COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US) (16 Viewers)

[RazorOye]

Oh I don't disagree with you. But you made the cardinal sin on not shirtting on a certain person and I know what happens next.

I think people are capable of giving credit where and when due and doing so without getting hammered when they deliver

In fact, I saw a *lot* of people just a couple of days ago fawning over the change in tone. And that’s not a big accomplishment.

“cardinal sin”? Cmon man. You’re not really giving most people around here enough credit.

 

[DaveXA]

My wife was nagging me to wear at least a bandana to the grocery store. So I looked and the only one I had was one I got at Voodoo Fest a few years back that had a bunch of skulls on it. I put it on and said "ok here I go" expecting her to be embarrassed and tell me to take it off. Bluff called. Went to HEB with skulls bandana. Got funny looks. Nice little Monday.

I would have looked at you funny. Sideways even.

 

[Optimus Prime]

A day in the life of Dr. Fauci
================================

Facing down a viral coronavirus epidemic that threatens the well-being of Americans and the economy alike, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, may have one of the most intense jobs in the world right now.

If he's awake, he's at work. And he's getting only four or five hours of sleep a night.

In an interview on Tuesday with "The Daily," a New York Times podcast, Fauci said his work schedule reaches the outer limits of what he thought was possible.

"You're lucky if you get to bed before midnight," said Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. "And then you get up at 4 or 5 in the morning."

"We are in a war," he said. "There's so much to do it's like drinking out of a firehose."

His day typically begins with providing up to date information to people around the country - like journalists, Congress members, and state and federal officials - "who constantly need briefing."

"And I also am running a very large institute that's responsible for making the vaccines and for developing the drugs. So I come in for a couple of hours and get things on the right track here," he said..................

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes what his typical day is like, and it involves getting up at 4 a.m. and going to bed after midnight

 

[kat5s]

 

[Optimus Prime]

I really hope when all this is behind us and things go back to 'normal' all these healthcare workers get some sort of big bonus from either their employers, the state or federal government, and a long paid vacation

 

[Rickboy]

I really hope when all this is behind us and things go back to 'normal' all these healthcare workers get some sort of big bonus from either their employers, the state or federal government, and a long paid vacation

Ya know, I was just thinking about this. President Trump said that this is a war. I tend to agree with him. Docs, Nurses, Paramedics, EMTs, and their supporting cast are the soldiers in this war and they are in active combat zones. Normally we give soldiers a pass on their income taxes when they are in a combat zone. I think that needs to happen for all of these people..

 

[Booker]

More about how the magnitude of the viral dose one is exposed to may impact the degree of the infection...

These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous

Li Wenliang, the doctor in China who raised early awareness of the new coronavirus, died of the virus in February at 34. His death was shocking not only because of his role in publicizing the developing epidemic but also -- given that young people do not have a high risk of dying from Covid-19...

www.yahoo.com

 

[0rion]

I really hope when all this is behind us and things go back to 'normal' all these healthcare workers get some sort of big bonus from either their employers, the state or federal government, and a long paid vacation

The stress my wife is under is unreal. I don't think we will be able to take our vacation to va beach the last 3 weeks of july like we have the last 9 years and my wife said yesterday she was still going to take her vacation time. I told her to try to move it up some. She's in the middle of a long stretch of days right now because she picked up some weekends before all this started not knowing this was in our future. She's off tomorrow and we gonna get a fire out back and get our drink on so she can blow off some steam.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Ya know, I was just thinking about this. President Trump said that this is a war. I tend to agree with him. Docs, Nurses, Paramedics, EMTs, and their supporting cast are the soldiers in this war and they are in active combat zones. Normally we give soldiers a pass on their income taxes when they are in a combat zone. I think that needs to happen for all of these people..

I'm ok with it in general, but we need to be careful. "Dad" has the wallet open, but he's using the credit card to pay for all this. At some point the bill is due. We're going to end up doubling our budget real quick, if we haven't already.

That tax bill is going to SUCK.

 

[James Spader]

A day in the life of Dr. Fauci
================================

Facing down a viral coronavirus epidemic that threatens the well-being of Americans and the economy alike, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, may have one of the most intense jobs in the world right now.

If he's awake, he's at work. And he's getting only four or five hours of sleep a night.

In an interview on Tuesday with "The Daily," a New York Times podcast, Fauci said his work schedule reaches the outer limits of what he thought was possible.

"You're lucky if you get to bed before midnight," said Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. "And then you get up at 4 or 5 in the morning."

"We are in a war," he said. "There's so much to do it's like drinking out of a firehose."

His day typically begins with providing up to date information to people around the country - like journalists, Congress members, and state and federal officials - "who constantly need briefing."

"And I also am running a very large institute that's responsible for making the vaccines and for developing the drugs. So I come in for a couple of hours and get things on the right track here," he said..................

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes what his typical day is like, and it involves getting up at 4 a.m. and going to bed after midnight

Sounds like my time in Iraq. Lol. War like conditions my fellow who-dats.

 

[James Spader]

I'm ok with it in general, but we need to be careful. "Dad" has the wallet open, but he's using the credit card to pay for all this. At some point the bill is due. We're going to end up doubling our budget real quick, if we haven't already.

That tax bill is going to SUCK.

Don’t worry the Ponzi scheme known as the Fed will make it all good. I kid....somewhat.

 

[bclemms]

I really hope when all this is behind us and things go back to 'normal' all these healthcare workers get some sort of big bonus from either their employers, the state or federal government, and a long paid vacation

I sure hope so. We screwed up the way we handled first responders after 9/11, hopefully we don't do it again with our healthcare workers.

 

[nolaspe]

I sure hope so. We screwed up the way we handled first responders after 9/11, hopefully we don't do it again with our healthcare workers.

Meanwhile, in Utah...

Intermountain will cut pay for doctors and nurse practitioners amid coronavirus pandemic

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www.sltrib.com

 

[Rickboy]

Don’t worry the Ponzi scheme known as the Fed will make it all good. I kid....somewhat.

No that's very real.. The Dollar is still one of, if not the, highest valued currency. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if we started printing money.

 

[Devildog]

I really hope when all this is behind us and things go back to 'normal' all these healthcare workers get some sort of big bonus from either their employers, the state or federal government, and a long paid vacation

They won't. My wife is an RN and she's been tasked to help out in the ICU here in DFW. They aren't even offering hazard pay or even a slight little bump in pay for the time being. She's a postpartum nurse.