Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

We still have time to mess this up!

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

You cannot shame the shameless.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

When we show up, we win.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

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  1. 1.

    ThresherK

    Between Quebec (mentioned above) and the Smithfield plant in Sioux Falls SD, I predict a run on bacon.

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    or spacing out workers

    Temptation strong with that wording but shall exercise restraint, dude.

    ;)

  3. 3.

    Martin

    Note that today Gavin Newsom will have an announcement regarding lifting the stay at home order in CA.

    This is not expected to be a date, but rather a set of conditions and a plan for how things will incrementally reopen.

  4. 4.

    Cermet

    Who could ever have predicted that demannding that medicince be run as a profit driven company/investment stock that this could possibly lead to limited resources in rural communities. Who could have (s!) Well, guess their voting for thugs has consequences. Tragic but predicatable results.

  5. 5.

    Martin

    So, apparently there’s some freakout that BYD is the supplier of the facemasks that CA will be buying in large volume. BYD is a pretty traditional Chinese company with ties to the Chinese govt. My suspicion that Apple was the company that helped put the deal together looks correct as BYD is a supplier to Apple.

    BYD also has an electric bus factory in CA, so the state does have a relationship with the company. BYD is the largest manufacturer of electric buses in the world (and they’re good – I’ve ridden on them). Apparently they’re producing more than 5 million masks a day, and it looks like CA is buying all of them.

    This is a good deal for BYD. They do some assembly for Apple, much like Foxconn does, and has been angling to do more, and CA has mandated that all public buses be electric by 2029, so BYD has a huge market opportunity here in more ways than one.

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Here is a report from a doctor from Guangdong Province that was sent to Wuhan, and worked in COVID-19 ICU for seven weeks. A lot of enlightening details on the severity of the situation in Wuhan early on, the importance of protecting HCWs with proper PPE and protocol, as well as thoughts on treatment strategies. I read the account in Chinese first, as it was published on Chinese internet media in late Mar. I highly recommend it!

    I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU Here’s What I Learned

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s worldometer numbers for today. 170 new cases, total 4,987; five deaths, total 82. The number of recovered/discharged cases continues to exceed that of new cases.

    At today’s media briefing, DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah gave a breakdown of Ministry stocks for various categories of PPE that is far less alarming than CNN reports from yesterday’s briefing: foot covers, 78 days; protective head covers, 52 days; 3-ply masks, 47 days; N95 masks, 37 days; disposable face shields, 25 days; disposable fluid-resistant aprons, 23 days; protective overalls, 19 days. He added that the Health Ministry is actively making bulk purchases and coordinating with other agencies to ensure that there will be enough.

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    New Deal democrat

    The good news, aside from the fact that it looks like the number of daily new cases and deaths has plateaued, is that States have finally formed East Coast and West Coast consortiums to completely sidestep the Trump Administration, and set up their own plans to test, trace, and quarantine. I expect more to join.

    The bad news is that Trump could provoke a genuine Constitutional crisis if he “orders” them to remove their lockdowns. I would expect the States to refuse, and to be upheld in the Courts. Even several of the GOPers on the Supreme Court would probably balk at such an assertion of federal authority. The worst case is some Trumpist judges siding with him – because I would expect the States to defy the courts on such a matter of life and death.

  10. 10.

    Laura Too

    Minnesota update here. 1650 cases, 70 dead. On one of the posts yesterday there was a disparaging remark regarding Governor Tim Walz. My experience with him is quite different and I am grateful to live in a state that works. He believes in science. Most every day we get an update regarding number of cases, unemployment numbers, etc. and then questions from the media. And everyday Fox and KSTP (local RWNJ channel) ask why we can’t have more transparency from our government and why should we have to stay at home, can’t we open everything up, herd immunity,  lastest conspiricy of the day, etc. Walz was a teacher so he is really good at breaking it down for the hard of thinking but he has his limits and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. If he thinks they are asking in bad faith he does a good job of pointing out that he has responded to that repeatedly but will answer again so there is no confusion. He is also really great at surrounding himself with experts and getting out of their way. Our LT Governor Peggy Flanagan lost her brother to Covid-19 at the end of March so all are very aware of the need to get this right.

  11. 11.

    WereBear

    @New Deal democrat:

    States have finally formed East Coast and West Coast consortiums to completely sidestep the Trump Administration, and set up their own plans to test, trace, and quarantine. I expect more to join.

     
    “Come with us if you want to live.”

  12. 12.

    WereBear

    @Laura Too: And everyday Fox and KSTP (local RWNJ channel) ask why we can’t have more transparency from our government and why should we have to stay at home, can’t we open everything up, herd immunity,  lastest conspiricy of the day, etc.

     
    I am utterly baffled by this insistence on sickening, and likely killing, their own voters. Who are the only ones stupid enough to listen to Trump and Fox News.

  13. 13.

    Laura Too

    @WereBear: Yeah, I don’t get it either. Repubs have formed a little coalition here to try to overthrow Walz orders. They have such a great roll model in 45. At least on MPR they are treating them like toddlers banging on their highchairs which is greatly deserved.

  14. 14.

