“In the United States, it was first detected in Chicago, and 47 days later, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. By then it was too late: 110 million Americans were expected to become ill, leading to 7.7 million hospitalized and 586,000 dead.”
For Richie: by a factor of many, many, many
“You can multiply that by a factor of many, many, many.”
I’m pretty sure we’re all fucked [COVID-19]
Just saying.
End points: banks ≈︎ foreclosure
The effect of masses of gainfully employed people being forced from their homes due to a global, viral, pandemic would be something unknown and so destabilizing that its effects – long term and short term – are simply immeasurable.
Ethan 🎂
Just… Ethan
I needed this GIF
Yes, I’m aware it’s not particularly original, but I didn’t like any of the gazillion already in existence… and I’m better at this than most. So… I get that I make 13 GIFS, 17 videos and countless, random memes daily, but I can stick whatever I want to stick up here, so please STFU. Thank…
Bill Sargent | | The Guardian
Many of his ideas were of a technical nature, and he registered 400 patents of electric and electronic gadgetry – earning himself a reputation among technicians for being more an inventor than a showman. He was also a shrewd pioneer of such innovations as pay-per-view television, and his film Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979), which he cannily labelled “uncensored,” was the highest money-maker of its kind ever. It remains the standard today.
Coronavirus Update: NEW–ongoing CDC blackouts
UPDATE: new CDC blackouts in testing numbers and abrupt press briefing “postponement”
What’s really up with CDC COVID-19 testing
Kate Greenaway illustrated Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, and her “Ring Around the Rosie” – and my mother’s creepy, captivating, great-storyteller tale of what lay behind it – made me permanently hooked on plagues. Plus, I have a very weird but very real feel for pathogens. Always have.
Yes, the best thing on Twitter right now is a TicToc
This is Krissychula and yeah, she’s good. All of her stuff is good. And yes, elizabethwarren.youjustgotknockedthefuckout.org does link to ElizabethWarren.com because Elizabeth Warren is awesome and has a sense of humor.
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