Senate Pandemics in the Age of Globalization: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion: See OP Warning

And Trump identifies greatest scientists as actually working for Putin in 3..2..1...

Today's covidiot trying to bully and start fights in a grocery store gets removed by his own child

I wonder what people like this do all day.

 

Well on a side note, I can read and write both traditional and simplified Chinese reasonably well and switching between the two really isn't that difficult (I posted some stuff on this in the language thread recently). I've also been to Taiwan and loved the place; one of my favourite countries. I'm not dismissing the role of bots in the grand scheme of things, far from it.

I care that they receive wider recognition for their stance on many things; and I get the approach to Taiwan politically; the country may as well not even exist in the higher echelons of world politics. I just don't think it's the best timing, otherwise politicians may as well resume their globe-trotting, which these days is nearly always symbolic to some degree. Ordinary citizens mostly don't have that luxury right now; and whilst ordinary Taiwanese citizens may, for the most part, be grateful for the visit, I'd sooner we got a global grip on this pandemic first. All of the stuff regarding the pandemic can be sorted out over distance.

 

Reminds me of the Chinese adenovirus vaccine that they started giving their military in June. Clearly it’s been a global game-changer.

 

Our district is insane. They had their board meeting last night and it was PACKED. (I watched it on streaming). They introduced their new principals and had a LOT of teachers standing in the back protesting having to go back to school. It was a 3 hour meeting. I wonder how many cases will stem from just that meeting!

Meanwhile, there were cases in ONE household in Auckland, NZ and now they are asking everyone to stay home. Complete different ends of the extreme.

 

And they are already hording in Auckland, NZ:



I guess the first instinct in life is to panic no matter what the situation is.

And on the lighter side of the news,

*warning language*

Spoiler: When You Get Carried Out Of The Grocery Store For Not Wearing A Mask.....

 

Wait and see what will happen if they really find a vaccine

 

@Luke02, where's the Benny Hill music to go with that video lol.

 

I was thinking more of the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" instead:

 

Speaking of bullies and covidiots, here in Montreal, my brother passed by an Apple shop in downtown, the employees put some stands in front of the shop in order to help people get into line. They asked one of their clients to put his mask on and he refused, then the employees didn't allow him inside.

So what do you think this client did?

He turned the stands of the employees upside down: throwing the chairs and the tables on the streets, into windows and into cars. He got so angry because he was denied to enter the shop. Then the police came and close the entire street... just because of someone refused to wear a mask and was acting as a Hulk...

 

That's insulting to hulks.

 

Like Four COVIDS in one day....

Spoiler

 

Scientific evaluation of which masks are best (and which is worse than not wearing a mask!):

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/07/sciadv.abd3083.full

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/07/sciadv.abd3083/tab-pdf

 

@Luke02 yeah that works even better lol. That "tough" guy was carried out by that relatively skinny dude. I want to see the sequel!!!

 

I know I probably shouldn't laugh at this depressingly stupid **** but this is the funniest anti-mask freakout I've seen so far. (Warning: lots of cursing!)

 

Indeed. But I suppose after officially declaring its eradication a few weeks back, they feel confident that this is still in a containment stage. If they crack down, there is the chance they could deal with it once and for all.

The nearest confirmed cases to me in Queensland are more than 1500 kms away, but the state has closed all its borders nonetheless. It's not as draconian here compared with Victoria, but if we get a lot of new cases I'd expect that to rapidly change.

 

Arlington, MA had their school board meeting last night where they released their hybrid model and its a complete ****show from what I understand of it. One of the best comments online was "You have second graders opening in person 2.5 days a week at 8:30am, but kindergarten starts at 8:30am remotely 5 days a week. Am I supposed to leave my 5 year old home alone to start remove learning while I drive to school to drop off my second grader? Is that okay now?!?"

Obviously some of this wasn't thought out at all.

Or like how teachers are being forced to teach not only the kids who come in, but also simultaneously teaching kids who choose remote learn by a screen behind them. Then there are other questions about high school students being forced to change rooms every period, in 3 minutes, while still staying 6 feet a part in the hall. lol.

I feel like by October we will all be remote and these plans will be thrown out.

 

I think the guy in that clip hit most of the words on our disallowed word list..

 

The funny thing is that he goes on while being dragged out by his son! At that point he's just a parrot.

 

Our poor district threw out their plans just weeks after making them. And they are still desperately trying to figure out plans for safe return. Because even though they agreed on an all virtual start, they also agree it's important to get kids back into the building to learn. I really feel for the educators and staff stuck in meetings until midnight hashing out plans that just get tossed.

 

Meanwhile, in Thailand:

This is how they are handling social distancing for kids

 

Work places could probably stagger their hours (come in earlier or later than the kids travel hours) to alleviate some of the crowding. I think some work places in London have already done that to avoid crowding on trains and the Tube.

 

Right now @LAJ_FETT , governments around the world should be giving out incentives for businesses to keep their employees if possible. I honestly it will not be until next spring when Point of Care/Home Kit testing is readily available along with therapeutics and *fingers crossed* the vaccinations are starting to take flight that we can get out of really an "hibernation" and really start think about a very slow "recovery" from all of this.

And more growing evidence that why some people (roughly half) of people simply have little to no effects of COVID-19:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/04/science.abd3871

So hopefully in six months or so we can begin to learn how to make it so the other half has the same thing. Question is can people keep their "fill in the blank" until then.

 

Most likely scenario is that the virus becomes less virulent over time and settles into a pathogen that causes little more than the common cold. We’re at least a year away from that, though.

Also, evidence has emerged that the more vaccinations you’ve had, the less likely you are to develop severe disease. This makes sense as vaccines ‘prime’ the immune system, much like lifting weights makes one’s muscles stronger.