Mega-Thread: Coronavirus Pandemic

[Aurrora]

Aww you are adorable you think mega corporations with unlimited money and political power can't enforce their will.

Mega corporations don't have the monopoly on violence.

[Acidbaron]

Some interesting perspectives and questions being asked in this rather unusual webcam based TED talk. (yes it's an hour long)



It speaks of political changes that can come, how the world can look differently as not everyone will have governments capable of supporting its subjects. The question of depression and how is this different from back then.

[Dentelan]

What's wrong with that? I never shake hands with people.

Dont know how in SK but usually in EU/Russia it is guys who shake hands when meet each other, girls usually kiss etc
It will be awkward at first not to shake hands, but it would be good change if it happens

[Acidbaron]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01075-4

President of Europe’s premier science funder resigns amid criticism that he neglected post


Becoming more and more clear as to why he ran to FT to post an article about him leaving, the more we know the less flattering this story becomes for mauro ferrari.

[Granyala]

Dr. Fauci Says He Doesn't Think Americans Should Ever Shake Hands Again
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Something wrong with that...

Good riddance, never liked that gesture anyway. I prefer not to touch other people.

[athlonmax]

Malaysia extended it's Restriction Movement Order(partial lockdown) to April 28...

[Forogil]

Is whataboutism really it?

You don't seem to know what the word means.
The point is that WHO praises everyone for their current good actions, and generally downplays their past and current missteps.

Am I weird for just wanting medical professionals to just be straight with the facts

For saying it, no. For actually wanting it, yes.
The UK tried to actually be straight with the facts and future plans - and there was a general up-roar.

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Dont know how in SK but usually in EU/Russia it is guys who shake hands when meet each other, girls usually kiss etc

Just to be clear: they want to stop not only shaking hand as greeting, but anything that causes excessive risk of spreading germs - and I believe that includes kissing as a greeting.

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I mean, Trudeau just announced today that we're likely to be continuing as we are until August, at the earliest.

So the emphasis really should be more on the "eventual" part of that sentence. Canada, at least, is waiting on that vaccine.

No, you are not if you are aiming for August - as a vaccine is further away. If they have a plan it's different and they didn't tell you.

There are two ways of handling a pandemic: elimination (early containment or later suppression) or mitigation.
The first generally failed, with a possible exception of some countries.

[Puupi]

Now what has happened here in Finland just in a few days, look at the top left corner:



Thanks Sweden, you fucking imbeciles. *angry*

[ParanoiD84]

For the first time in 30 years you can see the Himalaya mountains again in parts of india due to much less pollution, pretty sweet.

[Puupi]

Mass graves in New York. x_x

[Draco-Onis]

Mass graves in New York. x_x

Funeral homes are at their limit and the bodies keep pilling up.

[Granyala]

Mass graves in New York. x_x

Why waste so much space and wooden boxes? Just toss them bodies into an industrial incinerator.

[Granyala]

I wonder whether the linear function we see from 20 (x Axis) onward is due to them being bottlenecked by testing throughput.

[Tabrotar]

Good riddance, never liked that gesture anyway. I prefer not to touch other people.

First thing i do when seeing my coworkers is a handshake, same as for relatives and people i know, it´s just the proper way to great someone.

[tromage2]

Nice "containment measures" USA ...

Having an incompetent president when a crisis strikes isn't the smartest thing to do.

When he closed the borders everybody was against Trump aswell, just face it when you don’t like him then everything he does is wrong.

[ranzino]

First thing i do when seeing my coworkers is a handshake, same as for relatives and people i know, it´s just the proper way to great someone.

nope, not possible anymore. wave at them

[Granyala]

First thing i do when seeing my coworkers is a handshake, same as for relatives and people i know, it´s just the proper way to great someone.

I greet them verbally and bow slightly, Teal'c style.

[JohnBrown1917]

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Mass graves in New York. x_x

The ones that got dug by prisoners?

[Puupi]

The ones that got dug by prisoners?

They are not dug by prisoners. Prisoners used to dig there, but now that they turned it into a corona mass grave, prisoners are no longer working there.

[Acidbaron]

nope, not possible anymore. wave at them

I simply hope fist bumps won't replace handshakes.