Punshhh
And what about our precious bodily fluids, I hear that 5G technology is used to control the virus and weaken the life force?the doomsday machine is terrifying. It's simple to understand. And completely credible, and convincing
Merkwurdichliebe
You'll be gone soon then. — Baden
Merkwurdichliebe
Because a lot of humans are inferior to a virus. — unenlightened
Baden

praxis
overhyped boogey-virus, that is for pussies and cowards. — Merkwurdichliebe
Hanover
Hopefully that will put an end to the conspiracy theory that the virus is still raging over there. — Baden
Baden
Merkwurdichliebe
Studly brave dudes don’t practice social distancing or wear masks etc? — praxis
Metaphysician Undercover
I frequently practiced social distancing and wore masks on the reg. — Merkwurdichliebe
Punshhh
ssu
Likely the numbers are underestimated. But not much.Look, they took extreme measures against the virus. I've seen vids of guys in Hazmat suits dragging people out of their apartments for not obeying quarantine. Food being delivered on sticks. 76 days of lockdown in Wuhan just ended. Etc etc. Harsh, but effective. Doesn't mean their fatality figures aren't understated. But it's pretty clear to me that they have done well and why. — Baden
Of course. Who would need an international organization to fight pandemics?I just heard him saying that the WHO is China centric, and he's going to review US funding of the WHO. — Punshhh
Streetlight
unenlightened
What's going on with France? — Benkei
praxis
ssu
As of Monday afternoon, 2,738 New York City residents have died from ‘confirmed’ cases of COVID-19, according to the city Department of Health. That’s an average of 245 a day since the previous Monday.
But another 200 city residents are now dying at home each day, compared to 20 to 25 such deaths before the pandemic, said Aja Worthy-Davis, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office. And an untold number of them are unconfirmed.
That’s because the ME’s office is not testing dead bodies for COVID-19. Instead, they’re referring suspected cases to the city’s health department as “probable.”
“If someone dies at home, and we go to the home and there [are] signs of influenza, our medical examiner may determine the cause of death was clearly an influenza-like illness, potentially COVID or an influenza-like illness believed to be COVID,” said Worthy-Davis. “We report all our deaths citywide to the health department, who releases that data to the public.” But the health department does not include that number in the official count unless it is confirmed, a spokesman said.
Hanover
So basically you could double the numbers and get a rough number of the actual deaths. — ssu
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