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Coronavirus May Kill 100,000 to 240,000 in U.S. Despite Actions, Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/politics/coronavirus-death-toll-united-states.html

As of April 2nd, California had 160,000 tests had not come back. I know there are some labs that are overrun with tests and states that simply do not have enough tests to give (most I would say). So how anyone could project deaths is beyond me. Personally, I know for a fact that crematoriums are overloaded. This is truly and national disgrace.

I first read the "Coral Princess" cruise ship" as the "Covid Princess" cruise ship.

If I were working for a cruise line I would find a new line of work.

CORONAVIRUS testing in the UK has been delayed after kits were found to be contaminated with Covid-19, it's reported.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11296594/coronavirus-testing-delayed-kits-contaminated-covid19/

The Council Of State Governments,

COVID-19 State Executive Orders:

https://web.csg.org/covid19/executive-orders/

Do a virtual convention and get it over with so we can all focus on the general.

Here is my advice. Take your useless MAGA caps, cut them up, and finally do something useful with them.

Britain is now warning about power blackouts.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/11292200/coronavirus-energy-electricity-blackout/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly#comments

NEW SCAM: Coronavirus relief check: Someone is calling people claiming to be the IRS or other government asking for bank details to have your check deposited. Obviously hang up on that.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/03/12/coronavirus-scam-alert-watch-out-for-these-risky-covid-19-websites-and-emails/#fc5a1c01099f

Dont forget that he accused medical people in the hospitals of taking supplies and selling them. These people are exhausted, putting their lives on the line, and we're just getting started.

So how does our idiot leader inspire them? By accusing them of theft. He really is a flaming *****.

Florida received their emergency supplies within 3 days of request after conversations between the governor of Florida and Trump. Florida is a key state for elections and has been since the 2000 election and the "hanging chads" (some may recall.)

At first blush..it seems Trump is favoring those states he may need in 2020. This, if true, is outrageous and criminal. All this while New York ( a highly Democratic state) saw their infections and deaths sykrocket.

To the American people...Trump is truly a despicable person..the deaths of so many ..he will be directly responsible for...

There were lots of rumors that Cheyenne mountain was going to be re-opened and be a command and control center for coronavirus. Those rumors are now confirmed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8162937/Coronavirus-drives-army-command-teams-infamous-Cheyenne-mountain-bunker.html

There’s a good article in The Atlantic on the powers that a President may have after the declaration of a national emergency:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.,

H. Clifford Lane, M.D.,

and Robert R. Redfield, M.D.

If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.

The New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Cruise ships are floating cities and people die on them frequently. So frequently that many large cruise ships have morgues with a capacity of 10, and all of them have morgues, even if smaller than that.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65790/24-unexpected-things-youll-find-cruise-ships

Trump, a Republican, attacked Massie on Twitter, calling him a "third rate Grandstander" and saying he should be thrown out of the party.

Massie voted for the 2017 tax cut for the top 1% and big corporations. The tax cut added at least $1.2 trillion to the national debt. Massie won't vote for a bill that helps people in a time of great need and also rescues many small businesses because it adds to the national debt. At least we know where Massi's priorities lie.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

We have just purchased many Ventilators from some wonderful companies. Names and numbers will be announced later today!

12:31 AM · Mar 28, 2020

Probably outbid some state or hospital for their orders.

I saw the governor of Massachusetts on TV last night saying that they keep ordering hospital supplies but the orders never show up because if someone else calls the company afterwards and offers more money, the order goes there instead. That's why a competent administration would coordinate the efforts and stop the "war" profiteering.

Oh, look over there at the shiny object.

Listened to Gov. Cuomo. I don't even live in NY, but listening to him, especially in light of the national leadership vacuum, just makes me feel better in these frightening times. He is a true leader, and it makes me both sad and angry that we don't have this type of example and direction coming from the WH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQYtc0poxE

UK coronavirus home testing to be made available to millions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/uk-coronavirus-mass-home-testing-to-be-made-available-within-days

“Up to half of the UK population may have already contracted the coronavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Oxford." The study claims the disease reached the UK by mid-January ‘at the latest’ and appears to counter the modelling at Imperial College London, which the government has based its responsive measures on so far during the pandemic. The research suggests that the disease may have already been prevalent in the UK as much as two months earlier than the first case was officially diagnosed…

Should the results of the study be found correct, it would suggest that just one in a thousand infected patients require hopsital treatment and it raises hopes that the UK’s ‘lockdown’ measures could be lifted earlier than planned.”

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/24/coronavirus-may-already-infected-half-uk-population-12451012/?ito=cbshare

You could not pay me enough to step foot on a cruise ship.

Cruise ships are nothing more than giant disease incubators.

Morgan Stanley predicts 3.4 million filed for unemployment last week

March’s unemployment rate is projected to be 12%

The highest rate since the Great Depression

https://www.wimsradio.com/2020/03/24/morgan-stanley-predicts-3-4-million-filed-for-unemployment-2/

The House should hold out for $2-4 billion to secure the elections -- there is no other leverage to get support from Republicans who have thwarted numerous efforts to protect the electoral process. Having honest elections significantly benefits all Covid-19 patients as well as the general populous...for years to come!

He captured an ethos in gay life that has since mostly disappeared as we've become more integrated as a community. His work is second to none and he'll be missed. May his memory be a blessing.

RIP Mr McNally.

Your work will live forever.

Australian leaders have become increasingly frustrated with breaches of social distancing measures that saw thousands flock to beaches and pubs in recent days before new restrictions were implemented.

The correct terminology is physical distancing. Social distancing suggests a breaking of social connections. That is not what we want. We are in this altogether. Virus doesn’t discriminate.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/why-health-officials-say-physical-distancing-is-a-better-term-than-social-distancing-1.4863344

Status of COVID-19

As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid#status-of-covid-19

And yesterday he compared COVID-19 to auto accidents. Saying that a lot of people die from them. Complete false equivalency from the master of false equivalency. Instead of taking this head on which would garner him the praise he so desperately wants, he's taking the easy way out like he does with everything. Find something/someone else to blame so he doesn't have to do the work and be judged by the job he is or isn't doing. It's pathological insanity.

He added, "This cure is worse than the problem."

Donald Trump is the problem. November 3, 2020 is the cure.

It's a real shame but it had to be done.

The IOC has a way of putting a lot of financial strain on the hosting country. With the virus still lurking around, the financial cost would have hurt Japan if they tried to continue with the games this year.

Trump's ignorance is astounding.

Even as Trump tweeted that he would be waiting until the end of the current 15-day period of recommended closures and self-isolation to make any decisions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was exploring new guidance making it possible for people working in "critical infrastructure" jobs who have been exposed to the virus to return to work faster “by wearing a mask for a certain period of time,” Vice President Mike Pence said.

Wearing a mask to work? There aren’t even enough masks as it is for healthcare workers to do their job.