Wot no coronavirus thread? Part 2

[Kidlicious]

You seriously think that saying that it's going to go away made a difference?

[Ming]

It sure did... his cult followers didn't see a need to wear masks, social distance, or any other COMMON SENSE action to help slow this American Killer down.
Unfortunately, he kept hosting super spreader events as the disease ran rampant throughout the country.

[BeBMan]

Covid-wise wartime pres Trump opted for a daily Pearl Harbour these days it seems. Not that he'd care tho ....

[Kidlicious]

I have some news for you. People aren't going to wear masks more, or social distance more because lame brain is President.

[pchang]

Unfortunately, probably true thanks to Trump supporters. The damage has already been done. Stay safe and try not to die before you get vaccinated.

[Broken_Erika]

Police raid home of Florida Covid-19 tracker creator


Florida police have raided the home of data scientist Rebekah Jones, who built the state's official Covid-19 database.

Ms Jones has accused the US Department of Health of manipulating virus data in order to relax pandemic restrictions.

She posted a series of videos of the raid on Twitter, in which armed officers seized her phone and laptop.

The force said it was responding to a hack of the state's emergency health alert system, which Ms Jones denies.

Ms Jones was fired from her job at the Department of Health in May after making her accusations, and has since maintained her own database, independently tracking the spread of the virus.

At the time, a spokesperson for the department described her as "disruptive".

In the hack, which is said to have taken place in early November, an unauthorised message was sent to members of the emergency response team urging them to "speak up" before thousands more people died from Covid-19. The message was obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.

In a statement, Florida Department of Law enforcement commissioner Rick Swearingen said an investigation found the hack had been carried out at Ms Jones's address, and a search warrant had been obtained.

He denied her allegation that guns had been pointed at her children during the raid.

"Agents entered the home in accordance with normal protocols and seized several devices that will be forensically analysed," he said.

"At no time were weapons pointed at anyone in the home."

'New computer and a good lawyer'

Ms Jones has raised more than $65,500 (£49,000) in seven hours after setting up a fundraiser to help her with legal costs.

"Looks like I need a new computer and a hell of a good lawyer," she wrote on the page.

In an interview with US news outlet Cuomo Prime Time, Ms Jones denied that she was sufficiently "tech savvy" to be a hacker and said she had not had access to any systems belonging to the Department of Health for more than six months.

She also said the phone which had been seized contained details about former colleagues who had shared information with her. Her husband's and sons' devices were not taken, she added.

Covid-19 in Florida

On 1 December, Florida became the third US state to record one million confirmed coronavirus infections, following Texas and California.

The following day there were 10,635 new cases, according to state data, but daily numbers had fallen to 7,575 by 6 December.

Despite the state's high infection rate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has so far ruled out any further restrictions to try to contain the virus spread.

"No lockdowns. No fines. No school closures … that is totally off the table," he said in a press briefing held at a school on 30 November.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55230764

[-Jrabbit]

Over 1,000,000 new cases per week.
Over 2,000 deaths per day.

More deaths than the populations of Anchorage, Lincoln NE, or Orlando.

Still he does nothing. No action, not even a word of sympathy for the families.

[Jon Miller]

This will go down in history with Pearl Harbor, Sumter and 9/11. Unfortunately, Trump isn't even Bush Jr.

JM

[Ming]

It's really sad that Trump makes Bush Jr. look more presidential...

[Ted Striker]

Yes, could be more deaths than WW2 unless the vaccine gets here quickly. Gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

[Dauphin]

Margaret Keenan, 90, from Coventry, England has been the first person vaccinated under the roll-out. I await to hear what Bill Gates will do with his new found power over her.

[Proteus_MST]

Margaret Keenan, 90, from Coventry, England has been the first person vaccinated under the roll-out. I await to hear what Bill Gates will do with his new found power over her.

William Shakespeare (also from England) has been the 2nd person who got vaccinated

https://www.vox.com/22163266/uk-vaccine-coronavirus-keenan-william-shakespeare

[Uncle Sparky]

He's currently writing The Taming of the Flu.

[Dauphin]

Not "Much a flu about nothing", or "Two gentleman with Corona"?

[Kidlicious]

The Health Minister of Belgium has banned non-essential sex between 3 or more persons

[ricketyclik]

What!?! Oh, Belgium, that's ok.

[Ming]

While Trump does nothing but pout in the White House... and Americans are dying.
And his response... "It's 'terrific' so many Americans have caught the coronavirus because it 'is a very powerful vaccine in itself'

[Ming]

3,140 AMERICAN DEATHS in a single day, and Trump thinks it's terrific. Now that's Leadership

[Proteus_MST]

As long as the people dying are other people and not Trump himself or those in his close vicnity, like members of his own family, he doesn't care

[pchang]

If even people as close as Rudy Giuliani were to die, I doubt Trump would lose much sleep.

[Proteus_MST]

True, Giuliani dying from CoViD-19 wouldn't cause Donnie any headaches ... probably not even if Melania would die from the disease. If, however, his beloved daughter (Ivanka, of course, not Tiffany ) were to die, Donnie would be sad, I think