COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[Ron]

I wonder if Boris is going to take or already has taken the Trump pills?

I don't recall seeing if the UK is onboard or not with the drugs Trump has been promoting as a potential help.

[WLJ]

Turns it was two people attacking people for not social distancing and both are doctors and it also turns out husband and wife.

[WLJ]

Oh here you go.

    Trump’s conduct easily satisfies all 3 elements of involuntary manslaughter. In fact, his gross negligence is beginning to look more like conduct evincing a “conscious disregard of an extreme risk of death/serious bodily injury = the standard for depraved heart/2nd degree murder. https://t.co/XVHYy5CqWU

    — Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) April 6, 2020

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/04/06/msnbc-legal-analyst-believes-president-trumps-conduct-ticks-all-the-boxes-for-involuntary-manslaughter/

[Fly320s]

320's, can you fire up the Chemtrails and do a couple laps to calm this guy down?

So that is why everyone is antsy.  We haven't been spraying as much because of the reduced flights.  Yeah, I'll set the nozzles to wide open.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh here you go.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/04/06/msnbc-legal-analyst-believes-president-trumps-conduct-ticks-all-the-boxes-for-involuntary-manslaughter/

https://youtu.be/9kALB0YqlbA?t=26

[Angel Eyes]

Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, guns, ammo . . . . and Bibles:

https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/coronavirus-bible-book-update-sales-record

[Hawkmoon]

I’m guessing his forces aren’t all that special, his friend isn’t a 2 star, and he doesn’t know spit about anything.

My son in law is a former army ranger with several years in the real special forces. His current job is running a trucking company and warehouse. I talked to him yesterday and he didn’t mention anything like your neighbor’s scenario.

But your son-in-law doesn't have a buddy who is a 2-star, Special Forces general. :duh:

[RoadKingLarry]

I’m guessing his forces aren’t all that special, his friend isn’t a 2 star, and he doesn’t know spit about anything.

My son in law is a former army ranger with several years in the real special forces. His current job is running a trucking company and warehouse. I talked to him yesterday and he didn’t mention anything like your neighbor’s scenario.

Hence the  .

My suspicion is the his special is probably of the short bus variety.

[Boomhauer]

Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, guns, ammo . . . . and Bibles:

https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/coronavirus-bible-book-update-sales-record

I am not suprised. When it’s time perceived to be the end time bibles (and I bet preachers with a comforting message to sellsay) do very well

Me, personally I get all the religious education  I need from boomers on Facebook with their cOpY aNd pAsTe aNd sHaRe IF yOu ArEnT aFrAId aNd 1 lIkE = 1 aMEn posts and made up moral stories


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[Jamisjockey]

So the same Navaroo guy who’s being criticized for butting heads with Fauci during a meeting?

Not one, but TWO separate memos warning the White House of potentially worst case scenarios, and laid out steps to get ahead of this.  First one in Jan was a general memo, which is where the China travel ban comes from.  But otherwise he was mostly ignored because he’s considered “anti China” in the White House...
Second memo was in February directed to the President.

[cordex]

So the same Navaroo guy who’s being criticized for butting heads with Fauci during a meeting?

Not one, but TWO separate memos warning the White House of potentially worst case scenarios, and laid out steps to get ahead of this.  First one in Jan was a general memo, which is where the China travel ban comes from.  But otherwise he was mostly ignored because he’s considered “anti China” in the White House...
Second memo was in February directed to the President.

To be fair, there are always people warning about dire worst case scenarios. Most of the time they are totally wrong. Once in a great while they turn out to be correct and then get to look like prophets.

[Ron]

Considering the WHO and the CDC are the "go to" on pandemics Trump did well.

Trump moved faster and actually ignored those two organizations as they were downplaying the seriousness of this outbreak early on.

All of his comments downplaying the virus are him repeating what the experts at those two organizations were saying.

 

[dogmush]

So the same Navaroo guy who’s being criticized for butting heads with Fauci during a meeting?

Not one, but TWO separate memos warning the White House of potentially worst case scenarios, and laid out steps to get ahead of this.  First one in Jan was a general memo, which is where the China travel ban comes from.  But otherwise he was mostly ignored because he’s considered “anti China” in the White House...
Second memo was in February directed to the President.

I suspect that's about to become a lot more fashionable.

