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. 

Came here looking for 300 memes. Instead got this:

301 Moved Permanently 

There are a lot of stupid and uninformed people in the world and the states seem to have a monopoly on them

 

Edited June 13, 20205 yr by bustamente

 

 

3 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

 

 

207 of those are in East Arkansas Regional Prison... are you suggesting that prisoners may not be able to social distance - and that living 24 hours a day inside a contained environment with recirculated air promotes the spread of covid?

 

4 hours ago, bustamente said:

There are a lot of stupid and uninformed people in the world and the states seem to have a monopoly on them

 

Have you ever seen Arrested Development? That takes place in Orange County.

 

 

5 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

 

 

Wasn't too hard to see that coming.....

What's interesting is that most parts of Canada are doing well. Quebec now accounts for something like 88% of active cases.

2 new cases 

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Saturday:

- Beijing's Fengtai district locks down 11 neighbourhoods after outbreak with 24-hour guards put in place.
- India reports another single-day high for new COVID-19 cases.
- Pandemic has infected more than 7.66 million people worldwide and killed more than 420,000.
- Canadians can still travel to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic — just not by car.
- Pandemic accelerating in Africa, test kits needed, WHO says.
- Arizona, Texas see more COVID-19 hospitalizations in shifting of U.S. hot spots.
- U.S. layoffs continue as another 1.5 million Americans filed for unemployment last week.
- University of Houston suspends workouts after 6 athletes test positive.

A Beijing district put itself on a "wartime" footing and the capital banned tourism and sports events on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centered around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19.

Forty-five people out of 517 tested with throat swabs at the Xinfadi market in the city's southwestern Fengtai district had tested positive for the coronavirus, Chu Junwei, a district official, told a briefing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-world-june13-saturday-1.5611034

 

On 2020-06-12 at 7:02 AM, blue_gold_84 said:

Well, that's usually how vaccines work. Ya know, because science...

I've never had polio.

 

Sunday June 14

- Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis shrugs off bad coronavirus news as cases rocket 35% in a single day. It was the third record jump in three days running of new COVID-19 cases, The Miami Herald noted. The state has a record number of residents over the age of 65, who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. DeSantis triggered an uproar in April when he called Florida “God’s waiting room” because of its elderly population.
- Twenty-one states have seen an increase in their average daily new coronavirus cases this week in comparison to the previous week, according to data compiled by The Washington Post. New infections nationwide also surged.
Alabama, Oregon and South Carolina are among the states with the biggest increases. Alabama saw a 92 percent change in its seven-day average, while Oregon’s seven-day average was up 83.8 percent and South Carolina’s was up 60.3 percent. Hospitalizations have risen as well. For example, Arkansas has seen a 120.7 percent increase in hospitalizations, from 92 cases to 203, since Memorial Day.
- Several new studies published this month support wearing masks to curb the transmission of the virus.
- Brazil’s official coronavirus death toll overtook Britain to become the world’s second-worst hit country.
- Russia more than doubled its official death toll related to covid-19 for April, days after the World Health Organization raised questions about its numbers.
 

Sad......and scary that so many people have to get sick and die to please someone's ego and agenda. Don't think we have seen the worst of the pandemic yet, as India and Pakistan, as well as south and central America are just at the leading edge of the pandemic.

Guess we are on our 2nd wave. Another one today makes 4 in 3 days.

Edited June 14, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Guess we are on our 2nd wave. Another one day makes 4 in 3 days.

Sad, but not unexpected as testing has not slowed. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

 

 

This is the American way- if it doesn't directly affect me, it is not worth considering, so screw you.

BBC News

Denmark reopens to visitors from Norway, Iceland and Germany, but Swedes excluded 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-53046160?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5ee7a10758cd5106661670a9%26Sweden cut out as Denmark reopens borders%262020-06-15T17%3A25%3A43.483Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:946c6948-9e0d-4eeb-a985-c54c1e6018ef&pinned_post_asset_id=5ee7a10758cd5106661670a9&pinned_post_type=share

god I hope there aren't any new cases today 

 

Edited June 15, 20205 yr by iHeart

Covid has hit the Cowboys and Texans, as much as some Americans think that this virus is much to do about nothing they are a long ways away from getting a handle on it, if I was an athlete I wouldn't be in a hurry to play in the States ant time soon.

thank god

 

Oh rally?

 

 

 

All those cases this weekend where related to outside travel and members of the house hold who tested positive last weekend.