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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Taro T replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The original plan as of when the ship docked was to use the hospital ship to take non-COVID patients so the COVID patients could be kept together and non-COVID patients wouldn't come in contact with it. No data on why that plan flipped. News reports made it seem like that was an 'oops' on the part of the people running logistics but don't know that that was the case. Also don't know why neither the ship non convention center was utilized in any meaningful way. But would really know to know why that was. -
A couple more comments like that and ALL of upstate will turn on him. (We won't be able to get rid of all D run government at the state level, but maybe we could get a different gov. C'mon Andy, talk trash about beef on weck and Zweigels too. Double dog dare ya.)
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Taro T replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The hospital ship was supposed to be for NON-COVID patients, but they were sent COVID patients anyway, so that plan changed and there were several hundred available beds for nursing home patients on the ship. (IIRC, only 77 patients went to the hospital ship & only 3 went to the Javits Center; which could've worked wonders to keep non-COVID Nursing Home patients COVID-free.) -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Taro T replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Agree with a lot of this. But, unless the plan is to drag out the virus spreading until after there is a vaccine (which could be available anytime between Friday and never) eventually a complete lockdown will end and the virus will spread through the population when the lockdown ends. We delay the inevitable, but don't prevent it. And if the idea is to get to "herd immunity" then lockdown the vulnerable tightly & don't lockdown the rest until the heavy transmission starts & then lockdown just enough to keep from overwhelming the healthcare system in that particular area. Try to keep the transmission rate manageable. If the goal is something else other than 1 of the 2 extremes, state it explicitly and let people know what the plan is to reach THAT goal. And getting back to Cuomo, won't criticize him for decisions made in March; but by mid-April at the latest he needed to rescind that Nursing Home directive. He still had the Navy Medical Ship & the converted Javits Center available both sitting nearly empty to use as temporary housing for the nursing home residents to stay after they were well enough to leave the hospital but were still contagious. How many lives would've been saved changing that order 3-4 weeks earlier than it was? And the subways were handled about as poorly as possible- they cut down on the # of trains running, crowding the remaining riders into tighter spaces but didn't stop train service at any hours to allow for ACTUAL disinfection rather than simply wiping them down for a few minutes at night. The disinfection via UV should've been happening by April 15 as well. Really expecting we'll find in hindsight that what finally slowed the spread in NYC was they'd already reached / approached herd immunity after having it rage through for close to 2 months. Would explain why LA & other major cities are getting hit hard now, but with similar behavior by its residents that NYC isn't seeing a 2nd wave commensurate to these other places initial waves. -
Hmmmm, BladieBlah doesn't like others scoring political points off of the increase in the NYC crime rate. If only there were a way to keep people from making a big deal of increasing crime rates? Perhaps not implementing policies that can easily be predicted to cause crime rates to increase? Nah, too easy.
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The freedoms to deface others' property, the freedom to destroy public property, & the freedom to assault others for starters.
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That sounds about right. Good luck w/ it.
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Ra-cha-cha. Would assume those others as well.
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Teams are able to rent ice starting this weekend. So, they're pick up games for adults, but it beats no hockey.
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Hockey rinks are opening back up in those areas of NYS that were in the 1st regions to enter Phase 4.
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Could be their 3rd best source of intelligence behind their facilities in DC & the Bay Area. (May be behind Boston area as well?) Major research in medical, aerospace, & petrochemicals at a minimum there. (Probably IT as well.)
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Umm, newsflash, EVERY consulate is a massive spy center. (Glad it was closed down due to ours not being reopened, but just sayin'.)
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Be thankful for small favors.
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Can somebody please explain when painted text on pavement became a "mural." We've had murals before railroad tracks & school zones for decades and nobody knew. Maybe it's the yellow paint that makes them "murals?"
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Trump Wants To Regulate Google
Taro T replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Wonder if anybody on the right will be smart enough to come after these platforms for violating campaign finance laws via these "in kind" removals of speech that would be/ were opposing leftists? There has to be a great value to the left leaning groups otherwise Twitter & others wouldn't be doing this. Realize that they're trying to get them considered to be "publishers" as they are now editing the content rather than just hosting it. And that seems like it should be a successful tactic, but it seems there's room to target their actions from a different angle as well. -
Sport "slogans" or quotes that stay with you..
Taro T replied to dwight in philly's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Yogi, you want your pizza cut into 4 or 8 slices? 4. Not hungry enough to eat 8. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Taro T replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Without seeing the details of the other "Broward County emergency orders" not sure what situations would call for the mask in a person's own home. Though on the surface, that does seem ridiculously onerous. But would expect it to be as ridiculous as it seems at 1st blush as this is one of the 2 counties that were so bad at counting votes 20 years ago EVERYBODY ELSE had to get new voting machines. (Presumably to mitigate the possibility somebody from Broward or Dade county might move elsewhere and spread their ineptness. ) -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
And if you can show a clip of him doxxing somebody in his capacity as a talking head will absolutely agree that he has done what he is accusing the NYT of planning to do & that it is as despicable as what the NYT plans to do. But you are comparing as essentially equivalent the major newspaper in the US doxxing someone intentionally with a commenter to a website partially owned by a very well known cable news network talking head doxxing someone. And you are assigning equal culpability between the talking head and the NYT editors and publisher. Without additional information about the DC doxxing, just simply see no basis for that equivalency. -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Umm, active doxxing by the most widely read newspaper in this country is the same as a commenter on a website doxxing someone? Truly don't agree with that take. Have seen people doxxed right here on this site. Our leader and the moderators take action, but it has happened. Doesn't mean they support it. Without more info, would put the DC doxxing more akin to that which occasionally happens here than what the NYT has been threatening to do. Ane yes, the NYT should (& does) know better than to doxx someone. That they are even considering to intentionally do so is extremely problematic. And it begs the questions of Why would they do that? & Why would a supposed bastion of support for free speech be in favor of doing something directly aligned to stifle free speech? -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Not that any doxxing is right, but as near as can tell, it looks like the doxxing that Carlson is accused of occurred in the comments section of a website he is part owner of. Agree that the website should be better at taking stuff like that down, but not sure how they keep stuff like that from getting posted at all unless all comments are pre-moderated. Does any site do that? There seems, again IMHO, a bit of a difference between a newspaper planning to (as it seems the NYT hasn't published his new address yet, and hopefully they don't) doxx someone & a commenter to a website posting that information. -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Don't watch his show. If you don't mind telling, who has he doxxed in the past? -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Taro T replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
NB, you're a good guy. But this is a really bad take IMHO. You know darn well that in the current climate doxxing him is a call for defacing of his property at minimum and likely significantly worse. If being arrogant was worthy of that treatment there are several thousand celebrities (in several arenas) that need to start hiring private security for everyone they care about. And this country would be taking a major step towards becoming a 3rd rate republic. Civilization doesn't advance, nor even stay together, under mob rule. -
Sport "slogans" or quotes that stay with you..
Taro T replied to dwight in philly's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
He shoots, he scores! - Foster Hewitt It's pandemonium, it's fandemonium, it's Fann-tas-tick - Van Miller during greatest game ever played. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-LA-FONTAINE Somebody call the cops Roll the highlight reel - Rick Jeanerret (And one of RJ's that hopefully someday will stop being an earwig - Smehlik clears the puck ... not out.) It's a great day for hockey. - "Badger" Bob Johnson NOBODY circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills - Chris Berman