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[slimslob]

What a bunch of Crap! There are No test kits available. No test kits low numbers. IE Failure of the Trump Administration

That's interesting because here in California local, county and state health officials have all the test kits they need.

Or maybe it is that you personally are unable to get a hold of kits. That is because CDC and WHO have dictated that kits will only be supplied to approved medical service agency and are to be used only on those showing possible signs of infection. It is never going to be something that you can go to your local pharmacy and purchase OTC like you do with a pregnancy test kit.

[Phil B.]

Coronavirus Shows Insanity of Green Movement as Green Reusable Cups Replaced with Cleaner Disposable Cups

In an effort to help stop the spread of coronavirus, Starbucks has announced it will no longer serve drinks in customer-provided reusable cups.
The temporary measure was announced Wednesday and immediately went into effect in all of the eco-friendly mega corporation’s U.S. and Canada locations.

In response, some customers are upset.
The Seattle, Washington-based corporation’s normal policy — in which customers who being in their own reusable cup get a 10-cent discount — is apparently very popular with its customer base.
Prior to last Wednesday, customers could also order their drink in a “for here” ceramic mug that they return once they are finished.

That policy has been put on hold for the time being, Rossann Williams, the head of retail operations for Starbucks’ U.S. and Canada-based stores, announced in a blog post on the company’s website.
“As a global company, we’ve been closely monitoring the dynamic situation of COVID-19, along with the rest of the world,” Williams wrote.

“As North America began experiencing heightened concerns, we quickly initiated a regular cadence of communications with our store partners to ensure they have the support they need. We’ve already taken a series of precautionary steps in response to this emerging public health impact,” she added.
Williams then dropped the hammer on the coffee chain’s woke, eco-conscious reusable cup crowd. According to Williams, all iced caramel macchiato lattes with almond milk and 27 Splendas will have to be poured into store-provided, disposable cups.

[slimslob]

The March Madness may not happen thus year. CUSB has been informed by league officials that the WAC (Western Athletics Conference) Tournament originally scheduled for this coming weekend has been cancelled.

California has cancelled the CIF State High School Championship games this weekends.

NHL gas postponed the remainder of the season until further notice.

[copiertec]

This is an interview by Joe Rogan with an infectious disease expert, its an interesting interview
YouTube

[bsm2]

That's interesting because here in California local, county and state health officials have all the test kits they need.

Or maybe it is that you personally are unable to get a hold of kits. That is because CDC and WHO have dictated that kits will only be supplied to approved medical service agency and are to be used only on those showing possible signs of infection. It is never going to be something that you can go to your local pharmacy and purchase OTC like you do with a pregnancy test kit.

Tell that to state of NY More Crap for the Trump Administration FAILURE to ramp up test kits month's ago!
When President thinks it's a HOAX.
South Korea 15,000 plus tests a DAY!

[FrohnB]

The March Madness may not happen thus year. CUSB has been informed by league officials that the WAC (Western Athletics Conference) Tournament originally scheduled for this coming weekend has been cancelled.

California has cancelled the CIF State High School Championship games this weekends.

NHL gas postponed the remainder of the season until further notice.

It's freaking madness right now!!!
NBA suspends season.
NHL suspends season.
NCAA Basketball going to be suspending season.
USHL (US Hockey league) suspends season.
College Football canceling spring games and recruitment efforts.
TV shows recording with no live audiences.
Colleges around the nation suspending classes. University of Nebraska Lincoln has closed it's doors through spring break, and will finish the semester in an Online format.
Old Folks homes not allowing visitors.
Hospitals and clinics telling people to quit coming in because of the potential to spread the virus.
St. Patrick's Day parades being canceled left and right.
Social gatherings such as Birthdays/ weddings/ proms/ etc. being cancelled.
Businesses all over the board are closing for the time being.
Some churches are cancelling worship services and bible studies.
K-12 schools closing down in droves.
Coachella and other major performances/ tours cancelled.
France orders any event with 5,000 people or more to be cancelled/ postponed.
Italy is literally in a countrywide lockdown.


REMEMBER PEOPLE. THIS DISEASE IS MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO KILL YOU!!! PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND THE VERY OLD AND VERY WEAK ARE AT MOST RISK!

WASH YOUR HANDS MORE FREQUENTLY!!

USE COMMON FUCKING SENSE!!

Health experts have come out to say that there is almost NOTHING ANY GOVERNMENT around the world could have done to stop this virus from spreading.

The media keeps portraying this thing as something that will certainly kill you, and is stoking fear in our communities (which is where they want us - scared and "dependent" on the media/government). They (liberal media) are literally cheering that the economy is so bad, because it might "hurt Trump's chances". Pretty sad when elected officials and news media CHEER FOR A BAD ECONOMY. Again, the Trump admin. really has no control over the stock market, so for the media to say "because the stock market is tanking must mean Trump is doing a terrible job, and may hurt his chance at re-election", is bunch of bullshit. Not to mention that aside from the "coronavirus fears causing stocks to plummet", there's this "little" episode between Saudi Arabia and Russia that is believed to be more of a driving force for the fall than the virus. BUUUTTT, the media has people believing that Trump is to blame for it all. Wouldn't surprise me if this was all the work of the DNC from the start.

[bsm2]

Wouldn't surprise me if this was all the work of the DNC from the start.

WHAT A NUT!

