Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Radical Cadre]

Things are so weirdly normal here even though we have more than 20 cases AND community spread. People are cheerful and friendly. Kids are up and about playing in the street during the day. The supermarket doesn't have any TP but it still has plenty of meat and dairy. I went for a drive for the first time in days to see how apocalyptic the area was and it was so normal and serene. Most everyone has stayed home but society goes on.

I'm not sure about the bigger cities but even where I am I'm seeing a difference in the community. There's less people driving and traffic has gone down a lot. The streets aren't backed up anymore, it's quieter and I'm seeing less people out walking. People in my area seem to be taking the advice and staying inside.
Stores still have people going in and out but I'm definitely seeing less outdoor activity.
A few stores are also going to make earlier hours for elderly customers to come in and get their supplies, and only elderly customers. That's good.

Things around this small American town have been very heartening. People are keeping their distance but still trying to do their best to help.

When there are two of an item left, people are almost always only taking one and leaving the last one for someone else. I've seen it every day this week as I go to the store and buy odds and ends to patch holes in my pantry. Very happy with the community. The underprivileged families are able to get meals from the schools who have been in contact with local restaurants that had to close. And people are making it work without mandates from on high.

I am worried about the big cities though. New York City sounds like it could get pretty hairy in the coming days and a severe lack of enslavement and brainwashing means that individuals are going to feel like they have to take things into their own hands. Hopefully everyone plays nice, but I just don't know. We aren't a perfect utopia like communist China, after all. And heck, even there I saw lots of videos of normal people doing the best that they can, helping their neighbors, and breaking the conditioning. Just like us!

We'll all get through it and become better for it. Mistakes are part of life. Sometimes you stumble. But you get back up and keep going.

Come at me, stooges. I can do your job better than you any day of the week and make us all look better, rather than simply tearing down everyone else around me.

 

[JosephStalin]

Well, "shelter-in-place" starts here at midnight, goes until 8 April. As previously stated, shouldn't affect me much. County apparently has two cases, for a county of about 400,000 people. Hope that $1000/adult happens, not for me so much but for certain family members.

 

[Radical Cadre]

Well, "shelter-in-place" starts here at midnight, goes until 8 April. As previously stated, shouldn't affect me much. County apparently has two cases, for a county of about 400,000 people. Hope that $1000/adult happens, not for me so much but for certain family members.

Mnuchin was saying today that the actual number might be higher than what the press has been reporting.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

Wow, it seems this thread now has its very own assigned Chinese shills or something. That's interesting.

I like KF and all, but we're not exactly "high profile" here when it comes to mainstream internet. imagine the short straw you have to draw in Chinese Internet Propaganda Troll Brigade to get assigned to whiteknight for Xi here instead of Reddit or Twitter.

"It's OK Chang, one day you'll graduate to be able to work on 4chan. You just need some more experience."

Timcast vlogged about this.

Andrew Cuomo Galaxy Brain: "We've already eliminated bail and released our prisoners months ago!"

 

[XYZpdq]

$1000/adult

of course, if anybody who clearly isn't affiliated with the Turmpenfurer like @It's HK-47 maybe could put in a good work for an extra k or two might be cool too

 

[JosephStalin]

Wow, it seems this thread now has its very own assigned Chinese shills or something. That's interesting.

Folks, suggest just putting them on "ignore". Why waste time arguing with them or reading their lies and bullshit? Yo, Ministry of Public Security. Fuck you. Yo, Xi. Fuck you, too, you lousy bastard. You've wrecked everything Deng tried to do for China. You've made China into a world pariah.

And try to do a little more. Consider boycotting Chinese-made goods, whenever possible. Think of all the Americans, and those in other countries, out of work, sick, or dead because of a Chinese-made virus.

So law-abiding citizens have to go through lockdown and aren't allowed to leave their homes (granted not the case everywhere, yet), yet prisoners are allowed to roam free?

Just like with gun control laws - only the law-abiding have to obey them. The criminals do as they please.

