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03-27-20 22:49 #165
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
That's a rather simplified view of the situation.
Washington, New York, California and Louisiana?
On January 31 the DHS authorized 8 airports to receive flights from China. Two in California, 1 in Washington and 1 in New York. Testing was not being done, no quarantine rules were in place and the official US government stance was we had nothing to worry about.
How many asymptomatic people made it through the screening? With a transmission rate of 2.5, it only takes a few. It seems inevitable those areas would be hit first, regardless of politics.
Louisiana, you mentioned Mardi Gras. February 25,2020. Travelers from all over converge on New Orleans, causing the French Quarter to briefly become one of the most densely populated places on earth.
Also on that date, these words from President Trump:
Feb. 25: "You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are. Getting better. They're all getting better. . As far as what we're doing with the new virus, I think that we're doing a great job."
Was the Democratic governor of Louisiana wrong in assuming there was no serious problem, or was President Trump wrong for his statement?
It doesn't do is any good to point fingers, but if we're going to do it, let's point them everywhere, rather than just picking our favorite target.
How are those states handling things now? Louisiana has cracked down. They appear to realize they screwed up bad. Next door, Mississippi is pretending there's nothing to worry about.
Over the next 2 weeks we'll have a better idea how every state is doing. I expect few bright spots, except for states with very low population densities.
I highly doubt Colombia is going to only allow passengers from certain states. They'll either open up to a country, or not.
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03-27-20 22:47 #164
Posts: 3801Corona-Virus Vaccine Certificate On The Horizon For Entry Into Foreign Countries
Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
My prediction is that several Countries will not allow visitors into to their Countries until there is a proven vaccine for the virus, no different than the Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate required by several Countries now.
Hopefully I am wrong on this, and besides a vaccine a miracle cure would be great as well.
I am planning on the long haul for the time being.
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03-27-20 21:04 #163
Posts: 3160Originally Posted by Lou32 [View Original Post]
Or did you mean the Democrats in Louisiana, the mayor of New Orleans and governor of Louisiana, who allowed Mardi Gras to go on as planned, and Louisiana had an explosion of cases?
So I think what is reasonable is that Colombia will let in Americans who live in states who voted for Trump and are led by Republican governors because those states have much fewer cases on average than other states.
And before you go off on one of those Republican knuckle dragger comments, I am the rarest of breeds these days. I actually vote for the best candidate which meant I voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 and Trump in 2016.
In fact, I will say that when someone as intelligent as yourself makes the comment that you are not going to get laid in Colombia and it is Trump's fault, the virus is the least of the problems the USA has. How did a fucking virus with no known treatment become THIS political?
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03-27-20 18:42 #162
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by Lou32 [View Original Post]
This is just my opinion, but I feel that relaxing all social distancing and pushing for a return to normal for Easter Sunday is a bad idea. We have not peaked yet and it's unlikely every carrier will be identified and isolated over the next 2 weeks.
If I'm correct, I would expect the number of new cases to begin to drop in 3 weeks, but then surge upwards the following week. That puts us back to day 1 again, except instead of 15 cases, we're starting at 500,000 cases. We would be lucky to peak by late June.
On the other hand, (still just my opinion), if we hold tight through April, possibly to mid May, we could have it under control and be back to normal early June.
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03-27-20 14:36 #161
Posts: 430For those traveling USA to Colombia in late June. How confident are you about that?
I'd guess that in exactly three months most of the citizens of countries around the world will be allowed back into Colombia. Except Americans.
America is exploding with the virus with no end in sight and with very poor crisis management, a focus on the stock market over public health and millions who will get bored soon with "social distancing" there may still be hundreds of thousands of cases even in June.
Is that a reasonable assumption?
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03-27-20 14:12 #160
Posts: 1137Originally Posted by MojoBandit [View Original Post]
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03-27-20 06:50 #159
Posts: 1063Hydroxychlorquine and Z-Pack available in Bogota
The Trump pills are about $25, the Zpack is about $15. No real panic has set in and most things are available, Cops everywhere.
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03-27-20 06:07 #158
Posts: 3160Originally Posted by Knowledge [View Original Post]
The simplest issue is just dermatitis. Once you start mentioning this to people as a problem, you would be amazed at how often you hear about it. A lot of times men and woman have itchy bumps and they swear it is a STD but it is just from condoms. Also, the more often you use condoms, the more likely you will eventually form an allergy.
When you see what the latex allergy rate is versus how effective condoms really are, you will question the whole notion of condom use and "safe sex".
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03-27-20 01:14 #157
Posts: 1256Saw This Headline in News Feed
Tourists trapped in Colombia by coronavirus hope for flights home:
https://mobile-reuters-com.cdn.amppr...1AQFKAGwASA%3D#referrer=https%3 A%2 F%2 F www.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24's&share=https%3 A%2 F%2 Fwww.reuters.com%2 Farticle%2 Fus-health-coronavirus-Colombia-tourists-idUSKBN21 C34 L.
Long f'ing URL.
Same story US News
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-25/tourists-trapped-in-colombia-by-coronavirus-hope-for-flights-home
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03-26-20 23:28 #156
Posts: 3950I've heard of latex allergies. What are the other side effects of condoms?
Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
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03-26-20 03:40 #155
Posts: 3160Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
Look there are grownups, and the idiots who would hoard this stuff for themselves if the government did say it work as they did with toilet paper. I would do the same thing that the government is doing.
To this day, I still marvel at the stupidity with condoms and AIDS / HIV. It is amazing how many people think condoms do not have any side effects and work against HIV / AIDS, but I get it. If it means the scaring the shit out of guys thinking they WILL get AIDS and die to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions then I would be touting condom use too as "safe sex".
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03-25-20 19:46 #154
Posts: 503Originally Posted by MojoBandit [View Original Post]
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03-25-20 18:31 #153
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by MojoBandit [View Original Post]
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03-25-20 18:29 #152
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
Then along came the next "ridiculously safe" magic pill, Motrin. Out with the T3 and in with the 800 MG Motrin. Once again, it was prescribed for everything. Our standard hangover cure was 2400 MG washed down with a bloody Mary. Then we learned it's not quite as safe as we were all told.
Hydroxylchloroquininine might be an effective treatment, probably even. But, there will be some who react badly to it, there will be some it will be ineffective on and there will probably be some who it will kill, or cause other, previously unknown problems. That's why widespread studies are needed, so we can determine who it will cure and who it will kill before it's been administered.
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03-25-20 07:33 #151
Posts: 1256Originally Posted by TyDown [View Original Post]