"Economic group says US entered a recession in February" New York Times, June 8, 2020
The United States officially entered a recession in February 2020, the committee that calls downturns said Monday, marking the formal beginning of the first economic downturn since the 2007-09 slump.
The National Bureau of Economic Research said that the economy hit its peak in February and has since fallen into a downturn, as pandemic-related shutdowns tanked activity and brought an end to a record-long expansion — one that had lasted 128 months.
While analysts often refer to recessions as two consecutive quarters of contraction, in the United States the bureau formally determines when they begin and end based on a range of factors, most importantly domestic production and employment.
The NYT talked to a Goldman Sachs chief economist, and cited the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
According to data compiled by The New York Times, new infections are still increasing in more than a third of US states. Public officials are also wary of a spike in new cases as thousands of protesters across the country demonstrate against police brutality after the death of George Floyd, but the focus remains on the positive. For example, Britain’s government is reportedly considering allowing pubs and restaurants to open for outdoor drinking and dining beginning June 22, earlier than expected. On Monday, New York City began to reopen some businesses.
I'm sure there is some sort of $cience to it.
The pandemic is a disaster for the eurozone economy but also a chance to fight climate change and make better use of information technology, Europe’s top central banker said Monday.
“The crisis can be an opportunity to modernize our economies to make them fit for the future,” Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, told members of the European Parliament.....
Yeah, never let a good false flag crisis go to waste, you inhuman monster.
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Related: The Great Global Re$et
That is what the odious creature above is citing, and it is so important that it needs repeating:
"Stocks recoup their 2020 losses as weekslong rebound rolls on" New York Times, June 8, 2020
NEW YORK — Stocks on Wall Street erased their losses for the year, a remarkable milestone for a market that was reeling just a few months ago as investors feared the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Now I am starting to get mad.
The S&P 500 rose more than 1 percent on Monday, adding to a weekslong rebound that has been fueled by hopes for a quick economic recovery. A familiar list of companies has been leading the recent gains. Airlines have been lifted by signs that domestic travel is starting to pick up, and they rallied again on Monday, along with Boeing. With oil prices rebounding, crude briefly crossed above $40 a barrel for the first time in months, and energy companies have also surged.
The ruling cla$$ is now swimming in riches while we all remain masked, limited, and slow dying out here.
Stocks have been on an upward trajectory for weeks as investors have responded to signs around the world that the virus was abating. Investors have plenty of reasons to be wary, of course: A second wave of the coronavirus outbreak that forces governments to clamp down on public activity again, a premature end to government spending or a slower-than-expected return of business could all dampen enthusiasm for stocks.
Will someone please tell my local, state, and federal governments about the abatement because they are doubling down even more on a busted flush, and it is sickening. That also extends to the rotten, agenda-pushing pre$$ like the Globe who is without a doubt a pimp for Big Pharma and the genocidal cla$$ represented by Bill Gates.
So it looks like the second simulation is all set for September, and what has really left me dejected today was the realization that my health care provider is collaborating with this fraud. I don't blame the staff of the place, they are simply doing what they are told, but the controllers of the $y$tem is Partners. I feel like I have nowhere to turn.
Anyway, the Federal Reserve said that it would take on more risk, as we enter the deepest recession since World War II, according to a World Bank forecast released Monday, a forecast that is more dire than the 3.3 percent contraction the International Monetary Fund predicted in April, and it's a “deeply sobering outlook,” according to a World Bank vice president.
Why did they have to $poil the party, huh?
The pandemic is a disaster for the eurozone economy but also a chance to fight climate change and make better use of information technology, Europe’s top central banker said Monday. “The crisis can be an opportunity to modernize our economies to make them fit for the future,” Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, told the European Parliament.
There she goes again.
I thought she might understand that seeing as she is French, and she is one who is above the law (if there is anyone in this world who would make you believe in the lizard people, it is her).
Speaking by videoconference, Lagarde also said the pandemic has helped promote digital technology, an area in which Europe often lags the United States. “Now is the time to expedite the digital transformation on a more permanent basis and bring the EU to the frontier of the digital economy,” she said.....
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Related:
Stocks vault higher, Nasdaq sets a record on hopes for economy
New York City’s shops cautiously reopen after months on lockdown
The article was by Kim Bhasin of Bloomberg News.
