Recalling a scene from M*A*S*H where Winchester is threatened with court-martial (April fools joke by Potter & friend): "Leavenworth. MY GOD, THAT'S IN KANSAS!" LOL


Italy is not counting undiagnosed deaths from people who are afraid to go to hospital and then die at home. Nor are they doing tests post-mortem for people who come to hospital and die before treatment. A hospital administrator in Lombardia estimated the death toll to be more than 4x the official number. TO HAMMER THAT POINT HOME, NEARLY 4,000 PEOPLE A DAY ARE ACTUALLY DYING OF THIS IN ITALY.

I suspect that it will be the same elsewhere (Spain, the UK, Germany and even parts of the US and Canada, although not as bad on this continent yet).

There needs to be a standard on these statistics. Here, if you die in a car accident (or any other way) and they find the virus in your system, youre counted as a corona virus statistic.

Well, for someone from Bahston (or however they pronounce it), going to Kansas is like being exiled to BFE. :bowrofl::bowrofl:


There ain't much here outside of cows and wheat fields......:rolleyes:

What about someone who commits suicide in fear of the virus but tests negative post mortem? I think that should count as a corona virus statistic.

As long as its counted the same in other countries i suppose!

I think one qualification for the statistic would be a note that confirms they did it because of the virus. But you're right; either way we need consistency :iagree:

Chuck
 

Oh yeah

Guys you are being ridiculous. If
Someone committed Suso ode because he thought he would catch the Black Death are
You saying he should count as a Black Death victim?


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I don't know whether we subjects of ERII just don't get the American sense of humour, or what. But at least we spell it correctly! ;-)

Have you tried typing in Nitrile gloves and a touch screen?

Wasn’t my fault your Jewel BlackBerry ****** it up. Give me a BlackBerry and there’d be no typos

I was a senior analyst at BlackBerry


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You sound like my grandfather on my mom's side. Damn Johnnybull. :rofl2:

A lot of stuff goes right over your head. :rofl2:

We may talk the same language. That's about it.

Yup, separated by a common language!


Oh, and per your earlier comment re the tags. I have the most. Does that mean that I win? :rofl2:

Some of those are quit funny. LMAO.....

Let them drain your resources yay

https://www.smh.com.au/national/chin...25-p54du8.html

Old news (March 26). Australia had actually sent supplies to China (as in, to help), too.
But they have now banned the export of PPE.

Except they sourced them in January and February, before your WHO declared an epidemic.

China at their best, listing a Chinese company on the US stock exchange. Let the white folks make some money, while they get to briing some USD overseas to serve their debt and buy food.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/inves...ock/index.html

No, tag, you're it. :rofl2: Or until someone else gets to be the target.

Chinese Mafi.

All kidding and jibes aside, this is important because almost everyone here either suffers from one of several diseases that make them more susceptible to succumbing to Covid-19, or has a family member or dear friend who does.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...63d_story.html

The article mentions that
People who have chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, lung disease and heart disease, face an increased chance of being hospitalized with covid-19 and put into intensive care, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is consistent with reports from China and Italy. (please avoid eye rolling just because China is mentioned).

There was an article in The Lancet two weeks ago about a study (un reviewed at the time) suggesting that the correlation was actually due to certain medications used to treat these illnesses. ARB blockers and Ace Inhibitors apparently assist in the expression of an enzyme (ACE2) to which the SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) binds to target cells. Apparently, Ibuprofin acts in the same manner.

Original Lancet article here:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...116-8/fulltext

There have been duelling studies ever since, most of the details of which I admittedly don't understand. But there appears to be a correlation, be it on account of the underlying conditions or the medicines used to combat them.

Obviously, you cannot take people off life-saving medication. But it would make sense to protect these people even more than you might otherwise. And maybe change analgesics to ASA or Acetaminophen.

Nature is cruel, it goes after the sickest and weakest first.

You aren’t helping the reputation


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We don’t. You call people a jerk, we think you mean idiot. Our word flows off the tongue better


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I'm a mixed bag. English, Scott, and Irish on my mom's side. Jones and O'Gallaher.

Hey, looks like you might be getting some of those Australian masks in NYC, thanks to China.
Well, "thanks" probably included a fair bit of money changing hands.

:roflpuke2:

https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-ai...34afa2c36.html

Excerpt:
A plane from Shanghai arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers.

Why it matters: The flight is the start of what might end up being the largest government-led airlift of emergency medical supplies into the United States.

That's according to Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, who runs the coronavirus supply chain task force at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He spoke to Axios on Saturday night.
The airlift is the most dramatic part of the Trump administration's frantic attempts to catch up with a nationwide medical equipment crisis.
What's next: Polowczyk told Axios that he's already booked 22 similar flights over the next two weeks.

Yesterday, a Russian cargo plane landed at JFK with a similar load.

Nature is neither cruel nor kind. Nature has never heard of karma. Nature doesn't give a shite about you, me, or the rest of the Universe.

Of course, they have been selling the masks for $5-$12 a pop to many countries. They want people to think they are world saviors by controlling the masks supply (Mask Diplomacy). If you have been following world politics, you will know this has been discussed for weeks now. You can find many dated articles, videos and pictures online.

In typical Chinese fashion, you have to throw half of them out due to bad quality.

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-ne...ina/a-52949216

This is a funny story.

They claimed they donated the masks to Italy, the government had to come out and say they bought it.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ea...reign-minister

They just crashed another military helicopter, no details. I wonder what happened...

The Philippines President has given the ok to shoot anyone breaking the lockdown order

Definitely wouldn’t get that in Britain though I know a few people I’d gladly encourage to go to the gym


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Hence why we say "Mother Nature is a bitch"....

She can be a fvckin ciint at times. :eek:

Yes she can...


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Whatever... Mother Nature is just going with the flow (aka evolution). We're the asshòles mucking everything up :shakes head:

Listen to this. N95 Masks, listen for yourself.

He wont be called Digong for nothing “the Butcher”!

“The End justifies the Means”

If not for him the country would be run by Druglords
like Mexico.

I like to think of myself as a step above an amoeba. At least I have more then one brain cell, when compared to other people.

Zoren, you will be getting more masks in your hospital soon. 3M makes 1 million N95 masks a week in the USA.

But your reproduction method is less fun!

It seems that the first symptom of Covid 19 isn’t coughing, fever, or shortness of breath. It’s stupidity. My theory is that it come from people “working from home” in the pyjamas. Don’t know about you, but I’ve seen people do some really dumb things in the last couple of weeks!

https://youtu.be/jGTcw-b1crc


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I would like to taste 6 orders of yoda dumplings and one mudslide baba tea!

Day after they locked down the state. I see more people out and about then before. :shakes head:

They closed the local mall. Now all the mall walkers are at my store walking around. The bad thing is the shoplifters are mixed in with them. :mad: