Coronavirus Thread IV: Legends, Laments and Lockdowns

[Gormwood]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

Cain is 74. 9-9-9 has been replaced by 9-1-1

Ouch.

[Outer Sparta]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

I forgot about Herman Cain until that news broke out.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

I forgot about Herman Cain until that news broke out.

Who's Herman Cain again?
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[Outer Sparta]

I forgot about Herman Cain until that news broke out.

Who's Herman Cain again?
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He unsuccessfully ran for the GOP nomination in 2012, is a Tea Party activist, a businessman, and has a radio show. I had to search him up after the news with him getting the coronavirus to know more about him.

[Kannap]

Who's Herman Cain again?
<.< >.>

He unsuccessfully ran for the GOP nomination in 2012, is a Tea Party activist, a businessman, and has a radio show. I had to search him up after the news with him getting the coronavirus to know more about him.

Part of me was also thinking, "Wasn't he on Trump's cabinet? Surely that's noteworthy..."

That was Ben Carson. I forgot how meme both these men were and got them confused as the same person.

[The Black Forrest]

He unsuccessfully ran for the GOP nomination in 2012, is a Tea Party activist, a businessman, and has a radio show. I had to search him up after the news with him getting the coronavirus to know more about him.

Part of me was also thinking, "Wasn't he on Trump's cabinet? Surely that's noteworthy..."

That was Ben Carson. I forgot how meme both these men were and got them confused as the same person.

Well? Cain did show up at Tulsa without a mask.

[Salandriagado]

At least a few: I'm very unlikely to end up getting vaccinated, at least early on: I'm about as confirmed immune as anybody gets (by which I mean "I'm donating plasma tomorrow") and I have no close contacts at all, so I'm very much at the bottom of the list of people that you want to get vaccinated early on.

Oh you have already had it? That's cool to help out.

Though the thought of the swab going a couple inches up my nostril creeps me out.

Antibody tests are much less unpleasant: they're a blood test (so in my case, they just checked my regular donation, but if you aren't donating, it's just like any other blood test).

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Oh you have already had it? That's cool to help out.

Though the thought of the swab going a couple inches up my nostril creeps me out.

Antibody tests are much less unpleasant: they're a blood test (so in my case, they just checked my regular donation, but if you aren't donating, it's just like any other blood test).

I had a nasal swab and it wasn't that unpleasant. To me; maybe noses differ.
If I had a choice between a blood test (which hurts) or a nasal swab, I'd take the swab.

[Tombradyonia]

Trump: It'll go away

Covid: *kills 20,000*

Trump: maybe it'll go away by Easter

Covid: *kills 50,000*

Trump: "It'll go away probably."

Covid: *kills 110,000*

Trump: It'll go away someday (I hope)

Covid: *kills 130,000*

Maybe he'll gather his Evangelical disciples and try to exorcize the coronavirus. "The Power Of Me Compels You..."

The one time he truly has the biggest numbers, and he doesn't want to take the "credit"...

[Gormwood]

Maybe he'll gather his Evangelical disciples and try to exorcize the coronavirus. "The Power Of Me Compels You..."

The one time he truly has the biggest numbers, and he doesn't want to take the "credit"...

[The Black Forrest]

Antibody tests are much less unpleasant: they're a blood test (so in my case, they just checked my regular donation, but if you aren't donating, it's just like any other blood test).

I had a nasal swab and it wasn't that unpleasant. To me; maybe noses differ.
If I had a choice between a blood test (which hurts) or a nasal swab, I'd take the swab.

I am the opposite. Blood draws don't bother me. I donate all the time as my blood is something the like to get. I always forget what it is...some factor that is hard to get....

[Vetalia]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

You'd think a 74 year old black guy (which is a double tap in terms of coronavirus hospitalization/lethality) would be a lot more careful.

[Galloism]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

You'd think a 74 year old black guy (which is a double tap in terms of coronavirus hospitalization/lethality) would be a lot more careful.

Triple tap.

I know that’s not a term, but being older, black, and male are all risk factors.

[Outer Sparta]

Part of me was also thinking, "Wasn't he on Trump's cabinet? Surely that's noteworthy..."

That was Ben Carson. I forgot how meme both these men were and got them confused as the same person.

Well? Cain did show up at Tulsa without a mask.

I would like to know the proportion of people at that rally wearing a mask. My guess would be 10% since mask wearing wasn't really prioritized for rally goers.

[Rojava Free State]

Well? Cain did show up at Tulsa without a mask.

I would like to know the proportion of people at that rally wearing a mask. My guess would be 10% since mask wearing wasn't really prioritized for rally goers.

Maybe 1%.

[Shamhnan Insir]

Swiss authorities finally push for masks on public transport in the wake of a resurgence of cases. Since that announcement the changes in behaviour are remarkable from a people who were once again cramming themselves onto morning trains only a couple of days ago.

