Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away

[Loco 3752]

*cough*Bullshit*cough*

[Goredho 17406]

37 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

 

STDs might be his own personal Vietnam, but coronavirus is going to be his Russian Afganistan.

[Armybrat 40850]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Some studies popping up that suggest their is a link to the use of ACE inhibitors and increased fatality. This could be because most people with cardiopulmonary comorbidities are on an ACE inhibitor. Either way here is the article.

https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m810/rr-2

Shit!

[NoName 16352]

also, this

 

Full size graph is interesting

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by NoName

[F250 28777]

Everytime someone posts about zinc dosages and other DIY antivirals.

 

[Brisketexan 105151]

1 minute ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

I'm talking building a brick and morter hospital in 2 weeks. China can do that because their building codes are lax compared to the US. Could we clear that red tape to make it happen? I guess. Should we? Don't know. I'm definitely into repurposing existing structures to become field hospitals. That's the best path forward. 

All you need is a unified goal of "we need structures where we can treat people."  Option 1 is finding existing, available structures.  Many cities have these - convention centers, etc.  Option 2 is implementing temporary structures, like tent hospitals.  The military absolutely has the capability (also, they may have their own facilities -- empty a building or two at Mabry and get it done).  Option 3 is constructing facilities from scratch.  Metal building contractors can likely do so -- there are plenty of locations which existing concrete slabs/parking lots where you can do that.

Put me in charge in Austin, and I can come up with a 500 bed facility in 48 hours.

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Some studies popping up that suggest their is a link to the use of ACE inhibitors and increased fatality. This could be because most people with cardiopulmonary comorbidities are on an ACE inhibitor. Either way here is the article.

https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m810/rr-2

Well this is terrifying - shaggy docs, should I rotate to something other than lisinopril?

[Pato del Muerto 52503]

Just now, F250 said:

Everytime someone posts about zinc dosages and other DIY antivirals.

 

Anacanapanistan!

[Izhmash 563]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Well NATURALLY we called our stuff Gator Aid 

And once the corona starts spreading throughout Gainsville, will it be called the Gator Aids?

[Goredho 17406]

Colorado filling the void for their citizens.

Colorado's first drive-up COVID-19 testing facility opens in Denver, is free of charge

DENVER – Colorado’s first drive-up testing facility for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) opened Wednesday in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood and saw several dozen vehicles in line after it opened.

The drive-up facility, located at 8100 E. Lowry Blvd. in Denver, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and next week’s schedule will be posted on the state’s website once the schedule is decided.

Wait times at the facility on Thursday were 3-4 hours, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, which advised people to bring food and water because of the long waits.

Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that the facility would be opening so the state can try to test more people for the virus and said the state hoped to open more facilities soon, including one in the High Country to test people in Colorado’s mountain towns.

Pitkin County officials on Thursday announced it had opened a testing facility at the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department's Aspen Village location. The facility was open to the vulnerable population only, who have been screened by the county's coronavirus hotline.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/colorados-first-drive-up-covid-19-testing-facility-opens-in-denver-is-free-of-charge

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

3 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Shit!

You still here? Figured you were a goner by now

[Pig Bellmont 8719]

1 minute ago, F250 said:

Everytime someone posts about zinc dosages and other DIY antivirals.

 

An acquaintance from high school keeps posting disinformation that the virus goes away by taking vitamin C and then getting huffy when FB takes down her posts. Also she’s an anti vaxxer with 3 kids

[Pato del Muerto 52503]

1 minute ago, Goredho said:

Colorado filling the void for their citizens.

Colorado's first drive-up COVID-19 testing facility opens in Denver, is free of charge

DENVER – Colorado’s first drive-up testing facility for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) opened Wednesday in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood and saw several dozen vehicles in line after it opened.

The drive-up facility, located at 8100 E. Lowry Blvd. in Denver, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and next week’s schedule will be posted on the state’s website once the schedule is decided.

Wait times at the facility on Thursday were 3-4 hours, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, which advised people to bring food and water because of the long waits.

Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that the facility would be opening so the state can try to test more people for the virus and said the state hoped to open more facilities soon, including one in the High Country to test people in Colorado’s mountain towns.

