CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk

[tx 3 putt 76379]

that would kill fl tourism for the rest of this year

[Bama Chick 28596]

I feel like this is just the beginning of stories like this.

[Gatorubet 30104]

48 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

What's remarkable is that they believe it without a single molecule of evidence to support it.

That is a lie. One of those poor kids imprisoned and used for sexual slavery scratched a note all about it on the wall of the pizza place.

[Gatorubet 30104]

6 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Dr. Birx is a man?  That explains the fashion sense I guess.

[Gatorubet 30104]

9 hours ago, Serak The Preparer said:

But that's impossible. The WI GOP asked them to pretty please leave the robes and guns at home!

But they took the bad scopes off...

[Gatorubet 30104]

10 hours ago, Chooky said:

The newly formed coalition includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi,

Fair or not, I consider Bama Chick responsible for this.

When Louisiana is the thoughtful and scientifically responsible state, we are through the looking glass folks.

[Guest Lobo]

3 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I feel like this is just the beginning of stories like this.

 

But, but Sarcasm!

[HenryJames 65890]

WASHINGTON — In Maryland, so many callers flooded a health hotline with questions that the state’s Emergency Management Agency had to issue a warning that “under no circumstances” should any disinfectant be taken to treat the coronavirus. In Washington State, officials urged people not to consume laundry detergent capsules. Across the country on Friday, health professionals sounded the alarm.

Injecting bleach or highly concentrated rubbing alcohol “causes massive organ damage and the blood cells in the body to basically burst,” Dr. Diane P. Calello, the medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, said in an interview. “It can definitely be a fatal event.”

Even the makers of Clorox and Lysol pleaded with Americans not to inject or ingest their products.

The frantic reaction was prompted by President Trump’s suggestion on Thursday at a White House briefing that an “injection inside” the human body with a disinfectant like bleach or isopropyl alcohol could help combat the virus.
 

[Guest Lobo]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/53931004-6957-443a-91c4-7e26c75b25ab

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/53931004-6957-443a-91c4-7e26c75b25ab

Somebody help me out here and post the video clip inside the thread.  The Seinfeld fans will most assuredly appreciate it.

[Message Board User 12389]

 

[Biff Tannen 45495]

8 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

 They've been trained to think everything is a conspiracy. 

There’s some psychological force at work here. I don’t know if it’s a new thing or what, but I have to think social media amplifies this impulse. Yet another reason social media is the debil. 

[Francisco 2.0 32338]

Crossposting from the Trump thread; meant to put it here:

 

Latest MAGA talking points from my MIL's Facebook; it's back to being the regular flu, because hospitals and doctors are reporting everything as a Covid related death, because they (hospitals and doctors) get paid more for a Covid death than a "regular" death.

What the fuck.

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45495]

7 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

When Louisiana is the thoughtful and scientifically responsible state, we are through the looking glass folks.

It’s very possible they weren’t invited to this cadre of elite minds because, you know, they are Louisiana. 

[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

9 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

Damn. I cannot imagine Ding Dong DeSantis will be happy about this, if true.

 

Won't somebody think of the monorail?

[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

9 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I feel like this is just the beginning of stories like this.

 

Mr. Yuk was a lib!

Edited April 25, 2020 by Degenerate Gardner

[tchookem 3900]

 

The shit's beginning to stick and he doesn't want everyone to see him covered in it.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

WASHINGTON — In Maryland, so many callers flooded a health hotline with questions that the state’s Emergency Management Agency had to issue a warning that “under no circumstances” should any disinfectant be taken to treat the coronavirus. In Washington State, officials urged people not to consume laundry detergent capsules. Across the country on Friday, health professionals sounded the alarm.

Injecting bleach or highly concentrated rubbing alcohol “causes massive organ damage and the blood cells in the body to basically burst,” Dr. Diane P. Calello, the medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, said in an interview. “It can definitely be a fatal event.”

Even the makers of Clorox and Lysol pleaded with Americans not to inject or ingest their products.

The frantic reaction was prompted by President Trump’s suggestion on Thursday at a White House briefing that an “injection inside” the human body with a disinfectant like bleach or isopropyl alcohol could help combat the virus.
 

You know how there is a tweet for every situation with respect to Trump? Apparently there is a rationalization for every statement he makes as well. No, not the sarcasm excuse; what I was seeing around social media last night was that vaccines have ingredients that are disinfectants in them and that was what he was talking about. Really. The anti-vaxxers and their President have come full circle.

[Dnaguy 11775]

2 hours ago, Message Board User said:

 

Did anyone have that ‘Trump says we should inject bleach’ was going to be the final straw that ended Trump’s pressers?

Cant say I had that one.

[workswithseed 2036]

9 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

When Louisiana is the thoughtful and scientifically responsible state, we are through the looking glass folks.

Too bad they didn't close Mardi Gras. It's probably why they're not opening up. 

[DixonHur 11216]

8 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Did anyone have that ‘Trump says we should inject bleach’ was going to be the final straw that ended Trump’s pressers?

Cant say I had that one.

The Onion did

[4th&Five 41461]

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

4 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

The Onion did

We lived in Madison when The Onion was still a print edition and located there. That city had some really funny smart people. We've lived in various cities/small towns and despite their politics going sideways after we left, we still have great memories from back then.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Quote

Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me!

 

[Dnaguy 11775]

6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13546]

6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Now THAT'S how you combat accusations you're a cult leader. Start promoting miracles.

[DDD Dad 14251]

Meanwhile in the alternate facts thread this post got negged.

 

[Underdog 28455]

10 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I feel like this is just the beginning of stories like this.

