Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[NoReturn]

They uninstalled it after a day because it would drain their phone's battery within a couple hours. It wouldn't surprise me if this happened with every other app.

That's what happens when you leave bluetooth on all day. Did the devs not think of this, or just not care?

 

[JambledUpWords]

That's what happens when you leave bluetooth on all day. Did the devs not think of this, or just not care?

They probably just think that people are too dumb to bother turning it off when not being used, with the users then wondering why their phone battery is so low at the end of the day.

 

[Bakarina]

I hate to be a "Won't somebody think of the children?!" type of weirdo, but I really feel sorry for them the most in all of this. This overkill to protect the world is having horrible long term effects and kids are the most helpless of the bunch because they have less control over their lives than adults do, and it sucks. I really wouldn't blame this crop of kids if they grew up to be jaded assholes. Between a government that has no idea what its doing, an education system that is failing them, and parents that are paranoid psychos, I don't see how they could turn out to be anything else.

Another story: When I visited my friends this past weekend, one of their kids (6 years old) ran up to me and hugged me the second she saw me. She's a sweet little weirdo and it was both adorable, and normal behavior I'd expect out of her. Her dad then yelled at her "HEY! PANDEMIC! No hugging!". She shrugged her shoulders and walked away from me. BTW, I was wearing a mask and gloves.

I hope that sweetness she has doesn't get ripped out of her because of this nonsense.

We need more jaded asshole adults. It beats the whiny sjw dangerhair types at least.

I feel bad for your friend's kid, she seems like such a sweetheart and it's a shame that she's not allowed to be herself and hug people right now. Hopefully she'll still be a people person at the end of this

 

[PaleTay]

If I were a kid


This is some great advice.

Even though my job search is sucking right now (I work in digital advertising), one thing I like to bring up in interviews is asking what their plans for returning to the office are, which I am gung-ho as fuck for. I also like to bring up how having a 100% remote workforce you lose out a lot on collaboration and socializing.

No matter what the media tries to say whenever I hear about the beauties of working from home all I can think about is some balding 30-something Redditor who only does a third of his work and just spends all afternoon jerking it to internet porn and posting liberal nonsense.

I personally like not wasting 2+ hours a day going into the office and to be able to catch up on media.

Most co-workers are creepy, fat, and annoying. I like that they can't try to touch me, can't try to guilt me into going for dinner or drinks, and I don't have to hear how Orange Man is bad. Also, not having to spend part of my day explaining computers to some boomer saves some time.

 

[Inventor of the Telephone]

https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2020/12/01/covid-turns-everyone-into-potential-killer-by-breathing-column/6474858002/

COVID has turned breathing into a deadly event and all of us into potential serial killers​

If I hold my breath when I hug my parents, will that spare me the Greek tragedy of killing them? This mental toll will last long after the threat fades.​

 

[JambledUpWords]

https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2020/12/01/covid-turns-everyone-into-potential-killer-by-breathing-column/6474858002/

COVID has turned breathing into a deadly event and all of us into potential serial killers​

If I hold my breath when I hug my parents, will that spare me the Greek tragedy of killing them? This mental toll will last long after the threat fades.​

That’s one lousy serial killer then. WuFlu has 99% survival rate. You’re probably more likely to die of cancer, a car crash, or heart disease sooner than Corona.

 

[Inventor of the Telephone]

That’s one lousy serial killer then. WuFlu has 99% survival rate. You’re probably more likely to die of cancer, a car crash, or heart disease sooner than Corona.

That has been the most disappointing part of this whole thing: no mass deaths! Back in March I was all in for half of humanity to be wiped out. Instead all we get to witness is an unprecedented attempt at a global power grab. How depressing.

 

[King Dead]

I found a webcomic from 2013
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I’m laughing because it hurts

The sad thing is, the cartoonist is a super lefty (he wrote a graphic novel about how we should have completely open borders because Orange Man dumb and backwards), and if you showed him that comic now, he'd probably completely disavow it and tell you to Trust the Science™. Crazy how spot-on it is, though.

