COVID-19 (f/k/a "the Coronavirus")

[MU82]

Florida state officials have blocked medical examiners from releasing coronavirus death totals after it was found the examiners' death count was 10% higher than the state said it was.

The list of deaths, which had been released in real time by the state's Medical Examiners Commission, is no longer being published, after the Florida Department of Health intervened, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The vital data, which includes demographic information and probable cause of death, has now been withheld for the last 11 days.

What a hot mess Florida is under this inept governor.

[GooooMarquette]

Yeah, I've thought for some time Florida's numbers looked unrealistic. Between an older population and the extremely slow social distancing measures which seemed to be frequently ignored, it seemed the numbers were way too low.

DeSantis, Kemp, and Noem are vying for title of Worst Governor of the U.S.

Borghum (ND) and Reynolds (IA) are in the running as well. Neither has ever issued a stay at home order, despite the fact that their numbers are growing rapidly. I recently saw a list of the emerging hotspots, and three of the top five are in Iowa (Sioux City, Waterloo and Des Moines). Fargo is also high on the list. And yet it's officially business as usual in both states....

[MU82]

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

Check out this article about the way this Texas strip club is doing business during a deadly global pandemic ...

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article242440221.html?

[GooooMarquette]

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

Check out this article about the way this Texas strip club is doing business during a deadly global pandemic ...

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article242440221.html?

So people go to the strip club for the food? Who knew?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

So people go to the strip club for the food? Who knew?

That can be tower's new excuse to go play golf.  "Hey, wife, at least I'm not getting lunch at the tiddie bar..."

[MU82]

So people go to the strip club for the food? Who knew?

As if you didn't try to claim that's why you went to Ricky's 3x a week!

[Jockey]

So, what did he think was gonna happen?

The governor of Mississippi took a step back with continuing to slowly reopen the state after health officials said there was the largest increase of coronavirus diagnosis and deaths.

Gov. Tate Reeves was to proceed with his plan to get people back to work, but announced the change of plans on Friday as 397 new coronavirus cases were confirmed and 20 more people died.

[Jockey]

We're on the other side of the medical aspect of this and I think that we've achieved all the different milestones that are needed," said Jared Kushner, in a Fox News interview this week, as the coronavirus death toll rose to nearly 60,000 Americans. "So the government federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story and I think that that's really what needs to be told."


The lying continues.

Leaders need 3 things to be successful in a crisis. Honesty, empathy, and a plan (even if it is not a great one). Strike 1, strike 2, strike 3.

[shoothoops]

We're on the other side of the medical aspect of this and I think that we've achieved all the different milestones that are needed," said Jared Kushner, in a Fox News interview this week, as the coronavirus death toll rose to nearly 60,000 Americans. "So the government federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story and I think that that's really what needs to be told."


The lying continues.

Leaders need 3 things to be successful in a crisis. Honesty, empathy, and a plan (even if it is not a great one). Strike 1, strike 2, strike 3.

Closer to 70,000 U.S. deaths at the beginning of May this weekend. And what about the other 37,100 deaths?

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1256680345480630274

[GooooMarquette]

So, what did he think was gonna happen?

The governor of Mississippi took a step back with continuing to slowly reopen the state after health officials said there was the largest increase of coronavirus diagnosis and deaths.

Gov. Tate Reeves was to proceed with his plan to get people back to work, but announced the change of plans on Friday as 397 new coronavirus cases were confirmed and 20 more people died.

Yep. The beginning of the second wave will be in states that never shut down (Iowa, the Dakotas, etc) and states that opened up too early. That's the cold reality of dealing with something this widespread and contagious.

[shoothoops]

Multiple studies show that people who have died from COVID-19 would have lived an average of at least another decade.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-kills-people-an-average-of-a-decade-before-their-time-11588424401?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/GuFJxuENNN

[MU82]

The "oh, it's only old people who were about to die" faction is the 2020 version of Sarah Palin's "death panel."

[TSmith34, Inc.]

A new complication affecting healthcare workers in Russia...

THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8282033/Third-Russian-doctor-plunges-coronavirus-hospital-window.html

*Alexander Shulepov had warned about PPE shortages in Voronezh city, Russia
*He is now fighting for his life after plunging from a second floor window
*Two senior doctors in Russia died recently after falling from hospital windows
*It came amid reports they challenged superiors over a lack of PPE for patients

[🏀]

A new complication affecting healthcare workers in Russia...

THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8282033/Third-Russian-doctor-plunges-coronavirus-hospital-window.html

*Alexander Shulepov had warned about PPE shortages in Voronezh city, Russia
*He is now fighting for his life after plunging from a second floor window
*Two senior doctors in Russia died recently after falling from hospital windows
*It came amid reports they challenged superiors over a lack of PPE for patients

Kinda surprised Russia is bothering with any treatment for normal citizens.

[The Sultan]

I never thought we would see defenistration make a comeback, but here we are.

[MU82]

I never thought we would see defenistration make a comeback, but here we are.

I have to admit that I had to look up the definition of "defenistration."

Good word, Sultan. Nicely done.

[mu_hilltopper]

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write:

Check out this article about the way this Texas strip club is doing business during a deadly global pandemic ...

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article242440221.html?

No lap dances is an outrage.

LIBERATE TEXAS!

[forgetful]

I never thought we would see defenistration make a comeback, but here we are.

I too was thinking I wouldn't see defenestration make a comeback.

[The Sultan]

I have to admit that I had to look up the definition of "defenistration."

Good word, Sultan. Nicely done.

The only reason I knew this word is because I had to look this up a few months ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague

[The Sultan]

Wife gave me a haircut today. Did a damn fine job too. I offered to cut hers but she said no.

[GooooMarquette]

Wife gave me a haircut today. Did a damn fine job too. I offered to cut hers but she said no.

So now you are a semi-Fluffy Blue Monster?

[The Sultan]

So now you are a semi-Fluffy Blue Monster?

I prefer "sleek"

[MUBBau]

I have to admit that I had to look up the definition of "defenistration."

Good word, Sultan. Nicely done.

It's a perfectly cromulent word

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Every day I hope and pray the people in this country can't get any dumber. And every day I'm wrong.

[Chili]

Every day I hope and pray the people in this country can't get any dumber. And every day I'm wrong.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

― George Carlin