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Scraper wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:47 pm This one is pretty easy to debunk. The average seasonal Flu death rate is .1%, so far in the US the Covid 19 death rate is about 10%. Even if you go with the overall world average of about 3% that's still not even remotely comparable to the flu.

Scraper wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:47 pmThis one is pretty easy to debunk. The average seasonal Flu death rate is .1%, so far in the US the Covid 19 death rate is about 10%. Even if you go with the overall world average of about 3% that's still not even remotely comparable to the flu.

BREAKING: By a 20-point margin, Americans say Trump’s handling of the Coronavirus makes them less likely to vote for him.

Enough wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:08 pm

geezer wrote:Both the wife and I make 100% of our income from large public events. We're so boned.

Oh my goodness, that's yikes!

El Guapo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:54 pm Just got an e-mail that my kids' school is canceling some celebratory dinner next Wednesday. Really not sure how that makes sense, given the minimal Coronavirus presence around here and the fact that the school is still otherwise operating normally. But I wasn't planning on going to the celebration anyway, so...

LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:51 pm

El Guapo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:54 pm Just got an e-mail that my kids' school is canceling some celebratory dinner next Wednesday. Really not sure how that makes sense, given the minimal Coronavirus presence around here and the fact that the school is still otherwise operating normally. But I wasn't planning on going to the celebration anyway, so...

Next week I have 4 events in 4 nights. An annual meeting (a few hundred doctors, open bar), an education committee meeting (20 people at a house), a board meeting (back room at a bar), and a party (75 people at a rented event space).

Cancellations would be welcome....

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:41 pm https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1235612559228710914

BREAKING: By a 20-point margin, Americans say Trump’s handling of the Coronavirus makes them less likely to vote for him.

hentzau wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:55 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:51 pm

El Guapo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:54 pm Just got an e-mail that my kids' school is canceling some celebratory dinner next Wednesday. Really not sure how that makes sense, given the minimal Coronavirus presence around here and the fact that the school is still otherwise operating normally. But I wasn't planning on going to the celebration anyway, so...

Next week I have 4 events in 4 nights. An annual meeting (a few hundred doctors, open bar), an education committee meeting (20 people at a house), a board meeting (back room at a bar), and a party (75 people at a rented event space).

Cancellations would be welcome....

I'll put hand sanitizer on the snack table at OctoCon...

There was a notable omission as Vice President Mike Pence visited Seattle Thursday as part of the Trump administration's coronavirus response: Health Secretary Alex Azar.

The White House on Wednesday also benched Azar from a coronavirus task force press briefing, the latest sign of diminished standing for an official who was the face of the U.S. response just a week ago.

.@RandPaul explains his no vote, “I support our government’s efforts to fight the coronavirus. We also owe it to the American people to do it in a way that avoids piling billions more in debt on their backs"

Holman wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:53 pm https://twitter.com/rationalsquad/statu ... 73415?s=20

Thoughtful conservative suggests killing maybe 200 million people to stabilize trading markets.

(Santelli, BTW, is the guy whose famous rant sparked the Tea Party revolt in 2009.)

Pyperkub wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 6:01 pm While the Princess Cruise quarantine was a disaster, I think it also provides some relevant data.

1. Of ~3700 passengers, just 690 got sick - that tells me the infection rate is probably a little below 20%.
2. Of those 690, 7 have died. (a little over 1% - estimated rate is 2-3%)
3. Not much data, but what I have read is that one of the biggest issues is the hospitalization rates. Anyone have numbers on those?

That emerged as authorities have been testing *every single* member of the Shincheonji Church, which has been at the center of a surge in cases.

At one point, *70%* of 600 asymptomatic church members tested positive for the coronavirus.

In ideal circumstances, infectious disease experts tell TIME, the government would also have focused on mobilizing capacity to test for COVID-19 prior to the first reported case on U.S. soil. It would have sent test-kits to hospitals and clinics around the nation to identify any new infections and, armed with that data, officials would have tailored a rapid response, issuing public recommendations on sanitation practices, when to seek medical treatment, and how to limit the spread of the disease.

Instead, public health departments in some parts of the country were blindsided. As experts predicted a month ago, some state coronavirus hotlines and hospitals have been overwhelmed.

The administration's failure to quickly disseminate enough working COVID-19 test-kits has also had lasting repercussions, likely exacerbating the spread of the disease and robbing public health officials of vital data about the spread of the virus.

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:18 pm Big surprise, Rand Paul, votes "no" on coronavirus aid package

https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/1235654716471865344

.@RandPaul explains his no vote, “I support our government’s efforts to fight the coronavirus. We also owe it to the American people to do it in a way that avoids piling billions more in debt on their backs"

Dear Rand Paul,

Go F yourself.

Respectfully,
Smoove_B

Enough wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:08 pm

geezer wrote:Both the wife and I make 100% of our income from large public events. We're so boned.

Oh my goodness, that's yikes!

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he NJEA is worried, however, that students without internet access won’t get an equitable experience learning from home, Baker said.

“We urge districts and the New Jersey Department of Education to do everything in their power to ensure that no students are denied their right to public education because they are unable to access the internet,” he said.

GungHo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:51 pm Who even says that? 'Nearly 17'? That just screams desperation.

Trump tried to shift criticism over delays in testing for the coronavirus on decisions made under the administration of his predecessor.

"The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we're doing," Trump falsely claimed during a Wednesday briefing with Vice President Mike Pence. "And we undid that decision a few days ago so that the testing can take place in a much more rapid and accurate fashion."

Pence attempted to clarify Trump's comment by falsely claiming that the Obama administration gave the Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction to develop diagnostic tests but Trump is now allowing states to conduct their own tests.

An aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health issues, told CNN that was untrue. Though the Obama administration proposed giving the FDA more oversight to approve diagnostic tests, Congress never approved it.

Trump, on the other hand, disbanded the team responsible for responding to global health emergencies in 2018.

GungHo wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:51 pm Who even says that? 'Nearly 17'? That just screams desperation.

Dogstar wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:40 am I think this gentleman and I have different understandings of what the word "contained" means.

https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/ ... 08644?s=20

Dogstar wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:40 am I think this gentleman and I have different understandings of what the word "contained" means.

https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/ ... 08644?s=20