chinese researcher wrote paper in feb theorizing lab accident as cause , and immediately withdrew it.... https://chanworld.org/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/default_attachments/1581810860-447056518-Originsof2019-NCoV-XiaoB-Res.pdf

We have very interesting reversing of roles (compared to 100 years ago)

It is now lefty that are for very strong capitalist state, and it is right wing that wants state power to be limited and more power given to citizens.

It is long known thing, of course, but without it no coronavirus had been possible.

It also fully explains why suddenly all most popular right wing resources had been wiped out from major platforms.

""Great depression will be considering minor issue not worth mentioning one month from now""...after the war with China starts, which they think worked the last time around.

another drug.... https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/hiv-drug-that-treats-coronavirus-moving-to-phase-2-trials/

Real tragedy happens

Gaming, instead of looking around, reading and understanding that WHOLE current situation happened due to excapism and total child like behaviour that games promote.

Same time in reality jobs, businesses and social norms are going to nonexistance.

Trump is bad, again, tried to give some hope

These repeated promises aren’t simply missteps or honest mistakes; in fact, they conflict with messaging from Trump’s own coronavirus task force. And while the president has at least kept his statements relatively vague, the general rush to hype the drugs has come into direct conflict with platforms’ medical misinformation policies.

One man died last month when a couple drank fish tank cleaner containing non-medicinal chloroquine phosphate. According to his wife, they got the idea after watching the press conferences on television, where “Trump kept saying [chloroquine] was basically pretty much a cure.”

yes, they used same scary story 1000th time.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21209797/trump-chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-medication-social-media-misinformation

We have some form on midieval state building attempt now.
Where guilds of professionals treat everyone else like they are dumb peasants.

People are right (not that Trump is good or will save everyone) but that we need to return to people who are not only good on reading speeches that their advicers wrote. Same must happen on all levels.

Only alternative is dystopia fascist like future with QR codes and pool of corporations tracking eveything you do or even just want to do in the future.

We already have things like "you are dumb, so can't buy antibiotics without our approval", "you are dumb, do sit home, play some games and do not even attempt to think".

US and inflation

It is lot of predictions on inflation development this year in US, but smallest I saw is around 10% and average around 30-40%. This is prices change on most important goods and services (food will lead the pack).

so much for herd immunity.... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-recovered-coronavirus-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21S15X

@kurth

Thanks

Average Time for COVID-19 Test:

• On average tests in the US take 4-5 days, and in 10% of cases the wait is more than 7 days.
• 14% of US physicians and over 50% in all of Europe and Japan report getting test results in 24 hours; in China 73% of doctors get tests back in 24 hours, while 8% get tests back within the hour.

WTF I just saw? If made on place test must be taking 2-3 hours tops using qPCR machine. Add here some transport time and time to collect good amount of samples for each machine run and we have still below 8 hours.

Sweden opted to forego a total lockdown, imposing only minor restrictions on public life and movement. It has seen more cases than its Scandinavian counterparts Norway, 6,086 with 89 deaths, and Denmark 5,266 with 203 deaths. Sweden currently has 7,693 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, while the country's death toll stands at 591.

Swedish authorities are resorting to refrigerated shipping containers, ice rinks and canteen fridges to store the nation’s dead as the Covid-19 death toll rises and burials are postponed across the country. Long weekends such as the Easter Holidays can cause a backlog but this has been exacerbated by the coronavirus epidemic and ensuing deaths and backlog at cemeteries, many of which are closed as a precautionary measure.

In both Gothenburg and Stockholm, hospitals have resorted to renting out ice rinks and refrigerated containers for use as temporary cold storage for the deceased, while Karolinska University Hospital in Solna has resorted to using a cold storage room for food as a temporary morgue.

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Authorities in the Swedish municipality of Eslov have warned residents that teenagers are knowingly coughing, sneezing, and spitting beside the elderly in the so-called ‘coronavirus challenge.’ Parents have been advised to “talk” with their children after a number of reports of targeted unsavory and unsanitary behavior by the local youth against the elderly. Sweden has opted not to impose restrictions on the freedom of movement of its citizens, contrary to most other countries.

However, universities and high schools have shut, meaning a bored youth is apparently looking to entertain itself at the expense of the elderly.

@jleo....swedens noble but futile gesture was doomed...and about those juvenile delinquents ...old folks should exchange their canes for baseball bats. And nyc...reminds me of iran.

"A shortage of condoms and other contraceptives could lead to an increase in unwanted pregnancies, with disastrous consequences for the health and well-being of adolescents, women and their partners and families," the spokesperson continued.

Real tragedy comes :-)

We already have all major media telling you how to reuse one time mask. Expect them to give you tips on how to wash and reuse condoms.