Coronavirus

[IamNY]

NJ cases are spiking along with the rest of the US. The positivity rate for the tri state area (NY, NJ and Connecticut) were around 1% over the summer. Everywhere you go people are wearing masks, social distancing, etc. Gyms, restaurants, bars all at minimum capacities and yet COVID-19 cases are still on the rise. I’m trying to remember how the lockdowns and closing all of the businesses are actually helping us.

New Jersey sees COVID-19 surge as positivity rate hits 12%

Gov. Phil Murphy also reported on Twitter that hospitalizations in the Garden State have reached levels not seen since the first wave of the pandemic began to recede in June.

nypost.com

 

[CLOUD 500]

Manitoba is going in a complete lockdown like the type we had during the first wave. Considering their case numbers they are jumping the gun. This is a preview of things to come. More strict lockdowns will be coming to Ontario and Quebec.

All of Manitoba moving under Code Red restrictions starting Thursday

The Manitoba government announced the entire province will be moving to the critical or red level on the pandemic response system.

winnipeg.ctvnews.ca

 

[IamNY]

California has now exceeded a million positive COVID cases. Also, Biden’s COVID-19 advisor is recommending a potential one month lockdown to slow the spread. Definitely not a fan of that.

Biden COVID-19 adviser suggests potential lockdown lasting over a month

One of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisers floated the idea of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in an effort to rein in the illness and rejuvenate the economy as new cases climb once again.

www.foxbusiness.com

California becomes the second US state to top 1 million Covid-19 cases, after Texas

California just became the second state to surpass 1 million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic -- closely following Texas, which hit the grim milestone earlier this week.

www.cnn.com

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

I’m trying to remember how the lockdowns and closing all of the businesses are actually helping us.

They are not, the virus will wait till lockdowns are over and start up again, just like last time.

 

[Albacor]

New York is closing all the schools today, what Legault is waiting for? All the kids are bringing the virus home from school, is he blind or what? He said the situation is under control! Yet, every day there are over thousands new cases! Yeah right! People are not stupid! The numbers speaks for itself. He can't admit that it's out of control

 

[IamNY]

Schools in NY are still open. NYC mayor said if the positivity rate goes above a 7 day 3% average he will shut down the schools. So far it’s still below 3%. Also, the mayor has made numerous claims in the past that have been shut down by governor Cuomo. They don’t get along at all. If they are going to close the schools they better have a really good reason to do so. Plus, like STN mentioned earlier, COVID-19 will wait for the schools to open anyway.

De Blasio warns schools will shut down completely if NYC hits COVID-19 threshold

Mayor Bill de Blasio warned on Thursday that the nation’s largest schools system might shutter once again if the city ‘s coronavirus surge continues. Hizzoner had previously stated that…

nypost.com

 

[The Nature Boy]

California has now exceeded a million positive COVID cases. Also, Biden’s COVID-19 advisor is recommending a potential one month lockdown to slow the spread. Definitely not a fan of that.

Biden COVID-19 adviser suggests potential lockdown lasting over a month

One of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisers floated the idea of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in an effort to rein in the illness and rejuvenate the economy as new cases climb once again.

www.foxbusiness.com

California becomes the second US state to top 1 million Covid-19 cases, after Texas

California just became the second state to surpass 1 million Covid-19 infections since the start of the pandemic -- closely following Texas, which hit the grim milestone earlier this week.

www.cnn.com

Don’t think anyone wants a lock down. But under Trumpys leadership your at 150,000 new infections a day. Close to 2000 deaths a day. He showed no signs of pandemic leadership before and especially now after losing, and yes he did lose, and yes it’s becoming apparent by a lot. By the time he leaves office, you may be well over 200,000 new daily infections, perhaps over 2000 deaths, and who knows what the hospital infrastructures will be like and how they are handling strain of all this. All dropped on sleepy joes lap. And who will Trumpy blame, lol???

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

^^^^^^^^^ Odd that you blame everything on Trump and nothing on the governors who run the states who are basically at fault.


Get ready for a rough ride.

Biden Covid advisor says U.S. lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control pandemic and revive economy

Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said the country needs leadership.

www.cnbc.com

 

[fromtheoutside]

The article also says: " Revellers packed out pubs this afternoon as they get the last rounds in before England nosedives into a second lockdown. Britons today also stocked up on clothes and homeware, getting ready for their last night out and squeezing in a final gym session for what is the 'last hurrah' for millions."

Oh well, not a bright bunch those brits. Must be the uneducated working class. I hear from another thread that that group doesn't make good decisions.

Guess I was on to something, seems those Brits are indeed not a bright bunch.

Record spike in Covid cases 'due to stampede to get to pub before lockdown'

A RECORD number of UK coronavirus cases was down to Brits enjoying one “last hurrah” before lockdown, experts say. Infections leapt yesterday by half to 33,470 in the biggest 24-hour ri…

www.thesun.co.uk

The UK is out of control. Highest deaths in all of Europe and 5th in the world. In fact, when it comes to covid, they seem to be killing as many people per million as the US at about 750/million.

It makes me wonder how much 'good leadership' matters. The quote from the article “The problem is when these policies are drawn up the Government assumes everyone will behave..." is interesting. Perhaps the Boy Wonder can help explain.