Pitkin County officials on Thursday announced it had opened a testing facility at the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department's Aspen Village location. The facility was open to the vulnerable population only, who have been screened by the county's coronavirus hotline.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/coronavirus/colorados-first-drive-up-covid-19-testing-facility-opens-in-denver-is-free-of-charge

Filling the void 4 hours a day, 3 days a week. 

[Doc Sam Beckett 5793]

2 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

An acquaintance from high school keeps posting disinformation that the virus goes away by taking vitamin C and then getting huffy when FB takes down her posts. Also she’s an anti vaxxer with 3 kids

She's not wrong. Vitamin C and Zinc both work, but must be administered rectally

[Hank_Hill 18811]

UTSW might be pulling us students from clinical sites. Pissed.

[Fuck Tim Beck 3816]

6 minutes ago, Loco said:

*cough*Bullshit*cough*

All hail the mouse! Just let the morons in and then throw up some

razor wire right quick. 

[SHOOTER12 8810]

9 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Shit!

No shit

7 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Well this is terrifying - shaggy docs, should I rotate to something other than lisinopril?

Ramipril guy here.

[Izhmash 563]

3 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

She's not wrong. Vitamin C and Zinc both work, but must be administered rectally

I must be doing it wrong.  Should I use two fingers?

[F250 28777]

1 minute ago, Pig Bellmont said:

An acquaintance from high school keeps posting disinformation that the virus goes away by taking vitamin C and then getting huffy when FB takes down her posts. Also she’s an anti vaxxer with 3 kids

The thing that blows my mind about these people is that their distrust of medicine is followed up by recommending medieval alchemy. "Try a few drops of mercury and then chew some Ecuadorean tree bark for menstrual cramps."

[alincoln 2372]

All Ohio schools closed for 3 weeks starting Monday.

 

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

44 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Try eating pennies.  Actually, just shove pennies up your ass -- the zinc will hit the bloodstream faster, and you'll have ass pennies.  Win-win.

Is that before or after the cotton balls?

[B00M 6416]

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I’ve been flipping between CNN and Fox News. No CR. Fox has been talking all morning about the democratic races. Just laser focused on it. Very little about the markets and almost nothing about the virus except how the dem candidates are handling rallies and their advanced ages. 
 

I bring it up because it is important to understand that half the country that gets their news from this outlet absolutely do not have any sense or urgency or belief this is a big deal. This matters in regards to social distancing for everyone. 

I've noticed this interacting with people (via email or phone, fuck f2f). If I had a suspicion of their political leanings, they make it clear as day when we discuss CV. It's really disheartening. I turned on rush Limbaugh for a few about 2 minutes yesterday hoping he was educating people... He was STILL ranting that this was a political scheme to hurt Trump, and the only reason people care is to bring down Trump's economy. YESTERDAY. AFTER ALL THE NEWS OUT OF MILAN. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by B00M

[Hpara759 1778]

50 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Harris County has its first case in jail

 

 

rut roh

Link please

[Mack Tripper 696]

58 minutes ago, Loco said:

 

Thanks man, I needed a laugh! Next you're gonna tell me that they're gonna cancel the Houston Rodeo. 

[immamac 42854]

Okay - I am drawing a line in the sand. Any political posters will have their content moderated for a week. That means we approve your posts everywhere before they go live. I am busy as fuck and that basically means you will have a 5-8 hour delay on your responses.

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

2 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

I want my damn free premium porn pass

Is there a coupon code for this? 

[NoName 16352]

Iran check in: 

 

[Loco 3752]

3 minutes ago, Mack Tripper said:

Thanks man, I needed a laugh! Next you're gonna tell me that they're gonna cancel the Houston Rodeo. 

I got you Fam!

[Js1 85347]

2 minutes ago, immamac said:

Okay - I am drawing a line in the sand. Any political posters will have their content moderated for a week. That means we approve your posts everywhere before they go live. I am busy as fuck and that basically means you will have a 5-8 hour delay on your responses.

[BlueGreySky 1008]

I teach in Indiana and our school is ending the day by asking us to give the students an online survey asking if they have regular internet access at home.  Welp, see everyone in April.

[Bigpoppapump 531]

Jesus did pollen and cedar decide to bomb the city as well too.

