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TriStone

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  1. Wow. Just perfect. Meanwhile, a postal worker in Seattle has tested positive. NYPost Link
  2. Took a little walk down memory lane this morning to read about the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Based on how people are reacting to corona and comparing the numbers, I can't help but wonder how we didn't all completely lose our minds and go running for the hills while that was going on. 59million caught it. 265,000 were hospitalized for it. 12,000 deaths from it. There were over 1,000 dead in the US before the government even issued an emergency declaration. 2009 flu pandemic in the United States I can't help but wonder how that would have all gone down if social media was as omnipresent then as it is now. (And yes, I know Twitter etc. existed back then, but it wasn't nearly as widespread.)
  3. It's more than a little amusing how pissed off some of you are getting when some piece of uncorroborated info you heard is contradicted by some other piece of uncorroborated info.
  4. Another good one that I linked yesterday in case anyone missed it. Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE
  5. Well, members of the Iranian government are keeling over during press conferences, so I'd say that qualifies as toe up.
  6. Correct. I'm not disputing that. I was pointing out that those cuts were spawned years ago, under the previous administration. This line of conversation began with my reply to someone I believed to be suggesting otherwise.
  7. You shouldn't put quotes around your interpretation of what he said as if it's a direct quote of what he said. Link to 2:14 video.
  8. Same AP article that clarifies CDC funding thing. "Some public health experts say a bigger concern than White House budgets is the steady erosion of a CDC grant program for state and local public health emergency preparedness — the front lines in detecting and battling new disease. But that decline was set in motion by a congressional budget measure that predates Trump."
  9. Found it. Been a while since I heard his voice, he's sounding more old manish now.
  10. I'd like to hear what you mean by this. I think you can expand on the statement and inform without throwing in editorial comments. I keep hearing about CDC funding cuts, but according to AP Fact Check, the administration's proposed funding cuts were "overruled by Congress, where there’s strong bipartisan support for agencies such as the CDC and NIH. Instead, financing has increased." So, how exactly was the CDC hamstrung from the beginning?
  11. Some would just like to know the truth which is damn near impossible these days. Did the government take action or ignore the problem? Some news accuses them of ignoring the problem, while others accuse them of overreacting. Some people say the CDC funding has been cut to the point that they can't handle this outbreak, while the AP is saying that their budget has actually been increased by Congress. There's too much bullshit flying around and it's coming from both directions.
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