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Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 5:35 am
by McParadigm
verb_to_trust wrote:None of you are any different than me. I haven't read anything constructive in this thread in quite a long time. It's just doom retweets and whining. I don't bring anything to the table but neither do any of you.

We're the same.
It’s a little heavy on cliches, but otherwise a fine movie villain speech.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 5:50 am
by The Town
verb_to_trust wrote:None of you are any different than me. I haven't read anything constructive in this thread in quite a long time. It's just doom retweets and whining. I don't bring anything to the table but neither do any of you.

We're the same.
Hey, now I'm not sure I've reached beyond cynicism yet but I'm really considering the upsides of the schadenfreude way of lookin at things.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 5:53 am
by The Town
Things don't appear to be looking great on the PPE front, overall
Doctors at Memorial City Medical Center in Houston who treat Covid-19 patients have been told to reuse single-use N95 respirator masks for up to 15 days before throwing them out.
The country’s largest organization of registered nurses found in a survey of its members in late June that 85 percent had been forced to reuse disposable N95 masks while treating coronavirus patients.
In Florida, some hospitals are handing out only loosefitting surgical masks to workers treating newly admitted patients who may be asymptomatic carriers.
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Many of the problems of early spring, when hospital workers in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California and other states first walloped by the virus scrambled to obtain rudimentary protective gear, have only grown.
The United States remains dependent on overseas manufacturers and fly-by-night middlemen who have jacked up prices sevenfold amid soaring global demand, according to supply chain specialists and public health experts, who warn that the problem will intensify as the pandemic spreads. The handful of American companies still making protective equipment domestically say they are already at maximum capacity.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 6:04 am
by Rangi Guy
verb_to_trust wrote:None of you are any different than me. I haven't read anything constructive in this thread in quite a long time. It's just doom retweets and whining. I don't bring anything to the table but neither do any of you.

We're the same.
If you're looking for positive news. All our new cases in over a month have been people returning from overseas and are all being managed in isolation.....except for the guy who made a run for it yesterday

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 9:47 am
by Higgs
verb_to_trust wrote:None of you are any different than me. I haven't read anything constructive in this thread in quite a long time. It's just doom retweets and whining. I don't bring anything to the table but neither do any of you.

We're the same.
I've posted positive news.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 10:57 am
by JuanHamm
Has anyone not received their stimulus check yet?

Mine hasn't come yet and the website still says status not available. I'm starting to think it's not coming.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 10:59 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Yeah I haven't gotten mine.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 11:32 am
by BurtReynolds
Have you done your taxes?

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 1:36 pm
by verb_to_trust
Positive news about other countries is nice and all, but doesn't really count.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 1:37 pm
by blueviper
verb_to_trust wrote:
blueviper wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
blueviper wrote:
Mickey wrote:Yeah I'm very glad not to have a child right now in a state that's reopening because I don't know what we'd do.

blueviper, my parents (65/63) are still going to Catholic mass and taking communion, no matter how many times we tell them not to. Insane.
That’s nuts. Have they adjusted how they hand out wafers/wine or is it business as usual?
Couldn't you just teach your own kids? Aren't you both academics who don't have to live outside your bubble? Upload your power points and then teach your kid. You can do both.
I work IT for a municipality and police dept. there’s no bubble for me

My daughter’s school has been zoom but now it looks like they are opening in fall. She s worried and wants to do online high school to avoid the crowd. Schools keep saying they are going to open but as it gets closer I doubt it will happen.
Sorry for the awkward quote. I was definitely trolling Mickey
ah, ok.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 2:33 pm
by Mickey
Mother-in-law told us today that she thinks the PPE shortage might be a hoax/"propaganda" because according to her, the hospitals in Indiana are doing just fine. She does not, for the record, work in a hospital or have any other evidence for this claim. :shake:

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 3:24 pm
by Higgs
verb_to_trust wrote:Positive news about other countries is nice and all, but doesn't really count.
Fuck you. We worked damn hard for our positive news. Don't take that away from us.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 3:29 pm
by McParadigm
Higgs wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Positive news about other countries is nice and all, but doesn't really count.
Fuck you. We worked damn hard for our positive news. Don't take that away from us.
Please do carry on

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 3:35 pm
by Monkey_Driven
There were zero active cases in our county the last two weeks of the shutdown in late April. We now have 330+ active cases. The county population is around 180,000.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 3:59 pm
by wease
TN posted it’s highest numbers yet yesterday. While the governor tries to figure out how to start schools on time and still have all sports going strong.

The county I’m from (the one just south of where we live now) has announced it is still having the county fair at the end of Aug/early Sept. Every other surrounding county has cancelled theirs. It’s just baffling.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 4:01 pm
by Higgs

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 4:01 pm
by wease
That’s a lot of fucking.

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 4:02 pm
by verb_to_trust
Higgs wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Positive news about other countries is nice and all, but doesn't really count.
Fuck you. We worked damn hard for our positive news. Don't take that away from us.
I'm not taking it away I just don't care

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 4:04 pm
by McParadigm
I thought they called it a root

Re: Anybody want a Corona?

Posted: Thu July 09, 2020 4:07 pm
by McParadigm
Didn’t expect to find out that he actually fucked