Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Archeopthryx]

Chat I'm concerned that we are limiting the scope of our China watch to the economy, political, and health issues. It also is about academic freedom since they are encroaching our universities and colleges.

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

Didn't we have that before? Or was it only in shops and now this is everywhere?

I can deal with my mask but the friend I was hanging out with last night says she can't breath well in hers.

You weren't required to wear them outside if you were exericising but you are now. I only ever throw on a ski mask when I'm in a store but this is seriously a bridge too far with the new indefinite stay at home order.

 

[tehpope]

https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-county-announces-new-safer-at-home-order-with-no-end-date

LA County closed forever. Or at least until there's a cure "reliable vaccine" for Rona. There's not even a cure reliable vaccine for Influenza nigga. How long until LA is deserted?

 

[StarkRavingMad]

https://www.foxla.com/news/los-angeles-county-announces-new-safer-at-home-order-with-no-end-date

LA County closed forever. Or at least until there's a cure for Rona. There's not even a cure for Influenza nigga. How long until LA is deserted?

The worst part about this is that the morons who voted these faggots in are going to flee elsewhere in droves and probably vote for the same type of faggots that ruined the place they fled.

 

[deeplyhigh]

Looks like Minnesota is lifting some of the restrictions on businesses in the state: (Link goes to archive ) but you still can't get a haircut. But on the bright side, the MN Supreme Court has decided that White Minnesotans will be forced to learn native Moon Language in order to pronounce the name of a prominent and popular lake that's been in our history for the last 150 years. Surely this will end slavery and oppression for all time!

Don‘t worry, Timmy’s busy tweeting corny photos to show he’s just like us plebs...


Huh, my home and backyard don’t look anything like that though.

Most of the cases are concentrated in Nursing Homes and Meatpacking plants, both of which have a high percentage of foreign scab labor aspiring Americans.

Here’s the funny thing about that too...he’s quick to bring up the latest diversity talking point about the jogging population being at higher risk no mention of higher rates of diabetes or any of the other reasons for that though; it’s just that wily virus targeting them! while ignoring the obvious demographics of meatpacking workers and leaving them out of the diversity scope altogether. Then when rural Minnesotans ask why there can’t be a policy for the metro and a policy for rural areas because rural areas have fewer cases and hospitalizations, he’s quick to point to the meatpacking plant ”outbreaks“ aka increased testing as reason to have one policy for the entire state while still ignoring the demographics of those workers. I suspect this is because many rural Minnesotans would say who cares if it’s just a bunch of migrants packed into a one room bedroom creating those “outbreaks”, we don’t live like that...so we’re opening up.

Edit: Forgot the tweet source and archive

 

[Aib Ld]

No idea if we should be worried about this, Singapore apprantely got a second wave.
The things that got me suspicious is that WHO appreciated that Singapore didn't issue a lockdown, Asia workers are migrating there, and the poor living conditions. What happened here? I don't think its a second wave, just an explosion of cases from outsiders moving there?
Will edit with archive.
EDIT2: Seems like Archive.li got a security risk on the site? My browser wouldn't let me in and throwing a fit.

 

[Simpadoo]

We now have mandatory masks outside in Los Angeles as of today.

All I can say now is good luck enforcing that one Garcetti, I'm fucking done with this bullshit and am not putting up with this new order.

It’s a sanctuary state. Compliance isn’t really their thing. Flaunt these laws but not these other ones... Retarded but, having an almost absolute majority makes them think this way.

 

[JosephStalin]

Also, I wouldn’t call them Hitlers. It gives them an air of competence. Maybe little Duces or Maos?

Maybe little Enver Hoxhas? Little Obamas? Little Carters?

As a group, they are "the gang that couldn't shoot straight".

 

[HTTP Error 404]

MDH was pressured into releasing source code on Github for the “MN Model”...not posted yet, but supposedly will be later today.

Released 1 hour ago. Archived here.

Looks like Minnesota is lifting some of the restrictions on businesses in the state: (Link goes to archive ) but you still can't get a haircut. But on the bright side, the MN Supreme Court has decided that White Minnesotans will be forced to learn native Moon Language in order to pronounce the name of a prominent and popular lake that's been in our history for the last 150 years. Surely this will end slavery and oppression for all time!

Nothing that a can of spraypaint and some dedication can't solve. "Bde Maka Ska?" Nah, it's Lake Calhoun. See, the sign even says so, in day glo orange spraypaint over the Injun Gibberish.

