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Anecdotal reports from the front lines:

Jogged by a testing station around 9:30 am and it was completely empty. SF/CA got this as long as LA gets it under control. SF currently has about 500 cases for their roughly 1MM population.

Ant in Italy in her 70s had fever and cough for weeks and tested positive, but no pneumonia. After they gave her Zithromax she recovered instantly and has been fever free for almost 14 days. BF of similar age was admitted to the hospital with beginning pneumonia but also is recovering after getting Zithromax. Most have blood type 0 which may help according to initial studies.

Old people without masks or trash bag armor, who are being screamed at in Walmart, have died of stress heart attacks. They are being counted as Covid-19 deaths.

Shaman says

WookieMan says

Fucking gross ass fingernails. This hand looks like AIDS.

Mine look worse on the regular, but I’m a mechanic so that’s natural.

Oh my finger nails get nasty too. If I'm going to make a meme or take a photo that was likely sent to other people, I'd at least clean up as best I can. That was more of the point. It was literally the first thing I noticed before reading what the meme was about.

The vast majority of the CA cases are in LA, 35% of total. The rest is doing relatively OK. SF grew by 6% yesterday, so curve is flattening more rapidly now in the bay area.

The initial dose of the virus seems to be very important:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/these-coronavirus-exposures-might-be-the-most-dangerous/ar-BB122vLd

The importance of viral dose is being overlooked in discussions of the coronavirus. As with any other poison, viruses are usually more dangerous in larger amounts. Small initial exposures tend to lead to mild or asymptomatic infections, while larger doses can be lethal.

From a policy perspective, we need to consider that not all exposures to the coronavirus may be the same. Stepping into an office building that once had someone with the coronavirus in it is not as dangerous as sitting next to that infected person for an hourlong train commute.

This may seem obvious, but many people are not making this distinction. We need to focus more on preventing high-dose infection.

Patrick says

This is why I was thinking that we should see growth in deaths drop before growth in total cases. But that's not what the experts say will happen. In any case you can watch the number of deaths, if you think that increased testing causing exaggerated numbers of new cases.

Probably only increased testing of asymptomatic cases would cause hat he's suggesting.

Patrick says

Italy tested a whole small town and found that 50% to 75% of infected people there showed no symptoms. So it's consistent.

That seems to bear out locally as well:

Europe continues to decline in cases, Spain had lowest deaths since March 26. The US leftoid lamestream media are still dooming and glooming the shit out of orange man bad!s country cause they hate America and are rooting for deaths and recession.

7% growth in SF yesterday. Probably still mostly backlogged testing coming in. Backlog reduced from 60k to 13k tests for CA. So in the coming days the increases for CA will become more representative as the backlog vanishes.

Since the Democrats want to load these stimulus bills with their political agenda, Republicans should put Voter ID in the next one.

There was a pop up testing clinic that started here Friday. For $75 you can get a test now no questions asked which will see if you’ve had it already, or maybe are getting over it, in 15 minutes. They also offered a currently sick test which takes 2 days and cost $125. They did it out of your car in a large drive through line. The line was ridiculously long, lots of nice cars full of people who probably had health insurance. But testing just hasn’t been available. So people are willing to pay out of pocket to know. The testing center said they found 30 cases in 3 hours the first day.
On a personal note: I got the antibody test and nope I have not had the Rona. Something to look forward to I guess! Not.

Shaman says

There was a pop up testing clinic that started here Friday. For $75 you can get a test now no questions asked which will see if you’ve had it already, or maybe are getting over it, in 15 minutes. They also offered a currently sick test which takes 2 days and cost $125. They did it out of your car in a large drive through line. The line was ridiculously long, lots of nice cars full of people who probably had health insurance. But testing just hasn’t been available. So people are willing to pay out of pocket to know. The testing center said they found 30 cases in 3 hours the first day.
On a personal note: I got the antibody test and nope I have not had the Rona. Something to look forward to I guess! Not.

Told ya ;) We have the tents at major hospitals. Jogged by one yesterday and it was empty but it may have been busier later that day. Those AB tests are good they should enable people with proven ABs to return to work and play asap.

Shaman says

There was a pop up testing clinic that started here Friday. For $75 you can get a test now no questions asked which will see if you’ve had it already, or maybe are getting over it, in 15 minutes. They also offered a currently sick test which takes 2 days and cost $125. They did it out of your car in a large drive through line. The line was ridiculously long, lots of nice cars full of people who probably had health insurance. But testing just hasn’t been available. So people are willing to pay out of pocket to know. The testing center said they found 30 cases in 3 hours the first day.
On a personal note: I got the antibody test and nope I have not had the Rona. Something to look forward to I guess! Not.

Do you have a link or ad or something?

The media has people so twisted that people were calling me an idiot and much worse when I said everyone will be able to get tested starting sometime late in April and that will really crush this because positive people will know to completely quarantine. I’d like to be able to let these mouth breathers know how horribly wrong they were.

Idiots really as they thought that President Trump caused the lack of tests.

Not really, but where are you based? This was Orange County at the Westminster mall off the 405, 9AM-12PM in the parking lot every day now I think.

CovfefeButDeadly says

Idiots really as they thought that President Trump caused the lack of tests.

It was the legacy FDA and CDC bureaucracies which insisted on banning all non approved tests at the start which was everything they hadn’t developed and they hadn’t developed anything yet that worked or was in any way efficient. Trump has been working to cut through that red tape and expedite matters, dragging the needle dicks along by their scrotums to get their jobs done.

