if something bad happened to them or someone close to them, they'll find a way to blame it on someone else.

 

[GasBandit]

It's troubling to think of tracking people's movements, especially from a political rally

Apple and Google are already cooperating to do just that sort of thing, but from a containment perspective.

Is Apple and Google's Covid-19 Contact Tracing a Privacy Risk?

Apple and Google's Bluetooth-based system isn't perfect. But many of the biggest concerns have solutions.

www.wired.com

 

[PatrThom]

damn I wish there were some reasonable way to force these people to be accountable for the consequences to their actions.

Plenty that could be done, but unfortunately most of it involves tactics which would erode personal freedoms.

Apple and Google are already cooperating to do just that sort of thing, but from a containment perspective.

...case in point. There isn't much that can be done that couldn't also later be perverted somehow into a surveillance tool with motives unknown, even if restricted to just the data already collected.

--Patrick

 

[Ravenpoe]

Plenty that could be done, but unfortunately most of it involves tactics which would erode personal freedoms.

...case in point.

--Patrick

My favorite is "I'm not taking a vaccine if they develope one, it'll just be a secret tracking chip so they can monitor your movements"

-posted by someone tagging themselves on Facebook

 

[PatrThom]

I amended my comment, but the secret tracking thing is just bullshit.
Even if effective transponders could be made that small, the lack of battery life would render them practically useless, and even RFID-based solutions will eventually be eroded and destroyed by the body's own systems.

--Patrick

 

[DarkAudit]

 

[WasabiPoptart]

I know we were discussing landlords in a different thread, but I think this one belongs here, instead.

Hawaii landlords reportedly [soliciting] sexual favors [in lieu of] rent amid pandemic


--Patrick

I had to send a message out to my colleagues about this so they could help some of their housing clients. It, unfortunately, happens often with vulnerable populations even in more "normal" times. There is a surge being noticed now because more women are unable to come up with rent money.

 

[jwhouk]

The hug rating is for being in a difficult situation.

 

[evilmike]

"Jacksonville is easily one of the top 10 swamp cities in northeastern Florida."

 

[figmentPez]

 

[Hailey Knight]

Maryland had a protest group too, but it went a little safer than others.

They never got out of their cars. Almost like there's an infectious disease at the center of all this that necessitates lockdowns.

But for the other protests, I wonder how they'd have reacted if someone walked up to join, coughing hard.

 

[DarkAudit]

Even if one of the Fox Noise hosts succumbs ON AIR, these idiots will still call it a hoax.

 

[DarkAudit]

 

[Dave]

This is kind of long but a good read. A user on Reddit did some searching and found that all of these "FREE WHATEVER" were astroturfed from the same account.

 

[phil]

Wife and her mom got into a shouting match outside. I wasn't dressed so I couldn't go out to see what was up until after it was over. I went later to smooth things over as best I could.

"Obama gave the Chinese the money to develop it."

"It came through already in November last year. [wife's grandmother] had a bad cough and it was fine"

--- my mother inlaw, 4/19/20

So yeah. Trying to salvage their relationship is going to be fun.

 

[Frank]

I'm so happy that despite living in fucking Alberta, both of my parents are relatively sane. Well, my mom is mostly. My dad is even more left than I am, USUALLY. He lets his misogyny slip out sometimes.

 

[DarkAudit]

Wife and her mom got into a shouting match outside. I wasn't dressed so I couldn't go out to see what was up until after it was over. I went later to smooth things over as best I could.

"Obama gave the Chinese the money to develop it."

"It came through already in November last year. [wife's grandmother] had a bad cough and it was fine"

--- my mother inlaw, 4/19/20

So yeah. Trying to salvage their relationship is going to be fun.

I unfollowed a longtime family friend on twitter so I wouldn't have to explain to my sister why I might have called his mental faculties into question.