I'm starting this thread as a side discussion of all things Corona Virus related. I understand that this is going to be discussed in almost all other topic threads but we could collect news and other items here. 

 

At work, many conferences have been cancelled.

NBA - Suspended.

NHL - About to be suspended. 

NCAA March Madness - Playing - no crowd. 

 

Political Rallies have been cancelled. 

Travel bans. 

 

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks tested positive. They're in Australia where testing is available. If they were in the US, they wouldn't have been tested. 

Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

 

28 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

If only it was full facial masks...

I would prefer they use dry cleaning bags.

I was wondering when this was going to come out,

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/colby-cosh-where-theres-smoke-—-the-cigarettes-and-covid-story-is-growing-harder-to-ignore/ar-BB13UFrJ?ocid=spartandhp

My mom who is 80 and a lifetime smoker had the covid and recovered, maybe just lucky but my sister is a nurse at St B and was intubating those in ICU and said none were smokers, pretty hard to ignore as the article suggests. 

So smokers get to die of regular old lung cancer then.

 

 

 

                                           

 

 

 

                                                    

21 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

So smokers get to die of regular old lung cancer then.

Maybe a few puffs is all you need? 

The Daily conferences are going to be scaled back to Monday's, Wednesday's and Fridays...Sounds like good news

 

 

2 hours ago, pigseye said:

Emergency room doctor flattens 6 shockingly stupid things Republicans say to justify reopening
Written by Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story May 11, 2020

President Donald Trump and Republican governors have said that they will reopen whether it endangers the lives of their citizens or not. While many Americans are exhausted and overwhelmed from living in lockdown, others are terrified to step outside and risk their health or the health of others.

In a Washington Post editorial, Dr. Leana Wen outlined six shockingly stupid that that many in the GOP are advocating.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/emergency-room-doctor-flattens-6-shockingly-stupid-things-republicans-say-to-justify-reopening/

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-hydro-layoffs-1.5564810

700 Hydro staff to be laid off for aprox 4 months.  And people wonder why people think Pallister is heartless.

 

 

                                                 

 

 

I’ve defended pallister but this is ridiculous.  Claims they’ll be $5 billion down but screws 700 people to save $11 million?  That’s brutal. He just lost my vote.  That’s it.  Ofcourse Wab is a disgrace so options are limited provincially. 
 

 

 

The Trump administration plan at this point,seems to be to just bluff and brazen it out.   Trump is simply obsessed with re-election.   How many Americans actually die, at this point is immaterial...

2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I’ve defended pallister but this is ridiculous.  Claims they’ll be $5 billion down but screws 700 people to save $11 million?  That’s brutal. He just lost my vote.  That’s it.  Ofcourse Wab is a disgrace so options are limited provincially.

You don't believe in giving second chances?

13 minutes ago, Brandon said:

You don't believe in giving second chances?

Sure.  But when you double down on it by lying and intimidating victims I can’t help but not be so forgiving. 

Summary - Around the World May 12

-South Korea says there are now 101 new cases of coronavirus linked to a nightclub district in Seoul
-Russia now has second-highest number of confirmed infections after the US
-Five Covid-19 hospital patients killed in St Petersburg fire linked to ventilator short-circuit
-Wuhan draws up plans to test all 11 million residents, Chinese state media report, amid new cluster fear
-Number of deaths linked to coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales fell in last week of April
-White House staff have been ordered to wear masks in the West Wing after two aides tested positive
-President Trump stalks out of press briefing as US deaths surpass 80,000
-Iran is reopening all mosques for three days to commemorate specific nights during Ramadan.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52627824

 

Bryan Adams in hot water over xenophobic IG post: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bryan-adams-instagram-1.5565624

Another clueless celebrity sharing his ignorance on social media.

13 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-hydro-layoffs-1.5564810

700 Hydro staff to be laid off for aprox 4 months.  And people wonder why people think Pallister is heartless.

there had better not be any blackout causing storms this summer (hey it happened to me last summer)

22 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Bryan Adams in hot water over xenophobic IG post: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bryan-adams-instagram-1.5565624

Another clueless celebrity sharing his ignorance on social media.

That...is really bad. What was he thinking?

2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Bryan Adams in hot water over xenophobic IG post: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bryan-adams-instagram-1.5565624

Another clueless celebrity sharing his ignorance on social media.

See, now no one will condone his statements, no one will say "that's just what rockstars do."

Yet, with those hockey players this week, there was willingness to say "that's just what hockey players do."

OK so he's an ignorant jackass, but what am I missing that makes it inherently racist? Is that not he prevailing theory on how this virus jumped from bats to humans? 

9 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sure.  But when you double down on it by lying and intimidating victims I can’t help but not be so forgiving. 

People can't change?