The tests they are giving at the mall parking lot are from China. The doctor in charge there got FDA acquiescence if not approval to run these tests.

French test:

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/live/2020/04/05/coronavirus-aux-etats-unis-trump-annonce-une-periode-qui-va-etre-vraiment-horrible_6035613_3244.html

Le coronavirus en direct : plus de 520 nouveaux morts en Italie, le bilan quotidien le plus bas depuis plus de deux semaines

Les nouveaux chiffres de la mortalité en Italie, où le bilan total frôle les 16 000 décès, laissent espérer un ralentissement de l’épidémie. Dans les autres pays d’Europe, comme en Italie, les autorités craignent un relâchement du confinement.

Let's see, maybe this:

The coronavirus directly: more than 520 new deaths in Italy, the lowest daily balance in two weeks

The new numbers for the mortality in Italy, where the total number of deaths is 16,000, lets one hope for a relenting in the epidemic. In the other countries of Europe, like in Italy, the authorities consider a relaxing of confinement.

Now an online translation to check it:

Coronavirus live: more than 520 new deaths in Italy, the lowest daily toll for more than two weeks

New figures for mortality in Italy, where the total toll is close to 16,000, suggest that the epidemic will slow down. In other European countries, such as Italy, the authorities fear a loosening of containment.

OK, "consider" was a mistake in translation, darn. Should be that authorities fear a loosening of containment.

https://spectator.us/many-people-covid-19-dont-even-know/

That is the point made by Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghen of Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, who did not mince their words when they wrote on the center’s website last Monday: ‘Lockdown is going to bankrupt all of us and our descendants and is unlikely at this point to slow or halt viral circulation as the genie is out of the bottle. What the current situation boils down to is this: is economic meltdown a price worth paying to halt or delay what is already amongst us?’

In reaction to the latest data from China, Jefferson goes even further. Noting that the data sample is very small, and thus there is room for some doubt, he tells the BMJ: ‘And even if they are 10 percent out, then this suggests the virus is everywhere. If — and I stress, if — the results are representative, then we have to ask, “What the hell are we locking down for?”’

At the minimum let those that recovered or tested positive for antibodies go back out right away. There's no use for those peole to quarantine at all. Then let the 60 and younger non high risk people out given they wear face masks whenever possible.

Shaman says

Not really, but where are you based? This was Orange County at the Westminster mall off the 405, 9AM-12PM in the parking lot every day now I think.

Ok.

https://www.silive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/coronavirus-deaths-drop-cuomo-says-ny-might-have-reached-apex.html?fbclid=IwAR1jiep2Xp87FqXKZh1bS1rLvQGFZIPKeq7KdBtUCCZBpAvkGOMuB85NdSM

"Coronavirus deaths drop; Cuomo says NY might have reached apex"

25k nationwide total vs 34k the day before.

CovfefeButDeadly says

Idiots really as they thought that President Trump caused the lack of tests.

I remember a couple of weeks ago when the Demmedia Shill Shits were complaining there weren't enough tests, that Trump turned on free tests (a program for turd world countries the US was not eligible for), and we were all going to die.

I believe the number is now 1.6M Americans get tested for Coronavirus.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shows-off-new-rapid-coronavirus-test-kit-in-rose-garden-as-hhs-says-1-million-americans-tested

https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2020/04/05/reporter-asks-trump-close-grocery-stores-coronavirus/

A Reporter Asks Trump Why He Hasn’t Closed All Grocery Stores

Booger says

https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2020/04/05/reporter-asks-trump-close-grocery-stores-coronavirus/

A Reporter Asks Trump Why He Hasn’t Closed All Grocery Stores

As he sits in a room full of people.... Someone should ask if we can shut the press down until the end of April. Kidding. But by his logic asking that question, he shouldn't be there himself. Reporters doing reports in the streets, shouldn't be there.

Fact is I'd venture to guess 20-30% of people are not heeding any of the stay in place requests. People are still getting shot in Chicago. How the fuck should that be happening if you're supposed to stay home?

https://www.toddstarnes.com/coronavirus/appliance-stores-padlocked-in-denver-after-government-declared-businesses-nonessential/

Appliance Stores Padlocked in Denver After Government Declared Businesses Nonessential

Personally I would break out the angle grinder if they did that to me.

Booger says

https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2020/04/05/reporter-asks-trump-close-grocery-stores-coronavirus/

A Reporter Asks Trump Why He Hasn’t Closed All Grocery Stores

Lol, that guy wasn't a reporter actually.

He's a paid propaganda agent. Not even a very smart one.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8191913/Coronavirus-outbreak-predicted-peak-10-days.html

That seems about right.

Local LA news stations are saying don't go to grocery stores this week constantly today, I still have to go to work but grocery is to dangerous.

www.youtube.com/embed/nmUXntGlqFI

www.youtube.com/embed/ixtieePLkV4

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/06/business/allstate-payments-coronavirus/index.html

Auto insurance companies return $800 million in premiums because no one is driving

https://babylonbee.com/news/womans-essential-oils-business-deemed-non-essential

Millions Of Women Outraged As Essential Oils Businesses Deemed Non-Essential

https://babylonbee.com/news/problem-solved-new-york-bans-coronavirus

New York To Raise Taxes On Coronavirus Causing It To Flee State