Corona Virus Update

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  1. Richard Franks

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    What I hear of this COVID-19 rules and there are a lot of people out there that too many are selfish as the USA nears 5 million virus cases. Why can't we all do what we're supposed to do to get well, We've got too many in the nursing homes dying too fast and if this continues, the nursing homes will be barren If you know I mean. Let's get realistic and do what we're supposed to do and combat the coronavirus pandemic. can you find anything simpler that that? It's time to do whet we're told to do. It's that simple. Many of want to live. Is that too much to ask?

    https://apnews.com/24e2247bb296d6381dc14c0cc1d27d96
     
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    Biden is a little more realistic than Trump and more down to earth. There are those that don't like Biden and there are those that don't like Trump. So there.
     
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    I like neither, so there. For the first time since 2006, and the second time in a lifetime, I may vote for a D. Don't push it by telling me how awesome Biden is. He s*cks. He doesn't even S*ck less than his opponent. He's just somewhat less douchy. Not a compliment, by any means. It's a terrible way to win hearts/minds/thoughts/ prayers. Sucks less is NOT a qualification to hold office. It's just not.
     
  4. Richard Franks

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    I just looked at my morning paper and it turns out that the reason the COVID-19 numbers are rising is because people are having weddings without the masks, people are closer than six feet and breaking the coronavirus pandemic rules. The good news is that there are some local governments in many cities and towns making it manditory for the citizens to wear the masks and keep their distances at lease six feet from each other and if they don't wear the masks, they'll be issued a citation for nor doing so. like getting a parking ticket or a speeding ticket/ It's simple as that. Those are new temporary rules that have to be followed and obeyed. bottom line. PERIOD.
     
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  5. Richard Franks

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    I take it you don't like politicians. You're not alone. There are others that feel the way you do. I'm no fan of politicians anyway.
     
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    We've got Football season, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, Valentine's Day, Easter, Etc., and don't forget the flu season here all coming up. It's going to be hard to keep COVID-19 down. I don't know what will happen when these holidays come. The rules will have to continue and that's all there is to it.
     
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    A widely cited University of Washington model predicts U.S. deaths from COVID-19 will reach nearly 300,000 by Dec. 1.

    The forecast of 295,011 deaths is 137,000 more than the roughly 158,000 U.S. deaths reported so far. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model assumes that many states will impose new stay-at-home orders as deaths climb.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors the model along with forecasts from about 30 other modeling groups. Combined, the models predict from 168,000 to 182,000 total COVID-19 deaths by Aug. 22.
     
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    WHO Chief, Dr. Fauci Warn COVID-19 May Never Be Fully Eradicated

     
  9. Richard Franks

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    If this is the case, Then so be it. Many diseases haven't been eradicated and probably never will be like the common cold and some others. We as people must and will do out part in the fight by doing what we can to control the COVID-19 if we want to stop itbecause it's gotten out of hand and there must be something we can do and we can and we will do something to stop it. simple as that.
     
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    The point is that the USA shamefully missed the window of opportunity to get a handle on this crisis because we have an incompetent corrupt clown and his criminal administration at the helm and two parties that failed the people miseralby.
     
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    That's a real good point. We do have a leader that has led us into a fantasyland of wishful thinking and he really doesn't care about anyone but his own. I realize that the two major parties can't be trusted.
     
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    Yes, the Trump administration could have and should have appreciated the danger posed by the virus much sooner, yes their response has been less than perfect (somewhat chaotic would be a more accurate description) and yes virtually any other presidential candidate Republican or Democrat of recent history could probably have done a better job.

    But regardless of who was in the 'chair' don't think for a moment the US response wouldn't still have serious flaws and issues. For a start the States are the ones carrying the burden of responding to health crises like this, not the Federal Government. And just like at the Federal Level the States are pretty much divided on partisan political lines. Getting all the States on board with a single national quarantine strategy was always going to be an exercise in herding cats regardless of who was in the White House. Especially when the issue is as time critical as this was.

    Look at the debacle on a State by State basis. Even if Federal Policy was set in stone early on, based on the best medical advice available with funding to back it up - do you really think all the States would be on board in time to make a difference? For that matter how 'on board' with a unified response are the two houses in DC now months into the epidemic started?

    At the end of the day the US constitution was designed from scratch to limit the power of the President. Normally? Not a problem, I'm sure everyone is 100% on board with that ideal. When you have a fast developing, rapidly changing national emergency that requires a unified national response? That's when it can turn around and bite you (like it seems to have done in this case). So in this regard at least I'd give Trump some leeway, even with a good plan in place on day 1 there would only be so much the man can do sans co-operation from everyone else.

    And its not as if he hasn't already dug himslef a nice deep political hole with a lot of the other stuff he's responsible for anyway.
     
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    Can anyone explain to me why people line up in cars to get tested for Covid, then have to wait weeks for the results...

    What good is doing that if they could get it in between testing and getting the results ?

    They could get it 1/2 an hour after being tested...so why are they being tested?

    I do not want an argument, I honestly don't understand...


    I can see being tested if they have symptoms....but if they don't have symptoms what good does it do.
     
