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Since when is 'Carter' slang for fart?
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TrainFan73
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I'm not sure I want to live in the kind of world where privileged Westerners have to quarantine in their dojos.
dhodo
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Turbo
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The crass incompetence is worse than I actually thought... and what I thought was pretty extreme.
www.nytimes.com
He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus (Published 2020)
An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
TrainFan73
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@Indymisanthrope i made the mistake of looking at the comments on a local news station’s daily update for the state. I owe you an apology. ALSO HOLY FUCK WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. What the fuck is wrong with people?
Indymisanthrope
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It’s gonna be a while before the moron surge peaks.
Chucktshoes
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TenderLovingKiller®
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TenderLovingKiller®
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The arrogance never ceases to amaze...
TrainFan73
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Chucktshoes
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Turbo
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So Canada just added a rapid portable test (less than 1-hr) to its arsenal. Deployment starting today. This should help ramp up testing quite a bit.
www.theglobeandmail.com
www.spartanbio.com
Health Canada approves new rapid COVID-testing kits
Ottawa-based manufacturer says it will be ready to start shipments as early as Monday
www.theglobeandmail.com
The power of DNA testing for everyone - Spartan Bioscience Inc.
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Indymisanthrope
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Just a few weeks later, much of this information is already out of date, no?
Coronavirus: Should the world worry about Singapore's virus surge?
With cases increasing in tightly-packed dormitories, experts say Singapore offers a salutary lesson.
www.bbc.com
World opinion shifts in favour of masks as virus fight deepens
US latest country to back wider use of face masks that have long been used in Asia and could reduce coronavirus risk.
debianlinux
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Lessons from Singapore:
Do have a strong government leadership that your rather small and contained population lives in perpetual fear and obedience to.
Do have a natural water border around all sides of your rather small land mass making monitoring and control of it a relatively simple endeavor.
Don't lay claim to success too early!
Do have a strong government leadership that your rather small and contained population lives in perpetual fear and obedience to.
Do have a natural water border around all sides of your rather small land mass making monitoring and control of it a relatively simple endeavor.
Don't lay claim to success too early!
TrainFan73
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PPE use in the general public is ridiculous. Most people are misusing so badly when I’m out and about that I’d just assume they stopped. Masking isn’t really about not getting it but ensuring you don’t spread it. These people walking in the streets with n95s are ridiculous. The Costco employee with his gloved hands in his pockets kills me. The lady who gets out of her car wearing gloves and rummages through her purse. The dude wear gloves at the gas pump who gets in his car starts it up and drives off while still wearing his gloves. These people are basically infecting everything they own with god knows what. Even at the hospital, I had to file a report so I could get the folks in the cafeteria and the gift shops to stop handling everything with the same pair of gloves.Just a few weeks later, much of this information is already out of date, no?
Also, about that first cartoon, I think the emerging data that shows 25-50% of all cases are asymptomatic means that guidance is not aging really well. In a more recent interview, Dale Fisher still doesn't seem to be recommending constant mask use (because of the false sense of security it provides, not because it's useless), but seems to say that you shouldn't be getting into crowded elevators in the first place:Coronavirus: Should the world worry about Singapore's virus surge?
With cases increasing in tightly-packed dormitories, experts say Singapore offers a salutary lesson.
World opinion shifts in favour of masks as virus fight deepens
US latest country to back wider use of face masks that have long been used in Asia and could reduce coronavirus risk.www.aljazeera.com
Indymisanthrope
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Right, but that's the exact piece I wanted to point out about the cartoon: it still assumes you're only spreading it if you're symptomatic, which we now know pretty unequivocally is not true.
Hollywood
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There are now 7,470 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, with just two days to go before the province expects to be processing 8,000 tests per day.
On Monday, health officials added 421 new cases to Ontario's tally. Of the province's total, 760 patients are being hospitalized and 263 are in an intensive care unit.
CBC News has counted 321 deaths province-wide, based on data collected from local health units across Ontario.
On Monday, health officials added 421 new cases to Ontario's tally. Of the province's total, 760 patients are being hospitalized and 263 are in an intensive care unit.
CBC News has counted 321 deaths province-wide, based on data collected from local health units across Ontario.
TrainFan73
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Coronavirus Timeline: Sports And Concerts Won't Return Until Next Fall Says Health Expert
Well, this sucks. It’s been about a month since America’s big quarantine started, and since virtually every live-music venue in the country shut down. Right now, it’s hard to speculate when things might return to normal. The entire summer music schedule is shut down, but people are still...
www.stereogum.com
The only silver lining I see here is maybe ticket master and live nation don’t make it the other side.