[Bytor Peltor]

Florida Governor: Masks are no longer required anywhere in the state, and cities cannot fine people for not wearing one. Restaurants, bars and all other businesses open at 100% capacity. The state WILL NOT be closing again.

[tw2113]

shortly I will be testing my tastebuds with pizza and whiskey. here's to hoping.

[choc e-Claire]

I wonder if the Florida governor has an investment in funeral homes.

[tw2113]

Originally Posted by tw2113

shortly I will be testing my tastebuds with pizza and whiskey. here's to hoping.

So far so good.

[_tunic_]

we're heading into full blown restrictions again. On national level: no more parties, no more spectators at sports matches (professional or amateur level), bars are still open but must close at 22PM. Travel should be restricted, and people should work from home again, as much as possible.
And on regional level, mouth masks will be strongly advised in several major cities that have currently the highest amount of infections, including my hometown, in shops and other public areas.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by _tunic_

mouth masks will be strongly advised

See, here we go again. MAKE THEM MANDATORY OR LET EVERYBODY DIE. So many countries with this half-assed bullshit.

[The Soup Nazi]

 

[choc e-Claire]

Donald Trump has tested positive to the coronavirus.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Donald Trump has tested positive to the coronavirus.

NO FUCKIN' WAY. And he got it from Hope Hicks?!

October surprises, here we go...

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqgQEICiJ7Q0JJU1Zqb0pjM1J2Y25rdE16WXdTa2tLRVFpTH RjRDBrSUFNRVR3NWNVb1dmdmNDRWpSVWNuVnRjQ0JoYVdSbElF aHZjR1VnU0dsamEzTWdkR1Z6ZEhNZ2NHOXphWFJwZG1VZ1ptOX lJR052Y205dVlYWnBjblZ6S0FBUAE?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by @realDonaldTrump

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER! (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...2190680014849)

Genuinely laughing.

[The Soup Nazi]

The presidential couple can now have fun getting Sarcastic Lysol I.V. and sticking Sarcastic Red Lightbulbs up each other's assholes.

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

...and sticking Sarcastic Red Lightbulbs up each other's assholes.

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/h...rus-trump.html

[The Soup Nazi]

 

[Antagon]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Genuinely laughing.

Incidently, this is probably the most measured and sane post he's made in ages. Surprised he didn't crowbar (insert someone critical of Trump)'s failing ratings into the post.

Now what effect will this have on the elections?

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Antagon

Incidently, this is probably the most measured and sane post he's made in ages. Surprised he didn't crowbar (insert someone critical of Trump)'s failing ratings into the post.

From Associated Press:

The positive test result was the most searched topic in China on the widely used social media app Weibo for hours after the announcement, with most comments mocking or critical. One user darkly joked that Trump had finally tweeted something positive.

Originally Posted by Antagon

Now what effect will this have on the elections?

From Fareed Zakaria's Global Briefing:

What Changes With Trump’s Diagnosis?

It’s not just UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro: In contracting Covid-19, President Trump has joined a longer list of world leaders. “Also having tested positive are the presidents of Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras and the prime ministers of Armenia and Russia,” The New York Times’ Kaly Soto and Elian Peltier note.

Some have fallen more seriously ill than others, and at Time, Billy Perrigo compares the stories of Johnson and Bolsonaro. The UK’s Johnson emerged humbled after a severe case sent him to intensive care, and he has credited doctors with saving his life. Fellow feeling seemed to emerge for him in the UK, including among his critics; Julia Hobsbawm, daughter of the late Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm and herself a former Labour Party operative who knows Johnson personally but disagrees with him politically, wrote of that sentiment at CNN.

Fellow populist Bolsonaro of Brazil appeared to have a mild case and followed a different trajectory. “[F]or a man who had said in March he ‘wouldn’t feel anything’ if infected by the virus, his experience appeared only to bolster his extreme rhetoric,” Perrigo writes. Bolsonaro’s political stock has risen through Covid-19, Financial Times Latin America Editor Martin Stott wrote recently, and as Perrigo notes, Oliver Stuenkel of São Paolo’s Getulio Vargas Foundation told the FT elsewhere that Bolsonaro’s “quick recovery strengthens the claim that the pandemic is actually not that bad” and creates an “image of strength” for the president.

Despite the difference in severity of their Covid-19 cases, Perrigo writes, “neither Johnson and Bolsonaro seem to have materially altered their approach to governing during the pandemic because of their experience with the disease.”

What It Means for the Race

For anyone hoping to anticipate the outcome of the US presidential election, President Trump’s diagnosis is certainly a major event. At Inside Elections, Bradley Wascher offers a word of caution, urging readers to “[r]emember, this has been among the most stable presidential elections in recent history, despite occurring in a year of extraordinary circumstances.” (Analysts have noted the remarkable consistency of polls pitting Trump against Joe Biden, with opinions largely fixed through the massive ups and downs of 2020 and relatively few voters currently undecided.) “As a result, it’s practically impossible to know right now how these events will affect the polls. Here’s what we do know: Joe Biden enters this chaotic home stretch as the frontrunner."

The Economist assesses campaign dynamics: “Mr Trump wants to change the subject from covid-19, his administration’s mismanagement of the response to the epidemic and the toll it has taken on the economy. His own illness makes that task impossible for the next ten days. By the time he emerges from quarantine there will not be much time left for him to make up the deficit in his poll numbers.” The magazine concludes on an ominous note, acknowledging the unpredictability of events: “Any list of possible scenarios between now and November 3rd should also include one where Mr Trump recovers, and Mr Biden gets sick before election day.”

[The Soup Nazi]

 

[The Soup Nazi]

Amy Handmaid Barrett was diagnosed with COVID-19, recovered
Damn.

[The Soup Nazi]

Contact-tracing Trump. This is some shit right here, man - even after they knew Dope Hicks had tested positive they kept fucking up left and right. From The Washington Post:

Visual timeline of Trump’s movements before his positive coronavirus test
Videos and photos show president frequently flouted guidelines

[Bytor Peltor]