Coronavirus $hit be getting real

[Valkorado]

This is an informative tool,  interactive and dynamically portrayed.   Pick your State in the left hand column,  then pick your county.   Gives your county a letter grade based on its social distancing performance.  Very cool,  worth bookmarking!    

Compare your community's social distancing activity to its activity prior to COVID-19


https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard

[Serk]

This is an interesting writeup. A company that sells Internet connected thermometers (Yes, it's a thing) and, with owner approval collects people's temperature data does some analysis with that data:



(Yes, it's a Facebook post, but the poster is very good at listing sources)

https://www.facebook.com/UnbiasedAmerica/posts/1294843304034995

[Robert]

This is an interesting writeup. A company that sells Internet connected thermometers (Yes, it's a thing) and, with owner approval collects people's temperature data does some analysis with that data:

Interesting, so did the social distancing work or the virus run its course or did people learn how to clean their hands better.


"US Labor Market Is In Free-Fall" - 10 Million Americans Have Filed For Unemployment In Past 2 Weeks

We’ve lost 46 jobs for every confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US...

German Infectologist Decimates COVID-19 Doomsday Cult In Open Letter To Merkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsExPrHCHbw&feature=emb_logo



Coronavirus Cases:
955,412
view by country
Deaths:
48,579
Recovered:
203,013

New York
total 83,901
new cases 7918
tot deaths 2219
new deaths 505
active case 75540

Total cases per million US 651
Total deaths per million US 15

stats have been consistant throughout this .

[F6Dave]

I see that Laredo, Texas passed an ordinance to require anyone entering any public building to wear a mask or cloth face covering.  Violators will be fined $1,000.

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Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-news-putin-sends-military-plane-us-supplies-after-talking-donald-trump/

[..]

https://apnews.com/343ed4a8e95dfc8f8dda87b9e450ca57

Residents snitch on businesses, neighbors amid shutdowns.

[The emperor has no clothes]

I see that Laredo, Texas passed an ordinance to require anyone entering any public building to wear a mask or cloth face covering.  Violators will be fined $1,000.

We are not even allowed to wear one.  (I’m not sure if I would anyway)

[Valkorado]

Map of US Travel Patterns

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html

Stay-at-home orders have nearly halted travel for most Americans, but people in Florida, the Southeast and other places that waited to enact such orders have continued to travel widely, potentially exposing more people as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates, according to an analysis of cellphone location data by The New York Times.

[Valkorado]

Man with coronavirus spits in train passenger’s face, then drops dead (Thailand)

https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/man-with-coronavirus-spits-in-train-passengers-face-then-drops-dead/

I'm curious, but sure wouldn't be surprised if the spitter knew -- and didn't particularly care for -- the spittee.

[Reb]

interesting Video on how Covid-19 is more dangerous than Influenza

https://www.vox.com/covid-19-coronavirus-treatment-prevention-cure-vaccines/2020/4/1/21203242/coronavirus-flu-covid-19

[The emperor has no clothes]

interesting Video on how Covid-19 is more dangerous than Influenza

https://www.vox.com/covid-19-coronavirus-treatment-prevention-cure-vaccines/2020/4/1/21203242/coronavirus-flu-covid-19

Good thing Willow doesn’t get any information from YouTube. 

[Serk]

This is promising..... Not a magic bullet, but promising:

Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983?resultClick=1

[Serk]

Navy relieves captain who raised alarm about coronavirus outbreak on aircraft carrier

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/navy-expected-relieve-captain-who-raised-alarm-about-covid-19-n1175351

[Serk]

And people say Trump is (too harsh|too lax)...

"Shoot them dead": Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders police and military to kill citizens who defy coronavirus lockdown

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

[..]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8180783/Half-Sweden-infected-coronavirus-April-professor-warns.html

[..]

And people say Trump is (too harsh|too lax)...

"Shoot them dead": Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders police and military to kill citizens who defy coronavirus lockdown

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

Mexico threatens up to 3 years in the slammer for isolation breakers.

[Willow]

Wow!   Philippines and Mexico are two nations that are rather low in percentages of COVID-19.   

