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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    Not really COVID-19 related, but I saw this trending on twitter last night and thought that I would share it here. This pretty much sums up the world of “2020” doesn’t it?



    While I sincerely hope that the days to come are better for Ms. Jansing (MSNBC Cable News Anchor) – and for all of us, I fear that the this is just the beginning.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/coronavirus-losing-potency-top-italian-doctor-200601044959952.html
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    This is what always happens with viruses.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    This is what always happens with viruses.

    Yeah....eventually.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Not about Covid-19, but:

    Congo is hit by first Ebola outbreak in 2 years.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/experts-scramble-confirm-second-ebola-outbreak-drc/
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    A ray of good news? Interesting article which attempts to pull together the varied symptoms of COVID-19.

    To quote:

    “Months into the pandemic, there is now a growing body of evidence to support the theory that the novel coronavirus can infect blood vessels, which could explain not only the high prevalence of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, but also provide an answer for the diverse set of head-to-toe symptoms that have emerged.”
    …..
    “The good news is that if Covid-19 is a vascular disease, there are existing drugs that can help protect against endothelial cell damage.”

    https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2

  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    This is what always happens with viruses.

    The rhinovirus is still with us.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Martial law (lite) in my country! YEA! This will cure everything! No more plandemic or antifa riots! We are saved!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Martial law (lite) in my country! YEA! This will cure everything! No more plandemic or antifa riots! We are saved!

    Military crackdowns and curfews, that'll show 'em!
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    edited June 2020 Posts: 2,868
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Martial law (lite) in my country! YEA! This will cure everything! No more plandemic or antifa riots! We are saved!

    Remember it's "Law and Order" for you.....but I get to do whatever I please! :-)
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,723
    Dwayne wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Martial law (lite) in my country! YEA! This will cure everything! No more plandemic or antifa riots! We are saved!

    Remember it's "Law and Order" for you.....but I get to do whatever I please! :-)

    @Dwayne Please use the proper spelling, it's:

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    ;)
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    GadgetMan wrote: »
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/coronavirus-losing-potency-top-italian-doctor-200601044959952.html

    Opinions differ:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/experts-dispute-reports-coronavirus-is-becoming-less-lethal/2020/06/01/8f8ace7c-a432-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    @DaltonCraig007. Thanks. I needed to smile after today's events.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Wow, here we are in riot season, and I still have all my Covid decorations up. Just a touch of black humour there. I'm a bad person. For what it's worth, 1968 was pretty terrible too, but we made it through...
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Wow, here we are in riot season, and I still have all my Covid decorations up. Just a touch of black humour there. I'm a bad person. For what it's worth, 1968 was pretty terrible too, but we made it through...

    :)) =D> [-O<
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited June 2020 Posts: 17,835
    The Orange Knotheadzee is pushing it. Covid-19 will keep sweeping through the U.S. like wild fire now. Police & protesters will both suffer losses. Families of both will suffer. The smaller # of provocateurs & bad cops will also pay.... but whatever... most of THEM don't love their older relatives anyway.
  • Escalus5Escalus5
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    The Orange Knotheadzee is pushing it. Covid-19 will keep sweeping through the U.S. like wild fire now. Police & protesters will both suffer losses. Families of both will suffer. The smaller # of provocateurs & bad cops will also pay.... but whatever... most of THEM don't love their older relatives anyway.

    Have a wonderful week!
  • SuperintendentSuperintendent A separate pool. For sharks, no less.
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  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    Sorry, Forest, but I'm still practicing social distancing, and encouraging everyone I know to continue the practice.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    Funnily, I just revisited that film for the first time since the 90s. I think they ought to retitle that movie as "OK, BOOMER".
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2020 Posts: 15,723
    African American George Floyd, whose death in police custody triggered a wave of protests across the US, tested positive for the virus weeks before his death.

    A 20-page autopsy report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office shows he had the virus on 3 April.

    However, because the virus's genetic code can remain in someone's body for weeks, it is likely that he was asymptomatic at the time of his death but showed a "persistent positivity from previous infection", said the medical report.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    African American George Floyd, whose death in police custody triggered a wave of protests across the US, tested positive for the virus weeks before his death.

    A 20-page autopsy report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office shows he had the virus on 3 April.

    However, because the virus's genetic code can remain in someone's body for weeks, it is likely that he was asymptomatic at the time of his death but showed a "persistent positivity from previous infection", said the medical report.

    Wow, that's one bit of news that some people will enjoy pulling out of its context, I'm sure.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I don t see any relevance, and don t understand why this is even interesting. Unless he is reported as a covid19 death, which I am pretty sure he won t be.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2020 Posts: 15,723
    Iran has reported a record number of new cases. Another 3,574 people have been confirmed as having coronavirus in Iran over the last 24 hours. This is also the fourth day running that the number of new cases has been higher than 3,000. Previously, the highest daily number of new cases was 3,186 - recorded on 30 March, at the height of the country's initial outbreak.

    Mexico reports their record highest daily deaths. Mexico has reported 1,092 novel coronavirus deaths for the past day, the country's highest daily toll so far, taking the total fatalities to 11,729. Mexico has also reported a record number of new cases. 3,912 daily infection recorded yesterday, for a total of 101,238 cases.

    Brazil reports they have broken their record of new deaths for the second day in a row. 1,349 people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing their total death-toll to 32,602 and nearly 600,000 total cases.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Superintendent wrote: »
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    Viruses are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you'll get.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited June 2020 Posts: 13,933
    Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Coronavirus. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried.
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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    May 30th was the biggest daily word-wide rise in new cases (just over 125,000 new infections). So despite Asia and Europe seemingly over the 1st wave of the pandemic, the world-wide cases are increasing at never-seen rate since the pandemic started.

    This record has been beaten: Yesterday (June 4th) recorded the biggest daily world-wide rise in new cases, with 129,990 new infections. We are also back to almost 5,500 daily deaths.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    May 30th was the biggest daily word-wide rise in new cases (just over 125,000 new infections). So despite Asia and Europe seemingly over the 1st wave of the pandemic, the world-wide cases are increasing at never-seen rate since the pandemic started.

    This record has been beaten: Yesterday (June 4th) recorded the biggest daily world-wide rise in new cases, with 129,990 new infections. We are also back to almost 5,500 daily deaths.

    Wow. And here we are reopening everything.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited June 2020 Posts: 15,723
    Some very positive news for once:

    Fiji (total population: 895,978) have cleared its last active case of Covid-19. All 18 confirmed cases have totally recovered, for a 100% recovery rate. Their last confirmed case was from 45 days ago.

    They join Anguilla, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Greenland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, East Timor, Eritrea, Macao, the Falkland Islands, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, French Polynesia and the Faereo Islands as the only countries, cities or regions (either independent or semi-autonomous) to have cleared all confirmed cases with a 100% recovery rate.
  • GadgetManGadgetMan Lagos, Nigeria
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    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pennlive.com/news/2020/06/upmc-doctor-says-covid-19-has-become-less-prevalent-and-less-severe.html?outputType=amp
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