The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

[Cooterpoot]

Right now, our response is at least 6 weeks behind where it should be. Those at the top chose to bury their collective heads in the sand rather than act proactively and now the entire crisis is FUBAR. People will die because of this, and some continue to make excuses for those who should have acted earlier. Just damn guys, stop enabling these people. They F?d up and now we are going to have to pay a huge price in both lives ?treasure?.

Not true. This wasn't going to be stopped or slowed regardless. Its got to run its course while we wait on a vaccine.

[deadheaddawg]

Not true. This wasn't going to be stopped or slowed regardless. Its got to run its course while we wait on a vaccine.

Not True. It absolutely could have been slowed.

[KOdawg1]

Right now, our response is at least 6 weeks behind where it should be. Those at the top chose to bury their collective heads in the sand rather than act proactively and now the entire crisis is FUBAR. People will die because of this, and some continue to make excuses for those who should have acted earlier. Just damn guys, stop enabling these people. They F?d up and now we are going to have to pay a huge price in both lives ?treasure?.

This is exaggerated.

[BeardoMSU]

Not true. This wasn't going to be stopped or slowed regardless. Its got to run its course while we wait on a vaccine.

Without getting political, let me say....Jesus, dude....c'mon.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

34 year old:

https://www.foxla.com/news/glendora-...florida-report

This one is pretty concerning to me. I had asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia as a kid just like this guy did. Plus I'm older than him.

You left out the part where he had testicular cancer. First line chemo for a lot of testicular cancers is Bleomycin. The notorious side effect of Bleomycin is pulmonary fibrosis.

ETA: so to be clear, there's a significant chance he had severe underlying respiratory complications from chemo (which the article hinted at). Not merely a history of asthma and bronchitis.

[BeardoMSU]

Without getting political, let me say....Jesus, dude....c'mon.

To say we, these United States of America, supposedly the greatest country in the history of the planet, couldn't have been better prepared for this, in terms of policy, infrastructure, and leadership, is just an astounding thing to hear....

[99jc]

A very close friend of mine was just diagnosed with the virus. He is extremely ill. I was with him for a day a week ago...it's getting real.

[BeardoMSU]

A very close friend of mine was just diagnosed with the virus. He is extremely ill. I was with him for a day a week ago...it's getting real.

Sorry to hear that, man.

[deadheaddawg]

To say we, these United States of America, supposedly the greatest country in the history of the planet, couldn't have been better prepared for this, in terms of policy, infrastructure, and leadership, is just an astounding thing to hear....

Yep.

That should be a clear indication that it isn't true.

[Cooterpoot]

Not True. It absolutely could have been slowed.

Prove it. Because nobody has. But you're going to panic and bitch and moan, so go ahead.

[BeardoMSU]

Prove it. Because nobody has. But you're going to panic and bitch and moan, so go ahead.

Lolz, ok....if this is what you're going to contribute, just go back to the ****ing dugout.

[Cooterpoot]

Without getting political, let me say....Jesus, dude....c'mon.

Name all the countries that stopped this in its tracks- None have. Being the greatest country in the world doesn't make us immune.
Hell, it wasn't even considered a pandemic til a couple weeks ago.

[BeardoMSU]

Name all the countries that stopped this in its tracks- None have. Being the greatest country in the world doesn't make us immune.
Hell, it wasn't even considered a pandemic til a couple weeks ago.

Lol, it's not about "stopping it", genius...obviously it was never going to be stopped in its tracks...it's about being competent enough to at least see the warning signs, take advice of physicians and medical scientists for preparedness/basic infrastructure, and not send mixed-messages downplaying its significance to the country's populace, which we are still seeing the effects of (e.g., spring break).

Liquidating the WH NSC pandemic response team didn't help, either....but I digress.

[Cooterpoot]

Lol, it's not about "stopping it", genius...obviously it was never going to be stopped in its tracks...it's about being competent enough to at least see the warning signs, take advice of physicians and medical scientists for preparedness/basic infrastructure, and not send mixed-messages downplaying its significance to the country's populace, which we are still seeing the effects of (e.g., spring break).

Liquidating the WH NSC pandemic response team didn't help, either....but I digress.

You realize the pandemic team wasn't liquidated right? That's more BS.

[deadheaddawg]

Name all the countries that stopped this in its tracks- None have. Being the greatest country in the world doesn't make us immune.
Hell, it wasn't even considered a pandemic til a couple weeks ago.

You said slow down or stop.

It could have been slowed down and you damn well know it.

[dantheman4248]

Name all the countries that stopped this in its tracks- None have. Being the greatest country in the world doesn't make us immune.
Hell, it wasn't even considered a pandemic til a couple weeks ago.

South Korea and the US had their 1st case on the same day. South Korea did have it contained until one bad apple spoiled the bunch. Even then, they've had 152 new cases in the past 24 hours. We've had 4000+ in that same time frame. They've had more people recovered than infected in the past 24 hours. They flattened their curve. Ours is now spiking as we are able to test more and get closer to accurately depicting our amount. Believe me, there is still way more than 13k cases out there.

[Dolphus Raymond]

Hell yes it could have been slowed down. That is exactly what we are trying to do now. We are trying to do now what we should have been doing in at least mid January. The incompetence demonstrated by our leadership that allowed us to get so far behind was a dereliction of duty.

[BeardoMSU]

You realize the pandemic team wasn't liquidated right? That's more BS.

Prove it**

[whispers: "you can't"]

ETA: before you go there, spare me the Tim Morrison emergency editorial in an attempt to save face.

[Dolphus Raymond]

Are some of you getting your information through Qanon? Asking for a friend.

[Pinto]

It?s amazing the amount of experts on here that can?t prove jack nor have any facts to back up their irrational emotional non logical ramblings.