China Quarantines Millions After Thousands Exposed To Mutating Virus That Has Killed Many

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.. and workers"

I wonder how many health care workers will end up hospitalized due to this

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/14/u...rnd/index.html

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My state is in a second wave. Shut off from the others..

we were in stage two restrictions now back to stage three. Might going to stage four ( what New Zealand had).

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Mean time in New Zealand...







https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...-to-live-sport

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Watch the hospitals and morgues fill up and overflow in 4-6 weeks. I predict a complete state of emergency in 6-8 weeks for Texas and (especially) Florida.




https://theconversation.com/why-the-...t-storm-142333

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24-year-old who beat Covid-19 after nearly 80 days in the hospital says she regrets not wearing a mask

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Mean time in New Zealand...







https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...-to-live-sport

5,6,3,1,4,2

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The piece my tiny brain fails to understand is the argument that we are expecting to stop transmission, That is a COMPLETELY different argument than where we started.

"Flatten the curve" was the objective. It was not "stop transmission".

So, um... I'm confused.

And this game of "we handled it better" is silly and self-righteous bullshit.

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The piece my tiny brain fails to understand is the argument that we are expecting to stop transmission, That is a COMPLETELY different argument than where we started.

"Flatten the curve" was the objective. It was not "stop transmission".

So, um... I'm confused.

And this game of "we handled it better" is silly and self-righteous bullshit.

Our entire Victorian breakout was traced back to a security guard for our quarantine facility who shared a cigarette lighter.

I think the most useful thing about lockdowns is it teacges people, or some people, to develop good habits. Elimination is clearly impossible

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Our entire Victorian breakout was traced back to a security guard for our quarantine facility who shared a cigarette lighter.

I think the most useful thing about lockdowns is it teacges people, or some people, to develop good habits. Elimination is clearly impossible

So why are we all acting like we can? And some locations preening like they "solved" the puzzle?

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The piece my tiny brain fails to understand is the argument that we are expecting to stop transmission, That is a COMPLETELY different argument than where we started.

"Flatten the curve" was the objective. It was not "stop transmission".

So, um... I'm confused.

And this game of "we handled it better" is silly and self-righteous bullshit.

Because that's the new narrative. You can't control the masses unless you keep them scared and keep moving the goalposts.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

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So why are we all acting like we can? And some locations preening like they "solved" the puzzle?

In fairness it 'worked' for small country like New Zealand.

I don't know about preening but these areas - or countries can return to a relatively normal life much sooner while the rest of us slog it out. It's hard not to be envious and think what could we have done better. I haven't known of any area to rub their victory in though, other than jokingly

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Because that's the new narrative. You can't control the masses unless you keep them scared and keep moving the goalposts.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

That may well be the case in the states, but certainly not here. I think they are genuinely just trying to help and minimise people getting seriously ill

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In fairness it 'worked' for small country like New Zealand.

I don't know about preening but these areas - or countries can return to a relatively normal life much sooner while the rest of us slog it out. It's hard not to be envious and think what could we have done better. I haven't known of any area to rub their victory in though, other than jokingly

The last comment is driven more by the constant whiny-self-loathing-American-dickhead drum beat here. It's constant about how much they hate their own country and EVERYONE else is better. Horrid.

Why can't we be more like other countries?! Waaaaaaa....
Why is every other country so much better?! Waaaaaaa...
And OMG, Trump?! Waaaaaaa...