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Which is a shame because the taming of the shrew is great play with an important life lesson for all women. If you want to be happy dont be a bitch.
Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big
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Which is a shame because the taming of the shrew is great play with an important life lesson for all women. If you want to be happy dont be a bitch.
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Michigan, USA
"Three inmates with COVID-19 were sent to a prison that had no coronavirus cases among the prisoner population after a private lab incorrectly reported their tests negative, the state Department of Corrections said."
They have since been quarantined, along wth prisoners they came into close contact with.
(archive)
General Motors resuming production.
www.freep.com
(archive)
Owosso barber Karl Manke, who opened his barbershop a few days ago in defiance of Governor Whitmer (D)'s executive order, has been ordered by the State to re-close his barbershop. He has turned the papers over to his attorneys and intends to remain open.
www.detroitnews.com
(archive)
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reviews deaths and adds overlooked cases to the count three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Recovery counts are updated on Saturdays.
67 deaths were added today.
Detroit Metro (pop. 3,860,000 total; 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km):*
31,671 confirmed / 3,620 dead
31,451 confirmed / 3,515 dead yesterday
(i.e. 105 new deaths, down 28 from this day last week)
Normal Detroit Metro Death Rate: 104 per day.**
Other Michigan (6,120,000; 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km):
15,085 confirmed / 906 dead
14,875 confirmed / 878 dead yesterday
(i.e. 28 new deaths, up 7 from this day last week)
Normal not-Detroit Death Rate: 167 per day**
All Michigan (9,990,000; 103/sq. mi.; 40/sq km):
46,756 confirmed / 4,526 dead / 22,686 recovered
46,326 confirmed / 4,393 dead yesterday
43,207 confirmed / 4,020 dead / 15,659 recovered last week
(i.e. 133 new deaths, down 21 from this day last week, down 13 without adjustments)
(506 dead (down 240) and 7,027 declared recovered (down 290) since last week
Normal Michigan Death Rate: 271 per day.**
Death toll doubled since: April 17.
We have been (were?) locked down since: March 24 (until April 30?),
Masks have been mandatory in stores since: April 27 (until April 30?).
Detroit Metro Daily Deaths Last Seven Days:
29 / 51^ / 35*** / 45 / 70*** / 36 / 69*** = 366***
State Government site, daily - today's archive;
State Gov site, total, includes breakdowns by sex, age, race and ethnicity - today's archive.
*Here defined as the City of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, minus state and federal prisoners, who are not counted towards any county's cases, but are kept in categories of their own.
** As of 2018.
*** 8, 38, and 67 statewide deaths, respectively, were added on these days upon State review. Presumably most were in Detroit, but I don't know exactly how many.
^Software problems caused a delayed count on this day.
One Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (archive). The suspect has been released from custody while the investigation continues (archive).
One Flint security guard allegedly murdered for telling a woman that her daughter needed to wear a mask in a dollar store (archive, A&N thread).
"Three inmates with COVID-19 were sent to a prison that had no coronavirus cases among the prisoner population after a private lab incorrectly reported their tests negative, the state Department of Corrections said."
They have since been quarantined, along wth prisoners they came into close contact with.
(archive)
General Motors resuming production.
GM starts production and calls back more workers as soon as Monday
GM starts production at three of its North American parts plants Monday and will recall skilled trades and others at all plants to prep for May 18.
www.freep.com
Owosso barber Karl Manke, who opened his barbershop a few days ago in defiance of Governor Whitmer (D)'s executive order, has been ordered by the State to re-close his barbershop. He has turned the papers over to his attorneys and intends to remain open.
State orders Owosso barber to close, but he's still on the job
"I believe it's my right to work to make my living and that’s what I’m going to do,” 77-year-old barber Karl Manke said
www.detroitnews.com
SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN
Shelter-in-place order from Tuesday March 24 toMonday April 13. Friday, May 1, Friday, May 15, May 28 May 1, maybe? (archive) (executive order saved on KF) . The Republican-controlled legislature has refused to extend Governor Whitmer's emergency authority. Governor Whitmer insists her emergency orders are all still in effect (Rundown on the laws).
