Current Events > Coronavirus 15: The Long Night

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Apparently the UK is looking at giving people 'immunity certificates'.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1245882459364847619?

Its getting hot and heavy now.

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onedarksoul posted...

Apparently the UK is looking at giving people 'immunity certificates'.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1245882459364847619?

Its getting hot and heavy now.

Can they still be carriers though?

I thought immunity just meant that the virus won't make you sick (or at least as sick as it would have)

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I didn't even know the immunity thing was confirmed yet

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kingdrake2 posted...

motivation is gone. have to wait it out like the others.

I literally have to drag my butt out of bed in the morning. I'm close to canceling the newspaper because I rarely read it anymore. The sports section is like one or two pages now.

I've been listening to We are the World (85 version) almost every night to help calm the soul. We need this song more then ever right now. An updated version for this pandemic could be in the works.

And I seriously need a F***ing haircut!!!!!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0lNoxFaIM

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MT_TRAEH posted...

those who havent died yet are just going to add to tomorrow's numbers

An estimated additional 180 - 195 deaths per day occurring at home in New York City due to COVID-19 are not being counted in the official figures. "Early on in this crisis we were able to swab people who died at home, and thus got a coronavirus reading. But those days are long gone. We simply don't have the testing capacity for the large numbers dying at home. Now only those few who had a test confirmation *before* dying are marked as victims of coronavirus on their death certificate. This almost certainly means we are undercounting the total number of victims of this pandemic," said Mark Levine, Chair of New York City Council health committee

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Nebraska Governor Ricketts about to give his daily 2pm press conference where he repeats the same shit he's been saying for weeks and continues to avoid a stay at home order

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onedarksoul posted...

Apparently the UK is looking at giving people 'immunity certificates'.

even if they gave those out. we're not out of this hell yet.
clatsop just reported 5th corona victim.

one of the contacts was infected from a prior person.

edit: damn. british trumps health turning dire.
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https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1247241454403162112?s=19

Oh fuck

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1247241454403162112?s=19

Oh fuck

As much as I dislike the guy and think he's been a colossal disaster to the UK, I actually feel terrible thinking that he might die.

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Thompson posted...

As much as I dislike the guy and think he's been a colossal disaster to the UK, I actually feel terrible thinking that he might die.

I don't even know why he's so bad, just see people refer to him as British Trump but I thought it was because they kind of look alike.

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

they kind of look alike.

that and ideology is the same.
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Jiggy101011 posted...

I feel like 2 weeks ago we were discussing how come black people were immune to the disease, and now they are the ones getting hit the worst in some states? Man the reporting seems all over the place.

Free_Joe_Exotic posted...

This was fake news from the very beginning.

Maybe some people believed this? One of the worse things about racism imo is how it messes with the mind.

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Well guys, looks like Trump's rabid promotion of the 'miracle cure' drug was actually just self serving and helping out his donors

https://lawandcrime.com/covid-19-pandemic/major-producer-of-hydroxychloroquine-once-paid-michael-cohen-hefty-sum-for-access-to-trump/amp/

Resaix posted...

Well guys, looks like Trump's rabid promotion of the 'miracle cure' drug was actually just self serving and helping out his donors

https://lawandcrime.com/covid-19-pandemic/major-producer-of-hydroxychloroquine-once-paid-michael-cohen-hefty-sum-for-access-to-trump/amp/

I'm sure that's just a coincidence

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1247241454403162112?s=19

Oh fuck

Wow didnt he just have minimal symptoms the other day? Its frightening how fast people can decline

CobraGT posted...

Maybe some people believed this? One of the worse things about racism imo is how it messes with the mind.

Indians initially believed they were immune to this early on as well

Report from #COVID19 front lines 4/5/20 NYC hospital- "Only 5 nurses in the ED. They're all calling out. We're supposed to have ~25 a shift on regular ED days. We've had single digits overnights for the last week." Impending staffing shortage is very worrisome

https://twitter.com/drdanchoi/status/1247045948662001664

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I'm fairly optimistic that we'll see the number of cases dropping quite a bit by May. My concern, though, is that Trump and several governors will be like "everything is fine now, we beat the virus" and reopen everything, and then we'll be right back on the upswing. IMO once we get the # of cases to a manageable level, we need to continue social distancing until we can test everyone who's sick, trace their contacts, test them, and isolate anyone who's positive. Only then should we start reopening things, and even still large crowds should be avoided for awhile longer. Unfortunately I have very little trust in our government to execute that properly.

So a patient I sent to ER on Friday tested positive. I was already in isolation at home because of coworker who tested positive the week before, now had to start my 14 days again...sigh

umax555 posted...

I'm fairly optimistic that we'll see the number of cases dropping quite a bit by May. My concern, though, is that Trump and several governors will be like "everything is fine now, we beat the virus" and reopen everything, and then we'll be right back on the upswing. IMO once we get the # of cases to a manageable level, we need to continue social distancing until we can test everyone who's sick, trace their contacts, test them, and isolate anyone who's positive. Only then should we start reopening things, and even still large crowds should be avoided for awhile longer. Unfortunately I have very little trust in our government to execute that properly.