[Valkorado]

https://www.cpr.org/2020/04/02/el-paso-county-deputy-becomes-colorados-youngest-coronavirus-death/

El Paso County Deputy Becomes Colorado’s Youngest Coronavirus Death

[Valkorado]

You may be able to spread coronavirus just by breathing, new report finds

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has given a boost to an unsettling idea: that the novel coronavirus can spread through the air—not just via the large droplets emitted in a cough or sneeze. Though current studies aren’t conclusive, “the results of available studies are consistent with aerosolization of virus from normal breathing,” Harvey Fineberg, who heads a standing committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats, wrote in a 1 April letter to Kelvin Droegemeier, head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/you-may-be-able-spread-coronavirus-just-breathing-new-report-finds

[98valk]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

[Jess from VA]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

He was removed for going public instead of securely through regular chain of command channels.

One wonders if he had already done the secure chain of command with no timely response.  If so, I congratulate him for thinking of his men before his career. 

[Valkorado]

And people say Trump is (too harsh|too lax)...

"Shoot them dead": Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte orders police and military to kill citizens who defy coronavirus lockdown

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-president-coronavirus-lockdown-shoot-people-dead/

Mexico threatens up to 3 years in the slammer for isolation breakers.

Not sure which sounds better worse - - being shot dead or spending three years in a Mexican slammer!

[Robert]

Interesting from a person who lived in China and speaks the language did research on the virus.

I Found The Source of the Coronavirus

https://youtu.be/bpQFCcSI0pU

After 2 weeks of painstaking searching, I refute the claim that the Coronavirus started outside of China.

[Reb]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

He was removed for going public instead of securely through regular chain of command channels.

One wonders if he had already done the secure chain of command with no timely response.  If so, I congratulate him for thinking of his men before his career. 

Advocating the vulnerability of a military asset such as a CVN is a no no. Every sea dog knows "Loose Lips Sink Ships"

[cookiedough]

Just got word thru company wide CFO meeting that there will be layoffs coming now over 100 laid off and possibly if the Mexico main plant closes, well over 1000 off work for how long who knows?  Plus, he said we each may be asked to take 1 week off work unpaid (guessing you can file unemployment for that 1 week mandatory) laid off unpaid.  I say make it 1 month!     Plus, the 2 people who quit our dept. out of the blue had enough last week will not be replaced either he said.  Luckily,  neither one affects my job much at all and others in my dept. will have to take their accounts.
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I doubt anyone employed  even if 'essential' is not somewhat affected by this virus in the normal workflow of the day to day grind. 

better sign off now and get to working from HOME! 

stay safe and sane couped up in your home mostly.!   

[98valk]

https://www.oann.com/global-scientists-revise-predictions-claim-coronavirus-mortality-much-lower-than-previously-thought/

A leading British scientist has revised his predictions about coronavirus and now believes the mortality rate is much lower than expected.

[..]

Make of this what you will



ITALY’S COMMUNIST RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Published March 24, 2020 | By Giacomino Nicolazzo
Giacomino Nicolazzo is one of Italy’s most beloved writers.  Born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, he lives in a small village in Lombardy where he writes his books.
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Montecalvo, Lombardy, Italy. As I sit here in my involuntary isolation, it was just reported that overnight 743 more people died and 5.249 new cases have been reported. This brings the total cases of infection to 69,176 and the body count to 6,820. We take relief in knowing that 8,326 people have recovered so far. (Numbers as of 3/24, 8:30pm in Italy.)

Most towns here in Italy, from the upper reaches of the Alps to the ancient shores of Sicilia and Sardenia, while not deserted, are closer to being ghost towns than the bustling centers of tourism, business and daily life they were just a few weeks ago.

Stores and shops have been shuttered. Restaurants and coffee shops no longer serve customers. Schools, universities, sporting arenas…even our museums and theaters…all closed. Even the Vatican City has closed its gates and armed patrols monitor the 20 foot tall walls that protect it!
Streets and roads are now empty for as far as the eye can see. Normally they would be filled with crazed Italian drivers in tiny cars and scooters (the ones that sound like demonic insects) darting here and there, reaching the limits of centrifugal force on our roundabouts. In the piazze of our towns and cities, there are now officially more pigeons than people.

Many of us know someone who has been infected and recovered. Some of us know someone who did not recover…now they are dead. But everyone knows someone who has been affected by this microscopic monster in one way or another.

Sixty million of us are in lockdown…it is like a war zone here. We are being held prisoner in our own homes by an unseen enemy that sneaked in unnoticed…by most of us. As you will read in just a few more minutes, there were those who knew something like this was coming…or at least they should have.

