Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[General Disarray]

I put this in the Closings thread, but Wisconsin is now on "safe-in-place" starting tomorrow.
I emailed my company this AM and said I would not be in today. Can't believe they remained open.

 

[EmuWarsVeteran]

Know what?

Fuck it.

Saw today at the hospital NHS staff making zero attempt at socially distancing, all chatting together and bunched up as if business was normal. Contractor came in and said "come on folks 2 metres apart" and the response was laughter. I have to visit this place twice a month and now I'm going to be trying some self medicating shit to see if I can avoid the fuck out of it and only go in in full PPE when I can.

One even coughed without covering their mouth.

So, decide to warn folks on a local Facebook Page that they're not making an effort and wind up with a bunch of abuse hoping I don't "need any of them" in the near future.

I'll pretend to act all shocked if there's a large scale outbreak due to the fucking stupidity of some staff in the near future.

Dropped off some things at my local pharmacy, and there were markers outside the pharmacy 2 metres apart so people knew where to stand and they restricted people to 2 inside the shop and pharmacy staff even conducted isolating proceedures to hand over prescriptions.

Local shops are increasingly doing the same, limiting customers into the shops and placing markers down outside where people should stand.

But apparently, fuck the local hospital.

Don't worry, that's normal, at least until the unions start getting shit done. Here's the thing. I find it funny how shit american unions are. People have this idea that unions are comunist lobbies from hell, and medics are these elevated beings whose degrees impose divine knowledge on them. Let me tell ya, people know fuck all.

Wanna know the difference between a Union and an HR department? People actually trust unions to get angry at their boss. That's it.

Before helping on the hospital I actually went tu student unions and other minor time stuff. Let me tell ya. Student unions are stupid and mostly worthless, but other than that, healthcare workers are THE least disciplined group I've met. Dealing with them is like trying to herd giant squirrels via morse! Some days it seems like they just hate the concept of peace!

There's 3 things you do as a union member.
1-HR shit. Help with organization, tell the bosses to stop being dumbfucks, file paperwork. This is what even non-union HR can do. This is everyday.
2-it's gabbening. Whenever there's an actual conflict get your best columbus impersonsation on, if possible get a pack of bear to pay the kitchen staff for info, if it's the kitchen staff being cunts again you probably should jump straight to level 3, and find out wtf is going down. I assure you, this mental image people have of unions being always on the side of the worker is bullshit. I mean, I've seen unions work that way, they are awful and tend to get fucked sooner than later. Other than in america, where unions are just shit. Well over half the fucking time either I have to make both parties understand it's a misunderstanding or I have to sit the worker down and explain very carefuly why they're being idiots and their boss is right.
3-it's habbened. Alternatively: there's a pinche (kitchen assistant) on my desk again. (Yes, again.) And this is where the workers you swore to aid are being retarded again. This is not a weird occurance in the hospital I assure you. And this is what you gotta watch old american army flicks for. As you better have a damned great "drill instructor who just caught you FUCKING HIS WIFE" impersonation. I assure you, kitchen staff won't even respect you until you get to this level for the first time. And in emergencies it happens either the first or second day every god damned time. Every flu season is the same. Nurses are ignoring distancing, doctors are sending nurses to do extra shit and skipping work, cooks want less hours, everyone is treating the celadores like shit, two celadores got in a fistfight. EVERY YEAR. Some days you gotta wonder how the fuck the hospital even manages to stand when you turn around!

So yeah, first days of emergency are always like this. This period lasts for as long as the unions are too busy with paperworks and fighting the stupidity coming from the top (specially nursing chiefs) to bother. Then once that's done a few screaming matches happen, a pinche steps on someone's table, the metaphorical whip is brought out and shit gets straight.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Well Hobby Lobby corporate HQ refuses to close, because Jesus or money or whatever.

All 4,000 at Hobby Lobby headquarters in OKC required to work in offices

Sources inside the 4,000-employee Hobby Lobby headquarters in OKC say that no employees were allowed to work remotely last week though many could have.

freepressokc.com

He was occasionally slurring and recommending that the administration do things it's already doing. How incompetent are his handlers?

It’s not the handlers. You can put tons of lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig.., or a troon. The root problem is #dementiajoe. They had to put him out there because suddenly even the media couldn’t hide that he was MIA for almost a week. While Trump was giving daily Presidential press conferences.

And that’s going to be the big problem going into November For the Dems. Even if the economy is in the toilet, American’s will blame China not Trump, because this was an external threat. Just as they didn’t blame Roosevelt for WW2. And even if the Media screams “OrangeManBad CoronaChan!!!” Biden is not a viable option for the Presidency. It’s next to impossible to unseat a sitting President in time of crisis.

 

[Reverend]

Congress' $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, visualized
A visual guide to the cost of Congress plans for coronavirus stimulus package to send cash to Americans and help distressed industries, in graphics.

Congress' $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, visualized

A visual guide to the cost of Congress plans for coronavirus stimulus package to send cash to Americans and help distressed industries, in graphics.

www.usatoday.com

as much as I hate the USA Today (like WaPo and NYT) once in a while they have good Kinja.

