outbreak! (ebola, sars, coronavirus, etc)

incredible

*applause*

:)

just so it's clear, i love sic's thing with those URLs

he doesn't even have to do it anymore

lmao karl

WE'RE DOING IT FOR HIM

xp exactly, it was a really successful effort!

i am sic-partacus

The Trump admin. plans to end federal funding and support for coronavirus testing sites at the end of this month,
@NBCNews
has learned.

smart

The level of proud, willful ignorance among Trump and the CHUDs is truly staggering.

no, that can't be right. that was all a joke, remember?

extremely bad

NEW: Houston’s intensive-care units are now filled to 97 percent of capacity.https://t.co/1iRAyBks9p

— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) June 24, 2020

we did it

The Washington Post reports:

Across the United States, more than 36,000 new infections were reported by state health departments on Wednesday — surpassing the previous single-day record of 34,203 set on April 25. Texas, Florida and California led the way, with all three states reporting more than 5,000 new cases apiece.

Oh no, Tulsa...https://t.co/r2O0tT4QXZ pic.twitter.com/yGeaHO7auL

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) June 24, 2020

what will it take for abbott to shut down texas? anything?

depends on if Republicans are still death cultists

Ron Howard: “they were”

I feel like it's really down in the big 'first spike' cities i.e. London, New York, though? Both cases and deaths?

the sad predictability of it all.

the trump administration has the blood of these people on their hands for a hundred other reasons but one of the most immediate egregious and pernicious act of COVID-related malevolence has to be the years of "don't trust the news." They set these people up to disbelieve helpful warnings and months of opportunities to properly prepare. It's hard to believe the number of people south of the mason dixon I had to repeatedly swear to that this was about death and illness and was not open to political debate. New York was not a mirage!

So ... death numbers generally lag infections by a couple of weeks, right? Infection spikes in and of themselves are one thing, but spikes that translate to big spikes in deaths and/or ICU hospitalizations are another. Doubling rate is another important number. According to covidexitstrategy.org, OK doubling rate is at 20 days right now (for comparison, AZ is down to 12 and FL is around 19; IL is at 153, but was down to 2 at its worst). Def. going the wrong direction in a lot of places, which is ... one way to learn a lesson. Or not.

xpost New York doubling rate (state, not city) is currently 416 days, which, yeah, is a big improvement. There is no way to know until we know, but I guess we'll find out if the cold weather states spike again once people go back inside, or the hot weather states subside a little when people leave the A/C. Though of course we'll hit some point this summer where every place will be hot, so I guess we'll see then.

https://gothamist.com/news/ny-nj-and-ct-impose-14-day-quarantine-visitors-states-high-coronavirus-infection-rates
vaccine vs civil war conversations on the horizon

I feel like it's really down in the big 'first spike' cities i.e. London, New York, though? Both cases and deaths?

For the moment. I can't comment on NYC, but all it means is that London is going to be the big 'second spike' city.

... in the UK, that is.

Greetings from california where I just decided to do a massive food shop tomorrow because it feels like things are about to get really real.

Just saw a news headline that "experts" are saying the US death toll may hit 300,000 by winter. That seems like a very achievable number.

it's amazing that we're in month 5 of this and republicans are still in denial until it actually personally affects them

good luck everyone

Abbott made comments today suggesting that he is coming around to new restrictions, although very slowly

xxpost Well, I might say 'even after' rather than 'until' but yeah

tbf the gop would much rather people die now than survive with scrambled lungs and be a drag on the economy for years to come

Greetings from california where I just decided to do a massive food shop tomorrow because it feels like things are about to get really real.

Good luck, caek. I'm in NY and have been meaning to stock up on some things that were hard to get during lockdown to prepare for when this happens here again (and it's going to happen here again).

VIDEO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has worn a face mask at an official event in Brasilia, following a ruling by a federal judge ordering him to wear one in public spaces. Brazil is the second hardest-hit country by the virus worldwide pic.twitter.com/V63X08liMR

— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 24, 2020

wow, even bolsonaro wears a mask now (under court order, of course)

that might make trump the last leader in the world to refuse to do it?

seems right

the trump administration has the blood of these people on their hands for a hundred other reasons but one of the most immediate egregious and pernicious act of COVID-related malevolence has to be the years of "don't trust the news." They set these people up to disbelieve helpful warnings and months of opportunities to properly prepare. It's hard to believe the number of people south of the mason dixon I had to repeatedly swear to that this was about death and illness and was not open to political debate. New York was not a mirage!

agreed - the fact that he has turned wearing face masks, the simplest proven way to slow the spread, into another dumb culture war issue is singlehandedly going to get thousands of people killed. I know a lot of people on here think he's basically bad as any GOP president would've been but this is uniquely a Trump thing

Trump is uniquely bad but Republicans keep supporting him. Trump is a problem but Republicans will outlast him and they will continue being a problem.

Yeah, just watching those immature assholes at work during that hearing yesterday, that's not a fight that will be one with the ouster of Trump.

By the way, anybody else ever amazed at how quickly political boogeyman of every bent just vanish when they leave Washington? Like Paul Ryan, who the fuck cares where he is, but at the same time, where the fuck is he? Even Al Gore just pops his head up every once in awhile, but he clearly travels in circles of power parallel and invisible to most of our lives.

i think they're just busy making money

ryan is amassing cash and laying low so as to not be associated with this presidency in any way, doesn't want his name to be tainted when he sets up his own run. he's a genuinely dangerous guy: somebody willing to be completely amoral but smarter, more media savvy than the current set of garden tools. feel free to link back to this post in 2028 when he's rounding up dissidents.

Paul Ryan couldn't round up .99 cents.

nah, he'll be back in 2024

so will nikki haley, ted cruz, mitt romney, kasich. hawley. the whole gang will be there

would love to be wrong about this.

oops, forgot which thread this was! sorry. it's all one thread, etc

that might make trump the last leader in the world to refuse to do it?

Never seen a single member of the UK government in a mask btw, let alone the Prime Minister.

abbott orders pause in re-opening:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Thursday that the state will pause further reopening phases in light of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surging.

Businesses that reopened under previous phases can continue to remain open.

“As we experience an increase in both positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, we are focused on strategies that slow the spread of this virus while also allowing Texans to continue earning a paycheck to support their families,” Abbott said in a statement. “The last thing we want to do as a state is go backwards and close down businesses. This temporary pause will help our state corral the spread until we can safely enter the next phase of opening our state for business. I ask all Texans to do their part to slow the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask, washing their hands regularly, and socially distancing from others. The more that we all follow these guidelines, the safer our state will be and the more we can open up Texas for business.”

but still, they can't help but frame it all in the wrong way. it's not going "the wrong way", it's about adjusting to the realities of the spread and doing something to save lives

let alone the Prime Minister.

Boris is chock full of antibodies.

It's true, you could sort of describe the way he and Trump look as "anti-body."

The life of the mind

The steps Abbott is taking are about trying to give hospitals a little more capacity and not exacerbating things even more by expanding the re-opening, which I guess is better than nothing, but still doesn't address the main problem, which is containing the spread that is quickly getting out of control.

would love to be wrong about this.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:50 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

i would hope that paul ryan still has the taint of the first two trump years on him