Coronavirus: COVID-19

OccultHawk · 04-23-2020, 10:35 PM

Checking the numbers on my own in one month covid has killed about ten times as many Floridians than all the hurricanes put together since the year 2000.

The Batlord · 04-24-2020, 03:31 AM

Go COVID!!!

Lisnaholic · 04-24-2020, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Corona has been spreading slowly in the tropics in general.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...ies-2020-03-17

^ Hoping that this will prove true, of course. Not just for me but for the swathes of slum-dwellers from India to Africa and Brazil for whom social distancing is an impossible dream. I have heard elsewhere that in general a virus dies pretty quickly when exposed to the ultra-violet in sunlight, so here's hoping.

Lockdown Mexico style: Mexican policing is a strange combination of macho brutality and incompetence: in one of my wittier moments, I told a newcomer that it a Mexican policeman is half Rambo, half Keystone Kop. But it does mean that early in life locals dis-abuse themselves of the fancy notions of "liberties" and "rights" that the Americans now protesting against lockdown are bleating about.

In addition to the "regular" lockdown rules, these provisions are now in force in my city:
> play areas in parks roped off
> no sale of alcohol, even from supermarkets
> face masks compulsory if you leave the house
> only one person per car, unless medical emergency, in which case the patient must be on the back seat

Mexicans won't demonstrate against any of this, but yesterday I saw plenty of breaches of the rules - a popular one being the "chin mask": you have a face mask, but you wear it under the chin until you see a policeman coming. Today I'll be emailing Dr. Fauci to find out if this effective in reducing the spread of cv.

Lisnaholic · 04-24-2020, 05:41 AM

^ It's motivated by concern about domestic violence, which, along with alcoholism, is a problem here.

OccultHawk · 04-24-2020, 06:16 AM

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Lysol manufacturer warns against internal use after Trump comments
A spokesperson for the cleaning product company said it had a responsibility to give accurate info to the public.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...ments-n1191586

OccultHawk · 04-24-2020, 06:23 AM

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...clots-n1190491

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Blood clots are not usually associated with respiratory viruses.

This does seemed to be focused on critical cases, Exo.

OccultHawk · 04-24-2020, 06:42 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, died on Tuesday night, three weeks after testing positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Warren shared the news in a short, photo-filled Twitter thread Thursday, praising her 86-year-old brother

~~jwb~~ · 04-24-2020, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

the ban on alcohol makes sense even if it would suck

it would definitely speed up the impending failed revolution

Though alcohol withdrawal without meds can kill you so maybe that's something to consider also

OccultHawk · 04-24-2020, 08:36 AM

Plankton · 04-24-2020, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

When Denver backed off social distancing in the 1918 pandemic, the results were deadly

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ It's motivated by concern about domestic violence, which, along with alcoholism, is a problem here. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, died on Tuesday night, three weeks after testing positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Warren shared the news in a short, photo-filled Twitter thread Thursday, praising her 86-year-old brother __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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