This year has proven to me that a technocracy would be a terrible system to live in. "Experts" are generally only knowledgeable in one field; if you devote the time to gaining expertise in something, that naturally precludes you from using that time to learn about other things. Epidemiologists are only able to give opinions on how to control the spread of a disease, and their recommendations are targeted at just that one single thing. They don't take into account anything but controlling the spread, like economic damage, mental health issues, the integrity of society in general, and so on. Thus, we've had an immense overreaction to a disease that turned out to be basically nothing if you're not a hamplanet, elderly, or already on Death's door. The "experts" pat themselves on the back for stopping the hospitals from overflowing, failing to even once think about all the medical procedures that were delayed or canceled out of fear of the coof, and all the premature deaths that these will cause in the years to come. But hey, at least Grandma didn't die! Too bad she's been alone for almost a year now and her family still can't visit her, but hey, she's alive!

The real irony is that if an actually serious viral outbreak occurs in the future, the "experts" have fucked this one up so badly that they're gonna have a hell of a time trying to convince people to go along with their plans again.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2020/12/01/covid-turns-everyone-into-potential-killer-by-breathing-column/6474858002/

COVID has turned breathing into a deadly event and all of us into potential serial killers​

If I hold my breath when I hug my parents, will that spare me the Greek tragedy of killing them? This mental toll will last long after the threat fades.​

Sounds badass. I can't wait to beat Gary Ridgway's high score (and that one black guy who supposedly beat Gary Ridgway's high score).

That has been the most disappointing part of this whole thing: no mass deaths! Back in March I was all in for half of humanity to be wiped out. Instead all we get to witness is an unprecedented attempt at a global power grab. How depressing.

I thought we genuinely were going to see like 150-200 million deaths (and thought lockdowns and masks were mostly useless to stop it) based on the initial numbers and was interested in seeing the global effects. Too bad too, since cleaning up 25 million Chinese, 25 million Pajeets, and god knows how many Africans and Arabs would do the world a favor in terms of pollution.

 

[Mepsi Pax]

I just wanted the boomers to get hit hard, management positions REAAAALLY need a cleaning out. I doubt most companies could do any worse by cycling their managers down, and the opportunity in some fields to get off the floor would be very welcome to more competent older millenials.

 

[JambledUpWords]

The sad thing is, the cartoonist is a super lefty (he wrote a graphic novel about how we should have completely open borders because Orange Man dumb and backwards), and if you showed him that comic now, he'd probably completely disavow it and tell you to Trust the Science™. Crazy how spot-on it is, though.

This year has proven to me that a technocracy would be a terrible system to live in. "Experts" are generally only knowledgeable in one field; if you devote the time to gaining expertise in something, that naturally precludes you from using that time to learn about other things. Epidemiologists are only able to give opinions on how to control the spread of a disease, and their recommendations are targeted at just that one single thing. They don't take into account anything but controlling the spread, like economic damage, mental health issues, the integrity of society in general, and so on. Thus, we've had an immense overreaction to a disease that turned out to be basically nothing if you're not a hamplanet, elderly, or already on Death's door. The "experts" pat themselves on the back for stopping the hospitals from overflowing, failing to even once think about all the medical procedures that were delayed or canceled out of fear of the coof, and all the premature deaths that these will cause in the years to come. But hey, at least Grandma didn't die! Too bad she's been alone for almost a year now and her family still can't visit her, but hey, she's alive!

The real irony is that if an actually serious viral outbreak occurs in the future, the "experts" have fucked this one up so badly that they're gonna have a hell of a time trying to convince people to go along with their plans again.

If anything close to the 14th century plague happens to the world again, I bet that it will have a higher death toll like you said because people are tired of overreaching governments. The fact that people call Corona a plague is an overreaction in my opinion. At most, it’s a slightly deadlier flu, but apparently it’s worth destroying social life and the economy over.

 

[JosephStalin]

The latest doom and gloom from the county I live in. Too bad I neither believe it nor give a flying fuck.

