Jason Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 minute ago, osxmatt said: I mean, I'm no mathematician, but that's an additional 180,000 to 270,000 deaths by March 1st. In addition to the nearly 295,000 that have already died. It's Benghazi times a bajillion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, osxmatt said: Seems bad. Um....if that were to hold true on the high end we would be equaling or surpassing the total deaths in the 1918 outbreak. While, obviously, there is a large difference in overall population, it speaks to how badly we handled this on a social and political level to have such an outcome despite 100 years of huge improvements in medical technology and treatment. One of Trump's final inflictions of damage upon this country was his promises of a vaccine as soon as October. Not just because he was lying and wrong, but because he dragged the discussion about it down to some kind of partisan finishing line(his "Mission Accomplished" you might say). It seems like only now is the country fully coming to grips with just how far away "introduction of the vaccine" is from "vaccine has a substantive impact on the pandemic at large". And that misunderstanding has driven some of the bad decisions by the public and inaction by the GOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Last I heard, the vaccine won't be available for the general public until April. I don't know if estimates have changed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Jason said: No way to prevent this. He's part of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Someone at the gym this morning was saying “the COVID numbers are fake, right?”, asking them what they are talking about led to “I mean, they’re just testing more now then they were a couple months back, that’s why the numbers are up, right?” (I love how they kept adding “right?” at the end to make it seem as if they’re just asking questions), I finally replied: ...So... because they weren’t testing as much, the previous numbers from the other months were underestimated... meaning the low numbers were inaccurate and the current numbers are real then?”. They had no actual response to this, just confusion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 i fucking hate the party I routinely vote for 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I was recently made aware that Joey Welz is 1. Still Alive and 2. Has given us a wonderful inspirational song to unite each other during Covid-19! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SimpleG Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Someone at the gym this morning was saying “the COVID numbers are fake, right?”, asking them what they are talking about led to “I mean, they’re just testing more now then they were a couple months back, that’s why the numbers are up, right?” (I love how they kept adding “right?” at the end to make it seem as if they’re just asking questions), I finally replied: ...So... because they weren’t testing as much, the previous numbers from the other months were underestimated... meaning the low numbers were inaccurate and the current numbers are real then?”. They had no actual response to this, just confusion. It isnt just that they are morons of the highest degree it that they think have some greater insight then rest of the world and proceed to act all smug about it. Doctor: Sorry you have Cancer Patient: Thats Fake News Doctor:? Patient: I never had it before Doctor: We never tested you before Patient: Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: In terms of physical and medical infrastructure, I'd say that first map is probably quite accurate. What it misses is that the places with the best infrastructure (and standard of living) also have populations that don't understand hardship or sacrifice, and so don't have the willpower or fortitude to deal with a sustained crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: One thing that always bugs me about these is that I don't blindly trust data from places like India and Brazil, let alone Russia and China. India has only processed 150 million covid tests as of this month, with over 4 times the population of the US. And you know poor people could be getting covid in droves over there and no one would give a shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 37 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: In terms of physical and medical infrastructure, I'd say that first map is probably quite accurate. What it misses is that the places with the best infrastructure (and standard of living) also have populations that don't understand hardship or sacrifice, and so don't have the willpower or fortitude to deal with a sustained crisis. Yep. There it is. 12 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: One thing that always bugs me about these is that I don't blindly trust data from places like India and Brazil, let alone Russia and China. India has only processed 150 million covid tests as of this month, with over 4 times the population of the US. And you know poor people could be getting covid in droves over there and no one would give a shit. Also yep. "Third world" countries, or unindustrialized or slowly industrializing nations have little infrastructure, large poverty stricken populations, and certainly far fewer medical facilities, amenities, etc. I've been to many of them. Between far less travel and transit to these countries from other countries normally (thus lowering the chances of a spread there) and an inability to properly report on the virus given the lack of proper infrastructure to do so, I imagine it's much worse in some of these countries than we think. That being said, East Asia and South East Asia specifically have always taken medical issues pretty serious, especially post SARS and H1N1, so their shit on Covid is together for other reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 More Americans have died from COVID-19 than died in combat during WW2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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osxmatt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 out of every 1400 Americans tested positive for COVID *today* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Also, with nearly 16 million cumulative positive cases ... 1 out of every 20 Americans has been infected with COVID in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Okay, twice now I've tried to type out a post and it just randomly disappeared as I was typing. Is anyone else having this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Okay, twice now I've tried to type out a post and it just randomly disappeared as I was typing. Is anyone else having this problem? I have a newer macbook pro for work, and if I accidentally wrest a portion of my palms on the giant trackpad, while I'm typing, I'll accidentally highlight the entire text field and erase what I wrote with the next keystroke. It's the worst when I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt or jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 18 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: I have a newer macbook pro for work, and if I accidentally wrest a portion of my palms on the giant trackpad, while I'm typing, I'll accidentally highlight the entire text field and erase what I wrote with the next keystroke. It's the worst when I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt or jacket. No, I'm just on my PC, using my standard keyboard. It wasn't a super