COVID-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus)

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Would be great if it rained for 70% of the month and kept everybody in they fukking house.

I was just thinking about that. Does the rain wash it off of stuff? Like cars, walls, etc. Does it kill it? Or just move it.

 

[Kokoro]

I was just thinking about that. Does the rain wash it off of stuff? Like cars, walls, etc. Does it kill it? Or just move it.

He probably meant the rain would keep people inside and decrease transmission risks not wash it away breh

 

[FreshFromATL]

Well Bruddas I Didn’t Want To Make A Separate Thread For Myself But The Rona Got Ya Boy


My Primary Doctor Just Called Me And Told Me I Tested Positive, I Took The Test On Monday

I Work For The MTA So I Been Exposed Like A Motherfukker, Started Dry Coughing And Had A 101 Fever On Sunday, Got Tested Monday, I’m On The 14 Day Quarantine

Thankfully I Haven’t Had Any Breathing Issues, I’m In My 30’s And I Have No Pre Existing Medical Issues

Other Than A Little Dry Cough And Some Aches I Feel Pretty Normal , My Fever Has Not Returned Since Sunday

Home With A Wife And A 1 Year Old, Wife Refuses Us To Be Isolated lol

Damn, get well brother.

 

[Cave Savage]

To those worried about re outbreak if they don't maintain the quarantine for 1+ years;

I think it's accepted that people will keep getting it, but if they can keep the rate of new infections/hospitalizations down to the point where hospitals are not strained, then it would be acceptable

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Damn, get well brother.

Fresh My G, Preciate It

 

[beenz]

To those worried about re outbreak if they don't maintain the quarantine for 1+ years;

I think it's accepted that people will keep getting it, but if they can keep the rate of new infections/hospitalizations down to the point where hospitals are not strained, then it would be acceptable

the virus being around is totally acceptable as long as its not at the expense of killing our health systems.

 

[bnew]

So stay home, put your mental health at risk and be physically inactive which can lead to other diseases as well?

good point

you might find this link interesting, it has a embedded video.

As millions shelter in place around the world, we speak with Albert Woodfox, who served the longest time in solitary confinement of any prisoner in the United States. Known as one of the Angola Three, along with Robert King and Herman Wallace, Woodfox was held in isolation for nearly 44 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. He was convicted of killing a guard in jail, but always maintained his innocence. He says he was targeted for co-founding the first Black Panther chapter in Angola. He was released in 2016 and is now 73 years old. His memoir is “Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope.” Woodfox says that while speaking to people around the country, he is often asked to describe what solitary confinement is like. “We never had a reference other than our own experience,” he says, “but this coronavirus pandemic, now people have a small window into what it is like.”

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AMY GOODMAN: We want to end back with Albert Woodfox. Albert, right now people are being told to remain in isolation, whether they’re sick or healthy, unless they get so sick that they should go to a hospital. I mean, there is no comparison to what you endured. You served more time in solitary confinement than any prisoner in the United States, close to 44 years. But can you talk about how you kept your sanity when you were behind bars in solitary?

ALBERT WOODFOX: You know, Robert Hillary King and Herman Wallace, the other two members who make up the Angola Three, you know, by any stretch of imagination, our situation was extraordinary. But the fact that we had become members of the Black Panther Party, we had been politicized. We had our political and social consciousness — level of consciousness raised, you know, so we kind of like understood the purpose of solitary, what it was meant to do. And so we consciously, together and individually, developed programs to combat that, you know, such as exercise programs, study programs, in which we devoted so many hours a day to just reading, and not just sit in a cell for 23 hours out of a 24-hour period and vegetate, you know, or become consumed by the prisoner culture, all the other distractions that was given to solitary over the decades, such as TV and radios and CD players and stuff like that. And the fact that we were looked upon as leaders in the prison population demanded of us that we prepare ourselves by educating ourselves and knowing whatever subject matter that was brought to our attention, so we would be adequately informed enough to address it.