Also there was a news flash that Olympics 2020 were canceled/postponed by a reporter by the name of "Dick Pound". I can't make this shit up at this rate.

 

[HonsPonzud]

And here we go :

Florida man with coronavirus says drug touted by Trump saved his life

A Florida man diagnosed with coronavirus claims he was saved from certain death by an anti-malaria drug touted as a possible treatment by President Trump. Rio Giardinieri, 52, told Los Angeles&#821…

nypost.com

No reason why Hidroxychloroquine that was working for south koreans and Chineses, not working for the rest of the world, huh ?

 

[spiritofamermaid]

It seems like Trudeau is seeing an upsurge in support as result of this outbreak.



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We all need to think of the bright side in dark times.

That looks like a recipe to kill themselves tbh

Although on second thought, carry on.

 

[Marchesa of the Vast]

It’s not the handlers. You can put tons of lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig.., or a troon. The root problem is #dementiajoe. They had to put him out there because suddenly even the media couldn’t hide that he was MIA for almost a week. While Trump was giving daily Presidential press conferences.

My thrust there with the handlers was the talking points they probably spent 4 days trying to beat into head. It could have come from Bootyjudge and would have been just as stupid because of the content.

 

[Not Really Here]

Also there was a news flash that Olympics 2020 were canceled/postponed by a reporter by the name of "Dick Pound". I can't make this shit up at this rate.

It 's worse than you think.
Dick isn't a reporter, he's vice president of the International Olympic Committee.

 

[Drain Todger]

So what you're saying is "zombie apocalypse"

Oh, no. Nothing cool like that. Mostly just people flopping on the ground like fish.

It’s a rare complication, but it does seem to be happening to COVID-19 victims. Collapse, seizures, abnormal posturing, the works. Signs of severe brain damage. It comes on quickly. One moment, they seem to have full control of their faculties, and the next, they go down like a puppet with their strings cut and start seizing on the ground.

And here we go :

Florida man with coronavirus says drug touted by Trump saved his life

A Florida man diagnosed with coronavirus claims he was saved from certain death by an anti-malaria drug touted as a possible treatment by President Trump. Rio Giardinieri, 52, told Los Angeles&#821…

nypost.com

No reason why Hidroxychloroquine that was working for south koreans and Chineses, not working for the rest of the world, huh ?

Hilariously enough, Donald Trump retweeted my research. I was discussing all this stuff with Michael Coudrey on Twitter, and he posted my work, and then Trump retweeted him.

My COVID-19 research was literally retweeted by the President of the United States of America.

I’m not shitting you guys. This actually happened a couple days ago. Blue checkmarks shit bricks:

Jason Kint on Twitter

“[edited] oh dear heavens. concerning. (1) who is this account (@b00msl4ng) and why is it a source of a thread of coronavirus info in the feed of the US President???????? (2) this 12:30 presser should have Dr. Fauci at it or I would recommend time-delaying it and reporting it.”

twitter.com

 

[EmuWarsVeteran]

That looks like a recipe to kill themselves tbh

Although on second thought, carry on.

Nah BPA doesn't kill people and you'd be surprised how resilient the human body is, so I doubt most chemicals from boiling plastic would kill them. They would however make them retarded, obese, insane and cause hormonal and metabolic disorders.

So really, no difference.

EDIT: MEEEEEME TIIIIIME!

Translation: "We need to take quarantine more calmly, some people are going truly crazy being locked up home. Just a moment ago I was talking about it with the microwave and the toaster while I made coffee, and they both agreed. I'm not talking with the washer though, it puts a spin on everything.

 

[DNA_JACKED]

And here we go :

Florida man with coronavirus says drug touted by Trump saved his life

A Florida man diagnosed with coronavirus claims he was saved from certain death by an anti-malaria drug touted as a possible treatment by President Trump. Rio Giardinieri, 52, told Los Angeles&#821…

nypost.com

No reason why Hydroxychloroquine that was working for south koreans and Chineses, not working for the rest of the world, huh ?

So news from Ohio. The announcement is that Hydroxychloroquine will not be prescribed to patients until they have a confirmed COVID diagnosis. Presumptive cases will not be permitted to receive the medication.

Which means only those confirmed by the CDC will receive medication. Presumptive cases are those tested by the state and confirmed positive but not double confirmed by the feds.

.......THE FUCK......

We cant get tests back. We have 4-5 day waiting times when they bother to test people. Newsflash, if someone needs this stuff, they will likely die by the 5 day turnaround time!

Christ the state is re.tarded.

 

[Goronnn]

Anyone know why people aren't randomly passing out in the USA like they did in China? And why was a lung virus making people pass out to begin with?

 

[Absolute Brainlet]

Oh, no. Nothing cool like that. Mostly just people flopping on the ground like fish.

It’s a rare complication, but it does seem to be happening to COVID-19 victims. Collapse, seizures, abnormal posturing, the works. Signs of severe brain damage. It comes on quickly. One moment, they seem to have full control of their faculties, and the next, they go down like a puppet with their strings cut and start seizing on the ground.



