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All I'm going to say is that tonight at the store I work at all but 1 person was properly wearing a mask. That one person had the mask on his chin. Usually there are 5-6 people who refuse to wear a mask. Maybe this will help people realize that they must wear masks.

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The CDC Director says that masks are "More Guaranteed" to work than the coronavirus vaccine which seems like it will only work on 70% of people. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/516686-cdc-director-says-masks-more-guaranteed-to-work-than-a-vaccine "Centers for Disease Control and...

Any idea why gyms where people sweat all over the place and breathe heavily would be considered safer than movie theaters?

Disney World is cutting park hours due to low attendance.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine just tested positive.

We seem to now have confirmation that holding indoor rallies without masks is not a good idea during this pandemic.

My understanding was that the initial order not to wear masks was made in an effort to keep non hospitals from buying up all the available PPE leaving none for the people who need it the most.

Meanwhile in the past 24 hours California has passed NY as the state with the most cases.

Disney opening up is crazy. Florida is having one of the world's biggest outbreaks and they are opening up Disney World.

NY, NJ, and CT have already placed people from hotspots on mandatory quarantine when coming to those states.

I have also found it difficult to discuss covid much without running afoul of the HTF guidelines. It shouldn't be political but it has become so.

Also NY is back to having a triple digit death increase. I think NY might be bouncing between double and triple digit increases for the next few days.

It took a while before the Navy would allow the ship to be used for Covid patients.

Isn't the current death rate much more than this?

A fairly large cluster of covid-19 was linked to a pastor and his wife of an Arkansas church in March. 35 people who attended services tested positive and three of those people died...

13 sailors who have previously recovered from covid-19 have since retested positive. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/16/857379338/5-uss-roosevelt-sailors-test-positive-for-covid-19-again

I should also point out that the flu does have a vaccine, it isn't perfect, but I don't think I've gotten the flu since I started getting flu shots over a decade ago. The vaccine allows the economy to function because people who want to get protected can get protected. With covid-19 the only...

Makes me think that the US has a ton of asymptomatic cases. Or other cases like Adam's where he probably had it but couldn't get a test in time.

Cuomo just demonstrated getting a test live during his daily briefing. It is now really easy for New Yorkers to be eligible for getting a test. In addition to people who are showing symptoms or have a known contact with someone diagnosed with covid you can now get a test if you are an...

Here is an article about it: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-stay-at-home-order/index.html

Wisconsin supreme court ruled the stay at home order unconstitutional. It is now being decided county by county.

Doctor Fauci testified today that they would probably produce millions of doses of a potential vaccine before the trials are concluded so they could be deployed as soon as a vaccine is approved.

Looks like we both posted pretty much the same information in two different threads.

100,000 deaths in the next few weeks are a given, likely there are enough people currently in the hospitals to account for the other 19,000 deaths.

A lot of people have the virus and are spreading it without showing symptoms.

Cuomo now requiring all nursing home staff be tested twice a week.

The US now has a million more cases than any other country.

And they are egging the states on to reopen the economy.

All LA County residents can now get free tests, or at least that is what they are claiming. https://laist.com/latest/post/20200429/Mayor-Garcetti-Gives-Update-On-Coronavirus-In-LA