Covid-19

Is There Nothing About This Pandemic That These Clowns Won't F*ck Up?
Pfizer says it has plenty of vaccine doses, but the Trump administration* isn't getting them distributed.

Pfizer said it had millions of doses of vaccine sitting in a warehouse because the federal government hadn't told it where to send them

doublejj said:

Thanks, if your not doing a lot, hand works good. But after 1000 pumps you will appreciate the air jack. even by hand I would jack it down to full pressure anyway. You can get a pretty good feel for the air jack after a few presses as you can hear the sound of the jack change as it builds pressure. To me the compressor and air jack are must haves. The low temp plates work extremely well. Best of luck let me know if you have any more questions..
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I'm not doing a lot, so it looks like I'll start by hand. I can always upgrade. Love your setup. I appreciate the advice, happy holidays to you and yours.

Infection rates are at the highest we've seen in the State, grocery store shelves are full thankfully.

The drive thru testing center was full today, whole parking lot filled and line was out to the street.
Haven't seen that for a while..that was really scary to see with National Guard, like out of a bad movie.

Not surprised at all. It's mind blowing that schools will remain open. Adults wearing masks aren't responsible enough to shop or leave their homes, but kids at schools without masks or social distancing are a-okay.

California hospitals 'crushed' as virus patients flood ICUs

“I’m not going to sugarcoat this. We are getting crushed," said Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, which has more than 600 beds and is one of the largest in the county.

The UK has identified a new variant of the virus that is about 70% more contagious than the original strain, but no more deadly. A physician here expresses the worry that with a little more mutation, the vaccine may not be effective against these new virus strains. What worries me in the US is that even if the sane take the vaccine, if enough of the irrationals do not, the virus may mutate among them, and they might re-infect the vaccinated...

COVID-19 spreading with astonishing speed - 100,000 new cases in L.A. County in little more than a week

tyler.durden said:

The UK has identified a new variant of the virus that is about 70% more contagious than the original strain, but no more deadly. A physician here expresses the worry that with a little more mutation, the vaccine may not be effective against these new virus strains. What worries me in the US is that even if the sane take the vaccine, if enough of the irrationals do not, the virus may mutate among them, and they might re-infect the vaccinated...

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Countries across Europe halt flights from Britain over concerns about coronavirus mutation

I hadn't looked at the overall statistics for a while, but I have been really concerned with the increase in cases in Canada. It is getting very serious here in terms of available hospital and especially ICU beds in a lot of places.

After I looked at the numbers, I am still very worried about my country and my people.
In Canada: cases/ million people: 13,399, deaths per million people: 375

I am fucking terrified for you folks to the South.
USA: cases/ million people: 55,036, deaths per million people:979


That's 4.1x our infection rate and 2.6x our death rate. Even with a vaccine and a sane leader, you poor fuckers have a long miserable winter ahead. Best of luck to you all. I hope you and your loved ones are able to stay safe.

source of stats: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

I was trying to think of a cause for the different case:death ratio in the stats above. I wondered if perhaps Canada had more vulnerable old people, so I went looking for numbers to support or disprove the hypothesis. It looks like the idea may have merit.

Did you know that the average life expectancy is over 3 years longer in Canada than in the US? That is a long time.

C'mon trumpys, join the darkside. You get to live longer in a land of socialized medicine.

H G Griffin said:

I was trying to think of a cause for the different case:death ratio in the stats above. I wondered if perhaps Canada had more vulnerable old people, so I went looking for numbers to support or disprove the hypothesis. It looks like the idea may have merit.

Did you know that the average life expectancy is over 3 years longer in Canada than in the US? That is a long time.

C'mon trumpys, join the darkside. You get to live longer in a land of socialized medicine.

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Life Expectancy by Country and in the World (2024) - Worldometer

List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by life expectancy at birth, both sexes, males and females. World Population Life Expectancy with historical chart

www.worldometers.info

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Yeah, but I bet in those final 3 years, they're bored out of their minds

I'm as tired of covid as I am winter.

And we're stuck with both of them until April, if we're lucky with the vaccines.

2020 sucks.
I can't wait until New Years Eve to lose this horrible fucking year. While we watch TV alone. Again.

Like yesterday, last week, last month, last season.

Suddenly I'm depressed. Time to catch a buzz. Again. Like yesterday...

tangerinegreen555 said:

I'm as tired of covid as I am winter.

And we're stuck with both of them until April, if we're lucky with the vaccines.

2020 sucks.
I can't wait until New Years Eve to lose this horrible fucking year. While we watch TV alone. Again.

Like yesterday, last week, last month, last season.

Suddenly I'm depressed. Time to catch a buzz. Again. Like yesterday...

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Lol that’s my birthday

tyler.durden said:

Yeah, but I bet in those final 3 years, they're bored out of their minds

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I'll take boredom over the alternative, thanks.

While other restaurants are closing or suffering the Slutty Vegan is expanding during the pandemic.
I wish we had a Slutty Vegan on the west coast.

How Slutty Vegan is growing during the pandemic - CNN

Kushash said:

While other restaurants are closing or suffering the Slutty Vegan is expanding during the pandemic.
I wish we had a Slutty Vegan on the west coast.

How Slutty Vegan is growing during the pandemic - CNN

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I'm sure there are many of them...

Kushash said:

While other restaurants are closing or suffering the Slutty Vegan is expanding during the pandemic.
I wish we had a Slutty Vegan on the west coast.

How Slutty Vegan is growing during the pandemic - CNN

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I had a GF many years ago who was a slutty vegan; she was also absolutely insane, as well as a crazed monster in bed. I escaped with my life, just barely

tangerinegreen555 said:

I'm as tired of covid as I am winter.

And we're stuck with both of them until April, if we're lucky with the vaccines.

2020 sucks.
I can't wait until New Years Eve to lose this horrible fucking year. While we watch TV alone. Again.

Like yesterday, last week, last month, last season.

Suddenly I'm depressed. Time to catch a buzz. Again. Like yesterday...

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Today will be the shortest day of the year. Tomorrow the days will slowly begin to lengthen. The next month is probably going to be the hardest part of this although that will extend through to March for the healthcare workers. In one month things will start looking better for the US and hopefully by March we should see a real difference. I don't often make predictions but there you go.