 

[Vecr]

Released 1 hour ago. Archived here.

https://git.kiwifarms.net/ is a thing, you can put it there if you want.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

https://git.kiwifarms.net/ is a thing, you can put it there if you want.

I don't see any of us Coding Kiwis fixing their shitty model for them, but maybe.

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

Maybe little Enver Hoxhas? Little Obamas? Little Carters?

As a group, they are "the gang that couldn't shoot straight".

Little Honeckers is perfect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker

 

[StarkRavingMad]

No idea if we should be worried about this, Singapore apprantely got a second wave.
The things that got me suspicious is that WHO appreciated that Singapore didn't issue a lockdown, Asia workers are migrating there, and the poor living conditions. What happened here? I don't think its a second wave, just an explosion of cases from outsiders moving there?
Will edit with archive.
EDIT2: Seems like Archive.li got a security risk on the site? My browser wouldn't let me in and throwing a fit.

Full-blown lockdowns have been proven not to work ... Because then nobody becomes immune, thus creating large spikes/multiple waves whenever lockdowns are lifted.

In short, this doesn't shock me. My only concern, really, is whether the U.S. Government decides to issue "stay at home" orders again around the country.

 

[Vecr]

No idea if we should be worried about this, Singapore apprantely got a second wave.
The things that got me suspicious is that WHO appreciated that Singapore didn't issue a lockdown, Asia workers are migrating there, and the poor living conditions. What happened here? I don't think its a second wave, just an explosion of cases from outsiders moving there?
Will edit with archive.
EDIT2: Seems like Archive.li got a security risk on the site? My browser wouldn't let me in and throwing a fit.

It's probably Cloudflare's DNS not liking it again.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

I only wear the mask when I have to go into a store that requires it (the mask makes my skin break out). Feels good to feel the air on my face .

I'm fine with the nitrile gloves, NYC is a dirty place. It does remind me of this eccentric old lady I know who always wore them and roamed the neighborhood at 2 AM feeding strays. She was a bit manic. Maybe she knew.

 

[Shaka Brah]

I only wear the mask when I have to go into a store that requires it (the mask makes my skin break out). Feels good to feel the air on my face .

I'm fine with the nitrile gloves, NYC is a dirty place. It does remind me of this eccentric old lady I know who always wore them and roamed the neighborhood at 2 AM feeding strays. She was a bit manic. Maybe she knew.

She was probably woke to brain worms and didn't want to get them.

 

[ShirleyUJest]

(Why did the government kick in the extra 600 dollars in the first place, if it thought that half pay was already adequate enough for us to live on?)

The extra $600 is to support illegal criminal aliens who aren't eligible for UI. Most of these criminals have extended family who are legit citizens and will use the extra $600 to help feed illegal Pedro and his twelve retarded children.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Outside China

4,262,994 confirmed / 292,560 dead / 1,469,301 recovered

4175244 / 287206 / 1413883 yesterday

USA

1,390,406 confirmed / 84,119 dead / 241,430 recovered JohnHopkins
1,406,474 confirmed / 84,545 dead / 310,259 recovered Infection2020

1369386 / 82339 / 230287 yesterday JohnHopkins
1386762 / 82774 / 296746 yesterday Infection2020

Spain

228,691 confirmed / 27,104 dead / 140,823 recovered

228030 / 26920 / 138980 yesterday

Italy

222,104 confirmed / 31,106 dead / 112,541 recovered

221216 / 30911 / 109039 yesterday

France

178,184 confirmed / 27,077 dead / 58,768 recovered

178349 / 26994 / 57898 yesterday

Germany

174,098 confirmed / 7,861 dead / 148,700 recovered

173171 / 7738 / 147200 yesterday


John Hopkins France confirmed lost numbers. US recovered numbers has a widening gap between JH and Infection2020 for some reason and its been going on for a bit.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

Here in Michigan, Governor Whitmer and Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun have decided not to give hard and fast numbers for reducing restrictions. They're justifying it on the grounds that high numbers coming from a nursing home or one workplace are different and require a different reponse from high numbers of community spread.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/05/no-formula-can-determine-when-michigan-moves-to-next-reopening-phase-officials-say.html

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Whitmer's governoring principle is full Mooninite, I see:

Full-blown lockdowns have been proven not to work ... Because then nobody becomes immune, thus creating large spikes/multiple waves whenever lockdowns are lifted.

