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03-18-2020, 11:44 AM #5876
Talked to my mom the other day. She survived very aggressive breast cancer and then a bad case of encephalitis from West Nile Virus, that has left her in pain ever since. She is 80 and definitely in a high risk situation due to a compromised immune system. She has had a good life, but I hope she doesn't get this shit, as she told me to let her pass at home.
Not shit any of us can do, but try and have a bit of compassion for those less fortunate then ourselves. I hope you all stay well.
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03-18-2020, 11:45 AM #5877
I figured if anyone would have been hip to profiteering it would have been our health care industry.
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03-18-2020, 11:45 AM #5878“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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03-18-2020, 11:47 AM #5879
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03-18-2020, 11:47 AM #5880
your anti-"virtue signaling" is getting pretty damned tiresome, IMO. We get it, you think the global pandemic is not the time to practice standards of avoiding racism and avoiding calling other people out on racist things, we should just let people be extra racist because it's a pandemic, or just not notice or point out when they're even normal level racist. Got it. Message received.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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03-18-2020, 11:47 AM #5881Registered User
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Dumb Question here...
Lets say we all lock down for 30 days. We come back after 30 days and people mostly go about their normal routine, aren't we in the same place we were in February with very limited cases in the US and it starts spreading again and all we did was buy some time? Buying some time to make preparations will certainly help and save lives but I don't think we are mass producing hospitals or ventilators during this 30 day shutdown so what gives? There wont be a vaccine ready in 30 days.....
If we do what we are doing now, no skiing, WFH, no interaction with people for a year, we will have certainly flattened the curve but likely crippled the country.
"As life begins to return to normalcy, however, experts worry that there is still an underlying risk. There are worries that as soon as the expansive quarantine measures are lifted, China will be a hit by a second wave of infection, especially as the coronavirus is now a global pandemic and imported cases outnumber local ones."
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03-18-2020, 11:50 AM #5882
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03-18-2020, 11:51 AM #5883Registered User
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03-18-2020, 11:51 AM #5884“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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03-18-2020, 11:51 AM #5885
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03-18-2020, 11:52 AM #5886Registered User
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03-18-2020, 11:52 AM #5887
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03-18-2020, 11:53 AM #5888Damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that
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03-18-2020, 11:53 AM #5889
Worldwide numbers which you're citing contain a bunch of fat tails aka outliers at the high end of rate of case spread and at the low end.
The median for countries with a high degree of international travel is 32%. The US, Canada, much of Europe is in that category
That is the number that's key. So far Canadian cases are doubling at a rate of every 3.6 days. The US rate is higher but I haven't checked the exact number
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03-18-2020, 11:53 AM #5890
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03-18-2020, 11:54 AM #5891
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03-18-2020, 11:55 AM #5892
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03-18-2020, 11:55 AM #5893
I'm frustrated with my folks. They went to the store this morning to pick up cereal. Then the local bakery for some scones. I tell them I will pick stuff up for them and they just shrug and say they're okay.
They're depression era kids. They grew up under the threat of Polio. Their fathers beat Hitler and Tojo. Their moms worked in ammunition factories during the war. They lived for years in a steel mill town with a soviet nuclear bullseye on their homes. My mom birthed me during the Cuban missile crisis with my dad about to be called up from reserves. They look at this and shrug and say they've seen worse.
How the fuck do I tell them to take this shit seriously??
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03-18-2020, 11:55 AM #5894
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03-18-2020, 11:57 AM #5895Registered User
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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...643357696.html
In reading the above, it sounds like we are in an 18 month social distancing/ WFH shutdown in order to find a Vaccine.....
No lift served skiing next season... Not that anyone will be thinking about that in 2021.
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03-18-2020, 11:58 AM #5896
I think you missed the part where BMills said it was funny that a WH aide called it Kung Flu to an asian american reporter.
you know how it's funny to put people in their place because what really matters is maintaining white supremacy in the face of any obstacle and not providing information that will actually help people.j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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03-18-2020, 11:58 AM #5897
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03-18-2020, 11:58 AM #5898
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03-18-2020, 11:58 AM #5899
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03-18-2020, 12:01 PM #5900
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