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[delphonso]

Hear several of those cases in the US of people being served a bill after mandatory testing. Not super cool.

Jordan has its first case as well.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Can denial stop a pandemic? The CDC will certainly find out soon!

[TamerVirus]

Don’t test, don’t tell

[MrRoboto75]

Don’t test, don’t tell

Can't test, won't tell

[Reelya]

This is going to be a shitstorm especially for the USA. It won't matter if the virus isn't that deadly, if it basically spreads unchecked and the system doesn't work to stop it then the question would need to be asked, what if it was a deadlier an also fast-spreading one next time?

BTW I have a colleague who's a guns-and-death-penalty "do you even lift?" / keto anti-soy bro (the kind who thinks Trump is a straight talking good ol' guy and wants someone like that here, too), and he's welcoming the virus, on the belief that it'll "toughen him up". Not wishing ill on anyone but it would be highly ironic if he did get it and it derailed his fine-tuned bro weight lifting thing. I guess the logic there is that if he gets pneumonia but survives, he believes that'll give him super-powers.

[King Zultan]

What'd I miss because I see that something happened here to summon Toady, or did he show up because of what scourge728 said?

[Reelya]

What'd I miss because I see that something happened here to summon Toady, or did he show up because of what scourge728 said?

Pretty much that. You can glean some of the context from the following posts. I'm guessing it was about Boomers.

[delphonso]

Judging by how wide-spread it already is and its low lethality, my buddy and I are betting on this becoming endemic and just part and parcel of the winter season. Hopefully a vaccine/reasonable medication can be developed, though. Preferably one that isn't thousands of dollars.

[King Zultan]

What'd I miss because I see that something happened here to summon Toady, or did he show up because of what scourge728 said?

Pretty much that. You can glean some of the context from the following posts. I'm guessing it was about Boomers.

Ah I figured that was it but I wasn't sure if there more or not, and I did get to see what scourge728 wrote and I thought it was shitty thing to say.

[scriver]

This is going to be a shitstorm especially for the USA. It won't matter if the virus isn't that deadly, if it basically spreads unchecked and the system doesn't work to stop it then the question would need to be asked, what if it was a deadlier an also fast-spreading one next time?

BTW I have a colleague who's a guns-and-death-penalty "do you even lift?" / keto anti-soy bro (the kind who thinks Trump is a straight talking good ol' guy and wants someone like that here, too), and he's welcoming the virus, on the belief that it'll "toughen him up". Not wishing ill on anyone but it would be highly ironic if he did get it and it derailed his fine-tuned bro weight lifting thing. I guess the logic there is that if he gets pneumonia but survives, he believes that'll give him super-powers.

What doesn't kill you makes you asymptomatic carrier

[ChairmanPoo]

So, I think everyone here will love this one, regardless of your thoughts concerning the severity of covid-19.

There's an outbreak in my hometown. No severe cases so far, but there are 10 people with the disease (quarantined in their houses) plus many more quarantined because of contact with the former.

Now... the regional goverment has put up a job offer in which they require people "preferibly epidemiology specialists but it's not required", for "labwork". Wages around 20% less than standard F.E.A (what would be a consultant/attending in UK/US) wages here.

My take? This is a honey pot trap to get cheap doctors to go around the city checking on those ten infected and the quarantined ones.

You see, the advert does not make much sense. An epidemiologist works mainly with statistics. It's office work, not lab work. Now, it could be that they need some extra people to manage excel sheets, but it's far more likely that they want the quarantined people checked and they dont want their regular GPs to do it because if they get infected and pass it to regular patients they risk making the outbreak worse. And since none of the cases are terribly severe, and most of the quarantined people dont actually have symptoms, they figure that they can manage this hooking in people right out of med school (it's actually a good date to try this because there will be people who didnt pass or didnt get what they wanted in the national speciality exam and the money would be attractive for them).

Myself, eh, I'd rather work in my own field. I suspect most people with a speciality feel the same.

[Imic]

All the pharmacies in my area have run out of hand sanitizer, and have started stocking medical masks. People are buying up a lot of food. There are plans to go to the army and Navy surplus shop in Limerick to buy gas masks radiating around the Village. Things are very tense.

[ChairmanPoo]

All the pharmacies in my area have run out of hand sanitizer, and have started stocking medical masks. People are buying up a lot of food. There are plans to go to the army and Navy surplus shop in Limerick to buy gas masks radiating around the Village. Things are very tense.

I'm kind of worried that the whole situation might impact negatively in that job I was pursuing

[Iduno]

All the pharmacies in my area have run out of hand sanitizer, and have started stocking medical masks. People are buying up a lot of food. There are plans to go to the army and Navy surplus shop in Limerick to buy gas masks radiating around the Village. Things are very tense.

I'm kind of worried that the whole situation might impact negatively in that job I was pursuing

On one hand, they'll need more doctors. On the other hand, it's easier for lazy/incompetent people to reject an applicant on a suspicion than test you for anything.

Good news is, most of the lazy and incompetent management will weed themselves out for you.

[nenjin]

Hopefully a vaccine/reasonable medication can be developed, though. Preferably one that isn't thousands of dollars.

They're testing a vaccine here in my state (Nebraska) right now.