How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Archer]

Is there a syringe shortage now? My neighbor who is diabetic was going on and on about how he can't get his syringes now, and has never had a problem before this. I would not be surprised if the previous administration didn't think to increase production and stockpile things like that.

 

[Free]

Florida
We don't care much about our population, so come make money with us!

 

[Free]

Is there a syringe shortage now?

Searching "syringe shortage" under Google News gets a lot of hits. Can't tell if it's a regional problem or not right now, though.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Is there a syringe shortage now? My neighbor who is diabetic was going on and on about how he can't get his syringes now, and has never had a problem before this. I would not be surprised if the previous administration didn't think to increase production and stockpile things like that.

There might be, but also, when they put me on long acting insulin, it came in pens - they are really trying to phase out the old vial and syringe, as near as I can tell. And the weekly shot I do now [no insulin for me anymore] has the needle built into the pen.

So, I'd imagine they just don't make as many any more, not for retail sale anyway

 

[detrius]

Nevertheless, should the Tokyo Olympics be cancelled, one American state has the IOC's back, and will be happy to accommodate everyone's Olympian and Superspreader requirements

Spoiler: I wonder which state that could possibly be

To be fair, the number of athletes killed by Covid-19 would probably be still lower than the casualties from any of the following: racist cops, Florida man, incompetent drivers, carjackers, subpar building codes, sinkholes, alligators, the weather...

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Grey Mars]

To be fair, the number of athletes killed by Covid-19 would probably be still lower than the casualties from any of the following: racist cops, Florida man, incompetent drivers, carjackers, subpar building codes, sinkholes, alligators, the weather...

Quite true, but being Florida I doubt the other causes of death are taking a vacation. With that in mind, what we're looking at is yet ANOTHER way to die from stupid while in Florida.

 

[Free]

Cool...

See Flaming Lips Stage 'Space Bubble' Concert in Oklahoma City

A month after the Flaming Lips postponed their "Space Bubble Concerts," the band played a pair of the gigs in Oklahoma City this weekend.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Essence Lumin]

UPDATED: Mayor Wheeler Pepper Sprays a Member of the Public During a Confrontation

Update, Jan. 26: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the target of Mayor Ted Wheeler's pepper spray as Cary Cadonau, a local real estate lawyer and heir to the Alpenrose Dairy company. In a police report made public this afternoon, and first reported on by the Oregonian, PPB officer...

www.portlandmercury.com

 

[Beebo Brink]

To be fair, the number of athletes killed by Covid-19 would probably be still lower than the casualties from any of the following: racist cops, Florida man, incompetent drivers, carjackers, subpar building codes, sinkholes, alligators, the weather...

You're just feeding into the misinformation about Covid-19, not to mention conflating fatalities versus casualties in your comparison, which renders it a meaningless bait-and-switch.

The FATALITIES due to Covid-19 in this age group is probably quite small, but the CASUALTIES is much higher than you're crediting. Even young athletes who were never hospitalized could be left with long-term disabilities. Just how many will suffer for months, if not years, if not the rest of their lives is an unknown because so far we haven't been gathering those statistics.

The overemphasis on fatality stats, as if that's the only downside to Covid-19, is missing the larger picture of this virus and the effect it will have on the health of the survivors.

And as for the Twitter post comparing Japan and Florida, all the MORE reason to cancel the Olympics. Because athletes from the U.S. will bring the virus with them when they come to Japan, as will all the other athletes from other countries. This is a guaranteed super-spreader event in the heart of Japan.

 

[Free]

This is a guaranteed super-spreader event in the heart of Japan.

A super-mega-giantor-godzilla-spreader event, even.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A super-mega-giantor-godzilla-spreader event, even.

An absolute contortionist amongst super-spreaders, in fact.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Hospital incursions by Covid deniers putting lives at risk, say health leaders

Healthcare and police chiefs also say online activity is channelling hatred against NHS staff

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rose Karuna]

A super-mega-giantor-godzilla-spreader event, even.

Well in that case, I'll be staying here: Hotel Gracery Shinjuku (The Godzilla Hotel) – Shinjuku Station

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of hydroxychloroquine | CNN

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine -- which had been touted by some as a treatment for Covid-19 -- back to the medical distributer.

www.cnn.com

 

[Free]

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of hydroxychloroquine | CNN

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine -- which had been touted by some as a treatment for Covid-19 -- back to the medical distributer.

www.cnn.com

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of hydroxychloroquine | CNN

Oklahoma state officials are trying to return the state's $2 million stockpile of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine -- which had been touted by some as a treatment for Covid-19 -- back to the medical distributer.

www.cnn.com

They could give it to an equitorial country...

 

[detrius]

Quite true, but being Florida I doubt the other causes of death are taking a vacation. With that in mind, what we're looking at is yet ANOTHER way to die from stupid while in Florida.

You're just feeding into the misinformation about Covid-19, not to mention conflating fatalities versus casualties in your comparison, which renders it a meaningless bait-and-switch.

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Yeah, I was being farcical there. I don't, for starters, actually believe that alligators kill more people than Covid-19 and as Grey Mars pointed out, even if they did, it's not as if they were taking a break just because of the pandemic.

It just seemed like a good opportunity to list everything that's horrible about that place (I didn't mention the bugs, corruption, heat and a million other things).


I actually kinda wish the IOC decided to agree to that proposition because the Olympic Games are such a waste of resources and hosting them in Florida would hopefully ruin them forever, putting an end to that shit.

 

[Free]

They could give it to an equitorial country...

What with climate change, Oklahoma might not have long to actually become one, temperature-size. Perhaps they should put the hydroxychloroquine into deep freeze, and wait...