State attorney general Dana Nessel (D)is also leaving enforcement of the stay-at-home order to local discretion until the courts weigh in on it (archive). She has stated Governor Whitmer's orders are valid and are to be enforced (archive). The legislature is not calling for civil disobedience at this time (archive).
The legislature has filed a lawsuit against the governor (archive). The defense must submit arguments by May 12, and oral arguments will be heard May 15 (archive).
State senate leader Mike Shirkey (R) is also supporting a petition drive to change the law. Such a petition would require 340,047 signatures to be collected by May 27th. It would be veto-proof if approved by the legislature, and would go on the November ballot if denied by them (archive 1, archive 2, archive 3).
U. S. Rep Paul Mitchell (R - The Thumb) has filed a lawsuit independently against Governor Whitmer, in federal district court. Link, pdf on KF.
There have been at least six other lawsuits against portions or the entirety of the shut-down order, in various stages of progress and in various courts (summary of eight lawsuits).However, "all deadlines applicable to the commencement of all civil and probate actions and proceedings" are suspended until the end of the states of emergency and disaster. Executive order, and thus in limbo. (archive).
OTHER SHUTDOWNS
Recap from NPR
Major protest at the State Capitol April 15 (A&N thread). Minor protest outside Governor's Mansion April 23 (archive). Protest at the State Capitol April 30 (A&N Thread).
The Big Three Auto manufacturers (Ford, GM, Chrysler) have closed all factories in the USA, putting well over 150,000 workers out of work. This figure does not include workers at supplier factories, which were also obliged to close. (archive) (archive) (archive). Auto manufacturing expected to resume May 18. (archive)
ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY
Over 1 million unemployment claims filed = 10% of the total population of the state, nearly 25% of the workforce (Archive - April 16).
Big Brother is watching, and he approves. Massive phone-tracking project reveals Michigan travel down by 45%, compared to 40% nation-wide (website) (news article archive).
Car crashes are down, fatal car crashes are down, and overall death is actually down. (archive - April 12)
FREE STUFF!
Evictions suspended while the state of emergency lasts (archive) Executive order. May or may not still be valid.
Water will be turned back on for all households while the crisis lasts (archive) Executive order. May or may not still be valid.
HEALTH CARE
Hydroxychloroquine banned by governor's order (archive). Nevermind LOL! Now she's asking the federal government for it and claiming the ban was a mistake in the first place. (archive). Detroit-area hospitals are testing the drug's effectiveness as a preventative on first responders and health-care workers (archive). Article on results, May 8 (archive).
Elective surgeries are banned. Maybe? Who knows. If/when in effect, abortions were not included in the ban (thread).
At any rate, hospitals are resuming elective surgeries.
Up-to-date count of available hospital beds, etc. in the State (the Detroit area is "Section 2, North and South.")(government website)
State of affairs May 5 - about half as many hospitalized cases and ICU cases as on April 12 (archive).
Detroit field hospital, capacity 1,000, closed. Never had many more than 20 at any time. (archive, May 7).
LAW AND ORDER
All localities given more discretion to release prisoners early (archive). It was an executive order. Who knows if it's still valid?
Lansing (the capitol) police are not physically responding to minor crimes such as larceny, property damage, and break-ins to unoccupied buildings, including garages. Other police are adopting similar policies (archive) (archive).
Detroit shootings up, but most other crime down (archive - April 30); Muskegon police report crime is up (archive).
Breaking the lockdown is a misdemeanor, punishable by $1500 fines and 90 days jail time. (Still valid???) Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has stated there will not be a "ramp up" of police enforcement (archive). The attorney general has left it to local law enforcement to close businesses, as her hands are full with price-gougers and con artists (archive).
The police cannot, at present, pull drivers over simply for being out during the shutdown (archive). Local police in the rural north and in Detroit suburbs have alike stated they will not be enforcing parts of the order (archive).