Airbnb joins vacation-rental sites seeing surge in demand
Olivia Carville of Bloomberg News tells us the travel industry, which essentially stopped completely in March, is seeing strong signs of life.
Automakers are ramping up production, unnerving factory workers
That article was by Keith Naughton of Bloomberg News.
Life beyond layoffs
Laid-off from WordStream, Michelle Sacco says her father, Edward Sacco, has been “my biggest motivator.” (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
She doesn't look as positive as the Globe article made her out to be.
Maybe she could get a summer job in the city:
City boosts summer jobs program by $4.1m
It comes with precautions in place, and because of coronavirus, some internships for young people will be virtual.
Time for some virtue signaling:
Facebook to probe group of French law enforcement over comments
Bezos says he received ‘sickening’ e-mails after supporting Black Lives Matter
Bezos is one of the billionaires who have made $565 billion since the start of the $camdemic.
CrossFit founder apologizes for post on Floyd; Reebok cuts ties
String 'em up!
Gay dating apps drop race-based filters
Fetishes are now forbidden for the slimy devils.
Prices down for baby eels as season ends in Maine
Think of it as a power cut.
NTSB wants to close loophole on lithium-ion batteries on planes
As long as the plane has plenty of fuel:
"Energy producer BP announced Monday that it will slash its global workforce by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams the oil and gas industry. Chief executive Bernard Looney said that the cuts will affect office-based roles in BP’s global workforce of 70,000 people and come mostly this year. The changes are expected to significantly affect senior levels, cutting the number of group leaders by a third. The global energy industry has been hit hard by the pandemic as the widespread limits on business, travel, and public life reduced the need for oil, gas, and other fuels. Supply was also particularly high when the outbreak began, creating a perfect storm for the industry. With storage facilities filling up, the US price of oil went below zero in April for the first time ever."
Then why have prices at the pump risen, and it is not even a pandemic anymore but they are still calling it that, the damn liars?
"The COVID-19 economic shutdown has hurt Black-owned businesses the most among racial and ethnic groups in United States, with a 41 percent decline of black owners from February to April, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows. While the pandemic has hit entrepreneurs across the board, closing some 3.3 million small businesses at least temporarily, the sidelining of 440,000 Blacks was especially severe. Black owners may have fared worse because fewer of them operated in industries deemed “essential” during the pandemic, among other factors, according to the NBER paper. Immigrant business owners also fared poorly, with a 36 percent drop during the period."
That was the last talking point in the list, and who is more racist, huh?
The people allegedly on your $ide who did that to you!!
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Of course, that is nowhere to be found on the front page:
As Phase 2 of reopening begins, customers return to stores and restaurants
I ran the gauntlet of my town's Main Street, and what was once a shell of its former self is now carcass. There is no coming back from what has happened. They have killed my beloved hometown. God damn you, Charlie Baker.
Councilors, activists increase pressure on Walsh for police change
Bo$ton can go to hell for all I care.
Hope you kids are looking forward to school in the fall:
"Teachers brace for layoffs in unprecedented times; Layoff notifications in Randolph, Brookline, and other school districts spark concerns" by Meghan E. Irons Globe Staff, June 8, 2020
Public school teachers and staff across Massachusetts are bracing for the most extensive school layoffs the state has seen in years as districts begin handing out pink slips to reduce costs in the face of possible deep budget cuts.
It's the worst ever!
School officials in affluent Brookline sent shock waves across the state recently when union officials said the district notified more than 360 educators that their last day would be June 23, though school officials later said they will rescind many of the notices. School officials in Randolph and Fairhaven have also confirmed sending layoff notices to more than 50 educators combined, and the Massachusetts Teachers Association said that, based on reports from its membership, dozens of school districts have quietly sent layoff notices to staff.
The financial hardship also threatens to undermine the state’s heralded school reform initiative that was supposed to bring millions to struggling districts. Now many are just hoping to stay above water. The layoff notices so far appear to affect mostly teachers in specialized subject areas such as arts, music, and physical education, although school counselors, social workers, and paraprofessionals are affected, union officials said.....
Yeah, you can forget all that $hit now, and not even the decrepit schools will be fixed now.
