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Author Topic: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")  (Read 1085477 times)

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8550 on: October 12, 2020, 05:43:36 PM »
Not great news for herd mentality.

A Nevada man became the first published case of Covid-19 reinfection in the U.S., adding to a growing number of examples world-wide signaling that patients who have recovered from the viral disease might still be at risk of getting it again.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-reinfection-documented-in-nevada-adds-to-questions-on-virus-immunity-11602541808

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8551 on: October 12, 2020, 06:54:02 PM »
COVID-19 Pandemic voting.

Georgia opened early in person voting today. Over 120,000 people showed up.

https://twitter.com/ByTylerEstep/status/1315662020453240833?s=19

These people waited 11 hours in line to vote today:

https://twitter.com/johntalsr/status/1315774645061246976?s=19

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8552 on: October 12, 2020, 06:56:49 PM »
The Mayor of Manchester, Tennessee, Lonnie Norman passed away today from COVID-19. He had been hospitalized or it since October 1st.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1242958?__twitter_impression=true

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8553 on: October 12, 2020, 07:00:43 PM »
COVID-19 Pandemic voting.

Georgia opened early in person voting today. Over 120,000 people showed up.

https://twitter.com/ByTylerEstep/status/1315662020453240833?s=19

These people waited 11 hours in line to vote today:

https://twitter.com/johntalsr/status/1315774645061246976?s=19


Georgia is in a class by themselves when it comes to voter suppression.

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8554 on: October 12, 2020, 07:01:21 PM »
Not great news for herd mentality.

A Nevada man became the first published case of Covid-19 reinfection in the U.S., adding to a growing number of examples world-wide signaling that patients who have recovered from the viral disease might still be at risk of getting it again.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-reinfection-documented-in-nevada-adds-to-questions-on-virus-immunity-11602541808

And yet the most famous coronavirus patient in the world, who is appearing publicly even though he might still be contagious, is claiming he's now "immune."

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« Reply #8555 on: October 12, 2020, 07:02:01 PM »

Georgia is in a class by themselves when it comes to voter suppression.

Oh yeah? You ain't seen nothing yet.
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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8556 on: October 12, 2020, 07:05:54 PM »
COVID-19 Pandemic voting.

Georgia opened early in person voting today. Over 120,000 people showed up.

https://twitter.com/ByTylerEstep/status/1315662020453240833?s=19

These people waited 11 hours in line to vote today:

https://twitter.com/johntalsr/status/1315774645061246976?s=19

Three things:

1. The line probably looks longer than it is because of the social-distancing rules, which obviously should be followed.

2. The voting process no doubt is taking longer because of extra COVID-19 precautions once inside the polling place.

3. I am heartened to see all of these people willing to wait in line to vote. It reminds me of when Florida tried to suppress the vote in 2012 but Obama supporters waited in line for 8-12 hours to cast their votes. oh, and I actually am heartened even if lots of those folks are Trump voters. Everybody has the right to vote.

Early voting in NC begins Thursday. I am planning on going Friday or next Monday. I have a feeling the first day could be a total shyteshow; I'll let them get the kinks out.
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« Reply #8557 on: October 12, 2020, 07:07:05 PM »
And yet the most famous coronavirus patient in the world, who is appearing publicly even though he might still be contagious, is claiming he's now "immune."

From a WH source: "Either they think he's lying about testing negative, or they think he's lying about ever having it. After four years of lying, no one knows what to believe from him any more." - Brian J. Karem (Twitter).
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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8558 on: October 12, 2020, 07:12:36 PM »
Not great news for herd mentality.

A Nevada man became the first published case of Covid-19 reinfection in the U.S., adding to a growing number of examples world-wide signaling that patients who have recovered from the viral disease might still be at risk of getting it again.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-reinfection-documented-in-nevada-adds-to-questions-on-virus-immunity-11602541808



One of the really scary things is that two of the four reinfection cases reported in the article were actually worse the second time around. The guy in Nevada had mild illness the first time around, and had to be hospitalized the second. Almost as though his body was seeing the virus for the first time.... :(

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8559 on: October 12, 2020, 09:57:30 PM »
Long lines for early voting is NOT voter suppression.