So, with Biden, you will ultimately get empathy, someone who is polite and politically correct, but I'm not sure you will get an improvement in the Covid case counts or deaths. The simplistic lens through which some see this pandemic is troubling. Looking at the UK, I would choose the US based on the covid response and pretty much every other metric one could think of when comparing countries, every day of the year. Sadly, Canada is a covid disaster as well, and yet JT is the embodiment of empathy and unity, so he thinks ...

Seeing as the UK is a covid cesspool in its own right, and there is no evil orange dictator running that country, I have little hope that Biden will make a difference.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Found this article this morning, it does have some truth IMO.

Sean Speer: Like him or not, Trump deserves credit for helping us survive this pandemic

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Anyone find it odd that the CEO of Pfizer sells 62% of his shares the same day he announces a possible vaccine?

Edit. It was after the 8% stock jump

Pfizer's CEO cashed out $5.6 million of stock after trumpeting its COVID-19 vaccine. That's 30% of his total compensation last year

Albert Bourla earned a total of $18.2 million in salary, bonuses, and long-term stock awards in 2019.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[sene5hos]

Anyone find it odd that the CEO of Pfizer sells 62% of his shares the dame day he announces a possible vaccine?

Pfizer's CEO cashed out $5.6 million of stock after trumpeting its COVID-19 vaccine. That's 30% of his total compensation last year

Albert Bourla earned a total of $18.2 million in salary, bonuses, and long-term stock awards in 2019.

www.businessinsider.com

Yes

 

[Fradi]

Do they eat mink in China?
I sure hope not otherwise we are fucked.

 

[IamNY]

Looks like NY won’t be getting any vaccines until our Governor starts playing nice with the president:

Trump rips Cuomo, says NY won’t get COVID-19 vaccine until gov OKs it

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday celebrated the recent breakthrough of a successful coronavirus vaccine — but said the people of New York wouldn’t receive it until Gov. Andrew Cuomo got out o…

nypost.com

 

[The Nature Boy]

Hmmm...think that NY post article is a bit biased, maybe? Probably....

Cuomo’s secondary review is supposed to be happening concomitantly with FDA and other regulatory boards. So we will have to see if there is a delay in it’s roll out in NY state.

I dont trust Cuomo, but in comparison to Trump, well, there’s no comparison, lol. For him and others to say Trumpy didn’t try and politicize the vaccine roll out is bizarre. Also, the Pfizer vaccine has nothing to do with Trumpy or any government agency like the moderna vaccine. It doesn’t have anything to do with trumpy. Has everything to do with Pfizer. All Trumpys done with the Pfizer vaccine is called the ceo asking him to crank it out by Election Day.

 

[cloudsurf]

Do they eat mink in China?
I sure hope not otherwise we are fucked.

They eat everything on four legs except their kitchen table. But I doubt they import mink from Denmark.

 

[EagerBeaver]

The Chinese are very efficient eaters and use entire animals in their cuisine. If you go to an authentic Chinese restaurant you will see chicken feet and pork tripe on the menu. Shark fin soup is a tremendous delicacy. Insects are also eaten, according to my friend who went to the Shanghai Olympics. Grasshoppers and other bugs may be fried, coated with chocolate or yogurt or otherwise candied. When you have to feed 1.4 billion people, you need to be creative.

Marmots are also eaten raw:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/two-cases-bubonic-plague-linked-22308095

 

[Fradi]

EB
I am sure your friend must have told you that real Chinese food is nothing like the Americanized Chinese food you eat all over North America.
I have been to China a few times and even had the misfortune to eat in some Chinese factories cafeteria, and it was a real feat to try and pretend as if you are eating and liking it.
Like you say pickled ducks feet with the webbing, pork tripe that actually still smelled like shit.
Couldn’t wait to get back to the 5 star hotel and have food that I could actually eat.

I won’t say that I didn’t have any decent food , there was a specialty restaurant where they only made dumplings maybe about 200 different varieties and Szechuan restaurant that had some really tasty spicy dishes but this places was full of tourists and I guess catering especially to them.

 

[The Nature Boy]

Surprisingly it’s not 50 slides of section of china

https://travel.usnews.com/gallery/countries_that_eat_bugs

 

[IamNY]

Hmmm...think that NY post article is a bit biased, maybe? Probably....

Cuomo’s secondary review is supposed to be happening concomitantly with FDA and other regulatory boards. So we will have to see if there is a delay in it’s roll out in NY state.

I dont trust Cuomo, but in comparison to Trump, well, there’s no comparison, lol. For him and others to say Trumpy didn’t try and politicize the vaccine roll out is bizarre. Also, the Pfizer vaccine has nothing to do with Trumpy or any government agency like the moderna vaccine. It doesn’t have anything to do with trumpy. Has everything to do with Pfizer. All Trumpys done with the Pfizer vaccine is called the ceo asking him to crank it out by Election Day.

It's not an opinion article that most people on here try to pass off for the truth. Even the new fact checker Twitter didn't take the article down so it's legit.

Who the fuck is Cuomo to do a secondary review of a life saving vaccine? Last time I checked he's the Governor with a law degree, nothing even remotely close to giving him the credentials to stand in the way of saving lives. It's all politics and bullshit. He should just continue to write books about how great he handled the pandemic and step aside to let people live. Unlike how he sent all of those seniors to their deaths at the beginning of this pandemic.