How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The only reason not to is... my mom has the opposite problem of a lot of her peers; She won't believe -anything- off of the internet [unless its on TV from some presenter...]

Lol. Even video of the congress critter posted by the congress critter?

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Musk has always claimed that coronavirus is "just a flu" and that preventative measures are tyranny. Even if this separate, different test confirms his diagnosis, expect a lot of "I feel fine, this is nothing" and "there's still something bogus going on".

Elon Musk unveils advanced mining drill that goes deep enough to pull his head out from his ass

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans for a new thermo-mining drill today that would have the capacity to drill deep enough to pull his head out of his ass.

www.thebeaverton.com

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Kathryn Elisabeth]

... more medical studies to worry about more ... getting dumber up to 8.5 IQ points....

Except ... that is not a threat to people that believe that reading and knowing bigly words is just showing off.
Likely makes Professional Wrestling more enjoyable, too!

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

First one is made by universities in the USA and UK; it basically says that one long term effect of surviving COVID19 is that you are getting dumber up to 8.5 IQ points.

For a lot of Trump supporters, that could well put them in the negative! Is that even possible?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

About the UK, but much may be true of the US, too, I think

Verifying Device

Evernote link because paywall

He's writing about the part of the country I'm from, so I know he's oversimplifying a great deal to make a point, and I'm not at all sure his chart is quite as conclusive evidence as he thinks it is, I think his general point about the different impacts of Covid on different social and economic groups is very sound.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

About the UK, but much may be true of the US, too, I think

Verifying Device

Evernote link because paywall

He's writing about the part of the country I'm from, so I know he's oversimplifying a great deal to make a point, and I'm not at all sure his chart is quite as conclusive evidence as he thinks it is, I think his general point about the different impacts of Covid on different social and economic groups is very sound.

Very clearly, and the lack of any public health system in the US makes it worse.

Not mentioned in the article, and also probably worse in the US, is the greater risk to service industry workers. The initial lockdowns hit restaurant, retail, and other service industries. They represented the largest group of covid-related unemployed or even worse, locked in limbo because they had not been fired but did not have work due to closures. My immediate circle are professionals and academics for the most part, and our work has changed but not diminished.

Then there are the calls by covidiots to open services while they refuse to take basic safety precautions. The workers are the ones put into the worst risk, as they have to pick between confronting customers (who have been violent in many places, sometimes while armed) or exposure to the virus from people who will not protect a fast food employee because Freedom. Again, most of the people I know are working remotely or at organizations that can take steps to protect employees. Retail, food, and service industries don't have that option.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Again, most of the people I know are working remotely or at organizations that can take steps to protect employees. Retail, food, and service industries don't have that option.

I was thinking about that disparity today as I placed an online order for groceries, which we'll pick up on Monday. Just yesterday we took advantage of an Anthem Blue-Cross program for a virtual health care consult; it took all of 15-mins to get a doctor online, who phoned in our prescription, which we picked up at a pharmacy drive-thru. Meanwhile I'm working from home with the full cooperation and even encouragement of my employer. Productivity is up, profits are up, and I'll get my regular annual bonus in another week or two, maybe even a raise. As a result of my white-collar IT job, my wife and I can successfully isolate for months, even years, significantly reducing our exposure risk.

It's like I'm living in an entirely different country from the store clerk who is bagging up my groceries, working for minimum wage and with few if any health benefits.

 

[Free]

Rick Scott quarantines after exposure to COVID-19 Friday night

The Senator tested negative Saturday morning following contact with a positive individual at his arrival back to Florida Friday.

floridapolitics.com

Florida Sen. Rick Scott has announced via Twitter that he will quarantine immediately after coming into contact with an individual who later tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night.

The Senator said he was tested Saturday morning, and the result came back negative, but he will still be quarantining “out of an abundance of caution.” Scott said he has no symptoms as of this morning. It is unclear currently if either party was wearing a mask.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I was thinking about that disparity today as I placed an online order for groceries, which we'll pick up on Monday. Just yesterday we took advantage of an Anthem Blue-Cross program for a virtual health care consult; it took all of 15-mins to get a doctor online, who phoned in our prescription, which we picked up at a pharmacy drive-thru. Meanwhile I'm working from home with the full cooperation and even encouragement of my employer. Productivity is up, profits are up, and I'll get my regular annual bonus in another week or two, maybe even a raise. As a result of my white-collar IT job, my wife and I can successfully isolate for months, even years, significantly reducing our exposure risk.

It's like I'm living in an entirely different country from the store clerk who is bagging up my groceries, working for minimum wage and with few if any health benefits.

I'm in exactly the same position, Beebo. Comfortable apartment, I work from home anyway, I can order online and have it delivered, and anything else, my cleaner will pick up for me if I ask her (I pay her during lockdown, and she offered to do the shopping and pick up prescriptions, so I don't feel bad about asking). I didn't leave the apartment block, except for medical appointments, for three months, during our first lockdown.

For me it's no more than an inconvenience.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Wild thread about the upcoming statistical mass murder:


also:

 

[Innula Zenovka]

'Chumocracy': how Covid revealed the new shape of the Tory establishment

Appointments made and contracts awarded during the pandemic have uncovered a web of connections

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

I hope every last person of influence who has said 'Its just a flu [like wtf there too]', that its a hoax, etc goes to prison for murder.

 

[Plurabelle Laszlo]

 

[Free]

Minnesota Senate GOP held large, in-person dinner party just before COVID outbreak

Days before a coronavirus outbreak in the Minnesota Senate Republican caucus, the GOP held a large, in-person dinner party to celebrate their election results.

www.fox9.com

A GOP spokeswoman confirmed the Nov. 5 victory dinner party this weekend in response to FOX 9’s questions about it. Republicans had not previously disclosed it, even as controversy erupted over the outbreak. The spokeswoman, Rachel Aplikowski, did not say why she had not disclosed the party in earlier public statements about the situation.

At least three senators, including Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, have now tested positive. Gazelka revealed his positive diagnosis on Sunday and said he was quarantining while on an out-of-state trip. Sen. Dave Senjem told FOX 9 he had tested positive last weekend. Sen. Paul Anderson has also tested positive, Aplikowski said.

On Tuesday, Republicans sent an internal memo to warn staffers about the outbreak. Multiple senators and staff had tested positive, the memo said.

But Democrats said the GOP never notified them about the COVID-19 outbreak before Thursday’s special session at the Capitol. Senate Democratic Leader Susan Kent said it was a ‘blatant disregard” of the health of other senators and Senate staff.

 

[Rose Karuna]

Minnesota Senate GOP held large, in-person dinner party just before COVID outbreak

Days before a coronavirus outbreak in the Minnesota Senate Republican caucus, the GOP held a large, in-person dinner party to celebrate their election results.

www.fox9.com

We may not have to vote them out, they will ignore reality for so long that they will just kill themselves off with COVID.

 

[Free]

We may not have to vote them out, they will ignore reality for so long that they will just kill themselves off with COVID.

And some of us, as well.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

And some of us, as well.

Not angery at you, but at the fact its not just risking themselves.