This is exactly what will happen. Bars and restaurants are gonna get slammed once things open back up which will cause another outbreak to occur late in the summer. Places are going to have to limit the amount of people that can be in any one place and also take sanitary measures very seriously.

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NYCs healthcare system is being pushed to the limit. And sadly, now so is the citys system for managing our dead. And it, too, needs more resources. This has big implications for grieving families. And for all of us.

NYCs city morgue is the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), which luckily is the best in the world. But they are now dealing w/ the equivalent of an ongoing 9/11. And so are hospital morgues, funeral homes & cemeteries. Every part of this system is now backed up.

A typical hospital morgue might hold 15 bodies. Those are now all full. So OCME has sent out 80 refrigerated trailers to hospitals around the city. Each trailer can hold 100 bodies. These are now mostly full too. Some hospitals have had to add a 2nd or even a 3rd trailer.

Grieving families report calling as many as half a dozen funeral homes and finding none that can handle their deceased loved ones. Cemeteries are not able to handle the number of burial requests and are turning most down.

Its not just deaths in hospitals which are up. On an average day before this crisis there were 20-25 deaths at home in NYC. Now in the midst of this pandemic the number is 200-215. *Every day*.

Early on in this crisis we were able to swab people who died at home, and thus got a coronavirus reading. But those days are long gone. We simply don't have the testing capacity for the large numbers dying at home.

Now only those few who had a test confirmation *before* dying are marked as victims of coronavirus on their death certificate. This almost certainly means we are undercounting the total number of victims of this pandemic.

And still the number of bodies continues to increase. The freezers at OCME facilities in Manhattan and Brooklyn will soon be full. And then what?

Soon we'll start temporary interment. This likely will be done by using a NYC park for burials (yes you read that right). Trenches will be dug for 10 caskets in a line. It will be done in a dignified, orderly--and temporary--manner. But it will be tough for NYers to take.

The goal is to avoid scenes like those in Italy, where the military was forced to collect bodies from churches and even off the streets. OCME is going to need much more staff to achieve that goal.

Thankfully the Dept. of Defense and the NY National Guard have already sent teams, and volunteer medical examiners have come from around the country. But we are going to need much more help if we're going to avoid disaster.

As New York City continues to appeal to the nation for help, we need to ask not just for doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists. We also need mortuary affairs staff. This is tough to talk about and maybe tough to ask for. But we have no choice. The stakes are too high.

To recap: Nothing matters more in this crisis than saving the living. But we need to face the gruesome reality that we need more resources to manage our dead as well. Or the pain of this crisis will be compounded almost beyond comprehension.

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1247155043171741696

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solosnake posted...

Grieving families report calling as many as half a dozen funeral homes and finding none that can handle their deceased loved ones. Cemeteries are not able to handle the number of burial requests and are turning most down.

Why is this even being entertained?

The dead should be mass cremated by the government. There is no time for formalities or funerals, that's a logistical nightmare.

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Call me mean, but I hope Trump gets sick and has to be held in a Hospital for a couple weeks before he can get out so that we can get a bit of time WITHOUT him showing up in all the briefings and media stuff. I mean, they'd probably get him set up with a camera so that once he is coughing little enough to get through a sentence or two before doing it again, he would be back to streaming his mug into media again. But a little time without him around would really be nice.

Plus, it would just cheese him off so much that he can't just ramble on his thinly veiled self-promotional yappery for a while.
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Sephiroth C Ryu posted...

Call me mean, but I hope Trump gets sick and has to be held in a Hospital for a couple weeks before he can get out so that we can get a bit of time WITHOUT him showing up in all the briefings and media stuff. I mean, they'd probably get him set up with a camera so that once he is coughing little enough to get through a sentence or two before doing it again, he would be back to streaming his mug into media again. But a little time without him around would really be nice.

Plus, it would just cheese him off so much that he can't just ramble on his thinly veiled self-promotional yappery for a while.
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You people need help

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Sephiroth C Ryu posted...

Call me mean, but I hope Trump gets sick and has to be held in a Hospital for a couple weeks before he can get out so that we can get a bit of time WITHOUT him showing up in all the briefings and media stuff. I mean, they'd probably get him set up with a camera so that once he is coughing little enough to get through a sentence or two before doing it again, he would be back to streaming his mug into media again. But a little time without him around would really be nice.

Plus, it would just cheese him off so much that he can't just ramble on his thinly veiled self-promotional yappery for a while.
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I was thinking more of it being a life changing experience and we get cool, chill, redeemed Donny Trump afterwards

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AlmightyCheeks posted...

You people need help

Tired-Insomniac posted...

I was thinking more of it being a life changing experience and we get cool, chill, redeemed Donny Trump afterwards

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BZVgl49yPzg

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Frostshock posted...