Shelter-in-place order from Tuesday March 24 to
State attorney general Dana Nessel (D)
The legislature has filed a lawsuit against the governor (archive). The defense must submit arguments by May 12, and oral arguments will be heard May 15 (archive).
State senate leader Mike Shirkey (R) is also supporting a petition drive to change the law. Such a petition would require 340,047 signatures to be collected by May 27th. It would be veto-proof if approved by the legislature, and would go on the November ballot if denied by them (archive 1, archive 2, archive 3).
U. S. Rep Paul Mitchell (R - The Thumb) has filed a lawsuit independently against Governor Whitmer, in federal district court. Link, pdf on KF.
There have been at least six other lawsuits against portions or the entirety of the shut-down order, in various stages of progress and in various courts (summary of eight lawsuits).
OTHER SHUTDOWNS
Recap from NPR
Major protest at the State Capitol April 15 (A&N thread). Minor protest outside Governor's Mansion April 23 (archive). Protest at the State Capitol April 30 (A&N Thread).
The Big Three Auto manufacturers (Ford, GM, Chrysler) have closed all factories in the USA, putting well over 150,000 workers out of work. This figure does not include workers at supplier factories, which were also obliged to close. (archive) (archive) (archive). Auto manufacturing expected to resume May 18. (archive)
ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY
Over 1 million unemployment claims filed = 10% of the total population of the state, nearly 25% of the workforce (Archive - April 16).
Big Brother is watching, and he approves. Massive phone-tracking project reveals Michigan travel down by 45%, compared to 40% nation-wide (website) (news article archive).
Car crashes are down, fatal car crashes are down, and overall death is actually down. (archive - April 12)
FREE STUFF!
HEALTH CARE
At any rate, hospitals are resuming elective surgeries.
Up-to-date count of available hospital beds, etc. in the State (the Detroit area is "Section 2, North and South.")(government website)
State of affairs May 5 - about half as many hospitalized cases and ICU cases as on April 12 (archive).
Detroit field hospital, capacity 1,000, closed. Never had many more than 20 at any time. (archive, May 7).
LAW AND ORDER
Lansing (the capitol) police are not physically responding to minor crimes such as larceny, property damage, and break-ins to unoccupied buildings, including garages. Other police are adopting similar policies (archive) (archive).
Detroit shootings up, but most other crime down (archive - April 30); Muskegon police report crime is up (archive).
The police cannot, at present, pull drivers over simply for being out during the shutdown (archive). Local police in the rural north and in Detroit suburbs have alike stated they will not be enforcing parts of the order (archive).
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reviews deaths and adds overlooked cases to the count three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Recovery counts are updated on Saturdays.
67 deaths were added today.
MDHHS said:
Detroit Metro (pop. 3,860,000 total; 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km):*
31,671 confirmed / 3,620 dead
31,451 confirmed / 3,515 dead yesterday
(i.e. 105 new deaths, down 28 from this day last week)
Normal Detroit Metro Death Rate: 104 per day.**
Other Michigan (6,120,000; 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km):
15,085 confirmed / 906 dead
14,875 confirmed / 878 dead yesterday
(i.e. 28 new deaths, up 7 from this day last week)
Normal not-Detroit Death Rate: 167 per day**
All Michigan (9,990,000; 103/sq. mi.; 40/sq km):
46,756 confirmed / 4,526 dead / 22,686 recovered
46,326 confirmed / 4,393 dead yesterday
43,207 confirmed / 4,020 dead / 15,659 recovered last week
(i.e. 133 new deaths, down 21 from this day last week, down 13 without adjustments)
(506 dead (down 240) and 7,027 declared recovered (down 290) since last week
Normal Michigan Death Rate: 271 per day.**
Death toll doubled since: April 17.
We have been (were?) locked down since: March 24 (until April 30?),
Masks have been mandatory in stores since: April 27 (until April 30?).
