COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[Perd Hapley]

Cool story bro.

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Sheep make a lot of noise when they are being herded.

That's true. Also, the wolf and the sheepdog best beware that there are a few rams in the flock.

Woody

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-amends-customer-mask-rule-after-workers-allegedly-threatened-with-physical-violence-and-verbal-abuse

[WLJ]

People losing patience at a Costco.
The usual Costco crowd from my experience is usually a bit more layed backed than lets say Walmart
 
New Rochelle Costco calls cops to help control chaotic crowds
https://nypost.com/2020/05/02/new-york-costco-calls-cops-to-help-control-chaotic-crowds/

[Jamisjockey]

The new spin is that “open” rallies are rooted in white privilege and racism, and that it’s modern day slavery to expect people to go back to work...

[TommyGunn]

The new spin is that “open” rallies are rooted in white privilege and racism, and that it’s modern day slavery to expect people to go back to work...

    The stoopidz .......  iz growin' faster than The Andromeda Strain.

[WLJ]

The new spin is that “open” rallies are rooted in white privilege and racism, and that it’s modern day slavery to expect people to go back to work...

Yeah, just saw this on foxnews
But they're been using the Everyone I don't like Is Racist tact for awhile

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer slammed the protesters who gathered inside the state's Capitol building on Thursday to demand she rescind her stay-at-home orders, saying they represented the “worst racism and awful parts” of  U.S. history.

“Some of the outrageousness of what happened at our capitol depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country,” Whitmer said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“The behavior you've seen in all of the clips is not representative of who we are in Michigan,” she added.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigans-whitmer-says-armed-protesters-displayed-worst-racism-and-awful-parts-of-u-s-history

[Ben]

Yeah, just saw this on foxnews
But they're been using the Everyone I don't like Is Racist tact for awhile
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigans-whitmer-says-armed-protesters-displayed-worst-racism-and-awful-parts-of-u-s-history

The MSM take is that these people stormed and raided the MI state house, and are terrorists. Yet if you watch videos of the event, the "armed raiders" were standing in line waiting for LE to take their temperatures and admit them, and saying "please" and "thank you". LE looked to be cool with things as well.

[WLJ]

Many on the left have been trying to turn this whole C19 thing into a white vs black race issue since day one.

[WLJ]

The MSM take is that these people stormed and raided the MI state house, and are terrorists. Yet if you watch videos of the event, the "armed raiders" were standing in line waiting for LE to take their temperatures and admit them, and saying "please" and "thank you". LE looked to be cool with things as well.

Facts are racist

[Jamisjockey]

Many on the left have been trying to turn this whole C19 thing into a white vs black race issue since day one.

Like that it’s “hitting minority populations harder than whites”
Here in VA several black churches in Richmond ignored the social distancing guidelines and held service.  Guess who had a pastor die?

[BobR]

Like that it’s “hitting minority populations harder than whites”
Here in VA several black churches in Richmond ignored the social distancing guidelines and held service.  Guess who had a pastor die?

It was God's will.   


bob

[Perd Hapley]

Many on the left have been trying to turn this whole C19 thing into a white vs black race issue since day one.

It's enough to make one sceptical of the racial disparity they're reporting on Covid cases.

[p12]

I know shutting off an entire town has been discussed. Not sure if it was in this thread or not. If this would be better in a separate thread then please move it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup-new-mexico-riot-control-act-roads-closed-coronavirus/

Gallop NM has been shut off (all roads) via checkpoints.

[makattak]

Many on the left have been trying to turn this whole C19 thing into a white vs black race issue since day one.

They have 3  plays in their playbook. That's play #1, so not too surprising.

[zxcvbob]

I know shutting off an entire town has been discussed. Not sure if it was in this thread or not. If this would be better in a separate thread then please move it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup-new-mexico-riot-control-act-roads-closed-coronavirus/

Gallop NM has been shut off (all roads) via checkpoints.

Are they blocking I-40? 

[makattak]

Are they blocking I-40? 

I'll bet they've just blocked exits 16, 20, 22, and 26.

[Perd Hapley]

https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/04/cnn-uses-coronavirus-double-standard-to-slam-republican-governor/

Not surprisingly, Big Media is going after Republican governors and praising Democrats, even if the Republicans are doing as well or better.