    Amir Khalid

    The two stories currently at the top of this CNN feed report that the Governors of New York and Connecticut are basically telling Trump to take a hike.

  15. 15.

    Searcher

    Russia’s President Putin says the country might need to call in the army to help with the coronavirus epidemic as the contagion there is getting worse.

    Anyone else assume Putin is going to take the opportunity to invade another former USSR country?

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    VOR

    @Laura Too: There is a MN legislator who is also a doctor, a GP. He’s been questioning the death statistics, specifically how the case is determined to be COVID. He may be sincere in his questions and criticism, but he’s getting interviewed as an expert, a Doctor and State Official who questions validity of COVID deaths. He doesn’t claim anything systemic and has zero proof the stats are actually padded, he’s just raising doubts and concerns. He made it onto Laura Ingraham’s show because he’s saying what they want to hear – it’s a lie, exaggerated, and their Great Orange Leader isn’t an incompetent fuckup.

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    Laura Too

    @VOR: Yes, he is one I was referring to. If it was the only thing you know of MN you’d think we are all batshit crazy but not so. Yesterday they announced Metro Mobility (Senior & handicap transit service) which has had low ridership will switch to pick-up/drop off all health care workers 24/7 because the bus service has dropped to holiday service hours and will work with food shelves to deliver. We aren’t perfect, but above average

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    YY_Sima Qian

    Guangzhou’s municipal health commission just announced that it has been conducting community survey within the city, testing both Chinese and foreign nationals, since Apr. 4. During that time, 4552 nationals of African nations have been screened, with 111 testing positive, including asymptomatic cases. 19 are imported cases found via screening and quarantine at points of entry, but the remaining 92 are domestic cases. That partly explains the reported draconian measures the local authorities have taken to screen and quarantine members of the African immigrant community, as well as reports of businesses refusing to serve African customers. Some of the African immigrants do not have legal status in China, having overstayed their visas or are using inappropriate visa classification, and so are afraid to submit to screening and quarantine. That also explains the reports of Chinese landlords driving out African tenants and hotels turning away Africans nationals. Landlords who have been renting to persons with illegal status will get in trouble with the authorities, and one needs valid passport and visas to check into hotels in China. Without valid documentation, one cannot get a green health code on the mobile APP, and therefore cannot access most facilities and services. However, driving people further underground is counterproductive from the containment perspective, making contact tracing and isolation of infected persons that much more difficult. Absolutely does not excuse the displays of discrimination and racism by members of the native population, or the inhuman treatment at hands of the authorities, either.

    I am also curious how the latest disclosure from Guangzhou municipal health commission jives with the case data that the city has been reporting. Only 32 domestic confirmed cases have been reported in Guangzhou since Apr. 4, and at least half of them are local Chinese residents. So where are the 111 – 19 = 92 domestic cases among the African immigrant community captured? Perhaps most of them are asymptomatic? Guangzhou did report 23 asymptomatic cases among members of the African community on Apr. 13, and 20 asymptomatic cases from the same community on Apr. 12. I assume more asymptomatic cases among African nationals were found from Apr. 4 to Apr. 11. According  to the case reports, most of them are close contacts with known imported cases, or have been frequenting known hot spots. The municipal government did not break down the demographic of the asymptomatic cases before Apr. 12.

    It seems local Chinese authorities still need to learn to be more transparent, and fight their instincts and bureaucratic inertia toward sweeping stuff under the rug. When one of my wife’s classmates living in Guangzhou told her that there is an outbreak in the African community in the city, I thought he was listening to hearsay and over blowing things. The developing outbreak among the African immigrant community in Guangzhou should have been reported from the start of the community survey, and updated daily. Suddenly disclosing the outbreak days later only increases panic, and feed into fear, paranoia and xenophobia in the local population.Period of official silence on this matter also leaves the information space to malicious rumors and fabrications, allow them to establish footholds in uninformed or under-informed people’s minds.

  21. 21.

    Laura Too

    @Miss Bianca: You are most welcome. It was the kindest thing I could think of. I really am fed up with their BS. They will get people killed and they will be the people from the small town I grew up in and the towns around there.

  22. 22.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Laura Too: You are too kind! I hope sharing Wuhan’s and China’s experience from COVID-19 will help inform the members here what to expect in terms of the epidemic, how to protect yourselves, and what government policy responses to to advocate for and protest against.

  23. 23.

    D Gardner

    @Laura Too:  “hard of thinking” is artful – mind if I steal at some undetermined date, assuming I remember this clever phrase?

  24. 24.

    terry chay

    I know with all the front page stomping going on this morning, this will probably be missed… but this seemed the most relevant thread (and I couldn’t say anything until after the press release…).

    My company just launched WorldWithoutCovid which is a free service to connect COVID positive people to clinical trials to help test treatments and cures.

    You can read about it in the SF Chronicle (the deep link is behind a paywall), Forbes, and Modern Healthcare. (Buried in the Forbes piece you may see a screenshot with me in it.)

    If it looks legit ;) Maybe some of you can throw this up on your twitter or Annie can throw it in tomorrow morning’s COVID-19 update? ;)

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