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I also take umbrage and someone saying that there was a case of a healthy person dying at ~40. Then they use the example of a doctor in China working 16 hour days for weeks on end, experiencing extreme mental stress fighting the CCP brainwashing, surrounded by death. Uhh, maybe he had complicating factors?
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On the CNN Town Hall last night they had a Princess cruise passenger come on remotely and he's still testing positive and in quarantine after nearly 30 days.
We only have 31 confirmed cases in the U.S. where the person has returned successfully from infection.
How can a country deal with a significant portion of its population isolated? How can we deal with this cost economically and socially? Is there hope?
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The boss at this office just got back from Italy. He’s been coming to work feeling unwell.
This person almost definitely had it and they’ve spread it to who knows how many people. The reality is that there are likely thousands and thousands of cases in the US -right now- that aren’t reported simply because they aren’t tested. Because that’s what Trump wants- low numbers and good optics. So they can say “oh hey, only 1000 cases!, it’s contained! AMERICA HAS DEFEATED THE FOREIGN VIRUS!”.
But those unreported cases are going to mount real fucking quick.
This is bad, ya’ll. I don’t think it’s the end of the world, but there’s going to be a lot of unnecessary sickness and some preventable deaths among our most vulnerable citizens. All because of this man’s vanity and this country’s commitment to capitalism.
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It’s like exponential growth is predictable. Or something. Too bad reality doesn’t care about machismo, bravado, and anyone’s desire for good optics and a surging S&P500.
We’ve had one confirmed case in my county. The board of education just announced that they are not closing schools, but don’t worry, they are keeping a close eye on it.
This is borderline insane to me. There is no testing. And at least four of my family and friends think it’s all media hype.
Well, I have a 71yo mom, a 96yo grandmother, and a good friend with an immunocompromised 11yo. I get that exponential curves are unintuitive to mammalian brains, but if I lose any of them I will have a hard time keeping any of the ignoramuses in my life.
I was trying to avoid politics but since (a) Barnes blew up the dam a couple times already and (b) it’s kind of unavoidable when talking about a widespread social catastrophe, I’ll recommend the following to anyone wanting to know why relying on the US government to do anything is a forlorn hope:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/0...-coronavirus/607342/
In short, you can’t bully a virus, you can’t spin deaths as a hoax (although he will try). No human institution is perfect but maybe don’t put a fucking TV host in charge of anything important.
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What I am worried about, though, is the rampant racisms against Chinese people were seeing/going to see. And the economy, obviously. I'm working in learning games, so while I sometimes make stuff that has an imporant function, it's hardly essential. And my other gigs - writing books, comedy and hobby board games - will most likely also take a hit during a recession. But that is for the future. Right now it's a matter for managing at least 2-4 weeks of home schooling and working at home at the same time.
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It's going both ways. The CCP just promoted an anti-American up the ranks in the foreign ministry who is messaging that the virus was brought to China by the US military. It's almost like Trump and Xi are working from the same playbook.mads b. wrote: What I am worried about, though, is the rampant racisms against Chinese people were seeing/going to see.
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We are also waiting for clarification of whether self-quarantine due to suspected exposure, without symptoms or testing, can be taken as sick time.
I've been told that at this time there is very little hope of the rule forbidding work from home being relaxed. This is the stupidest rule of all, and is archaic - from a time when we didn't have the technology we have now. Our union was trying to finagle it for IT as we have a clause that says we can work remotely in an emergency. But I have told that has been dropped in favor of trying to get furlough for all union employees.
I also, want to be clear that the complexity of our attendance rules are not due to our union. These rules were in place before we went union. Now we have a union negotiating on our behalf for some common sense.
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