D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

The mayor in Jaws got reelected too. Just saying.

But yes, he is worse than incompetent. He seems to be doing everything he can to make this worse.

Disband the US epidemic response plan and fire the whole team of experts - check
Deny the virus exists - check
Dismiss the virus as just a flue - check
Delay crucial aid to states - check
Intercept crucial aid on its way to states - check
Delay wellfair to have it signed with his name?! - check
Encourage unproven medicine that could kill people - check
Encourage states to reopen early - check
Play a progaganda video during a huge health crisis - check
Waste billions of dollars on giving the economy a minor spike for 1 hour - check
Want to fire his health expert - check
Cut funding for the WHO - check
Lift quarantine before the epidemic is under control - check

There's probably many I missed, it is hard to keep track of this much incompetence.

Incompetence would be an improvement.

 

[Ogre Mage]

Here is what the Nalfeshnee Demon occupying the White House has been doing this week:

Sunday: share a tweet that he should fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the country's leading experts on infectious diseases.

Monday: claim he had "total authority" over the states (which is bulls**t). Note that a month ago he said "I take no responsibility at all" for the coronavirus crisis.

Tuesday: halt funding to the WHO in the middle of the pandemic.

Wednesday: threaten to adjourn both Houses of Congress.

Thursday: the Nalfeshnee "authorized" the states to reopen the country, backing off his earlier claim of "total authority."

Friday: encourage mass protests of social distancing in states run by Democratic governors.

This is a horror show from The Abyss. We have 35,000 dead Americans from the coronavirus and about 22 million unemployed. It is like he is spinning some gigantic wheel of doom to see what random horrible act he will commit next.

Pray for us.

 

[Zardnaar]

Hey Nalfeshnee resent the comparison.

 

[Ogre Mage]

Hey Nalfeshnee resent the comparison.

Nalfeshnee are normally very intelligent. But there are always exceptions. They must be embarrassed by this one.

 

[Zardnaar]

And in some countries they can't test.

Coronavirus: Ecuador sees massive surge in deaths in April

Guayas province, home to the city of Guayaquil, sees nearly 6,000 extra deaths in a two-week period.

www.bbc.com

At least very well. Here's the herd immunity in action.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

While it’s clear leadership issues in the USA have been laid bare by the ongoing pandemic in ways that will cost lives, we should probably take a couple steps back from the political precipice of politics in this thread.

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My Dad has been asked to shift his practice to telemedicine by the new bosses. It will mean a pay cut, but it will make Mom (and him) feel safer. He had been thinking about doing so in December anyway, so I’m pretty sure he’s going to agree to that.

 

[Umbran]

Here is what the Nalfeshnee Demon occupying the White House has been doing this week:

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[ad_hoc]

While it’s clear leadership issues in the USA have been laid bare by the ongoing pandemic in ways that will cost lives, we should probably take a couple steps back from the political precipice of politics in this thread.

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My Dad has been asked to shift his practice to telemedicine by the new bosses. It will mean a pay cut, but it will make Mom (and him) feel safer. He had been thinking about doing so in December anyway, so I’m pretty sure he’s going to agree to that.

I'm surprised it took that long.

I have been talking to my doctors over the phone for the last 6+ weeks. All non-life saving procedures have been cancelled too.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A good read on the timeline we should probably expect on a vaccine:

My father is a top virologist who believes the coronavirus vaccines won't be ready for distribution until 2021 — here's why

"SARS-CoV2 vaccines will not be realistically available for another 12-18 months. And even then, we must be lucky every step of the way."

www.yahoo.com

 

[Imaculata]

That is worrying, but not surpising. Right from the start I've had a strong feeling that a lot of the projections that various governments around the world have been making about vaccines against Corona, have been wildly optimistic. At the rate at which this virus mutates, will it not have become immune to a vaccine once it is finally ready? Will it keep adapting as quickly as the flue does, and keep returning every year? Perhaps this is going to become the new normal, and we should all start settling in? Because I don't think this virus is going away any time soon.