OT: Coronavirus

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1274021895491538945?s=19

Speaking of Clearwater, anyone seen BarrNone? He lives in that area I think. Haven't seen him post in weeks. 3-time cancer survivor, recent heart attack, girlfriend on the front lines. Hope they're OK. 

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1274021895491538945?s=19

Speaking of Clearwater, anyone seen BarrNone? He lives in that area I think. Haven't seen him post in weeks. 3-time cancer survivor, recent heart attack, girlfriend on the front lines. Hope they're OK. 

I think he finally moved to North Carolina......

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1274021895491538945?s=19

Speaking of Clearwater, anyone seen BarrNone? He lives in that area I think. Haven't seen him post in weeks. 3-time cancer survivor, recent heart attack, girlfriend on the front lines. Hope they're OK. 

I think he finally moved to North Carolina......

Yep,   he posted about his new job and apartment in Charlotte a few weeks ago.

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1274021895491538945?s=19

Speaking of Clearwater, anyone seen BarrNone? He lives in that area I think. Haven't seen him post in weeks. 3-time cancer survivor, recent heart attack, girlfriend on the front lines. Hope they're OK. 

I think he finally moved to North Carolina......

Yep,   he posted about his new job and apartment in Charlotte a few weeks ago.

I'm sure he's slammed with the move, settling, new job...

Its good to take a break now and then as well...No better time than June/July in a Pandemic year. 

This joint should be jumping by November, even without football lol! 

https://amp.azcentral.com/amp/3233532001?__twitter_impression=true

@"purplefaithful" said:

Really? You're sticking with China virus? Even the POTUS has moved on from that one.

Drink it down deeply, slowly, savor it...

Now this I liked that he did:

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-until-end-of-year

U.S. companies wanted that cheap HB-1 tech labor after laying off full time employees. It's bullshit. 

NBA's Nikola Jokic Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Serbia, U.S. Return Delayed https://t.co/SprbZRib4L

— TMZ (@TMZ) June 24, 2020

More details: Federal government will end funding for 13 community-based Covid-19 test sites, most in Texashttps://t.co/v6IRJ389wA

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) June 24, 2020

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-will-allow-each-team-to-dictate-their-own-attendance-capacity-per-report/

USA sets new record for new COVID-19 cases in one day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/25/coronavirus-live-updates-us/ 

The idiots have triumphed.

Oops.

Did I mention the idiots have won?

@"RS Express" said:

Oops. Did I mention the idiots have won?

How does compare to testing per capital?  If the US is testing more per day then it stands to reason they will find more per day.

 I've said since day one that this will hit the US harder than most countries due to our freedoms and cavalier mentality,  this really shouldn't have been unexpected.

@"JimmyinSD" said: How does compare to testing per capital?  If the US is testing more per day then it stands to reason they will find more per day.

 I've said since day one that this will hit the US harder than most countries due to our freedoms and cavalier mentality,  this really shouldn't have been unexpected.

Tester per capita is not a stat the fed's like to trump (et).  USA was #10 last I checked on Statistica...

My gut says a lot of this is fueled by youth who just dont care as much. I dont know htf masks became political, but not enough people wearing em imo. 

Interesting read from Osterholm:

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that he does not believe the coronavirus pandemic in the United States will ease over the summer or in the fall.Driving the news: The country on Saturday reported more than 33,000 new cases of the coronavirus — the highest total since May 1 — despite claims from Trump administration officials that concerns over a second wave of the virus are "overblown."Osterholm countered that he believes a second or third wave of coronavirus is unlikely because the first wave has yet to slow down.
What he's saying: "I'm actually of the mind right now — I think this is more like a forest fire. I don't think that this is going to slow down," he said. "Wherever there's wood to burn, this fire is going to burn, and right now we have a lot of susceptible people."

• Osterholm added that he does not think the influenza model of multiple waves applies to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.
• "Right now, I don't see this slowing down through the summer or into the fall. I don't think we're going to see one, two and three waves. I think we're just going to see one very, very difficult forest fire of cases."

• The European Union, which has a population of around 446 million, is seeing average new confirmed case numbers of around 4,000 per day, compared to about 24,000 for the U.S.
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• This is at least in part attributable to increased testing by the U.S., but there are surges in infections in several states that outpace the growth in testing. The U.S., which has a total population of around 328 million, has conducted around 26 million coronavirus tests since the beginning of the pandemic.
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• https://www.axios.com/michael-osterholm-coronavirus-spread-da28f4a3-baad-4566-9340-9de480f5f3e7.html

It's not just youth PF. Remember the people that went to the Capitol buildings because they couldn't get a haircut or go to the gym? Most of them were not younger people. They were not wearing masks. Also the various types of plans vary from state to state. States had to open in order to not be cut off from federal funding. Basically it's a clusterfuck all around considering that the testing started late.

Whoopsie...

The federal government sent coronavirus stimulus payments to almost 1.1 million dead people totaling nearly $1.4 billion, Congress’ independent watchdog reported Thursday.The Washington Post previously reported that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service disbursed some payments of up to $1,200 each to dead people. But the astonishing scope of the problem had not been known.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, an independent investigative agency that reports to Congress, issued the finding as part of a comprehensive report on the nearly $3 trillion in coronavirus relief spending approved by Congress in March and April. It said it had received the information from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in an accounting as of April 30.
The revelation comes as President Donald Trump and some members of his administration advocate for another round of stimulus checks. The news that so much money has gone to the dead could add to reluctance from some Republicans to agree to more direct relief payments.
The GAO said that the payments to dead people came as Treasury and the IRS rushed to disburse some 160.4 million of these payments totaling $269 billion in the wake of passage of the Cares Act in March. The problem relates partly to the fact that, while IRS has access to the Social Security Administration’s full set of death records, the Treasury Department and its Bureau of the Fiscal Service — which actually issue the payments — do not, GAO said.
The report said that Congress should “provide Treasury with access to the Social Security Administration’s full set of death records, and require that Treasury consistently use it, to help reduce similar types of improper payments.”

https://www.startribune.com/treasury-sent-1-4b-in-coronavirus-stimulus-payments-to-dead-people/571485902/

@"purplefaithful" said: Whoopsie...

The federal government sent coronavirus stimulus payments to almost 1.1 million dead people totaling nearly $1.4 billion, Congress’ independent watchdog reported Thursday.The Washington Post previously reported that the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service disbursed some payments of up to $1,200 each to dead people. But the astonishing scope of the problem had not been known.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, an independent investigative agency that reports to Congress, issued the finding as part of a comprehensive report on the nearly $3 trillion in coronavirus relief spending approved by Congress in March and April. It said it had received the information from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in an accounting as of April 30.
The revelation comes as President Donald Trump and some members of his administration advocate for another round of stimulus checks. The news that so much money has gone to the dead could add to reluctance from some Republicans to agree to more direct relief payments.
The GAO said that the payments to dead people came as Treasury and the IRS rushed to disburse some 160.4 million of these payments totaling $269 billion in the wake of passage of the Cares Act in March. The problem relates partly to the fact that, while IRS has access to the Social Security Administration’s full set of death records, the Treasury Department and its Bureau of the Fiscal Service — which actually issue the payments — do not, GAO said.
The report said that Congress should “provide Treasury with access to the Social Security Administration’s full set of death records, and require that Treasury consistently use it, to help reduce similar types of improper payments.”

https://www.startribune.com/treasury-sent-1-4b-in-coronavirus-stimulus-payments-to-dead-people/571485902/

Definitely the fault of government workers, poor communications, and so forth.  Some will be lefties, some  righties, and some independents.