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A hypothetical White Sox World Series where they never play a single game with fans in Chicago would be so....meh

Imagine being the poor SOB yanked out of an ICU bed for Mr. Grin and Bear It

Well that happened fast

...no

One thing going on in my dumb brain is that it’s fascinating that this situation more or less played out 100 years ago, but the world was so fucked at the time that it’s mostly a historical footnote. At least we have that going for us I guess?

It's quite possibly the most petty bullshit I've ever seen in my life.

I would say let's give this more time because the outbreaks could have started in black communities here. That being said, I would not be the least bit surprised if this keeps up.

They have a roof for a reason though

lmao

60 doctors in Italy who claimed to have never gotten sick were tested for antibodies. 40 of them tested positive. That’s terrifying, but overall good news I’d say.

Not that I don’t believe the number is fudged, but I thought I read the Chinese were just cremating everyone that died of anything at one point. Which would explain the 24/7 thing.

With the not insubstantial caveat of allowing elections to carry forward, Illinois and Chicago are doing about as well as you could ask for in our response.

Bernstein was wrestling back tears for a good fifteen minutes.

They sent us the wrong masks ffs

Bernstein's opening statement this morning is a roooooooough listen

Even still, it is a massive, massive problem that anyone needs to have been kissing the president's ass to get help during a global crisis.

Probably short on data but that positive cases line looks pretty linear at this point in spite of the explosion of tests.

I’m no John Keynes, but that seems bad imo

This is one the most truly absurd quotes I’ve ever heard. JFC these people, and this one in particular, are useless.

...it's worse

That upper bound is terrifying though.

The disruption is what is going to cause the social change not necessarily the virus itself. There are going to be A LOT more poor people in 2021 than there were in 2019.

1000s of shuttered businesses. The economy will be changed fundamentally, probably accelerating toward increased Amazonification. If it gets bad enough you'll see eventual social unrest and subsequent reforms. It's also not outside the realm of possibility that sports leagues shutter if for someone reason we can't get going in 2021 either.

We’re looking at worse job loss than the fucking Great Depression dude, on top of WWII level deaths.

(He’s a liar)