Thread by @davidmcswane: 1) The VA signed a $34.5 million deal for N95 masks with a company that advertised “block chain” solutions and had only existed for 2 years.…
Thread by @davidmcswane: 1) The VA signed a $34.5 million deal for N95 masks with a company that advertised “block chain” solutions and had o for 2 years. I called the company to see why Ended up on a private jet, following one of the most bizarre storie…threadreaderapp.com
what a shit show
Ya know, there are more effective ways to communicate than 50 subsequent tweets? Christ wtf is wrong with people....
Kaido
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Thread by @davidmcswane: 1) The VA signed a $34.5 million deal for N95 masks with a company that advertised “block chain” solutions and had only existed for 2 years.…
Thread by @davidmcswane: 1) The VA signed a $34.5 million deal for N95 masks with a company that advertised “block chain” solutions and had o for 2 years. I called the company to see why Ended up on a private jet, following one of the most bizarre storie…
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Crap
Kaido
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He wrote an article on it:
How Profit and Incompetence Delayed N95 Masks While People Died at the VA
Federal agencies have hired contractors with no experience to find respirators and masks, fueling a black market filled with price gouging and multiple layers of profiteering brokers. One contractor called them “buccaneers and pirates.”
www.propublica.org
I actually enjoyed reading the tweets more tbh...
Seems to me PA is relaxing things the correct way. This Friday they are allowing Northwest & Northcentral counties(mostly rural) to open up more businesses, not the entire state all at once.
If you can't win, might as well err on the side of caution
it would be OK if they where more expensive and you needed them also, but its pretty funny. of course you dont work at the grocery store because you are a genius.
shortylickens
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brainhulk
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restaurant greenhouse booths
sdifox
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snoopy7548
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That's pretty sweet, but I wonder how hot it gets in there. Just don't fart if you're on a date...
nakedfrog
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So is this when it turns into a zombie apocalypse?
K1052
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Ichinisan
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Under ordinary circumstances, farting in the restaurant booth with your date is OK.That's pretty sweet, but I wonder how hot it gets in there. Just don't fart if you're on a date...
?
brainhulk
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Fun fact, we actually stole CRISPR from bacteria. Bacteria use CRISPR as a defense mechanism against viruses...lol
K1052
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I finally left the house to replenish some household goods. There was both name brand TP and paper towels at the Target (although not the full shelves you 'd usually see). Cleaning supply stocks appear to have bounced back somewhat through they were still out of a lot of stuff.
100% mask compliance from customers and workers was observed though which is nice. They have large plexiglass shields up at staffed cash registers.
100% mask compliance from customers and workers was observed though which is nice. They have large plexiglass shields up at staffed cash registers.
nakedfrog
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Very poor compliance from customers around here, on a good day I'd say it's 30%. Worker compliance depends on store, the larger chains are 100%, regional, probably 50-70%, but they do at least have shields up everywhere.
Is it any wonder we're doing so poorly as far as flattening our curve?
K1052
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If I see a bunch of people without masks I'm turning around at this point. Nope.
Should have been required nationally months ago.
K1052
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These dumbasses are using the ID Now tests like it makes them invulnerable. Nontrivial chance that him, Pence, or both get it given the size of the outbreak around DC and their refusal to take basic precautions.
CZroe
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I figure anyone who knows what CRISPR is knows this, since it comes along with the explanation of what it does and how it's important.
gill77
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The flu shot is 46% effective for this year's 2020 flu season
https://www.insider.com/how-effective-is-the-flu-shot
If and when we get a corona vaccine, I wonder what the numbers will be.
https://www.insider.com/how-effective-is-the-flu-shot
If and when we get a corona vaccine, I wonder what the numbers will be.
CZroe
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Apples and oranges. As I understand it, they are saying it is 0% effective for 54% of what influenzas circulating out there and near 100% effective for the rest. The measurement is about diversity. You could have a vaccine that's 100% effective against COVID-19 and have it be 0% effective for all the other coronaviruses like the common cold. No one cares how effective it is for other coronaviruses... we want to know how effective it is for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2.
OK, maybe that's not entirely true. We accept that it won't be a cure for the common cold and we stopped caring about the common cold but if that's what they were working on, a cure for the common cold, then that would be big news too.
snoopy7548
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