Latest on the Corona Virus

[n25an]

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covid -19 -- someone wrote a firsthand wuhan account in an online diary that is in the process of being published in the west
wuhan diary...
Chinese writer faces nationalist backlash for ‘Wuhan Diary’ | Free Malaysia Today

[n25an]

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covid 19 -- business news
eu govts taking up the sword to defend its corporate entities for us corp take overs...
Europe races to shield virus-hit firms from bargain hunters | AFP.com

[n25an]

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I am taking a break... start posting again tomorrow...

[20 year tech]

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I am taking a break... start posting again tomorrow...

Take a day Bro your gonna make yourself nuts.

[slimslob]

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Take a day Bro your gonna make yourself nuts.

He needs to make it a week at least. Maybe a month. He is dangerously close to be in violation of Forum General Rule 6 "Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed."

[tech28]

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Went to Walmart last week, paring lot full!!! Store packed!!! Masks? one here, one there, son went to local county part last Saturday, 2-3 hundred people out there, families, bikers, walkers, just a lot of people! Wife and I were wondering where all the darn traffic was from, considering the first 2-3 weeks, the streets were dead, think people are just getting used to whats going on and assimilating to it. Business is also seeing an uptick, which is good. God Bless America!

[20 year tech]

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Here is a positive one

Yale Discovers Method to Reuse N95 Respirators – NBC Connecticut

Go Yale New Haven when I was with Ikon pre Ricoh takeover they were one of my accounts.

[qbert69]

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Hey Guys & Gals!!! Here's two physicians that throw the gauntlet down as to what they are experiencing IN THE FIELD!!![emoji41][emoji1303]

PART 1

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[slimslob]

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Hey Guys & Gals!!! Here's two physicians that throw the gauntlet down as to what they are experiencing IN THE FIELD!!![emoji41][emoji1303]

PART 1

YouTube

PART 2

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I have been seeing them on all the local TV news most of the week. Most of the Kern County medical community considers them idiots. Of course many of the residents consider the "spokes persons" for the local hospitals idiots.

[Phil B.]

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said her state has successfully contained coronavirus without crippling lockdowns.
In an interview

The governor added that she did not impose virus-related lockdowns because they violate the U.S. Constitution.

[Phil B.]

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USA Today Fact Check Confirms Hospitals Get Paid More if Patients Listed as COVID-19, on Ventilators

Dr. Scott Jensen, a physician and senator in Minnesota, appeared on The Ingraham Angle on April 8 on Fox News. He made the claim that hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are confirmed to have COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they use a ventilator.
This claim began with Jensen's appearance on Fox News, but it was also published on April 9th by The Spectator, a conservative publication. Snopes fact-checked this and called it a "mixture."

On April 15, Jensen took to Facebook to bring up the topic again:

TRUE ruling on their fact check that hospitals do get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators:
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
This higher allocation of funds has been made possible under the CARES Act through a Medicare 20% add-on to its regular DRG payment for COVID-19 patients, as verified by USA TODAY through the American Hospital Association Special Bulletin on the topic.

[bsm2]

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said her state has successfully contained coronavirus without crippling lockdowns.
In an interview Wednesday, the Republican said a “one size fits all” approach does not work in health emergencies because population density and economic structure vary state-to-state.
She added that South Dakota managed to cut down the number of COVID cases by 75 percent without hurting its economy. So far, the state has had a total of 1,800 coronavirus cases and nine deaths.
Noem said her trust in the people of South Dakota has been a decisive factor in defeating the virus.
“And as soon as the President was on national TV asking the state and asking people to stay home, they did that,” she explained. “He asked us to stay home for 15 days and without any mandate and forced business closures or shelter-in-place orders in South Dakota, the people of South Dakota did a responsible thing and they stayed home.”



The governor added that she did not impose virus-related lockdowns because they violate the U.S. Constitution.

Right 850 plus cases in one meat packing plant. Great Job
CDC issues recommendations for closed South Dakota Smithfield plant following coronavirus outbreak

[Phil B.]

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skewed data collection/wrongful reporting of COVID deaths! typical in Dem run states!

Pennsylvania Forced To Remove Hundreds Of Deaths From Coronavirus Death Count After Coroners Raise Red Flags

Fox NewsThe Pennsylvania Department of HealthPhiladelphia Inquirer that such deaths may change over time.

PA Department of Health ✔ @PAHealthDept
Apr 23, 2020


Today there was a in probable cases, specifically probable deaths, which impacts total case count.

These cases were previously reported as probable, but review determined that more info needed before attributing as #COVID19 related. This doesn't impact confirmed case count.
PA Department of Health ✔ @PAHealthDept

weeks agoThe Daily WireDr. Deborah Birx

[slimslob]

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I got this off Facebook. From debs1964

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[copiertec]

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USA Today Fact Check Confirms Hospitals Get Paid More if Patients Listed as COVID-19, on Ventilators


Dr. Scott Jensen, a physician and senator in Minnesota, appeared on The Ingraham Angle on April 8 on Fox News. He made the claim that hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are confirmed to have COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they use a ventilator.
This claim began with Jensen's appearance on Fox News, but it was also published on April 9th by The Spectator, a conservative publication. Snopes fact-checked this and called it a "mixture."

On April 15, Jensen took to Facebook to bring up the topic again:

"How can anyone not believe that increasing the number of COVID-19 deaths may create an avenue for states to receive a larger portion of federal dollars. Already some states are complaining that they are not getting enough of the CARES Act dollars because they are having significantly more proportional COVID-19 deaths."


Scott Jensen
about 2 weeks ago
Here is a brief article. Read the first four paragraphs. Clearly New York and California are using vastly different methods for reporting COVID-19 deaths. How can anyone not believe that increasing the number of COVID-19 deaths may create an avenue for states to receive a larger portion of federal dollars. Already some states are complaining that they are not getting enough of the CARES ACT dollars because they are having significantly more proportional COVID-19 deaths.
‘Presumed Covid-19’: NYC corona deaths suddenly soar past 10,000 after more than 3,700 victims added to list on PROBABLE grounds — RT USA News
THIS MATTERS AND SHOULD BE SHARED!


Here is how USA Today came to a TRUE ruling on their fact check that hospitals do get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators:
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
This higher allocation of funds has been made possible under the CARES Act through a Medicare 20% add-on to its regular DRG payment for COVID-19 patients, as verified by USA TODAY through the American Hospital Association Special Bulletin on the topic.

Am I understanding this correctly? They (doctors/hospitals), have patients that die and are ruled to have covid-19 get more money even if the true cause was old age, heart attack, stroke, etc.? And, even more money if they were hooked up to a ventilator? Sounds like greed to me and even criminal if that is true!