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The home-schooling will test you in more ways than one:
"Amid ambitious state plan, coronavirus testing rate sinks to new levels" by Kay Lazar and Andrew Ryan Globe Staff, June 8, 2020
The number of coronavirus tests in Massachusetts stands at the lowest rate in months, even as other nearby states have stepped up their efforts to the highest levels yet.
The lull in testing emerges despite the Baker administration’s new, ambitious plan to dramatically increase coronavirus testing amid a downward trend in infections and a staggered reopening of businesses across the state.
You f**kers!
At the same time, testing across the country has largely increased. New York, for example, recorded its largest number of people tested on Friday, after trending upward for several weeks. Rhode Island also tested its largest number last week, too.
The reason for the lull in testing in Massachusetts remains unclear. The Baker administration said in a statement that its stay at home advisory, social distancing, and face coverings have reduced the number of COVID-19 cases, and thus demand for tests, but the latest figures raise questions about whether the state can reach its testing goal, and even if it does build the capacity, will enough people turn out for tests?
I won't, and I pray the lull is a recognition that the jig is up and that they are going to pull back, but I know that is not the case.
Public health experts roundly agree that more testing is needed. They also acknowledged one possible factor for the drop in tests: With Massachusetts reopening, many might feel that coronavirus is no longer a real threat.
“People don’t want to get stabbed in the back of the nose [for a test] if they feel there isn’t a really good reason to do so,” said Dr. Brooke Nichols, an assistant professor of Global Health at Boston University’s School of Public Health.
Especially when it is extremely painful, never mind that we no longer trust the medical profe$$ionals.
Nichols suspects there will be another wave of infections as the state reopens, and suggested that massive crowds at recent demonstrations about racism and police brutality further underscore the need for expansive testing.
Oh, they were given a doctor's note, and I'm glad I never attend protests.
The Baker administration’s statement said that demand for testing will “vary as the pandemic progresses. The Commonwealth’s goal is to have sufficient testing capacity should we experience another surge.”
That's why as much as I wanted to reopen, I didn't and do not. It's not the same. It's eye-drops of water to a man dying of thirst.
Public health experts, advocates, and medical workers say a demand for testing still exists, and that access remains an issue, especially in communities of color and low income, where red tape and miscommunication have led to residents being turned away from testing sites.
“What’s needed is more testing without people having to go through flaming hoops," said Helena DaSilva Hughes, executive director of the Immigrant’s Assistance Center in New Bedford.
An immigrant guy!
Well, line up for the false positives and COVID dragnet then.
A coalition of doctors and leaders of community and public health groups on Thursday called on the Baker administration to provide more protections — including better access to testing — for people of color, the elderly, and others at high risk. They said many are being told at testing sites they must have symptoms of COVID-19 to qualify, even though a growing body of research suggests as many as 45 percent of those infected show no symptoms.
PFFFFT!
I'm reading tired of reading this bullshit about how you are infected even if you are not sick. These lying fuckers! We are looking at pure goddamn evil here, folks, and our feckless politicians and leaders have thrown in with the plot. We should eat them alive for their treason.
At Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, one of the state’s largest community health centers, Dr. Zandra Kelley, the center’s chief medical officer, said some people are afraid to leave their homes for fear of infection, or don’t understand the rules for testing have been relaxed.
I'm not afraid to leave my home, I'm afraid of anyone invading my property and space. Afraid for them.
Officials and public health experts have repeatedly cited sufficient testing and contact tracing as the key to recovery.
“[A] slow opening is fine, but you’ve really got to push more on testing,” said Dr. Ashish K. Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. “Ten thousand tests [a day] is probably not enough for Massachusetts. Not right now. We should be doing more.”
These sick, evil bastards, doing the work of Billy Gates and the WEF!
F**k them!
Massachusetts, like many other states, was plagued by a shortage of testing supplies earlier in the pandemic, leading to strict rules of who could be tested. Now, as shortages have eased, Massachusetts has one of the highest per capita COVID-19 testing rates in the world, according to the Baker administration.
Across Massachusetts, 9 percent of the population has been tested for COVID-19, but the rate has varied significantly from town to town. In the most recent week, Dedham had five times more people tested per capita than Amherst, according to the state’s latest data. Cambridge had a testing rate four times higher than Chicopee, and New Bedford had a rate three times higher than Weymouth.
