The COVID-2019 Thread

[HermantheGerman]

Religious Ignorance Kills: Landon Spradlin, a Virginia pastor who claimed the “mass hysteria” around the coronavirus pandemic was part of a media plot against Trump, has collapsed and died from the virus.


Pastor Who Claimed Covid-19 ‘Hysteria’ Was Plot Against Trump Dies From Virus | Michael Stone

Ohh Lord !

[tomcat]

...hallelujah!...

[SKkin]

..let's see: one source is a Russian propaganda outlet and the other is a fount of Chinese misinformation...

...your news feed needs a bit of fine tuning...

COVID-19 sidelines carrier Theodore Roosevelt; 3 San Diego ships lock down crews over virus concerns
COVID-19 sidelines carrier Theodore Roosevelt; 3 San Diego ships lock down crews over virus concerns - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Deployed San Diego carrier to pull into Guam and test at least 5,000 sailors for COVID-19

By Andrew Dyer
March 26, 2020
11:30 AM

SAN DIEGO —

The San Diego-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, deployed in the Western Pacific, is pulling into Guam to test its entire crew for COVID-19, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said today at a Pentagon press briefing.

At least eight sailors on board have tested positive for the virus, but a Thursday Wall Street Journal report puts the actual number at 23.

“The ship is pulling into Guam,” Modly said, adding that its crew will remain at the pier as testing is done. “No one on the crew will be allowed to leave anywhere into Guam other than pierside.”

[Klondyke]

..let's see: one source is a Russian propaganda outlet and the other is a fount of Chinese misinformation...

...your news feed needs a bit of fine tuning...

Unless we do not read it on our favourite RFA we cannot believe it...

[Klondyke]

Unless we do not read it on our favourite RFA we cannot believe it...

In the meantime, we will await a more reliable source...

Coronavirus Outbreak Diverts Aircraft Carrier to Guam; All 5,000 Aboard to Be Tested

The USS Theodore Roosevelt remains "operationally capable"
Published March 26, 2020 • Updated on March 26, 2020 at 12:53 pm

The Navy says an outbreak of coronavirus aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific has forced it to divert to Guam, where all 5,000 aboard will undergo testing.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt remains "operationally capable," according to the acting secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly.

The carrier is the first U.S. Navy ship to have a reported an outbreak while at sea.

Coronavirus Outbreak Diverts Aircraft Carrier to Guam; All 5,000 Aboard to Be Tested – NBC 7 San Diego

[OhOh]

UK throws lifeline to self-employed hit by coronavirus



"The British government will pay grants to self-employed people who have lost their livelihoods because of the coronavirus lockdown, further extending an unprecedented package of measures to prevent the economy from collapsing.
Finance minister Rishi Sunak, who had previously announced the state would pay part of the wages of employees to dissuade their firms from laying them off, had come under pressure to offer a similar lifeline to Britain’s 5 million self-employed workers.

Governments around the world are scrambling to avert economic catastrophe, underlined on Thursday by shock figures from the United States showing that more than 3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week.

Sunak said Britain’s government would pay those self-employed people who have been adversely affected by the coronavirus a taxable grant worth 80% of their average monthly profits over the last three years, up to 2,500 pounds ($3,000) a month.

“To all of those who are self employed, who are rightly anxious and worried about the next few months: you haven’t been forgotten, we will not leave you behind and we are all in this together,” Sunak said at a news conference in Downing Street.
But he added that self-employed workers will have to last out until mid-June for the scheme to kick in and they must also wait to be contacted by tax authorities.

The scheme will be open to those with trading profits of up to 50,000 pounds, for at least three months.

A Treasury official said up to 3.8 million workers will be covered and two think-tanks, the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, estimated Thursday’s measures will cost the government some 10 billion pounds.

The cap of 2,500 pounds per month is the same as that for employees in the package of measures announced previously. Together, the schemes for employees and the self-employed will protect around 80% of British workers, Sunak said.

“What we have done will, I believe, stand as one of the most significant economic interventions at any point in the history of the British state and by any government anywhere in the world,” he said.
About 15% of Britain’s workers are self-employed, a bigger share of the workforce than in any other Group of Seven rich nations apart from Italy."

UK throws lifeline to self-employed hit by coronavirus - Reuters

As the whole point of being classed as "self-employed" by UK tax authorities, is to reduce one's trading profits to the minimum. I suspect few will get the 80%.

