Imagine being the family of a person volunteering for a study and they end up dying.
Without reading a word of the article, I'd have to assume that people were instructed to just go about their lives like they were already doing (or, rather, how they should have been doing), i.e., keep masking, distancing, etc. and don't get too comfortable because you may be a placebo. In other words, those that got the placebo were not put into more dangerous situations. There'd be all sorts of ethical issues with that study. That death probably would have happened, anyway.
That said, I suppose that's got to be a tough pill to swallow...that person died and probably would not have if not for, essentially, a coin flip. (Maybe that was your point, now that I think about it)
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I hope nobody here attended cardi b 37 people thanksgiving party. If so, I’d get tested.
Went to the gossip rag to see what this was about and she said that she had everyone tested. (That she spent a bunch of money doing it...which if a loaded person complains I am guessing was pricey) Sure there are many here who were with people outside of their bubbles who didn't get testing to clear to attend their function.
It is a bit early to tell based on rolling 7 day averages, but like some European countries, our new anti-gathering outside of households seems to be working.
But at least the US isn’t running up their debt (sarcasm).
It is a little crazy. Here in Canada we paid people who got laid off 2000/mo for at least 6 months, now it's morphed into extended EI.
The US seems to have spent more per capita than we did, but send out single cheques of $1200? Where'd they spend all the money?
The PPP loans were meant for companies to pay wages to their employees instead of laying them off. The unemployment benefits were also increased for a period of time. That 0% number for the US isn’t exactly legit but the overall point of the list may still be appropriate.
There are millions of jobs available in the US. I don’t know that I want to pay people not to work. It gets dicey though in a pandemic if working endangers lives.
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had a person in their 30's and a person in their 40's die here from covid yesterday.
Fuck! It's getting bad, bad, bad and they're saying it probably will get worse. Damn coronavirus. Bring on the vaccine. I might bump myself up the line to get it after all. Holy shit balls...
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
But at least the US isn’t running up their debt (sarcasm).
It is a little crazy. Here in Canada we paid people who got laid off 2000/mo for at least 6 months, now it's morphed into extended EI.
The US seems to have spent more per capita than we did, but send out single cheques of $1200? Where'd they spend all the money?
I believe the US feds topped up people’s EI by 600 a week during the 1st wave. The CERB has created a nightmare for people since trudope decided he’d play politics with lower income earners and not deduct tax off that 2000/month.
well, my teammate tested positive last night and is quarantined for 14 days. i may have to cover her accounts the next 2 weeks. she is making an end of year push to hit her quota, so this is really bad timing for her. fortunately for me i have not been around her for about 3 weeks, so i am safe for now. knocks wood...
my manager, who is a covid downplayer/denier/bigtime trumper that thought this was going away on nov 4, called this morning and said that his son and daughter in law are both positive. they picked it up from the gym last week.
this shit is getting too close to me.
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Interesting. Are suicides really up in Japan over this? Cause this would make you wonder why.
For one thing, suicide isn’t as taboo in Japan, but seeking psychological help is still very taboo in Japanese culture. I bet that the number of “suicidal” people are way up everywhere, as it does trend with isolationism related depression. This would be my guess.
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Sure there are many here who were with people outside of their bubbles who didn't get testing to clear to attend their function.
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I can't wait for the suffering to stop. Heartbreaking pain for so many parents and kids
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Fuck! It's getting bad, bad, bad and they're saying it probably will get worse. Damn coronavirus. Bring on the vaccine. I might bump myself up the line to get it after all. Holy shit balls...
my manager, who is a covid downplayer/denier/bigtime trumper that thought this was going away on nov 4, called this morning and said that his son and daughter in law are both positive. they picked it up from the gym last week.
this shit is getting too close to me.
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