#covid timeline

[thedreadpiratejames]

Remember when Chump said that covid would be gone by Easter 2020?

1. Morning in America

Without irony or embarrassment, Elise Stefanik asks, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

And then Stefanik claims that the answer is “A resounding no.”

AYFKM?

Let’s do this. And I mean, let’s really forking do it.

First, let’s start with the baseline. What was it like four years ago?

At this point in 2020, a few hundred Americans were dying every day from COVID. By April 2020 that number would be over 2,000 dead per day.

[thedreadpiratejames]

Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?

April 3, 2020

The US death toll reaches a total of 5,374.

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 1 million worldwide.

[tarraing]

i think they deserve a little domesticity as a treat

[gersploosh]

like old times

[theprogressivesadist]

That's right. There are more daily infections now than in *89%* of the pandemic

Mask the fuck up people. Protect yourselves, protect those you love, protect our fucking species

[softpine]

i like how we all collectively agreed that covid does not exist in any of our sims stories

[buckleylove]

Evan 'Buck' Buckley: Life So Far

So, I used my 9-1-1 timeline to make a timeline of Buck's life so far!

Please know that I may be a month or two out in some situations - I had to make some assumptions here and there and the 9-1-1 timeline is also just.. interesting at times (lmao). If you have any questions feel free to ask!

(Also sorry if I missed anything/made any mistakes, I tried to include everything and have checked it over many times but I know that as soon as I post it, I’m bound to notice something I did wrong rip)

[shaylogic]

Spanish Flu: 1918-1920

Covid: 2020ish-ongoing (but lessened significantly by mid-2023)

Edwin basically dodged both pandemics

[all-about-the-tea-parties]

So you’re telling me, catalyst of the entire cannibal cult Lottie, big plot twist of the end of season one Lottie, vehicle of most of our foreshadowing and supernatural/psychosis metaphor Lottie, lynch pin of the teams struggles with the wilderness Lottie, most interesting almost oppositional adult character who is actually deeply sincere Lottie, the crux and answer to whether or not the spooks are just mass hysteria Lottie, big potential for REAL investigation into the adult versions of the characters Lottie by acting as an antagonist to them emotionally, the only reason I find the adult timeline remotely reasonable to watch (I’m so tired of the “who is out to get us??” Plot line) Lottie…

Is dead.

And not just dead.

Dead. Off. Screen.

Dead! Off. Screen!

Unceremoniously.

Nobody LIKED her!!! And she’s what??? The new Travis???? The new character whose death propels the girls into new issues??? But NAT already DIED. And that wasn’t even the original plan for Nat!!

So WHY. Kill LOTTIE.

Like.

Ughhhh.

And it wasn’t satisfying. I’m all for killing off fav characters for tragic narratives but it doesn’t feel tragic I feel blindsided.

The poor actress. I was so looking forward to her being a central part of the group.

[thedreadpiratejames]

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

March 19: Trump declares drug a 'game changer'

As parts of the country start shutting down in an effort to curb virus spread, Trump announces the FDA will fast-track approval of unproven coronavirus treatments, including chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.

"The nice part is, it's been around for a long time, so we know that if it -- if things don't go as planned, it's not going to kill anybody," Trump says at a task force briefing.

March 20: Trump banks on 'a feeling' as Fauci calls evidence 'anecdotal'

Director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci says, "the answer is no" when asked at a task force briefing if hydroxychloroquine is an effective coronavirus treatment, explaining signs of the drug's promise were purely "anecdotal evidence."

"But I'm a big fan, and we'll see what happens," Trump steps forward to add. "I feel good about it. That's all it is, just a feeling, you know."

March 21: Trump cites success of small French study, publisher later says data 'did not meet its standards'

Trump tweets to his roughly 84 million followers that hydroxychloroquine taken with the antibiotic azithromycin could be "one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine" and should "be put in use immediately."

March 24: Arizona man dies after ingesting non-medication chloroquine

A man in Arizona dies after ingesting a form of chloroquine used to clean fish tanks in an apparent attempt to self-medicate for the coronavirus, according to hospital system Banner Health.

The man's wife, who says they learned of chloroquine's connection to coronavirus during one of Trump's press conferences, tells NBC News they took it because they "were afraid of getting sick."

March 28: CDC distributes a Health Alert Network warning against using chloroquine phosphate

CDC distributes a Health Alert Network (HAN) warning against using chloroquine phosphate without the recommendation of a doctor or pharmacy after one person is made seriously ill and a second dies from ingesting non-pharmaceutical chloroquine phosphate (a chemical aquariums use that is commercially available for purchase at stores or online) to prevent or treat COVID-19.

April 5: Trump on hydroxychloroquine: 'What really do we have to lose?'

"If it works, that would be great," he adds. "But it doesn't kill people."

April 9: NIH begins clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine

April 13: Study in Brazil linking hydroxychloroquine to fatal heart problems makes headlines

April 22: Vaccine chief ousted

The head of the federal agency charged with overseeing the rapid production of a coronavirus vaccine says he's removed from his post after trying to push back on problems he saw infecting the federal response, including being handed "misguided directives" to push the drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.

[rainedragon]

I'm testing negative still as of yesterday afternoon, but someone else in my household for sure has covid and I'm coughing so bad I keep choking for air, so suffice it to say, I probably finally got it after 5 years. Five years! We were so careful for five years. Anyways, today, instead of just sleeping and attempting to breathe, I had to set 6 alarms to wake up so I could send an email before noon so I wasn't fired. Anyways, that's how my Tuesday is going 🙃

[mrsterlingeverything]

Sick again third time in 2 months i am dying now i am dead now what did u think of me..

[thedawningofthehour]

If anyone's ever distressed over the current situation in doth just remember that in the canon storyline, they're getting invaded by aliens right about now.

[theprogressivesadist]

just a reminder that we're all still in an ongoing pandemic

[pochapal]

turns out it wasn't covid but actually strep throat that killed my kidneys (by attacking kidneys/an immune system most likely already weakened by covid)

[cybercybertron]

What the actual fuck? “Those who are asymptomatic but positive don’t have to isolate at all.”