Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Official Thread

[CountryGent]

That's what conspiracy theories will do. No thinking or being rational, just pent up paranoia and anxiety. Unbelievable.

Train engineer intentionally derailed locomotive near hospital ship in L.A., feds say

A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy...

www.google.com

Oh, FFS. These looney-toons are a danger to themselves and others. Here's hoping they throw the book at the idiot.

 

[Cavedweller]

Contact tracing? LOL. What a waste of time at this point. Somebody needs to get fired.

 

[The Heretic]

A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work (Published 2020)

While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.

www.nytimes.com

 

[CountryGent]

A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work (Published 2020)

While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.

www.nytimes.com

 

[awshoot]

Man -- what a POS company: Hobby Lobby defies shutdown orders, reopens some stores

In a separate leaked note sent early last week, executives wrote that the company "is going to make every effort to continue working the employees."

The employee, who is also a military veteran with post traumatic stress disorder, said his attempts to contact the Ohio Department of Health and the office of Governor Mike DeWine have gone unanswered.

"My wife is pretty furious. We're trying to take care of my mother who had knee surgery and also has multiple sclerosis, which is an autoimmune disease. I don't want to bring it home and get her infected," he said. "I used to love working for this company, but since this pandemic I've seen how callous and irresponsible it has been."

 

[CountryGent]

Man -- what a POS company: Hobby Lobby defies shutdown orders, reopens some stores

Somehow I'm not surprised.

 

[Member 34319]

Stockpiled ventilators don't work

BS, if they were needed, they would be fixed in a heartbeat.

More fuel thrown at the fire by the MSM.

They might as well just start reporting inflated deaths. No sense in even trying to not make it sound like the federal government is capable of breathing, much less running a country.

 

[Member 34319]

For instance, banks tend to have more than 1 drive up lane. Usually 3-4. Usually 1-2 are never used. Ever. They make better spider or birds nests than useable drive up lanes.

Low and behold, in the coarse of two weeks or less, I know at least 8 buddies at my old company that have been working non stop to get ALL OF THEM up and running.

Id say I'm surprised by that N.Y. Times article, but I'm not.

 

[alphapygmy]

The areas that did social distancing etc early on weren't hit as bad. The ones who waited got hammered. NY is probably a special case due to density though I suppose.

NYC idiots attend "corona potluck parties"

hotair.com

Please tell me this is a joke. Article from March 29th, not April 1st. If true I'm starting to feel less sorry for people in the big city especially after watching video after video of politicians telling people "Sure, go to the parade" and "Nothing to worry about, take the subway" and "Don't forget to visit China town" a month ago then flop over to it's all Trumps fault because he's being racist and didn't act soon enough...

 

[ma96782]

Shades of Waste, Fraud and Abuse.

Or maybe, some amount of skullduggery is or was afoot?

Hummm.....maybe, sort of like with Defense Contracts? Cost overruns? The Govt needs to throw more money at the problems. HA, Ha, ha.... Overpromise and under deliver (or never deliver)?

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

The contract got signed and money got paid. Someone made a big chunk of money. But....what do the taxpayers have?

Aloha, Mark

 

[41mag]

They might as well just start reporting inflated deaths

take a look here:

University of Minnesota research center misrepresents COVID-19 study to double death rate | The College Fix

Counts on credulous journalists to not look too deeply.

www.thecollegefix.com

 

[tkdguy]

NYC idiots attend "corona potluck parties"

hotair.com

Please tell me this is a joke. Article from March 29th, not April 1st. If true I'm starting to feel less sorry for people in the big city especially after watching video after video of politicians telling people "Sure, go to the parade" and "Nothing to worry about, take the subway" and "Don't forget to visit China town" a month ago then flop over to it's all Trumps fault because he's being racist and didn't act soon enough...

The people in NYC, their City government and the State government, their know it all attitudes; they made their own purgatory. Sorry, but a lot of innocent people passed because of the irresponsible behavior of the people in NYC, southern NY State and Long Island. When they were told to social distance, they left the City and the metropolitan NY areas and traveled about and infected their neighboring states. Hard to feel sorry for people that maybe intelligent and act stupid and shoot them selves in the foot.

 

[ma96782]

Perhaps NYC residents (and NY State residents) need to wake up to something like this?

NOT for reopening. But for closing/isolating the infected areas.

Aloha, Mark

PS....THEN, think about, I-5 and I-205, into or out of Portland, OR. HA, Ha, ha.....

 

[nammac]

Wow, thought I was the only one who was thinking the political leadership in NYC and NY State are responsible for the area being the epicenter of the US, with their flippant attitude about subway and bus usage, encouraging people to carry on as normal as recently as three or four weeks ago...