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE

December 1, 2020, 3:20 p.m.


COUNTY'S INCREASE SLOWS — BUT IS IT AN ANOMALY?

• Hospitals grapple with surge as Newsom warns of 'tipping point,' new lockdowns

This morning the Monterey County health department said it had confirmed 50 new cases of coronavirus among county residents — a welcome respite from recent increases of 150 per day and up. Yesterday's 100 cases in the county were also lower than recent trends.

The development could be temporary, but it isn't just local. California is experiencing its own slowdown in the growth of new cases. Today, the California Department of Public Health said 12,221 additional coronavirus infections had been found statewide, down from 18,350 new daily cases one week ago.

The change is coming to light a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state was at a "tipping point" in the state's coronavirus epidemic and warned that new stay-at-home orders or other "drastic" measures might be needed to curb the spread of the disease. Even with the decline in new cases, he could still order new lockdowns at any time.

One reason would be the increase in hospitalizations, which is likely to continue even if case numbers decline, because serious illness lags initial infection. Here in Monterey County, all three major hospitals report record or near-record numbers of inpatients who have the coronavirus: CHOMP has 20, Natividad has 30, and SVMH has 37.

Officials from the three hospitals painted a grim picture for the Monterey County Board of Supervisors this afternoon.

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System chief medical officer Dr. Allan Radner noted the dramatic rise in cases, which has resulted in about 20 percent of the county's hospital beds being occupied.

“It’s really stressing our capacity,” he said of the surge.

Dr. Martha Blum, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula's director of infection prevention, predicted “dire days ahead of us” and said the county’s Covid-19 messaging is not having the desired effect of lowering the infection rate.

“As bad as it is today and as rapidly as its increasing today, we know it’s going to get worse,” Blum told the supervisors.

Natividad Medical Center CEO Gary Gray said the “rate of increase almost boggles the mind,” but reiterated that staffing to treat Covid inpatients, not hospital capacity, is the primary worry.

Monterey County health director Dr. Edward Moreno echoed their sentiment, telling the board of supervisors, “I don’t see, unfortunately at this point, any leveling off of the curve."

Nevertheless, the slightly better case numbers of the last two days lowered Monterey County's 7-day average of new cases per day per 100,000 residents to 31.3, which is still sky-high, but is a major drop from the 40.6 recorded on Sunday. The statewide 7-day average is 30.2, according to the CDPH.

And in what is, once again, almost a footnote, today the California Department of Public Health released an updated coronavirus score for Monterey County of 30.7. On Nov. 4, the county's score was 7.9.

Yesterday, Newsom also made an announcement about the first doses of coronavirus vaccine becoming available in California. None of the new vaccines have government approval, but Newsom said the state would receive 327,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in "mid-December."

Monterey County is continuing to prepare to receive portions of the vaccine and is awaiting direction from Sacramento and Washington about who should be immunized first, Moreno said this afternoon. Health care workers who are most exposed to coronavirus patients would likely be vaccinated first, and later said that the argument could be made that farmworkers should be vaccinated in the first phases.

To see the most up-to-date charts and tables from the county health department, click here. Below, you can also find the updated versions of our charts showing coronavirus infections countywide and in the Monterey Peninsula, along with the data for hospitalizations and our chart breaking down Monterey County's coronavirus cases and infection rates by zip code. Please check these charts and tables for the latest data on coronavirus cases in your community.

A Reason article. The emperor(s) have no clothes.

https://reason.com/2020/11/28/pandemic-rules-are-only-for-the-little-people/?utm_medium=email

https://archive.vn/YfQBL

 

[PaleTay]

I just wanted the boomers to get hit hard, management positions REAAAALLY need a cleaning out. I doubt most companies could do any worse by cycling their managers down, and the opportunity in some fields to get off the floor would be very welcome to more competent older millenials.

It's never going to get better, unless we get something which is near apocalyptic. The value paradigm that boomers created ensured that management and supervisors will almost always be useless drama-whores. You see it a lot with research and academia as well, where many of the people sabotage their colleagues instead of trying to do a good job themselves.

