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OT: All Things Coronavirus Covid-19 - Part IX - MOD ADVISORY POST 1
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OK. This (to me) is the S L O W E S T I have ever seen.
Geesh....
COVID-19 claims 25 patients at Wilmington facility initially slated to become recovery site - The Boston Globe
Two weeks ago, AdviniaCare at Wilmington was being readied to serve as a COVID-19 recovery center where coronavirus patients could recuperate under a plan from Governor Charlie Baker.
Now, the facility is the state’s latest deadly hot spot in the outbreak.
Twenty-five patients at the center have died and another 55 have been infected, according to town figures. Forty-three have recovered.
“It’s been so overwhelming and depressing every day,” said Shelly Newhouse, Wilmington’s public health director.
The death toll in Wilmington was the latest example of COVID-19 tearing through a facility where people live and work in close quarters. On Friday, Baker and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh once again urged residents to keep up the fight against the virus by adhering to social distancing rules.
COVID-19 claims 25 patients at Wilmington facility initially slated to become recovery site - The Boston Globe
Two weeks ago, AdviniaCare at Wilmington was being readied to serve as a COVID-19 recovery center where coronavirus patients could recuperate under a plan from Governor Charlie Baker.
Now, the facility is the state’s latest deadly hot spot in the outbreak.
Twenty-five patients at the center have died and another 55 have been infected, according to town figures. Forty-three have recovered.
“It’s been so overwhelming and depressing every day,” said Shelly Newhouse, Wilmington’s public health director.
The death toll in Wilmington was the latest example of COVID-19 tearing through a facility where people live and work in close quarters. On Friday, Baker and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh once again urged residents to keep up the fight against the virus by adhering to social distancing rules.
LouJersey
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I’m negative! Thank you all for your positive vibes
The headline news we've awoken to here in Aus this morning is 'Zombie crowds invade US cities'. Ahhh, ok. That's an...unfortunate development?! 
Spooner st
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Washington (CNN)Senate Democrats grilled Vice President Mike Pence over coronavirus testing and President Donald Trump's tweets during a tense phone call Friday afternoon on the pandemic response.
Democratic Senate aide told CNN that "almost every question" from Democratic senators on the call "has been about testing," and said that the administration "has not given clear answers."
The source said that at one point, Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said to Pence and everyone on the call, "I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life."
King called the administration's failure to develop a more widespread national testing regime a "dereliction of duty."
Asked why he was frustrated, King told CNN, "The administration should not be off-loading the responsibility for testing onto the states."
"This is an area where national response and coordination is a necessity," King said. "The states don't have the DPA (Defense Production Act) or the other resources of the federal government to oversee and coordinate the testing infrastructure, and yet, adequate testing is the basis of safely reopening the economy."
Hours later, at the daily White House briefing on his administration's coronavirus response, Trump said the federal government will "be sending out 5.5 million testing swabs to the states." The swabs, he said, "can be done easily by the governors themselves. Mostly it's cotton. It's not a big deal, you can get cotton easily, but if they can't get it, we will take care of it."
Pence did not answer the question, the aide said, but instead, "tried to deflect by talking about how they are working respectfully with governors, and Kaine jumped back in to say that those tweets are not at all respectful."
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, according to the aide, closed the call saying that all of the Senate Democrats agreed with what Kaine had just said.
King was the first to "lose it" in a measured way, a source on the call told CNN, who said King was then followed by Kaine. Both came at it from the perspective of two former governors, the source added.
Another person on the call also said it did not go well, adding that the administration has no new plan for testing.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland told CNN in an interview that there was "a lot of frustration" on the call.
"There's a big gap between a lot of happy talk from the administration and the realities states are facing every day," he said, "There's just this huge gap ... happy talk doesn't do you any good. Happy talk doesn't get you another N95 mask," he added.
Democrats confront Pence: 'I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life' - CNNPolitics
Democratic Senate aide told CNN that "almost every question" from Democratic senators on the call "has been about testing," and said that the administration "has not given clear answers."
The source said that at one point, Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said to Pence and everyone on the call, "I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life."
King called the administration's failure to develop a more widespread national testing regime a "dereliction of duty."
Asked why he was frustrated, King told CNN, "The administration should not be off-loading the responsibility for testing onto the states."
"This is an area where national response and coordination is a necessity," King said. "The states don't have the DPA (Defense Production Act) or the other resources of the federal government to oversee and coordinate the testing infrastructure, and yet, adequate testing is the basis of safely reopening the economy."
