For the first time ever, Stephen Colbert hosted The Late Show without an audience after New York City ordered its Broadway theaters to go dark in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus. #Colbert #Monologue #Coronavirus
My wife is watching the news. San Antonio has opened a drive-through testing location and Dallas is planning to open one.
We need humor more than ever. Maybe some of our favorites can livestream from home.
Blaming your predecessor is a good trick in your first few months.
But after you’ve been President for 3 years, and done absolutely nothing to solve the problems that you’re blaming someone else for, it’s just a sign that you’re 100% in over your head.— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 13, 2020
Looks like the Administration’s acceptance of the Pelosi emergency relief bill is juicing the market. Acting President Pelosi is doing a great job!
Fox news is going to get people killed
Great time to fly if not in at-risk population! This is @united to ORD—new plane, wonderful flight attendants, passengers wiping down everything. (Some of us always did this when traveling!) #USA pic.twitter.com/7ev5leV7Bz
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 13, 2020
I’m guessing “negative net bookings” means they’re seeing more cancellations then they’re seeing new bookings
BREAKING: Delta reducing capacity by 40% over the next few months due to virus outbreak; company also says it now sees negative net bookings for the next 4 weeks and as a result CEO Ed Bastian is forgoing his entire salary this year. pic.twitter.com/lbDVvXnSru
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) March 13, 2020
I was wondering where those numbers were coming from of over a million deaths here. The NYT has the CDC numbers: nytimes.com.
The problem with nepotism is that instead of having the most qualified people making decisions in a time of crisis, you end up with your son-in-law’s brother’s father-in-law asking a Facebook group to quickly create a plan of action https://t.co/DnrQqbqcRp
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 13, 2020
There is no bottom. https://t.co/Ve6dR37GbE
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) March 13, 2020
Outdoor triage outside Saint Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Hospital is triaging patients with respiratory symptoms outdoors in order to prevent spread of the Coronavirus. The tents are from the military, and you see soldiers in the street, as well as at least one military vehicle (yellow on black reg plate is military).
Fox “News” continuing to put people at risk.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever (@YeahSureWhatev2) March 13, 2020
re: #8 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I’m guessing “negative net bookings” means they’re seeing more cancellations then they’re seeing new bookings
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Quantas did that a few days ago. Good on him, though. Really.
re: #12 Teukka
Outdoor triage outside Saint Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Hospital is triaging patients with respiratory symptoms outdoors in order to prevent spread of the Coronavirus. The tents are from the military, and you see soldiers in the street, as well as at least one military vehicle (yellow on black reg plate is military).[Embedded content]
Shit’s getting real…
Actually pretty smart. reduces crowding in the building,
re: #11 DodgerFan1988
trump is supposed to announce this afternoon he is calling a national emergency which will free up funds…if he can manage to not fuck it up.
re: #15 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Actually pretty smart. reduces crowding in the building,
Yep. And HS and SöS have DEMC’s that could be used.
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Yeah because decontamination is the same as regular cleaning which the airlines do anyway before you board.
re: #15 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Actually pretty smart. reduces crowding in the building,
It sure is. Drive through testing. Triage away from hospital with a separate entrance to quarantine people as needed. Complete separation.
re: #5 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Looks like the Administration’s acceptance of the Pelosi emergency relief bill is juicing the market. Acting President Pelosi is doing a great job!
HAVE they accepted it yet? Last I checked (13:30 ET), the deal was “close”, but not yet finalized to the point where (one presumes) the House will actually vote on it. The last updates were 2-3 hours ago.
Though we still have to wonder what the Senate is likely to do.
PS: Markets (equity markets, anyway), don’t seem all THAT “juiced”. They opened high this morning, but traded down to near yesterday’s close, then are edging back up. Hopefully, this means “Black Thursday“‘s index levels are going to become a “floor” of sorts, but who knows?
Continued from downstairs
re: #383 BeachDem
For what it’s worth…
BREAKING: Statement from Andrew Gillum re: incident last night in Miami Beach. A police report said Gillum was in a hotel room where a man had a possible drug overdose and suspected narcotics were found. The report did not say Gillum used or possessed drugs. pic.twitter.com/GsX7cgZgPX
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) March 13, 2020
The whole “..spend the next few weeks with family … appreciate privacy …” pretty much has my ‘Spock eyebrow twitching
Updated story with @jerryiannelli here: https://t.co/zeJ5a4itMP pic.twitter.com/Nf64ad3GO2
— Jessica Lipscomb (@jessicalipscomb) March 13, 2020
re: #16 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
trump is supposed to announce this afternoon he is calling a national emergency which will free up funds…if he can manage to not fuck it up.
