Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #47

[CocoChanel]

There’s THIS! Hopeful!

Coronavirus: Tulsa woman shows dramatic improvement after convalescent plasma injection

 

[MimosaMornings]

It will get to you @KALI.

Here’s what this article says:

The money will appear automatically in your bank account if the IRS has your account information on file from previous years’ tax returns. If the IRS doesn’t already have your account information, or if you didn’t file taxes in 2018 or 2019, you can submit your information on this website.

When are stimulus checks being sent out? Here’s how to make sure you get yours

And this one:

The first checks were delivered via direct deposit on Friday and tens of millions will see them appear in their bank accounts by Wednesday, according to the Treasury Department.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: First payments going out from IRS

You can track your payment here.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Taxpayers can now track payments

“The IRS does not have my direct deposit information. What can I do?
In the coming weeks, Treasury plans to develop a web-based portal for individuals to provide their banking information to the IRS online, so that individuals can receive payments immediately as opposed to checks in the mail.”

So, those of us who didn’t have direct deposit set up for a refund (we had to pay a bit so didn’t have it on our return) have to wait longer since it’s a paper check and the IRS doesn’t have the portal set up yet.
Yippee

 

[LaborDayRN]

OMG! Me too! Especially the men whose hair is getting so long!
OT. I bought hair dye weeks ago. First time in umpteen years, I have done my own. It was a big mess, and time consuming, but, I'm happy with the results.
Small victories count.

I'm going to have to take the plunge too. I've NEVER colored my hair myself. Good think I wear a surgical bonnet at work.

 

[mickey2942]

I think that the work environment is going to be interesting. Right now, you have to certify that you do not feel sick, have a temperature, or any illness before coming to work.

Before CV19, calling in sick was percieved as a "weakness" by supervision. Now, who knows when someone will get sick, and bring down everyone else, and for how long? My daughter now has to wear a face mask for her entire shift, and she gets hot.

The entire situation at work is going to be different for many of us.

 

[KALI]

These very hard working people. Each and every single one of them, make me feel, as, safe as I can be against this killing monster that has been named Covit-19.
I am not here to talk about politics.
I am here to talk about destroying this virus that is killing people, all around this world.
Whatever we can do to destroy this virus, is Number One.
After we have destroyed this evil thing thrust upon our world.
Which I think we will... I will want answers and repercussions of the harshest ever handed out. Ever.
NO Country. In our world has the right to unleash anything, that can destroy innocent people!
Including the USA, including Russia, including the weirdo on my street!
Period.

Parts Of U.S. Could Relax Some Coronavirus Mitigation Before May, Trump Says
Quotes snipped from the above article:
"I will ... be authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening — and a very powerful opening plan — of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate," Trump said.
...
"I'm not going to put any pressure on any governor to open," Trump said.
...
Elsewhere in the briefing, however, Trump also said that he might try to give himself a veto over the governors' plans: "If we disagree with it, we're not going to let them open," he said.
...
<modsnip>
...
"With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic we have deep concerns about whether America's generosity has been put to the best use possible," Trump said.

Leaders Of The Coronavirus Response Effort
From the president to public health experts, here are the officials managing the messaging:

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Donald Trump
President
Leading the federal response to the pandemic

Trump restricted travel from China and declared the coronavirus a public health emergency in January. Early on Trump downplayed the threat of the virus, claiming the media and Democrats were trying to use it for political gain. Shifting his tone as the number of U.S. cases climbed, Trump cut off travel from Europe, Canada and Mexico, and issued 15-day guidance to slow the spread, in part by staying 6 feet away from people and avoiding gatherings.

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Mike Pence
Vice President
Leading the White House’s coronavirus task force

Pence makes near-daily appearances in the White House briefing room to provide updates on the response. He speaks with governors and other stakeholders to coordinate response strategies. Pence initially pledged that Americans who wanted to be tested would soon be able to do so, but he had to rein in his promise because of shortages. Pence took a coronavirus test after an aide tested positive (Pence tested negative).

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Alex Azar
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Member of the White House’s coronavirus task force

Azar was a drug company executive before he became secretary of Health and Human Services in 2018. Azar was general counsel and deputy secretary of the department under George W. Bush. Azar ran the White House’s coronavirus task force until Trump put Pence in charge in February. He has faced criticism for delays in expanding testing for the virus, and he has bristled at suggestions by governors that there are supply shortages such as swabs and reagents needed for the tests.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Member of the White House’s coronavirus task force

Fauci is one of the leading figures in the government’s coronavirus response. He is known for his straight talk during news briefings and TV interviews. Fauci has been the director of the NIAID since 1984, overseeing responses to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Ebola, Zika and other public health issues. Former President George W. Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008 for his work on the AIDS epidemic.

