Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Waboman]

Bought this Carolina Reaper salsa... holy fire!🔥🔥🔥 The Covid19 doesn't stand a chance. Neither does my plumbing.😬

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

i dont disagree with any of that, those are all aspects of the video that i specifically did not mention a being alarming and you failed to even bring them up.

Fauci donated 3.7 million to wuhan lab - this is not new news but was mentioned in the video.

the fact that cheap drugs are being pushed aside (chlorquin for example) in favor of drugs that are expensive.

denouncing chloroquin (used for 70 years and has proven results worldwide used in covid patients) claiming its not vetted, yet literally says a vaccine will be pushed out earlier without the same vetting requirements.

and then there's the whole issue of patents which he stands to financially gain from along with Mr Gates.

forget all the other nonsense, i dont believe Fauci was invloved in some conspiracy to release this upon the world lol. i believe he has the general publics health as his primary concern. as for the other stuff about her being silenced and him stealing the paperwork, honestly, we'll never know. its a he said she said, so, irrelevant to what actually does matter in the video.

just like every other piece news out there, we have to unfortunately discern fact from fiction.

and if you are saying the reason it was removed is becuase of the sources used without permission, which i heard it was for misguiding the public health, then i can guarantee you i can search on youtube in 5 minutes and find similar stuff which has not been removed.

"Suggesting that wearing a mask can make you sick could lead to imminent harm, so we're removing the video," a Facebook spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.

Here's a fact check regarding the $3.7 million donation to the Wuhan lab.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

how wearing a mask could be harmful....

There is a situation in which if the user doesn’t take supplementary precaution, that (as compared to something like a PAPR - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post17568663 ) masks can be harmful. Any contributors here know what I’m referring to?...and I'm not talking about an improper fit.

Don’t be afraid to respond, questions like that are presented to surgical/medical residents on rounds on a daily basis especially with regards to infection control and an Attending generally considers wrong answers better than the dismissiveness of offering no response at all.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Here's a fact check regarding the $3.7 million donation to the Wuhan lab.

Don't confuse the folks with the "non-alternative" facts.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Bought this Carolina Reaper salsa... holy fire!🔥🔥🔥 The Covid19 doesn't stand a chance. Neither does my plumbing.😬

as you recall, don’t need any hot stuff -
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...t#post17068464

[Chaotic]

[Moe Szyslak]

PA Governor Tom Wolf announced today that thirteen additional counties will move to yellow phase on May 15. Most notable among them is Allegheny, the second most populated county in the state which also contains the second most populated city: Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia region will remain in red phase until at least June 4.


Poor Beaver lol

A recap of PA's reopening phases if you're curious

[Show spoiler]

[Pondosinatra]

He's playing with Tigers in heaven now...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/us/ro...ies/index.html

[ctujackbauer]

The war on backyard barbecues, self-serve soda fountains at restaurants, and beaches has a new entrant: nail salons.

NBC News - California Gov. Newsom says community spread started at nail salon

(most employees at nail salons in this area have been wearing masks and gloves for a long time)

(also, there's a nail salon in New Mexico that serves cucumber water for customers only)

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Here's an excellent article on what the risks are and where to find them.

https://erinbromage.wixsite.com/covi...hem-avoid-them

Rarely does transmission occur outdoors, although that would change if there were large gatherings with people packed together.

People should read this. Some good info in here.

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

He's playing with Tigers in heaven now...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/us/ro...ies/index.html

The wife and I saw them years ago. We had seats in "the pit" which was in the stage itself. You had to walk across the stage to get to your seats. They told us once the show starts, you can't get up and leave, i.e. go to the bathroom. I mention this because we were so close to the action and still couldn't figure out how they pulled off some the stuff. One of the best shows I've ever seen.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

A few things...

1. The "Plandemic" video featuring Dr. Mikovits is not being repeatedly taken down by YouTube because of a global effort to silence her.
The video is being taken down because it violates copyright laws by using news clips and music without permission from the original rights owners.

2. I did watch all 26 minutes of “Plandemic”, and I want those 26 minutes of my life back. I am astounded...astounded...that anyone with two adjoining brain cells is taking that video seriously. My spider-sense went into overdrive just 10 seconds into the video, thanks to the godawful manipulative music, the amateur video setup, and the whole "Inside Edition"/"A Current Affair" cheap whistleblower documentary effect of the whole thing.