The state recently received $374 million from the federal government to expand its testing program. As part of the deal, the state had to submit a blueprint of its plan to federal regulators.
We all know Trump is not riding to the rescue; he is in this with them.
Among the priorities, the state said, was new partnerships, such as one between community groups and laboratories that process tests. It pointed to a partnership formed in late April between community health centers and Quest Diagnostics, which has a lab in Marlborough and processes many of the state’s tests.
Look, it is TYRANNY under the GOWN of MEDICINE!
Kerin O’Toole, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, said that after facing such an acute shortage of testing kits for so long, the 26 centers in the partnership are grateful for the kits provided by Quest; however, health centers in the partnership, which are producing a total of about 565 tests per day, would need more staffing to hit the daily goal outlined in the state’s report of 2,000 per day, according to O’Toole. “Testing and tracing are critical to keeping our families, neighbors, and communities healthy and safe,” O’Toole said.....
What a tool of evil elites if not an outright collaborator.
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Related:
Democrats Unveil Sweeping Police Reform Bill
That was front-page NYT crap, and the bottom of the page is literally crap.
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After protests, politicians reconsider police budgets and discipline
I'm told that "in an abrupt change of course, the mayor of New York vowed to cut the budget of the nation’s largest police force, and in Los Angeles, the mayor called for redirecting millions of dollars from policing after protesters gathered outside his home."
They used to call that APPEASEMENT!
States scramble to deal with potential spikes in unemployment fraud, prompting Democrats to demand answers
I'm on the edge of my seat with bated breath!
The cities will soon be jungles:
"Shuttered zoos are hemorrhaging money, and they want federal help for endangered species work" by Karin Brulliard and Jennifer Oldham Washington Post, June 8, 2020
Many zoos have laid off or furloughed most staff members except those who care for animals, but they are hemorrhaging money even as some partially reopen, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which represents 239 facilities in North America.
Let the animals loose then.
Critics dismiss zoos’ contributions to species conservation — within their gates and in the wild — as window-dressing to justify keeping animals for entertainment, and some zoos devote more of their budgets to conservation than others, but through captive breeding, research, and rehabilitation, US zoos say they play a key support role to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which are required to try to recover animals on the endangered species list.
That's what our satanic leaders have planned for us under the cover of COVID-19, dear readers. They think of us as animals, not fellow humans, and I can't begin to recount all the videos I have seen where it is the animals who put humans to shame when it comes to love and compassion.
Breeding of endangered species is on hold at many zoos. ‘‘If it weren’t for zoos, the federal government couldn’t take care of species that face extinction in the wild,’’ said Jeffrey P. Bonner, president of the Saint Louis Zoo, which says it spends more than $500,000 a year caring for animals on the endangered species list, including 1,840 Ozark hellbender salamanders. ‘‘We are on the front lines, and we aren’t getting any help.’’
I guess it is only humans they want to annihilate based on the war policies.
Stacks of brown and black corpses there, but those lives do not matter to BLM. They never protested those.
The zoo association is part of a coalition of cultural institutions asking Congress to provide relief in a future stimulus package. It also asked last month for $30 million for zoos and aquariums that participate in endangered species recovery or house animals rescued or confiscated by the government.....
Let's just kill the animals and eat them. After all, there is already a meat shortage.
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Speaking of animals:
Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges
They sure are treated that way by USrael.
This guy would qualify, except I think he was simply doing his duty and fulfilling his mission:
"An Air Force sergeant accused of killing a Northern California sheriff’s deputy in an ambush-style attack was a leader for a military base’s elite security force, officials said Monday....."
Okay, first we have cops in Minneapolis lighting fires, then Boston cops leaving bricks for rioters, and now we have military snipers ambushing police!
Can you say Operation Gladio and the Strategy of Tension, boys and girls?
I knew you could!
Speak off the devils:
Bail set at $1.25 million for Derek Chauvin, officer charged with murder in George Floyd case
New York Times demon work!
Biden does not want to defund police, spokesman says
He thinks that will win some of the cops back?
Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform
France’s interior minister bans chokeholds by police
Did you see the comments on Facebook?