Why is this even being entertained?

The dead should be mass cremated by the government. There is no time for formalities or funerals, that's a logistical nightmare.

Maybe they care about their family and want to give them a proper sendoff. Each death is someones dad, mom, sister, brother, friend, etc. Idk if this gets mentioned but these families don't even get to visit them on their death bed. So now you suggesting along with that they all get cremated and get no chance to say good bye. Seems kinda harsh to these people but probably easy to not care if you not effected.

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My friend who woke up yesterday to a sore throat and supposed pink eye now has an irritated eye, sore throat, some chills but no fever.

He had a telehealth appointment today and dr didnt seem to concerned because of no fever. Gave antibiotics for eye and other stuff.

So Im guessing he has the flu?


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Occupy_This posted...

My friend who woke up yesterday to a sore throat and supposed pink eye now has an irritated eye, sore throat, some chills but no fever.

He had a telehealth appointment today and dr didnt seem to concerned because of no fever. Gave antibiotics for eye and other stuff.

So Im guessing he has the flu?

Or an infection

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https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-white-house-01306286-0bbc-4042-9bfe-890413c6220d.html

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Occupy_This posted...

My friend who woke up yesterday to a sore throat and supposed pink eye now has an irritated eye, sore throat, some chills but no fever.

He had a telehealth appointment today and dr didnt seem to concerned because of no fever. Gave antibiotics for eye and other stuff.

So Im guessing he has the flu?

Allergies? Those are common allergy symptoms. My eyes have been sore and red for days. And my asthmas been flaring up and it all clears up with allergy meds. Allergies are bad right now. I also havent left my apartment in over a month (jobs still paying me).

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solosnake posted...

https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-white-house-01306286-0bbc-4042-9bfe-890413c6220d.html

Trump's repeated "what do you have to lose?" comments really irked me yesterday. As if there's no worry of limited effectiveness and/or bad side effects. In particularly serious cases, sure, maybe you throw that caution out the window, but so broadly and flippantly that seems like a bad view to take.
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Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grocery-workers-are-beginning-to-die-of-coronavirus/ar-BB12eFSF

Trump and 3M strike deal to bring 55.5 million masks a month to US to help coronavirus response
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/coronavirus-trump-and-3m-strike-deal-to-bring-55point5-million-masks-a-month-to-us.html

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AlmightyCheeks posted...

Or an infection

if it's anything but a corona infection it's a goddamn miracle.
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DundiesAward posted...

Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grocery-workers-are-beginning-to-die-of-coronavirus/ar-BB12eFSF

Trump and 3M strike deal to bring 55.5 million masks a month to US to help coronavirus response
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/coronavirus-trump-and-3m-strike-deal-to-bring-55point5-million-masks-a-month-to-us.html

Man this is so sad... literally died for less than $15 because they were essential theyre never going to get the respect they deserve either


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DundiesAward posted...

Grocery workers are beginning to die of coronavirus
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grocery-workers-are-beginning-to-die-of-coronavirus/ar-BB12eFSF

Article mentions at the end that (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) !!!!

Also links page as this link a on Trump and 3M strike deal to bring 55.5 million masks a month to US to help coronavirus response
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/06/coronavirus-trump-and-3m-strike-deal-to-bring-55point5-million-masks-a-month-to-us.html

lead to statement 6:55 PM Washington closes schools. Have schools been open all of this time in Washington. I have a cousin moving there next week but it is from Georgia so understandable.

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CobraGT posted...

Article mentions at the end that (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) !!!!

Wow fuck Bezos

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Bezos has looked like an utter dickhole since the start of all of this. What a terrible human.

Has Bezos even contributed at all to this crisis? News today dropped of Bill Gates pouring billions into vaccine development and you hear jack shit about Bezos outside of him being a shitty person.

There's a neighborhood in Queens called...Corona. It has a very high number of cases. Some really unfortunate irony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9MWE7DdtIw

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New surge in 78 new cases in China. All early asymptomatic #COVID19 cases. This epidemic is not at all over in China . Resurgence is coming. China removed lockdown too soon.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1247096006522650625

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AlmightyCheeks posted...

You people need help

everyone needs it right now, except maybe China

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DarkMark942 posted...

There's a neighborhood in Queens called...Corona. It has a very high number of cases. Some really unfortunate irony.

i've been there they got some dope ass mexican food

I also believe people are celebrating too early about number stabilizing or going down there might be a huge bump on Tuesday or Wednesday (mid-week), end of week of start of week results always seems skewed for some reason.

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Frostshock posted...

Why is this even being entertained?

The dead should be mass cremated by the government. There is no time for formalities or funerals, that's a logistical nightmare.

No. Just No. There are jewish and muslim bodies in there that need to be respected. Maybe that kind of thing works for gentiles, but that kind of crap just won't fly where i'm from.

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Roxborough4Ever posted...

bodies that need to be respected

a lot of things die, eaten, consumed by something else, only human ego need this 'respect'

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