My hopes of getting a holiday before shit continues to hit the fan are fading fast thanks to Sturgeons ego and blind nationalism. Guess I'll be stuck here for more time yet.

[The Alma Mater]

Herman Cain now in hospital after just days ago comparing COVID to a weakening little flu.

Well...

You'd think a 74 year old black guy (which is a double tap in terms of coronavirus hospitalization/lethality) would be a lot more careful.

Don't be silly. Beliefs always trump reality. If your beliefs dictate something is X, you will ignore all contradicting evidence.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

You'd think a 74 year old black guy (which is a double tap in terms of coronavirus hospitalization/lethality) would be a lot more careful.

Don't be silly. Beliefs always trump reality. If your beliefs dictate something is X, you will ignore all contradicting evidence.

Near-death experiences are famous for changing people's beliefs. Though I'm not saying Cain is that sick.

[The Lone Alliance]

So I'm hearing something that having other Coronaviruses recently can give you a false positive on the COVID antibody test?
If so that's likely going to make things worse as people catch a cold think they have COVID antibodies then they get exposed to the real thing.

[Rojava Free State]

He unsuccessfully ran for the GOP nomination in 2012, is a Tea Party activist, a businessman, and has a radio show. I had to search him up after the news with him getting the coronavirus to know more about him.

Part of me was also thinking, "Wasn't he on Trump's cabinet? Surely that's noteworthy..."

That was Ben Carson. I forgot how meme both these men were and got them confused as the same person.

It's easy to confuse republican black men despite there being only 5 of them.

[Salandriagado]

Antibody tests are much less unpleasant: they're a blood test (so in my case, they just checked my regular donation, but if you aren't donating, it's just like any other blood test).

I had a nasal swab and it wasn't that unpleasant. To me; maybe noses differ.
If I had a choice between a blood test (which hurts) or a nasal swab, I'd take the swab.

It's literally a fingerprick test in most cases.

[Rojava Free State]

At least a few: I'm very unlikely to end up getting vaccinated, at least early on: I'm about as confirmed immune as anybody gets (by which I mean "I'm donating plasma tomorrow") and I have no close contacts at all, so I'm very much at the bottom of the list of people that you want to get vaccinated early on.

Oh you have already had it? That's cool to help out.

Though the thought of the swab going a couple inches up my nostril creeps me out.

It may not be as bad as you think.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

I had a nasal swab and it wasn't that unpleasant. To me; maybe noses differ.
If I had a choice between a blood test (which hurts) or a nasal swab, I'd take the swab.

It's literally a fingerprick test in most cases.

Oh! That kind of blood test. I've had a lot of blood tests, 5ml and 10ml these last few years. Trying to work out what's wrong with my brain. By now I'm like "It's the fucking pituitary, I need a fucking MRI, think of the taxpayer!" but the docs are always "let's have another general hormone test, shall we?" Hormones are all over the place, but that's normal, best explanation I've heard is that nanoscale aliens have landed in the middle of my head, and they're pumping out random enzymes and waiting for feedback.

Fingerprick tests don't hurt much at all. I would rate that below the discomfort of a nasal swab. And that below a vein extraction of blood. None of them are any big deal, but remember that to some people, the pain of a vaccination IS a big deal. They build a whole belief system off it.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Oh you have already had it? That's cool to help out.

Though the thought of the swab going a couple inches up my nostril creeps me out.

It may not be as bad as you think.

Media bias.

Before they realized what they were doing, AV media distributed the most graphic pictures they could get, of people having a swab shoved up their nose. Wincing. Rapid blinking, eye clamping. Media can't help itself, the most emotive images are best. Some people over-react to a small amount of pain, or a moderate amount of discomfort. Those people went to air the same night.

Well I don't really follow social media, because I assume that on average it is worse. Did social media promote better expectations of a nasal swab? More balanced? Better? Worse?

I didn't mind it so much (the nasal swab). Actually made me wonder why I never used an implement to pick my nose, actually, top notch business idea right there! The Snort-a-Sorter, no more snot ever.

[Rojava Free State]

It may not be as bad as you think.

Media bias.

Before they realized what they were doing, AV media distributed the most graphic pictures they could get, of people having a swab shoved up their nose. Wincing. Rapid blinking, eye clamping. Media can't help itself, the most emotive images are best. Some people over-react to a small amount of pain, or a moderate amount of discomfort. Those people went to air the same night.

Well I don't really follow social media, because I assume that on average it is worse. Did social media promote better expectations of a nasal swab? More balanced? Better? Worse?

I didn't mind it so much (the nasal swab). Actually made me wonder why I never used an implement to pick my nose, actually, top notch business idea right there! The Snort-a-Sorter, no more snot ever.

Andrew Cuomo got one and he was alright.