Minneapolis would require insurance for officers
I thought they had been disbanded after they all quit, saying "you're on your own."
Pa. House legislators demand action on policing
One can only wonder if there will not be some lapses in the security details.
"Portland’s police chief resigned on Monday, just six months into her job, amid criticism of her department’s handling of protests in Oregon’s largest city. A Black lieutenant replaced her. The shakeup came as police have been sharply criticized for using what has been called inappropriate force against some protesters as huge demonstrations continue in Portland....."
Imagine if she were a man:
Man arrested after car drove through demonstrators in Va.
He is allegedly a self-identified leader of the Ku Klux Klan, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
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This next guy is a real hero of mine (along with the president of Belarus):
"As the coronavirus tore through Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro came under blistering criticism for sabotaging the isolation measures imposed by states, encouraging mass rallies by his supporters and lashing out on the soaring death toll, saying “What do you want me to do?” Now that the outbreak in Brazil has gotten even worse — with more infections than any country but the United States — Bolsonaro’s government has come up with a unique response to the growing alarm: It decided to stop reporting the cumulative toll of the virus altogether. Brazil’s health ministry took down the website where it had been reporting coronavirus statistics Friday, and then, when it came back online Saturday, the site omitted the historical data — leaving out how many people had already been infected or killed because of the virus. Lawmakers and health specialists quickly attacked Bolsonaro in unusually blistering terms. Not only did they condemn the government’s decision to withhold comprehensive statistics as deaths and contagion continue to soar, but they roundly criticized the Bolsonaro administration’s repeated practice of downplaying the danger of the virus, regardless of what scientists and his own health ministers may say. The government did not explain its new methodology for tracking cases. Over the weekend, the National Council of Health Secretaries, which represents local health officials, launched a website compiling comprehensive data. According to that tally, as of Sunday Brazil had more than 680,400 confirmed coronavirus cases and at least 36,151 deaths."
He must be on the right track to be under such assault.
Same as this guy:
"The prime minister of Sweden was forced to defend his COVID-19 strategy after opposition parties mounted a scathing attack on his government amid signs its handling of the pandemic has been fatally flawed. With more than 4,500 Swedes now dead as a result of the coronavirus, and Sweden’s chief epidemiologist admitting mistakes, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was the target of a series of rebukes during a debate among party leaders broadcast on Sunday night. Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the main opposition party known as the Moderates, said ‘‘there have been obvious, fundamental failures’’ in Sweden’s response to COVID-19. Until now, lawmakers in Sweden had observed a tacit political truce when discussing the country’s COVID strategy, but that all changed last week, when state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell acknowledged that some of his decisions may have been misguided."
Better rush him to the hospital:
"The coronavirus pushed hospitals to the edge, and millions of workers lost job-based coverage in the economic shutdown to slow the spread, but a new poll suggests Americans have remarkably little interest in big changes to health care as a result of the pandemic. People are still more likely to prefer the private sector than the government on driving innovation in health care, improving quality, and, by a narrower margin, providing coverage, according to the survey by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Those views are basically unchanged since February, when an earlier edition of the AP-NORC poll asked the same questions at a time that the coronavirus was still largely seen as a problem in other countries, not the United States. The poll found that people are more likely to trust private entities over government at driving innovation in health care, improving quality, and providing insurance coverage. Americans had more confidence in government’s ability to reduce costs, preferring it over the private sector. All of those preferences are unchanged since before COVID-19 arrived."
The bu$ine$$ $ection expands upon the brief, and sadly, the American people still have not grasped the gravity of the situation, and it is not entirely their fault. They simply do not have the relevant information at hand.
GOP lawmakers push bill to keep convention in N.C.
Trump will be DOA come November, God help him.
So much for his Imperial Maje$ty:
"Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the US, study finds" by Joel Achenbach and Laura Meckler Washington Post, June 8, 2020
Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a research study published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders and other restrictions limited the spread of the contagion.
A separate study from epidemiologists at Imperial College London estimated the shutdowns saved about 3.1 million lives in 11 European countries, including 500,000 in the United Kingdom, and dropped infection rates by an average of 82 percent, sufficient to drive the contagion well below epidemic levels.