[BrickHorn 18237]

3 minutes ago, immamac said:

Okay - I am drawing a line in the sand. Any political posters will have their content moderated for a week. That means we approve your posts everywhere before they go live. I am busy as fuck and that basically means you will have a 5-8 hour delay on your responses.

Still the same rules?  I.e. no name drops / references to party?

[Huckleberry 32862]

Just now paid attention to this graphic that I've seen around:

Check out the vertical axis (case fatality rate). What a misleading graphical trick. The scale is logarithmic until 10% and then linear to 60%. Compresses COVID-19 down with the seasonal and swine flus and separates it from MERS, bird flu, etc. Although to be fair a pure linear would compress COVID-19 toward the bottom as well.

Either stick with logarithmic or linear. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by Huckleberry

[Macanudo 12979]

3 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Still the same rules?  I.e. no name drops / references to party?

Render unto Ceasar that which is Caesar's.

[BBQ2Bayou 807]

And what about changing this racially insensitive, politically incorrect thread name? Mods seem to have a real chink in the armor on that one. 

[Pig Bellmont 8719]

 

[Loco 3752]

 

[Digdogger 1344]

12 minutes ago, alincoln said:

All Ohio schools closed for 3 weeks starting Monday.

 

That's horrible.  That will delay a dozen or so facts from being relayed.

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

5 minutes ago, Bigpoppapump said:

Jesus did pollen and cedar decide to bomb the city as well too.

Legit. Been hacking for two days and everyone eye balling me. IT'S ALLERGIES, I SWEAR! 

[Pato del Muerto 52503]

14 minutes ago, alincoln said:

All Ohio schools closed for 3 weeks starting Monday.

 

Ohio is doing this right. Will be interesting to see how they fare as compared to i th er states. 

[Moby Ric 2058]

4 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

 

Well fuck

[BrazilHorn 6609]

2 minutes ago, Loco said:

 

Wow! So no Duke in the NCAA? Crazy to see all of this happening (right thing to do but just nuts) I was telling my oldest son this morning that if this tracks like head of CDC is saying (500k to 1M deaths) that this will be his generations 9/11. Travel bans, school closures etc

[RollLeft 5045]

26 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

All you need is a unified goal of "we need structures where we can treat people."  Option 1 is finding existing, available structures.  Many cities have these - convention centers, etc.  Option 2 is implementing temporary structures, like tent hospitals.  The military absolutely has the capability (also, they may have their own facilities -- empty a building or two at Mabry and get it done).  Option 3 is constructing facilities from scratch.  Metal building contractors can likely do so -- there are plenty of locations which existing concrete slabs/parking lots where you can do that.

Put me in charge in Austin, and I can come up with a 500 bed facility in 48 hours.

You or whole bunch of Jehovah's witnesses.  Those mf'ers can build huge halls in a single weekend.  They have it down to a science.  All free labor!  

[justhookit 4191]

18 minutes ago, alincoln said:

All Ohio schools closed for 3 weeks starting Monday.

 

Could we please replace our entire federal government with Ohio’s government? Thanks.

[Lobwedgephil 1139]

2 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

Wow! So no Duke in the NCAA? Crazy to see all of this happening (right thing to do but just nuts) I was telling my oldest son this morning that if this tracks like head of CDC is saying (500k to 1M deaths) that this will be his generations 9/11. Travel bans, school closures etc

You realize there isn't going to be a tournament? 

[Pato del Muerto 52503]

7 minutes ago, Loco said:

 

This will kill March madness I presume 

[Moby Ric 2058]

Just now, Lobwedgephil said:

You realize there isn't going to be a tournament? 

That is pretty much a given at this point.  Sad Panda.

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

3 hours ago, Lat22 said:

In 2009, 60 million American were infected with the Swine Flu and over 300,000 were hospitalized. Does anybody even remember Swine Flu? Me neither.

The highlight of this post is VicMackey staying right on brand and firing off some pos rep.  He's like Pavlov's dogs when he sees/hears/smells/reads "Swine". 

[Thetexashammer 1062]

17 hours ago, Shaggybevo said:

Any word about the WNBA?

Yes. They still can't dunk.

[TexasGolf 4906]

20 minutes ago, alincoln said:

All Ohio schools closed for 3 weeks starting Monday.

 

Couches are safe ?