Covid - 19

[dawg80]

I didn't like the tie Trump wore at the press conference. Shows poor judgment. More than that...failure. Impeach!

[Guisslapp]

Well your only solution two weeks ago was testing. You questioned why that took so long. You got the answer...red tape. Not sure why you refuse to believe that and seem convinced that Obama's guys would have done SO much better.

My job title is not President of the US. The responsibility for finding and adopting a solution lies elsewhere.

Red tape is not an excuse. Trump has ignored all other rules. Now he is going to be held up by red tape. Laughable.

[detltu]

Exploit in which direction?

There are many that haven’t recovered yet that have been on ventilation in the hospital for more than a week.

Exploit in the direction of panic. There are certainly cases of people dying and going on ventilators for more than a week. Absolutely. If you are over 70 this virus lives up to the hype. It is extremely dangerous. Louisiana just had their 5th person die (3 from the same retirement home). If you are under 40 and panicking you are part of the problem. Unless you have very serious health issues you are very unlikely to suffer complications from this virus. Kids under the age of 9 show almost no symptoms. Those between 10 and 30 seem to recover very rapidly.

[Guisslapp]

My job title is not President of the US. The responsibility for finding and adopting a solution lies elsewhere.

Red tape is not an excuse. Trump has ignored all other rules. Now he is going to be held up by red tape. Laughable.

We know WHY we are only now scrambling to solve this problem. It is because Trump wasted weeks downplaying the threat and arguing that it was a hoax. He rested on his laurels after restricting travel from China.


Valuable time wasted. Failure.

[Guisslapp]

Exploit in the direction of panic. There are certainly cases of people dying and going on ventilators for more than a week. Absolutely. If you are over 70 this virus lives up to the hype. It is extremely dangerous. Louisiana just had their 5th person die (3 from the same retirement home). If you are under 40 and panicking you are part of the problem. Unless you have very serious health issues you are very unlikely to suffer complications from this virus. Kids under the age of 9 show almost no symptoms. Those between 10 and 30 seem to recover very rapidly.

Yeah, but you are just as likely, if not more so (because you are more social), to be a vector for the spread of the disease.

[johnnylightnin]

Exploit in the direction of panic.

My question would be what constitutes panic. Is it panic inducing to tell folks to keep away from groups of 10? I suppose, but isn't that also the only way to flatten the curve? Seriously restricting our behavior is about all we have left. It WILL spread, but the speed of the spread is the question. And still, with all the panic, the bars and restaurants were full in many places. We, as a society, don't take well to curtailing our behavior. The issue is not the effect on the disease for those who are not at high risk, it's their unknowing spread of the virus to those who ARE high risk. Many folks who've tested positive are asymptomatic. If we wait to curtail our behavior until we don't feel well, we've already spread the virus to all we've come in contact with.

It's where we are. The media coverage has been partisan (on BOTH sides) and that's annoying, but it shouldn't surprise anyone. Worst case scenarios ALWAYS lead. Just like Fox News never reports on the fact that undocumented aliens are less likely than the general population to be criminally violent...the heinous acts of the extreme minority lead those stories. Just like NBC is going to report on those that are sickest.

It's annoying, but it's also capitalism. If it bleeds it leads.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

The media is still amazing. They finally found one they can exploit.

Add Guisslapp to that list that has been wrong since day one about everything and now think they have a shot at getting rid of Trump. Guisslapp is nonstop posting to himself. I think he's worse than me.

People with blood type A might be more susceptible to coronavirus, study finds


People with blood type A might be more vulnerable to the coronavirus, while those with type O blood could be more resistant, according to a new preliminary study from China.
Researchers studying COVID-19 in its outbreak epicenter, Wuhan, and the city of Shenzhen found the proportion of Type-A patients both infected and killed by the disease to be “significantly” higher than those with the same blood type in the general public.
Type O patients, meanwhile, made up a smaller proportion of both those infected and killed by the virus.

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https://www.foxnews.com/health/peopl...us-study-finds

[CARTEK]

I'm a Doctor Radio guy...the mantra that many of the presenters have announced is that all of us have already been exposed to the virus. I accept that observation and realize we must deal with the consequences.

We all have a responsibility to take care of ourselves and our loved ones...and even our neighbors to the extent we don't endanger ourselves.

