D&D Coronavirus thread

Keep thinning the Trump Herd.

 

If there is no evidence and only conjecture, yes it's at the consipracy theory stage.

 

Well just found out I'm going to be forced to take a major cut in my salary. You guys can correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be better financially to just get furloughed and collect unemployment?

 

1. unless you're making a fairly low wage, no.
2. unless your salaried job has zero benefits, no.

That's my understanding. Sorry to hear the news, btw. Definitely coming my way by August if not sooner.

 

Why do we even need to hear from the military about a virology question? Virologists are very clear on this and they can see it just like fingerprints: bat --> pangolin --> to human in China.

Evidence of human tampering in DNA is usually pretty blatant. Scientists have completely investigated the virus's DNA and see no evidence of tampering.

This is just stupid, but of course, we live in an era where Brits are setting cell phone towers ablaze b/c they think the towers are beaming COVID-19 at them.

 

Yeah I'm sure yet if I'm getting the axe this friday with the rest of the furloughed employees, but have gotten the news that if I'm not furloughed there will a significant temporary cut in salary. I think i'll be feeling much better to deal with that vs unemployment but either way it blows big time.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-army-scientists-frontlines-fight-coronavirus/story?id=69700234

 

Did she really say that the Ban on travel worked?

And then say people should know the Facts?

Kellyanne continues to amaze me by giving zero ****s for the truth.

 

That's great, sincerely, but every major university, biotech company, and even faintly relevant branch of the government is on the "frontlines" to fight it scientifically, and that's good.

I just didn't get why the headline was that military experts said the virus was "probably" natural. Seems more accurate to say:

Scientists everywhere say the new virus lacks signatures of artificial manipulation.

God damn it, it's almost like I should be a science writer. LOL.

 

So brilliant, how did I never see this before.

 

Maybe they're trying to reach the knuckledraggers who think all the institutions you listed are part of the global liberal elite deep state underground lizard people...but they might listen to the US Military?

 

Sorry to hear that. I'm in a similar boat with two projects put on indefinite hold. I'm not on salary as an owner but rely on billable hours.

 

Thanks. I still feel lucky I’m not yet in a for sure unemployed situation and thankfully my wife is likely staying employed. If we make it out of this with our health and most of our savings still in tact I’ll consider it a win.

 

Unemployment may be an even smaller fraction of your salary. For example in NY it's about $400/week max, and florida about $300

 

The FDA's loosening of regulations on the anti-body test and resulted in surprise surprise - inaccurate tests being offered up:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/health/coronavirus-antibody-tests-scientists/index.html

Basically, the tests are not reliable and it confuses the common cold with the coronavirus. In other words, the results are meaningless right now.

 

Not meaningless. We know that the tests South Korea used which also had some false results but enabled them to test way more people rapidly were still helpful despite their higher number of false results.

 

Don’t know if this helps, but you might want to check it out. My son is a waiter. His employer has been great about continuing to pay the staff while they are closed. But instead of getting tips they increased his hourly wage but he is making much less than he used to.

he applied for unemployment based on lower pay and just got accepted for a little over 300/week from state and 600/week supplement from fed plus he still gets his reduced pay from his employer.

you might check it out to see if reduction in pay or hours will qualify you.

 

Did you look at paycheck protection program as independent contractor or sole proprietor?