Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[NCFisher]

No. My statement was fact. People in his administration were already warning him by Feb. 25.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...coronavirus-response-is-increasingly-damning/

Every president is routinely warned - annually - of potential pandemics.

Your statement is false, as are the WaPo and NYT accounts, because you omit the very information that exculpates Trump; that he did listen to the very experts the left insisted he should. That their messaging overlapped through the entirety of Jan, Feb, and in March onward became indistinguishable. Your argument is DOA and now that you know that, ignorance is not an excuse to continue falsehood.

 

[Weezer]

No. My statement was fact. People in his administration were already warning him by Feb. 25.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...coronavirus-response-is-increasingly-damning/

Not going to subscribe to the Post to read the story. Is this about the economic advisor? If so, in real time, not using hindsight, do you honestly believe Trump should have listened to an economic advisor over his medical experts(specifically Dr. F)?

 

[Rickyvol77]

If McRib's small hospital (part of a bigger corporation) was any indication, the medical community was panicked! The projections on beds, stays, intervention had them shook to their core.

only hospitals that have poor leadership or in states with poor state government leadership or ones with a lack of financial stability have been "panicked". In Tennessee, most of the large hospitals have been fine.

 

[McDad]

only hospitals that have poor leadership or in states with poor state government leadership or ones with a lack of financial stability have been "panicked". In Tennessee, most of the large hospitals have been fine.

That accurately describes her hospital.

 

[Rickyvol77]

No, the lockdown has to end at some point. I am saying that business models will change, how people socialize and interact will change. People will initially be more cautious about congregating in large crowds. I think there will be a new normal. I ride public transportation to and from work when I go into the office. If we switch to a remote business model, I will just drive in on the days that I need to go in.

BS people will be in crowds just like before

 

[utvolpj]

There will be a lot of small to medium sized businesses that never reopen, there will be some large retailers that never reopen many of their brick and mortar locations.

In a strange way that's ultimately good for my line of work but I will miss watching the small customer grow and succeed.

 

[evillawyer]

I'm not getting a covid 19 vaccination unless I, my family, or people I am regularly around are at extreme risk.

Yes, because the virus always checks first to make sure a potential person that you're going to give it to is a regular in your circle.

 

[hog88]

McRib is being "asked" to use her PTO at the hospital a couple days a week. Administrators attempted to shut down therapy a couple times already. Each of her therapists and support staff are on severely reduced hours.

I wonder if we will see a rash of hospital closures after all of this over.

 

[0nelilreb]

I don't mean to come off cavalier about germs. But anyone who took microbiology and swabbed their agar with residue from payphones, door handles, and their own hands realizes we are literally surrounded by germs all day, every day. Heck, I carry staph but I am not infected.

Look up the term “Skin Flora” . There’s around a 1000 different species at any one time living on your skin . All it takes is for your immune system to be down one day, and something like scraping your gums while brushing your teeth can cause a massive problem.

 

[McDad]

Yes, because the virus always checks first to make sure a potential person that you're going to give it to is a regular in your circle.

Feel better? Or are you still miserable?

 

[Stew Cook]

Not going to subscribe to the Post to read the story. Is this about the economic advisor? If so, in real time, not using hindsight, do you honestly believe Trump should have listened to an economic advisor over his medical experts(specifically Dr. F)?

Isn't the economy Trump's thing? If something were to grab his attention, someone might think it would be a dire warning from his economic advisor.

Then again, maybe the economy has been on autopilot this whole time, and Trump has been riding the wave of inevitability, and intervention couldn't have made a difference in where we are now.

 

[Rickyvol77]

We have been converting hotels and convention centers to hospitals - a lot of people were worried about those numbers. NY has had to make use of some of that I believe (can anyone confirm?). But not sure about other cities.

most "COVID tents and stations" are ghost towns.

 

[McDad]

I wonder if we will see a rash of hospital closures after all of this over.

I don't think State and local governments will allow that to happen. If anything, we may see mergers. That's just wild speculation on my part, though.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

 

[McDad]

Look up the term “Skin Flora” . There’s around a 1000 different species at any one time living on your skin . All it takes is for your immune system to be down one day, and something like scraping your gums while brushing your teeth can cause a massive problem.

True. You also have both "good" and "bad" flora inside your body, too.

 

[Weezer]

You're attacking this windmill on your own, Don Quixote.

You're more of a Sancho Panza.

 

[Rickyvol77]

Where are you getting this information. The ME is an appointed position. Are you saying that 100's of ME are conspiring to inflate the Covid-19 death numbers? To get more money from the Federal Government?

you have no idea how things actually work, not just the medical examiner but ANYTHING that EMS, hospitals, etc can classify as COVID they will because it likely means 110% financial reimbursement from the feds

 

[0nelilreb]

I wonder if we will see a rash of hospital closures after all of this over.

I hope we see a rash of admins lose their jobs , and replaced quickly . That would mean some policies were about to be changed . ( just my 2 pennies worth )

 

[hog88]

Not necessarily a "retailer," but my daughter works at a restaurant in Darden holdings (Olive Garden, Cheddar's, Longhorn Steakhouse, another one). They were told that if this didn't end pretty quickly, Darden will wind up closing several restaurants for good.

I've heard that our Longhorn is not going to reopen. At least one of the independent eateries on the Gallatin square is done for good.

 

[allvol123]

Yep. You could kinda see this dilemma coming.

 

[davethevol]

most "COVID tents and stations" are ghost towns.

Apparently it’s the same way in New York. Lots of people have walked by the major hospitals and filmed the exteriors for hours. The news was saying that people were in big lines outside to get tested and blah blah blah. Turns out that’s not the case. I really think we are being manipulated.

 

[Rickyvol77]

I wonder if we will see a rash of hospital closures after all of this over.

just the smaller ones not already hit by ACA caused issues

 

[McDad]

You're more of a Sancho Panza.

Do you consider what I do here to be sanchismos?

 

[NCFisher]

Siegel? Doesn't Israel's Teva make HCG? Obviously a Zionist plot to implant nanoscopic chips into and reprogram us.

By this time next month, matzoballs will be on every American table.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Yep. You could kinda see this dilemma coming.

Yeah, he was a little late though the new total projected US deaths are at 60K and that's expected to drop again this weekend