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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo I looked at the COVID data site I typically use - and....what a surprise - NOT.
my site of choice is this one - https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en
Today was back up near 30,000 new confirmed cases. Today was back up near 2,000 more deaths.
Sure - reopening - going to bars - off to church - what a great idea, asshole trumpculters.
I can't remember seeing so many examples of pure ignorant assholery in my entire 64 years. Then again, their cult leader is perhaps the second or third worst human being in all of human history.
Could it be that orange asshole is so reprehensible that even the corona virus won't go near him?
at140
(6,110 posts)Because number of tests/day are going up.
But I am having a hard time getting tested because I have no symptoms.
Even going on a crowded cruise did not infect me. I must have some good anti-bodies.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Do you know if there were anyone else in the same cruise that got infected ?
at140
(6,110 posts)The service staff was all from SE Asia (China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines )
The ship was sold out crowded, we attended every stage show & hung out at buffet every day for lunch, and I used the ship's gym everyday.
May be we lucked out because covid-19 had not come to America on Feb 29th.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)job before those places got SAR-COV-2 transmission.
I am in excellent physical condition. I was born late in my parent's lives, my mom was born near the end of the 1918 Pandemic and my dad was a young child during all of it. My mom had babies until she was around fifty years old. As far as I know, my family lost no one to the 1918 Pandemic, so I can say that maybe I have great genes, but I won't because that is besides the point, we are dealing with a new beast now, one that has shown that it can kill perfectly health people once they get it.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Antibodies are a result of being infected.
And living thru it.
at140
(6,110 posts)My ancestors have been living in India for over 4000 years. So some genetic improvement in resisting viruses is to be expected.
But I am sure washing my hands at least 25 times every day with soap has helped.
Because upon return from cruise, I have done grocery shopping dozens of times,
accompanied wife every 3 weeks to the cancer hospital for her chemo treatments,
and a few other activities with people.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Next week.
And 100K deaths in 10 days, given the rate we're at this week.
captain queeg
(10,208 posts)Warpy
(111,271 posts)It just wants to find cells it can hijack, replicate, and move on. Most of the damage being done to people is their immune systems trying to get rid of it and overshooting the mark.
It looks like he's taking chances, but he's not, he's expecting everybody else to be uncomfortable to protect him. He won't mask because of what it does to his heavy makeup. I expect him to continue on like this unless Jared or Ivanka gets it, at which case he'll go full Howard Hughes for the duration. That might actually be a good thing, getting him out of the way so he can't micromanage everybody and continue to foul things up.
People who are playing it safe won't be going to bars or even to church for a while, especially when numbers start to spike up again.
Unfortunately, people can't avoid going to work. Be kind to all of them, even if they're having a bad day and are grumpy about it. We're all going to be having bad days for some time to come.