I wish he’d wait until after the markets close for the weekend. The probability of him stupicly saying something damaging is way over 50% (also the possibility that he’ll look and sound like he’s at death’s door).
re: #22 stpaulbear
I wish he’d wait until after the markets close for the weekend. The probability of him stupicly saying something damaging is way over 50% (also the possibility that he’ll look and sound like he’s at death’s door).
If it can be done incorrectly, that is what he will do.
re: #22 stpaulbear
I wish he’d wait until after the markets close for the weekend. The probability of him stupidly saying something damaging is way over 50% (also the possibility that he’ll look and sound like he’s at death’s door).
Agree.
Also re: #20 Jay C: I wonder if the Asshole-in-Chief isn’t going to try to use his “emergency” announcement to try and upstage Congress (i.e. Nancy Pelosi) over their Coronavirus aid-package bill. They are all petty enough…..
He should put out a statement that should read “ I am declaring a national emergency, end of statement.”
re: #25 VegasGolfer
He should put out a statement that should read “ I am declaring a national emergency, end of statement.”
What? Without declaring that it’s the bigliest national emergency ever which he has already fixed except for all the Democratic screaming?
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re: #12 Teukka
Outdoor triage outside Saint Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Hospital is triaging patients with respiratory symptoms outdoors in order to prevent spread of the Coronavirus. The tents are from the military, and you see soldiers in the street, as well as at least one military vehicle (yellow on black reg plate is military).[Embedded content]
Shit’s getting real…
Yeah hospitals here started doing similar things several days ago. Rush University medical center converted an old ambulance bay for covid-19 intake
re: #25 VegasGolfer
He should put out a statement that should read “ I am declaring a national emergency, end of statement.”
He’s going to spend 10 mins of self-congratulations, 10 mins of blaming TeH Blah guy, 10 mins of xenophobe racism, and then declare the biggest and most beautiful national emergency.
re: #22 stpaulbear
I wish he’d wait until after the markets close for the weekend. The probability of him stupicly saying something damaging is way over 50% (also the possibility that he’ll look and sound like he’s at death’s door).
well, i’d like to pick up more brk at 150, so there’s a bright side to him fucking it up.
Bernies Sec of Health and Human Services.
Oh myyy. https://t.co/I9zrtDTKu5
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 13, 2020
re: #24 Jay C
Agree.
Also : I wonder if the Asshole-in-Chief isn’t going to try to use his “emergency” announcement to try and upstage Congress (i.e. Nancy Pelosi) over their Coronavirus aid-package bill. They are all petty enough…..
At this point, I don’t care. Do something positive already. Help people. Something vaguely competent.
re: #22 stpaulbear
I wish he’d wait until after the markets close for the weekend. The probability of him stupicly saying something damaging is way over 50% (also the possibility that he’ll look and sound like he’s at death’s door).
“My fellow Americans (cough cough cough) that I’m declaring a state of emergency over the (COUGH COUGH COUGH) Coronavirus pandemic that’s now (COUGH COUGH COUGH) causing so many problems in our great (doubled over by coughing, collapses to the floor)….”
No lines, no screaming toddlers, instant upgrades— few will know the luxury of traveling during #coronavirus season.
We’re all First Class now, America.— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 9, 2020
Canada reports new progress on a COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/D4Ro5tO72X
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 13, 2020
re: #16 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
trump is supposed to announce this afternoon he is calling a national emergency which will free up funds…if he can manage to not fuck it up.
He might say anything. The only thing I want to hear Trump say is “I am resigning from the Office of the President of the United States, effective immediately.”
I really like this.
Henceforth, Trump rallies should be referred to as “Bugchaser Hoedowns”
— Covidiocracy (@ampersine) March 13, 2020
re: #34 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #20 Jay C
HAVE they accepted it yet? Last I checked (13:30 ET), the deal was “close”, but not yet finalized to the point where (one presumes) the House will actually vote on it. The last updates were 2-3 hours ago.