Now that they've unleashed hell on their constituents, they want to point the finger at the federal government. Geez, that incompetent Cuomo finally today closed the playgrounds... What a cluster fubar...

Hope people are paying attention to the incompetence of those they've elected...

 

[tkdguy]

Wow, thought I was the only one who was thinking the political leadership in NYC and NY State are responsible for the area being the epicenter of the US, with their flippant attitude about subway and bus usage, encouraging people to carry on as normal as recently as three or four weeks ago...

Now that they've unleashed hell on their constituents, they want to point the finger at the federal government. Geez, that incompetent Cuomo finally today closed the playgrounds... What a cluster fubar...

Hope people are paying attention to the incompetence of those they've elected...

The people that they elected the City mayor and the Governor, and cheered for their appointment; are a mirror image of the voting majority. They do not learn from their mistakes. For all those New Yorker's that came out here and spread their social disease of antigun; are of the same ilk of those that elected their governors and mayors. Voting has consequences. Many are just like the antis that moved from California and ruined Oregon, Idaho and Washington and Colorado.

 

[wp4]

Chinese doctor who first raised the alarm over COVID-19 vanishes | Fox News

The Wuhan-based doctor who first raised the alarm over the coronavirus outbreak in China has reportedly gone missing.

www.foxnews.com

And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust....

 

[tkdguy]

Wow, thought I was the only one who was thinking the political leadership in NYC and NY State are responsible for the area being the epicenter of the US, with their flippant attitude about subway and bus usage, encouraging people to carry on as normal as recently as three or four weeks ago...

Now that they've unleashed hell on their constituents, they want to point the finger at the federal government. Geez, that incompetent Cuomo finally today closed the playgrounds... What a cluster fubar...

Hope people are paying attention to the incompetence of those they've elected...

New York City Government Policies and NY State policies and lack of preparation are transporting their citizens to perdition?

 

[nammac]

New York City Government Policies and NY State policies and lack of preparation are transporting their citizens to perdition?

Well, yes... As it should be

 

[4Freedom]

The disease specialist I respect most just gave another interview a couple days ago with a medical doctor who also has a background in disease and cancer research, Dr. Peter Attia. It is nice to have an educated talk show host interviewing a disease expert, rather than a layman in this field, who always needs to be educated about the basics. It is as the two of them really were brainstorming and helping each other express their thoughts and gave such a detailed, yet easy to understand knowledge of the situation and the research that has and is currently being conducted.

The outlook is very challenging, but I respect Dr. Osterholm's opinions and research, as well as the CIDRAP organization where he heads beyond any other researcher or organization. In fact, he has literally been almost prophetic in his entire outlook of Coronavirus and wrote books about this scenario years ago. OF course, since he has a more sober view and has spent so many years in depth of research, he will be ignored by the mainstream, for fear of invoking potential panic (In my opinion). If people would have heeded his advice, we would have (and still could be) in better shape than what I see for the future.

#102 - Michael Osterholm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern - Peter Attia

"We're seeing an increased number of severe illnesses and deaths in people between the ages of 25 and 50...and the risk factor appears to be obesity." —Michael Osterholm

peterattiamd.com

 

[awshoot]

NYC idiots attend "corona potluck parties"

hotair.com

Please tell me this is a joke. ...

Doubt it is a joke:

New Jersey man charged for throwing "corona party" with 47 people in his 550-square-foot apartment

The New Jersey governor called the party "stupid" and said he would "name and shame" anybody who throws one.

www.cbsnews.com

Another, though the only thing the college cared about was being PC:

'Distasteful and hurtful': Coronavirus-themed party condemned at University of Albany

The University of Albany said it would investigate the coronavirus-themed party, which it called “distasteful and hurtful”

www.usatoday.com

A group of young adults held a coronavirus party in Kentucky to defy orders to socially distance. Now one of them has coronavirus | CNN

At least one person in Kentucky is infected after taking part at a "coronavirus party" with a group of young adults, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Connecticut party of 50 guests became coronavirus 'super-spreading event,' report says

A 40th birthday bash that a Connecticut woman held earlier this month is now being eyed by health experts as a suspected coronavirus “super-spreading event” after more than half of its 50 guests later tested positive for the sickness, a report says.

www.foxnews.com

Also in Canada, though there the controversy was that it was non-PC:

'Infect me daddy,' Queen's University student trustee resigns after attending coronavirus party

Students at the virus-themed party drank Corona beer and wore face masks, Instagram posts show

nationalpost.com

And of course, non-themed parties are deadly:

‘Germ-fest’ party preceded deadly Washington nursing home coronavirus outbreak

KIRKLAND, Wash. >> In the days before the Life Care Center nursing home became ground zero for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., there were few signs it was girding against an illness spreading rapidly around the world.

www.staradvertiser.com