Ongoing coronavirus happenings

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Of course; I’d have been disappointed otherwise.

Interestingly, red is the only color left in stock right now…

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Unrelated

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/health/coronavirus-semen-china-health/index.html

No evidence, however, that it can transmit through urine.

That remark was also apropos of nothing.


And then science was done…

About a quarter of them were in the acute stage of infection and nearly 9% of them were recovering, the team reported.

ā€œI know you can’t breathe, but could you rub one out into this jar? For science?ā€

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If you say so. But I have my suspicions.

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I’d like one that looks like the Black Russian from Black Adder.

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Potemkin presidency.

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Usually my mantra is ā€œI’ve gotta get out of this fucking country,ā€ but now I realize I’m not going to live that long.

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The point is the symbolism of him carrying an empty box.

Also, regarding the first tweet in the screenshot, Twitter’s really working hard on removing Trumpvirus misinformation.

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The real gold of that article is the line ā€œNow is not the time for PR stuntsā€ while Pence is actively doing PR stunts.

Might want to scan the serial numbers of the PPE to see whether it’s the same stuff stolen from the states.

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Follow up:

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I posted that on the wall at my office. Couldn’t be more appropriate!

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WTAF??? How is this even possible?

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Exactly on point for the whole damned administration.

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They’re proposing not to pay their property taxes?

Well, that’s a very effective way to make all the problems of being a landlord go away quickly. It might not work exactly the way they intended, though.

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While that’s an interesting design, I prefer the look of 3M 6300 mask with P3 (N100) filters. It’s really cheap (about 20$/mask + 15$/set of two P3/N100 filters) and comfortable:
https://www.arco.co.uk/products/111500?s=1
https://www.arco.co.uk/products/113800
To protect others a piece of cloth can be put before the exhale valve.
I’ve did some shopping while wearing Drager Xplore 6300 mask with P3 filter, but it’s a bit too hardcore :slight_smile: :
https://www.draeger.com/en_seeur/Applications/Products/Respiratory-Protection/Respiratory-Masks/Full-Face-Masks/X-plore-6570

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Right- I’m now adjusting my policy of not wishing illness upon someone.

Asshole.

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Recall effort. Lovely words.

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It is even lower in Norway (under 2%). Meanwhile, with the R0 here at under 0.5 health experts here are trying to decide which aspects of the lockdown were actually useful:

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