Detroit Metro Daily Deaths Last Seven Days:
29 / 51^ / 35*** / 45 / 70*** / 36 / 69*** = 366***
State Government site, daily - today's archive;
State Gov site, total, includes breakdowns by sex, age, race and ethnicity - today's archive.
*Here defined as the City of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, minus state and federal prisoners, who are not counted towards any county's cases, but are kept in categories of their own.
** As of 2018.
*** 8, 38, and 67 statewide deaths, respectively, were added on these days upon State review. Presumably most were in Detroit, but I don't know exactly how many.
^Software problems caused a delayed count on this day.
One Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (archive). The suspect has been released from custody while the investigation continues (archive).
One Flint security guard allegedly murdered for telling a woman that her daughter needed to wear a mask in a dollar store (archive, A&N thread).
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People forgot real quick that the first stimulus proposal was fucking awful. In the original proposal you would only get the $1,200 if you made OVER $75,000. Was Pelosi's bill too much? Absolutely but one could have seen that as moving the goalposts.
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Dr. Campbell's video about Vitamin D doses.
tl;dw - you need more than the 5-10 micrograms found in multivitamins to get your blood vitamin D levels up unless you're white and are constantly sunburned. He takes 50 micrograms. Taking over 100 micrograms is not advised unless your doctor tells you too.
https://archive.vn/mA2nl
tl;dw - you need more than the 5-10 micrograms found in multivitamins to get your blood vitamin D levels up unless you're white and are constantly sunburned. He takes 50 micrograms. Taking over 100 micrograms is not advised unless your doctor tells you too.
https://archive.vn/mA2nl
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$1.37/$1.38 for regular in my area, I win
The Splat
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A couple of observations from a grocery worker:
- "Dougs" (thanks @afternoon_tea for the name) have became a nightmare. In our store, they moved the card reader in an awkward location that most people don't notice at first because it's in the same location where people first load their groceries. For most people I need to tell to move back because they're in the way of the card reader, they usually get it pretty quickly and move back. "Dougs" on the other hand look at me and the person who needs to pay like we're speaking a different language and it becomes a game of "What's that? I'm deaf in one ear!!!" before they get it. Afterwards, they fuss and whine about having to move back, etc. Also, one "Doug" actually said limiting toilet paper is "equivalent to communism".
- Atmosphere is also loosening up here (this is Ohio, BTW). People are still in masks yet not really afraid of each other anymore. Store went from quiet as a mouse with the exception of the register beeps to now a bit more louder with people talking.
Cutlass Supreme
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After giving it some thought, I've decided that the male Karen in my mind will be a "Kevin."
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I have a new clownworld moment for ya buddies! A game called War Bot gets people on twitter to use the algorithm to fight. It's kind of fucking retarded. And on twitter. But some have fun. So anyway. In spain the game got some traction after our autists managed to abuse the algorithm to win world war bot 2020. Because if there's one thing spain wins by far is the conquest for more autists per square meter. And some spanish sped decided to make a "famous war bot", with a bunch of famous people. Most spanish. Some international memes. Here's more in depth description: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/extra/20190706/guerra-twitter-famosos-espanoles-7535653
So anyway. The bot at one point pitted Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox, the party that's been spreading so much bullshit against keeanu fucking reeves. And as you can imagine. With ample help from international autists rooting for their breathtaking daddy. This got people to turn "Mata A Abascal", (kill abascal) the command needed for the algorithm to declare a decissive victory for keeanu, into a trending fucking topic. Long live autism! https://cinemania.20minutos.es/noticias/keenu-reeves-mata-santiago-abascal/
Now that is not where this ends. I mean. So far it's just been dumb internet fun. The fun starts when the few nutjobs that are still somehow believing Vox are now spreading conspiracy theories about this being a plan by twitter to mind control people into doing it and claiming they want to start the second civil war! Fucking hilarious! Twitter right now is just recieving this tidal wave of tweets from a handful of accounts with less than 18 likes tops just constantly spewing forth their uninterrupted autistic meltdown. It. Is. GLORIOUS. I'll see if I manage to find an archive of some of it tomorrow so I can translate. It's utterly insane. I love it. Holy fuck this is so fucking funny.
