One of my best friends is from the Gujaresh part of India. lives in Dallas now. I asked him about India and why we weren’t hearing more about it. His response: “Kevin, go to Calcutta on any particular day and there’s 300 people dead in the street. So now there’s 400. Nobody cares.”

Who knows if that’s right or not, but I thought it was an interesting take

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How come India hasn’t exploded like a fireworks warehouse? Over a billion people living in a dumpster.

India has been under (what appears to be, from news articles) one of the most aggressive lockdowns anywhere in the world since March 24th.

No one has any idea how many people are actually infected there because barely any testing is being done.

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Another possible trillion dollars or more to the national debt during this covid lock down farce.

According to OANN, aoc is going to introduce a bill to pay towards every Americans mortgage or rent. Probably a few million illegals included for good measure.

She is bernie's favorite socialist after all.

She is a damned lunatic.

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I asked him about India and why we weren’t hearing more about it. His response: “Kevin, go to Calcutta on any particular day and there’s 300 people dead in the street. So now there’s 400. Nobody cares.”

Who knows if that’s right or not, but I thought it was an interesting take

That would seem the obvious answer also.

If they aren't testing, they don't a copunt of how many are infected.

If their normal death rate bumps up a bit and most people are locked down, who would notice...it isn't like the folks living on top of each other would be going to the hospital anyway

over the hump? three (3) pages since yesterday.

Is the Virus on My Clothes? My Shoes? My Hair? My Newspaper? 4-17-20 [ nytimes ]

We asked the experts to answer questions about all the places coronavirus lurks (or doesn’t). You’ll feel better after reading this.

When we asked readers to send their questions about coronavirus, a common theme emerged: Many people are fearful about tracking the virus into their homes on their clothes, their shoes, the mail and even the newspaper.

We reached out to infectious disease experts, aerosol scientists and microbiologists to answer reader questions about the risks of coming into contact with the virus during essential trips outside and from deliveries. While we still need to take precautions, their answers were reassuring.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Current tally of signers on the Change. org petition to recall Wretchen Gretchen, the evil queen of Michigan:
290K + and rising.

Curious, what is the process for getting a recall vote and how many signatures have to be obtained?

I think I read 500,000

Her evil ass is in trouble

Here is my big challenge with the pandemic. If you search articles or responses to questions the answers vary wildly. It seems like anyone with an opinion is publishing an article on what we should or shouldn't do. Every time and article is release with a direction, a counter article appears in days.

It is very difficult to tell what is accurate and what is opinion.

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^^. Doesn’t matter that the article is almost 2 months old. The coronaviruses, yes plural, don’t just go away. The common cold is a coronavirus. Over the next 1-3 years the majority of people are going to get it. And most people will be fine with or without a vaccine, if they’re even able to come up with one in that time frame.

Coincidentally filled with Chinese and WHO lies. Couldn't find anything more reliable or current?

This whole thing is starting to feel like an episode of The Twilight Zone.
I keep expecting to hear Rod Serling come on and narrate this thing.

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Here is my big challenge with the pandemic. If you search articles or responses to questions the answers vary wildly. It seems like anyone with an opinion is publishing an article on what we should or shouldn't do. Every time and article is release with a direction, a counter article appears in days.

It is very difficult to tell what is accurate and what is opinion.

They're all guessing.

The rate of coronavirus infections has reached a new low in Australia, with one state, Queensland, reporting no new cases at all in the last 24 hours.

"... frustrating, very difficult, no one is enjoying it, but people are following the rules and it is working, making a big difference,” said the Victoria's State Premier, Daniel Andrews.

Mr Andrews further said -
"If we stick together, we will get to the other side, and faster. Let’s keep this performance going. That gives us options. We can properly, in a cautious way, examine those in the weeks and months ahead. Then we can potentially make changes.”

There are more than 6600 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia.

2963 in New South Wales
1329 in Victoria
1019 in Queensland
435 in South Australia
545 in Western Australia
195 in Tasmania
103 in the Australian Capital Territory
28 in the Northern Territory.

The death toll stands at 72.

(Source: news.com.au)

Sure, there is still are acts of complete stupidity and complacency (mostly the 20-29 yo).

There is a growing restless with the restriction on movement and freedoms.

The longer these measures drag on?
There will be demands for loosening restrictions.
The Fed and State governments decide on what those 'prerequisites' might be.

The unease will never be anything like the short-lived Eureka Rebellion of 1854.

One statistic missing with this respiratory pandemic, has been flu deaths. It would appear that there have been none since March.

