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

[Galway Eagle]

Winning.   Making America number 1 again.     Spreading his message to his enthusiastic followers.

It's a very positive message

[tower912]

A message that leaves you breathless.

[GooooMarquette]

It's a very positive message

Might go viral...

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

If the 'head' of the pandemic response is on Russian Today, does that mean we are cool with Marxism?  BLM has nothing to worry about huh?

[shoothoops]

"Severe COVID-19 cases leave lasting effects, including on mental state."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/severe-covid-19-cases-leave-lasting-effects-including-on-mental-state-11603877402?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/75I0qN6jRK

[tower912]

If the 'head' of the pandemic response is on Russian Today, does that mean we are cool with Marxism?  BLM has nothing to worry about huh?

RT has always been very pro-Trump.  My question is this.  Who is the audience for that interview?

[MU82]

"Severe COVID-19 cases leave lasting effects, including on mental state."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/severe-covid-19-cases-leave-lasting-effects-including-on-mental-state-11603877402?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/75I0qN6jRK

Truly one of the sad, underpublicized horrors of this virus.

I wonder how many attending no-mask, no-social-distancing, super-spreader rallies will end up with medical conditions that will dog them for months, years or longer.

Obviously, he doesn't give a rat's rump.

[Jockey]

Only in Trump's amurica:

Dr. Atlas told Russian TV that Dr. Fauci's measures are actually killing people: "The public health leadership has failed egregiously and they are killing people with their fear-inducing shutdown policies."

[Uncle Rico]

Only in Trump's amurica:

Dr. Atlas told Russian TV that Dr. Fauci's measures are actually killing people: "The public health leadership has failed egregiously and they are killing people with their fear-inducing shutdown policies."

Don't let him know about Boris Johnson's England

[tower912]

Or that Russia has instituted mask mandates.

[Jockey]

Well, in Atlas' defense he didn't know Russia Today wasn't American. 

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Well, in Atlas' defense he didn't know Russia Today wasn't American. 

Only the best.

[tower912]

When Asked why he didn't feel the need to look out for everyone, why he was all about himself, Atlas Shrugged.

[shoothoops]

Don't a few people here use RT/Russia Today as a news source. Someone may want to tell them.

https://twitter.com/SWAtlasHoover/status/1322962638012358657?s=19

Leaders lead.

[GooooMarquette]

When Asked why he didn't feel the need to look out for everyone, why he was all about himself, Atlas Shrugged.

Boom!

[GooooMarquette]

It has always been clear that we have undercounted new Covid cases because of testing deficiencies. The problem appears to be getting worse with the proliferation of rapid tests that people can run at home.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/01/us/antigen-testing.html

Public health officials say that antigen tests, which are faster than polymerase chain reaction (P.C.R.) tests but less able to detect low levels of the virus, are an important tool for limiting the spread of the coronavirus. But they caution that with inconsistent public reporting, the case undercount may worsen as more "point-of-care" antigen tests, as well as D.I.Y. and home test kits, come on the market.

"We want to be sure that we're not now saying, 'there's no disease,' when there is lots of disease. All that's happened is that the science with which we identify it has evolved," said Janet Hamilton, the executive director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the group that helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define cases of the coronavirus.

Public health experts say that more coronavirus rapid testing will lead to more undercounting of coronavirus cases, even in states that attempt to count them publicly.

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Definitely a catch 22. It's great that people have a quick and easy way to determine if they are infected. However, we need to figure out a better way of getting the numbers to public health officials so that we can use the information to mitigate spread.

[tower912]

When Asked why he didn't feel the need to look out for everyone, why he was all about himself, Atlas Shrugged.

Ayn'a?

[MU82]

I am sick of all the doctors rigging the system.

If only all those corrupt MDs were as honest as the fine, upstanding folks in the Trump universe.

[forgetful]

If the 'head' of the pandemic response is on Russian Today, does that mean we are cool with Marxism?  BLM has nothing to worry about huh?

So he apologized today saying he was unaware who RT was.

There is a problem with that though. These types of interviews have to be approved of by the WH. Many scientists, including colleagues of mine, were banned from speaking with media when interviews were requested. Fauci, publicly said they were blocking him from interviews.

So two possiblities. The WH approved this. Or Atlas went rogue and violated the rules (fireable offense).

My guess is it was the former.

[shoothoops]

Franklin County, MO (rural St. Louis exurb) 8th grader dies from COVID-19:

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/franklin-county-boy-is-the-first-child-to-die-of-coronavirus-in-missouri/article_8b921ede-9493-59e1-9704-43388f8eac17.htmlhttps://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/franklin-county-boy-is-the-first-child-to-die-of-coronavirus-in-missouri/article_8b921ede-9493-59e1-9704-43388f8eac17.html

[Uncle Rico]

Franklin County, MO (rural St. Louis exurb) 8th grader dies from COVID-19:

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/franklin-county-boy-is-the-first-child-to-die-of-coronavirus-in-missouri/article_8b921ede-9493-59e1-9704-43388f8eac17.htmlhttps://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/franklin-county-boy-is-the-first-child-to-die-of-coronavirus-in-missouri/article_8b921ede-9493-59e1-9704-43388f8eac17.html

What words can be said anymore

[Galway Eagle]

What words can be said anymore

It's truly awful. We need more stories like this because it's easy for guys like Rocket and Guru to just say "it's almost nobody that dies" and "only the old people need to be protected" but you have to humanize the stories behind the numbers.

[Uncle Rico]

It's truly awful. We need more stories like this because it's easy for guys like Rocket and Guru to just say "it's almost nobody that dies" and "only the old people need to be protected" but you have to humanize the stories behind the numbers.

It doesn't matter.  It really doesn't to them.  They're not alone.  I understand the dynamics around a pandemic go beyond the disease.  The toll it takes on businesses and individuals and families across the country run deep.  The people that dismiss this are missing the big picture.  The economy will only get better when we beat the pandemic.  Otherwise, it'll be starts and stops.  The next 4 months are going to be more grim than the previous 8 because we didn't do enough

[MU82]

What words can be said anymore

The 4 words the emperor regurgitated to his adoring, non-mask-wearing, non-social-distancing worshipers at one of his deadly, super-spreader rallies, of course:

"It affects virtually nobody."

He and his sycophants simply do not care.

[The Sultan]

Well, apparently the U.S. isn't the only place full of people who have a misunderstanding of the law.

People in England are refusing to lock down, using Section 61 of the Magna Carta as an excuse.  Search on Twitter.  It's both funny and weirdly familiar.