[lee n. field]

Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, guns, ammo . . . . and Bibles:

https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/coronavirus-bible-book-update-sales-record

Got me enough guns, got "sort of" enough ammo.  Got enough Bibles.  TP will last a month (at the rate Dearest Wifey says it gets used), and then we'll see.

So, no panic!

I get all the religious education  I need from boomers on Facebook with their cOpY aNd pAsTe aNd sHaRe IF yOu ArEnT aFrAId aNd 1 lIkE = 1 aMEn posts and made up moral stories

This here boomer refuses to post that stuff.

[MillCreek]

For Ron: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rei-extends-store-closures-and-furloughs-many-of-its-workers-for-90-days-ceo-gives-up-pay-for-six-months/

[WLJ]

More crappy test kits from China

   The Government has bought 3.5 million finger-prick antibody tests that could soon radically transform the UK's response to Covid-19 https://t.co/6Ryb3hdf84

    — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 30, 2020

But wait for it

   "The UK government’s new testing chief has admitted that none of the 3.5 million antibody tests ordered from China are fit for widespread use…The tests did not pass the evaluation stage". https://t.co/AxqFupLpGz #COVID19

    — Wilson Leung 梁允信 🇭🇰 (@WilsonLeungWS) April 6, 2020

Anyone see a pattern here?

Here are 3.5 million new reasons why we shouldn’t trust anything coming from China right now
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/07/here-are-3-5-million-new-reasons-why-we-shouldnt-trust-anything-coming-from-china-right-now/

[Ron]

For Ron: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rei-extends-store-closures-and-furloughs-many-of-its-workers-for-90-days-ceo-gives-up-pay-for-six-months/

It was inevitable, can't keep paying people to stay home indefinitely.

Tough times for big companies also.

[DittoHead]

All of his comments downplaying the virus are him repeating what the experts at those two organizations were saying.

Trump is well known for ignoring the experts, even disdaining them, and people love him for it. What an unfortunate time to have started listening to them.

[Ron]

Trump is well known for ignoring the experts, even disdaining them, and people love him for it. What an unfortunate time to have started listening to them.

He pivoted to defying them pretty quick with the China/EU travel bans so there's that ...

Trump deserves credit for shutting down flights from China and the EU when he did, he was in front of all the experts on that call.

[WLJ]

Reason #867,108,421 why I hate some people.
Things are bad enough in the stores without yahoos likes this

Massachusetts shoppers tackle man after allegedly coughing, spitting on produce amid coronavirus outbreak
https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-shoppers-tackle-man-produce-coronavirus

[WLJ]

And another

Walmart patron sprays cashier in the eyes with Lysol over coronavirus limit, police say
https://www.foxnews.com/health/walmart-patron-mass-sprays-cashier-eyes-lysol-over-pandemic-limit-police-say

Which begs the question: Considering the fact you may not know what they're spraying you with at the moment, are even if that matters, would it be justifiable to shoot the person in a situation like this? I figure the MSM would roast you no matter what.

[Perd Hapley]

Trump is well known for ignoring the experts, even disdaining them, and people love him for it. What an unfortunate time to have started listening to them.

I don't know. Maybe, like everyone else, his trust in experts depends on his perception of their competence, and whether or not they're talking about their actual area of expertise, and whether his own point of view/experience/knowledge aligns or conflicts with what they're saying.

On the other hand, I know it's tempting to treat Donald Trump as a sort of cartoon character like that. I get it.

[ConstitutionCowboy]

...
 Says the buddy is now a 2 star and that "they" are planning on a full on country wide lock down in about 2 weeks that will include stopping all trucking for a full month.
Makes me wonder how many packages of TP this guy has stashed.
 

I wonder how many people realize the complete shitshow that would result from shutting down trucking for a month...

It would be outright war. Some of us could make it for a month with what we have. Not so much for what I would guess is somewhere between 90% and 95% of everyone else.

I'd bet there would be a few heavily armed rogue convoys rolling across the land bringing edibles to the starving masses.

Civil war, etc.

If you have a backhoe, start digging graves.

Woody

[Ben]

If I were a New Yorker, I'd be inclined to gather 500 of my friends and show up at Prospect Park for a walk.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/04/07/bill-de-blasio-explains-why-nys-stay-at-home-order-doesnt-apply-to-his-daily-11-mile-drive-to-brooklyn-so-he-can-take-a-walk/

[WLJ]

This joke works way better verbally than it does in a written format.

Expert
X  = Unknown quantity
Use your imagination on spurt

Sadly it's reality far too often