Off topic “coronavirus”

[Coronita]

So here’s a true story. My kid has this Chinese friend and her parents are totally paranoid about this virus. They are the ones before coming over , asking parents of they’ve been to China or if their kids have cold symptoms.

They went as far as not goinf to Mira Mesa because Mira Mesa had too many asians, and pulled their kids out of Chinese school. Their cars were full of masks and supplies , and when kid still had a left over cough from a cold , told their kid not to hang around my kid…. Ok fine.

Fast forward this week. Their kid came down with something and was running a 103F temperature on Monday. Kid doesn’t have flu shot. Ok fine. But get this. Yesterday, the kid still is running a fever, still is sick, and parents send her to school, like it’s no big deal. Their kid at school is about to pass out, and my kid was like WTF are you doing here in school, you’re going to get everyone else sick. Her parents don’t care.

Typical selfish, hypocritical Chinese.”Don’t bring your kids near my kid and I even if they aren’t sick anymore… But if my kid is sick, to the hell with you. I don’t want to pay extra for daycare and keep the kid at home”

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte][quote=flu]I have my gold bullion bars in my safe along with my Glock, and respirators for painting cars that should filter viruses too. I have a few vegetables in the backyard and bags of rice.

Did I miss anything else I should stock up on?

:)[/quote]

Toilet paper.

I’ve worked at grocery stores before. First thing to go!

And water.[/quote]

I don’t need toilet paper. I have a Toto Washlet on my toilets!!!!

And I have a 70 gallon water heater tank for water.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=flu]..or maybe it wasn’t from a wild animal after all….maybe it was from a lab….

“Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/24/virus-hit-wuhan-has-two-laboratories-linked-chines

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Rumors now are that the virus came from a US lab and secrets agents brought the virus to China as part of a cover operation to undermine China.
Are we capable of such things?

[spdrun]

Is there any proof of the unsubstantiated rumors?

[FlyerInHi]

The rumors running are also that there’s a deep state conspiracy Deep American state
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/trump-backers-coronavirus-conspiracy-117781

[outtamojo]

[quote=spdrun]Is there any proof of the unsubstantiated rumors?[/quote]

I dont know about any rumors but I do know that official messaging about the virus is going to get a lot rosier.

[Coronita]

History will look back at this and remember China as the cause of this. Supply chain concentrated in China no more. good riddance.

Coronavirus: Made In China

[Anonymous]

[quote=flu]History will look back at this and remember China as the cause of this. Supply chain concentrated in China no more. good riddance.

Coronavirus: Made In China[/quote]

Bigly!

[FlyerInHi]

China as the largest market in the world cannot be ignored. It’s not just the supply chain but the Chinese customer base. Corporations don’t care about borders, they go where the revenue growth is.

[FlyerInHi]

I watched Trump’s press conference yesterday. So happy that Trump has a good handle on the situation. With Pence as the covid19 czar, we are safe. I’m sure.

[Myriad]

Pretty sure Trump’s plan is to ignore it. If it becomes a problem, deny it and complain about the media. That way, it will just spread and no containment is needed.
Since the administration cut funding for the CDC, there’s limited testing available and no pandemic response team to counter that there really is a pandemic.

Also solves problems for SS and Medicare if it spreads to FL & AZ retirees and prisons.

[outtamojo]

New case in Santa Clara county. Person did not travel to known outbreak areas or come into contact with sick person.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/28/santa-clara-county-announces-new-coronavirus-case/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[svelte]

[quote=Myriad]Pretty sure Trump’s plan is to ignore it. If it becomes a problem, deny it and complain about the media. That way, it will just spread and no containment is needed.
[/quote]

It’s a pretty interesting situation when you stop and think about it. Trump and his sheep have disliked the global society concept and have thrown up roadblocks to globalization under the guise of protecting jobs…and then this pops up almost as a proof point that globalization is bad.

Yet, this may be the very thing that dooms his re-election. If the stock market keeps tanking, if production lines stay closed, if thousands of people die, people may re-think whether his cuts to the CDC and other programs were such a wise thing and whether four years of Trump have left them better than before.

Still nine months until the election…if this thing really takes off it really changes the political landscape…

This may end up being a very unique, interesting year.

[svelte]

Yeah, we’re ready for this thing.

“We have just 200 kits, and that’s for not just the traditional diagnostic, but also surveillance. It’s simply inadequate,” Newsom said Thursday. “But no longer will that be the case. … We have been assured of our capacity to significantly, exponentially increase the capacity to test.”

Let’s hope so.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/health/us-cases-coronavirus-community-transmission/index.html

[zk]

[quote=svelte][quote=Myriad]Pretty sure Trump’s plan is to ignore it. If it becomes a problem, deny it and complain about the media. That way, it will just spread and no containment is needed.
[/quote]

It’s a pretty interesting situation when you stop and think about it. Trump and his sheep have disliked the global society concept and have thrown up roadblocks to globalization under the guise of protecting jobs…and then this pops up almost as a proof point that globalization is bad.

Yet, this may be the very thing that dooms his re-election. If the stock market keeps tanking, if production lines stay closed, if thousands of people die, people may re-think whether his cuts to the CDC and other programs were such a wise thing and whether four years of Trump have left them better than before.

Still nine months until the election…if this thing really takes off it really changes the political landscape…

This may end up being a very unique, interesting year.[/quote]

I think the opposite is more likely. The coronavirus doesn’t affect the U.S. any more than SARS did. Everything turns out fine, no thanks to trump. Trump takes credit for everything turning out fine. Trump wins.

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