Just thought I'd create a thread for updates and discussion on the Coronavirus.  As of right now there's about 120,000 cases worldwide with 4300 deaths. 

 

 

 

     

 

  

  

 

Edited April 24, 20205 yr by victoria foxton

 

  

 

  

55 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

And I feel slightly guilty for feeling little sympathy for them given the malice and hatred they are spreading around.

 

I don't, lol.  If people are stupid enough to follow Trump's advice, then they deserve what's coming to them.

 

49 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

 

 

 

It's just as well.  No one deserves to have any of Andy Cohen flowing through their bodies.

Edited April 24, 20205 yr by Khan

@Khan. Flove you!😂😂

1 hour ago, Khan said:

 

I don't, lol.  If people are stupid enough to follow Trump's advice, then they deserve what's coming to them.

 

 

It's just as well.  No one deserves to have any of Andy Cohen flowing through their bodies.

@Khan I think by the end of the day that will be gone, too. I am really THAT upset at all this.

 

And Andy Cohen needs to STFU. SERIOUSLY OVER HIS SH*t!!! Can't even host a reunion right and yet want let an objective person do a job because he knows someone will do it BETTER. Not even well enough to really be hosting WWHL but his ego really won't let him do the right and practical and keep resting cuz he looks like crap. Just SHUT UP.

 

 

  

Edited April 24, 20205 yr by victoria foxton

I remember Taiwan is supplying three meals per day for their citizens but considering the large population of the state of California, it is a great undertaking to ensure that older residents will get three meals a day.

 

NEW: CA has launched a first-in-the-nation program--

Restaurants Deliver will allow local restaurants to provide meals for older Californians. 3 meals a day--at no cost.

This will help provide jobs to local businesses and aid those in need.

Learn more:https://t.co/e82f36Abzd.

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 24, 2020

Is ex-Y&R actress Nia Peebles now spreading Dr. Rashid A. Buttar conspiracy theories?

Edited April 24, 20205 yr by StepBack

On 4/24/2020 at 11:32 AM, Taoboi said:

And I feel slightly guilty for feeling little sympathy for them given the malice and hatred they are spreading around.

 

Meanwhile I finally had to restock the house and saw waaaaay too many people without masks on here in San Diego. But I warned about this on Monday since the weather this week is in the 80s and 90s...a typical summer day. As if we are not on Lockdown. When things get extended, I don't want to hear A THING and I will be doing online dragging for the heck of it.

 

I was thankfully my local grocery store is enforcing the 'no entry without mask' rule. 

Common sense should tell people not to do something so obviously dangerous, so it's hard to feel sympathy for anyone who ends up doing this.

 

And an agency in Maryland received over 100 calls about consuming disinfectant https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-updates-china-reports-covid-19-deaths-9th/story?id=70324535&fbclid=IwAR0M7vBKPEBSd_pqCjvshsVi0sPj4TDJYdwPunsjj-qs4rRyxB96KsoB_pg

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Some Maryland residents, however, still dialed the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to ask about disinfectant use."This is a reminder that under no circumstances should any disinfectant product be administered into the body through injection, ingestion or any other route," the agency tweeted.

Doctors also say that no one should consume disinfectant.

Mike Ricci, the communications director for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, said the state "decided to take the step of posting this alert after receiving more than 100 calls to our hotline."

Edited May 4, 20205 yr by ReddFoxx

ICYMI.

 

#TonyAward winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has been singing "The Impossible Dream" from his #NYC window every night as a tribute to first responders and #neighbors. This morning, he delivered a beautiful #performance that gave us #chills. 👏👏👏💕 pic.twitter.com/uwtdHyK5dM

— Jeremy Song (@tezuma75) April 21, 2020

It's unfortunate that Andy Cohen needed to make it all about himself (again) instead of putting more focus on the blood restrictions that continue for gay and bisexual men, or about the coming rules @victoria foxton mentioned that will allow hospitals and medical professionals to discriminate against lgbt people.  