But, you know, solitary and surviving solitary is an individual’s game. You know, it’s still a mystery why men, women, in some cases, children, react to the same conditions differently. You know, Robert and I was talking the other day, and Robert has a saying: “When somebody’s sold you lemons, you make lemonade.” And so, we have been talking, and we knew at some point in time this will pass. And one of the questions we are asked the most when we go around the country and outside the country is “What’s it like to be held in solitary?” And so, you know, we never had a reference other than our own experience, but this coronavirus pandemic, now people have a small window into what it’s like to be held, you know, with the advice of the CDC and other [inaudible] —

AMY GOODMAN: Albert, we have to go, but I want to thank you so much for being with us. And I want to encourage people to go to our website at democracynow.org. We had you in studio for an hour talking about your experience just after you got out of prison. That book, truly remarkable, a National Book Award finalist, Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope. Albert Woodfox, speaking to us from New Orleans, he served the longest time in solitary confinement of any prisoner in the United States.

This is Democracy Now! When we come back, we are heading south to Ecuador to talk about the coronavirus there. Stay with us.

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AMY GOODMAN: Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute singing “At Dawn.” Luis died in Madrid on Saturday at the age of 76. He was best known for his anti-fascist songs during Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy, longtime supporter of Palestinian causes.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Trump administration is seizing tests and supplies from hospitals and states. Its almost like they want to prevent states from testing to bring the number down for political purposes. What a bunch of a$$holes

Feds seize coronavirus test kit materials bound for Bellingham hospital and Northwest
BY DAVID RASBACH

APRIL 09, 2020 08:39 AM, UPDATED 19 MINUTES Ago
Hospital officials are claiming the federal government are quietly seizing medical supply orders amid the coronavirus crisis, an investigation from the Los Angeles Times revealed April 7.

Staff from hospitals in seven states told the LA Times that they haven't received guidance on why the materials are being taken, where they are going, or when they can expect replacement orders, according to the report.

"It's incredibly frustrating," PeaceHealth COO Richard DeCarlo told the LA Times. "We had put wheels in motion with testing and protective equipment to allow us to secure and protect our staff and our patients."

"When testing went off the table, we had to come up with a whole new plan."

Jose Camacho, head of the Texas Association of Community Health Centers, told the newspaper that an order of 20,000 masks was seized as primary care clinics are struggling to remain open due to PPE shortages.

"Everyone says you are supposed to be on your own, then to have this happen, you just sit there wondering what else you can do," Camacho told the LA Times. "You can't fight the federal government."

 

[Frida Giezman]

1/3 of us deaths happened in nyc

first time in my life I wish I didn’t live out here

 

[bnew]

Well Bruddas I Didn’t Want To Make A Separate Thread For Myself But The Rona Got Ya Boy


My Primary Doctor Just Called Me And Told Me I Tested Positive, I Took The Test On Monday

I Work For The MTA So I Been Exposed Like A Motherfukker, Started Dry Coughing And Had A 101 Fever On Sunday, Got Tested Monday, I’m On The 14 Day Quarantine

Thankfully I Haven’t Had Any Breathing Issues, I’m In My 30’s And I Have No Pre Existing Medical Issues

Other Than A Little Dry Cough And Some Aches I Feel Pretty Normal , My Fever Has Not Returned Since Sunday

Home With A Wife And A 1 Year Old, Wife Refuses Us To Be Isolated lol

do they provide you gloves, n95 mask and face sheild/googles?

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

My daughter is in private school and they are still charging full tuition to learn from home. I have been talking mad shyt to them but I'm the only parentbtgat sees a problem with this.

My daughter is 6 and we have to sit with her for school for 4-5 hours a day.

I feel you. We're going through something similar right now

We're trying to get a few parents together to push back on this.. luckily our jobs haven't been affected (to date) but everyone isn't so lucky

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I bet $200 this gonna be slowed down by the end of May. No way we were seeing 100k deaths.

 

[beenz]

My daughter is in private school and they are still charging full tuition to learn from home. I have been talking mad shyt to them but I'm the only parentbtgat sees a problem with this.

My daughter is 6 and we have to sit with her for school for 4-5 hours a day.

I feel you. We're going through something similar right now

We're trying to get a few parents together to push back on this.. luckily our jobs haven't been affected (to date) but everyone isn't so lucky

my kids are in competitive cheerleading which is expensive as fukk. I paid them in full for april, but I'm probably gonna hit them with the come may if they gym isn't open. all that virtual practice. that's bullshyt.

 

[ORDER_66]

I got my latex gloves in yesterday... finally... All I need is my facemasks

side note Ive been so fukking tired and sleepy, when I worked Wednesday I was so outta breath at the end felt like I ran a marathon... tired of this fukking flu...

 

[StretfordRed]

Boris is out of ICU