I can't tell you the dejection I felt when the WaCompo cited the discredited Imperial College, home of the discredited study that caused the adulterous hypocrite Ferguson to resign -- and yet here the WP is citing a study from the Bill Gates-backed piece of $hit.
Of course, the problem is me. I'm insane to expect to crack open the Globe and find any semblance of truth or reality. It's all distortion, illusion, and the imagery of agenda-pushing propaganda.
The two reports, published simultaneously Monday in the journal Nature, used completely different methods to reach similar conclusions. They suggest that the aggressive and unprecedented shutdowns, which caused massive economic disruptions and job losses, were effective at halting the exponential spread of the coronavirus.
It was never going to do that anyway. We were hoodwinked and lied to so they could destroy and economy and bring about their Great Reset!
‘‘Without these policies employed, we would have lived through a very different April and May,’’ said Solomon Hsiang, director of the Global Policy Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley, and the leader of the research team that surveyed how six countries — China, the United States, France, Italy, Iran, and South Korea — responded to the pandemic.
F**k you, liar! You have NOW WAY of PROVING THAT! Self-serving BS SPEW out the mouth doesn't cut it.
His team estimated that, in the initial days after the virus was seeded in each country, and before the shutdowns, the number of infections was doubling every two days.
The viru$ was "seeded" in countries, huh?
Who could have done that?
Only one empire I can think of.
Oh, I also estimate that the Patriots will win zero games this year because the season will be cancelled after the September simulation.
‘‘The disease was spreading at a really extraordinary rate that is rare even among very infectious diseases,’’ he said in an interview. The global response to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, resulted in ‘‘saving more lives in a shorter period of time than ever before,’’ he said in a separate conference call with reporters.
The two reports on the effectiveness of the shutdowns come with a clear warning that the pandemic, even if in retreat in some of the places hardest hit, is far from over. The overwhelming majority of people remain susceptible to the virus. Only about 3 percent to 4 percent of people in the countries being studied have been infected to date, said Samir Bhatt, senior author of the Imperial College London study.
‘‘This is just the beginning of the epidemic: we’re very far from herd immunity,’’ Bhatt said Monday in an e-mail. ‘‘The risk of a second wave happening if all interventions and precautions are abandoned is very real.’’
He says that as doctors across the globe are reporting that this variation of the coronavirus is disappearing on its own, and it is the VERY STRATEGY of LOCKDOWN that DENIED US HERD IMMUNITY for a FAR-FROM LETHAL VIRUS, liar! People didn't;'t even know they had it, or so we are told!
These sick fucks want to KEEP COVID-19 ALIVE, folks, not you!
The Berkeley study used an ‘‘econometric’’ model to estimate how 1,717 interventions, such as stay-at-home orders, business closings, and travel bans, altered the spread of the virus. The researchers looked at infection rates before and after the interventions were imposed. Some of these interventions were local, and some regional or national.
You can shove your models where the sun don't shine.
The researchers concluded that the six countries collectively managed to avert 62 million test-confirmed infections. Because most people who are infected never get tested or diagnosed with COVID-19, the actual number of cases that were averted is much higher — about 530 million in the six countries, the Berkeley researchers estimated. They estimated that the United States, had it not imposed shutdowns and other measures, would have seen an additional 4.8 million diagnosed infections and 60 million actual infections.
Then we ALREADY HAVE HEARD IMMUNITY, you f**kers, and shove your "estimates," too!!
Timing is crucial, the Berkeley study found. Small delays in implementing shutdowns can lead to ‘‘dramatically different health outcomes.’’ The report, while reviewing what worked and what made little difference, is clearly aimed at the many countries still early in their battle against the coronavirus.
One striking finding: School closures did not show a significant effect, although the authors cautioned that their research on this was not conclusive and the effectiveness of school closures requires further study.
That's because the kids don't suffer and get over it quick (if the damn thing even exists, which I now doubt).
‘‘Societies around the world are weighing whether the health benefits of anti-contagion policies are worth their social and economic costs,’’ the Berkeley team wrote. The economic costs of shutdowns are highly visible — closed stores, huge job losses, empty streets, food lines. The health benefits of the shutdowns, however, are invisible, because they involve ‘‘infections that never occurred and deaths that did not happen,’’ Hsiang said.
