I bet it's way more than 55% who can handle this.

I bet its 100%. There are so many quizzes that are like "If you can do this you're a genius" and really everyone can do them, they just want to make you feel good so click their links

The fellow cited in the tweet is named Shawn Marshall Myers, and is being held without bond. The morning sports talk radio guys were talking about him this morning. Apparently, Myers and another guy were charged in the murder of one of the radio station's interns a few years ago. Myers got five years of probation. The other guy got life in prison. The Baltimore Sun has the rundown.

This is so tone deaf. Except for the unionized truckers in Puerto Rico. Those are scumbags of the highest order.

'From nobodies to essential workers:’ Truckers now key to getting goods on empty shelves in the coronavirus crisis

https://twitter.com/nationalpost/status/1244237082144509953

Tickle tickle tickle

https://twitter.com/DrPeckPNP/status/1244062665535864832

Dr. Evil called to say "How about NO?"

Will Harry and Meghan get US-taxpayer funded Secret Service protection in LA? Couple will have to ask for 'special help' and the final decision could rest with President Trump as Canadians bid the couple and their security costs farewell

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8163161/Harry-Meghan-ask-Trump-special-help-Canada-bids-security-costs-farewell.html

We kicked your Hanoverian asses out in 1781 or so. Can't you take a hint?

Tickle tickle tickle

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

So you're saying, you won't allow yourself to be tested because it might be unpleasant?

Good.

A New York dad refused to let his 21-year-old son back in their house after the spring breaker partied in Texas amid coronavirus spread

Derp.

Nearly a dozen Liberty University students report COVID-19 symptoms after returning to campus

So you're saying, you won't allow yourself to be tested because it might be unpleasant?

Yep. Pretty sure it's a violation of the Geneva Convention as well.

Suck it, Hanoverians!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-prince-harry-meghan-markle-must-pay-security-move-us

Turns out that New York dad sent the kid back to his own apartment to protect the at-risk grandparents living in the house.

It's not journalism, it's revenue generation.

Corona Virus Daily Thread #32

What we expected after the apocalypse: Mad Max
What we got after the apocalypse: Yakety Max

https://youtu.be/6Iw8sfRQmV0

As he stumbled while climbing aboard the short bus for the long ride home, Ben asked me to post two things:

• This primer on the benefits of masks—

"There is no scientific support for the statement that masks worn by non-professionals are “not effective”. In contrary, in view of the stated goal to “flatten the curve”, any additional, however partial reduction of transmission would be welcome — even that afforded by the simple surgical masks or home-made (DIY) masks (which would not exacerbate the supply problem). The latest biological findings on SARS-Cov-2 viral entry into human tissue and sneeze/cough-droplet ballistics suggest that the major transmission mechanism is not via the fine aerosols but large droplets, and thus, warrant the wearing of surgical masks by everyone."

• This list of dozens of papers affirming the utility of homemade masks:

"In summary: everyone should wear masks, which they should make themselves using t-shirts and/or paper towels, whenever they go out in public."

Not sure how I feel about this. Remember when asking people for der paperz was racist? ah, the good old days, back in December. But it might be nice if they self-quarantined for two weeks. Unless they came from a small town in upstate, maybe.

At a time when everyone in the country needs our leaders thinking the clearest, the governor of Rhode Island has decided to deploy police and the state’s National Guard for a house-to-house search for transplanted New Yorkers.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rhode-islands-governor-sends-the-national-guard-out-in-a-door-to-door-search-for-new-yorkers/

Damn Crid, why do you keep linking things that prove me right?

But hey, you apparently think a possible 0.3% reduction in infection rate is 'significant' or 'dramatic'. Instead I agree with the papers you linked here and earlier. Your mask protects me from you. My mask protects you from me. Masks on infected people have a much more significant effect in preventing the spread of respiratory diseases. And in that situation the masks don't need to be that good. Yes, t-shirts or as I mentioned this morning a handkerchief work very well.

So sorry Crid. No butthurt. Just a lot of amusement.