Though we still have to wonder what the Senate is likely to do.
PS: Markets (equity markets, anyway), don’t seem all THAT “juiced”. They opened high this morning, but traded down to near yesterday’s close, then are edging back up. Hopefully, this means “Black Thursday“‘s index levels are going to become a “floor” of sorts, but who knows?
DOW up over 900 points at the moment.
Oh, man.
🟢⚪️ 🔴 *250* people died of the #coronavirus today in Italy.
The Italian air force has posted a cheering clip with jets painting the sky in the tricolor & Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. pic.twitter.com/uJsDL3SRA2— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) March 13, 2020
re: #9 Belafon
I was wondering where those numbers were coming from of over a million deaths here. The NYT has the CDC numbers: nytimes.com.
This is from a Dr. Jordan Shlain, taking notes from a UCSF panel:
[We used their numbers to work out a guesstimate of deaths— indicating about 1.5 million Americans may die. The panelists did not disagree with our estimate. This compares to seasonal flu’s average of 50K Americans per year. Assume 50% of US population, that’s 160M people infected. With 1% mortality rate that’s 1.6M Americans die over the next 12-18 months.]
re: #43 goddamnedfrank
Fuck that’s good!
Agreed. Still a ways from a workable vaccine though but quick progress is encouraging. A lot of the medical/scientific community is really stepping up on this right now.
There’s a massive disparity amongst conservatives as to whether the coronavirus represents a massive threat or an overblown panic.
However, I think we can all agree on what its proper name should be.
“The Chinese Wuhan foreign virus.”— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 13, 2020
Seeing a lot of Conservative family members and Facebook friends got their memo and are calling it the “Chinese Virus” in their posts and memes.
re: #39 NO SMOCKING GUN!
DOW up over 900 points at the moment.
I’m curious how the numbers will shift after Trumps presser.
re: #41 makeitstop
Oh, man.
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Spain is moving toward Italy numbers fast
And, looking for cases to break 2K here in the states this afternoon
Help coming from China. https://t.co/4m1OKDHTYw
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) March 13, 2020
At least somebody is doing something.
re: #28 Dr. Matt
He’s going to spend 10 mins of self-congratulations, 10 mins of blaming TeH Blah guy, 10 mins of xenophobe racism, and then declare the biggest and most beautiful national emergency.
I want him to tank
Again
Ive already lost a lot
A bit more won’t hurt
It’s a campaign contribution to me
Well worthy now
So choke
Choke badly
re: #45 DodgerFan1988
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Seeing a lot of Conservative family members and Facebook friends got their memo and are calling it the “Chinese Virus” in their posts and memes.
That’ll cure everyone!
re: #32 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
At this point, I don’t care. Do something positive already. Help people. Something vaguely competent.
Or that
re: #48 makeitstop
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At least somebody is doing something.
Pretty fucked up that we have to rely on China to help bail our asses out of this.
re: #45 DodgerFan1988
Seeing a lot of Conservative family members and Facebook friends got their memo and are calling it the “Chinese Virus” in their posts and memes.
Time to start calling it the “GOP Virus” then.
re: #41 makeitstop
Again, what’s Plan B if the ongoing containment measures fail? When planning in a disaster scenario, I’ve found it’s always best to do so assuming an absolute worst case scenario. In this case, containment fails and COVID-19 becomes a year-round, endemic virus, with the same levels of contagion and CFR’s.
It goes without saying that the lockdown-style measures simply cannot be sustained for long; the economic damage from that might actually be worse than the epidemic itself.
LIVE: Speaker Pelosi delivers statement on the coronavirus billhttps://t.co/OqgYCfvO4Y
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 13, 2020
re: #55 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Crap…it ended just as I saw it.
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
Pretty fucked up that we have to rely on China to help bail our asses out of this.
Fuckin’ embarrassing is what it is.
re: #42 garzooma
This is from a Dr. Jordan Shlain, taking notes from a UCSF panel:
So that is terrifying reading.
people are going to start killing their dogs. :-(
A dog in Hong Kong was a weak positive for COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus, meaning the infection wasn’t great enough to be passed on. But more research needs to be done, experts say.https://t.co/ElNZYWPhnT
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) March 13, 2020
re: #53 William Lewis
Time to start calling it the “GOP Virus” then.