So who is to blame? With all this craziness swirling like a whirlpool at our feet, I just had to find the blame answer. And so I have spent my free time (of which I have a lot in these days) digging and researching. I was literally shocked to discover how this has come to be.

I am not going to bore you with talk of Patient ‘0’ who spread it to Patient ‘1’ and how mathematics efficiently explains the rapid expansion of infection. No…I am going to tell you how (as I see it) the virus came to Italy.
It has everything to do with communists. Allow me to explain.

Beginning in about 2014, Matteo Renzi, the imbecile ex-mayor of Firenze (Florence) acting as the leader of the Partito Democratico (synonymous with the Italian Communist party), somehow managed to get himself elected as Italy’s Prime Minister. To give you a proper frame of reference, Matteo Renzi was so far left, he would make Barack Obama look like Barry Goldwater!

At the same time that Renzi was leading Italy into oblivion, strange things were happening in Italy’s economy. Banks were failing…but not closing. Retirement ages were being extended…for some reason the pension funds were dwindling or disappearing. The national sales tax we call IVA (Value Added Tax) rose from 18% to 20%, then to 21% and again to 22%.

And in the midst of all this financial chicanery, the Chinese began furiously buying up Italian real estate and businesses in the North.

Now the reason I mention Renzi and the Chinese together is that strange things were also going on between the governments of Italy and China. A blind eye was being turned to the way the Chinese were buying businesses in the financial, telecommunication, industrial and fashion sectors of Italy’s economy, all of which take place in Milano.

To be brief…China was getting away with purchases and acquisitions in violation of Italian law and EU Trade Agreements with the US and the UK…and no one in either of those countries (not Obama in the US or Cameron in the UK) said a thing in their country’s defense. As a matter of fact, much of it was hidden from the public in all three countries.

In 2014, China infused the Italian economy with €5 billion through purchases of companies costing less than €100 million each. By the time Renzi left office (in disgrace) in 2016, Chinese acquisitions had exceeded €52 billion. When the dust settled, China owned more than 300 companies…representing 27% of the major Italian corporations.

The Bank of China now owns five major banks in Italy…all of which had been secretly (and illegally) propped up by Renzi using pilfered pension funds! Soon after, the China Milano Equity Exchange was opened and much of Italy’s wealth was being funneled back to the Chinese mainland.

Chinese state entities own Italy’s major telecommunication corporation (Telecom) as well as its major utilities (ENI and ENEL). Upon entry into the telecommunication market, Huawei established a facility in Segrate, a suburb of Milano. It launched is first research center there and worked on the study of microwaves which has resulted in the possibly-dangerous technology we call 5G.

China also now owns controlling interest in Fiat-Chrysler, Prysmian and Terna. You will be surprised to know that when you put a set of Pirelli tires on your car, the profits are going to China. Yep…the Chinese colossus of ChemChina, a chemical industry titan, bought that company too!

Last but not least is Ferretti yachts…the most prestigious yacht builder in Europe. Incredibly, it is no longer owned by the Ferretti family.

But the sector in which Chinese companies invested most was Italy’s profitable fashion industry. The Pinco Pallino, Miss Sixty, Sergio Tacchini, Roberta di Camerino and Mariella Burani brands have been acquired by 100%.

Designer Salvatore Ferragamo sold 16% and Caruso sold 35%. The most famous case is Krizia, purchased in 2014 by Shenzhen Marisfrolg Fashion Company, one of the leaders of high-priced, ready-to-wear fashions in Asia.

Throughout all of these purchases and acquisitions, Renzi’s government afforded the Chinese unrestricted and unfettered access to Italy and its financial markets, many coming through without customs inspections.
Quite literally, tens of thousands of Chinese came in through Milano (illegally) and went back out carrying money, technology and corporate secrets.

Thousands more were allowed to enter and disappeared into shadows of Milano and other manufacturing cities of Lombardy, only to surface in illegal sewing shops, producing knock-off designer clothes and slapping ‘Made In Italy’ labels on them. All with the tacit approval of the Renzi government.
It was not until there was a change in the governing party in Italy that the sweatshops and the illegal entry and departure of Chinese nationals was stopped. Matteo Salvini, representing the Lega Nord party, closed Italy’s ports to immigrants and systematically began disassembling the sweatshops and deporting those in Italy illegally.