So anyway. The bot at one point pitted Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox, the party that's been spreading so much bullshit against keeanu fucking reeves. And as you can imagine. With ample help from international autists rooting for their breathtaking daddy. This got people to turn "Mata A Abascal", (kill abascal) the command needed for the algorithm to declare a decissive victory for keeanu, into a trending fucking topic. Long live autism! https://cinemania.20minutos.es/noticias/keenu-reeves-mata-santiago-abascal/
Now that is not where this ends. I mean. So far it's just been dumb internet fun. The fun starts when the few nutjobs that are still somehow believing Vox are now spreading conspiracy theories about this being a plan by twitter to mind control people into doing it and claiming they want to start the second civil war! Fucking hilarious! Twitter right now is just recieving this tidal wave of tweets from a handful of accounts with less than 18 likes tops just constantly spewing forth their uninterrupted autistic meltdown. It. Is. GLORIOUS. I'll see if I manage to find an archive of some of it tomorrow so I can translate. It's utterly insane. I love it. Holy fuck this is so fucking funny.
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I'm saying it, because I'm fuycking drunk and I don't give a shit: this lockdown bullshit is stupid and pointless. This disease is not a world-ending pandemic. We're destroying our economies for a virus that would have been dismissed as normal ten years ago. Everything is rətarded, everyone is stupid, I just want a god damn orange without having to stand in a queue for an hour. Jesus christ!
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Not drunk... yet, but I'm right there with you. (If I was able to, I'd give you a DRINK! rate, but settle for a "feels" for now.)
Honka Honka Burning Love
In Clown World, the only god is the one who Honks.
True & Honest Fan
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This is the world now, every time a chink coughs in China we are gonna have a lockdown for 4 months.
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Don Quixote is common in high school/college. But try reading La Celestina when the only Spanish you know is from your HS teacher or the Mexicans around you. Not easy readin'.
Oy vey you forgot “If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" when the 7-11 pajeet overcharges you for a pack of cigarettes.
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1000 IU is 25 micrograms for anyone with the same brand of vitamin D as I have.
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Got my TrumpBux in the mail today. The envelopes now have a checkbox to mark if the intended recipient is deceased, with instructions to put it back in the mail box once checked to return it.
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Was never a contest. ☺ Gas here is always more expensive than just about anywhere else in the country, due to special formulation and all the taxes. Happily, we aren't driving that much these days and car is fuel-efficient.
Check this out. Hilarious. Musk is crazy enough to do this. Hope he does. Fuck Alameda County and fuck the Democratic People's Republic of Kalifornia.
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Tesla musk is ass and fucktarded, rocket musk is amazing and i love him. Musk leaving cali to fuck the state is rocket musk more than tesla musk.
MrBlueSocks
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I've got my stocks of the vitabiotics 1000IU . It's been out of stock for ages though, along with a few other top end immune support choices. There are always alternatives though. Good to know I'm not hitting any risky upper limit. I know you're generally safe with C and and the other water soluble ones, but was a bit concerned about the D.
Situation report on masks in my part of UK - Nobody's wearing them, because masks are gay and stupid.
Went shopping yesterday, and saw one old bloke looking stupid in a mask , and that was it. They have turned M&S into a labyrinth though , which was fun. Enter by one door, navigate the single path through the pants and socks to get to the food hall, then escape with your delicious haul.
Bored of this now.
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You don't really have to worry about overdosing on vitamin D with the stuff you buy.
We use 50,000 IU caps.
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I think that's true of any brand
https://dietarysupplementdatabase.usda.nih.gov/ingredient_calculator/help.php#q10
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I was just putting it out there because the bottle I have only lists the amount in IU, not in mcg. I had to google it, which inconvenienced me for a split second. I now feel I have gotten my revenge on whoever designed that label by informing others of this conversion.
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