Why is it called “Covid-19”? Shouldn’t it be called “Covid-20”?
Because the disease was discovered in 2019.
Just in case anyone was wondering, I don’t come to this discussion group to read political arguments or to find out the time of the next news conference and be warned that it might not start on time. But maybe I’m an outlier.
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Wow, this is actually insane.
I thought it was a complete joke opening… (as is indicated with the “fake news alert”)
but it’s actually based on fact… whether the person is otherwise qualified or not, it’s just funny.
Sometimes it’s like he’s having a press conference with himself.
but
“The work is preliminary and it is not yet known if the virus remains viable on pollution particles and in sufficient quantity to cause disease.”
If air pollution was a factor then wouldn’t we’d see higher infection rates in China and India.
Our air pollution levels aren’t even close to theirs. No competition at all.
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Thats a different factor.
If you live in an area with high pollution you may have worse lung health to begin with. This could then cause higher vulnerability to covid19. I’m more willing to believe this is possible. But still the one article claims a +15% death reate increase from just 1 point of PM2.5. Nope. If that was true we’d see 2-3x death rates in China and India vs USA.
Better theory than virus riding around in the air on pollution particles… But still unverified theory at this point. I’m doubtful…
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This is what people get frustrated with. How the virus may spread and teh effect on death rates from being infected are two dots that do not connect, yet one is given as an answer to a question about the other.
Death rate isn’t going to care how fast you shut down.
Wuhan should have 4x the death rate as any US city just based on their pollution level if that 15%+ factor is true…
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LOL, that says everything you need to know about the state of the Republican party.
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Rich people trying to stay rich
I dont get it. I understand the optics. But if these companies werent suppose to get money, why did Congress write the rules to make them eligible? The whole restaurant chain thing intentionally specified less than 500 employees per location. Why would those businesses possibly think they shouldnt apply, when the terms were written specifically to make them eligible?
Of course, we’ll just forget about individuals who are using unemployment to get many multiples of the income they’ve lost. Make $100/week and lose your job? PUA will pay you around $750/week for the next 4 months. Anyone going to shame those people into giving the money back?
To boot, some of these people getting these extreme PUA benefits are employees who those chain restaurants would’ve been keeping on their payroll with that PPP money. The government comes out behind, anyways.
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He’s a straight talker.
All modern society got element of market economy and good social program.
Holy crap
For those of us who don’t qualify for unemployment, that would certainly be welcome.
Way more cases, nearly all without symptoms. The prison edition:
After testing 2,300 [OH] inmates for the coronavirus, they were shocked. Of the 2,028 who tested positive, close to 95% had no symptoms.
North Carolina, state correctional officials tested all 723 prisoners last week. Of the 444 who were infected by the virus, 98% were asymptomatic
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Yeah its mostly optics.
Beats me what Congress was thinking. Congress might have done it knowingly or as a compromise or without thinking or any 400 different combinations of those and a dozen other reasons.
Problem with the publicly held companies is that we can see their financial records and point to the ones that clearly don’t need welfare. Private companies you can’t see so we don’t know which ones are sitting on piles of their own cash while taking free govt handouts too
Of course as you say individuals all across the country are in the same situations with some really needing the cash and many of us not but thats chalked up as ‘stimulus’ if we go spend money
#darwinism Meanwhile… Trump goes into hiding | CNN Business
For those who do qualify for unemployment, it’d be equally welcome. Some people will be getting 3-4x their normal paycheck.