Massachusetts is running a general COVID-19 special enrollment period. Late last week, they released an interim enrollment report. Forty days into the COVID SEP (which began on March 11, 2020, and runs through May 25, 2020), approximately 8,300 residents have used it to enroll in a Health Connector plan. To date, COVID-19 SEP enrollees comprise …
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Wednesday / Thursday, May 6-7
Imagining him coming home haggard with bloodshot eyes after working a 72 hour shift without being able to figure out the master plan from the seeming chaos and his wife being like, "Honey, have you considered that they might just be stupid?" — Starfish Who Had Fun For An Hour (@IRHotTakes) May 6, 2020 great, …
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Open Thread: Pandemic Stories
Blogmaster bait! Modern Dog Grooming in Bangkok is taking extra precautions to keep both its staff and their furry customers safe in times of social distancing https://t.co/H0WWamEPiz pic.twitter.com/fsLTNR4Fod — Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020 So you may have seen some scaremongering stories about coronavirus “mutations” in the past few days. Don’t read those. Read this …
Semi-Respite Open Thread: The Solace of Science
The more you know… normies: this virus is SO WEIRDvirologists: yes, it is weird, just like every virus viruses are weird — halvorz (@halvorz) April 29, 2020 rhinovirus: eighty five billion strains because fuck you thats whysmallpox: environmentally stable enveloped virus what the hell; also how on earth are you so lethal *and* transmissible holy …
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Partisan identification or actual behaviors
This is a show stopper of a poll: ?Partisan gap on COVID in CNBC battleground poll: Rs v Ds on whether these activities are safe *right now*: Restaurant dining 70% R v 5% D Bars 52% R v 4% D Flying 46% R v 5% D Mass transit 40% R v 2% D *Large sporting …
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Give Me Liberty and Give Me Death!
We’re really the dumbest fucking country: During the early days of the pandemic, the public’s attention was fixed on various models, each showing a steep upswing, with cases steadily increasing each day, followed by the tail-end of the curve as cases fade away. Americans saw, with increasing dread, the predicted upswing in the national numbers. …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Update – Tuesday / Wednesday, May 5-6
Trump: The economy next year will be fantastic, though "nothing can ever happen" that will replace your loved one if you lost somebody, but from "purely an economic standpoint," it's going to be one of the best years ever. — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 5, 2020 Follow @Reuters liveblog for the latest developments around the …
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