The Virus Outbreak Thread

@MagpulPony  

 
Yes. Also, there was hardly anybody outside so I didn’t make any contact with anyone.

Over 1,200 cases in Utah, now.

@Lord Goku  

 
I hope Doctor Wolf is okay.

@Famekki  
Now over 1,400. It may be because we’re doing more testing.

Welp. Just heard a medical call on the scanner for a house about 1 1/2 blocks from mine. I heard them say they thought the person was “charlie positive”, which is their new code word for the virus. I hope it isn’t the one I’m thinking of. If it is, 1 of them works where I do. Edit: It’s not that house, but it is the house of someone who’s a friend of a friend.
 
And Kansas is up to 698 and 21.
 
CBS admits to using Italy footage in NYC stories.
 
And China wants to use the virus to take over the world.

And at least four cases in my town, fuck my existence.

We’re now at 6,110 cases in Texas, with 105 deaths. 921 cases are in Dallas county, and the county-wide shelter in place order has been extended to April 30th.

@MagpulPony  
Hah! Yeah, surprisingly enough New Zealand usually pretends the UN doesn’t exist, with some exceptions.

@Background Pony #3BE4
 
That’s why we’re hoping to get Ardern and Peters out in September, and Seymour in.

Our spy force (yeah, bet you forgot that existed XD) is monitoring world corona numbers as it is debatable as to how many countries are being truthful
 
In other news, Australian scientists have discovered the head lice drug could kill Covid-19
 
And urgent surgeries over here (NZ) are being cancelled.

@Ebalosus  
Hmm, personally I’m not quite sure what to think of Seymour, but yeah, sounds like a plan!

Los Angeles is officially switching over to using the advanced DARPA/Moderna test kits.

@Background Pony #3BE4
 
I know about the spy agency thing, as all the March 15 conspiracy theorists say they’ve been visited by the police after talking about said theories online (taken with a grain of salt personally), so I’m fully aware of what they’re up to. The head lice drug thing is really interesting though.
 
Seymour at least means we can un-lose our guns in boating accidents.
 
@MagpulPony
 
They involve ramming a probe down your throat, or are just the blood test antibody ones?

@Ebalosus  
Not entirely sure, and mistyped, it’s Abbot Labs. Moderna is doing the Vaccine. Regardless, this test kit should be used everywhere at some point.

So apparently if you’re demonetized for mentioning the virus, submitting a counter-notification will fail because it’s deleted in transit.
 
@Background Pony #3BE4  
The lice treatment could work as a last resort. They also found that it dies in sunlight. My decision to make the vampires in my original IP based on coronaviruses was a good move, then, I guess?
 
@lonewolf  
If China does take over… It’s probably the end of human rights once and for all…

@Wiimeiser  
The US will happily go to war before it loses the dominant position as world power. And I’m fine with that. China cannot be allowed to win this, the well being of the world (which they’ve already partially destroyed) depends on it.

@MagpulPony  
Well, if Nuclear Hellfire doesn’t wipe us all out.

@MagpulPony  
I’d like to go and tell Helen Clarke that this is why we should have kept our Air Combat Force…

@SombrLiz  
A necessary risk.

@SombrLiz
 
@MagpulPony  
Don’t worry, you can always move over here, where all you’ll have to worry about is the nuclear winter!

@Background Pony #3BE4  
New Zealand?

@MagpulPony  
Yeah, we’re probably insignificant enough that no bombs would drop here.

@Background Pony #3BE4  
Possibly. Though NZ is still considered a large non-NATO US ally, which could potentially make you a target regardless

@MagpulPony  
Possibly, but it would probably make more sense to invade, I mean what are we gonna do if everyone else is dealing with nuclear bombs, put our ANZAC frigates in the way? :P

@Background Pony #3BE4  
It’s not exactly an Arleigh Burke, but it’s still a big warship so, maybe?