But his rise to power was short-lived. Italy is a communist country…socialism is in the national DNA. Ways were found to remove Salvini, after which the communist party, under the direction of Giuseppe Conte, reopened the ports. Immediately, thousands of unvetted, undocumented refugees from the Middle East and East Africa began pouring in again.

Access was again provided to the Chinese, under the old terms, and as a consequence thousands of Chinese, the majority from Wuhan, began arriving in Milano.

In December of last year, the first inklings of a coronavirus were noticed in Lombardy…in the Chinese neighborhoods. There is no doubt amongst senior medical officials that the virus was brought here from China.
By the end of January 2020 cases were being reported left and right. By mid-February the virus was beginning to seriously overload the Lombardy hospitals and medical clinics. They are now in a state of collapse.

The Far-Left politicians sold out and betrayed the Italian people with open border policies and social justice programs. One of the reasons the health care system collapsed so quickly is because the Renzi government (and now continued under the Conte government) redirected funds meant to sustain the medical system, to pay for the tens of thousands of immigrants brought in to Italy against the will of the Italian people.

If you remember the horrible earthquake that decimated the villages around Amatricia, in the mountains east of Rome in 2015, you would also remember how the world responded by sending millions of dollars to help those affected.

But there is a law in Italy that prevents private donations to charitable Italian organizations. All money and donations received must be turned over to a government agency, who in turn is to appropriate the funds as needed. But that agency is corrupt just as are all the others.

Most of the money never reached a single victim in the mountains. The Renzi government redirected the vast majority of those funds to pay for the growing immigrant and refugee costs.

As the economy worsened under the burden of illegal immigration, compounded by gross government spending and incompetence, unemployment rose quickly…especially among young people. The unemployment rate for men and women under age 35 is close to 40%.

So more money was diverted from the health care system and used to pay what is known here as guaranteed income. Whether you work or not you are paid here, especially if you belong to the PD! The government simply raises taxes on those who do work.

Let me give you a quick example of the height of insanity to which Italian taxation has risen. If you live in a building that has a balcony or balconies…and any of those balconies cast a shadow on the ground, you must pay a public shadow tax! I will say no more!

The point I am trying to make here is that not only did the Chinese bring the virus to Italy (and the rest of the world) it was far-Left politics and policies that facilitated it.

This should hopefully be a warning to Americans that while they work to rid themselves of the China Virus, they should just as vehemently endeavor to rid their government of any politician that circumvents the Constitution and ignores the laws of the land…plain and simple.

[scooperhsd]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

He was removed for going public instead of securely through regular chain of command channels.

One wonders if he had already done the secure chain of command with no timely response.  If so, I congratulate him for thinking of his men before his career. 

Wife and me had the same discussion / same conclusions. Once he went public, he essentially ended his career. And usually, CO of an aircraft carrier is a guarantee of promotion to flag rank.

Other things he could of done - enforced a quarantine of the ship - go out to sea for 2-3 months (no port calls), while isolating the sick as well as possible . Aircrew getting sick bad enough would curtail flight ops, but, OTOH, most of our servicepeople are among the most healthy of our entire population - only the very most senior people would have any real risk of the more severe forms.

[Valkorado]

Interesting from a person who lived in China and speaks the language did research on the virus.

I Found The Source of the Coronavirus

https://youtu.be/bpQFCcSI0pU

After 2 weeks of painstaking searching, I refute the claim that the Coronavirus started outside of China.

It's China's bouncing baby, whether it was conceived naturally or by artificial insemination.

[Valkorado]

Again, it's not the flu.  Good article here.

https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-types

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

Not even in the same family!

[baldo]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

He was removed for going public instead of securely through regular chain of command channels.

One wonders if he had already done the secure chain of command with no timely response.  If so, I congratulate him for thinking of his men before his career.  

Wife and me had the same discussion / same conclusions. Once he went public, he essentially ended his career. And usually, CO of an aircraft carrier is a guarantee of promotion to flag rank.

Other things he could of done - enforced a quarantine of the ship - go out to sea for 2-3 months (no port calls), while isolating the sick as well as possible . Aircrew getting sick bad enough would curtail flight ops, but, OTOH, most of our servicepeople are among the most healthy of our entire population - only the very most senior people would have any real risk of the more severe forms.

https://www.facebook.com/kuamnews/videos/649861132228359/UzpfSTEwMDAwMTQxOTM0MzIyMjoyODkzNzY0NTQ3MzQ3NDk1/?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoyODkzNzM1NDAwNjgzNzQzXzI4OTM4ODc1ODczMzUxOTE%3D

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/uss-theodore-roosevelt-aircraft-carrier-captain-send-off/index.html

[Jess from VA]

I think I've discovered who the winners are in this thing.

