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Gosh, it sure would be terrible if the one guy in this group who refused to wear PPE in a hospital in the midst of a pandemic somehow ended up bringing the virus back to his workplace.
This was today? I havenāt seen an elbow bump since early March. Weāve all learned even that is too close. To say nothing of doing it WHILE TALKING with no mask on.
As far as Iām concerned, this is an example of attempted negligent homicide.
But Pence is protected by the power of Jesus, and anyone who dies clearly was not, so itās okayā¦ /s
And of course the Mayo Clinic is now stuck in a position of either condemning Pence or looking like the weak-willed dolts they are for allowing him to flout their safety policy.
https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/1255207756488794112
I still think someone should have stopped him from licking all those doorknobs on his way out.
I loved that the thing we were supposed to limit our contact to was also the thing we were supposed to cough into. What idiot came up with that?
Cough left - bump right 
I think you were supposed to bump with the outside of your elbow, not link arms.
Try as I might, Iām unable to touch my elbow to my face so if Iām going to get the virus on my body from human contact thatās probably as good a spot as any to have it.
Ah good, no particles could possibly get all the way across to there.
Your left or my left?
Yes.
Another day, another blow.
Wolfgang Kubicki, head of an āoldā liberal (read: until the 1990s liberal, and not yet not neo-liberal nor libertarian) party (which for maybe historical reasons is still listened to by the media) today ventured the numbers from the RKI might be āpolitically motivatedā.
May I give this complaint back to you, arsehole? Politically motivated reputation murdering to get good olf economy up and running?
Iām very close of loosing it, phone in and start shouting at editors who give such people screen time or pages. If I only knew I could keep my temper and just express my dismay in a meaningful way.
Personal note: I had a phone call from a co-worker today. Their parents are both in a nursing home. One of them is diagnosed with Covid-19. They have no rooms to spare, and separating the couple would have been impossible at the best of times. They are 94 and 92. Of 100 inhabitants in the nursing home, only 9 have yet tested positive. No visits. Staff is at their limits, so pre-arranged phone calls and updates for the family donāt happen.
And we have politicians who have the fucking balls to go on the record and attack our scientific institutions.
TPM Reader PK follows up on reopening ā¦
I was struck by reader JLās comments and your statement that, āWe shouldnāt assume that the states that are in the process of opening up will quickly see dramatic resurgences or outbreaks. Thereās a lot of complexity under the hood distinguishing one stateās plan from another.ā
I think thatās exactly right and it is why I was so disturbed by a NYTimes opinion piece that ran this weekend from Brown University President Christina Paxson. It offered a bold plan to reopen college campuses around the country by the fall, talking about changes ranging from keeping large classes online to wearing masks and minimizing large gatherings.
Twelve paragraphs into the piece, it becomes clear the entire plan depends on the availability of rapid and repeated COVID-19 tests.
At no point is there an acknowledgement that weāre not quite there yet. Thereās no hint that the Trump administration has been consistently lying about the ease and ready access of testing. Not even a glimmer of recognition that the federal government has essentially told states āyouāre on your ownā when it comes to testing and another essentials.
To me, this seems as dangerous a bit of magical thinking as some of the nonsense coming from White House. I can understand that a college president in Rhode Island, where they have been leading the country in terms of state testing per capita, might feel good about being able to move forward with a fall opening. But how does Christina Paxson expect large state flagship institutions that may be four to five times larger than Brown in terms of enrollment to pull this off? Specifically, does she really think states like George and Florida, which have not been as consistent and effective in promoting social distancing as Rhode Island are going to be ready to roll in the fall? (Opening the beaches and bowling alleys may force us to rethink their approach to public health in a pandemic during the next two weeks.)
Iām flummoxed that this kind of thought piece, displaying a rather callous disregard for the reality of where our country is at in terms having a rather scattershot approach to social distancing, would be floated out there now. I was furious a few weeks ago when the NBA and MLB floated the trial balloon of setting up some locations where they could play in June and seal off players/manager/coaches and have a strong testing regime in placeā¦at a time when we couldnāt even offer such regular testing to our frontline health care workers. It seemed tone deaf and, quite honestly, offensive.
Iām not sure weāre in a place where seeing a major university leader call for a return to face-to-face business on campuses this fall is any less diisheartening. Iād rather see a thought piece on the need to get serious about testing, because if we donāt, any talk of coming back for the fall is a dangerous pipe dream.
But donāt worry, weāll cough to the death to protect your āfree speechā.
Even for it means risking the Strategic Mayonnaise Reserve?!
Ahhhhgh.
Hardly anyone in those pictures is even wearing a mask.
Gene and Julia are fāing morons but, Iāll help myself to the free TP!
Oh, and thanks a lot for the Charlie Daniels ear wormā¦ ARRRGGGGHH!