At the very least the “GOP response”…
re: #54 Dr Lizardo
Again, what’s Plan B if the ongoing containment measures fail? When planning in a disaster scenario, I’ve found it’s always best to do some assuming an absolute worst case scenario. In this case, containment fails and COVID-19 becomes a year-round, endemic virus, with the same levels of contagion and CFR’s.
It goes without saying that the lockdown-style measure simply cannot be sustained for long; the economic damage from that might actually be worse than the epidemic itself.
Sadly, we don’t even have a Plan A.
I ordered Alex Jones to immediately stop selling & marketing products as a treatment or cure for #coronavirus on his website.
If he doesn’t cease & desist these activities immediately, I won’t hesitate to take legal action & hold him accountable for the harm he’s caused.— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) March 12, 2020
re: #54 Dr Lizardo
Again, what’s Plan B if the ongoing containment measures fail? When planning in a disaster scenario, I’ve found it’s always best to do some assuming an absolute worst case scenario. In this case, containment fails and COVID-19 becomes a year-round, endemic virus, with the same levels of contagion and CFR’s.
It goes without saying that the lockdown-style measure simply cannot be sustained for long; the economic damage from that might actually be worse than the epidemic itself.
containment has already failed. The name of the game is slowing spread so hospitals don’t get overwhelmed. If we do get 60 million cases in the next year to 18 months then we will have gained a certain amount of herd immunity and should hopefully have a vaccine by then so spread will be much more manageable.
The imagery of America shutting the borders, Germany doing nothing and China sending a planeload of critical medical supplies to Italy may be propaganda but the plane is real and it is now in Rome. Historical memories are being shaped. https://t.co/9EMnK9iv7j
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) March 13, 2020
re: #59 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
people are going to start killing their dogs. :-(
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Wait I thought dogs can’t get COVID19?
re: #65 The Pie Overlord!
Wait I thought dogs can’t get COVID19?
One dog with a weak response. More studies needed. Not much else there.
More grim numbers from Italy.
Known cases up 17% to 17,660. Deaths up 25% to 1,266.
In Lombardy, 9% of people known to have the virus have died (890 out of 9,820).— Marcus Walker (@MMQWalker) March 13, 2020
Italy’s confirmed cases, breakdown by age group:
0-18: 1.2%
19-50: 22.8%
51-70: 37.5%
70+: 38.5%
Median age: 64— Marcus Walker (@MMQWalker) March 13, 2020
Report: Fox Producer Admits Networks’ Pro-Trump Coronavirus Coverage Is ‘Really Irresponsible’ https://t.co/cQDMNHUoDX pic.twitter.com/1zDsdFyP9T
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 13, 2020
re: #63 danarchy
containment has already failed. The name of the game is slowing spread so hospitals don’t get overwhelmed. If we do get 60 million cases in the next year to 18 months then we will have gained a certain amount of herd immunity and should hopefully have a vaccine by then so spread will be much more manageable.
Bingo. Flatten the Curve is now the ballgame.
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re: #71 Charles Johnson
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re: #71 Charles Johnson
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re: #55 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
re: #56 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Crap…it ended just as I saw it.
Replayed the clip: and, even allowing for Mme Speaker’s slow delivery and layers of boilerplate, ISTM that the takeaway should be that the House WILL be voting on the CV relief act today: mainly along the lines already publicized (i.e. with minimal Administration BS attached).
re: #63 danarchy
containment has already failed. The name of the game is slowing spread so hospitals don’t get overwhelmed. If we do get 60 million cases in the next year to 18 months then we will have gained a certain amount of herd immunity and should hopefully have a vaccine by then so spread will be much more manageable.
they are essentially fighting ‘the last war’ - which was 2 months ago
and the one after that about a month ago
and even two weeks ago
they got caught flatfooted and are not catching up
re: #71 Charles Johnson
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When I went to Kaiser for surgery yesterday nurses told me they were scared because of the mask and gloves shortage…
re: #71 Charles Johnson
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trump sat in the chair for 3 years
he spun it round and round
played with the telephone on the desk
had his picture took. a lot
when he was finally given something to do*, something serious and important that he couldn’t lie, obfuscate, or bluster through…
…he choked
simple as that
the cultists will never see it
we already knew it
that all important ‘let’s give him a chance’ group maybe won’t deny it any more
*no disrespect to Puerto Rico
re: #59 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They already brutally butcher and eat dogs in China, so they don’t exactly need a reason to kill them. Just saying.
#BREAKING Denmark closes borders to foreigners: official pic.twitter.com/KM6FjKciSm
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 13, 2020
re: #69 BigPapa
Bingo. Flatten the Curve is now the ballgame.
I guess what I should’ve asked is what if flattening the curve doesn’t work.
Then what? Like I said, indefinite lockdowns are simply not possible. There’s also still no vaccine for SARS or MERS.
I’m partly just playing devil’s advocate. But I’m not just going to blithely assume that the measures currently in place are going to succeed, nor will I assume that a vaccine will save us all.
re: #82 PrairieQueen
They already brutally butcher and eat dogs in China, so they don’t exactly need a reason to kill them. Just saying.
Not talking about China. I’m talking about scared people worldwide.
re: #68 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Facts: God damn them all to the hell.
Facts: They fuck up your day.
Facts: We were better off without them.
A third Stockholm Co hospital, KS, goes to the second step of crisis prepraredness, “förstärkningsläge”.
re: #45 DodgerFan1988
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Seeing a lot of Conservative family members and Facebook friends got their memo and are calling it the “Chinese Virus” in their posts and memes.
Wouldn’t “Bat-man Virus” have a better ring to it?
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Yes x a kagillion. It’s a beautiful time to birdwatch, no leaves yet and migration is in full effect. https://t.co/6irA5Txn3k
— Kate (@katewiththedogs) March 13, 2020
#NowPlaying Phish > Billy Breathes > Free https://t.co/GTxIAs0lkm
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 13, 2020
re: #84 Dr Lizardo
I guess what I should’ve asked is what if flattening the curve doesn’t work.
Then what? Like I said, indefinite lockdowns are simply not possible. There’s also still no vaccine for SARS or MERS.
I’m partly just playing devil’s advocate. But I’m not just going to blithely assume that the measure currently in place are going to succeed, nor will I assume that a vaccine will save us all.
IMO the long term worst case scenarios mainly depend on whether or not covid19 mutates like the flu does.
If it doesn’t mutate, then it’s a fixed target and there’s every reason to believe a vaccine will become available with the resources that will be thrown at it. Even if there is no vaccine, previously infected people should be immune.
If it does mutate, then we’d be looking at something like a permanent 10x worse flu season each year.
re: #85 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I think in countries where dogs aren’t treated as livestock to eat, a fur source or a pestilence, they’ll probably be okay.
China, India, N/S Korea, Romania… any dogs on the streets have historically not been treated well. It isn’t like they need a new reason to kill them there. And it seems wherever there is more poverty and ignorance and age-old stupid superstition, it’s more likely to happen.
Md. Governor Larry Hogan on MSNBC says the state has “moved on from testing” because for whatever reason the federal government won’t be able to ramp up testing fast enough. They’ve moved on to hospital capacity. Stunning.
— Jane McManus (@janesports) March 13, 2020
re: #90 teleskiguy
Dunno what happened but I sure am glad to see you back here. (As are we all!)
re: #78 Joe Bacon 🌹
When I went to Kaiser for surgery yesterday nurses told me they were scared because of the mask and gloves shortage…
I was just called by Region West Medical Center in Scottsbluff to confirm my appointment Monday afternoon.
They’ve been on protocols to stem the tide of influenza for a couple months now (banning children from visitation, reminders about coughing, &c).
So far, other than the hit they’re taking from all the people with flu they seem to be running along okay.
re: #89 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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— Kate (@katewiththedogs) March 13, 2020
re: #84 Dr Lizardo
Then what? Like I said, indefinite lockdowns are simply not possible. There’s also still no vaccine for SARS or MERS.
My understanding is that there’s no SARS vaccine because they stopped developing it when the outbreak was over and nobody wanted to pony up the dough to finish testing. There are about ten different experimental COVID vaccines now, which were driven heavily by a Gates Foundation initiative over the last few years. The Gates Foundation identified a pandemic risk like this as basically a no-brainer gonna-happen, and worked on a generic framework for a SARS-like virus, which they used for the experimental vaccines now.
U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to #collegestudents who need to move due to #coronavirus. Limited availability. Act quickly.
