Coronavirus 2019-nCov: Political Thread

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

As every person with half a brain all along could figure out. Most cases in prisons and long term care. Artificially inflating the "data" being reported. What a joke.

[ShockerFever]

Can’t wait for the Cold reasoning here. Should be good.

[ABC]

People will die. Such disregard for human health.

[ShockerFever]

Crickets.

[1979Shocker]

Monoclonal antibodies could ease record Covid hospitalizations. Why are they going unused? (nbcnews.com)

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

So, will Hiden Joe be criticized for being so irresponsible and holding this super spreader inauguration event? Most likely not...

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/joe-biden-kamala-harris-inauguration-performers

[C0|dB|00ded]

Kansas contact tracing data shows 0.91% of cases can be traced back to restaurants and bars, with a whopping 0 deaths resulting from them

We don't have contact tracing. Call 'em up and watch what happens. Senior care homes though are regulated very closely and they do mass testing (similar to Asian countries). So they don't miss an infection. Meat Packing, Corrections, and schools would also have much higher standards in testing. This is why the data is skewed. Most people that get sick in bars/restaurants do not self-report lol.

It really comes down to a basic understanding of how disease spreads. If you are in close proximity to strangers, particularly in low-ventilated, indoor buildings, you are at highest risk for infection. Proximity + time + masklessness, is just what the virus ordered.

P.S. The graphic you shared is horrifically outdated also as it shows just a little more than 30,000 cases. We've had at least 250,000 (reported) cases to date in Kansas.

P.P.S. A friend of mine in the senior living biz forks out around $5,500 a week for testing. This is not a typo. And you wonder why the pandemic in the States is so out of control... Supposedly they will be reimbursed by the Cares Act, but so far they've paid everything out of pocket.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

There is contract tracing here at restaurants. Most (not all) require you to sign in when you go to eat (name, phone #, etc). This is so they can contact trace. Denver was the same.

[WuDrWu]

We don't have contact tracing. Call 'em up and watch what happens. Senior care homes though are regulated very closely and they do mass testing (similar to Asian countries). So they don't miss an infection. Meating, Corrections, and schools would also have much higher standards in testing. This is why the data is skewed. Most people that get sick in bars/restaurants do not self-report lol.

It really comes down to a basic understanding of how disease spreads. If you are in close proximity to strangers, particularly in low-ventilated, indoor buildings, you are at highest risk for infection. Proximity + time + masklessness, is just what the virus ordered.

P.S. The graphic you shared is horrifically outdated also as it shows just a little more than 30,000 cases. We've had at least 250,000 (reported) cases to date in Kansas.

P.P.S. A friend of mine in the senior living biz forks out around $5,500 a week for testing. This is not a typo. And you wonder why the pandemic in the States is so out of control... Supposedly they will be reimbursed by the Cares Act, but so far they've paid everything out of pocket.

How does the virus know if a person is a stranger or someone more familial?

[BOBB]

How does the virus know if a person is a stranger or someone more familial?

It doesn't. Neither does herpes. But, if I'm barebacking my wife and she is not cheating on me or at least having the decency to insist on condoms in her weekly South Broadway trysts, then I should be in good shape.

I believe similar logic holds.

[Kung Wu]

Proximity + time + masklessness, is just what the virus ordered.

Nah, it's: proximity + time + viral load

[C0|dB|00ded]

It doesn't. Neither does herpes. But, if I'm barebacking my wife and she is not cheating on me or at least having the decency to insist on condoms in her weekly South Broadway trysts, then I should be in good shape.

I believe similar logic holds.

Indeed. Ideally we would stay in our immediate family groups limiting the "cross pollination" that occurs when foreign groups interact. We had a huge opportunity to slow and possibly even avoid the out-of-control situation we found ourselves in with the rapid adoption of remote working, arena/school closures, etc. But as I've mentioned numerous times before, there was no unified national strategy. While the East Coast was locked down and stifling infections, Texas, Florida, and the like, were rocking out with their cocks out. A virus seeks the path of least resistance.

[ABC]

Contract tracing. LOL

[C0|dB|00ded]

Nah, it's: proximity + time + viral load

Nah!? Nah!? Nah!???

You taught me that trick. :D

Varying viral loads have the capacity to infect; but against a properly fitted N95 mask, varying viral loads have the incapacity to infect, except in rare circumstances. Therefore, if a virus was able to order something, it would order the removal of its greatest obstacle because then all potential hosts would immediately become "available".

P.S. High viral loads are a common characteristic of Covid-19, even while asymptomatic (which is why it is insidious), therefore they need not order what they already have. :)

[C0|dB|00ded]

Contract tracing. LOL

IKR