Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[HisMajestyBOB]

We'll have a reverse Fort Sumpter with the Feds opening fire on state facilities in order to loot the medical supplies for Trump cronies.

[HisMajestyBOB]

'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.   

[Legbiter]

'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.   

Is it mostly concentrated in London?

[Sheilbh]

'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.   

Is it mostly concentrated in London?

Nowhere near to the extent of Spain and Italy. London's had a very bad outbreak (covid's more or less doubled the average mortality), but its excess deaths are far lower than Madrid, Lombardy, New York and, I think, Paris. No other region has had it as bad but the West Midlands, North-West and South-East have all been badly hit too.

[Duque de Bragança]

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 

I guess that's why I have never been to an IKEA store.   

[Josquius]

'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.   

Yeah, my girlfriends parents are freaking out about this. Apparently its being reported like the end of days.

Went into the small nearby town today and its shocking how much things are back to normal. Lots of people relaxing on public benches and having a chat.

[Razgovory]

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.

Yeah, Illinois did the same thing last week.  I posted an article sometime last month on the Feds swiping medical supplies purchased by the states.  The whole thing is fucking bonkers.  States are forming coalitions so they don't try to bid against each other for supplies.  It's like we are preparing for civil war.

[Grey Fox]

The snob french are hating on Ikea. Such a cliché.

[mongers]

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 

I guess that's why I have never been to an IKEA store.   

So hardly any Languish Europeans have been in an IKEA.

Must be a Brit and Yanky thing. 

[Legbiter]

Nowhere near to the extent of Spain and Italy. London's had a very bad outbreak (covid's more or less doubled the average mortality), but its excess deaths are far lower than Madrid, Lombardy, New York and, I think, Paris. No other region has had it as bad but the West Midlands, North-West and South-East have all been badly hit too.

Keep London locked down then they're a biohazard to the rest of the rest of the country.

For the last week we've been at 0-2 new infections per day. But this fucking bug is smart, it popped up today in a retirement home even as we've been trying to keep the oldies hermetically sealed off. It's maddening.

[Razgovory]

The Town of Stillwater Oklahoma is discontinuing the mask requirements because store clerks are facing threats.

[fromtia]

https://twitter.com/thebushcenter/status/1256607729151619073?s=12

Dubya.

[Zanza]

So hardly any Languish Europeans have been in an IKEA.

Must be a Brit and Yanky thing. 

Ikea's biggest market is Germany. I moved twice the last two years and have probably been there like a dozen times. When I was a student all my furniture was Ikea, these days a significant part is.

[DGuller]

The last couple of times I visited IKEA in New Jersey, I was appalled at how run down it has become.  It seemed like no one cared to make any part of the store look like anything other than a total dump.  I don't know if that's just the problem with the particular store, or if that reflects the general turn the whole chain has taken.

[garbon]

The last couple of times I visited IKEA in New Jersey, I was appalled at how run down it has become.  It seemed like no one cared to make any part of the store look like anything other than a total dump.  I don't know if that's just the problem with the particular store, or if that reflects the general turn the whole chain has taken.

NJ, eh?