Coronavirus COVID-19

[Winterborn]

Guess the only thing faster than USA Today is the Kalmunist Times out of WA.

Bitch, please! It’s called the HPR (Harvard of the Palouse Review).

We have a local paper that is called the HPR (High Plains Reader) which is a pretty much the local socialist/progressive mouth piece. I enjoy picking it up ever now and then for the food articles and I like spreading it out to protect the kitchen table when I am cleaning my guns after range day. Getting that HOPS #9 on a article about the evils of being a conservative gives me schadenfreude every-time.

[SeattleGriz]

Agreeable to my shtick? It's called understanding the basics, which means graduate level Biochemistry, Virology and Immunology. But please, keep telling me how I don't quite grasp the biased coverage from your shit sources and your uninformed opinions.

When I have to explain natural selection to you, it shows your lack of understanding.

Listen here, Sugar Tits. I have a rec mgmt degree from the Harvard of Palouse with course work in Games, Aquatics, and an intro in the VERY sciencey Therapeutic Rec! Do you know your way around the myelinated sheaths? Didn’t think so.

I’ve been mostly right about Covid and you’ve been mostly wrong. Better luck next time, kid!

You're the sugar tits.

How'd you like that comeback?

[kalm]

U.S. is back below 30,000 daily new cases and our county had only 17 yesterday.

Good evening – here is the Covid-19 status report and commentary for March 3, 2021.

A. Today’s Covid-19 Headlines:

1. Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state, on Wednesday announced tough new measures to slow a snowballing coronavirus pandemic in the country with the world’s second highest death toll.

2. New infections are dropping in the United States, Canada and Mexico but vaccinations have hardly begun in Latin America, raising the risk of dangerous new variants emerging, the Pan American Health Organization has said.

3. Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech has said its Covid-19 vaccine is almost 81% effective at preventing infection following interim phase 3 trials.

B. Total New Cases Globally today: 440,965 with a cumulative case count of 115,754,392

C. Today’s Global Top Ten New Case Counts:

1. Brazil – 74,376
2. United States - 66,879
3. France – 26,788
4. Italy – 20,884
5. India – 17,425
6. Czech Republic – 16,642
7. Poland – 15,698
8. Turkey – 11,520
9. Germany – 10,835
10. Russia – 10,535

D. Today’s Global Top Ten Cumulative Case Counts:

1. United States – 29,456,311
2. India – 11,156,748
3. Brazil – 10,722,221
4. Russia – 4,278,750
5. United Kingdom – 4,194,785
6. France – 3,810,316
7. Spain – 3,136,321
8. Italy – 2,976,274
9. Turkey – 2,734,836
10. Germany – 2,472,896

E. The Top Ten New Case Counts from States or Provinces in North America today:

1. New York – 7,851
2. Texas – 7,629
3. Florida – 6,014
4. California – 4,241
5. New Jersey – 3,691
6. Georgia – 2,735
7. Pennsylvania – 2,625
8. North Carolina – 2,145
9. Illinois – 2,104
10. Ohio – 2,022

F. New Cases today in: Washington – 714 Oregon – 250 Idaho – 452 Montana - 193

G. New Cases today in key Washington State Counties:

1. King – 162
2. Pierce - 120
3. Kitsap – 20
4. Snohomish – 50
5. Skagit - 20
6. Whatcom – 30
7. Thurston - 20
8. Clark – 23
9. Chelan - 20
10. Kittitas – 11
11. Yakima - 46
12. Benton - 33
13. Franklin – 36
14. Grant - DNR
15. Spokane – 17

H. Today’s New Cases and Cumulative Case Counts by Continent:

1. Europe – 166,802 / 34,489,278
2. South America - 101,356 / 18,229,558
3. North America –82,309 / 33,798,919
4. Asia – 80,394 / 25,231,005
5. Africa – 10,165- / 3,953,557
6. Oceania – 39 / 51,354

[kalm]

Meanwhile, in Manaus...the new variant is reinfecting those who’ve already had Covid at a rate of 25-61%.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... 6ynhh_z3Hg

[kalm]

Listen here, Sugar Tits. I have a rec mgmt degree from the Harvard of Palouse with course work in Games, Aquatics, and an intro in the VERY sciencey Therapeutic Rec! Do you know your way around the myelinated sheaths? Didn’t think so.

