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[Steel Icarus]

Well, I know the guy's an absolute bell and talks shite a lot of the time, but if this is genuine then fair fucks to him I guess.

Conor McGregor pledges 1m euros of protective equipment for Irish hospitals

Conor McGregor is buying one million euros worth of personal protective equipment for hospitals in Ireland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bimble]

Quite interesting. Looks like the disparity between how many man and how many women are dying of this thing may not be down to smoking, which was their best idea after just looking at the numbers from China.

Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the cause

www.theguardian.com

 

[TopCat]

I'd like to see that as an animated gif, with the circles rotating and colours pulsing

Fuck that. Its scary enough as it is

 

[Idris2002]

Well, I know the guy's an absolute bell and talks shite a lot of the time, but if this is genuine then fair fucks to him I guess.

Conor McGregor pledges 1m euros of protective equipment for Irish hospitals

Conor McGregor is buying one million euros worth of personal protective equipment for hospitals in Ireland.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yes,, the Great Irish National Disgrace will surely be true to his word.

Get a grip, man.

 

[Teaboy]

Yes,, the Great Irish National Disgrace will surely be true to his word.

Get a grip, man.

Yeah. I don't know whether he will stump up the money as promised but history tells us that a lot of people say a lot of things at times like this. Lets see how much money actually shows up.

 

[Teaboy]

Quite interesting. Looks like the disparity between how many man and how many women are dying of this thing may not be down to smoking, which was their best idea after just looking at the numbers from China.

Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the cause

www.theguardian.com

Smoking was never likely to be the sole factor. The disparity in deaths just didn't match the disparity for smoking rates between men and women. In Italy its like close to double or something isn't it? In terms of men dying v women. That could never be explained away just by smoking. Though it would clearly be very unwise to assume smoking isn't a factor.

 

[weltweit]

Interesting article, and it does suggest the smoking thing is a red herring.

Nothing I can do about it, I am what I am, and what I am ..

 

[Teaboy]

Interesting article, and it does suggest the smoking thing is a red herring.

No it doesn't.

It simply says that smoking alone can't be the reason and there are other factors at play.

 

[zahir]

Iran finally goes into lockdown.

 

[editor]

FFS:

The US arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby has said it will remain open during the coronavirus epidemic – but has also refused sick pay for workers who fall ill, including from Covid-19.

The chain is keeping some stores open in states that have not ordered non-essential retailers to shut down. In a letter to all employees on 19 March, founder and CEO David Green warned that times would be tough: “To help ensure our company remains strong and prepared to prosper once again when this passes, we may all have to ‘tighten our belts’ over the near future.”

Mr Green, a devout conservative Christian whose net worth is in the region of $6bn, also wrote that “I cannot adequately express how much I appreciate each one of you.”

Billionaire refuses to pay sick leave after keeping stores open because ‘God spoke to him’

Billionaire CEO told employees to ‘tighten their belts’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[elbows]

Can we rebrand them killionaires?

 

[Tankus]

USA just passed Italy in CV19 positive tests , and is expected to pass China tomorrow , ........... to be number one .

..America first

 

[strung out]

USA just passed Italy in CV19 positive tests , and is expected to pass China tomorrow , ........... to be number one .

..America first

USA! USA! USA!

 

[DaveCinzano]

MADA

 

[sideboob]

USA just passed Italy in CV19 positive tests , and is expected to pass China tomorrow , ........... to be number one .

..America first

source?

 

[DaveCinzano]

source?

 

[sideboob]

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Thanks
eta I thought the Johns Hopkins corona dashboard was up to date, real time.

 

[elbows]

MADA

MAYA (Young)

 

[DaveCinzano]

MAYA (Young)

Trump promising to make a mess o' America

 

[cupid_stunt]

Trump promising to make a mess o' America

Trump is promising it'll be all over in 3 weeks, the twats.

 

[xes]

Trump is promising it'll be all over in 3 weeks, the twats.

I thought he was an expert in these matters?

He must know the ins and outs of a category 5 outbreak like this...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So the 26 million US citizens without health insurance? Presumably if they fall ill, they will potentially be lumbered with unrepayable debts for the rest of their lives? I fear for the poor in the US.

 

[RTWL]

The search engine said this has not been posted ... this is pure genius and rocks !

In comparison to some western governments.... it is a far better way of educating people.

 

[elbows]

Some of the details in this story about Spains healthcare workers being infected in large numbers might sound familiar.

Spain says 6,500 healthcare workers have COVID-19

By the time Patricia Nunez's cough started, she was already familiar with the dreaded dry hacking sound tormenting patients who had for weeks been filling the Madrid emergency ward where she works.

www.cp24.com

“The worst thing is that you need to stay at home, worried about infecting relatives, while knowing that you are dearly needed at work,” she told The Associated Press.

The coronavirus is waging a war of attrition against health care workers throughout the world, but nowhere is it winning more battles at the moment than in Italy and in Spain, where protective equipment and tests have been in severely short supply for weeks.

Spain's universal health care system is a source of national pride and often hailed as a reason for its citizens' legendary longevity, but the outbreak is exposing its shortcomings, some of which are the result of years of budget cuts.

There are quite a lot of alarming numbers in the article but I ran out of energy for quoting bits, dunno where I would stop.

 

[DaveCinzano]

USA! USA! USA!

Thar she blows

 

[editor]

God didn't help this fella

Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first from Virginia to die from virus

One of the first deaths of a Virginian from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Bo Gardiner points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of...

www.rawstory.com

 

[two sheds]

God didn't help this fella

Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first from Virginia to die from virus

One of the first deaths of a Virginian from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Bo Gardiner points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of...

www.rawstory.com

Surely could only have been mass hysteria if he'd been a catholic?

 

[kabbes]

Quite interesting. Looks like the disparity between how many man and how many women are dying of this thing may not be down to smoking, which was their best idea after just looking at the numbers from China.

Men are much more likely to die from coronavirus - but why?

Trend has been replicated in all nations, but scientists cannot yet fathom the cause

www.theguardian.com

Biologists see a demographic difference in results and assume there must be a biological cause underlying the demography. There might be, of course. But there’s no reason on the face of it to assume that the differences don’t simply lie in a range of social factors, of which smoking rates are (a potentially big) one. There could be something complicated to do with male vs female biology (particularly strength of immune system). There could just as well be straightforward differences in the way men and women live their lives.

 

[Dogsauce]

Iran finally goes into lockdown.

One thing that may reduce the death rate in Iran is the fact that it is a very young population, although if they run out of ICU capacity that would be cancelled out.

i guess that might also be a thing that reduces the death rate in a lot of poorer countries, might not be as many octogenarians knocking about as preventable illnesses will have already made inroads there.

 

[weltweit]

Bill Gates recent TED interview commented a lot on developing countries being very important in the battle against this virus, I forget where it was posted but it is worth a watch.