Summary and link to paper here by the Wellcome Trusthttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/looking-ahead-prepare-tomorrow-covid-19-futures-beth-thompson-mbe
looking at possible scenarios: Future 1 - “Vaccines work, antivirals fail” Future 2 - “Antivirals work, vaccines fail” Future 3 - “Medical interventions are effective and evolution works for us” Future 4 - “Medical interventions fail and evolution works against us”"This thought experiment isn’t a prediction but a tool to imagine and explore what could happen."
― kinder, Saturday, 12 September 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
#BREAKING Israel announces 3-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown pic.twitter.com/HoCkuobWKP— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 13, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 September 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
2020 summed up in a urlhttps://gothamist.com/news/verizon-karen-video-racist-anti-mask-no-data-rage-covid
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 13 September 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
lol
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 September 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
thanks, the AQI is like 600 here and there is still a pandemic and I needed a chuckle
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 September 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
that's an utterly appalling video in that link btw, approach with caution
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 13 September 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
uk covid cases heatmap
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh25tnRXsAAwUdU.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh25tnRXsAAwUdU.png (because that will fail to embed)
― koogs, Monday, 14 September 2020 09:09 (three years ago) link
someone is trying to stop coronavirus. the proud patriots of michigan won't let that happen.
Group says it has topped 400K signatures, in 2 months, to repeal Whitmer's unilateral emergency powers to curb virus; GOP-backed maneuver lets Legislature rescind 1945 law & sidestep veto; Unlock Michigan wants 500K signatures, may submit in Sept #mileg https://t.co/TPIG4VUJtb— David Eggert (@DavidEggert00) September 14, 2020
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
This has to be an SNL skit. It just has to be. pic.twitter.com/HURtVSr9DL— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 14, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 September 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
oh my god, the 6-year-old saying "the flu kills more than coronavirus"
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
as i shut that off, someone was making an important point about george floyd not being able to breathe, as compared to masks for covid19.
great job, local news
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
Brought to you by the species responsible for the Children's Crusade, among other historical hits.
― pomenitul, Monday, 14 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
that means you missed the old lady who hates masks because "child molesters love em"
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Monday, 14 September 2020 19:08 (three years ago) link
Weird to see people passing that video around on Twitter for laffs, i thought I had a pretty dark sense of humor but that shit is legit terrifying and sad
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 14 September 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
yeah. it's enraging. that 6-year-old was make to perform a rehearsed lie to make his parents proud.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
the flu does kill more people than coronavirus....if we count 5 years of flu stats, and we move some numbers around here, carry the 2, rinse, repeat
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 September 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
^i'm sure one of the other kids in his 1st grade zoom chat will kindly set him straight on that
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
SLC_patriot2014: mommy says the flu killded more people than the coronavirusGokuAlexIam6: actually my dad says that it's not an apples to apples comparisonTimmySunshine: poooooooooooooooooooop :P
― Karl Malone, Monday, 14 September 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
TimmySunshine: poooooooooooooooooooop :P
new thread/board/everything title
― mise róna (seandalai), Monday, 14 September 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
have u seen the movie Joker
― frogbs, Monday, 14 September 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
That's one way to do it:
https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/anti-maskers-forced-to-dig-graves-for-covid-19-victims-in-indonesia
― pomenitul, Monday, 14 September 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
incredible byline on that
― rob, Monday, 14 September 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
In my big college town all the frats and sororities (shockingly) voted to not worry and to just keep partying as usual despite the recent massive uptick in cases in the 18-25 year old range. So the county health department issued an emergency order for mandatory quarantine of 30 off campus residences for two weeks, (23 of which are fraternities and sororities) and is actually affixing quarantine notices to the buildings like ye olden times.
