Re: Biden and the crisis
Dang - it sure does get dicey if reins are being passed and we are still in the middle of this mess
Frankly I feel we'll be well out of it by then, but who knows?
I was priviledged to watch the best that ever was, at arguably the most demanding position in sport, for two decades.
How do you adequately thank the guy who brought you fun and so much excitement, so much joy, and so many championships.
He made my life better.
It sounds dumb but its true.
So thanks Tom you were special and you will be missed.
I know you all have this but just in case:
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.html
Mayor deBlasio,who in contrast to Gov Cuomo has gone to great length to make it appear his job is tougher than everyone else, says NYC needs to be ready to shelter in place.
President Trump says no decision on national quarantine has been arrived at just yet.
Wearing a mask will provide a fair degree of protection, and in conjunction with other measures will prevent infections and save lives.
Unlike NIOSH-approved N95s, facemasks are loose-fitting and provide only barrier protection against droplets, including large respiratory particles. No fit testing or seal check is necessary with facemasks. Most facemasks do not effectively filter small particles from the air and do not prevent leakage around the edge of the mask when the user inhales.~CDC
The role of facemasks is for patient source control, to prevent contamination of the surrounding area when a person coughs or sneezes. Patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 should wear a facemask until they are isolated in a hospital or at home. The patient does not need to wear a facemask while isolated.
Stop! It isn’t fair!
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article241231726.html
Senator Cotton (R-ARK) calls for UBI on a temporary basis. From the article:
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Monday he wants to give monthly checks to low-income and middle-class Americans so they can afford necessities during the coronavirus outbreak.
"Let’s cut out employers as the middle men and get relief to people not in weeks but in days," Cotton wrote in a Medium post outlining his proposals for a Senate bill. "We should send relief directly to American families most likely to be in need — those in the bottom and middle tax brackets — to pay for rent, groceries, childcare, and other necessary expenses, as well as to spend at local businesses that are hurting during this crisis."
Cotton, who knocked the House-passed coronavirus response bill as too complicated, suggested the money could come from tax rebates or through unemployment agencies.
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It's unclear how much money he wants to give Americans in their monthly checks, but according to Business Insider, he proposed $1,000 per adult or $4,000 for a family of four. His office told Business Insider that he has not settled on a hard number.
"We'll see what happens, but they think August, could be July, could be longer than that," Trump said of the time when life might return to normal in the United States, where some cities have ordered residents to remain at home and localized lockdowns are beginning to take effect.
"I've asked that question many, many times," Trump said, signaling his own desire to see the crisis end.
Still, he said testing problems that plagued the administration's early response were resolved and gave himself a perfect 10 out of 10 when asked how he would grade his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Duh.LOL
Three questions to watch:
1. Will we begin to see quarantines imposed by federal or state leaders?
2. How will federal resources be deployed to assist in state and local efforts to combat coronavirus?
3. How extensively will coronavirus disrupt our normal civic functioning including courts and elections?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/opinions/supreme-court-coronavirus-postponed-opinion-cross-exam-honig/index.html
3. ...Ohio ( for example)is barring any in person voting in its Primary before Election Day.
It turns out that Ward is wrong about this, too.
And I thought that their Primary was going to be postponed, but a judge turned down the governor.
Early voting:
https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/voting-schedule/2020-schedule/#gref
Judge turns down governor's request:
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200316/coronavirus-judge-denies-request-to-move-ohio-primary-to-june-2
DeWine lost the Court Case which means his decision on Election Day voting is moot.
Yes, Ward, that was what I said. Very good.
The other thing I said was that you were wrong about no voting until election day.
DeWine called off the election tomorrow.
Come back on June 2 if you want to vote in person.
Another theory holds that the 1918 virus mutated extremely rapidly to a less lethal strain. This is a common occurrence with influenza viruses: there is a tendency for pathogenic viruses to become less lethal with time, as the hosts of more dangerous strains tend to die out[11] (see also "Deadly Second Wave", above).
Hope in some places
Of course, this is not an influenza virus. It's a coronavirus.
Cv19 is a respiratory virus, and so has some similarities with strains of seasonal flu. The main difference is its novelty in human populations, which means that immune systems are less able to deal, and thus its greater lethality. SARS, MERS, and the common cold are all forms of coronavirus, which is a whole family of viruses with similar morphology and a "corona" of club-shaped proteins.
(T)here is a fundamental difference in how flu and Covid-19 kill. Many deaths from flu are caused by secondary bacterial pneumonia and heart attacks that develop after the flu has weakened someone's resistance. With Covid-19, most deaths are caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which causes already-damaged lungs to fill with fluid, and makes breathing difficult. Unlike pneumonia, there is no pharmaceutical treatment for ARDS. That is why a potential shortage of ventilators is so dangerous: They are the last-ditch supportive treatment for Covid-19 while the body heals itself.
