All things Chinese CoronaVirus

[a fan]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

[Typical Lax Dad]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

[wgdsr]

The most dangerous place, besides nursing homes, BARS are the most likely place to catch COVID.

These people must have voted for Hillary:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieport ... 1f4f854b53

... you got to love the clowns who think HCQ is being dissed because Trump supports it. They have the situation 180 degrees turned. The only reason they are supporting it is because Trump does - projection on a massive scale. Don't wear a mask (that's akin to the Holocaust); don't social distance; take your daily 300-400 mg of HCQ, you'll live forever and the genital warts will clear up.

yeah. it couldn't be both sides. you are seeing so clearly.

… sorry, but one side is right and one side is wrong. Either HCQ is effective and safe or it isn't. The media may be playing games, but the real scientist aren't.

if you've made a conclusion already, i'm glad you don't read my lab results.
if you are consumed by your political beliefs, your politicians will ultimately let you down.
bank on it.

my politicians or political beliefs have nothing to do with whether HCQ is effective and safe. NO ONE HAS PROVEN IT TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE - scientific reality, not hope, not wish, not belief. The most recent nonsense out of Henry Ford most certainly did not do that. An effective vaccine will be in hand long before anyone does. If you think it is safe and effective, of just don't care, knock yourself. There are doctors, not many, who will prescribe it for you.

sooo... am i to assume you have clinical trials to point to that say IT HAS PROVEN TO BE UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE?
DOES SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS mean i'm right or just to be more respected?

speaking of henry ford, have you found the trial yet? yesterday you said you'd seen it and would track it down again to post.

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsole ... 720e714643

This is the basis for enthusiasm for the drug as a therapy. Dr. Trump, PhD./MD.... I would have more faith in Marcus Welby.

[CU77]

The bitter-end irony:Lockdown delayed the escalation to 14% seroprev immunity in the <70 population & ironically ended up killing even MORE elder citizens in LTC.

This is total nonsense. The countries that have essentially defeated covid (New Zealand, South Korea, Iceland) most emphatically DID NOT follow this policy.

ya, do you claim to understand this? If so, please explain the relevance of the graph.

If not … well, why do you post stuff you don't understand?

[wgdsr]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsole ... 720e714643

This is the basis for enthusiasm for the drug as a therapy. Dr. Trump, PhD./MD.... I would have more faith in Marcus Welby.

the rest of the world does not follow dr trump's advice. and i loved marcus welby.
the first link provided by this article is a link to a now retracted lancet publication that is already probably the most discredited in the history of medical publication. (which i predicted well in advance of that) that should tell you all you need to know about the politicization of one drug.

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsole ... 720e714643

This is the basis for enthusiasm for the drug as a therapy. Dr. Trump, PhD./MD.... I would have more faith in Marcus Welby.

the rest of the world does not follow dr trump's advice. and i loved marcus welby.
the first link provided by this article is a link to a now retracted lancet publication that is already probably the most discredited in the history of medical publication. (which i predicted well in advance of that) that should tell you all you need to know about the politicization of one drug.

Exactly. It’s become political because of the politician. There may be some benefit derived from it but it’s not a “game changer” or the greatest discovery in the history of medicine. Almost everything that guy gets involved with turns out to be crap. Almost everything....the only constant variable is him....

That article was written on May 22, 2020. Before the Lancet study was retracted. At least Forbes didn’t just kill the link...

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://thehill.com/changing-america/we ... rs-to-stop

[jhu72]

Small town America coming to grips with reality.

[youthathletics]

The bitter-end irony:Lockdown delayed the escalation to 14% seroprev immunity in the <70 population & ironically ended up killing even MORE elder citizens in LTC.

This is total nonsense. The countries that have essentially defeated covid (New Zealand, South Korea, Iceland) most emphatically DID NOT follow this policy.

ya, do you claim to understand this? If so, please explain the relevance of the graph.

If not … well, why do you post stuff you don't understand?

Sharing for discussion. The stats are from CDC, just another way to look things, other than spoon fed CDC AND world meter charts.

Read the comments in the tweets of each graph.

[kramerica.inc]

Testing way behind where we should be (graph is tests divided by confirmed cases - should be ideally above 50-100):



Need to be testing at 4-10x current level, and doing a much better job as SD/other measures to limit spread.

How do we test more?
People aren’t going to be tested.
Everyone I know who has been to the doctor with any regular cold symptom has been tested.
MSM told us to stay home to keep those hospital beds open for those who really need them. We’ve done that.
Curve extended , but flattened as originally desired.

[kramerica.inc]

Mask Rage in S.Korea:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... r-heats-up

[kramerica.inc]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

The crybabies are the ones that won’t wear a mask. Let’s start with that.

Allow/deny services in stores/events.

[kramerica.inc]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

+1

Having travelled all across the EU, what countries have weaker borders Than the US?

Boomers realized labor unions are bad for Their 401k growth and real innovation. Gotta get rid of em. Want to keep the US growth at a slower pace? Enable labor unions. Want to have poor education system? Enable teacher unions.

Boomers are the biggest sellouts in US history to date.

[holmes435]

You should wear a mask even after the vaccine.

Florida is now seeing record hospitalizations and deaths are spiking with near record daily levels and rising.

