The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[OccultHawk]

773 people died of it yesterday, in the United States.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html

I called our local hospital concerned citizens PR line and told them I hope the refuse Trump’s mandate and the lady sounded like she thought I was crank. I could hear her southern pro-trumpiness over the phone.

Hospitals simply cannot comply with an order to sever ties with the CDC. It’s not just covid. Respect for the CDC’s earned authority protects us from all health dangers.

Also check your local media and government sites for statistics locally.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

773 people died of it yesterday, in the United States.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html

I called our local hospital concerned citizens PR line and told them I hope the refuse Trump’s mandate and the lady sounded like she thought I was crank. I could hear her southern pro-trumpiness over the phone.

Hospitals simply cannot comply with an order to sever ties with the CDC. It’s not just covid. Respect for the CDC’s earned authority protects us from all health dangers.

Also check your local media and government sites for statistics locally.

Thanks OH. For some reason, a tendency I've found is that when I click on many links related to cases, I'm not always presented with a broad view of the deaths (sometimes the deaths are very contextualized - given state, given country, etc. but I want to see how the numbers look on a timeline).

Likewise, the same goes for when I click on links about deaths.

CDC looks like a good place to get the stats I'm looking for. Unfortunately, my news viewing habits are very ingrained, I'll have to implement the CDC into my habits whenever I'm interested in Covid stats.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I could hear her southern pro-trumpiness over the phone.

That got a hearty chuckle out of me.

[Frownland]

Russia trying to hack and steal COVID-19 vaccine data, says Britain

Boo ****ing hoo.

[rostasi]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

The Trump admin having a stranglehold on the pandemic statistics going out to the public and the CDC...

Actually, they are wanting to bypass the CDC completely.
The excuse they will use is that the CDC is not doing an effective job.
Well, it’s not as effective as it could be simply because they
haven’t updated their very old systems, so there’s a kernel of truth there.
It’s an old GOP trick: defund and generally screw up the system
from within and then get rid of it because it isn’t effective or doesn’t work at all.
That’s part of the reason you’re seeing the dismantling of various governmental areas with these people.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Russia trying to hack and steal COVID-19 vaccine data, says Britain

Boo ****ing hoo.

Shame on them for not making it open source. Ffs.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Actually, they are wanting to bypass the CDC completely.
The excuse they will use is that the CDC is not doing an effective job.
Well, it’s not as effective as it could be simply because they
haven’t updated their very old systems, so there’s a kernel of truth there.
It’s an old GOP trick: defund and generally screw up the system
from within and then get rid of it because it isn’t effective or doesn’t work at all.
That’s part of the reason you’re seeing the dismantling of various governmental areas with these people.

Gates or Bezos or whoever should give them a few billion dollars like ****ing TODAY

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Actually, they are wanting to bypass the CDC completely.
The excuse they will use is that the CDC is not doing an effective job.
Well, it’s not as effective as it could be simply because they
haven’t updated their very old systems, so there’s a kernel of truth there.
It’s an old GOP trick: defund and generally screw up the system
from within and then get rid of it because it isn’t effective or doesn’t work at all.
That’s part of the reason you’re seeing the dismantling of various governmental areas with these people.

So in fact worse than I thought, rostasi. As the US heads into a health crisis that no-one can see the limits of, the chance of getting clear info and guidance has just disappeared. It's like putting on a blindfold as you head out on to the freeway...

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I called our local hospital concerned citizens PR line and told them I hope the refuse Trump’s mandate and the lady sounded like she thought I was crank. I could hear her southern pro-trumpiness over the phone.

Well done!

Hospitals simply cannot comply with an order to sever ties with the CDC. It’s not just covid. Respect for the CDC’s earned authority protects us from all health dangers.

Times two.

[OccultHawk]

Same for the WHO.

[Lisnaholic]

At least the WHO has international backing and is not beholden to the Trump Admin for its survival. It's the CDC which is vulnerable right now.

[OccultHawk]

America has a responsibility to fund the WHO no strings attached.

But I hear you. Pretty sure we’re on the same page.