COVID-19 2020

[StoneTheCrow]

"You can't plan for something that hasn't happened yet" - Betsy Devos, when asked what she would do if there is an outbreak of Covid in schools. There is no plan to protect our children.

Source? I hate DeVos as much as anyone but where’d that come from?

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

"You can't plan for something that hasn't happened yet" - Betsy Devos, when asked what she would do if there is an outbreak of Covid in schools. There is no plan to protect our children.

Source? I hate DeVos as much as anyone but where’d that come from?

Well apparently I was duped...it sounded real and someone put it in quotes ...my bad

Eric Feigl-Ding@DrEricDing
Because of the controversy of the DeVos planning quote, I’ve deleted the earlier post. But it’s origins was from another poster (comment #3 below), & he had seemed to paraphrase it from this Dana Bash exchange. It carries similar meaning but because it’s not exact, I’ve removed.

4) screenshot of the original source of the quote for record - now deleted by OP. It’s a bit exaggerated compared to the actual statement above. But Devos clearly doesn’t have a plan at all.


2) The quote was from another source, paraphrased. It seems adapted from these screenshot paragraphs. Dana Bash asked if Devos what if there is a flare up, and then Bash asked if Devos has a plan & she punted both times, saying someone will figure it out. https://washingtonpost.com/education/2020

[hutch]

You just don’t know what to believe


I just heard Redfield say he expects multiple vaccines later this year...then I read this:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/With-coronavirus-antibodies-fading-fast-focus-15414533.php

[Justin Tonation]

Beware of social butterflies: researchers have estimated in recent studies that some 10 to 20 percent of the infected may be responsible for 80 percent of all cases

[Space Freely]

You just don’t know what to believe


I just heard Redfield say he expects multiple vaccines later this year...then I read this:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/With-coronavirus-antibodies-fading-fast-focus-15414533.php

Yeah, sure seems like we're toast.

[StoneTheCrow]

Can't read the entire article - even incognito - but the first 3 paragraphs are very troubling.

[Justin Tonation]

You just don’t know what to believe


I just heard Redfield say he expects multiple vaccines later this year...then I read this:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/With-coronavirus-antibodies-fading-fast-focus-15414533.php

Yeah, sure seems like we're toast.

Maybe not: Immune cells may recognize the coronavirus years later

[hutch]

This seems like big news

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/politics/unemployment-benefits-economy-congress/index.html

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

I watch very little live TV and haven’t for the past decade
So my exposure to TV advertising has been limited

But these COVID ads ... yikes what a tightrope to scale to not come off out of touch and not feeling dystopian

Uber’s ad Just struck me as it ended with
No mask, no ride

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

yikes....
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!

So is he now going to say that he's been promoting the mask the whole time
do we think this is because of the bad polling

I will say, he does have a gift for getting under the skin of all the people who aren't MAGA

[shemptiness]

Need groceries but think wearing a mask is un-American?  Head on over to Winn-Dixie! No mask required! Just a waiver, maybe.

[WALKonBack]

What about, the Piggly Wiggly?

[Space Freely]

MD and VA added to the list of states required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in New York State. DC not on list. If NoVA were a separate state, they would not be on the list.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cuomo-leery-of-2-key-threats-to-new-yorks-covid-progress/2523067/

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Fudge...had plans for a NY visit in Aug

[sweetcell]

MD and VA added to the list of states required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in New York State. DC not on list. If NoVA were a separate state, they would not be on the list.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cuomo-leery-of-2-key-threats-to-new-yorks-covid-progress/2523067/

how quaint that they think folks will actually self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.  bubba just flew across the country to visit mom, and now he's supposed to hole up in a hotel for 2 weeks?  it's the right thing to do, but i seriously question the level of compliance this is going to enjoy.  we can't even get a significant portion of the population to wear a mask for 30 minute while they grocery shop - does anyone think these same people are going self-isolate for any amount of time?  i supposed it gives authorities a framework to go after folks, after the fact...