You're killing Americans and Floridians. Florida Man in action.

[DocBarrister]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

+1

Having travelled all across the EU, what countries have weaker borders Than the US?

Boomers realized labor unions are bad for Their 401k growth and real innovation. Gotta get rid of em. Want to keep the US growth at a slower pace? Enable labor unions. Want to have poor education system? Enable teacher unions.

Boomers are the biggest sellouts in US history to date.

Labor unions worked hard decades ago to establish higher standards for employment benefits, including their health care plans.

It’s those higher-standard labor union health care benefits that eventually laid the foundations for the “Cadillac” health insurance plans that private employers like mine provide to their employees ...

... the kind of health insurance plan that keeps my special needs daughter alive and healthy.

So, one can probably guess what I think of folks who have a poor understanding of how we have all benefited from the hard fights fought and won by labor unions.

DocBarrister

[DocBarrister]

Trump’s incompetence & malignant narcissism has already screwed us, to the tune of over 100,000 unnecessary American deaths.

However, if the coronavirus is truly capable of airborne transmission (e.g., through ventilation systems and not just airborne droplets in close proximity), then we are even more screwed.

From The NY Times:

The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

If airborne transmission is a significant factor in the pandemic, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for containment will be significant. Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially distant settings. Health care workers may need N95 masks that filter out even the smallest respiratory droplets as they care for coronavirus patients.

Ventilation systems in schools, nursing homes, residences and businesses may need to minimize recirculating air and add powerful new filters. Ultraviolet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors.

The World Health Organization has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor.

But in an open letter to the W.H.O., 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people, and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations. The researchers plan to publish their letter in a scientific journal next week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/heal ... e=Homepage

DocBarrister

[CU88]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

+1

Having travelled all across the EU, what countries have weaker borders Than the US?

Boomers realized labor unions are bad for Their 401k growth and real innovation. Gotta get rid of em. Want to keep the US growth at a slower pace? Enable labor unions. Want to have poor education system? Enable teacher unions.

Boomers are the biggest sellouts in US history to date.

Are you calling for the busting of police unions?

[cradleandshoot]

Trump’s incompetence & malignant narcissism has already screwed us, to the tune of over 100,000 unnecessary American deaths.

However, if the coronavirus is truly capable of airborne transmission (e.g., through ventilation systems and not just airborne droplets in close proximity), then we are even more screwed.

From The NY Times:

The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

If airborne transmission is a significant factor in the pandemic, especially in crowded spaces with poor ventilation, the consequences for containment will be significant. Masks may be needed indoors, even in socially distant settings. Health care workers may need N95 masks that filter out even the smallest respiratory droplets as they care for coronavirus patients.

Ventilation systems in schools, nursing homes, residences and businesses may need to minimize recirculating air and add powerful new filters. Ultraviolet lights may be needed to kill viral particles floating in tiny droplets indoors.

The World Health Organization has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor.

But in an open letter to the W.H.O., 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people, and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations. The researchers plan to publish their letter in a scientific journal next week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/heal ... e=Homepage

DocBarrister

A million dead babies are also unnecessary, but they don't bother good ole doc.

[Farfromgeneva]

And by “fix it” you mean cater to an even bigger generation of dependent crybabies than the boomers.

Every first world nation has managed to provide health care and university education and/or vocational training except the United States of America. Oh, and functioning borders with a reasonable, but not perfect, immigration and visa program.

We should be ashamed that this is what we're handing to our kids, in addition to our pathetic, selfish, short sighted Trillions in debt....with no infrastructure to show for it.

We've had 30 years to fix this problem. What have we done? Tax cuts, exploding health care and education costs, and completely gutted labor unions. That's the ex-hippie boomer legacy.

But they sure got theirs, right?

+1

Having travelled all across the EU, what countries have weaker borders Than the US?

Boomers realized labor unions are bad for Their 401k growth and real innovation. Gotta get rid of em. Want to keep the US growth at a slower pace? Enable labor unions. Want to have poor education system? Enable teacher unions.

Boomers are the biggest sellouts in US history to date.

Are you calling for the busting of police unions?

That’s the hypocrisy of that argument. I would. I don’t care for civil service unions at all. A strike should he strategic and risk playing chicken with a entity’s existence, governmental or private sector (think airlines). It’s supposed to be the penultimate statement after all other avenues are exhausted. Now it’s treated like no big deal and screw every other person related until we get our way. Jon Oliver did a terrific piece on how they hijack society and behave as if they don’t care about the jobs they do but rather the paycheck. Would also point to the bankruptcy of Visalia CA directly responsible by said police and fire. Private unions slightly different, there was a need, but not sure the legal system has the right balance. The parallel is draw is the baseball union. Marvin Miller - great guy. Donald Fehr - POS. Current union along with stupid ownership is likely to end that sport.

But I’ve always felt the Democrats were odd in checking their cares about human rights at the border. Globalization generally has lifted many countries but you can’t close down trade border and keep $30-$50/hr jobs in places like Dayton, York PA, Upstate NY for people with AAs who put two pieces of metal together, give defined benefit plans, etc and trade with the rest of the world. If Mexicans happily will do the same work at the same level of quality for 1/3 then some folks don’t deserve to have their jobs protected just because they were born in America.