[AntRobertson]

Religious Ignorance Kills: Landon Spradlin, a Virginia pastor who claimed the “mass hysteria” around the coronavirus pandemic was part of a media plot against Trump, has collapsed and died from the virus.


Pastor Who Claimed Covid-19 ‘Hysteria’ Was Plot Against Trump Dies From Virus | Michael Stone

Thoughts and prayers.

[misskit]

I wonder when and where all the pillaging is gonna start. All the burglars are fucked with everyone at home. I see armed house robberies soon.

Chatted with a Thai friend of mine yesterday who is absolutely panicked this will happen soon.

[Klondyke]

Chatted with a Thai friend of mine yesterday who is absolutely panicked this will happen soon.

And (s)he surely knows it all, doesn't (s)he?

[OhOh]

one source is a Russian propaganda outlet and the other is a fount of Chinese misinformation.

Both proudly named, as you point out.

Unlike some here on TD, who try to hide their government funded, propaganda/misinformation sources.

your news feed needs a bit of fine tuning

If you wish to suggest more "honest", freely available, sources to review, I'm all ears.

I highlighted the two, IMHO, points:

Vietnamese media previously reported that the carrier's officers and sailors took part in courtesy calls, technical exchanges and sport events, and US sailors on board also went ashore and visited the city of Danang. Reports also said some Vietnamese were allowed to board the aircraft carrier.

Shore leave etc. in a 3rd World, Asian country, with known contagious diseases, with no known cure. Whoever signed that order deserves his last cigarette and a blindfold.

As of Tuesday, the US Navy has announced 86 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 57 active military personnel. The number for the entire US military reached 174 by Tuesday, 41 more than the previous day.

Announced military virus affected. First time anyone's military ones, I believe.

But keep on questioning sources, that's a good boy.

[misskit]

^^ She’s an old Thai woman locked up in her house by herself. Letting her imagination run away, you think?

[AntRobertson]

^^ She’s an old Thai woman locked up in her house by herself. Letting her imagination run away, you think?

I would... But then those pics Dilly posted aren't exactly reassuring either.

Seriously what the feck is that about. Closing down sales of non-essentials will help what, exactly, and three heavily armed guards at a 7/11!?

[misskit]

Dogs being trained to sniff out Covid-19: Charity

LONDON (AFP) - A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect Covid-19 through their keen sense of smell, they said on Friday (March 27).


Medical Detection Dogs will work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Durham University in north-east England to determine whether canines could help diagnoses.


It follows previous research into dogs' ability to sniff out malaria and is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour.

MORE Dogs being trained to sniff out Covid-19: Charity, Europe News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

[OhOh]

COVID-19 sidelines carrier Theodore Roosevelt; 3 San Diego ships lock down crews over virus concerns - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Coronavirus Outbreak Diverts Aircraft Carrier to Guam; All 5,000 Aboard to Be Tested – NBC 7 San Diego

From your source:

"after almost two dozen sailors on the ship are suspected to be affected by COVID-19 after a port visit in Vietnam."

"Navy leaders say that because crew come and go from the ship frequently while at sea they can’t yet say how the virus got on board"

No mention of the:

the carrier's officers and sailors took part in courtesy calls, technical exchanges and sport events, and US sailors on board also went ashore and visited the city of Danang. Reports also said some Vietnamese were allowed to board the aircraft carrier.

Who is being "economical with the truth", protecting whoever made the order to visit, mingle and allow foreigners onto an active warship ....

Or who is speculating/keeping to the "official story", out of a desire not to be carried out to sea in a naval helicopter/keep the current role of filling a newspaper with a positive spin "story"?

Lets try:

Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group arrives in Vietnam

From USS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs

Posted March 4, 2020




USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) arrive in Da Nang, March 5. (U.S. Navy/MCSN Dylan Lavin) /


"Mr. Hồ Kỳ Minh, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee hosted the ceremony to welcome the U.S. Navy carrier group, which included representatives of Navy Zone 3, Military Region 5, Da Nang Border Guard, Department of Foreign Relations/Ministry of National Defense, Department of Military Medicine and General Department of Logistics, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Da Nang People’s Committee, and other Vietnamese government agencies. The United States delegation was led by Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink, Rear Adm. Stu Baker, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, U.S. Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie Damour, and other officials from CSG 9 and the U.S. Mission in Vietnam."

