Thatās entirely depressing.
Cuomonism?
I always suspected that Pinkerton was an album influenced by the Communist Manifesto!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-note-from-new-zealand
TPM Reader CE checks in from New Zealand ā¦
Just read your latest and was astounded to see that Slovenia has declared an end to their Covid epidemic. Iām not sure what sort of epidemeologists are advising their government, but at least from an animal health point of view I would never call that an āendā or āeradicationā. Theyāre certainly in the elimination phase, butā¦
I used to live two blocks from that hospital I canāt say I had a super awesome experience the one time I went to that ER some 20 years ago.
I had an absolutely excruciating sore throat - comparable in pain to when I had strep. Maybe a good 8 on the pain scale. I hadnāt had more than a few hours sleep over 3 days and at around 2 am I said fuck it. I didnāt care that I didnāt have health insurance at the time. I needed something done.
I go to the ER and am stuck in the waiting room for hours. After getting understandably cranky (but not belligerent) about this Iām rudely informed that my āsore throatā just doesnāt compare to the gunshots and car accidents being worked on before me. I mean, excuse the fuck out of me for not having any way to know about whatās going on behind the scenes, you know? So, finally I see a doctor for two minutes who sends me on my way with two codeine and a nearly $2000 bill.
And even that shitty experience seems like a luxury vacation by comparison to that Twitter thread. Good grief.
So much this. I have been diagnosed with CFS but as itās not really understood or really treatable Iāve been told dismissively to be more active and all that. Itās like, how the fuck am I supposed to be more active when Iām fucking exhausted all the time and get zero enjoyment out of it to begin with. Donāt get me started on the mental fatigue of a dayās work.
I totally get it.
Darn Cubs. Havent won a game all year. On the other hand the White Sox are undefeated. Go Sox!
Music to my south siderās ears!
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Killing Our Great Veterans
Remember their plan was to flood all the hospitals in New York and New Jersey with this and make them give it to patients because someone told our big wet boy it would solve his problems and people like Elon Musk were pushing it.
A study of Veterans Affairs patients hospitalized with the coronavirus found no benefit and higher death rates among those taking hydroxychloroquine, researchers said last month.
More than 27 percent of patients treated with hydroxychloroquine died, and 22 percent of those treated with the combination therapy died, compared with an 11.4 percent death rate in those not treated with the drugs, the study said.
Sucking up to Trump by killing people.
Concern is mounting after a doctor at a Texas nursing home started giving the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to dozens of elderly patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and tracking the outcomes in what heās calling an āobservational study.ā