Dogs.

I'm retired and pay attention to my neighborhood, and there are always a few dog owners who actually take their dogs out for routine walks from time to time.

But during this lockdown, the owners and dogs are walking around like never before.  And these are very happy dogs, in ones, twos and threes.  Many I've never seen (owners too).

A few owners are wearing masks, but dogs don't need no steenkin' masks, and are happy as hell to be getting a break from their usual forever quarantines in their houses.

I'm walking almost every day now, and the dogs that are not getting to go out are in the windows watching me, and barking at me for being outside without them.
       

[Valkorado]

well,

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490892-aircraft-carrier-captain-to-be-removed-from-duty-after-pleading-for-help-with

He was removed for going public instead of securely through regular chain of command channels.

One wonders if he had already done the secure chain of command with no timely response.  If so, I congratulate him for thinking of his men before his career.  

Wife and me had the same discussion / same conclusions. Once he went public, he essentially ended his career. And usually, CO of an aircraft carrier is a guarantee of promotion to flag rank.

Other things he could of done - enforced a quarantine of the ship - go out to sea for 2-3 months (no port calls), while isolating the sick as well as possible . Aircrew getting sick bad enough would curtail flight ops, but, OTOH, most of our servicepeople are among the most healthy of our entire population - only the very most senior people would have any real risk of the more severe forms.

https://www.facebook.com/kuamnews/videos/649861132228359/UzpfSTEwMDAwMTQxOTM0MzIyMjoyODkzNzY0NTQ3MzQ3NDk1/?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoyODkzNzM1NDAwNjgzNzQzXzI4OTM4ODc1ODczMzUxOTE%3D

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/uss-theodore-roosevelt-aircraft-carrier-captain-send-off/index.html

It does sure seem like his sailors like him, and appreciated his actions while commanding the floating petri dish.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Captain-Crozier-Captain-Crozier-15177011.php

Sailors Go Wild for Navy Captain Fired After Warning About Coronavirus

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/sailors-go-wild-for-captain-fired-for-coronavirus-letter.html

[Valkorado]

Copy/paste from another thread.  I think it it's significant information to am dropping it here.

This flu (all flu are corona virus)

Influenza is another virus altogether, not a "strain" of coronavirus.   There are seven types of "human" coronavirus, four considered common.  C19 is one of the three less common human coronavirus stains.

So, not only is this virus completely different than influenza, it is novel.

Very informative article here.

https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-types

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html

Common human coronaviruses:

229E (alpha coronavirus)
NL63 (alpha coronavirus)
OC43 (beta coronavirus)
HKU1 (beta coronavirus)

Other human coronaviruses:

MERS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)
SARS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)
SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)
People around the world commonly get infected with human coronaviruses 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1.

Sometimes coronaviruses that infect animals can evolve and make people sick and become a new human coronavirus. Three recent examples of this are 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV.

For what it's worth, the common human coronavirus strains mentioned above do cause some of the common colds we get, along with virii called Rhinovirus and another called RSV.

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/common_cold_causes

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html

Unfortunately we have historically had very little luck producing successful coronavirus vaccines. Note the pesky common cold that comes around each season. Let's hope we have better luck with a vaccine for C19.

[Valkorado]

Highly virulent, contagious caca!

At least 140 employees at one hospital alone, Brigham and Women’s in Boston, tested positive for coronavirus as workers around the country work tirelessly to help COVID-19 patients.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/doctors-nurses-contracting-coronavirus-alarming-110819601.html

[98valk]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/rush-limbaugh-offers-theory-about-low-coronavirus-deaths-in-california

[Valkorado]

I really wish someone would BITCH SLAP this woman!



AOC wants coronavirus ‘reparations’ for minority communities

https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/aoc-calls-for-coronavirus-reparations-for-minorities/

[The emperor has no clothes]

I thought this article was pretty much spot on to my thoughts about it.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hell-coming-sold-national-security-163655629.html

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https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-trail-leading-back-to-wuhan-labs/

[98valk]

I thought this article was pretty much spot on to my thoughts about it.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hell-coming-sold-national-security-163655629.html

Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)