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Corona Virus Daily Thread #24

Posted on 03/22/2020 10:17:36 AM PDT by Mariner

Daily thread #23 here:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3826809/posts?page=1


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: 24thread; chinavirus; covid19; cvlivethread; livethread
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To: MNJohnnie

Yeah, its not Fox News (this time). It’s The Sun.

Awful journalism.


121 posted on 03/22/2020 12:00:20 PM PDT by Fury
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To: BobL

I agree—Italy is slowly bending the curve.

However, before you start celebrating, just remember that under 1% of Italy’s population has been infected.

The moment they lift the lockdown....boom.


122 posted on 03/22/2020 12:01:46 PM PDT by cgbg (BOLO--escaped SNF resident--Joe Biden)
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To: BusterDog
Germany: Borders are closed due to the coronavirus epidemic — except for migrants

If you’re an American, British, French, or Swiss tourist who wants to take in some of the sights in Germany, you’ll have to wait a while before you can go because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. But if you’re a migrant from Asia, the Middle East, or Africa who has entered Europe illegally? No problem!

Last week, Germany closed its land borders to all foreign citizens except for those providing essential services coming from France, Luxembourg, and Switzerland in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, the German Ministry of the Interior has confirmed that “asylum-seekers” are still welcome in Germany in spite of the ban, according to a report by Junge Freiheit.

In practice, this means that if a migrant were to illegally enter the European Union’s Schengen Zone via Italy or Greece and make it to France or Switzerland, he can still demand asylum in Germany, and thus must be allowed to traverse these countries so that he can formally request it on German territory.

“At Germany’s EU external borders [airports and seaports], there has been no change in the [asylum] procedure,” a representative of the Ministry of the Interior told Junge Freiheit. When asked if this also applies to Germany’s internal Schengen borders, she confirmed that this was also the case there.

In practice, this suggests that the German government feels that citizens of other European countries are dangerous because they might spread the coronavirus; migrants, on the other hand, apparently pose no such risk in their eyes as long as they remember to use the word “asylum.”

Germany’s stance on this is inexplicable, especially given that even as things stand within Germany as it is, migrants currently being held in German facilities are balking at being asked to follow coronavirus restrictions and have been attacking police and center personnel in response, in at least one case even flying an ISIS flag, as previously reported by Voice of Europe.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/germany-borders-are-closed-due-to-the-coronavirus-epidemic-except-for-migrants/

123 posted on 03/22/2020 12:02:29 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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To: cgbg
...our projections:

Whose "our"?

124 posted on 03/22/2020 12:04:19 PM PDT by Fury
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To: RummyChick

they are really trying to style up these hats

I need to see if I can rig something

https://www.amazon.com/Full-face-Protective-Anti-saliva-Windproof-Dustproof/dp/B085B1SKGM


125 posted on 03/22/2020 12:04:26 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: fuzzylogic; Black Agnes

I would prefer the county-by-county shutdown method. Any county with at least one confirmed case gets shut down. An entire state would only shut down if 3/4 of counties go positive (2/3 for Rhode Island and Delaware - only 3 counties in each state). That way, while economic activity would still dwindle, it wouldn’t seem to go into freefall, if the stock ticker is any indication. And some effort would still be made to contain COVID.


126 posted on 03/22/2020 12:05:12 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Wu Flu! (when I feel heavy metal) Wu Flu! (when I'm pins and I'm needles) Wu Flu!)
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To: Oorang

Rand Paul had a closed door meeting with members of Congress on top of everything else.


127 posted on 03/22/2020 12:05:17 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: Varsity Flight

**** Ohio ****

Some possible homemade masks. Anti-malaria drug not preventive in Cov-19. - Acton


128 posted on 03/22/2020 12:05:47 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: bgill

Rand Paul in the Senate gym pool this morning.


129 posted on 03/22/2020 12:05:56 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: Varsity Flight
Allowed to take a walk, essentials, NO playground walks, pet visitation OK.

Do you have a link to this?

Does that mean no jogging? Riding a bike?

What about use ATV's on property is maintaining 6' of distance?

Chopping wood?

Driving to shooting range (if alone and no one there)?

?

130 posted on 03/22/2020 12:06:29 PM PDT by Fury
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To: cgbg
—if you allow your health care system to be overwhelmed, then people can die from broken legs in ski accidents.

Very true...and numbers likely to never be included in the final Coronavirus tally.

131 posted on 03/22/2020 12:06:47 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: RummyChick

this thing is available now

https://www.amazon.com/Coolibar-UPF-Unisex-Sun-Mask/dp/B01F2H76CA


132 posted on 03/22/2020 12:07:04 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I would prefer the county-by-county shutdown method

I wonder if this was considered.

133 posted on 03/22/2020 12:07:30 PM PDT by Fury
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To: cgbg

“I agree—Italy is slowly bending the curve...However, before you start celebrating, just remember that under 1% of Italy’s population has been infected...The moment they lift the lockdown....boom.”

If they could do it like Taiwan and Singapore, where, if you go out, you get your temperature checked like a dozen times, they might be able to prevent a relapse. They also have to lift the lockdown very, very, slowly...just a bit at a time.

Otherwise...yep, right back to mass infections!


134 posted on 03/22/2020 12:07:39 PM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: .30Carbine

What’s the over under on POTUS and VP standing up there together and with half a dozen others.


135 posted on 03/22/2020 12:08:29 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: BobL

Steve Lookner
@lookner
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Rand Paul was at the Senate gym this morning and was in the pool
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Lindsay Wise
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Now confirming from 2 ppl familiar the @seungminkim report that Kansas Sen. @JerryMoran said at GOP lunch that he did see @RandPaul at the Senate gym this morning & that Paul was in the pool

Paul tested positive for #coronavirus this morning, and the news broke during the lunch


136 posted on 03/22/2020 12:08:52 PM PDT by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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To: Mariner

Thanks for the clarification. You had me fuming for a moment. :)


137 posted on 03/22/2020 12:09:05 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: Fury

You are correct, Sir. For example, governments can pre-pay businesses for things they will order from them in the near future anyway, thus helping to keep them afloat.


138 posted on 03/22/2020 12:09:38 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Wu Flu! (when I feel heavy metal) Wu Flu! (when I'm pins and I'm needles) Wu Flu!)
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To: Varsity Flight

*** Ohio ****

Order Monday 11:59 PM, Executive order goes into effect. Based on Homeland Security.


139 posted on 03/22/2020 12:10:20 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: Alcibiades

Sometimes you’re already in bad shape, in which case, COVID is just the kill shot.


140 posted on 03/22/2020 12:11:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Wu Flu! (when I feel heavy metal) Wu Flu! (when I'm pins and I'm needles) Wu Flu!)
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