Click to read our press release: https://t.co/TKDnhb7hdM pic.twitter.com/tundY0iFNe— U-Haul (@uhaul) March 13, 2020
Of course. The natural next step in this batshit conspiracy theory reality show. Their own Honeybooboo.
HoneyQQ. https://t.co/EkGBjn26Gm— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 13, 2020
Well, damn
Disney stops production on all live-action films amid coronavirus https://t.co/8BEqXJInb3 pic.twitter.com/lzDfErtPGl
— New York Post (@nypost) March 13, 2020
Hello, lovely lizards.
Hopefully everything is good so far with you and yours.
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re: #83 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
This is starting to look like our trip to Germany won’t happen.
re: #105 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
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What do you know, I’ve just finished watching Russian Doll today.
re: #97 #thegreatpoolpondconversion (dangerman)
NOT LIKE THAT!
re: #107 Anymouse 🌹🎃
This is starting to look like our trip to Germany won’t happen.
I think it’s gonna a couple of years before tourism goes back to normal.
re: #107 Anymouse 🌹🎃
This is starting to look like our trip to Germany won’t happen.
I wholeheartedly hope not.
re: #91 EPR-radar
IMO the long term worst case scenarios mainly depend on whether or not covid19 mutates like the flu does.
If it doesn’t mutate, then it’s a fixed target and there’s every reason to believe a vaccine will become available with the resources that will be thrown at it. Even if there is no vaccine, previously infected people should be immune.
If it does mutate, then we’d be looking at something like a permanent 10x worse flu season each year.
If it does mutate, though, it’s likely a vaccine will be only partially effective, not completely ineffective…but, yes, a permanent worse flu season.
re: #102 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Then they change the locks on the 31st day. Self storage is a racket.
Satire is not holding up well in the days of trump.
Opinion: “I would vote for Biden were it not for his aggressive online army of supporters.”@PetriDishes does not like the Biden Boys and all this malarkey talk. https://t.co/0UXioK5JgD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 13, 2020
re: #91 EPR-radar
IMO the long term worst case scenarios mainly depend on whether or not covid19 mutates like the flu does.
If it doesn’t mutate, then it’s a fixed target and there’s every reason to believe a vaccine will become available with the resources that will be thrown at it. Even if there is no vaccine, previously infected people should be immune.
If it does mutate, then we’d be looking at something like a permanent 10x worse flu season each year.
Don’t viruses and bacteria mutate… always?
re: #117 Nyet
Don’t viruses and bacteria mutate… always?
So do humans. It’s just that some are more mutable than others.
re: #92 PrairieQueen
I think in countries where dogs aren’t treated as livestock to eat, a fur source or a pestilence, they’ll probably be okay.
China, India, N/S Korea, Romania… any dogs on the streets have historically not been treated well. It isn’t like they need a new reason to kill them there. And it seems wherever there is more poverty and ignorance and age-old stupid superstition, it’s more likely to happen.
To be fair, in many places, the dogs have gone feral and are a real public danger. I got chased & bit in Eastern Europe by a pack of snarling, nasty dogs. Yeah, it would be better if they were all given nice, warm, loving homes … but that ain’t gonna happen in those places. They can barely provide that to their citizens, and governmental infrastructure can barely keep up.
A view into the future of the U.S.? Yeah, maybe.
re: #90 teleskiguy
Hey dude, did you take a cruise on the wrong ship?
(moved to new thread to welcome back teleskiguy)
re: #119 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)
To be fair, in many places, the dogs have gone feral and are a real public danger. I got chased & bit in Eastern Europe by a pack of snarling, nasty dogs. Yeah, it would be better if they were all given nice, warm, loving homes … but that ain’t gonna happen in those places. They can barely provide that to their citizens, and governmental infrastructure can barely keep up.
A view into the future of the U.S.? Yeah, maybe.
To keep the feral population under control and to keep their skills up, samurai in Japan used dogs for target practice. Except under the time of the shogun Tsunayoshi (1680-1709 as shogun)—he had strong Buddhist inclinations against taking life, and since he happened to be born in the year of the dog he declared that dogs could not be killed and must be cared for. Once he died there were supposedly something like 40,000 dogs in care facilities that were promptly let out creating the kind of hazard you note. The samurai went back to killing. As far as I know, dog was not a serious source of protein in Japan where fish made up the bulk of meat consumed. (And this concludes the useless post of the day.)
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