Corona Virus Daily Thread #47 COVID-19 4/21/2020

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[RaceBannon]

new thread, starting 4/21/2020

[Fury]

“Massive layoffs and pay cuts are likely coming to state and local governments as federal aid goes elsewhere”

- see https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-relief-bill-layoffs-coming-to-state-local-governments.html

[calenel]

“I suspect some of those signs are leftists posing as “right wing kooks”.”

That may well be, but the evidence is clear that we have our own fair share of kooks this time around. It’s mostly people that identify as libertarians and constitutionalists creating the ruckus. As if there is a right to put others at risk. We had/have plenty right here on FR that were throwing tantrums about people prepping and so on. Apparently that somehow violated their rights.

[Black Agnes]

https://twitter.com/farothaiwe/status/1252762081629286401

This ‘nice’ person right here.

Wonder who they voted for in ‘16...

[RightGeek]

Five Problems With the Study That Claims ‘More Deaths’ From Treating Coronavirus With Hydroxychloroquine - https://pjmedia.com/trending/five-problems-with-the-study-that-claims-more-deaths-from-treating-coronavirus-with-hydroxychloroquine/

[RightGeek]

They figured out a way to screw up cotton swabs

[RightGeek]

Powerline's MIDWEEK IN PICTURES: VIRUS CRISIS VOLUME 6

A few of my favorites:

[ETCM]

They figured out a way to screw up cotton swabs

China is letting anyone make anything at this point to try to cash in. Respirators, gowns, COVID test kits and other critical healthcare items are being made with zero quality assurance. Anyone buying from China right now should really think twice. Even beyond safety critical items, I would reconsider anything from China right now.

[RummyChick]

‘I tested positive for faith’: Moment preacher admits he has covid symptoms BEFORE he defied calls to close his church and hosted packed Easter service without a mask or protective gear

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8245245/Audio-recording-captures-evangelical-preacher-admitting-symptoms-match-coronavirus.html

[cgbg]

I suspect some of those signs are leftists posing as "right wing kooks".

I suspect some of the new flu bro FR posters are the same.

This is the year the mask came off the kooks--here and everywhere--on all sides of this issue.

[cgbg]

There are two kinds of “libertarians and constitutionalists”—those who know about the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918—and those who don’t. ;-)

[DEPcom]

“local governments “

I wonder how the county is loosing money when I am still paying taxes (property taxes, school taxes).

I wonder if they are referring to income taxes in the Northern States. I guess those states were in the red before the outbreak.

[RightGeek]

Princeton, Stanford too - https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/22/harvard-blinks-university-wont-accept-9m-in-coronavirus-relief/

[glennaro]

When you consider more than a century of medical advances there is no -- none; zero; nada; nil -- comparison that can be legitimately made between how the 1918 Spanish Flu was dealt with and how the 2020 Chinese Virus is being addressed.

None. Understand?

[Black Agnes]

What on earth are you talking about?

Anti-mask protesters in 1918, anti-mask protesters in 2020.

In 1918, those protests succumbed to the second wave of the pandemic.

We await further developments in 2020.

Great graph on disease outbreak differences with this pandemic in countries that wear masks in public (those that suffered in the FIRST SARS outbreak learned their lessons, masks are considered polite and considerate behavior) and those who still eschew masks in public (only sheep wear those!)

https://twitter.com/jperla/status/1244192614959599622/photo/1

[RummyChick]

LASTING DAMAGE The long-term effects of coronavirus on the body – from lung scarring to liver damage

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11455834/long-term-effects-coronavirus-body/

[Myrddin]

I'm not getting any discounts on my taxes whether income or property. The schools get paid for warm butts in a seat. There isn't pay for performance. They aren't making average daily attendance numbers with the schools shut, but still have the full staff on payroll.

[RummyChick]

George Stephanopoulos took COVID-19 antibody test days after diagnosis

https://pagesix.com/2020/04/22/george-stephanopoulos-took-covid-19-antibody-test-days-after-diagnosis/

[dakine]

Please, please, please...

[ETCM]

I would say he should be held accountable for every infection in his "flock", but then I read this:

The flamboyant 31-year-old preacher – who claims to have healed cancers and restored sight in the blind - assured followers they could attain 'divine exemption' from coronavirus through the power of prayer.

Anyone who follows a preacher who claims to be something more than human or says he can perform miracles is an idiot.

People are greedy. Remember the trader know as the "Face of the NYSE"? Peter Tuchman attempted to enter the NYSE for a day of trading on the packed floor, knowing he was sick and taking acetaminophen to try to hide his fever from screeners. He had no problem infecting others to make a buck. Lucky for the other NYSE employees he was stopped from entering due to having a fever and tested positive. Anyone wondering why so many died in NYC, it's because NYC has a lot of people like Peter Tuchman.

[dakine]

True...