In short, this doesn't shock me. My only concern, really, is whether the U.S. Government decides to issue "stay and home" orders again around the country.

Apparently the dipshit doctor who claims he was fired for whistleblowing against the Trump admin and hydroxychloroquine is going to grandstand to Congress to demand his job back, say Trump is imcompetent, and that we do in fact need a national response that is 100% the same, ie the same lockdowns everywhere.

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

Gretchen's still at it.

To be sure, there can be no halfway re filling stadiums. Either all or nothing. Having people sit six feet apart is a non-starter, deprives others of their seats. Have heard Major League Baseball also plans start in July to play without fans. Believe this is being done solely to satisfy various contract obligations.

I expressed the same sentiment over in the Quarantines thread. Season ticket holders pay a significant amount for their tickets (and associated fees) and there is no way to have them take turns missing games that will be fair to all of them. So all or none seems all but inevitable with sporting events. We'll see which sports are able to make it through their next season without live audiences.

The biggest concern might be intercollegiate sports. A sport such as football brings in enough money to fund teams that always operate at a financial loss but are needed to satisfy Title IX requirements. Anything that has a negative impact on football revenue can hurt the rest of a college's sports programs, especially for NCAA Division 1 schools (the biggest division for those outside the US). That's going to be a shit show because you know the moment any women's team facing cuts due to reduced overall budgets will be quick to file a Title IX complaint even though less money means all other sports have to share the losses.

Owosso barber Karl Menke, 77, has had his personal license and business license revoked, and may face $1,000 fine and 1 year in jail per haircut. Mr. Menke was unavailable for comment when the article went to press, as he was still cutting hair.

I had thought I read here he won a lower court case that the state planned to appeal. Today, however, someone told me his case didn't end in his favor. So I have no idea what's going on . Assuming he did win the lower court case, his attorney might have grounds for a TRO while the case is under appeal because it's easy for his attorney to argue the loss of his license during the appeal is harming his ability to support himsellf when he's not eligible for any assistance while the appeal is ongoing. Unless the facts are different, the state currently seems like a bully more interested in making his life miserable than enforcing the current orders -- orders whose statewide enforcement is spotty and inconsistent at best.

I've been critical of Cuomo, but I'll say this--the process seems transparent and based in numbers as opposed to feels.

Let's just hope the goalposts don't move as they seem to do when it comes to plans that would lift restrictions based on certain metrics and milestones.

Here in Michigan, Governor Whitmer and Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun have decided not to give hard and fast numbers for reducing restrictions.

I heard that part of the press conference and I was glad the reporter asked the question. Of coruse, it quickly turned to horror when Whitmer's response suggested that using numbers is unrealistic. It felt as if she was acting like a parent towards a little kid when the former tells the latter, "I'll do it when I'm good and ready." That may work on little kids, but not on a state full of citizens who want to get back to work and want something concrete and measurable they can look at to know how close they are to having fewer restrictions.

Why did the government kick in the extra 600 dollars in the first place, if it thought that half pay was already adequate enough for us to live on?

Trump being a businessman, he probably knows that people being out of work for any extended indefinite time through no fault of their own is a bad thing. Most importantly, it's detrimental to the economy at all levels. So, it makes sense he'd want to initiate Federal Unemployment benefits (including the extra 13 weeks that usually come with this) right away to help people be able to better stay on top of their major monthly expenses. While I'm not too keen on the $600 resulting in people making more per week in unemployment than they did in weekly wages (the maximum amount should have been capped at their average weekly wages), I'd rather see people paying their bills without worry than losing their livelihoods -- especially those living in areas where restrictions might not end until the fall at the earliest.
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In other news, some restaurants are adding surcharges of approximatel4 5% to their bills as a "COVID-19" surcharge to address increasing food/supply costs. Some people are OK with it if they know in advance. In other places where it was an unexpected line item, the fee has been quite unpopular even when patrons are sympathetic. Although the restaurant owners in question claim this is temporary and the surcharges will disappear when prices "return to normal," such a comment is so open-ended that it would be easy to keep the surcharge indefinitely under the guise of things never returning to normal -- akin to gas stations that started charging 10 cents a gallon extra for credit cards to recover the added processing costs when gas hit $4/gallon only to keep the extra 10 cents per gallon in place even when prices dropped back below $2.50 and haven't reached the $4 mark ever since.

What is a COVID-19 surcharge? Why some restaurants are adding an extra fee to your bill

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