Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

And another day of What The Fuck comes to a close:

“We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we’re being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?” -- Guy Ritchie

Deaths
US: 47,676 (+2336)
World: 184,2223 (+6582)

Countdown: 195 days.

WHO chief urges U.S. to reconsider funding, says 'virus will be with us for a long time'.

Financial doomsday: State, local governments face layoffs, service cuts, projects derailed.

McConnell says he favors state bankruptcy over more federal aid. McConnell said in a radio interview that Republicans would not support giving state and local governments more money in future coronavirus aid legislation, saying those funds could end up being used to bail out state pensions. Speaking on Hugh Hewitt’s syndicated conservative talk radio show, McConnell said he instead “would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route.”

There is no anti-lockdown protest movement. There are protests, but this isn’t a movement, and it’s not the Tea Party 2.0.

Fox News stars have been cheerleading protests against state lockdown orders — yet rarely noting the health risks involved in those very demonstrations. -- Stop watching Fox News.

U.N. warns of 'hunger pandemic' amid threats of coronavirus, economic downturn. An additional 130 million people could be on the brink of starvation by the end of 2020 as a result of the outbreak and its economic ramifications.

Director of key federal vaccine agency says his departure was retaliation. The director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine says he was abruptly dismissed from his post in part because he resisted efforts to widen the availability of a coronavirus treatment pushed by President Donald Trump.

As the coronavirus has begun to appear to be linked to kidney issues, a new round of ethical questions are being raised about who gets treatment and who doesn’t.

People with obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure are at greater risk for complications from coronavirus, according to a large study of hospitalized patients with the illness.

Covid-19 causes sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say.

'I'd love everything open': Las Vegas mayor's coronavirus interview sparks ire. “Well, how do you know unless you have a control group?” she said, adding that she had offered to let Las Vegas be a control group but was rebuffed by statisticians. -- There’s more. This lady is a whack-job.


Southern states largely go it alone in reopening decisions.

New Study Shows Nearly 9 in 10 Covid-19 Patients on Ventilators Don’t Make It.

Trump mum on hydroxychloroquine as early trials falter, but sick Americans still taking desperate measures to fill prescriptions

Fox News falls out of love with hydroxychloroquine. The quiet abandonment of hydroxychloroquine comes as studies indicate it is not an effective treatment against the coronavirus. -- Both Fox News and Trump repeatedly told the country they believed hydroxychloroquine was a potential cure without any evidence. Why should they be trusted on anything ever again?

The Pentagon Will Use AI to Predict Panic Buying, COVID-19 Hotspots.

Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data: While the star it orbits is much smaller than our Sun, it gets about 75 percent of the sunlight Earth does.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.

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