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03-02-2020 , 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by abysmal01
There seems to be a real lack of of outrage about the lack of response over there in a way that's a little hard for me to fathom. Being super optimistic 6 deaths should mean at least ~150 infected so the only way you get 18 confirmed cases is by a severe lack of testing. Those are stats you'd laugh at if they were put out by a 3rd world dictatorship, I'd have thought the U.S citizenry would hold it's government to a higher standard than this regardless of their perception of the president. By putting out those stats they're basically admitting they're letting a high number of carriers go about their business unchecked and are allowing the widespread transmission of this thing.
You had to extrapolate stats to arrive at why you should be angry. No one is doing math before getting angry. So they need a talking head to break this down for them. Still then its probably to complicated to parse compared to something like but what about her emails?
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03-02-2020 , 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
The top commodities in Barter Town (formerly Las Vegas) - gas, gold, bullets and TP.
lol noob, I'm loading up on any kind of paper. Haven't you seen Waterworld?

Shits gonna be so valuable one day. (I'm keeping it in the original packaging.)
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03-02-2020 , 08:01 PM
Just got this email from my sister:

I hope you're thinking ahead in case you're quarantined. It's unlikely, but you never know.

In Florida, the stores are selling out of certain items. If you haven't shopped yet, it might be a good idea.

I suggest the following:
At least a month's supply of mom's depends and pads
Lots of tissues
Lots of toilet paper
Bottled water
Soap
Purell
Any over the counter meds/creams she uses.

Food that you and mom could eat if you couldn't go out.

Make sure Andy doesn't starve.

I know this seems crazy but look at what's going on.


My mother has a caregiver, my sister called and told her all of the above, and the caregiver told her that I'd already done it.

Heading to Target right now.
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03-02-2020 , 08:28 PM
The entirety of USA#1 apparently has a grand total of 15,000 COV19 test kits currently available.




Let that sink in for a minute.
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03-02-2020 , 08:41 PM
In Italy, they are shutting down concerts and movie theaters. I think any venue that has 1,000 people are being shut down, but I don't know all the details.

Every time I've been to Walmart, each register had 1,000 people in line. I think that the odds you catching this virus will, ironically, be nearly guaranteed as you shop for supplies.

Dead people can't eat, so if your doing this, at least leave your doors unlocked so starving people can get the food you aren't using.
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03-02-2020 , 09:00 PM
Japan is closing schools and ALSO asking that parents stay home, and are offering a UBI(not sure of exact #). South Korea doing same. They are doing this because they fully realize that stopping mass infection is way better and way cheaper than the alternative.

Unfortunately that will never happen in USA#1. We are pretty much a corporate-run shithole more concerned with profits for board members and stockholders at this point. Sad!
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03-02-2020 , 09:07 PM
Relax bro.

The people making the decisions have safe rooms.

Meaning: They have whole rooms where they spend time and think about keeping us safe. Do you? Exactly.
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03-02-2020 , 09:08 PM
The current US policy seems to be to let the olds die and pretend it's regular flu.
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03-02-2020 , 09:16 PM
letting the olds die is way better for the economy than lol ubi
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03-02-2020 , 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
The current US policy seems to be to let the olds die and pretend it's regular flu.
That policy would probably change if there were anyone making that policy who was capable of understanding voting demographics.
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03-02-2020 , 10:10 PM
But they have a possible bonus of solving the Social Security problem.
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03-03-2020 , 12:33 AM
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****ing cdc man. This thing has been roaming around western Washington since at least the first confirmed case. I’ve had multiple patients who have been flu negative with all the symptoms of covid-19. Multiple lobe pneumonia, ground glass on ct scan, low grade fever, no known source. All of these patients should have been tested, but the cdc wouldn’t let them be unless they traveled to a high risk area. I’m waiting for one of them to test positive, then my ass will be in quarantine lol.

China gave us over a month to prepare for this and we **** the bed. If this disease had arisen in a major American city rather than the other side of the world we would have been well and truly ****ed. As it is I wouldn’t be surprised if there is 50-100 people who are or have been sick for every one who has been confirmed right now.

We still don’t have point of care rapid tests for this. We have to send it to the state lab.
From a doctor on a different forum you've never heard of in the Niagara Falls area.

Also this from Miami:

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/03/0...roper-testing/

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In what may be the first case of coronavirus in South Florida, a woman who recently returned home from Italy says she was told by doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital that she “likely” has COVID-19, but that they are unable to verify it because state and federal officials refused to conduct the necessary tests to confirm it.

