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>Dr. Zorba Paster
Find me a name that screams louder: "How do you do, fellow Earthlings?"
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His name's actually Robert Zorba Paster; IIRC he's of Eastern European descent, and the "Zorba" is a shortened name of an ancestor.

 

[TV's Adam West]

This link glows like the fucking sun. Nice try CIA.

 

[GHTD]

What if I'm such a sadist that I do all I can for corona-chan to kiss me?

 

[Draza]

Nice try fed.

 

[Standardized Profile]

You can also search clinicaltrials.gov for something local if you are in the US. You can volunteer directly instead of going through a 3rd party. I'm still waiting to hear back, but given my poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle I think I am representative of most Americans and should make an excellent candidate.

Folding @ Home has been doing SARS-CoV-2 modeling for a few months. It's very basic research, meaning they're not going to spit out a cure, but they are publishing some results. Last month they published "The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein is dynamic, disordered, and phase separates with RNA," which I'm told is a real page-turner. Electricity is cheap, so I run it part of the day.

 

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Another crossover with the Marxist Race Riots thread.

Does "we're holding your kids' education hostage" count for anything in 2020?

https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/l-a-teachers-union-says-schools-cant-reopen-unless-charter-schools-shut-down-and-police-are-defunded/

L.A. Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Reopen Unless Charter Schools Shut…

archived 21 Jul 2020 00:46:39 UTC

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Basically, the known-communist (check out those fucking shirts) LA Teacher's union wants:

• Their not-communist-pozzed competition forcibly shut down (you aren't allowed to choose to go to a school that isn't the public school).
• Police defunded (of course)
• Medicare-for-all socialist healthcare
• An anti-wealth tax
• Free housing / the abolishment of rent (and thus, private property) for everyone
• Free gibs for illegal wetbacks
• And Federal gibs for their schools.

 

[I can't imagine]

Since all our grocery stores out here require masks I've been going to our local guy instead of the huge corporate ones and as far as I know he doesn't have any issues with cash or shortages.

The coin problems have been more of an issue for larger chains; I think it might be related to the use of armored car services rather than a bank for coin. It's been that way pretty much company-wide for Kroger, Wal-Mart and CVS; I'm sure there are others, but those are the biggies. It's gotten better in the last week or two, at least around here, but my store is still heavily encouraging people to pay with cards if possible.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Does "we're holding your kids' education hostage" count for anything in 2020?

Not with these people, I would say letting them go on strike and hiring on scabs would improve the quality of education.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

So you'd be fine with the chef at a restaurant taking a shit in your food before he serves it to you, because of his rights? Remind me not to ever go out to eat with you

No, because that's an individual action to intentionally cause harm.
By all means if someone knows they have COVID and goes up and intentionally coughs and rubs their nasal discharge all over a wheelchair - bound 98y/o diabetic, then please arrest them for their intent to cause harm.
But someone simply refusing to go about taking every precaution is not even remotely the same as action with harmful intent.

I get this same fucking logic when I'm doing outreach. All we're trying to do is save the damn snakes, but yet I get to hear from rednecks and karens about how they're going to hold us responsible when their kid gets bit and we're going to get sued for the hospital bill because its all our fault said snake exists, how the "blood is on [my] hands" for every fucking snakebite victim in the US.

But its bullshit. Me and my actions are not the cause of natural deaths, and the ever-present fact that nature is dangerous gives people like you a reason to sperg and chimp out when everyone else wont go out of their way to make nature less dangerous just so your life is a little easier.

And yes, the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few.
Comparing measures for public health to dictatorships is pretty ignorant, too. Congrats on that

I'm saying its that line of logic of "We get to trample your rights because muh Graetur Gud" is what leads to dictatorships.
Call me ignorant yet you can't even follow along properly.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

The coin problems have been more of an issue for larger chains; I think it might be related to the use of armored car services rather than a bank for coin. It's been that way pretty much company-wide for Kroger, Wal-Mart and CVS; I'm sure there are others, but those are the biggies. It's gotten better in the last week or two, at least around here, but my store is still heavily encouraging people to pay with cards if possible.