You can't prove a negative, jerk!
This is after the Globe went over the top on COVID-19 undercounts and downplayed the COVID-19 overcounts.
That spurred the researchers to come up with their estimates of infections prevented. The Berkeley team did not produce an estimate of lives saved. Banning large gatherings had more of an effect in France and South Korea than in the other countries.
The findings could be instructive to states and school districts as they weigh when and how to reopen this fall. There is enormous pressure to resume in-person school — both because virtual education has left many students behind, and because many parents of young children cannot go to work if their children are at home, but schools worry that children could become infected and then transmit COVID-19 to family members, and they are concerned about teachers and other staff who are older or particularly vulnerable.
Whatever happens, it will be far from normal.
Many districts are considering a hybrid model, with some children in the building and others learning from home. The goal would be to minimize the numbers on site to provide for social distancing.
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said schools should remain closed while infection rates were high, but offered guidance for reopening as communities recover. The recommendations included a raft of ideas to create distancing inside schools, most of which were already under consideration by many districts. Among them: desks at least 6 feet apart and facing the same direction, lunch in classrooms, leaving every other row on buses empty and staggered arrival times.
Might as well just stay home, kids.
The agency also recommended mandatory cloth masks for staff and encouraged use by students, and daily temperature screenings for everyone. It said schools should have adequate supplies for hygiene, including soap, hand sanitizer, and no-touch trash cans. Surfaces and school buses should be cleaned and disinfected daily, it said, and windows and doors should be open so air can circulate.
In discussing their findings Monday with reporters in the teleconference, leaders of the two research teams said challenges exist in crafting their models and thus there are uncertainties in the final estimates.
But you killed an economy over stuff like that!
Bhatt, for example, said the model used by his team is highly sensitive to assumptions about the infection fatality rate, estimates for which have varied among researchers and from one country to another. He said his team was heartened to see that its estimates for the number of people infected so far is generally consistent with antibody surveys that attempt to calculate the attack rate of the virus.
You know what they say when you assume things, right?
You make an ass of u and me!
Ian Bolliger, one of the Berkeley researchers, acknowledged the difficulty in obtaining reliable numbers for coronavirus infections given the haphazard pattern of testing for the virus. Both research teams said the peer review process had made their findings more robust.
They are always pushing the testing; however, they had DIFFICULTY OBTAINING RELIABLE DATA, huh?
They killed an economy over it and destroyed your life!
Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security, said in an e-mail that these new reports show the effectiveness of shutdowns, but she said the economic and social harms of these efforts are considerable, and so societies at this point need to transition to a more focused strategy built around testing, contact tracing, and isolation of COVID-19 patients.
Did that fa$ci$t scumbag participate in Event 201?
Nuzzo, who was not involved in either of the two studies, added that the ultimate impact of the shutdowns depends on what happens next: ‘‘The lockdowns were a pause button, not a cure,’’ she said. ‘‘Any reduction in the occurrence of cases or deaths is temporary.’’
Expect more bullshit in the paper and jacking up of the numbers over the summer.
I think I'm going to take it off and stop reading this piece of $hit paper.
F**k them!
The two studies estimated the benefits of the shutdowns, but the leaders of the research did not go so far as to offer specific policy prescriptions. In a teleconference with reporters, Bhatt said economic activity could return to some degree so long as some interventions to limit viral spread remain in place: ‘‘We’re not saying the country needs to stay locked down forever.’’
But he would like that.
Hsiang spoke of the extreme economic hardship the United States and other countries have endured in the struggle to contain the virus. ‘The whole point of this study is to help us understand what we got for this tremendous sacrifice that the country has gone through. Ultimately, whether or not it was worth it is something society has to decide,’’ he said.
Oh, WE HAVE MADE OR DECISION and the answer is a DEFINITIVE NO!
All you f**kers should be ROTTING IN JAIL CELLS before your EXECUTIONS!
The early indicators of community spread were akin to seeing cracks form in the ceiling and realizing the roof was about collapse, he said. The shutdowns were painful and exhausting, but ‘‘nevertheless everyone caught the roof and held it up before it crashed in on everyone.’’
Except the economy came crashing down instead, a$$hole!!!
