Maybe they can think about it like farm subsides for bartenders and waiters.
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US PoliEra 2020 |OT4| Disaster Voltron
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I mean thats obvious but this has being a massive issue for awhile now and no one thought this big supply could help people really?
Anyways I glad they are finally getting something
States have been asking the government to deploy our strategic reserves of medical supplies. The administration had so far been unwilling.
I imagine a proportion of it is either in additional capacity on bases, in storage or on hospital ships. Each hospital ship (there are two in service) has 80 ICU berths, they're no joke. And frankly I wouldn't put it past the DOD to have a massive cache of medical supplies including equipment
I get all of that... and I swear to fuck I'll stop talking about it after this post... The hard part is the fear that comes with being in such a bad spot is creating a feedback loop of mental health issues that make it even harder to try and fix it. I don't have 'talk to a lawyer money'. I'd pick getting some health insurance over that, but I can't even go that far because I barely cover my bills as is. I'm sure there is someone that would look at my case, but I don't even have the time or resources to seek that person out. It's all spiraled out of control. I truly appreciate everyone's responses, but I'm going to step back a bit for a few days because I never meant to draw this much attention.
I didn't even know there was a difference between a ventilator and a respirator. Add it to the pile of terrible facts that reality has forced me to learn these past 4 years.
Our President doesn't believe in organized leadership. Everyone under him is in a perpetual zero-sum contest for adulation, leaving them with no reason to ever work together. So yeah, the answer to "Why didn't the military help HHS sooner?" is self evident -- it will hurt their standing in the hunger games
The US maintains a national stockpile of medications and supplies for pandemic response and other medical disasters that threaten American society.
I'm assuming that the stockpile has now been freed up to be distributed as needed.
So who else here has made a grocery run in the last day or so? Just got back from mine and was expecting it to be both barren in terms of stock and packed with people. But no, it was basically like a normal day. Plenty of people wearing gloves and masks, though. Pretty much every restaurant around here that's normally packed was deserted.
How's it been in your area?
How's it been in your area?
Because they're the ones hardest hit. For some reason this thing gets far, far worse with age for reasons that aren't the normal "old people" ones as it causes their immune system to go into a downward spiral. Infants and young kids aren't hit very hard by the disease at all.
Many grocers and companies have emphasized that supply is flowing just fine and there'd be plenty if people would just breathe and stop panic buying. I'm glad to see that your local store is managing.
They put a limit on 10 people in stores at a time here in Portugal, so now there's a line outside to buy supplies....
Jeffrey Stein on Twitter
“.@SenWarren's conditions for bailouts: 1- Payrolls must be maintained; 2- Companies must enact $15/hr min wage by 1 year after emergency ends; 3- Prohibition on buybacks, dividends, executive bonuses for min. 3 years; 4- Companies must turn 1 board seat over to workers”
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Yep!
In my area, you can't get beans, rice, sanitizer, or disinfectant wipes, but everything else seems okay.
Toilet paper and paper towels are hard to come by at supermarkets, but easy to come by at drug stores.
This is it.
Toilet paper and paper towels are hard to come by at supermarkets, but easy to come by at drug stores.
Jeffrey Stein on Twitter
“.@SenWarren's conditions for bailouts: 1- Payrolls must be maintained; 2- Companies must enact $15/hr min wage by 1 year after emergency ends; 3- Prohibition on buybacks, dividends, executive bonuses for min. 3 years; 4- Companies must turn 1 board seat over to workers”
Yep!
This is it.
Yeah, the obvious panic buy items (hand sanitizer, soap, toilet paper, bottled water etc.) were all long gone but no problem with any food items.
Damn. Really hope it doesn't get this bad here in my town. 😔
Jeffrey Stein on Twitter
“.@SenWarren's conditions for bailouts: 1- Payrolls must be maintained; 2- Companies must enact $15/hr min wage by 1 year after emergency ends; 3- Prohibition on buybacks, dividends, executive bonuses for min. 3 years; 4- Companies must turn 1 board seat over to workers”
Yep!
