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

[Warriors4ever]

There's a guy who's been posting on various TripAdvisor forums for months about circumventing quarantine requirements in various places, including when returning to India, and then professes great astonishment when people call him out. Not surprising that a lot of people flying from India were testing positive in places like Australia and Canada, as many in all likelihood were using false tests.

[pacearrow02]

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7737494002?__twitter_impression=true

Starting to get a really bad feeling about what might come from an actual independent investigation of all this.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7737494002?__twitter_impression=true

Starting to get a really bad feeling about what might come from an actual independent investigation of all this.

Sure you are Cheeks II.

[rocky_warrior]

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7737494002?__twitter_impression=true

Starting to get a really bad feeling about what might come from an actual independent investigation of all this.

I believe your bad feeling is unfounded. Even in the article Fauci says he still thinks it's an animal host:

"I always had an open mind," he said, "even though I felt then, and still do, the most likely origin was in an animal host."

And the Chinese didn't/aren't going to allow a proper investigation, so we'll probably never know if it was purely environmental, or just an escape from the lab.

What kind of fallout are you imagining?

[MU82]

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/7737494002?__twitter_impression=true

Starting to get a really bad feeling about what might come from an actual independent investigation of all this.

If only you had gotten a really bad feeling when the previous occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue disabled America's pandemic response team and ignored the pandemic playbook.

[jficke13]

I believe your bad feeling is unfounded. Even in the article Fauci says he still thinks it's an animal host:

And the Chinese didn't/aren't going to allow a proper investigation, so we'll probably never know if it was purely environmental, or just an escape from the lab.

What kind of fallout are you imagining?

The distracting kind, if he's honest with himself of course.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I know Connecticut is in a very good place.  Announced this morning we have the lowest statewide hospitalizations % since March 18, 2020.  About when the pandemic began.

[MU82]

I know Connecticut is in a very good place.  Announced this morning we have the lowest statewide hospitalizations % since March 18, 2020.  About when the pandemic began.

Way to go, Nutmeggers!

[pbiflyer]

Way to go, Nutmeggers!

Hey, no need for derogatory name calling!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Hey, no need for derogatory name calling!

It's actually been a state subject lately.  Nutmeggers is most common, but based on a swindling of Southerners from post-Civil war period.  There's also the English formal Connecticans and Connecticuters.

[warriorchick]

It's actually been a state subject lately.  Nutmeggers is most common, but based on a swindling of Southerners from post-Civil war period.  There's also the English formal Connecticans and Connecticuters.

I assumed it was because they drank a lot of egg nog.

[MU82]

It's actually been a state subject lately.  Nutmeggers is most common, but based on a swindling of Southerners from post-Civil war period.  There's also the English formal Connecticans and Connecticuters.

I always liked Connecticutians.

[Jockey]

I always liked Connecticutians.

Are they better people than Illinesians?

[pbiflyer]

Care to guess what the sick and dead had in common?
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Florida county building killed 2 IT staffers and hospitalized 3 others

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-outbreak-florida-county-172917026.html

None of the employees who fell ill or died from COVID-19 were "elderly," he said. Hopes told the Herald he feared that the severe cases may be a result of one of the stronger variants of COVID-19.
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[MU82]

Care to guess what the sick and dead had in common?
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Florida county building killed 2 IT staffers and hospitalized 3 others

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-outbreak-florida-county-172917026.html

None of the employees who fell ill or died from COVID-19 were "elderly," he said. Hopes told the Herald he feared that the severe cases may be a result of one of the stronger variants of COVID-19.
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As long as they weren't "killed" by a woman being in control of her own body, the DeSantisians don't care.

[Warriors4ever]

The article says that when the building reopens, masks will be required. I thought DeSantis prohibited government offices requiring masks.

[Jockey]

Care to guess what the sick and dead had in common?
A COVID-19 outbreak at a Florida county building killed 2 IT staffers and hospitalized 3 others

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-outbreak-florida-county-172917026.html

None of the employees who fell ill or died from COVID-19 were "elderly," he said. Hopes told the Herald he feared that the severe cases may be a result of one of the stronger variants of COVID-19.
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Key line:

"a sixth person who worked in close contact with the infected people was vaccinated against COVID-19 and did not contract the virus".


The dead guys will have plenty of time to get more scientific data about the vaccine so they can make a good decision.

Get vaccinated, people!!

[warriorchick]

Saw a promising sign today.  I was at a major retailer today and they had a big display set up with no-touch body temp thermometers at 75% off, along with gallon jugs of disinfectant marked down to 28 cents each.

[Hards Alumni]

Saw a promising sign today.  I was at a major retailer today and they had a big display set up with no-touch body temp thermometers at 75% off, along with gallon jugs of disinfectant marked down to 28 cents each.

Office Depot/Office max had a pallet with hand sanitizer going for 10 cents per.  What a world.

[MU82]

Office Depot/Office max had a pallet with hand sanitizer going for 10 cents per.  What a world.

Damn ... I think I'll get there and buy me a few dozen of those for when the Delta Variant pandemic lockdowns start.

[rocky_warrior]

Office Depot/Office max had a pallet with hand sanitizer going for 10 cents per.  What a world.

Yeah, local distillery was offering up cases for free if you picked them up.  I'm waiting for the Bourbon to be discounted like that

A lot of over-production and price gouging was happening during the winter.  I saw a distillery (different distillery) selling them (trying to sell?) for $35 for a 750ml bottle.  Their booze was cheaper!

[MU82]

Yeah, local distillery was offering up cases for free if you picked them up.  I'm waiting for the Bourbon to be discounted like that

A lot of over-production and price gouging was happening during the winter.  I saw a distillery (different distillery) selling them (trying to sell?) for $35 for a 750ml bottle.  Their booze was cheaper!

'Murica!

[tower912]

The India variant is in America.  This isn't over.

Now referred to as Delta.   If you aren't vaccinated, buckle up.   

[Skatastrophy]

Now referred to as Delta.   If you aren't vaccinated, buckle up.   

The CDC has kept this reasonably up to date - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html

[shoothoops]

https://twitter.com/fcn2go/status/1411475090877812736?s=21

Surfside Condo rescue has had several COVID-19 positives. 7 members of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue sent home.