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Dr. Deborah Birx
Coronavirus task force coordinator
HIV/AIDS researcher and U.S. public health ambassador

Birx is an internationally recognized HIV/AIDS expert and a State Department ambassador-at-large who works on global health diplomacy issues. Pence describes Birx as his “right arm” on the task force. Birx directed the CDC’s global HIV/AIDS division before becoming the U.S. global AIDS coordinator in 2014. She has consistently urged Americans, particularly millennials, to take social distancing seriously to stem the virus.

 

[Squinchy]

I'm going to have to take the plunge too. I've NEVER colored my hair myself. Good think I wear a surgical bonnet at work.

I wonder if hair coloring expires. I found a box in my bathroom that I bought about 5 yrs ago

 

[Lilibet]

I wonder if hair coloring expires. I found a box in my bathroom that I bought about 5 yrs ago

I’m not sure I’d risk it.

https://hairwiz.net/does-hair-dye-expire/

 

[KALI]

Opening "Wet" Markets, approved by WHO.
Have the vendors who slaughter on site, stacked up cages of terrified animals,
Seen the light?
Have these desperately poor people, who rejoice in a custom of torture of animals, seen the light?
Will The Chinese government stop this inhumane slaughtering?
NO.
My opinion.

 

[Squinchy]

I’m not sure I’d risk it.
https://hairwiz.net/does-hair-dye-expire/
4 Signs Your Dye Has Expired & Side Effects of Using it | HairWiz

Oh Yikes! I will keep and love my gray

 

[Tripod]

Question. Have you, or anyone you know received Any of the billions of dollars promised?
We know of nobody getting anything.
We're in California, maybe it's being released State by State?

Some, here in NYS. We thus far have been unable to complete what's needed for the newly revamped unemployment system( waiting for a phone call that was supposed to come by today), going on 2+ weeks, but a good friend got in early and has been receiving his extra unemployment checks for 2 weeks. We also expect the Fed stimulus check to be deposited tomorrow, or shortly thereafter.
Can't comment yet on any number of SBA loans yet received, but will see what I can find out.

 

[bmacmillan1]

Opening "Wet" Markets, approved by WHO.
Have the vendors who slaughter on site, stacked up cages of terrified animals,
Seen the light?
Have these desperately poor people, who rejoice in a custom of torture of animals, seen the light?
Will The Chinese government stop this inhumane slaughtering?
NO.
My opinion.

Absolutely sickened by this, can't block it from my mind either. Surely, to Goodness and Mercy, the rest of the world can intervene and put a stop to this now.

 

[Squinchy]

Absolutely sickened by this, can't block it from my mind either. Surely, to Goodness and Mercy, the rest of the world can intervene and put a stop to this now.

I pray it can be stopped. I can't stand even thinking about it. I don't believe there is any reason for it.

 

[otto]

Escaping reality during a pandemic ...

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[otto]

All kinds of things. Inability to change and adapt. A belief that God will intervene specifically on their behalf. Lack of understanding about what a virus is and how it works (see the UK news for more on how widespread that is). Belief that it wouldn't be that bad if things just went back to normal.

Babies aren't getting this very often, or dying very often (there are only 1-2 in North America right?)

If we just allow everyone 50 and other to go about their business, I suppose that would meet the demands of these people.

I remember when there were "shut-ins" and my mom was part of a group at church that helped take care of them. Vaccinations pretty much took away most of the reason for that group. But, there will now be shut-ins (me, lots of you) if we take that route. I'm cool with it, I get it - but I also think that societies that allow people 50 and older to participate safely get lots of benefits from that participation. Lots of doctors with high levels of specialization (and specialized nurses too) are in that category. Lots of teachers in highly specialized subjects. It would be a loss - but the regular daily commerce could go on.

Longterm, we'd have a simpler, more retail-based economy. There are industries where most innovations are made by the young - they'd flourish. But science, healthcare, teaching would suffer. These people either thought that through and don't care or they didn't think it through.

There's also a slow understanding of the seriousness of the virus that needs to be taken into consideration. It isn't something that can be forced, but some people simply need more time to get it.

Canada is flourishing now that it realized it can't rely on others. Not a problem.