“The doctor himself told me that, you know, he thinks that the results of my [preliminary] tests mean that I most likely have the COVID-19, but that the Department of Health did not want to pursue it further,” said the woman, who requested that her name not be used to protect her privacy. “It was either the Department of Health or the CDC that decided not to further pursue the inquiry. But I was basically told that it is most likely that I have this virus and that I should self-quarantine.”

“Obviously, I would have liked to know if, in fact, I have this virus.”

Last edited by suzzer99; 03-03-2020 at 12:53 AM.
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03-03-2020 , 12:41 AM
If this wasn't so infuriating it would be funny:

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03-03-2020 , 12:43 AM
suzz please have that be your last cross-post from the bad place.
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03-03-2020 , 12:53 AM
There I fixed it.
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03-03-2020 , 12:59 AM
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03-03-2020 , 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by abysmal01
There seems to be a real lack of of outrage about the lack of response over there in a way that's a little hard for me to fathom. Being super optimistic 6 deaths should mean at least ~150 infected so the only way you get 18 confirmed cases is by a severe lack of testing. Those are stats you'd laugh at if they were put out by a 3rd world dictatorship, I'd have thought the U.S citizenry would hold it's government to a higher standard than this regardless of their perception of the president. By putting out those stats they're basically admitting they're letting a high number of carriers go about their business unchecked and are allowing the widespread transmission of this thing.
Well like 40% of people have no symptoms and they're probably the ones making everyone else sick. Not really sure what's to be done other than confining everyone to their homes.

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Originally Posted by daveT
In Italy, they are shutting down concerts and movie theaters. I think any venue that has 1,000 people are being shut down, but I don't know all the details.

Every time I've been to Walmart, each register had 1,000 people in line. I think that the odds you catching this virus will, ironically, be nearly guaranteed as you shop for supplies.

Dead people can't eat, so if your doing this, at least leave your doors unlocked so starving people can get the food you aren't using.
Yeah, talking with my pharmacy bros is pretty funny. All day every day there's people looking for surgical masks, then arguing with the staff when they say they don't have any. It's like "Let's all meet up at the place where tons of other people are, many of whom are sick."

I'm back to work tonight and have been told that we have a shortage of surgical gowns. Idk, maybe they're made in China. We aren't rationing yet but students and other learners are not going to be allowed to gown up and learn until further notice.
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03-03-2020 , 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
The current US policy seems to be to let the olds die and pretend it's regular flu.
How else were they going to unfack social security?
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03-03-2020 , 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 27offsuit
If this wasn't so infuriating it would be funny:

I really don't understand why Americans are so stupid and lazy when it comes to common sense health and hygiene stuff.

It's unreal.
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03-03-2020 , 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by NoSoup4U
There are multiple confirmed and well-documented reports (at least 8) of healthy medical professionals with access to the best known treatment dying of this new virus. That absolutely does not happen with regular influenza.
This is true, but it's not standard procedure with normal flu to put a load of cases with exactly the same strain in the same ward and then push a doctor into the middle of it. These guys must be getting exposed a much higher viral load than any doctor who treats a few flu patients among his regular work.
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03-03-2020 , 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Spyutastic
I really don't understand why Americans are so stupid and lazy when it comes to common sense health and hygiene stuff.

It's unreal.
Complacency.
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03-03-2020 , 10:12 AM
(The sheets weren't supposed to stop the spread of viruses, they were to stop the media from taking pictures of the person.)
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03-03-2020 , 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by grizy
I am doing what I do anyway.. cleaning my hands obsessively when I am in public, especially in Asia. If you still play poker, you probably should use hand sanitizer after every hand. If anyone the dealer has dealt to was sick, probably safe to assume all the cards he’s dealing are infected.

Since there is always someone sick in a decently sized card room, just assume all the cards are infected and behave accordingly.
I don't get all this hand washing advice. Sure it's good to be clean and everything but the WHO shouldn't be implying that washing hands helps prevent the spread of a virus, because it doesn't.
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03-03-2020 , 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JayTeeMe
(The sheets weren't supposed to stop the spread of viruses, they were to stop the media from taking pictures of the person.)
Yeah we get that lol. The issue isn't with the sheets.
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03-03-2020 , 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by SandraXII
I don't get all this hand washing advice. Sure it's good to be clean and everything but the WHO shouldn't be implying that washing hands helps prevent the spread of a virus, because it doesn't.
This is literally contrary to everything I’ve seen and read. Please don’t spread misinformation.
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