:Sailors will participate in cultural and professional exchanges, community service projects, sports competitions, and receptions during the port visit."
/


"Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was in a maritime area about four nautical miles off Da Nang on Thursday morning.

The welcome ceremony was held at 1:00 pm on the same day.

About 40 correspondents were brought to the carrier on a ship to report on the event.
The aircraft carrier's visit is aimed at marking 25 years of the Vietnam-U.S. diplomatic ties, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press briefing held on the same day.
During their stay from March 5 to 9, crew members of the aircraft carrier are slated to visit the 3rd Regional Command of the Vietnam People’s Navy, officials of the the Da Nang People’s Committee, and local social welfare establishments.

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was in a maritime area about four nautical miles off Da Nang on Thursday morning.
The welcome ceremony was held at 1:00 pm on the same day.
About 40 correspondents were brought to the carrier on a ship to report on the event.
The aircraft carrier's visit is aimed at marking 25 years of the Vietnam-U.S. diplomatic ties, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press briefing held on the same day.
During their stay from March 5 to 9, crew members of the aircraft carrier are slated to visit the 3rd Regional Command of the Vietnam People’s Navy, officials of the the Da Nang People’s Committee, and local social welfare establishments./

/
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[nidhogg]

I would... But then those pics Dilly posted aren't exactly reassuring either.

Seriously what the feck is that about. Closing down sales of non-essentials will help what, exactly, and three heavily armed guards at a 7/11!?

Pretty sure that is Malaysia?

[bsnub]

[harrybarracuda]

This is the bloke who banged on about the "dirty farang".

Someone really needs to give him a fucking good slap and he certainly shouldn't be in the job.

As they all expressed their appreciation of the work being done by health personnel, the public health minister on Thursday stunned them by criticising medical staff who have been infected with the virus, accusing them of not taking good care of themselves .
Mr Anutin came out hours later to offer an apology, claiming he had not listened closely to a reporter's question.

Artists pay tribute to health personnel through songs

[misskit]

Russia confirmed 196 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases up to 1,036 and marking the largest one-day increase in cases so far. It also said one person had died in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to four.


Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting today.


President Vladimir Putin has declared that the week from March 28 to April 5 will be a nationwide paid holiday to encourage Russians to stay home and slow the spread of the virus. All restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close during this time with the exception of delivery services.


— Russia is urging its citizens to refrain from traveling, with the exception of essential trips, asking people to stay at home in an effort to stop the spread of coronavrius, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. Mishustin said tough measures were needed, adding that the more stringent changes in Moscow should be extended to other regions of the country.


— Russia will close all resorts, sanatoriums and children's camps until June 1 in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Regional authorities have been advised to tell their residents to avoid traveling.


— The Kremlin confirmed that a member of the presidential administration has tested positive for coronavirus. According to spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the infected person had no contact with Putin.

Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News - The Moscow Times

[harrybarracuda]

Poor old chinkies and they have been trying so hard to paint themselves as the good guys. As countries struggle to make up shortages of basic medical equipment, it transpires that chinkies around the world were quietly buying up the worlds stocks and shipping them back to the motherland.

Coronavirus Australia: Chinese owned property developer Risland flies more than 82 tonnes of medical supplies to Wuhan

[AntRobertson]

Pretty sure that is Malaysia?

Ahh my bad then!


Edit: just checked again, says his friend in Pattaya sent them?

So same-same Malaysia then really anyways.

[Troy]

I don't know if it has been posted before here but here's a location tracker for Thailand cases.

Covidtracker-Thailand

Wife is saying that at least one minibus that came up from Bangkok brought infections up to Sakon Nakhon. She reckons at least 7 infected in the city and more dropped off on the route up.

Quite a few coming back up now despite the restrictions.

[Mendip]

Boris has tested positive now...

[nidhogg]

This is the bloke who banged on about the "dirty farang".

Someone really needs to give him a fucking good slap and he certainly shouldn't be in the job.



Artists pay tribute to health personnel through songs

The health minister is a total fucking muppet. Give the position back to Piyasakol. At least he is not a total muppet.

[Dillinger]

Pretty sure that is Malaysia?

No, that is Pattaya. That 7 with the armed police outside is on Walking Street I think. Maybe they are all over the entertainment venues there.

The military are on the streets here in KL enforcing their movement control order and public gatherings.

[nidhogg]

Ahh my bad then!


Edit: just checked again, says his friend in Pattaya sent them?

So same-same Malaysia then really anyways.

Ok. Massive "yikes" from me.