Hours later, at the daily White House briefing on his administration's coronavirus response, Trump said the federal government will "be sending out 5.5 million testing swabs to the states." The swabs, he said, "can be done easily by the governors themselves. Mostly it's cotton. It's not a big deal, you can get cotton easily, but if they can't get it, we will take care of it."
Pence did not answer the question, the aide said, but instead, "tried to deflect by talking about how they are working respectfully with governors, and Kaine jumped back in to say that those tweets are not at all respectful."
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, according to the aide, closed the call saying that all of the Senate Democrats agreed with what Kaine had just said.
King was the first to "lose it" in a measured way, a source on the call told CNN, who said King was then followed by Kaine. Both came at it from the perspective of two former governors, the source added.
Another person on the call also said it did not go well, adding that the administration has no new plan for testing.
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland told CNN in an interview that there was "a lot of frustration" on the call.
"There's a big gap between a lot of happy talk from the administration and the realities states are facing every day," he said, "There's just this huge gap ... happy talk doesn't do you any good. Happy talk doesn't get you another N95 mask," he added.
Democrats confront Pence: 'I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life' - CNNPolitics
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ⁿRunning in Place."
"On Sunday, President Trump propelled the #FireFauci movement.
On Monday, he threatened to seize power from the States.
On Tuesday, he unveiled a new advisory council with little to show for it.
On Wednesday, he threatened to seize power from the Congress.
On Thursday, he kicked power back to the States.
On Friday, he encouraged protesters to agitate for their States to open up contrary to his own guidelines released earlier today."
There was a new WH message every day this week.
"Thoughout this noise: how and when will the U.S. reach the scale of mass testing that could bridge a path to a more functional economy."
When will Trump become a leader of this Coronavirus or step aside and let someone else lead the needed Washington effort for mass testing?
Yes, the numbers will get worse.
The numbers are worse now; we just don't know them.
Stay safe, everyone.
"On Sunday, President Trump propelled the #FireFauci movement.
On Monday, he threatened to seize power from the States.
On Tuesday, he unveiled a new advisory council with little to show for it.
On Wednesday, he threatened to seize power from the Congress.
On Thursday, he kicked power back to the States.
On Friday, he encouraged protesters to agitate for their States to open up contrary to his own guidelines released earlier today."
There was a new WH message every day this week.
"Thoughout this noise: how and when will the U.S. reach the scale of mass testing that could bridge a path to a more functional economy."
When will Trump become a leader of this Coronavirus or step aside and let someone else lead the needed Washington effort for mass testing?
Yes, the numbers will get worse.
The numbers are worse now; we just don't know them.
Stay safe, everyone.
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KrejciMVP
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KrejciMVP
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The headline news we've awoken to here in Aus this morning is 'Zombie crowds invade US cities'. Ahhh, ok. That's an...unfortunate development?!
Protests are happening worldwide from British Columbia to India. Not limited to "Zombie Americans" as they say.
Over the volcano
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This is the impression of a lot of people who hadn’t paid him any attention before this crisis. He’s getting a Giuliani style makeover by looking competent in a time of crisis in NY. Newsom’s done much better to address this - but Cuomo knows when and how to jump infront of the camera.
KrejciMVP
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Fauci made a good point today. say you get a test today and are negative, you can still get sick tomorrow and the next day etc. Daily testing is the only way to be really sure and can we handle that
need a 15 minute test. one like a pregnancy test. that can be mailed to each home. if it reveals positive. you call a doctor. dont know if thats possible though.
LouJersey
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Wife's nursing home has 10% infection rate among patients with 8 deaths and 12% infection rate among staff...no deaths thank God. Scary stuff.
Over the volcano
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The headline news we've awoken to here in Aus this morning is 'Zombie crowds invade US cities'. Ahhh, ok. That's an...unfortunate development?!
some see that as “mocking” but I mean to me it’s just calling a spade a spade
a bunch of gross-looking, disgusting ppl with zero regard for their fellow man went and shot themselves in the foot all in the name of the confederacy or whatever the hell they wanted to bitch about that day
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Bocephus86
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The best stop gap we have as a nation is social distancing (check, in some states), robust testing, and contact tracing. Without those three things, reopening the economy is a non starter. We should be there already, and we should expect our federal government to be championing those 3 things. Vaccines are a long term plan.
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