Ongoing coronavirus happenings

That’s from The Simpsons.
The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (1997)

Homer: Hey, what’s lucky hooked up to?
Nurse: A respirator. It breathes for him.
Homer: And here I am using my own lungs like a sucker.

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Well, I laughed, so I hope he was joking. It’s hard to tell these days.

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It’s that or cry.

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That Hoover Institution is just swarming with thinkers like Richard Epstein. Did they get a big contract in for virus denial?

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hack academics

Or, as I like to call them, hackademics.

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marc-maron-show-oh-zing

Also, accurate…

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Yeah, I’m sure Barr will totally let that happen without being guaranteed of Burr and Loefler’s exoneration beforehand.

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As covid-19 explodes, the healthcare system begins to buckle. Exactly as predicted.

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I’d have to substitute the word “leaders” with the word “wankers.”

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map

nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

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Such a lovely wildcat!

:smirk_cat: :fist:

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I never knew until I googled that picture that the cat had a name: Sabo-tabby.

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Petri-Dish America

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Well, both Maryland and Virginia Gov’s issue Stay at Home decrees.

Good times.

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Looks like the South is going to be a bigger battleground in a week than California.

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so, there is a risk. Outweighed by the therapeutic benefits.

But rightwingers like to prattle on about moral hazard. Medicine shouldn’t be a test of character.

The cleveland clinic says “There are many benefits, but a major risk is infection.”

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/15368-mechanical-ventilation

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