All things political. Coronavirus Edition. (5 Viewers)

[Maxp]

I fear we are really going to be in a bad place due to the obvious cuts to the federal agencies that deal with infectious disease, but also the negative effect the Affordable Care act has had on non urban hospitals. Our front line defenses are ineffectual and our ability to treat the populous is probably at an all time low. Factor in the cost of healthcare and I can see our system crashing. What do you think about the politics of this virus?

 

[wardorican]

Paxton is terrible. There are some horrible “leaders” in Texas at the statewide level.

I mean... part of me gets it. Some folks are so anti mask, that they wouldnt vote. So, you want every vote to count. It just seems like a really bad path to take.

 

[wardorican]

 

[wardorican]

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[efil4]

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Italy not far behind.

Sister back to online school as of Sunday, 6pm curfew daily. And she in lesser region (Toscano) than where this is booming again (Lombardy).

She has 6 more weeks of curriculum left and she heading home. Has flight booked out Florence and confirmed out Rome if Florence shuts down. Was gonna stop to see family in Geneva, but word is Switzerland will lock down by Thanksgiving.

 

[Maxp]

Trump quite literally used the Mitch Hedberg AIDS test as his personal model for a Coronavirus test.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[CoolBrees]

Everything in this administration is framed around trump. Us citizens be damned

‘Helping the president’: HHS official sought to rebrand coronavirus campaign

Documents reveal how political considerations shaped planning for a taxpayer-funded ad blitz to 'defeat despair' over Covid-19.

www.politico.com

 

[GrandAdmiral]

All of these fools needs to arrested.

Atlas push to ‘slow the testing down’ tracks with dramatic decline in one key state | CNN Politics

Shortly after joining the White House as President Donald Trump’s pandemic adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas launched a quiet effort that seemed counterintuitive to some of his colleagues – encouraging officials to limit Covid-19 testing mainly to people experiencing symptoms.

www.cnn.com

 

[MT15]

Worked today, our hospital is back up to the number of cases we had in April when we peaked. Our county is breaking records for cases several times a week.

And we still are rationed for testing kits. We are allowed 27 tests per day, for doing them in house, meaning the results are back in less than an hour for a PCR test. We have to limit these tests to the severely ill, those needing emergency surgery, or new patients sick enough to go to the Emergency Department. Everyone else has their sample sent out and waits 3 days or so.

I would expect this sort of rationing early in the pandemic, there’s no excuse for it at this point. Imo.

 

[superchuck500]

Worked today, our hospital is back up to the number of cases we had in April when we peaked. Our county is breaking records for cases several times a week.

And we still are rationed for testing kits. We are allowed 27 tests per day, for doing them in house, meaning the results are back in less than an hour for a PCR test. We have to limit these tests to the severely ill, those needing emergency surgery, or new patients sick enough to go to the Emergency Department. Everyone else has their sample sent out and waits 3 days or so.

I would expect this sort of rationing early in the pandemic, there’s no excuse for it at this point. Imo.

Inexcusable and unacceptable. Damn.


Meanwhile in Trumpland:

 

[wardorican]

Inexcusable and unacceptable. Damn.


Meanwhile in Trumpland:

Almost nothing? About 1000 a day.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Inexcusable and unacceptable. Damn.


Meanwhile in Trumpland:

Dude looks like he's high 24/7. Idiot.

In more important news, the San Francisco area just reported its first case of a dual infection of COVID-19 and flu in one individual.

First known case in Bay Area of dual coronavirus-flu infection found in Solano County

Solano County has the first report in the area of a patient with the flu and coronavirus at the same time. The person, between the age of 21 and 65, is otherwise healthy, officials said.

www.sfchronicle.com

Rounding the corner, folks...

 

[Nebaghead]

CNN was reporting this morning that counties where Trump rallies were held are seeing larger increases in positives compared to other counties in the same state/area.

 

[Taurus]

CNN was reporting this morning that counties where Trump rallies were held are seeing larger increases in positives compared to other counties in the same state/area.

Quelle surprise.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

CNN was reporting this morning that counties where Trump rallies were held are seeing larger increases in positives compared to other counties in the same state/area.

That's gotta be one of the most "no shirt, Sherlock" moments of... the last few days. We can always ask what did they think was going to happen. But it's obvious. They don't care. Trump is going to do his part to create herd communi... I mean immunity, dammit.

 

[wardorican]

CNN was reporting this morning that counties where Trump rallies were held are seeing larger increases in positives compared to other counties in the same state/area.

while, it's likely due to the rallies, I do wonder if that's normalized against counties that have airports. isn't he just doing these at airports?

 

[zztop]

CNN was reporting this morning that counties where Trump rallies were held are seeing larger increases in positives compared to other counties in the same state/area.

honestly surprised that the throng of 400,000 mask-less people at the sturgis festival didn't spread it all over the country afterward. I don't remember hearing much about it afterwards though.

 

[Optimus Prime]

honestly surprised that the throng of 400,000 mask-less people at the sturgis festival didn't spread it all over the country afterward. I don't remember hearing much about it afterwards though.

There was an article on EE about it

There was a lot of spread from that event

EDIT: here you go

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/17/sturgis-rally-spread/