I’ve been mostly right about Covid and you’ve been mostly wrong. Better luck next time, kid!

You're the sugar tits.

How'd you like that comeback?

I was worried with all the weight loss that I’d end up with hangers but yoga saved me!

[Gil Dobie]

Covid was here long before mid-March.

My brothers buddy and his family had it back in November of 2019 and they live in Minneapolis. They check the box for all the symptoms just were never diagnosed with it until later.

My wife was sick part of November and most of December 2019, thought she may have had it. Did they have the antibody test to prove it, with your brothers buddy?

[UNI88]

Well they ARE literally killing people by doing this. Hopefully, the numbers will probably be down though with warm weather, outdoor activity, and voluntary social distancing.

Guess the only thing faster than USA Today is the Cheney Pravda.

FYP

[UNI88]

U.S. is back below 30,000 daily new cases and our county had only 17 yesterday.

Good evening – here is the Covid-19 status report and commentary for March 3, 2021.

G. New Cases today in key Washington State Counties:

1. King – 162
2. Pierce - 120
3. Kitsap – 20
4. Snohomish – 50
5. Skagit - 20
6. Whatcom – 30
7. Thurston - 20
8. Clark – 23
9. Chelan - 20
10. Kittitas – 11
11. Yakima - 46
12. Benton - 33
13. Franklin – 36
14. Grant - DNR
15. Spokane – 17

That is impossible. Clark County is filled with libertarian types who fled socialist Portland. I went there on Sunday for a walk along the northern bank of the Columbia and the majority of the people I saw weren't wearing masks. Covid has to be running rampant through a population so uncaring and foolish.

[kalm]

U.S. is back below 30,000 daily new cases and our county had only 17 yesterday.

That is impossible. Clark County is filled with libertarian types who fled socialist Portland. I went there on Sunday for a walk along the northern bank of the Columbia and the majority of the people I saw weren't wearing masks. Covid has to be running rampant through a population so uncaring and foolish.

Why wear a mask while walking outdoors?

My brother lives in Ridgefield and is a dirty hippy. He says 90%+ mask compliance. Your assessment is invalid.

[UNI88]

That is impossible. Clark County is filled with libertarian types who fled socialist Portland. I went there on Sunday for a walk along the northern bank of the Columbia and the majority of the people I saw weren't wearing masks. Covid has to be running rampant through a population so uncaring and foolish.

Why wear a mask while walking outdoors?

My brother lives in Ridgefield and is a dirty hippy. He says 90%+ mask compliance. Your assessment is invalid.

When you passed people and you weren't 6+' apart.

I first lived with my cousin in Vancouver when I moved here and interact with people from Vancouver, Battle Ground, Washougal, etc. - my anecdotal assessment is valid. Clark County has a large population of libertarian-minded people who fled taxes and government overreach in Oregon.

[AZGrizFan]

Can't believe nobody hasn't mentioned that Texas has lifted their mask mandate (and there are now 16 states that do not have one).

Just waiting for the news to let me know how bad this is and how they are killing people with their irresponsibility.

Well they ARE literally killing people by doing this. Hopefully, the numbers will probably be down though with warm weather, outdoor activity, and voluntary social distancing.

Are they?

[SeattleGriz]

Meanwhile, in Manaus...the new variant is reinfecting those who’ve already had Covid at a rate of 25-61%.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... 6ynhh_z3Hg

Trainwreck of a study and article. Every third word is "maybe" or "possibly". But more specifically, it hasn't even been peer reviewed yet.

More media scaremongering.

[BDKJMU]

Biden quote on MS and TX dropping their mask mandates (no need for a link, all over the interwebs):
"I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that....It's critical — critical, critical, critical — that they follow the science."

