(COVID/ETC CONTENT HERE) China Locks Down 11 Million in Wuhan,

I remain highly skeptical but:

A physician in New York state claims he has used the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and zinc to treat 350 patients for COVID-19 with 100 percent success.

https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/doctor-t...s-100-success/

Originally Posted by ramairthree

My understanding is when a guy with no job or insurance or citizen ship gets shot, breaks his leg, car accident, sepsis, etc. the physician does not get paid, can’t write it off tax wise as a loss, and the hospital gets no money for the meds, bed time, OR time, supplies, etc. They can bill them all they want but they have no money or assets.

When it is an SSDI/Medicaid or social security/Medicare/tricare the payments may or may not cover the costs of care. And weird stuff like the hospital admitted you for COPD, you got discharged, took none of more meds and kept on smoking and got readmitted a week later so it’s the hospitals fault and that admission is not paid for. Same if you skipped dialysis, were admitted and treated for respiratory distress, went home, skipped another week, and for readmitted.

This is where one of the myths of socialized medicine falls flat. “If they had primary care and insurance provided, they would be healthy.” Yet SSDI/Medicare patients are among the most non compliant population.

Anyways, just trying to make a point a bunch of this care, procedures, surgery, admissions, don’t get paid for.

That is why the guy with the good insurance gets billed $600 for a box of Kleenex.

Originally Posted by chuckman

Our governor does not want to do a statewide lockdown or shelter in place. He is allowing the cities to choose their own. Charlotte just enacted a shelter in place. If I was a betting man, I bet our governor will change his tune by the end of the week.

You better hope cities don’t get locked down without enough booze and smokes.

People can get hangry.
They can be moody without caffeine.

But people at home with nothing to do and no nicotine or alcohol would become medieval.

Originally Posted by WillBrink

I remain highly skeptical but:

A physician in New York state claims he has used the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and zinc to treat 350 patients for COVID-19 with 100 percent success.

https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/doctor-t...s-100-success/

Yeah but WND....

So far this looks like it has some promise but in the study they’ve done so far it hasn’t exactly been shown to be a miracle drug for this. However, people who need those drugs for other conditions they previously had now can’t get them due to a shortage. If a bigger study can show its effectiveness then let’s ramp up production as fast as possible, I remain skeptical.

Originally Posted by WillBrink

I remain highly skeptical but:

A physician in New York state claims he has used the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and zinc to treat 350 patients for COVID-19 with 100 percent success.

https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/doctor-t...s-100-success/

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Originally Posted by ramairthree

You better hope cities don’t get locked down without enough booze and smokes.

People can get hangry.
They can be moody without caffeine.

But people at home with nothing to do and no nicotine or alcohol would become medieval.

Yeah, you're not kidding. Local PD bracing for the next few weeks. We've already seen a nominal uptick in GSWs and gang related violence. And that is without having a shelter in place or locking down.

Originally Posted by teufelhund1918

Just reading briefly what is in the Dem's China Virus bill. Loaded with pork and business killing mandates. They don't want to help people. They are literally willing to crawl over the bodies of dead people to get their agenda items into place.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wha...-help-and-more

I don't think a lot of folks realize that someone has to pay for all this crap. The gubbamint isn't a business... they get their money from one place... outta your pockets. Eventually our pockets are going to run dry with all this spending... then what... Better have a bigger stock of TP on hand.

LOL, Pelosi will just have all the dead swept up and stuffed in supply closets as she walks through. If I were Trump I would tell her "I see you have a 1,400 page response bill after trashing the bipartisan Sentate bill over the weekend. Rand Paul will be at your office in a half hour to negotiate, let me know how it comes out."

Originally Posted by glocktogo

LOL, Pelosi will just have all the dead swept up and stuffed in supply closets as she walks through. If I were Trump I would tell her "I see you have a 1,400 page response bill after trashing the bipartisan Sentate bill over the weekend. Rand Paul will be at your office in a half hour to negotiate, let me know how it comes out."

I would suggest tearing it up...

With a chainsaw.

Oklahoma going to a 21 day closure of "non-essential" businesses. Restriction on "vulnerable" individuals until Apr 30.

https://www.koco.com/article/gov-kev...onse/31915785#

Originally Posted by chuckman

Yeah, you're not kidding. Local PD bracing for the next few weeks. We've already seen a nominal uptick in GSWs and gang related violence. And that is without having a shelter in place or locking down.

The spice must flow...