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In March, anecdotally, it seemed like my friends who went to Costco said it was mayhem and sparsely stocked at the same time I went to Harris Teeter and it was fine. I think Costco might be a hotbed for doomsday preppers.

It seems relatively unlikely (not impossible) that stores and/or supply chains will shut down en masse. I'll probably pick up a 12 pack of toilet paper to beat the preppers to the punch, but I don't feel a huge need to stockpile goods, it's really not anywhere close to the top of my list of bad consequences from a winter COVID wave.

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10-21-2020 , 01:50 PM

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that_pope

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New way to avoid COVID:

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10-21-2020 , 02:15 PM

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JoeC2012

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New way to avoid COVID:

Counterpoint https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/2020...he%20infection.

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10-21-2020 , 02:22 PM

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27offsuit

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This entire thread on Indiana opening up completely is pretty interesting/terrifying, but here are the biggest visuals:

Infections:

B-b-but infections aren't hospitalizations:

B-b-but hospitalizations aren't deaths:

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10-21-2020 , 02:23 PM

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dmatz327

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Amazon's house brand Presto! paper products are A++ ime

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10-21-2020 , 02:34 PM

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And people just continue to use circular logic.

"We don't want the government to tell us what to do"

When everything is opened up. "Yeah, I'm going to see a movie, they are open now, it is ok"

A co-worker used this a few weeks ago. He was taking a pleasure trip to Denver on a plane. I asked him if he would be staying home when he got back. "No, they told us we don't have to do that anymore, and I'll kick and scream if my boss tells me to".

His job has 0 need to be in person other than he loves talking to people and BSing in person. He 'gets bored' working from home.

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10-21-2020 , 02:47 PM

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Palo

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Introverts around the world are happy and feeling like heroes for doing what comes naturally to themselves. Extroverts are losing their minds at any kind of restriction.

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10-21-2020 , 03:49 PM

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10-21-2020 , 09:51 PM

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Dreadnaught

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+437,050 new worldwide cases last 24 hours which is new high.......could be giving a million a day a nudge by the end of the year

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10-21-2020 , 09:55 PM

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27offsuit

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fff

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10-22-2020 , 12:08 AM

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Sturgis could/will become the biggest superspreader event ...insane

Well we knew that was going to be the case going in.

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10-22-2020 , 08:55 AM

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Garick

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If it makes you feel any better, Germans have their own Covitards, like a vegan chef who is convinced that the conspiracy is headquartered at a famous museum that contains the "throne of satan." One of his believers apparently vandalized over 70 artifacts on Berlin's museum island last week.

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10-22-2020 , 07:27 PM

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that_pope

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Welp, not surprising...

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10-22-2020 , 08:37 PM

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RIP Europe, 200k cases in one day

Edit: eventually this is supposed to get you to a Reuters story w numbers. Stupid phone posting

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10-22-2020 , 09:40 PM

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Dreadnaught

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daily record also just got a pretty big touch up....+477,751

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10-23-2020 , 01:13 AM

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hansmolman

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These daily updates are brutal, and needed.

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10-23-2020 , 01:44 AM

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noon

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This was very surprising to me.

"LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Using blood of recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalized patients fight off the infection, according to results of a clinical trial in India."

https://news.trust.org/item/20201022220726-4fdza

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10-23-2020 , 02:05 AM

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wtf happened in France ....+26,676 2 days ago to +41,622 toady after being around 5000 a week or so ago

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10-23-2020 , 04:00 AM

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"FDA approves remdesivir, the first drug for treating COVID-19."

https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/us_wo...xtual-fallback

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10-23-2020 , 11:32 AM

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"FDA approves remdesivir, the first drug for treating COVID-19."

https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/us_wo...xtual-fallback

Gilead is calling their drug Veklury. Sounds a lot like Valkyrie the Norse chicks who choose who live and die in battle. Is Gilead trolling or getting trolled by whoever came up with that name?

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10-23-2020 , 11:56 AM

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved remdesivir as the first COVID-19 treatment in the United States. Some studies have shown the antiviral drug may reduce the number of days COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, though a large World Health Organization study published last week found remdesivir fails to prevent deaths among COVID-19 patients.

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/10...ing_no_benefit

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10-23-2020 , 12:32 PM

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wtf happened in France ....+26,676 2 days ago to +41,622 toady after being around 5000 a week or so ago

France surrendered.

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10-23-2020 , 01:49 PM

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France surrendered.

I believe the correct joke is that there have been numerous break outs in their white flag factories.

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10-23-2020 , 02:41 PM

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<derail> "He was a surrender instructor at the French Military Academy" Best line from that one show, with the overdubs?

Most Extreme Elimination Challenge! I had to google Kenny Blankenship to be reminded of the name.

So much for long term memory gain, amirite?
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