Last time I was in Meijer, a regional chain like Walmart just better, last week they were still having a coin shortage. I thought it was odd when I first saw it, hell of a thing to pop up at the same time everyone went masks only.

 

[I can't imagine]

Last time I was in Meijer, a regional chain like Walmart just better, last week they were still having a coin shortage. I thought it was odd when I first saw it, hell of a thing to pop up at the same time everyone went masks only.

Supposedly, it's being caused by the lack of circulation of coins during the lockdowns. Basically, people weren't using services that usually use coins, like car washes and vending machines, and a lot of businesses shuttered, taking their reserve of coins with them. Combine that with reduced minting of coin over the last few months, and it's enough to disrupt things temporarily. Most everything seems to indicate it will get fixed quickly enough, it was just one of those unintended consequences nobody thought about.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Supposedly, it's being caused by the lack of circulation of coins during the lockdowns. Basically, people weren't using services that usually use coins, like car washes and vending machines, and a lot of businesses shuttered, taking their reserve of coins with them. Combine that with reduced minting of coin over the last few months, and it's enough to disrupt things temporarily. Most everything seems to indicate it will get fixed quickly enough, it was just one of those unintended consequences nobody thought about.

Makes sense. It does seem uneven. The local grocery chain, if two stores count as that, doesn't seem to have problems.

 

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Supposedly, it's being caused by the lack of circulation of coins during the lockdowns. Basically, people weren't using services that usually use coins, like car washes and vending machines, and a lot of businesses shuttered, taking their reserve of coins with them. Combine that with reduced minting of coin over the last few months, and it's enough to disrupt things temporarily. Most everything seems to indicate it will get fixed quickly enough, it was just one of those unintended consequences nobody thought about.

I have coffee cans full of coins. But I can't cash them because the coinstar machine is in the lobby of my bank which is closed because of the coof. Drive through and atm only for now.

 

[Stoneheart]

some news. we managed to put poland in their place, we can now cut the EU money flow to them if they make laws we dont like, last part is the 1 trillion 7 year EU budget, i hope the billion extra pay for germany was enough to get them on board for some cuts.
next update when there is something new, cocaine Kurz out.

 

[I can't imagine]

I have coffee cans full of coins. But I can't cash them because the coinstar machine is in the lobby of my bank which is closed because of the coof. Drive through and atm only for now.

You may wanna look around in your area; a bunch of banks and stores are changing coin for cash for free right now, even for non-customers. A few places are even giving bounties for change, so you could actually get more than the value of the coin for them. A little bit of leg (or phone) work, sure, but a better deal than you're likely to get otherwise.

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

Basically, the known-communist (check out those fucking shirts) LA Teacher's union wants:

• Their not-communist-pozzed competition forcibly shut down (you aren't allowed to choose to go to a school that isn't the public school).
• Police defunded (of course)
• Medicare-for-all socialist healthcare
• An anti-wealth tax
• Free housing / the abolishment of rent (and thus, private property) for everyone
• Free gibs for illegal wetbacks
• And Federal gibs for their schools.

From what I know about a friend of mine who is a union rep, red shirts seem to be the color of choice when a teachers union makes demands under threat of a strike, walkout, slowdown, etc.

Most of these demands are such that the school district can't do anything about them, apart from lobbying the state and federal governments for more funding for illegals and COVID-19 bailouts respectively. Either one seems optimistic at best. California already has its own cash crunch. Additionally, nearly every public school district in the US wants gibs to make up for what funding they stand to lose from COVID-19. There simply won't be enough money to give everyone what they want.

Everything else is just a mishmash collection of SJW, ultra-liberal talking points and demands that have nothing to do with education or the COVID-19 concerns regarding such.

Not with these people, I would say letting them go on strike and hiring on scabs would improve the quality of education.