Yet Neanderthal thinking and not following the science is exactly what we have with Biden admin's refusal to reopen schools, and allowing illegal immigrants who have tested positive for the China Virus to not only remain in the US, but they aren't even detaining them- they are cutting them loose with a pretty please quarantine..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/108-migrants ... oronavirus
If the Biden admin was serious about the virus, they would:
-Tell the teachers' unions to pound sand, and insist on the reopening of all schools 5 days a week, and use the threat of withdrawing fed funding if they didn't.
-Not allow illegals who have tested positive for the virus to remain in the US, and immediately send them back over the border, or at a bare minimum detain them for 2 weeks..

[kalm]

Meanwhile, in Manaus...the new variant is reinfecting those who’ve already had Covid at a rate of 25-61%.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... 6ynhh_z3Hg

Trainwreck of a study and article. Every third word is "maybe" or "possibly". But more specifically, it hasn't even been peer reviewed yet.

More media scaremongering.

Just something to keep an eye on. Sorry it scared you. Remember when 200,000 deaths was scaremongering? Or when the winter wave was scaremongering?

Good times!

[kalm]

Biden quote on MS and TX dropping their mask mandates (no need for a link, all over the interwebs):
"I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that....It's critical — critical, critical, critical — that they follow the science."

Yet Neanderthal thinking and not following the science is exactly what we have with Biden admin's refusal to reopen schools, and allowing illegal immigrants who have tested positive for the China Virus to not only remain in the US, but they aren't even detaining them- they are cutting them loose with a pretty please quarantine..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/108-migrants ... oronavirus
If the Biden admin was serious about the virus, they would:
-Tell the teachers' unions to pound sand, and insist on the reopening of all schools 5 days a week, and use the threat of withdrawing fed funding if they didn't.
-Not allow illegals who have tested positive for the virus to remain in the US, and immediately send them back over the border, or at a bare minimum detain them for 2 weeks..

Texas and Miss numbers up.

https://emily-smith.net/2021/03/04/texa ... SqEg7bJobM

[AZGrizFan]

Biden quote on MS and TX dropping their mask mandates (no need for a link, all over the interwebs):
"I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that....It's critical — critical, critical, critical — that they follow the science."

Yet Neanderthal thinking and not following the science is exactly what we have with Biden admin's refusal to reopen schools, and allowing illegal immigrants who have tested positive for the China Virus to not only remain in the US, but they aren't even detaining them- they are cutting them loose with a pretty please quarantine..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/108-migrants ... oronavirus
If the Biden admin was serious about the virus, they would:
-Tell the teachers' unions to pound sand, and insist on the reopening of all schools 5 days a week, and use the threat of withdrawing fed funding if they didn't.
-Not allow illegals who have tested positive for the virus to remain in the US, and immediately send them back over the border, or at a bare minimum detain them for 2 weeks..

Texas and Miss numbers up.

https://emily-smith.net/2021/03/04/texa ... SqEg7bJobM

More scare-mongering. Texas’s numbers aren’t “up”. There was an abnormally low dip because of the week long freeze we had, the blipped back up (erhmagerd!!! 27%!!!) afterwards, and have since turned south again.

[kalm]

Texas and Miss numbers up.

https://emily-smith.net/2021/03/04/texa ... SqEg7bJobM

More scare-mongering. Texas’s numbers aren’t “up”. There was an abnormally low dip because of the week long freeze we had, the blipped back up (erhmagerd!!! 27%!!!) afterwards, and have since turned south again.

Addressed in the article.

[AZGrizFan]

More scare-mongering. Texas’s numbers aren’t “up”. There was an abnormally low dip because of the week long freeze we had, the blipped back up (erhmagerd!!! 27%!!!) afterwards, and have since turned south again.

Addressed in the article.

She does NOT mention the freeze, or the shutdown, or anything. She screams about 27% increase, despite the fact its from an artificially low number, then turned right back south again. Fear mongering headline AND article. More fodder for the sheep.

[BDKJMU]

Biden quote on MS and TX dropping their mask mandates (no need for a link, all over the interwebs):
"I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that....It's critical — critical, critical, critical — that they follow the science."