There's something intrinsically wrong with a system that places criminals over citizens, and tries to tell us wrong is right. That's what we have in CA, and sadly, other places, as well. Disgusting.

JosephStalin said:
Well, "shelter-in-place" starts here at midnight, goes until 8 April. As previously stated, shouldn't affect me much. County apparently has two cases, for a county of about 400,000 people. Hope that $1000/adult happens, not for me so much but for certain family members.

Mnuchin was saying today that the actual number might be higher than what the press has been reporting.

Hope so. That will help more people in need, especially in high-cost areas. Don't really worry about where the money's coming from - we're so far in debt now that a little more doesn't matter.

 

[Rudy Russo]

it's easy to cook them into a tomato sauce and freeze it.

Yeah, that seems to be beyond the ability of alot of people any more.

Who said that?

I thought it was in one of the articles in the thread before Italy went up in flames. Only other place I would have heard it from would have been from Steven Hatfill in one of the pandemic broadcasts he was on. I'd run them in the background while playing HOI3.

Relax.

It isn't like they are letting out rapists and murders, they will be mild offenders. Relax...

I am relaxed, I dont live near that shithole.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

Thanks a lot for doing your job. Even if people don't notice, y'all are keeping the west from anarchy a lot of the time. You can preend you're a long-haul spacer making runs through the void. Treat the suit like it's your space outfit and only leave the airlock for decon and material acquisition.

I'm not so much afraid of the sickness itself, I'm worried about the knock-on effects that can occur when the niceities of society stop flowing. Some people are only kept from being savagely inhuman by drugs, alcohol, and brazilian fart porn. Taking away two of those is spooky. Has anyone looked into what happens when the opioids dry up? I always thought the zombie craze was built around that.

The gals at the diesel desk and the maintenance guy who cleans the showers they are the real mvp. Having to put up with us surly diseased truckers all day for not much money.
If everybody does their jobs and don't panic. It'll be fine. Relax.

 

[mindlessobserver]

What's interesting to me is the growing realization in the US media of just what it would actually mean if "bad orange man" actually fails to handle this crisis. I guess it took New York, LA and San Francisco getting locked down to bring the horrible reality home. If Trump doesnt win bigly, we are all fucked. Totally and completely fucked.

When they asked if him and pence were taking precautions it almost seemed like they legitimately cared. What a time to be alive.

 

[Sam Losco]

lol
https://kdvr.com/news/local/logan-c...criminal-conduct-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/
https://archive.vn/42ZNB

“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its contagious nature, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office is asking all criminal activities/nefarious conduct to cease until further notice.” shared the sheriff’s office in a Facebook post.

“We will update you when you can return to your normal criminal behavior.” said the sheriff’s office.

 

[Pargon]

lol
https://kdvr.com/news/local/logan-c...criminal-conduct-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/
https://archive.vn/42ZNB

“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its contagious nature, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office is asking all criminal activities/nefarious conduct to cease until further notice.” shared the sheriff’s office in a Facebook post.

“We will update you when you can return to your normal criminal behavior.” said the sheriff’s office.

That's pretty biting satire from a sheriff's office in middle America. I unironically approve.

 

[Shield Breaker]

I'm sorry for thinking you were fucking with us.
This is real......280 pounds
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280 lbs? Bitch is probably closer to 380.

 

[FatalTater]

Several states are activating the National Guard to help with Covid-19. Now, how are soldiers supposed to fight against a virus...?

 

[AmpleApricots]

Italy, in a very short time, already has almost as many deaths as china had the entire time and more than 1/3 of the infection numbers which should tell everyone that China's numbers are complete bullshit. Even if the worst in China is over, they also probably continue to be bullshit.

 

[Govt. Shitposting Machine]

Several states are activating the National Guard to help with Covid-19. Now, how are soldiers supposed to fight against a virus...?

By shooting the germs, duh. North Korea did it and look at how well they have things under control!

 

[Still Anonymous For This]

More anecdotal news from your favorite anecdotal boy.