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He is a day in the life of these insects:
"When 511 epidemiologists expect to fly, hug, and do 18 other everyday activities again" by Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz New York Times, June 8, 2020
F**king Jew York Times again!
Many epidemiologists are already comfortable going to the doctor, socializing with small groups outside, or bringing in mail, despite the coronavirus, but unless there’s an effective vaccine or treatment first, it will be more than a year before many say they will be willing to go to concerts, sporting events, or religious services, and some may never greet people with hugs or handshakes again.
Fine. Take as many shots as you want. You can have mine.
I'm glad I won't be seeing you around because I would be certain to be sick if I saw you.
These are the personal opinions of a group of 511 epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists who were asked by The New York Times when they expect to resume 20 activities of daily life. Some said they would refrain from nearly all of the 20 activities until a vaccine for the virus had been widely distributed. Others said they would wait for a vaccine to do the indoor activities on the list.
Really jabbing the needle, aren't they?
For some of the activities, there was significant disagreement. Epidemiologists say they are making decisions based on publicly available data for their region on things like infections and testing. Before choosing whether to do an activity, they might evaluate whether people are wearing masks, whether physical distancing is possible, and whether there are alternative ways to do it. Because there is a chance of a second wave of infections, they say they may become less comfortable with certain activities over time, not more.
I would say it is more than a chance, it's a certainty!
Many epidemiologists said they may never greet people the same way again. Forty-two percent of the sample said they would not hug or shake hands for more than a year, and 6 percent said they would never do either again.
I feel so f**king sorry for pathetic people like them.
About 6,000 epidemiologists were invited to participate in the survey, which was circulated to the membership of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and to individual scientists. Some said they were uncomfortable making predictions based on time because they didn’t want to guess the timing of certain treatments or infection data.
One thing the epidemiologists seemed to agree on was that even when they return to normal activities, they will do them differently for a long time.....
They mean the "new normal," of course!
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Back to more important matters:
Cities have failed to deliver police reforms. Now Congress must act
So sayeth the Globe!
Trump gutted protections for the Atlantic’s only marine monument
Miriam Goldstein asks now what?
The gift of anger and brokenheartedness
Greg M. Epstein longs for values that can meet this moment by transcending sectarianism.
Go tell it to the Zioni$ts and Palestinians!
‘Made in America’ no longer a selling point
It was a har$h deci$ion for Brooks Brothers.
Kennedy, Markey tangle at Senate debate
Oh, I missed it.
Massachusetts day-care centers and Russian orphanages
They make house calls here.
As some parents worry, playgrounds begin reopening
The kids couldn’t be happier, though.
State blesses student return to classes for summer school
With major restrictions like small classes, social distancing, lots of handwashing, and more.
Wearing a face mask with a valve?
It might be time to find something else, some experts say, because the masks protect no one and "need to be banned.”
Unfortunately, manufacturing masks has provided lifelines during the pandemic, for the employees and front-line workers at New Balance.
Keith Love, ‘heart and soul’ of TechBoston Academy, dies at 53
Huey Lewis sang a tribute to him.
Milton parents express ‘outrage’ over teacher’s suspension regarding racial comment on police
I'm told "a group of Milton parents recently wrote a letter to a middle school principal and superintendent expressing their “outrage” over the suspension of a teacher who allegedly said “many cops are racist” during a class discussion."
Isn't it nice to see a "teacher" stereotype a whole grpoup of people based on the actions of a few?
I'm sure there is a lesson in there somewhere for you, kiddo.
Police report alleges wild scene that led up to cruiser in flames
Justified violence from what the governor and mayor have said, so..... ??
Woman faces illegal gun charges after fatally shooting pit bull that attacked her in Springfield
Should have thrown something at him instead:
Two arrested for allegedly throwing objects at police after peaceful protest in Lawrence
Was that before or after they lit the police cruiser on fire?
Man arrested for allegedly firing illegal handgun multiple times, alarming nearby customers at restaurant
They took cover inside!
N.H. beaches open to sunbathing, leisure activities
They have been dying to swim in the ocean up there.
Maine lifts some tourism restrictions, announces plan to quadruple testing capacity in July
They put a mask on a statue of the literary great Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Why not just pull him down like General Lee?