These people are choosing to vote on Day 1 of many.

It's like people lining up for the newest iPhone on launch day.   You can get the same phone in a couple days without the wait.

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« Reply #8560 on: October 13, 2020, 12:41:28 AM »
Long lines for early voting is NOT voter suppression.

These people are choosing to vote on Day 1 of many.

It's like people lining up for the newest iPhone on launch day.   You can get the same phone in a couple days without the wait.

We might not have enough information to know if it's voter suppression.

Did this district or area or town or county, which usually had X number of polling places, reduce that to Y number of polling places at the behest of the party in charge, likely for the sole purpose of making it more difficult to vote?

If so, it's voter suppression.

Were things roughly equal to the norm, when there was voter suppression in the past?

If so, it's voter suppression.

Were things roughly equal to or better than the norm, when there was not voter suppression in the past?

If so, it's not voter suppression.
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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8561 on: October 13, 2020, 06:35:24 AM »
We might not have enough information to know if it's voter suppression.

Did this district or area or town or county, which usually had X number of polling places, reduce that to Y number of polling places at the behest of the party in charge, likely for the sole purpose of making it more difficult to vote?

If so, it's voter suppression.

Were things roughly equal to the norm, when there was voter suppression in the past?

If so, it's voter suppression.

Were things roughly equal to or better than the norm, when there was not voter suppression in the past?

If so, it's not voter suppression.
The area shown in the video is in affluent northern suburban Atlanta. I could be wrong, but that is not generally the kind of area where suppression tactics are utilized (if you know what I mean). 

I think it’s more likely that high turnout in first day of early voting swamped the polling location.

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8562 on: October 13, 2020, 06:57:06 AM »
My metropolitan area currently has the highest rate of infestation that we have had at any point of the pandemic.    Nowhere near done.
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« Reply #8563 on: October 13, 2020, 07:11:32 AM »
The area shown in the video is in affluent northern suburban Atlanta. I could be wrong, but that is not generally the kind of area where suppression tactics are utilized (if you know what I mean). 

I think it’s more likely that high turnout in first day of early voting swamped the polling location.

"Wait times in White Buckhead 15 minutes. Wait times in Black South Cobb 5 hours."

https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1315716547898494980?s=19

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8564 on: October 13, 2020, 10:03:18 AM »

If so, it's voter suppression.

If so, it's voter suppression.

If so, it's not voter suppression.

You missed a word.   On Day 1, it's "early voter suppression" which amounts to a self-inflicted inconvenience that plays well on TV.

Don't get me wrong, there's an entire political party that is criminally attempting voter suppression.   Long lines on Day 1 of XX is not the plan.

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« Reply #8565 on: October 13, 2020, 10:16:50 AM »
Since we are on 'voter suppression' and other unusual practices in this unique election, there's the interesting case of the Republican Party's unofficial 'official' drop boxes in parts of California.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/california-gop-drop-boxes.html

When I first heard about the story, I wondered if they might be putting the boxes in Democrat-strong areas, with the intent of dumping the ballots. As it turns out, they are in 'Republican' areas, including 'near churches, gun shops and Republican Party offices, mostly in conservative areas of a deep-blue state'...which seems to support their claims that they are actually trying to make it easier for Rs to vote. Either way, it is yet another very strange place this divisive and Covid-dominated election cycle has taken us....

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« Reply #8566 on: October 13, 2020, 10:44:14 AM »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1242995?__twitter_impression=true

"Research shows race is one of the strongest predictors of how long a person waits in line to vote."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1242995?__twitter_impression=true

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Re: COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")
« Reply #8567 on: October 13, 2020, 10:48:43 AM »
 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1316038614627889152?s=19

Two dozen COVID-19 cases in Minnesota officially linked to outdoor Trump airport rallies.

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« Reply #8568 on: October 13, 2020, 02:49:18 PM »
You missed a word.   On Day 1, it's "early voter suppression" which amounts to a self-inflicted inconvenience that plays well on TV.