Edited April 25, 20205 yr by DRW50

Immunity always seemed like a concept that was promoted rather than proven.

 

There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.https://t.co/8mWyjBILIS#coronavirus pic.twitter.com/aoWfTKBReJ

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 25, 2020

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If that is true I wonder what the implications will be. If one can get re-infected will it be possible to relax the restrictions which have been implemented before a vaccin is produced? Will concerts be possible, or sporting events? Will theatres be able to re-open?

This could have severe repercussions for a very long time.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Immunity always seemed like a concept that was promoted rather than proven.

 

It's very annoying, and typical of the smugness of many on the other side of this argument. Over and over I hear people say that the lockdowns are wrong because there will be no chance to develop immunity. There has been no evidence of immunity in the first place. 

 

The other thing that annoys me is that while there are many poor and nearly poor people who have suffered from this lockdown, they don't even get a voice. Instead you have rich people speaking for them, pretending to care. I saw that yet again today NYT, the paper that is always so happy to see people die, put out a propaganda column from Bret Stephens, falsely claiming that the public does not approve of lockdown measures. This is something the media desperately wants to be true, and they will do their damndest to make sure it is.

 

27 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

^^

If that is true I wonder what the implications will be. If one can get re-infected will it be possible to relax the restrictions which have been implemented before a vaccin is produced? Will concerts be possible, or sporting events? Will theatres be able to re-open?

This could have severe repercussions for a very long time.

 

Apparently the governor of Georgia will be reopening theaters next week. I imagine other states will follow suit. For the time being I don't see anyone going to them in large numbers, or the studios putting out new films. 

48 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

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If that is true I wonder what the implications will be. If one can get re-infected will it be possible to relax the restrictions which have been implemented before a vaccin is produced? Will concerts be possible, or sporting events? Will theatres be able to re-open?

This could have severe repercussions for a very long time.

 

It's not so much about getting "reinfected" as it is about reactivating the virus.  Rather than assuming that someone who is no longer ill is totally virus-free, I think people should be looking at the possibility of having a virus go dormant or go into remission, the way an autoimmune disease might do.

Of course, since COVID-19 has proved to be something of a 'moving target' with new symptoms and mutations being discovered on an almost daily basis, we should all just admit that no one yet has complete understanding of what we're dealing with. Don't give people false hope or false facts.  As is the case with HIV, just show/educate people on how to determine their risk factor and how to protect themselves.  Obviously there is no magic formula.

 

48 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

If that is true I wonder what the implications will be. If one can get re-infected will it be possible to relax the restrictions which have been implemented before a vaccin is produced? Will concerts be possible, or sporting events? Will theatres be able to re-open?

This could have severe repercussions for a very long time.

 

This may not allay fears for a long time, but every town, city and municipality must begin with meticulous cleaning of public spaces on a schedule.  Most public spaces that I've ever been in every country has been quite filthy. There are exceptions but they are usually that...exceptions.

Touchless technology will need to become the norm. The act of pressing buttons on an ATM machine at a bank or supermarket checkout needs to become a thing of the past. Public restrooms need to retrofit so that all dispense with the need to touch anything. I've been to places like this but those were rare spaces.

Theaters and stadiums that allow spectators may very well be among the last places to open.  Hey, if you or someone you know are the last drive-in movie lot owners, then expect a windfall as this is probably a great time to own a drive-in movie theater!

 

 

There is a study released out of Yale that saliva produces more accurate test results for coronavirus than nasal swabs. This may actually take some of the fear/reluctance out of testing.  Like I said before, testing and knowing one's status is likely the key to curbing/lowering the spread.

 

Let's all just hope that the next mutation will involved a much weaker, far less contagious, and less deadly coronavirus.

COVID-19, in particular, needs to mutate into nothingness.  A wish, I know.

Edited April 25, 20205 yr by DramatistDreamer