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    My best friend has been tested twice. She works in a medical office, so when someone in her office gets it, the doctor makes the entire staff get a test. Her results take about two days. She can't go to work until the test comes back negative. They've had to open and close the office a few times.

    I've not heard of people waiting weeks.
     
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    Sometimes it's because you know you have been exposed.
    But your right, when it takes a long time it's just not worth it. In my case it would have taken longer to get results than to just finish quarantine.
     
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    We might have to accept the fact COVID-19 is here to stay whether we like it or not, That might as well be a fact. There will be those that will test positive and there will be those that will still die from it. There isn't much most of us can do. What we can do is do the things that can prevent it from happening to us like wear the masks when you're supposed to, keep your distance from others at six feet, wash you hands 20-30 seconds, use sanitizer whenever possible, stay home as much as possible if you don't need to go out, and there are other things as well. I think I'vementionedthembefore and I'll do it again. There things are important and we all know it.
     
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    Two weeks ago, President Trump held an event at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on lowering prescription drug prices. That facility is larger than conference spaces in the White House, providing room for guests to spread out and safeguard against the coronavirus. As the president spoke, he invited several guests, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), to speak at a lectern set apart from his own to observe social distancing guidelines. All of the speakers had been required to undergo a rapid test for the virus at the White House. Yet after his remarks, Trump invited a dozen people to crowd behind him shoulder-to-shoulder as he signed several executive actions and handed out ceremonial pens. Four wore face masks, while the others did not, including the president and four doctors in white medical smocks. The juxtaposition of the safeguards set up to protect the president and model safe behavior for the public with Trump’s seemingly arbitrary decision to override them in pursuit of a photo op illustrates his administration’s ongoing inability or unwillingness to send a clear message to the public on how to protect themselves against a pandemic that has killed more than 156,000 Americans.
     
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    When the coronavirus came here the USA, I thought OK we've been infected by this dieease and we were in March at this time. I thought it would take April, May and June. I thought OK we'd have some control and do what we were told. We're in August and we're still on square one. What's going on here? We'll have a regular flu and cold season coming on and we still have COVID-19 hanging on. You have to ask yourself why? Does anyone know? We have President Trump saying that it would be eradicated which turned out to be nothing but a fantasy of wishfuk thinking and that is all that is. There will be more people testing positive and more people dying and there will be no exceptions at all. It's difficult to believe but true. If we follow some rules to make things better for us all could put a step in the right direction. But there are those out there that don't and won't follow the rules. How do you do that? We've got to find answers before it's too late.
     
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    Answers? Even for a simple task like making adequate high quality masks America the Trump Administration has failed.

    Cures and vaccines to help America are much harder to do.

    Don't hold your breath. Or perhaps the Trump "cure" IS to permanent hold our breath, then COVID ceases to be a problem!
     
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    Here's question you might want to know:
    Q: Does drinking lots of water help flush out COVID-19?

    A: There is no evidence that drinking lots of water flushes out the new coronavirus or the stomach acid kills the virus. However, for good health in general, it is recommended that people should have adequate water every day for good health and to prevent dehydration.
     
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    It does happen and they take the testing seriously.
     
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    There have been some college football leagues and conferences postponing or perhaps cancelling their seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic and who can blame them for this? I find out that the schools in Georgia are opening with no avail, You see that the biker rally is taking place in Sturgis, South Dakota and the participants and most of them aren't wearing the masks and not even bandanas that would look real cool but no avail. South Dakota's Governor isn't going to do anything to enforce mask at the Biker Rally. If the coronavirus spreads there, there will be problems. I guarentee it. There will be more tested positive and more dead in the weeks and months to come and don't expect it to go away anytime soon.
     
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    A seven-year-old boy from Georgia with no underlying health conditions became the youngest person in the state to die from coronavirus, a day after president Donald Trump said children are “almost immune from the disease”.

    The Georgia Department of Public Health announced on Thursday that the seven-year-old from Savannah, Georgia, had died after suffering a seizure in response to the virus, but did not release the date of the unnamed child’s death.

    A six-year-old girl from Tennessee and a six-year-old boy from Nebraska also died from coronavirus this week.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-case-trump-children-immune-a9659641.html?amp
     
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    A friend is out of town this weekend to attend her son's wedding. The wedding was originally scheduled for March but the shelter-in-place prevented it from being held. Back then, the couple decided to get married in their backyard with two friends (one to officiate and one to record it). Today, they are having another wedding today with many people attending.

    I won't be surprised if my friend and others end up with the virus. I understand that people are tired of distancing and life but go on, but, I don't understand taking unnecessary risks especially with a virus as widespread and contagious as COVID-19. It just doesn't make sense to me.
     
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    President Trump will sign executive orders Saturday aimed at delivering relief to Americans struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News has learned.

    Trump is expected to announce the presidential action during a 3:30 p.m news conference at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, N.J., before heading to the Hamptons for fundraising events.

    Trump blamed Democrats Friday for the coronavirus deal stalemate in Congress and said he'd take matters into his own hands. Earlier this week, he previewed executive orders that would extend enhanced federal unemployment benefits, suspend payroll taxes until the end of the year, extend a moratorium on evictions and help with student loan payments.

    Trump wants what he wants and thinks He's above all.
     

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