Ongoing coronavirus happenings

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Had this occurred to someone in the Trump Organization as a business opportunity they would sell those.
And there would be people who would buy them.

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Don’t listen to him Pele

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Turns out the death boat industry is still limping around

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There’s single rooms sitting there but denied to them?

Mutiny.

Figure out who’s most important to keep the ship running and/or especially vulnerable and give them priority. Throw anyone who doesn’t like it overboard.

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About 2% of Moscow residents — or more than 250,000 people — have the coronavirus, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Saturday, citing test results.

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Berlin Mayday protestors completely ignore Covid 19 laws and distancing requirements.

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Sweden has decided it isn’t going to issue a cell phone app:

BTW, the article includes this plot of Sweden’s R0 values:

I think, if we’re going t have any kind of practical life as we open up in the US, we will have to pay close attention to what Sweden has done.

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But some stadiums were converted into emergency hospitals. Do you remember that show MASH? They had to build military style hospitals, just like the one of the show, in several capitals. How could you play soccer when there a is a hospital in the middle of the field?

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This one worries me a bit. I’ve had no other symptoms, so the doctor thinks it was a reaction to the anti-depressant I started before quarantine.
Still, the itchy, spotty palms and torso were a bit scary.

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What Sweden is doing might be working for them (still TBD), but then Sweden is a “boutique” country compared to the US: small population of generally healthier people with universal healthcare and broad social support. Pretty much the opposite here in the US, so I don’t see how the Swedish experience is transferable.

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Here’s an example:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/yakima-county-washington-coronavirus-rate

With the harvest season just getting underway, Bravo said the health district is wary that the infection rate will continue to grow, especially in housing for migrant workers that tends to be cramped.

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You’d better let the WHO know, since they seem to agree with me:

Of course, encouraging voluntary social distancing measures (as they do in Sweden) is not the same thing as encouraging freedom rallies and statehouse invasions (as our President has done).

“The reopening weekend was a disaster. We had two customers all weekend."

You can reopen all you want, but if only the idiots want to risk their lives to go out, then what’s the point?

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12-year-old girl makes fabric masks to exchange for food in Rio.

The girl, who lives in Ladeira dos Tabajaras neighborhood, raised food donations for her neighbors in the community.

Lua de Oliveira, 12 years old, had already opened a library in the community and, facing the new cornavirus pandemic, decided to help the neighbors again.

“So many people have passed through my life and have helped me so much, but so much, that today it is my turn to help people my way,” said the girl, who was exchanging masks for food in fornt of supermarkets balancing on stilts.

Another example of solidarity in times of pandemic was the donation of toys by 435 families to the project ‘Quarentena do Desapego’. The toys were delivered to the Central Única das Favelas, which will distribute them in 250 communities.

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