Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

I said it here first so it must be a great idea.

I can foresee some intense jockeying to be declared a "front line worker." 

[jimmy olsen]

The problem with the herd immunity strat is we don't even know if it'll work. In either case we need more data. And to have more data we need better leaders. So we're back to square one.

The corona viruses that cause the common cold don't confer long lasting immunity, it's why you can get a cold every year. Definitely not guaranteed that this will confer long term immunity, which could mean we're screwed without a vaccine.

Definitely don't like the looks of all these crowds I'm seeing on the news. May is going to be worse than April.

[Malthus]

The problem with the herd immunity strat is we don't even know if it'll work. In either case we need more data. And to have more data we need better leaders. So we're back to square one.

The corona viruses that cause the common cold don't confer long lasting immunity, it's why you can get a cold every year. Definitely not guaranteed that this will confer long term immunity, which could mean we're screwed without a vaccine.

Definitely don't like the looks of all these crowds I'm seeing on the news. May is going to be worse than April.

The cold is caused by many viruses though. The most common are rhinovirus, followed by Coronavirus . More than 200 types of viruses are implicated. Immunity to one doesn't give immunity to the others.

[Legbiter]

Spaniards are getting out and about. 

[Zoupa]

The last line is one of the most transparent sentence I've ever read.

[Syt]

First day of shops reopening in Austria.

[The Brain]

IKEA

[The Brain]

The last line is one of the most transparent sentence I've ever read.

You laugh, but do you know what a good peasant shoot sets you back even today?

[Syt]

IKEA

I wonder how many people were pissed that their restaurant has to stay closed for another two weeks.

[The Brain]

IKEA

I wonder how many people were pissed that their restaurant has to stay closed for another two weeks.

Can you at least buy the jars of lingonberry jam?

[Syt]

I don't know.

Fun fact: I have been to Ikea once in my life. Almost 15 years ago. I bought two towels.

[Zoupa]

I don't know.

Fun fact: I have been to Ikea once in my life. Almost 15 years ago. I bought two towels.

You're missing out! Overpriced cardboard furniture that you have to assemble yourself?

Sign me up 

[HisMajestyBOB]

Maryland (led by a Republican Governor) deploys the National Guard and state police to protect medical supplies from the Feds.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maryland-national-guard-protecting-coronavirus-tests-seizure-feds-992535/

Maryland's Republican governor said that he has deployed both the state's National Guard and the state police to protect the 500,000 coronavirus tests he secured from seizure by the federal government and "whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks who needed it."

On Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan told the Washington Post, "it was a little bit of a concern" that federal officials might confiscate the tests which arrived in his state from South Korea on Monday. Hogan went on to say that reports of other incidents where federal officials attempted to or did confiscate coronavirus-related equipment from states played a part in his thinking.

"There had been reports of, for example, in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker told the story of his planeload that came in with masks was basically confiscated by the federal government and he had to then get Robert Kraft, the owner of the [New England] Patriots to fly a second mission with a private plane to try to bring some of that equipment in. And there were a couple of other states that had similar stories," the governor said.

Hogan spoke about the extent he went through to get the tests, saying the process took "22 days and nights." The governor continued, "So, it was important to us, that we wanted to make sure that that plane took off from Korea safely, landed here in America safely, and that we guarded that cargo from whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks who needed it."

Hogan added, "This was an enormously valuable payload. It was like Fort Knox to us, because it was going to save the lives of thousands of our citizens."

With the tests now in the state for days, Hogan was asked if Maryland's National Guard was still protecting the tests. "They are. The National Guard and the state police are both guarding these tests at an undisclosed location," the governor said.

The governor has a right to be concerned, with recent reports of FEMA absconding with five million face masks that were ordered by the Veterans Health Administration and at least 6 other incidents, culled by Business Insider, of federal agencies diverting coronavirus medical equipment.

President Trump lies about the shortages of both equipment and tests almost daily. This week, he said the U.S. will be able to administer 5 million coronavirus tests per day "very soon."

But Admiral Brett Giroir, who serves as the assistant secretary for health, made mincemeat of Trump's claim, saying, "There is absolutely no way on Earth, on this planet or any other planet, that we can do 20 million tests a day, or even five million tests a day."

With Trump refusing to make investments and then making claims that his administration can't back up, states effectively have to be on the lookout for the feds swooping in and grabbing coronavirus equipment that they themselves have secured — all, seemingly, to protect Trump's ass.

Totally normal and fine.

[mongers]

Maryland (led by a Republican Governor) deploys the National Guard and state police to protect medical supplies from the Feds.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maryland-national-guard-protecting-coronavirus-tests-seizure-feds-992535/
....

Totally normal and fine.

It's the New Old ACW Normal. 

[mongers]

'Incidentally' the UK's total death toll has now surpassed Spain and France's and in few more days likely to become greater than Italy's.