3. The allegations about Fauci brought on by Mikovits in the “Plandemic” video have been debunked several times over. Fauci has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, so of course he has consulted with Wuhan's laboratory regarding coronavirus in the past, because he has kept abreast of any possible pandemic threats over the years. The end of “Plandemic” shows old footage of Fauci predicting that such a virus will sweep the world, as though it's supposed to be some sort of revelatory smoking gun that he leads a "Hail Hydra" hidden agenda. Geez. Anybody who follows news stories about SARS, MERS, Ebola, and such could have predicted that a scenario like our current one was an inevitability.

4. Notice how the news clips (used in the video without permission from the rights owners) are intentionally blurry in “Plandemic.” The newsreel dates and such are obscured...because each and every one of the news clips are being used outside of their original context to support the fictional conspiracy narrative of Dr. Mikovits.

5. Pretty much everything in “Plandemic” is a lie.
Here are some handy pages debunking assertions made in the video, complete with listed sources.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CovIdiots/c...tary_debunked/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahae.../#318d50155fa3

https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/07/pl...judy-mikovits/

Speaking of listed sources, the “Plandemic” video does not list any of its sources. It simply demands that you take its 26 minutes of spooky music, emotional manipulation, and gaudy tabloid whistleblower antics at face value.

6. What went wrong with the education system here in America that so many people are taking the “Plandemic” video seriously? I'm amazed at how many otherwise intelligent people are sharing the video on social media.

I've often thought lately how wrong things must have gone in schools these days, that so many people are willing to follow such nonsensical conspiracy theories. Don't they teach students how to fact-check on the internet these days, and how to be able to tell if what you're reading can or should be trusted?

I swear, with all the vast amount of knowledge available to people via the internet, we're dumber than ever as a species. Because previous generations of people didn't have this vast amount of knowledge at their fingertips, it's easier to understand how so many people were ignorant of many things. But what's the excuse now? It's all right there. Sadly, nuts, trolls, and other cretins have turned our PCs and phones and tablets into lie boxes. And sadly people seem to be horrible at sorting the facts from the lies.

When I was young I used to dream of someday owning an encyclopedia, to be able to research anything I wanted at any time. I used to love taking volumes out of the library just to learn. It amazed me to see such a vast collection of knowledge in a collection of books like that. Now we have the internet, with pretty much the majority of human knowledge at our fingertips, and people are somehow dumber than ever.

[Scottishguy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKSc...ature=youtu.be

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by mar3o

People should read this. Some good info in here.

Agreed! Thanks, bruce

[Britnasty]

I was tested yesterday and my results came back positive this morning. I already know where I got it from (a friend/co-worker at Amazon tested positive Monday, I was notified by HR that I was in contact with said person and to self-quarantine) and outside of going to that part time job (my full time job is shut down), I’d been in zero contact with other people and live alone.

And yet idiots in my state want to reopen so they can go to bars.

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

I was tested yesterday and my results came back positive this morning. I already know where I got it from (a friend/co-worker at Amazon tested positive Monday, I was notified by HR that I was in contact with said person and to self-quarantine) and outside of going to that part time job (my full time job is shut down), I’d been in zero contact with other people and live alone.

And yet idiots in my state want to reopen so they can go to bars.

Sorry to hear you have coronavirus. That's good you were able to get tested.

Mind if I ask how you're feeling and if you're showing symptoms?

[Batman1980]

I am okay with bars re-opening as long as people aren't allowed to congregate at the actual bar and the bartender has to practice proper hygiene.

[Batman1980]

I am also okay with groups of more than 5 getting fined, that's something I think the police need to crack down on more. Way too often I see groups of 6+ out and about like there's no seriously contagious global pandemic going on and they can just do whatever they want.

[Britnasty]

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

Sorry to hear you have coronavirus. That's good you were able to get tested.

Mind if I ask how you're feeling and if you're showing symptoms?

The only symptoms I’ve had this week were nasal/chest congestion. I chalked it up to allergies, otherwise I’ve been fine.

The co-worker/friend who gave it to me has run the gambit though (loss of taste and smell, difficulty breathing).

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by mar3o

People should read this. Some good info in here.

Good info in his replies to the comments as well. Hopefully he follows up with an article on the risks of fomites (getting it from touching things).