I'm not hunkering down and hibernating, but I'm not licking doorknobs either! If we all do what we should do, this will pass and we will move on. We are not "importing" the virus like Italy and Iran did (i.e., multiple flights daily supplying the Chinese silk highway) up until less than 21 days ago.

Keep calm and carry on.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I'm a Doctor Radio guy...the mantra that many of the presenters have announced is that all of us have already been exposed to the virus. I accept that observation and realize we must deal with the consequences.

We all have a responsibility to take care of ourselves and our loved ones...and even our neighbors to the extent we don't endanger ourselves.

I'm not hunkering down and hibernating, but I'm not licking doorknobs either! If we all do what we should do, this will pass and we will move on. We are not "importing" the virus like Italy and Iran did (i.e., multiple flights daily supplying the Chinese silk highway) up until less than 21 days ago.

Keep calm and carry on.

Have you guys heard and/or seen the Corona Virus Challenge yet?
There was a millennial, you-tubing and on FB, her licking an airplane toilet seat per the new challenge. Seriously!!

[dawg80]

My stock portfolios...OMG! 'nough said about that.

But, with school closed, and my nurse daughter pulling additional shifts, I have been babysitting my granddaughter this week. LIFE IS GOOD! She just screamed, "Papa come here! I seen a ghost!" A ghost, where, I don't see a ghost. She says "It's a ghost of bigfoot, they are really hard to see!" LOL! Only a 4-yr-old could think of something like that.

[Champ967]

What's still the most fascinating aspect of this for me is the disconnect between how the media is covering this story in one way.

We're seeing the stories about how young adults are reacting to this vs. older generations. But what we haven't seen are stories in the national media about how America outside the urban centers is reacting to this.

The state of Louisiana is one example. Testing has dramatically increased in the past few days in areas of the state outside of New Orleans. Yet, areas like Lafayette, Ruston/Monroe, Lake Charles, and Alexandria still have no cases. Should small businesses in those areas go under before there is a proven indication of a problem? That discussion is everywhere on social media and touches virtually every state in America. You would never know it by watching the national media.

I've discussed this at length before, but to recap ...

Media outlets are selling a product. And it's not their content, it's their viewers. They sell viewers to advertisers. And they will air whatever content they believe attracts more viewers. Calls for journalistic integrity / professionalism / truth / blahblahblah are obsolete and naive. Media outlets are comprised of salespeople, selling.

If their corona coverage is focused on major metros, it's because they anticipate more people will watch / listen / click for coverage of New York, New Orleans and Seattle than coverage of Ruston or Lake Chas.

[dawg80]

I've discussed this at length before, but to recap ...

Media outlets are selling a product. And it's not their content, it's their viewers. They sell viewers to advertisers. And they will air whatever content they believe attracts more viewers. Calls for journalistic integrity / professionalism / truth / blahblahblah are obsolete and naive. Media outlets are comprised of salespeople, selling.

If their corona coverage is focused on major metros, it's because they anticipate more people will watch / listen / click for coverage of New York, New Orleans and Seattle than coverage of Ruston or Lake Chas.

Nah! advertisers were just as active when networks still had integrity. And I guarantee any network seen to be honest and accurate will draw a tremendous audience. Which is why FOX out-distances its competitors.

[Guisslapp]

Nah! advertisers were just as active when networks still had integrity. And I guarantee any network seen to be honest and accurate will draw a tremendous audience. Which is why FOX out-distances its competitors.

lol. Fox has been calling this whole COVID-19 thing a hoax for weeks.

[dawg80]

lol. Fox has been calling this whole COVID-19 thing a hoax for weeks.

LOL at you! I watch FOX a lot and not one time have I seen anyone refer to it as a hoax. You're a pathetic, small-man, liar!

[Guisslapp]

LOL at you! I watch FOX a lot and not one time have I seen anyone refer to it as a hoax. You're a pathetic, small-man, liar!

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): We gotta be very real with the American people, I don't like how we're scaring people unnecessarily. And that is that unless you have an immune system that is compromised, and you are older, and you have other underlying health issues you're not going to die 99% from this virus, correct?

DOUG COLLINS: That is correct Sean, it's good to be with you again.

HANNITY: Alright so that's the point, I mean they're scaring the living hell out of people. And I see I seeing them again as like oh, okay, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.