*record scratch* Yup, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how an ostrich like me ended up in this situation…. pic.twitter.com/vaFIVYMSaw — Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) May 12, 2020 Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche are having a quarantine brunch and arguing about what makes for a good Bloody Mary.Marx: As long as it’s red.Freud: As long as it’s like …
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Our New Pandemic Reality: ‘Harm Mitigation’
Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns https://t.co/Jofa7T8PIS — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 13, 2020 Emergency physician & former Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen, in the Washington Post — “We’re retreating to a new strategy on covid-19. Let’s call it what it is”: … At the beginning of the outbreak, the United …
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Pandemic Preparedness Props (Open Thread)
The gigantic lie this pair of clowns told at the afternoon yellicopter availability is interesting, only in the sense that it tells us what issue they’re most defensive about today, and that is pandemic preparedness: Trump and Kayleigh McEnany are now trying to dismiss the pandemic response plan Obama left for Trump as a mere …
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Current COVID status
Seanly asked a good set of questions in comments yesterday: If we’re mostly staying at home, how is the virus still spreading so much? Is it that even with restrictions there are still some people spreading it? Seems the odds of that happening would decrease? Is it possible there are some people who are asymptomatic …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Allons, Comrades!
Take your favorite President’s advice — Read the whole thing! Despite all the time that’s been lost, we can still make real progress against the virus, protect people from the economic fallout, and more safely approach something closer to normal if we start making better policy decisions now.https://t.co/pfokyI8GiB — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 13, 2020 …
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Wednesday/Thursday, May 13-14
In his testimony tomorrow, Rick Bright is expected to warn that the U.S. will face "unprecedented illness and fatalities" without additional preparations. "Without clear planning…2020 will be darkest winter in modern history." W/ @JDiamond1 https://t.co/iVEzwpdHzQ — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 13, 2020 For the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak, follow @Reuters Liveblog https://t.co/cEBwkoEQ5P pic.twitter.com/IeFl4BCYGo …
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You’ve recovered, now what?
COVID is a generator of new unknowns. The New York Times reported on the experience of some Italian citizens who have been infected by COVID and are no longer infected. However these folks are not seeing their health restored to their pre-COVID states: Studies also point to kidney, heart, liver and neurological damage, often from …