Hilariously enough, Donald Trump retweeted my research. I was discussing all this stuff with Michael Coudrey on Twitter, and he posted my work, and then Trump retweeted him.

My COVID-19 research was literally retweeted by the President of the United States of America.

I’m not shitting you guys. This actually happened a couple days ago. Blue checkmarks shit bricks:

Jason Kint on Twitter

“[edited] oh dear heavens. concerning. (1) who is this account (@b00msl4ng) and why is it a source of a thread of coronavirus info in the feed of the US President???????? (2) this 12:30 presser should have Dr. Fauci at it or I would recommend time-delaying it and reporting it.”

twitter.com

Y'know, the more I read of this supposed doomer's posts, the more I get convinced he's at least partially right...

 

[DNA_JACKED]

Anyone know why people aren't randomly passing out in the USA like they did in China? And why was a lung virus making people pass out to begin with?

The coronavirus is hard on the cardiovascular system, and that stress can cause heart attacks. Many of the people passing out were suffering heart attacks.

The reason comes down to nutrition. Many people in china exist on lower calorie diets that are nutritionally deficient, and hammer themselves with medication to mask symptoms so they can continue to work. That stress causes the heart to snap. Sustained exposure to high pollution can also weaken the heart, and well, china is FILTHY. Combined with the prevalence of smoking, which also puts strain on the heart, you get younger fit people keeling over at random.

The ones that did not die likely had walking pneumonia and didnt know it. Walking pneumonia hits you like a fucking freight train out of goddamn nowhere, and it can make it very hard to breath for a short time causing one to pass out if the individual is doing something physically demanding, like walking or climbing stairs. So if it hits you when you are doing things, the end result is passing out in public. Thanks to shitty air, the chinese likely couldnt tell they had pneumonia.

You see this occasionally in big cities as well.

 

[Non-Expert!]

LAUSD Says Schools Will Remain Closed Through at Least May 1

remember that the homeless go everywhere. everywhere.

the "help" are necessary as well.

this is definitely the thinking behind the current bill, but simply getting every living person indoors right fucking now would solve it.

house the homeless. rent and mortgage moratorium. toss cash to every person so they can get inside and stay the fuck inside.

that's it.

that's suppression. people who are comfortable now who "might survive"? they're the second wave of deaths, if we don't.

I'm not saying this should be a permanent state, but we need more time. it'll buy time.

Looks like the second largest school district in the country is doing it's part, Doc.

Another thing, remember all the kids running around without COVID .... most parents are more or less under the weather for most of flu season ANYWAY.

There are a lot of viruses and infections circulating ANYWAY. Now this?

If your kid brings home a case of Bronchitis or the common cold, it makes it harder to resist COVID, or pneumonia or whatever. That is what I understand anyway. So this separation mandate totally makes sense, to help stop the spread of all seasonal infections.

May 1st .... Let's see if they don't delay this, just for the sake of staggering what seem like ultimately inevitable numbers of illness and death.

 

[Drain Todger]

I started digging into that Jason Kint asshole who questioned my research. He runs a company called Digital Content Next.

Holy shit. Look at these glowie motherfuckers:

How flagging really affects the perception of an article’s truthfulness

Social platforms often flag content that is certain to be false. However, flagging disputed content has some unintended consequences.

digitalcontentnext.org

Apparently, they used to be known as the Online Publishers Association. These non-profits, like DiGRA, are full of balding, Prius-driving, soy-afflicted, pseudo-Marxist, third-way neolib cunts who answer to shadowy millionaires and billionaires.

These disgusting glowie bastards need to fuck off forever. I’m tired of them ruining the internet with their stink.

 

[EmuWarsVeteran]

Anyone know why people aren't randomly passing out in the USA like they did in China? And why was a lung virus making people pass out to begin with?

This has already been answered multiple times in the past please check the index. People were passing out due to a combo of fever, dehidration, malnutrition, overworking, stress and lack of sleep. And possibly mass hysteria. The USA is prone to histerics but other than that, it ain't china.

 

[Otterly]

The coronavirus is hard on the cardiovascular system, and that stress can cause heart attacks. Many of the people passing out were suffering heart attacks.

Just from current experience . My heart was working really hard at the beginning, like when youve been for a long run then you stop and it’s still hammering away until it slows. I felt like that for about five days. Still feels like that a bit. palpitations too.
If you get this, you need to rest. I felt like it was really trying to get a grip (I’m still not sure it hasnt tbh) but any exertion felt like I was redlining the heart rate. Really strange feeling, I can imagine that trying to be on your feet and work through it could be a really bad idea. This virus is hard on the system.

 

[Stoneheart]

If you get this, you need to rest. I felt like it was really trying to get a grip (I’m still not sure it hasnt tbh) but any exertion felt like I was redlining the heart rate. Really strange feeling,

so its like cocaine?

 

[LordofTendons]

Apparently they've shit the bed again.

Senate again fails to advance coronavirus stimulus bill as deal remains elusive

A second attempt to move forward with the massive spending deal failed as Democrats demanded changes to the Republican bill.

www.cbsnews.com