I am still close with a lot of people I've worked with in healthcare and in emergency services. I was told this evening by a very reliable source that a major hospital in Kentucky has instructed its staff that they are to use surgical masks when an N95 was normally warranted - regardless of symptoms. She was told that the surgical masks are acceptable. The hospital this individual works at does not have a shortage of N95 masks: they have the square-root of fuck all N95 masks. There isn't a fucking one in the entire building and they even have a critical shortage of surgical masks. They are instructing staff to reuse the fucking surgical masks by putting it in a zip-lock bag between uses. I spent the first quarter of this thread sperging out about how decontamination and proper PPE protocols were absolutely imperative to proper use of an N95 mask.

This shit is going to rip through our healthcare workers. Nurses were already at peak productivity before the virus showed up. Remember that even with all of this going on, there are other infectious diseases already out in the wild that are still seen in hospitals that absolutely require N95s. Imagine being a nurse going into a room with suspected TB and only having a surgical mask. Fuck that.

In other news of a less anecdotal nature, Kentucky also has its own Florida Man refusing to self-isolate after testing positive for the illness, so they're sitting deputies outside his house to watch him. Archive here.

Peak Kentucky.

 

[Pargon]

Several states are activating the National Guard to help with Covid-19. Now, how are soldiers supposed to fight against a virus...?

Distribution of crucial goods, enabling safe transport where public buses have shut down, bolstering security-as-deterrent in areas where the police are not responding to certain crimes.

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More anecdotal news from your favorite anecdotal boy.

I am still close with a lot of people I've worked with in healthcare and in emergency services. I was told this evening by a very reliable source that a major hospital in Kentucky has instructed its staff that they are to use surgical masks when an N95 was normally warranted - regardless of symptoms. She was told that the surgical masks are acceptable. The hospital this individual works at does not have a shortage of N95 masks: they have the square-root of fuck all N95 masks. There isn't a fucking one in the entire building and they even have a critical shortage of surgical masks. They are instructing staff to reuse the fucking surgical masks by putting it in a zip-lock bag between uses. I spent the first quarter of this thread sperging out about how decontamination and proper PPE protocols were absolutely imperative to proper use of an N95 mask.

This shit is going to rip through our healthcare workers. Nurses were already at peak productivity before the virus showed up. Remember that even with all of this going on, there are other infectious diseases already out in the wild that are still seen in hospitals that absolutely require N95s. Imagine being a nurse going into a room with suspected TB and only having a surgical mask. Fuck that.

In other news of a less anecdotal nature, Kentucky also has its own Florida Man refusing to self-isolate after testing positive for the illness, so they're sitting deputies outside his house to watch him. Archive here.

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Peak Kentucky.

Jesus fucking Christ. For those that don't know, surgical masks don't filter particulates. They're worn to keep things like arterial spray from getting in your mouth. So if someone coughs at you and you're wearing one, the sputum won't go down your throat or anything, but the smaller droplets of moisture carrying the virus get through.

The reverse, in case you were curious, also occurs: someone sick wearing one coughs standing over a sick patient while changing an IV bag and oh shit, you know the rest.

 

[XYZpdq]

By shooting the germs, duh. North Korea did it and look at how well they have things under control!

that's also got the threat of each germ's previous couple of generations thrown in the death camps too
much like how Corona is ditching India, even Corona doesn't want to go to DPRK death camps, much less Meemaw and Peemaw Corona

 

[Shield Breaker]

Don't know if posted yet but Jesus if we get another 2 years of this...

German agency says coronavirus could take two years to run its course

It will take about two years for the coronavirus pandemic to run its course — but that depends on how fast a vaccine becomes available, according to Germany’s public health agency. Dr. Lothar…

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No way. I'm betting that was a worst case scenario.
I think that it will abate in the summer. Below a certain latitude it doesn't seem active.

 

[roxitp0w3rwuzdabest420]

Gonna have to change my avatar to Jared Leto because he's apparently this timeline version of rick grimes. Lets face it that douchebag is what we deserve.