The more a strike drags out, the more normies get ticked off enough to send their students elsewhere. When teachers in one of the area's larger districts went on their last prolonged strike, many parents initially supported the teachers. The longer the strike dragged out, however, parents started searching out adjoining school districts with openings in their schools of choice program to get their kids back to school and learning before they fell too far behind academically.

This is California, though, so who knows if parents would actually be happy for a prolonged strike over issues outside of a school district's control.

I have coffee cans full of coins. But I can't cash them because the coinstar machine is in the lobby of my bank which is closed because of the coof. Drive through and atm only for now.

Yeah, those people wanting to deposit coins have few options right now -- and none in some cases. With many people not using cash for routine shopping, there's less cash circulating that way as well.

 

[The golden neckbeard]

So 2 articles stuck out at me today

What Is Aspergillus Latus? Coronavirus Patients Are Dying Due to Unusual Fungal Infection

For the first time scientists found Aspergillus latus in a hospital and said the new hybrid fungi is more drug-resistant than its two parents

www.ibtimes.sg

And

https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/140329/sd/1

Now im no scientician...but this seems to me like AIDS.

We heard rumors early on and i am noticing an alarming trend of stories regarding immune system decline. Some of these stories overseas are completely at odds with what our media is reporting.

Its almost like 2 seperate diseases?

 

[Standardized Profile]

US deaths now reported to be 106% for the week ending on the 18th. (I think it was previously reported to be 107%). About half the states are at or below the 2017-2019 average. Subject to change as more data comes in. As of the 11th, the pneumonia-influenza-covid death rate is higher than the seasonal baseline but below the annual winter peak.

South Korea did widespread testing, but scientists estimate 7.6% of infected people went undetected, and most of those never had symptoms. Interesting comment: "A recent study clearly demonstrated that about half of blood samples collected before COVID-19 epidemic had T cell-mediated immunity against SARS-CoV-2. Cross-immunity may be one reason underlying the low mortality of COVID-19 in many Asian countries, where most coronavirus-related epidemics such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) originated." I don't think I've had OG-SARS or MERS, but I seem to get every cold. Maybe I'll be lucky and one of them was closely related to Wuflu. I wonder how effective this immunity is, and why can't we get tested and get some kind of certificate to re-enter society if we are immune?

Because it is a concern with influenza, Dutch physicians investigated their COVID patients for fungal infections. They found invasive pulmonary asperilligosis (IPA) in COVID resembles IPA in influenza. It's associated with longer ICU stays and they recommended antifungal treatments. Curiously, they were treating their patients with hydroxychloroquine, which everyone in the world knows is completely useless in all cases.

 

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106% as in "expected 100, got 206" or 106% as in "expected 100, got 106?"

Because the former is, well, ok. The latter is a who the fuck cares moment.

 

[Jaimas]

So you'd be okay with someone with ebola standing in line next to you in the supermarket? I am guessing you wouldn't be

Only the likeliest off fucking scenarios there.

Dude, I get the fact that contrarianism is a time-honored part of Kiwi-ing, since there's a need for us to question effectively everything and it's important to take alternative perspectives into account (this is basically Dyn's thing), but I don't fucking understand this from you. We've confirmed, on multiple occasions:

1. That the CDC has been cooking the books on Corona numbers to artificially inflate them.
2. That the model the CDC shit out that was used to justify the lockdowns (and continues to use to justify them) is based on utter bullshit.
3. That the CDC declared that White Supremacy was a bigger health risk than Coronavirus.
4. That, in persuance to the above, we are to accept that lockdown protests are an unconscionably irresponsible act because of the risk of Coronavirus, but that BLM protesting is to be lauded.
5. That the state governments pushing the lockdowns hardest did everything possible to make sure this virus infected everyone faster than Nurgle's fetid cock.
6. That it's considerably less dangerous than it's been made out to be.
7. That the Coronavirus test gets false-flags constantly and will give positives for any common Rhinovirus.
8. That despite a lack of positive tests, these are being used to enforce increasingly ridiculous and draconian measures.

If you do believe legitimately that the steps we're taking are good ones, that's cool, but I'd be genuinely willing to hear out your reasoning here.