death tribble Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, Doc Democracy said: And the secretary of state for health AND the chief medical officer. 🙂 You think it is something to do with standing together at all those press conferences?! 😄 Doc I was so sorely tempted to post something amusing or sarcastic but thought better of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 tkdguy, Steve, death tribble and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I hear that in Billy Connolly's voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 How to cut your own hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Part 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Grailknight, Lord Liaden, Matt the Bruins and 5 others 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Eighty-patient hydrochloroquine + azithromycin trial results No control. Think this is the same French hospital as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, Old Man said: Eighty-patient hydrochloroquine + azithromycin trial results No control. Think this is the same French hospital as before. The lack of a control group is concerning, but how cruel would it be to give a dying person a placebo and tell them they'll die without it? I'm not so much worried about getting people's hopes up if they find it doesn't work, as I am about the tendency of people to self-mediocate when they feel the science has failed them. The homeopathic industry is probably doing booming business right about now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 [Humour mode on] We need a James Bond type to fight Coronavirus ! We need (dramatic pause) Anti- Bacterial Agent ! [/Humour mode off] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Today at a grocerystore I found that rarest of items, a roll of paper towels! They were store brand, and about five were left. I took one, giving it to an older person who was having trouble reaching one, and took one for myself. One was the limit the store imposed, and I was fine with that. At the same store I also found "old-fashioned" style pancake syrup, flavored with brown sugar and molasses rather than imitation maple. Tempted, but I passed it up. I should really stop venturing out like this, but at least I now have enough soda to last me through the weekend -- just... Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickstaPriest Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 3/26/2020 at 11:35 AM, Simon said: We'll be past that by the end of the day. My state (AZ) is running out of test kits and is likely to shut down testing entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 At least your state is trying to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Doing Covid-duty tonight as well, as back-up. Old Man, Pariah, Lawnmower Boy and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 OMFG...................................... This morning I looked at the New Mexico Department of Health's CV page...136 cases. I just looked again. 191. Yes....I am just a little freaked out right now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ScottishFox Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 hours ago, death tribble said: All the fictional plagues have been so much worse than this. And we are coping very well. with it all. So far. A lot of the real plagues have been worse than this too. Smallpox and measles have a combined body count of 500,000,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Here's some stuff to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Yeah, so far in my county in VA still no confirmed cases, though a neighboring county had one case pop up this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickstaPriest Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, ScottishFox said: A lot of the real plagues have been worse than this too. Smallpox and measles have a combined body count of 500,000,000. I mean, those plagues did have the power to end countries that they entered. We aren't at that level. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 well, yeah, the bubonic plague killed off like what 40-50 % (more?) of the population of the areas they swept through. Where in America, the number of confirmed corona cases still only amount to maybe 1 in 3500 people or something, and only 2% or so will die. Though, I guess on a worldwide basis, I have said we have been spoiled since the Spanish Flu. At least I cant think of any. Bird flu, SARs and what not never really got going the way this has. Asian flu and some others have come and gone, and left people sick, but they weren't prolific killers, I don't seem to remember. So, in some ways probably some panic is because we really haven't actually seen the way a deadly pandemic operates in real time (any living from the Spanish Flu days being obviously too young to remember at this point) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Once nanotechnology is perfected, it will be "game over" for the vast majority of these microorganisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Ragitsu said: Once nanotechnology is perfected, it will be "game over" for the vast majority of these microorganisms. Yeah, nanotechnology will be far more lethal than any random string of RNA. Matt the Bruins and Vanguard 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/stay-indoors-or-will-issue-shoot-at-sight-order-says-telangana-cm/story/399156.html I'm hoping that this guy's statement is just hyperbole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 12:36 AM, Pariah said: Maybe he didn't read the memo.... Maybe he didn’t read... Pariah and Tom Cowan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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