Seems that if one is admitted to hospital as a result of a stroke, and subsequently go on to the meet the Maker.

The cause of the lack of oxygen to the brain, as the recently departed has tested positive for covid-19, is apparent and recorded as such.
Gotta hit those numbers.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn, that we all have/had it. Maybe for sometime.

Just not gonna die from it, unless there is a pre-existing condition or compromised immunity.

My non-medical opinion.

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Coincidentally filled with Chinese and WHO lies. Couldn't find anything more reliable or current?

There are a few nuggets of truth in there amongst the WHO bullshit. Just imagine you’re on a post-Easter egg hunt.

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How come India hasn’t exploded like a fireworks warehouse? Over a billion people living in a dumpster.

They throw rotted human bodies into the rivers then bathe and brush their teeth with that same water. Coronavirus probably doesn't stand a chance.

Locally, Marion Correctional is reporting 1800 inmates confirmed with the virus and 109 staff.

Just when I think these people have reached the pinnacle of stupid, they top it. Just saw a report on local news(copied from fakes news cnn) that "experts" are wanting to ban people from entering grocery stores and make them go to curbside only. I swear to god, i wish I could get my hands on one of these "expert" assholes. Where do these damn morons come from??

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How come India hasn’t exploded like a fireworks warehouse? Over a billion people living in a dumpster.

They throw rotted human bodies into the rivers then bathe and brush their teeth with that same water. Coronavirus probably doesn't stand a chance.

Exactly - they are probably the key to creating a vaccine!

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Locally, Marion Correctional is reporting 1800 inmates confirmed with the virus and 109 staff.

Wow.
This thing spreads like wildfire where you have people in close quarters. Prisons, nursing homes, cruise ships, aircraft carriers... wherever you have people in close quarters.

As of Sunday, a single prison in central Ohio has more positive cases of COVID-19 than any county in the state. With a shocking 1,828 positive tests among its inmate population of 2,500, the Marion Correctional Institution has more cases than Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Franklin County (Columbus) and Hamilton County (Cincinnati).

More than 100 prison staffers have also tested positive for the virus there, which means that all told, Marion accounts for more than 17 percent of Ohio's total caseload.

https://www.clevescene.com/sce...ingle-county-in-ohio

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Here is my big challenge with the pandemic. If you search articles or responses to questions the answers vary wildly. It seems like anyone with an opinion is publishing an article on what we should or shouldn't do. Every time and article is release with a direction, a counter article appears in days.

It is very difficult to tell what is accurate and what is opinion.

Yeah, one would THINK that with all the availability of information we have in the world, we should have the ability to get good, timely info on this garbage. Yet, we still can't get basic info. Can people who have recovered from Covid get it again? Do dogs get it? Is hydroxychloroquine a viable treatment option?

There is so much fake news out there that we still don't have good answers to these basic questions.

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Can people who have recovered from Covid get it again?

The most recent article from The Wall Street Journal has this to say about people who initially test negative, but then positive, so although there is evidently some indication that the disease can be difficult for the body to get rid of, that may be the reason for why it looks like there is reinfection.

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As they struggle with the nuances of immunity, medical experts are troubled by reports of people who appeared to recover from Covid-19, test free of the coronavirus, and then sicken again. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is investigating 160 cases, worried that the virus may reactivate to cause relapses or reinfections.

Medical researchers suspect these cases arise from problems with the diagnostic PCR genetic test for the virus. In later stages of the disease, the virus settles into the lungs where it can elude detection. Researchers at the Chengdu Medical College in Sichuan, China, last week reported a case in which a patient with severe symptoms of Covid-19 tested negative for the virus eight times before a positive result.

“As long as you are mounting a strong immune response, you should not be reinfected right away,” said molecular virologist Rebecca Dutch at the University of Kentucky, who is a former president of the American Society of Virology. “The most likely explanation is that they never cleared the virus in the first place.”

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As for dogs, the virus has been found on them, but it’s believed that that’s simply because they were exposed to the viruses and continue to harbor them, not that they get the disease or would pass it on as do humans.

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How come India hasn’t exploded like a fireworks warehouse? Over a billion people living in a dumpster.

They throw rotted human bodies into the rivers then bathe and brush their teeth with that same water. Coronavirus probably doesn't stand a chance.

Exactly - they are probably the key to creating a vaccine!

Step up from the George Carlin joke

Friends son works at Marion Correctional. He tested positive. No sense of smell, taste. But mostly just tired, no respiratory issues. 200 staff tested positive. And most all of the prisoners. Word is DeWine is sending National Guard in today to help.
Anyone one heard from GrumpyBiker?