Don't get me wrong, there's an entire political party that is criminally attempting voter suppression.   Long lines on Day 1 of XX is not the plan.

Hmmm. See other posts about wait times where it's majority white and majority Black. Even on Day 1.

Trying to stay open-minded, though. Really. I like to think the best of people.

Then again ...

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1316038614627889152?s=19

Two dozen COVID-19 cases in Minnesota officially linked to outdoor Trump airport rallies.

Sigh.
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« Reply #8569 on: October 13, 2020, 05:53:21 PM »
With 2 hours to go, Harris County Texas has set a single day early voting record with 109,000 ballots cast.

They have 122 early voting locations and 22 drive through sites.

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« Reply #8570 on: October 13, 2020, 06:14:28 PM »
Already 10.6 million ballots cast as of this morning. Several states have already exceeded 20% of the TOTAL votes cast in the 2016 election.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/13/early-voting-in-2020-us-election-already-smashing-2016-levels.html

The numbers this year are going to be huge....

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« Reply #8571 on: October 13, 2020, 06:28:42 PM »
With 2 hours to go, Harris County Texas has set a single day early voting record with 109,000 ballots cast.

They have 122 early voting locations and 22 drive through sites.


97% of eligible voters in Travis County, TX (850,000) are now registered to vote.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20201013/travis-county-early-voting-32000-people-cast-ballots-as-of-6-pm-tuesday?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true

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« Reply #8572 on: October 13, 2020, 07:44:27 PM »

97% of eligible voters in Travis County, TX (850,000) are now registered to vote.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20201013/travis-county-early-voting-32000-people-cast-ballots-as-of-6-pm-tuesday?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true

Rookie numbers. As a Chicagoan we're aiming for 120% participation, at least.

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« Reply #8573 on: October 13, 2020, 08:28:59 PM »
With 2 hours to go, Harris County Texas has set a single day early voting record with 109,000 ballots cast.

They have 122 early voting locations and 22 drive through sites.

128,000 and counting, one day, one county.

https://twitter.com/HarrisVotes/status/1316179752009560068?s=19

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« Reply #8574 on: October 13, 2020, 09:02:45 PM »
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-embraces-herd-immunity-latest-push-end-covid-19-lockdowns-1538430

The White House is doubling down on its push to reopen the economy, now openly embracing a herd immunity strategy at the urging of some health experts.

Two senior advisers told Newsweek and other media outlets on Monday that the Trump administration supports the Great Barrington Declaration, a controversial document that argues against lockdowns and calls for a reopening of schools, businesses and other entities, while protecting people deemed vulnerable to the virus because of age or other risk factors.


"I think Americans should be cautiously optimistic about what's going on here," one of the officials said.

The officials were not authorized to speak on-the-record about the matter, but both defended the decision to move toward a broad-scale reopening, even though at least 5,900 people in the United States died with COVID-19 last week.

The coronavirus has contributed to the deaths of more than 214,000 people in the U.S. since the pandemic began earlier this year.


Experts have argued that approaching "herd immunity"—essentially allowing more people to contract COVID-19 in the hopes that they would quickly recover and create a mass immunity—would likely result in many more deaths and illnesses.

According to the latest projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the U.S. death toll is on track to reach 392,460 by January 31, with current protections in place. If restrictions are eased, IHME projects that 497,034 Americans will have died by that date, more than 100,000 additional deaths.

WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus told reporters during a virtual press briefing on Monday that such an approach would be "unethical."

"Herd immunity is achieved by protecting people from a virus, not by exposing them to it," he said.

President Donald Trump has mentioned the idea in the past, mistakenly referring to it as "herd mentality," and the idea has been pushed by some of the president's favorite conservative personalities, including Fox News' Laura Ingraham.

The Great Barrington Document, released last week, was authored by Sunetra Gupta of the University of Oxford, Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, and Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University. Thousands of additional scientists have signed onto the open petition, though media outlets have reported some fake names on the list.