Coronavirus: COVID-19

Lucem Ferre · 04-26-2020, 10:46 AM

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No country had the foresight to fund that team out of Texas back in 2013-2016 who were actively looking to develop a coronavirus-family vaccine after SARS. And because Obama and other countries said no, they never bothered to approach Trump's administration afterward (and they likely wouldn't have funded it either). Everything got shoved into cold storage to gather dust.

NBC News - Scientists were close to a coronavirus vaccine years ago. Then the money dried up.

For the record, not to rehash old ****, but I never read any articles reporting on Trump's stupid comment I only watched the actual comment where he asked if disinfectant could be injected to kill the virus. So I wouldn't know if news outlets lied about it. I just know they typical hyperbolic satire floating around social media about it. So context didn't change anything for me, but if news outlets did say that he told people to drink bleach and inject Lysol that is dishonest and only slightly more stupid than what he actually did say which was undeniably stupid and irresponsible as is.

OccultHawk · 04-26-2020, 10:27 AM

Jacksonville since the reopening. That old couple with the dog. They’ll be dead by Memorial Day. That little brown hottie in the Nike’s is killing them.

**Frownland** · 04-26-2020, 10:59 AM

99/100 times, the "context" that supposedly changes everything about whatever Trump says is wholly consistent with how it's being reported. While the media tends to explain the context pretty decently, their headlines don't often do this since headlines are used to give the gist of the article instead of detailing the whole situation in one sentence fragment. Many Trump supporters get confused by this.

Lucem Ferre · 04-26-2020, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

99/100 times, the "context" that supposedly changes everything about whatever Trump says is wholly consistent with how it's being reported. While the media tends to explain the context pretty decently, their headlines don't often do this since headlines are used to give the gist of the article instead of detailing the whole situation in one sentence fragment. Many Trump supporters get confused by this.

Or it could be a response to the memes. But at that point who ever is trusting memes is probably a lost cause in the first place.

OccultHawk · 04-26-2020, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Or it could be a response to the memes. But at that point who ever is trusting memes is probably a lost cause in the first place.

If you can’t read you look at the pictures.

The Batlord · 04-26-2020, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

If you can’t read you look at the pictures.

You can do both with comics.

OccultHawk · 04-26-2020, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

99/100 times, the "context" that supposedly changes everything about whatever Trump says is wholly consistent with how it's being reported. While the media tends to explain the context pretty decently, their headlines don't often do this since headlines are used to give the gist of the article instead of detailing the whole situation in one sentence fragment. Many Trump supporters get confused by this.

Meanwhile teachers can’t even tell their students to STFU and read. I wonder how many full grown adults have never actually read a book.

Lucem Ferre · 04-26-2020, 11:07 AM

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Meanwhile teachers can’t even tell their students to STFU and read. I wonder how many full grown adults have never actually read a book.

My step dad can hardly read. He still sounds out his words.

**Frownland** · 04-26-2020, 11:24 AM

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You probably do too, but I doubt it. There are way too many signs pointing to nothing positive or proactive coming out of this. Incarceration rates are going to stay high. There’s already a movement toward house arrest ankle bracelet with forced enslavement but the county lockups are still staying and will remain overcrowded, violent, insanity inducing petri dishes. I know you’re talking about accelerating our approaches to vaccines and so forth but even the low hanging fruit of universal nutrition, housing, and health care - the large scale equivalent to washing our hands - isn’t even remotely on the table. Our policies of environmental devastation are still running full force which also gives a free pass to the proliferation of all kinds of human hostile pathogens and their vectors. As flooding and storms continue to amplify so do the unsanitary conditions that come with them. And war... we’re still at it. If there was ever a time for “swords into plowshares” it’s right now but it’s not even being discussed.

Depends on how long it takes until they make and distribute a vaccine. The longer this lasts, the more undeniable these shortcomings will be.

There are some changes that I'm counting on though, even if it ends today. There will be mass exploitative price explosion once people try to get back to "normal" and demand increases again. The customer is always right model will be pulled back at least somewhat. And there will be less random small talk from bored strangers.

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Meanwhile teachers can’t even tell their students to STFU and read. I wonder how many full grown adults have never actually read a book.

That's what got us here fosho.

OccultHawk · 04-26-2020, 11:47 AM

Honestly Frown - things will continue to move in several directions at once.

To make it simple I think the bad guys are going to win but ain’t nobody know.

04-26-2020, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Jacksonville since the reopening. That old couple with the dog. They’ll be dead by Memorial Day. That little brown hottie in the Nike’s is killing them. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	99/100 times, the "context" that supposedly changes everything about whatever Trump says is wholly consistent with how it's being reported. While the media tends to explain the context pretty decently, their headlines don't often do this since headlines are used to give the gist of the article instead of detailing the whole situation in one sentence fragment. Many Trump supporters get confused by this. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Honestly Frown - things will continue to move in several directions at once. To make it simple I think the bad guys are going to win but ain’t nobody know. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html