Yet Neanderthal thinking and not following the science is exactly what we have with Biden admin's refusal to reopen schools, and allowing illegal immigrants who have tested positive for the China Virus to not only remain in the US, but they aren't even detaining them- they are cutting them loose with a pretty please quarantine..
https://www.foxnews.com/us/108-migrants ... oronavirus
If the Biden admin was serious about the virus, they would:
-Tell the teachers' unions to pound sand, and insist on the reopening of all schools 5 days a week, and use the threat of withdrawing fed funding if they didn't.
-Not allow illegals who have tested positive for the virus to remain in the US, and immediately send them back over the border, or at a bare minimum detain them for 2 weeks..

Texas and Miss numbers up.

https://emily-smith.net/2021/03/04/texa ... SqEg7bJobM

So what if it were true. But like AZ pointed out, sounds like baloney.

Schools should be open 5 days a week.
Illegals who test positive should be sent packing.
Not doing either isn't "following the science".

[UNI88]

Texas and Miss numbers up.

https://emily-smith.net/2021/03/04/texa ... SqEg7bJobM

More scare-mongering. Texas’s numbers aren’t “up”. There was an abnormally low dip because of the week long freeze we had, the blipped back up (erhmagerd!!! 27%!!!) afterwards, and have since turned south again.

The other part of if and when a state's numbers go up after they remove restrictions is how much did they go up. We need to balance lives saved from Covid vs lives lost and damaged by the lockdowns. A slight uptick might be acceptable if it's more than offset by the psychological, sociological and economic benefits of reopening.

The law of diminishing returns applies to saving lives from Covid. Why don't people want to follow the (social) science?

[AZGrizFan]

More scare-mongering. Texas’s numbers aren’t “up”. There was an abnormally low dip because of the week long freeze we had, the blipped back up (erhmagerd!!! 27%!!!) afterwards, and have since turned south again.

The other part of if and when a state's numbers go up after they remove restrictions is how much did they go up. We need to balance lives saved from Covid vs lives lost and damaged by the lockdowns. A slight uptick might be acceptable if it's more than offset by the psychological, sociological and economic benefits of reopening.

The law of diminishing returns applies to saving lives from Covid. Why don't people want to follow the (social) science?

I’m old enough to remember when we only locked down to flatten the curve....

[HI54UNI]

Leagues' Study Shows Few Athletes Suffer Heart Issues Post-COVID-19

A new study using data from the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, MLS and WNBA found that professional athletes rarely suffered heart issues following a COVID-19 positive test.

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2021/03/ ... O4GH2uP5WI

[SeattleGriz]

Trainwreck of a study and article. Every third word is "maybe" or "possibly". But more specifically, it hasn't even been peer reviewed yet.

More media scaremongering.

Just something to keep an eye on. Sorry it scared you. Remember when 200,000 deaths was scaremongering? Or when the winter wave was scaremongering?

Good times!

You keep trying to imply I'm scared by the bullshit you peddle, when I'm not scared. As previously stated, this virus is following the historical path of all viruses that become endemic.

You really need to start thinking for yourself and quit pushing the bullshit you keep reading. You are not helping.

Which methodology did they use to classify those deaths? Can you even tell me? How about case count? It's much easier than myelin sheaths, axons and dendrites.

Don't forget NOT PEER REVIEWED. That's not how science works.

[kalm]

Addressed in the article.

She does NOT mention the freeze, or the shutdown, or anything. She screams about 27% increase, despite the fact its from an artificially low number, then turned right back south again. Fear mongering headline AND article. More fodder for the sheep.

Fair point on the storm’s impact. Read her link to her previous article on Texas. There’s more info on why she’s concerned.

[kalm]

Just something to keep an eye on. Sorry it scared you. Remember when 200,000 deaths was scaremongering? Or when the winter wave was scaremongering?

Good times!

You keep trying to imply I'm scared by the bullshit you peddle, when I'm not scared. As previously stated, this virus is following the historical path of all viruses that become endemic.

You really need to start thinking for yourself and quit pushing the bullshit you keep reading. You are not helping.

Which methodology did they use to classify those deaths? Can you even tell me? How about case count? It's much easier than myelin sheaths, axons and dendrites.

Don't forget NOT PEER REVIEWED. That's not how science works.

The bullshit I’ve been peddling from the start of this has been mostly predictive of at least reasons to be concerned and often of how things play out. Why? Quality sources supported by the science you proclaim to understand.

You seem quite angry. Hope your day gets better.