 

[KALI]

With extreme angry sarcasm.
Releasing criminals into communities is a Fabulous idea, during a pandemic.
As all of us here on this site, study crimes.
Think about this.
Criminals, being released into our communities.
What a great idea to help us sleep better at night.
Take a hard look at your "leaders". There is not one damn thing good about releasing criminals into our communities.
Not one good thing.
I live in California.
The absolute minute I can move out of this dangerous, screwed up State, I am out of here.
Furious.

Coronavirus inmate release leaves LA in 'uncharted territory,' sheriff says about potential surge in crime

I will just leave this here.

 

[otto]

With extreme angry sarcasm.
Releasing criminals into communities is a Fabulous idea, during a pandemic.
As all of us here on this site, study crimes.
Think about this.
Criminals, being released into our communities.
What a great idea to help us sleep better at night.
Take a hard look at your "leaders". There is not one damn thing good about releasing criminals into our communities.
Not one good thing.
I live in California.
The absolute minute I can move out of this dangerous, screwed up State, I am out of here.
Furious.

Criminals are being released in the USA because of the virus, like Iran? Wow. Murders and rapists get a free pass? What if they are asymptomatic?

What's the deal?
Jailers might be sick, criminals have the right to healthy jailers?

Thank goodness USA borders are closed to prevent violent offenders from entering other countries.

 

[otto]

You know what else, the world expected that the greatest country in the world was ready for the pandemic, and it turned out that every country is on its own, there is no greatest country. <modsnip>

 

[Squinchy]

You know what else, the world expected that the greatest country in the world was ready for the pandemic, and it turned out that every country is on its own, there is no greatest country. <modsnip>

I don't think anyone was ready for this. And I will not believe every country is on it's own. I believe we are all helping each other.

 

[katydid23]

Wisconsin Dairy Co-Op to Donate 45,000 Pounds of Cheese to Food Banks
A Wisconsin-based dairy cooperative is churning out and donating 45,000 pounds of cheese to local food banks in the Midwest.

The facility is turning milk that would otherwise go bad into cheese that will be donated to food banks in the Twin Cities region and throughout the Midwest, KMSP reported.


“Although we cannot control the pandemic or what’s going on today we certainly can try to do our part in contributing to make a difference and that’s what we’re doing,” said Dan Dowling, Burnett Dairy Cooperative CEO and president.


The donations come at a time when the coronavirus is forcing dairy farmers to discard thousands of gallons of milk as schools and restaurants are closing. But Dowling said he never considered discarding the milk as an option.


“We never wanted to dump our patrons’ milk,” said Dowling. “We wanted to convert it into cheese. We want to keep our operations and keep employees employed, we wanted to not impact the farmers whatsoever and that’s what we’re doing.”


The company is using the milk to churn out 45,000 pounds of mozzarella and provolone, but it anticipates the amount of cheese will grow to more than 100,000 pounds over the next few months.


The cooperative is a group effort of 120 family farms and has 300 people on its payroll.


The first charity to receive its shipment of cheese will be Twin Cities Catholic Charities, which will get its shipment on Thursday.


Another Wisconsinite bothered by the milk-dumping has also found a way to give back to the community. Rich Miller, a milk truck driver from Wisconsin battling cancer, launched a fund to give cheese curds to food pantries, KARE reported.


https://www.breitbart.com/economy/20...&utm_content=B

 

[katydid23]

Criminals are being released in the USA because of the virus, like Iran? Wow. Murders and rapists get a free pass? What if they are asymptomatic?

What's the deal?
Jailers might be sick, criminals have the right to healthy jailers?

Thank goodness USA borders are closed to prevent violent offenders from entering other countries.

CANADA
Judges release growing number accused of violent crimes due to COVID-19 fears

Judges release growing number accused of violent crimes due to COVID-19 fears

One is the accused getaway driver for a recent Toronto murder attempt. Another allegedly pistol-whipped and Tasered two in Ottawa over a drug debt. A third was allegedly involved in a Toronto strip mall shooting.

A growing number of suspects arrested on serious criminal charges have been ordered released from custody in recent weeks by judges concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in Canada’s prisons.

“These are extraordinary, dire times,” a judge wrote Monday in a decision ordering the release of a man accused of firing a bullet through his ex-girlfriend’s apartment window in Hamilton, Ont.

Although the courts have effectively shut down due to the pandemic, they have heard from detainees arguing they should be released from custody because of the new coronavirus.

A flurry of court decisions suggest that even those accused of violent crimes are winning release. As one judge wrote, the pandemic had “reordered the usual calculus.”


wow, someone living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, I guess