Corona Virus

[umjewman]

There's a common conspiracy theory that has been going around since the start of the pandemic about how hospitals were calling every death COVID related just to get more funding. It was always ridiculous, but I didn't realize that actually the opposite was the case.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-macon-deaths/

But a friend of a friend of a friend told me that his uncle was hit by a bus and the death certificate said Covid, so Covid is fake.

[The Feral Slasher]

But a friend of a friend of a friend told me that his uncle was hit by a bus and the death certificate said Covid, so Covid is fake.

Heard it from a friend who...heard it from a friend who...heard it from another you were hit by a bus

[Ken]

Heard it from a friend who...heard it from a friend who...heard it from the coroner you were hit by a bus

fixed that for you

[umjewman]

Heard it from a friend who...heard it from a friend who...heard it from another you were hit by a bus

Did the bus have Covid?

[The Feral Slasher]

Did the bus have Covid?

No...just "the common cold"

[The Feral Slasher]

Did the bus have Covid?

Even if it did keep this in mind....

[Bene Futuis]

The same scenario keeps repeating itself with the anti-vaxxers. Hubris. RIP to this guy.

[Bene Futuis]

And (I think) Republicans are blaming COVID on Mexican immigrants? Frankly, I'm not even sure what the fuck is the idea here. Fox News referred to this as a "mic drop" moment. Your call, I suppose:

[Bene Futuis]

Damnit, I suck at embedding Twitter links. Thanks a lot, Toro!

Edit: Hmm, looks like I actually did it right, just like the inevitable Toro HR. Nice.

[Ken]

And (I think) Republicans are blaming COVID on Mexican immigrants? Frankly, I'm not even sure what the fuck is the idea here. Fox News referred to this as a "mic drop" moment. Your call, I suppose:

I don't think he's blaming them.

I think he's deflecting.

Don't look at me, look over there.

Hey, it works on dogs when you pretend to throw the ball!

[Bene Futuis]

I don't think he's blaming them.

I think he's deflecting.

Don't look at me, look over there.

Hey, it works on dogs when you pretend to throw the ball!

He's parroting the Fox propaganda network. You see, immigrants are dirty and bring disease. Also, the disease is not a big deal? (Also, I am going to only communicate in Twitter links from now on.)

[The Feral Slasher]

And (I think) Republicans are blaming COVID on Mexican immigrants? Frankly, I'm not even sure what the fuck is the idea here. Fox News referred to this as a "mic drop" moment. Your call, I suppose:

so much ignorance...blaming immigrants for a virus that they claim is not even a problem. It just sucks to think about who this message appeals to, and how many. Unfortunately Florida has a huge number of cases and increasing rapidly.

[The Feral Slasher]

He's parroting the Fox propaganda network. You see, immigrants are dirty and bring disease. Also, the disease is not a big deal? (Also, I am going to only communicate in Twitter links from now on.)

You made the same point I did...trying to scare their viewers that immigrants are spreading a deadly virus, while at the same time tellng them it is not a big deal. Fox news is just horrible, I wish I could say they are the worst, but I know there is even worse stuff....sigh

[Bene Futuis]

That's why the "both sides" foolishness is so frustrating. It's like people want to find middle ground between arsonists and firefighters.

[The Feral Slasher]

This seems to be the story of COVID in America, never do anything pro-active, always wait for things to get bad before taking action. Even if someone gets their first vaccination today it will be 3-6 weeks before it helps, so of course cases will increase if people aren't wearing masks and social distancing. Cases have doubled in the last 2 weeks and will probably double again in the next few weeks if we keep doing the same thing. I don't really like wearing a mask, but it sure looks like with the new surge from Delta, and the resistance to vaccination, it is still a good idea.

https://mynorthwest.com/3040392/gov-inslee-re-imposing-mask-mandate-not-under-active-consideration/

Mask requirements remain up to individual businesses in Washington state.
While Los Angeles County will be re-imposing its indoor mask mandate starting this weekend, regardless of vaccination status, Governor Jay Inslee said Friday that Washington state does not intend to take a similar approach.

“That is not under active consideration at the moment,” Inslee said. “But I will tell you, the folks that live in these vaccine deserts, they have the right to protect themselves, and the best way is to get their friends and neighbors vaccinated.”

With the highly contagious delta variant spreading rapidly, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are up around 70% over the last week, hospital admissions have climbed about 36%, and deaths rose by 26%, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

“We are watching this on a daily basis to look at the impact, and at the moment, the acceleration has not been significant enough in our book to warrant that,” Inslee said. “If we don’t get these vaccinations up, we could face an explosion of the Delta variant.”

COVID-19 deaths and newly confirmed infections across the U.S. are still dramatically lower than they were over the winter. But for the first time since then, cases are rising in all 50 states. In the past two days, the Washington State Department of Health reported over 700 new cases each day. In the past two weeks, Washington is averaging about 30 new hospitalizations daily as well

Sigh....five weeks ago it wasn't bad enough to require masks, now hospitalizations are at an all time high and guess what, we will be masking up again.

https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-hospitalizations-reach-all-time-high-in-washington-state

COVID-19 hospitalizations reach all-time high in Washington state

https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/will-washingtons-new-indoor-mask-mandate-be-enough-to-combat-fifth-surge-of-covid-19

Starting August 23 Governor Jay Inslee is bringing back the indoor mask mandate for almost everybody in Washington, even if you’re vaccinated.