COVID-19 in America

[editor]

THIS is what freeeeeeeeeedom looks like, commies!

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is now linked to more than 250,000 cases

One study estimates the public health cost of the super-spreading event is near $12 billion.

www.motherjones.com

Study: http://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.pdf

 

[spring-peeper]

 

[spring-peeper]

oh, poor little snowflake

Michael Lindell Threatens CNN with Legal Redress Over Anderson Cooper Interview

My Pillow creator Michael Lindell threatens CNN with legal redress over Anderson Cooper's Oleandrin interview, according to a letter exclusively obtained by Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

The lawyer claims that Anderson "cast aspersions on Mr. Lindell's character and reputation" and referred to him as a "snake oil salesman."

 

[editor]

Way to go!

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's administration announced Tuesday that it is using federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $5 million tourism ad campaign aimed at drawing people to the state. The move comes even as the state emerges as one of the nation's top hot spots for COVID-19 infections.

The 30-second spot, which premiered on Fox News alongside Noem's speech at the Republican National Convention last month, features the governor saying that "with our breathtaking landscapes and wide-open spaces, we're a place to safely explore." But the state currently ranks second in the country for new cases per capita over the last two weeks, with 439 new cases per 100,000 people.

South Dakota governor uses coronavirus relief funds for $5 million tourism ad despite COVID surge

The state currently ranks second in the country for new cases per capita over the last two weeks, with 439 new cases per 100,000 people.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

South Dakota governor uses coronavirus relief funds for $5 million tourism ad despite COVID surge

The state currently ranks second in the country for new cases per capita over the last two weeks, with 439 new cases per 100,000 people.

www.cbsnews.com

439 new cases per 100,000 people, fucking hell.

As a comparison, the UK has just gone over 20 new cases per 100,000 people.

 

[spring-peeper]

If the US had Canada’s Covid-19 death rate, 100,000 more Americans would likely be alive today

America’s coronavirus failure is far worse than other developed nations’ experiences.

www.vox.com

What would the US death toll be like if the country had the same rate of Covid-19 deaths as some other wealthy nations, accounting for population differences?

The results, based on Our World in Data, are staggering:

• If the US had the same death rate as the European Union overall, nearly 84,000 Americans wouldn’t have died from Covid-19 (out of the nearly 190,000 who have died so far).
• If the US had the same death rate as Canada, nearly 109,000 Americans wouldn’t have died from Covid-19.
• If the US had the same death rate as Germany, more than 152,000 Americans wouldn’t have died from Covid-19.
• If the US had the same death rate as Australia, more than 179,000 Americans wouldn’t have died from Covid-19.
• If the US had the same death rate as Japan, more than 185,000 Americans wouldn’t have died from Covid-19.

 

[frogwoman]

Columnist Ross Douthat took issue with that approach. Arguing that “the patterns for Covid-19 fatalities often look more region-specific than country-specific,” he compared the US to a slew of countries in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in Latin America and parts of Europe. By that toll, the US doesn’t seem to do so badly, with a death rate close to that of Brazil, France, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

 

[quimcunx]

There you go then. It's right up there with us and our #world beating figures.

 

[StoneRoad]

Way to go!

South Dakota governor uses coronavirus relief funds for $5 million tourism ad despite COVID surge

The state currently ranks second in the country for new cases per capita over the last two weeks, with 439 new cases per 100,000 people.

www.cbsnews.com

I think that our definition of somewhere safe to explore might be slightly different ...

 

[spring-peeper]

 

[krtek a houby]

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A mass mask burning? But all that smoke ... isn't there some kind of protection from inhalation the burners can wear?

 

[StoneRoad]

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Isn't culpable homicide an offence in magaland ?

 

[petee]

 

[existentialist]

Someone's got bigger problems than the lack of a mask.

 

[two sheds]

Not what you need while you're just trying to do your job - they must have had a real adrenaline/fear rush

 

[8ball]

This "Karen" shit has got fucking tedious, though.
A mate of mine got a load of shit on FB for posting about local increases in cases and the need to be vigilant at the moment, because of her name.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

This "Karen" shit has got fucking tedious, though.
A mate of mine got a load of shit on FB for posting about local increases in cases and the need to be vigilant at the moment, because of her name.

First they came for the paediatricians...

 

[8ball]

First they came for the paediatricians...

 

[SheilaNaGig]

It's a slightly convoluted joke.

Not against you, against the the people with the pitchforks.

 

[spring-peeper]

Any one want to bet on the next US hot spot?

Georgia governor bans cities from ordering people to wear face masks

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, who was the first local official to defy Kemp, tweeted: "Ignore the science and survive the best you can."

www.cbsnews.com

Kemp's move is likely to infuriate local officials in communities that had acted, including Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Rome and the governor's hometown of Athens-Clarke County. Overall, mask orders by Wednesday were covering 1.4 million of Georgia's more than 10 million residents.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson was the first local official to defy Kemp and order masks, and had said police would start writing $500 citations to businesses that didn't enforce the law.

Well, maybe not...

 

[editor]

And the twats keep on coming

Pacific Beach Bar Manager Attacked After Asking Patrons to Wear Facemasks

A Pacific Beach bar manager was violently attacked Labor Day weekend after asking patrons to wear their facemasks and it was all caught on video. That employee tells NBC 7 he doesn’t want this to happen to anyone else and fears it could if the man who attacked him isn’t held responsible...

www.nbcsandiego.com

 

[petee]

Any one want to bet on the next US hot spot?

Georgia governor bans cities from ordering people to wear face masks

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, who was the first local official to defy Kemp, tweeted: "Ignore the science and survive the best you can."

www.cbsnews.com

this is part of a long tradition of local-government-ideologues suppressing actual local-government actions when it doesn't suit their politics. the state govt of NC in the 90s (iirc) passed a law prohibiting any smaller jurisdiction from passing gun control measures.

 

[frogwoman]

Worldometers is saying 199k dead in the USA

 

[Pickman's model]

Worldometers is saying 199k dead in the USA

And the two people everyone wants it to kill there are still alive

 

[two sheds]

nearly everyone

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a slightly convoluted joke.

Not against you, against the the people with the pitchforks.

Much of the time the people with pitchforks are right.

 

[frogwoman]

And the two people everyone wants it to kill there are still alive

Who? Trump and Biden?

 

[Pickman's model]

Who? Trump and Biden?

Three people then

 

[two sheds]

Three people then

four including the man in the fridge

 

[frogwoman]

Three people then

Who is the third? Pence?