Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[he who has thus come/gone]

Haven't they started lumping together flu cases and covid cases last year anyway? For all this person knows, the flu numbers haven't changed much at all last year and their just added to the Covid pile.

Or, and maybe I'm being crazy here, the vectors through which flu travels most extensively have been dominated by covid.

 

[Jar-Jar Fanboy]

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Good against the S. African AND Brazil variants? Sounds good, but what about the Tibetan Variant, and the Antarctic Variant, and the Kazakhstani Variant, and the Norwegian Variant? Those, surely, will be announced next week, and they're all waaaaaaaaay worse than the current strains. Looks like we'll still be quadruple masking until 2027. Gotta stay safe, guys!

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

Shit like this is why I rarely feel any sympathy for people anymore. People want your sympathy but if the roles were reversed, they would most likely either show no sympathy or find your misery entertaining.

It's hard to have any sort of sympathy for those who A-Log IRL and have zero interest in returning the respect they expect and demand from others.

In other news:

Michigan's state senate wants to pass legislation that would remove race and wealth (or lack thereof) as determining factors when it comes to allocating the limited supply of vaccines. I suspect this would be vetoed by Governor Whitmer.

Senate bill strips race, wealth as factors for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Despite health experts indicating many factors are important when weighing vaccine distribution, Republicans said the criterion could harm older residents.

www.freep.com

(Archive #1)

A relatively-new group of restaurants in Michigan's Macomb County filed a lawsuit over the 25% restriction on inside dining with the argument that their business has been taken away without just compensation. I have no idea if this has any sort of chance for success, plus the state supreme court shifted to a Democratic majority this year. In short, I'm not optimistic should the case get that far.

Macomb County restaurants file lawsuit against Whitmer, other officials over closures

Macomb County restaurants file a lawsuit against state officials because of closures seeking compensation.

www.freep.com

(Archive #2)

 

[Roybertitos]

Or, and maybe I'm being crazy here, the vectors through which flu travels most extensively have been dominated by covid.

Well I ain't a scientist so idk what's true or not, but I did hear they were counting them all under one classification. I don't think our testing, at least in my 3rd world country, is accurate so I really wouldn't be surprised if people with the flu have been counted as Covid cases.

 

[Terrifik]

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

I've barely been following the rules since Coofception, eating outside, taking big fat dips, etc and I never caught the Coof. I did my first test and had extensive blood work done this week, nothing. Now that I said that I jinxed myself, but I've been acting as normal as possible and it's been fine.

I did the same, except I apparently caught the mega-doom plague that will kill us all and didn't even know I had it.
I'm currently waiting on the sooper-cereal long-term side effects to fuck me up for life, any day now.

 

[JosephStalin]

A Reason article. Ya think? Ya think? Ya fucking think? Oh, there are now over 1.5 million signatures collected for Newsom's recall election. Have until 17 March. Believe recall election will happen, and very much hope Nazi Newsom is shown the door.

https://reason.com/2021/02/24/the-media-have-finally-realized-that-cuomo-and-newsom-are-terrible-will-voters/?utm_medium=email

https://archive.vn/IgjY5

 

[bippu_as_fuck_ls400]

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Came upon this picture, and ffs i cant take it anymore. This insanity has got to end.

Source:
https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news...nt-highs/article_b9d7ae06-762e-11eb-abef-bbb6 (https://archive.vn/wJubr)

 

[Lichen Bark]

Honestly, the best thing anyone can do right now is look after their general health.
Overweight? Fix that shit right now. Cut calories, exercise. Don't listen to anyone saying you're "losing too much" or "losing too fast" as long as your BMI is above normal. Don't @ me over BMI being unreliable, it's good enough.
Take a multivitamin, maybe take a lil extra vitamin D, especially if you are indoors a lot.
Personally I hope that karma is a thing and that it bites the hell out of some of the folks in charge of this shitshow.

Rise from the lockdowns like a phoenix from the ashes, with sculpted abs, chiseled pecs, and glutes so developed you can crack a walnut without breaking stride.

Your biceps and triceps bulging like gnarled oak, accentuated by your conan-like mane of hair, atop godlike shoulders.

No man can stop you as you have the stamina of three oxen.

The next trip to Candian Tire will be different.....look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Spoiler

No but seriously though I feel like if I can't get in the best shape of my life now, it's never going to happen. Need motivation for that extra rep? Think about lockdowns - rep complete!

 

[JosephStalin]

Source:
https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news...nt-highs/article_b9d7ae06-762e-11eb-abef-bbb6 (https://archive.vn/wJubr)

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Holy Jesus Christ. Null, please restore the "insane" and "horrifying" icons. This thread alone provides more than sufficient justification for their return. Thanks!

 

[Salubrious]

BMI is unreliable for statistical analysis.

If you have six pack abs and your BMI tells you that you're slightly overweight, then you're obviously one of the heavier muscle mass groups; but otherwise yeah, BMI is a good "close enough" calculator.

What's worse is that this fucking absolute tard thinks that indefinitely not getting any flus or colds is a good thing that we should strive for.

In the general population, BMI actually has the opposite problem; it actually UNDERESTIMATES obesity (i.e. there are more people obese by body fat percentage than have BMI over 30). As it turns out, most of the country has very little muscle mass.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

How will this end?

 

[weeeeb]

Last day of work (technically) today, interestingly just as management is pushing for people to start coming back (masked like retards, of course, though interestingly in my own office space with the other coworker who stayed onsite, masks were not required). Gonna miss having somewhat of an inside look at this insanity, at least in the medical circles they were in, late summer seems to be a return to "some form of normalcy", hoping that's at least an end to social distancing at the very least.

 

[Big Nasty]

Finland just announced that martial law will be in effect from 8th March and onward.

 

[Vecr]

Really? It's better to come out with it rather than use unlawful orders, if that's correct, so I would support it over what's happening in some places in the west.

 

[FAQnews Correspondent]

In the general population, BMI actually has the opposite problem; it actually UNDERESTIMATES obesity (i.e. there are more people obese by body fat percentage than have BMI over 30). As it turns out, most of the country has very little muscle mass.

These days, weight, height, and waist size are more appropriate measures, and the average numbers are dire.

FastStats

FastStats is an official application from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and puts access to topic-specific statistics at your fingertips.

www.cdc.gov

 

[Brain Power]

Here we go with "muh covid pass". Just like Israel, guys! But the vaccine is totes voluntary!

https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2021/02/25/para-el-cine-o-viajar-al-extranjero-puede-el-carnet-de-vacunacion-convertirse-en-pase-sanitario.shtml

 

[Salubrious]

Finland just announced that martial law will be in effect from 8th March and onward.

This sentence is confusing.

So the restrictions are getting worse, yet things aren't so bad that they can wait two weeks before implementing them?

 

[Ruin]

I hope after all this is over there is a serious overhaul of state governor's emergency powers. It's insane that they're virtually unlimited and not even the courts can overturn them. Even the president doesn't have that kind of power.

 

[Vecr]

I hope after all this is over there is a serious overhaul of state governors emergency powers. It's insane that they're virtually unlimited and not even the courts can overturn them. Even the president doesn't have that kind of power.

The states should have a lot more power over themselves than the federal government, that's how it was originally intended. Your state voted to give the governors that power, they can vote to take it away.