Is this the new normal?

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Mick

Ehhhhh, no. Go here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ny-gov...d-ventilators/

They have been promised 4000 ventilators.

Well I'm pretty sure I heard him say 400, but I'll concede the point.

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Or, or, or....they could just give the patients the drug cocktail that seems to work for most Wu flu patients, and skip all the ventilator bullshit. Can't do that in Nevada, though, because the Nevada governor outlawed that treatment, because Orange Man bad, or something.

Somebody, possibly an immigrant "doctor" from Africa, should tell the governor that ventilators have not been double-blind studied to be effective on COVID-19.

[A/E]

Depends how Dr. Fuchi wants go about the next one

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Well I'm pretty sure I heard him say 400, but I'll concede the point.

The video of Cuomo saying 4000 and asking about the other 26000 was at the link I posted.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by BOTY

I'll let you know, waiting to see if they restrict travel in and out of NYC.

Keep your fingers crossed. We don't need the liberals leaving the looney bin and voting in red states with much better tax laws.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

* 400



He kinda has a point though. Who is gonna be the one to choose the 29,600 people who are going to die from lack of a ventilator and the 400 who get to live?

I had 400 for a while, then someone told me it was 4000 so I edited it.

I heard this morning there isn't enough staff to work with 30,000 even if he got them.

[Aerovette]

4 times over the last week and a half, I have stopped at the grocery store on my way to the office and picked up soap, toilet paper, something for lunch, whatever. I get out of the truck, walk in, get what I want and leave.

This morning...I pulled in and see a line down the front of the building, with all the obedient sheep standing 6 feet between them front and back, and a gate keeper letting one person at a time in the store...so they can get inside and all pick up the same can of soup and put it back, or the same fruit, or the same whatever that they may have changed their mind about, then go to the same checkout and push the same ATM buttons while dragging what they bought across the same smudgy scanner, and put it in a bag that was separated from the others with a licked wet thumb.

It is theater of the absurd. I'll be a sheep for the 20% of this crap that's real, but not for the 80% that is sensationalism at its worst.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Mick

The video of Cuomo saying 4000 and asking about the other 26000 was at the link I posted.

I watched one of Cuomo's press conferences live and that's where I heard him say 400. Thank you for the correction.

[Rob]

https://www.facebook.com/kristian.ca...19350236840959



https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/...7559f80f6cbfc0

China will ban most foreigners from entering country

From CNN's Steven Jiang in Beijing

China will close its borders to most foreigners starting Saturday, the government announced Thursday, amid continued concerns over rising imported cases of novel coronavirus.

Foreign nationals currently holding Chinese visas or residency permits will be temporarily banned from entering the country until further notice, according to a statement from the foreign ministry and the national immigration authority.

The government is also suspending all visa-free transit and visa-on-landing programs. People holding diplomatic passports are exempted from the new rule.

Foreign nationals who must visit China out of necessity need to apply for new visas, and holders of Chinese visas issued after Thursday will be allowed into the country, the statement added.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-...aulty-supplies


https://video.foxnews.com/v/6144664610001#sp=show-clips

Lot of strange breadcrumbs on the ground lately

[allthrottleandsomebottle]

Did someone mention sars....(lite humor)

[Bill]

Originally Posted by allthrottleandsomebottle

Did someone mention sars....(lite humor)

How do you like it? And does it take the CZ 75 magazines?

[allthrottleandsomebottle]

It takes the CZs, may buy it Saturday....local selling off his 65+ handguns. Already bought a mc-14 Looks like a Beretta 84FS

[Bill]

Originally Posted by allthrottleandsomebottle

It takes the CZs, may buy it Saturday....local selling off his 65+ handguns. Already bought a mc-14 Looks like a Beretta 84FS

Something like this?

https://www.tinstarshootingrange.com...0002990027-707

I always thought those little pocket sized Berettas were cool.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

* 400



He kinda has a point though. Who is gonna be the one to choose the 29,600 people who are going to die from lack of a ventilator and the 400 who get to live?

Originally Posted by Mick

Ehhhhh, no. Go here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ny-gov...d-ventilators/

They have been promised 4000 ventilators.

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Well I'm pretty sure I heard him say 400, but I'll concede the point.

Turns out my hearing is just fine (skip ahead to 5:40):

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Turns out my hearing is just fine (skip ahead to 5:40):

Yep, but his math skills severely suck.

30,000 - 400 = 26,000

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by aerovette

Yep, but his math skills severely suck.

30,000 - 400 = 26,000

Clearly the stressed-out governor misspoke. Cut him some slack.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Clearly the stressed-out governor misspoke. Cut him some slack.

He is the source of his stress. He needs to stop bitching about what he can't do and start figuring out what he CAN do. If your car breaks down and all you have is pliers and duct tape, figure out how that will address the problem instead of bitching about the tools you DON'T have.

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by aerovette

He is the source of his stress. He needs to stop bitching about what he can't do and start figuring out what he CAN do. If your car breaks down and all you have is pliers and duct tape, figure out how that will address the problem instead of bitching about the tools you DON'T have.

As a former NewYorker, I'm glad to be a former NewYorker.