 

The couple in Phoenix who ingested aquarium cleaner, believe the husband died. 

[Underdog 28455]

10 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

Dr. Birx is a man?  That explains the fashion sense I guess.

Laces out. 

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

19 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Meanwhile in the alternate facts thread this post got negged.

 

Did you tell them you were being sarcastic? 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

I haven't been in that thread in DT lately. At first it was fairly straightforward: cases, medical news, etc but one could see policy was going to become extremely important so Cloakroom Covid was created. But instead of migrating here to discuss policy, the convos there became very odd. Less and less medical to the point that another thread on that specific topic was started and policy discussions existed in an alternate universe that was supposed to be apolitical and yet it wasn't. @Pasken's post didn't seem out of place and yet he became caught in the shrapnel. Weird, but not my board so not my decision and I'm cool with that. I learn a lot in the CR and various other threads and enjoy reading the discussions when alternate perspectives are thoughtful and provide at least some source documentation.

[Francisco 2.0 32338]

[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

Really struggled with the CR-DT conundrum. I fear this qualifies as political, plus in an abundance of caution I posted it here since it might fall adjacent to I'm An Alcoholic over there.

U.S. Bartenders Guild Relief

[elfenix 34171]

2 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel-restrictions/

[Gatorubet 30104]

It’s very possible they weren’t invited to this cadre of elite minds because, you know, they are Louisiana. 

Democratic Governor out front shoulda told ya.

[GRHorn 105]

🚨 🚨 🚨 Caution. Both sides hot take. 🚨🚨🚨

I’ll link to the thread, but won’t include each tweet to not Longcat this. 
 

 

[DixonHur 11216]

Who the hell is Ari Paul, and why should I care what he thinks?

[GRHorn 105]

11 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Who the hell is Ari Paul, and why should I care what he thinks?

Prominent crypto investor. Does it really matter? I only have to go back one page to see someone sharing David Frum’s fucking opinion. 
 

I shared it as an example of the growing sentiment outside of Cro-Magnon red state areas that it’s time reassess our shelter in place policies. 

[Hank Scorpio 17723]

 

[GRHorn 105]

2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I haven't been in that thread in DT lately. At first it was fairly straightforward: cases, medical news, etc but one could see policy was going to become extremely important so Cloakroom Covid was created. But instead of migrating here to discuss policy, the convos there became very odd. Less and less medical to the point that another thread on that specific topic was started and policy discussions existed in an alternate universe that was supposed to be apolitical and yet it wasn't. @Pasken's post didn't seem out of place and yet he became caught in the shrapnel. Weird, but not my board so not my decision and I'm cool with that. I learn a lot in the CR and various other threads and enjoy reading the discussions when alternate perspectives are thoughtful and provide at least some source documentation.

Quit obsessing over the DT thread. It literally has zero effect on anything here. 

[Disco Strangler 1865]

13 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

I feel like this is just the beginning of stories like this.

 

He literally Jim Jones’ed some cult members with his command to drink the Kool Aid. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Hey @Johnny Sack any updates to Trump’s poll numbers?

[DaysOff 7852]

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[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

26 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

Quit obsessing over the DT thread. It literally has zero effect on anything here. 

I was referencing the post above mine and the post to which that one referred, so buzz off shrimpdick. Your perspective of obsession has zero effect on me.

 

However, in reference to your other post, I am for some restrictions being lifted with clear guidelines in place from a local to a national level. Beyond hygiene (which is mostly agreed upon for any illness) those guidelines/restrictions may need to be curtailed depending upon the location. I would like for the testing and contact tracing to be robust, but it appears that is not going to happen really. I am opposed to the IMO blase announcement by the Las Vegas mayor.

[Michael Knight 12897]

16 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

A large percentage of Americans believe that a vaccine for Coronavirus exists but that sinister forces are keeping it from being released:

https://theweek.com/speedreads/910699/alarming-number-americans-believe-coronavirus-vaccine-exists-being-withheld

Obviously Hillary

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Some of the conspiracy theorists believe that the President received the vaccine back in November, during his trip to Walter Reed correct? I can't recall if I read that here or elsewhere. Funny how the theories take a little fact here or there and use silly string to tie it all together. If the President had the vaccine, then he wouldn't need to have his temp taken and curtail his rallies, but they would have an answer for that, too I suppose.

[4th&Five 41461]

 

[Biff Tannen 45495]

2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Fuck that, I’m going to listen to that wrasslin guy. 

[Wanker Bob 379]

9 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

 

I mean you don't have to reinvent the wheel here. South Korea has already shown exactly how to do it in a democratic society. Massive testing/tracing/quarantine program combined with 100 percent mandatory masks by law in all public places anywhere in the country. If you aren't at home or in your car a mask should be required. 

The blueprint is there. We just don't have the discipline, cohesion, or intelligence as a country to actually do it. Other countries do. If that's not a sign of how far gone we are as a country I don't know what is. 

Edited April 25, 2020 by Wanker Bob

[Michael Knight 12897]

Telling the country to drink bleach might be the lasting legacy of the Trump administration

[troph 24562]

I mean you don't have to reinvent the wheel here. South Korea has already shown exactly how to do it in a democratic society. Massive testing/tracing/quarantine program combined with 100 percent mandatory masks by law in all public places anywhere in the country. If you aren't at home or in your car a mask should be required. 
The blueprint is there. We just don't have the discipline, cohesion, or intelligence as a country to actually do it. Other countries do. If that's not a sign of how far gone we are as a country I don't know what is. 

User name checks out.