D&D and the rising pandemic

[Imaculata]

Yeah, the bungling isn't going to suddenly turn into competence. I still expect him to fire Fauci (or try to if he doesn't have direct power to do so).

He can try, but Biden can simply rehire him. So would Trump even bother? I guess in a last fit of rage, he could fire everyone around him as he's dragged kicking and screaming from the White House.

But both Biden and Obama have already stated publically that Fauci is the only competent person remaining in the administration who can help get the epidemic under control. It would reflect really badly on Trump to do so right before he leaves office. I'm relieved (like most of the world I suspect) regarding the election results. Biden is America's best chance in getting this epidemic under control.

And now for your entertainment, another gem from Dutch satirical show "Zondag met Lubach". Be sure to put down your drink first.

Mod Edit: Video removed. This thread is not about politics. ~Umbran

 

[Zardnaar]

Even with competent leadership idk how to fix that. Vaccine maybe.

Took Australia 3 months of lockdown to wipe out Covid in Melbourne, 7 and 5 weeks here with vastly smaller numbers.

Technically Aussie and NZ are allied with USA (ANZUS) but Biden could cast summon allies and parachute Jacinda and Ashley in with the entire Australian army to help with 4 trillion dollars and idk if that would work.

Marshall Plan after WW2 is peanuts in comparison.

Still gotta start somewhere.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

@Imaculata

Don‘t underestimate the appeal and power of spite. Firings and protest resignations in a few branches have already begun. Fauci and Birx could be on his enemies list.

After all, what’s the worst blowback from indulging his baser instincts Trump could suffer at this point?

 

[Umbran]

Mod Note:
Folks,

Please back off from the politics. Thank you.

 

[Zardnaar]

Someone didn't study for their exams.

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www.tvnz.co.nz

Last threat like this was tracked to Brazil.

Plenty of knuckle draggers doing BComs though thinking they're Uber mensch.

Shouldn't be to hard to catch just leave out a bag of Doritos and a copy of Mein Kampf under a net.

 

[Eltab]

Would the jerk in question be able to read the book?

 

[Zardnaar]

Would the jerk in question be able to read the book?

If at University yes.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Update on the realities behind the potential C19 vaccines and therapeutics:

Experts caution against getting overexcited about COVID-19 vaccine, treatment news

“There are no magic wands or bullets here,” one expert tells Yahoo Life. “COVID-19 is not going away.”

www.yahoo.com

Long story short- all of the stuff coming down the pipe looks promising, but each also presents RW challenges for actual use, such as limited shelf life and rigorous storage/shipping requirements, or dosing that is difficult to administer.

 

[Umbran]

Long story short- all of the stuff coming down the pipe looks promising, but each also presents RW challenges for actual use, such as limited shelf life and rigorous storage/shipping requirements, or dosing that is difficult to administer.

I would think that it is a bit of a miracle that folks have been able to generate things that work after only a few months - expecting it to be optimized for use in the general populace on industrial scales would be a bit much to ask.

 

[Henry]

Update on the realities behind the potential C19 vaccines and therapeutics:

Experts caution against getting overexcited about COVID-19 vaccine, treatment news

“There are no magic wands or bullets here,” one expert tells Yahoo Life. “COVID-19 is not going away.”

www.yahoo.com

Long story short- all of the stuff coming down the pipe looks promising, but each also presents RW challenges for actual use, such as limited shelf life and rigorous storage/shipping requirements, or dosing that is difficult to administer.

Honestly, those kinds of problems don’t worry me terribly, because STEMies are fiendishly clever when you give them a definitive problem to solve. doesn’t matter if it takes a few billion dollars and a truckload of volunteers to do it in the most convoluted fashion possible the first time around, they’ll get it done when the time comes.

The hardest part will honestly come from fighting mistrust and misinformation. 1.2 million people dead, and you still have (at best) misinformed and (at worst) outright trolls out there still talking about “Shamdemics” and posting stock photos of babies as “children lost to vaccines”; as if they are the cognoscenti instead of the idiots riding bicycles on tightropes that they are.

Sorry, I just got off of a YouTube video talking about this stuff and it’s made me REALLY testy.