[FrohnB]

Tell that to state of NY More Crap for the Trump Administration FAILURE to ramp up test kits month's ago!
When President thinks it's a HOAX.
South Korea 15,000 plus tests a DAY!

The Same scientists that you say Republicans don't believe in, are part of the reason we are underequipped here in America.
We had the chance to use the same tests as China, but certain scientists, CDC officials, and WHO officials decided they needed to "create a new test".
We also had the chance to use the same tests that a company in Germany developed, but again, it was said that "we should design our own".
In a report from CNN it says, "South Korea has the ability to run about 15,000 diagnostic test per day and has conducted 196,000 tests to date nationwide." They don't actually administer 15,000 tests a day, but if they had to they could. The small size of South Korea also helps with testing.

The Berlin, Germany company (referred to above) that makes test kits said they have made 40,000 test kits in just over 2 months. Those 40,000 test kits amount to about 4 million individual tests.
Going on as we speak, clinics/ hospitals/ etc. in America are receiving test kits, and have been receiving kits. Pence said that upwards of 1.5 Million kits are being shipped around the country. If they follow the same "design" as the Berlin company that means upwards of 150 Million individual tests.
The dozen or so companies that are cranking out these tests FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD are running full-steam, but can't keep up with demand for the tests.

So go ahead and Fuck Off you Trump Deranged, Fear mongering, Clueless Dickhead!

[bsm2]

The Same scientists that you say Republicans don't believe in, are part of the reason we are underequipped here in America.
We had the chance to use the same tests as China, but certain scientists, CDC officials, and WHO officials decided they needed to "create a new test".
We also had the chance to use the same tests that a company in Germany developed, but again, it was said that "we should design our own".
In a report from CNN it says, "South Korea has the ability to run about 15,000 diagnostic test per day and has conducted 196,000 tests to date nationwide." They don't actually administer 15,000 tests a day, but if they had to they could. The small size of South Korea also helps with testing.

The Berlin, Germany company (referred to above) that makes test kits said they have made 40,000 test kits in just over 2 months. Those 40,000 test kits amount to about 4 million individual tests.
Going on as we speak, clinics/ hospitals/ etc. in America are receiving test kits, and have been receiving kits. Pence said that upwards of 1.5 Million kits are being shipped around the country. If they follow the same "design" as the Berlin company that means upwards of 150 Million individual tests.
The dozen or so companies that are cranking out these tests FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD are running full-steam, but can't keep up with demand for the tests.

So go ahead and Fuck Off you Trump Deranged, Fear mongering, Clueless Dickhead!

Congratulations you just Proved the Trump Administration failure.

[slimslob]

It's freaking madness right now!!!
NBA suspends season.
NHL suspends season.
NCAA Basketball going to be suspending season.
USHL (US Hockey league) suspends season.
College Football canceling spring games and recruitment efforts.
TV shows recording with no live audiences.
Colleges around the nation suspending classes. University of Nebraska Lincoln has closed it's doors through spring break, and will finish the semester in an Online format.
Old Folks homes not allowing visitors.
Hospitals and clinics telling people to quit coming in because of the potential to spread the virus.
St. Patrick's Day parades being canceled left and right.
Social gatherings such as Birthdays/ weddings/ proms/ etc. being cancelled.
Businesses all over the board are closing for the time being.
Some churches are cancelling worship services and bible studies.
K-12 schools closing down in droves.
Coachella and other major performances/ tours cancelled.
France orders any event with 5,000 people or more to be cancelled/ postponed.
Italy is literally in a countrywide lockdown.


REMEMBER PEOPLE. THIS DISEASE IS MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO KILL YOU!!! PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND THE VERY OLD AND VERY WEAK ARE AT MOST RISK!

WASH YOUR HANDS MORE FREQUENTLY!!

USE COMMON FUCKING SENSE!!

Health experts have come out to say that there is almost NOTHING ANY GOVERNMENT around the world could have done to stop this virus from spreading.

The media keeps portraying this thing as something that will certainly kill you, and is stoking fear in our communities (which is where they want us - scared and "dependent" on the media/government). They (liberal media) are literally cheering that the economy is so bad, because it might "hurt Trump's chances". Pretty sad when elected officials and news media CHEER FOR A BAD ECONOMY. Again, the Trump admin. really has no control over the stock market, so for the media to say "because the stock market is tanking must mean Trump is doing a terrible job, and may hurt his chance at re-election", is bunch of bullshit. Not to mention that aside from the "coronavirus fears causing stocks to plummet", there's this "little" episode between Saudi Arabia and Russia that is believed to be more of a driving force for the fall than the virus. BUUUTTT, the media has people believing that Trump is to blame for it all. Wouldn't surprise me if this was all the work of the DNC from the start.

Well at least the Auto Club Famoso 2020 March Meet made it last week. 2020 BAKERSFIELD MARCH MEET - EVENT RESULTS | Competition Plus Remaining events scheduled for later this month are Postponed Until Further Notice. April, May and June event are too far out to see. As for July, July is just too damned hot with normal highs in the 105 to 109 range. Schedule | Auto Club Famoso Raceway

Cal State University Bakersfield is remaining in session though are making arraignment to conduct class online using video conferencing and are researching how to handle sanitizing labs such as chemistry between uses. Next fall could be a concern as many lecturers are from out of country and it has always been a problem getting visas renewed in time for fall. Even for those from Canada.