Also, this:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/04/coronavirus-shutdowns-expose-the-new-class-divide/

Sitting in your home office, well supplied with all the necessities by untouchable delivery people, please spare us the “we’re all in this together” pablum. You are sitting in comfortable self-protection only because the delivery people and their brothers and sisters of the new working class are out on-site at their jobs, working to fill your and your fellow elites’ every need.

[RoadKingLarry]

I'm confused again.
Am I unfairly privileged or oppressed since I'm essential personnel and have to risk my life and brave the Corona threat everyday?

[MillCreek]

I'm confused again.
Am I unfairly privileged or oppressed since I'm essential personnel and have to risk my life and brave the Corona threat everyday?

True dat.  With the added bonus of working in a healthcare facility filled with sick people.  The only saving grace is that when I am in my office with the door shut, I can take off the mask.

[Brad Johnson]

Just sat through a meeting of the Campus Reopening Committee. What a joke. At least the idea of propping bathroom doors open was blown to smithereens. Grand Idea for Today? Entry checkpoints. What started as a simple IR temp & self-disclosure idea quickly morphed into an overblown system of building checkpoints campus-wide databases.

Short of creating and staffing an entirely new department, there's no way to implement what they're proposing for over a hundred major buildings, another 100 or so ancillary structures, and 7000-plus employees. And that's not counting the time it will take to get all the checkpoint staff HIPAA trained since they'll be taking and logging confidential health info. I'm hoping they get exactly what they're pushing for because it will self-implode the first day.

It's a typical committee of academicians... long on Big Important Ideas and talk, short on actually efficiency and realistic workability. I see them getting some uselessly convoluted and wholly unworkable plan in place just about the time it's no longer needed.

By the end of the meeting I was biting my lip to keep from laughing every time the committee head said "I'm developing a Decision Tree for that" (a flow chart to us peasants). Apparently they are her thing and she doesn't waste an opportunity to make one. From what I hear they can be quite impressive in both scope and scale.

Brad

[Cliffh]

I'm confused again.
Am I unfairly privileged or oppressed since I'm essential personnel and have to risk my life and brave the Corona threat everyday?

The way I see it there aren't any "heroes", "privileged" or "oppressed".  It's just people doing their job in the career they've chosen.

Anything else is sensationalism.

Snip:

Short of creating and staffing an entirely new department, there's no way to implement what they're proposing for over a hundred major buildings, another 100 or so ancillary structures, and 7000-plus employees. And that's not counting the time it will take to get all the checkpoint staff HIPAA trained since they'll be taking and logging confidential health info. I'm hoping they get exactly what they're pushing for because it will self-implode the first day.

/Snip

Brad

The bold part got me to thinking of what's being done at work.  Management has a random assortment of untrained people from various dept's taking temperatures and asking health related questions, i.e. How's your sense of smell/taste, how's your stomach, headache, etc.  They're not recording the info.  There are occasionally other's in the area who can hear the questions and answers.

FWIW, according to the thermometer they're using my temp's always been in the 97* to 98* range.  The first day it was 97.1*. 

[Perd Hapley]

Are the last few comments in response to the Federalist article? I believe the writer is saying that some people, who can work remotely, or can afford to miss a few months’ worth of income, don’t understand that some people are going broke because their jobs can’t be done remotely. Or they don’t appreciate that their lock-down lifestyle depends on people that can’t work remotely.

[makattak]

FWIW, according to the thermometer they're using my temp's always been in the 97* to 98* range.  The first day it was 97.1*. 

Saw an article recently that the 98.6 baseline is actually too high for humans today.

Not that it was wrong, but that our natural temperature has declined as we have far less infection in our bodies under "normal" conditions than in the past (that's the theory, at least). 98.6 was right in the mid-1800s when it was determined, but it's not right anymore. (That's the part with actual data to back it up.)

[Brad Johnson]

According to the HIPAA Journal, simply having a person's name places their information under HIPAA provisions. Search "18 PHI identifiers" for a full list. Can also be see about midway down this page under the "What is PHI" heading.

https://www.hipaajournal.com/what-is-considered-protected-health-information-under-hipaa/

However, what I'm seeing seems to indicate HIPPAA restrictions only apply if you work in health care. I can't see anything that makes HIPPAA applicable for those not in a healthcare-related role. Maybe Millcreek can enlighten us.

Brad