I got a kind of hilariously worded text from the campus emergency notification system that very consciously avoided any indication that the school has any control over what happens in off-campus private residences BUT they really really want you to know this order exists.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:33 (three years ago) link
PLAGUE HOUSETHOU SHALT ENTER NOT
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
I was teaching Foucault and the Panopticon to freshmen right before everything got wild in March. It was...more than a little eerie.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
Wow joygoat
― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 07:08 (three years ago) link
re that news report - how did you guys reach that state
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 08:47 (three years ago) link
most of them probably already live there, they're used to it
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
I'm just going to be perfectly frank and say that despite my knowledge that much of what was happening in that video is the result of an education system decimated by conservatives and skewed toward the needs of a shrinking number of middle class whites, I am also more and more convinced that about half of this country is filled with the dumbest, most selfish, myopic idiot fucks of any population anywhere else on the planet. And to be cruel, I wish ill on all of them.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
I am also more and more convinced that about half of this country is filled with the dumbest, most selfish, myopic idiot fucks of any population anywhere else on the planet. And to be cruel, I wish ill on all of them.
I'm pretty much here as well. At this point it's hard to see otherwise. We can blame education, conservative news overload, fear, "economic anxiety" all to some degree, but at the base of it all there is a not insignificant percentage of this country that is just plain fucking stupid and selfish and, worse, extremely proud of being so.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
Sounds about right! That's the "innocence" of the 1950s that these dummies want to return to, a time when everyone was at least a little bit stupid but you could still achieve a lot and make a good living despite it. (And also, I suspect, it was still a smarter stupid than where we are now, at least by standards of literacy, math, science, etc.)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
I mean, there's also the obvious racial, sexual, and gendered connotations of such a return.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
It's all just infuriating!
xp JiC - Don't fall for it. People were just as dumb back then. but at an even lower scientific and technological level than today. Remember "Duck and Cover"?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Ethics are taught. Generosity has to be cultivated. It's a social issue.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:51 (three years ago) link
fwiw i agree 100% table. the thing that pushes me over the edge, with that kind of ignorance, is when it starts hurting other people
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
tracer otm
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
Tracer otm. There’s nothing natural about being good.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
the dumbest, most selfish, myopic idiot fucks of any population anywhere else on the planet. And to be cruel, I wish ill on all of them.
i could have written that myself, and it's not a fun feeling.
at least the dumbfucks of the 1950s had lead in their water and gasoline to blame. the current generation has had 50+ years of relief (for the most part) from lead-related mental health issues, and can easily look up almost any fact on the internet. and in fact, they take the most valuable tool in the world, the ability to look up almost any fact on the internet, and then decided to watch joe rogan or whatever with it
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
it's a social issue, like almost anything, but i think it's a lot of other things too. without turning this into a barely-related diatribe against white evangelicals again like i always do, all i can say is that "ethics" and "generosity" are very much central to the same households that teach little timmy poopmonster to say "flu kills more people than coroanvirus" to the lamestream media cameras
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
i should probably especially avoid the white evangelicals diatribe since we're talking about SLC, lol
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
― sleeve, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 12:36 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
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― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
Ahhh! Damn.
https://youtu.be/s0mXq6WJSJc
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Anyway the joke is ruined now and clearly I don't know how to embed videos.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
Short URLs don't get embedded.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mXq6WJSJc
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
there we go :)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
Yeah, my point was that ignorant people in the '50s had lots of excuses for their ignorance, and they weren't alone, because people were just, well, more ignorant. Duck and Cover (for example) was absolutely stupid, but in its (dumb) defense, those were early days of nuclear weapons and panic and also the threat of global nuclear war was actually possible/plausible, so there was a reason to at least be afraid. Right now, though, we're 50 years down the line, and we've come so far in terms of public health, science, general knowledge, all literally free to anyone with a phone more powerful than almost every computer that has come before it, and as comprehensive as a library. And yet here were are, willingly choosing stupid again and again even when there are better choices. Like being "pro coal" in 2020.
FWIW, as I understand it Americans are actually more generous than most, in terms of charity and the like. Ethics and morality, otoh, have been corrupted and degraded by selfishness and shortsightedness, which can't be unique to Americans, but we seem to do it louder and more obnoxiously than many others despite being awash in economic stability and luxury compared to huge hunks of the world.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
Countries with a dysfunctional tax system come across as more generous on paper if charities are your sole yardstick.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
Seriously. The prominence/importance of charitable donations is a symptom of a problem. And they are also antidemocratic at scale.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link