OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

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  1. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    BREAKING NEWS: Number of people dead from coronavirus in the U.S. rises to SIX after four new deaths as top infectious disease official warns the spread has reached 'pandemic proportions
    • The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. has risen to six as the top infectious disease official in the country warned the disease had likely reached 'pandemic proportions'
    • Dr Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has warned that the coronavirus has likely reached 'pandemic proportions'
    • The leading expert went on to say the U.S. might need to consider social mitigation, including closing down schools and not allowing events where large crowds are in confined spaces
    • It comes after Dr Matt McCarthy, who works at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, warned coronavirus cases will surge into the thousands by next week
    • He also claimed he doesn't have the tools to properly care for patients because of the lack of coronavirus tests being made available to hospitals
    • Health officials have been scrambling to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with faulty tests from the federal government
    • Scott Gottlieb, who is the former FDA commissioner said three critical weeks were lost in trying to contain the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. because of the faulty tests
    • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Sunday that it is investigating a manufacturing defect in some initial coronavirus test kits
    • It comes as New York Gov Andrew Cuomo confirmed on Sunday that a healthcare worker in her 30s was the first confirmed case in the state
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-coronavirus-cases-surge-thousands-week.html
     
  2. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Keep in mind just to get tested you have to pay 3,500 dollars out of pocket in the USA.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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  4. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Elderly voters tend to vote Republican
    Dead voters tend to vote Democrat
    Connect the dots.
     
  5. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    For comparison South Korea has tested over 100,000 citizens and is in the process of setting up drive-thru testing locations.
     
  6. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Tolstoy's biographer?
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    That is bullshit
     
  8. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Hopefully winter is over for the country because Trump just diverted all the funds, $37 million, from the emergency heating assistance fund to the coronavirus.

    It's sad that the first place we go is to defund programs for the poor.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Doesn't surprise me
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The poor will all be feverish due to coronavirus. The last thing they need is more heat. This is just part of the treatment ordered by our top medical expert, Dr. Pence.

    barfo
     
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    Pence is talking about the coronavirus. Trump had to go to his rallies.
     
  13. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Where he is calling it a hoax
     
  14. SlyPokerDog

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    CDC has stopped disclosing the number of Americans tested for coronavirus as top NYC doctor slams a lack of checks as a 'national scandal'
    • Images posted online show a table published on the CDC's website had, as of Sunday night, a row showing the number of people screened
    • By Monday that information was no longer available and the number removed
    • One top doctor said the lack of checks so far has been a 'national scandal'
    • The former FDA commissioner said three critical weeks were lost in trying to contain the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. because of the faulty tests
    • The total number of US cases has now soared to 91 with six deaths
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...sing-number-Americans-tested-coronavirus.html
     
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    As someone with a quality weakened immune system, the complete lack of competence from our "leaders" thus far on the kung flu is terrifying.
     
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    a quality weakened immune system, may, in fact, be the most mediocre immune system I have ever heard of...
     
  17. SlyPokerDog

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    Donald Trump publicly spars with nation's top coronavirus expert Dr Tony Fauci as he demands vaccine in a 'couple of months' - and epidemic chief tells him: 'Like I told you, a year.'
    • Trump holds Cabinet Room summit with his coronavirus taskforce and biggest pharmaceutical company CEOs
    • Says he wants to see a vaccine in 'a few months' and is told by Dr. Tony Fauci, nations top epidemiologist, that it will be a year
    • Used meeting to offer to help with clinical trials, saying pharma firms could use 'Seattle'
    • City is part of Washington where state officials say six people have now died
    • Trump was told that human trials could take place of a human vaccine within a few months and latched on to that number
    • Dr. Fauci, the NIH's director, said: 'Like I've been telling you, a year to a year and a half,' Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
    • President Trump shrugged him off and said: 'I like the sound of a couple of months better.' only for Fauci to say: 'When is it going to be deployable.'
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nths-offers-pharma-chiefs-SEATTLE-trials.html
     
  18. stampedehero

    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    No. But......it is a highly effective substitute.
     
  19. yankeesince59

    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    How in the hell can this malignant dipshit of a POTUS demand something that experts say will take a year to a year and a half to develop?

    ...never mind, I forgot who we were talking about.
     
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