 

[The Skeptical Tomato X5]

Sitrep for Victoria. Masks are no longer mandatory outdoors anymore and are only required in stores or businesses. People here are only begrudgingly tolerating the rule anyway. I haven't seen one person walking around outdoors with one on. Most people will not put one on until they're standing at the entrance of a shop and I've been to a couple places where they've stopped caring and the employees aren't wearing them.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

The real irony is that if an actually serious viral outbreak occurs in the future, the "experts" have fucked this one up so badly that they're gonna have a hell of a time trying to convince people to go along with their plans again.

I've been saying this since March. We are going to get the big one, the highly contagious mother-fucker that kills most in its path and leaves the survivors sterile, the one that causes an exponential decline in the human population; and nobody will take it seriously at first because the politically-appointed health officials "experts" blew their load on this extra-weak SARS/extra-strong cold.
"The bureaucrats who cried plague", if you will.

On the other hand, seeing the people who actually fucking believe this is a plague I almost wonder if we will get to the point where people are made to walk around in Tyvek suits and R100 respirator-face shields because someone in your state tested positive for a weak Rhinoviridae cold.

 

[Mrs. Addams]

Did the thread fill up? I can't react to stuff anymore.

Edit: Guess not... I see some note about tech issues though.

I bet cases are going to drop now that Thanksgiving's over. A lot of people were getting tested before visiting family.

 

[Fliddaroonie]

It is 0754 here in Britbongistan. The sun is juse peeping up over the horizon and the little feathery tree dwelling fuckers are being noisy, and I am GOING TO THE FUCKING GYM.

Here is a suggestion for anyone wanting to know who not to bother sending a Christmas card to this year, save yourself some money. Go on group chat of family and friends. Take photo of sunrise and say you are going to the Gym. Every single person who REEEEEEREEEEEREEEEEEEEESSSS like a bitch with a skinned knee goes on the naughty list, money saved, happier you. Job's a good 'un.


I'm sock to death of running out in the cold and dark and wet and I am SO happy they've reopened. I live in a tier 3 area so it is one of the very, very few freedoms afforded to us.

 

[Bicassie]

So...are we taking the vaccine or nah?

 

[Cycleye]

So; wake up this morn in the mire that is the UK to see the vaccine starts next week. This shitty gov just wants to be remembered for saving xmas in the hope it cancels everything they have been crap at. Anyhow; I am not going to be top of the list to be offered it, but I wont be far behind.
One thing is for sure; i will not be taking it when it is offered this first time around. I think it safer to see the effects on a sample size of tens of millions, before offering my arm, and If this means I get tattoed with an identifier that stops me from enetering a pub, getting on a plane, etc then so fucking be it.

eta: this bit of uk anarchy made me laugh. I understand there are some translation errors but good effort

http://i.picpar.com/5Kkf.jpeg

Also have been cruising uk based forums this morn. Everyone has got up, read the news about vaccine rollout and the number of posts that lead in with "my grandma " is quite amusing. It literally is the vaccine that will save grandma for xmas. My grandparents and lots of uncles/aunties have been gone for a very long time, but none of them would've expected people to ruin thier lives and countries over this. Maybe that attitude , of just getting on with life and taking the risks and knocks, comes from living through lots of diseases and having jerry bomb the crap out of you alot.
They all served in way way, or another too. Everything from hospitals, to motor torpedo boats and one was a soldier who survived of one of the infamous death marches. Poor fucker pretty much got caught on day 1, was shuffled about between camps for years and then got marched at the end.

 

[teriyakiburns]

So...are we taking the vaccine or nah?

Not the mRNA one. It's an entirely novel technology that has never previously been used in humans, so we have no idea of the long-term effects. I'll wait until version 2, when all the bugs and zombie infestations have been flushed out.

e: the government has denied the idea of requiring vaccination papers to re-enter society, so I fully expect they'll be rolling that out next week, too.