That's great. Doubt it happens, though. There might be some form of string attached, but the republicans would never let that much stand.
Yeah its a shame I would have thought precautions would have being taken sigh
Yeah thats why it pisses me off so much to see that "Boomer Remover " gross shit ughhhhh
Statement from Governor's Office on Lt. Governor's response to recent action to protect the health and safety of North Carolinians. #ncpol
It is nasty.
If I recall my Wikipedia-ing correctly, young people's healthier immune systems worked against them during the Spanish flu. Their bodies fought too intensely and produced some lethal autoimmune response (some kind of storm?).
I went to a local chain grocery store a few days ago and while I was there they were out of onions and potatoes. I had never seen that before. I was able to get pretty much everything else I was looking for, with some obvious shortages.
Jeffrey Stein on Twitter
“.@SenWarren's conditions for bailouts: 1- Payrolls must be maintained; 2- Companies must enact $15/hr min wage by 1 year after emergency ends; 3- Prohibition on buybacks, dividends, executive bonuses for min. 3 years; 4- Companies must turn 1 board seat over to workers”
We coulda had a bad bitch...
Restaurants are empty and the grocery store earlier wasn't packed, kinda like a normal day with gloves and masks.
Plutocracy is what funds the entire GOP machine. They need the racists and the fundies for the votes, but they need big business for the money. Welfare for whites won't work unless big business finds some other party to go to, and they can't go to the Democrats.
Maybe we can get big business to push for a multiparty system...
Edit: also, I forgot what I was supposed to request a thread title change to. Any help?
I totally understand, because I'm the same way. I can get most of my problems out of the way before they are a problem but once I'm behind on one I get REALLY behind. I have fought off constant anxiety about my MA thesis for over 2 years now and am only getting back on track, weirdly enough, due to working from home during this situation.
Went to two places with the grandmother yesterday. One is a major grocer. Most stuff was fine, but obviously toilet paper, cleaning supplies, bread, and eggs were decimated. Second place was a large but local meat market where they raise and butcher their own animals. Had to wait in line to get in due to the state's 100 people gathering rule, and the deli side was a nightmare but getting in, grabbing frozen stuff, and getting out was no issue. They were totally out of chicken thighs, though.
Cytokine storm.
Cytokine release syndrome - Wikipedia
It's worth watching the whole clip. He's blaming the press for not giving him better credit for doing a "fantastic" job, and then sort of cavalierly talking about maybe it's our fault for not buttering the press up more.
I'm trying to limit my grocery trips so I've only gone once since Thursday, but when I went certain sections were pretty wiped out -- you'd think paper towels, toilet paper, eggs, and beans never existed before lol. Carrots too, strangely. But it was otherwise fairly normal with a moderate, maybe less than normal crowd.
Our local bodega-type stores are actually in much better shape; you wouldn't think there was anything different happening.
He realized how easy it is to fool the media, and population. Turns out he wasn't kidding about acting presidential at one of his rally.
If this keeps up, the media, and the pundits will build him an altar.
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The GOP's consistent through-line throughout its entire existence is that it's been the party of Big Business. Many other things have varied, that one's never changed. Even in the Civil War days, due to the North being industrialized.
I was shocked when I read the tweet, until I listened to it and it was...what I expected
He called it a hoax. He let HHS workers get in contact with it, then bring it into the country. He insisted on repatriation and screwed that up too. Then let it into the country from other travelers.
Then an immediate measure was needed, after weeks of hedging and days of selfish market manipulation attempts and mockery from the Senate, which stalled the efforts.
There is no outflanking. There is just a narrative that people are especially attracted to.
Jeffrey Stein on Twitter
“.@SenWarren's conditions for bailouts: 1- Payrolls must be maintained; 2- Companies must enact $15/hr min wage by 1 year after emergency ends; 3- Prohibition on buybacks, dividends, executive bonuses for min. 3 years; 4- Companies must turn 1 board seat over to workers”
Yep!
Somehow I don't think she would be signing the same tune if she was 30 years older.
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