short post, so when it gets erased multiple times when I'm almost done, it's rather frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Anyway, I'll try to make it short, so hopefully it won't mysteriously erase. Hateful Trumpster coworker I've mentioned here before is hospitalized with covid. She's called it Kung Flu and blamed the Chinese government for it all. I know she hasn't been careful since things started opening back up, eating at restaurants multiple times a week. Hope she makes a recovery, because even I'm not cruel enough to wish that on her. But she's got multiple comorbidities, hypertension, autoimmune stuff, plus she's quite obese. Just not smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Anyway, I'll try to make it short, so hopefully it won't mysteriously erase. Hateful Trumpster coworker I've mentioned here before is hospitalized with covid. She's called it Kung Flu and blamed the Chinese government for it all. I know she hasn't been careful since things started opening back up, eating at restaurants multiple times a week. Hope she makes a recovery, because even I'm not cruel enough to wish that on her. But she's got multiple comorbidities, hypertension, autoimmune stuff, plus she's quite obese. Just not smart. Oh my gooooood. I hope she recovers and has to take MERCILESS shit from everyone about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Anyway, I'll try to make it short, so hopefully it won't mysteriously erase. Hateful Trumpster coworker I've mentioned here before is hospitalized with covid. She's called it Kung Flu and blamed the Chinese government for it all. I know she hasn't been careful since things started opening back up, eating at restaurants multiple times a week. Hope she makes a recovery, because even I'm not cruel enough to wish that on her. But she's got multiple comorbidities, hypertension, autoimmune stuff, plus she's quite obese. Just not smart. I'm not nearly as nice as you are. Fuck her and fucker her entire fucking family. They all fucking deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, Jason said: I'm not nearly as nice as you are. Fuck her and fucker her entire fucking family. They all fucking deserve it. Let's just say I'm not entirely sympathetic. But I have to be careful about how I act at work. I don't think she's deathly ill at the moment, but I'm betting with her other health issues she's not going to bounce right back. Oh, she also got called into HR for a meeting last week about her conduct. Seems some of the black people at work heard her rant about "hoodrats" and "thugs" and didn't appreciate it. Now she's angry and says she's leaving because "you just can't say anything these days." She's the victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 The Darwin Award for 2020 definitely goes to MAGA this year, I think we can all agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Let's just say I'm not entirely sympathetic. But I have to be careful about how I act at work. I don't think she's deathly ill at the moment, but I'm betting with her other health issues she's not going to bounce right back. Oh, she also got called into HR for a meeting last week about her conduct. Seems some of the black people at work heard her rant about "hoodrats" and "thugs" and didn't appreciate it. Now she's angry and says she's leaving because "you just can't say anything these days." She's the victim. Well, not with a ventilator in you can't... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 So yesterday a co worker and I worked at facility that contracted my company to "secure" a wing of one of the floors. This isnt a strange request and is pretty common in medical faculties. As the day went on it was brought to our attention that it was being secured due to Covid. The patients in the wing had already tested positive and were wondering around us in close proximity. If I come out of this unscathed I have to assume I already contacted it at this point. Also 2 morons at my daughters work(she works in a retirement community)proceeded to come to work after testing positive. Now 4 other employees have got it. They only got caught because one of them slipped up and said they were so tired of not being able to taste anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Also 2 morons at my daughters work(she works in a retirement community)proceeded to come to work after testing positive. Now 4 other employees have got it. They only got caught because one of them slipped up and said they were so tired of not being able to taste anything. This has been an issue at our local hospital. The morons that are part of the anti-mask this is fake crowd brought it into the long-term facility and an outbreak that took 4 of the 30ish patients. Oh and 13 of the staff (just the nurses, housekeeping and food prep) brought it in because they attended a fucking baby shower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 59 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Let's just say I'm not entirely sympathetic. But I have to be careful about how I act at work. I don't think she's deathly ill at the moment, but I'm betting with her other health issues she's not going to bounce right back. Oh, she also got called into HR for a meeting last week about her conduct. Seems some of the black people at work heard her rant about "hoodrats" and "thugs" and didn't appreciate it. Now she's angry and says she's leaving because "you just can't say anything these days." She's the victim. This reminds me of when I was GM of my family’s restaurant and this hostess from Spain said something to me to the effect of “what Hitler did was overboard but someone had to do something about the Jews in Europe at that time.” When I looked at her absolutely fucking horrified and yelled that if she ever even hinted at garbage like that to a customer, she could not work there, I got the “wow Joseph, I don’t even know how to talk in front of you!” How about don’t say Nazi shit, maybe give that a try? Unbelievable how bigoted assholes always make themselves to be the victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Joe said: This reminds me of when I was GM of my family’s restaurant and this hostess from Spain said something to me to the effect of “what Hitler did was overboard but someone had to do something about the Jews in Europe at that time.” When I looked at her absolutely fucking horrified and yelled that if she ever even hinted at garbage like that to a customer, she could not work there, I got the “wow Joseph, I don’t even know how to talk in front of you!” How about don’t say Nazi shit, maybe give that a try? Unbelievable how bigoted assholes always make themselves to be the victim. Poor things only want to drop a hard 'r' n-word or call people 'homos' and not lose their job it's their first amendment right and they're just sick of the pc police telling them what they can and can't say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I’m mean we all agree Hitler should have capped it at like million Jews, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, TheLeon said: I’m mean we all agree Hitler should have capped it at like million Jews, right? I would joke that the media and Democrats would call that a moderate compromise, but it would be more like 5.5 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Was walking my dogs and some lady took off her mask to have a horrible coughing fit .. 😬😬😬😬😬 WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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