# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 182
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3633 "2020-06-26T23:05:47Z")
18 people? That’s not a party… > **[About 300 teens exposed to COVID-19 at big party near Austin](https://apnews.com/d43511f35e2e12fc914f3f412868192b)** > > AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — About 300 teenagers were exposed to the coronavirus at a massive party in a posh lakeside suburb in the Central Texas hills, Austin Public Health authorities said... Wait… that’s still not a REAL party… > **[Liverpool police warn of virus threat after Anfield party](https://apnews.com/c405ed4649217ec96ab28dab3148075e)** > > LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Warning about the ongoing threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, police have criticized Liverpool fans for partying on the streets in their thousands to celebrate the... Okay; now that’s a party. Kinda dangerous tho, with all those people. Maybe try it on boats: > **[Annual Michigan boat party threatens social distancing rules](https://apnews.com/e60ef2679a6346d085301e988174c760)** > > GULL ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of boats congregated Friday around a small island in Lake St. Clair in an annual celebration of water and sun that was expected to place thousands of people at odds with Michigan's rules intended to curb the spread... 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3634 "2020-06-27T00:12:20Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > If this is true, maybe it’s a good thing, and more people might have already had it than we thought Except if lots of people have had it since March 2019, why did hospitals suddenly start filling up with cases in 2020? Either it became a lot more virulent for some reason, or it became a lot more contagious for some reason, or it hasn’t been around since 2019. Because they weren’t stacking bodies up in borrowed reefer trucks in the streets due to overwhelmed morgues and funeral homes in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3635 "2020-06-27T00:31:01Z")
**thorny\_locust** - I can speculate on why they are doing this, but i think that may violate the rules of this forum. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3636 "2020-06-27T00:40:19Z")
> **[Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had...](https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-06-26/inside-the-body-the-coronavirus-is-even-more-sinister-than-scientists-had-realized?fbclid=IwAR1DH2AGJCiZajmWgcPFBUIs6Oef5MUTxGWenG04R5_f69P6NavDDZ_z--U)** > > Cells hijacked by the coronavirus grow long, streaming tentacles to reach out to new victims, scientists found. This could complicate the search for a vaccine. Everything new we find out about Covid-19 just keeps making things worse. Novel, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3637 "2020-06-27T00:47:56Z")
And now American Airlines and United say they are going to book their airplanes to max capacity once again. At a time when the U.S. is in a worse state than ever before. > **[American Airlines will book flights to full capacity](https://www.wxii12.com/article/american-airlines-will-book-flights-to-full-capacity/32981879)** > > The move comes as the United States sets records for new reported cases of the coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3638 "2020-06-27T00:53:16Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > And now American Airlines and United say they are going to book their airplanes to max capacity once again. At a time when the U.S. is in a worse state than ever before. I am not, NOT going to be flying anywhere in the foreseeable future. Jeezus! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3639 "2020-06-27T01:12:18Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > And now American Airlines and United say they are going to book their airplanes to max capacity once again. At a time when the U.S. is in a worse state than ever before. > > [American Airlines will book flights to full capacity](https://www.wxii12.com/article/american-airlines-will-book-flights-to-full-capacity/32981879) Yeah, I saw that and this - [White House halts mandatory temperature checks, symptom screening](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-stops-mandatory-temperature-checks-symptom-screening-n1231708) - back to back and nearly sprained my eyes rolling them. I know that time has lost all meaning, but _timing_ should still mean something. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3640 "2020-06-27T04:03:32Z")
Ya think a newspaper article is maybe trying to be a wee bit dramatic maybe when they describe “zombie cells” with “ghoulish transformations” injecting “venom”? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3641 "2020-06-27T04:08:39Z")
9,906,585 total cases 496,915 dead 5,357,996 recovered In the US: 2,552,956 total cases 127,640 dead 1,068,703 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 9,711,780 total cases > 491,797 dead > 5,247,174 recovered > > In the US: > > 2,504,588 total cases > 126,780 dead > 1,052,293 recovered Another record day of new cases for both the planet in general and the US in particular. Worldwide total cases will easily top 10,000,000 and deaths will rise above 500,000 tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3642 "2020-06-27T04:43:54Z")
Just gets better and better. > **[Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-effects/scientists-just-beginning-to-understand-the-many-health-problems-caused-by-covid-19-idUSKBN23X1BZ)** > > Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts. This one isn’t quite so sensational as the LA Times link. Still pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3643 "2020-06-27T18:30:55Z")
Worldwide total cases just went over 10,000,000. ETA: More than 25% of all cases right now are in the US. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3644 "2020-06-27T19:50:45Z")
I’m getting pretty tired of winning. Aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3645 "2020-06-28T00:10:58Z")
Not sure if this is the right place to post… Wow. 😮 I just got an Emergency Alert on my cell phone (like an Amber alert-- same voice) telling me that COVID cases are increasing in Bexar County (San Antonio) and to stay home, wear a mask, etc. @JohnT did you get one? I’ve never gotten that kind of alert except for a tornado warning or something. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3647 "2020-06-28T00:18:11Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/z-4koGMnC6DQYrqt9xi1hQyr8m_WNyCcAIaCt7Mr1yocQF7gGbRftkd0E8KY-q6IP6jQiq-YxMn-Sm8-5K7FH9bqnx_DkDlGKM-nta-p2TWBfGwrjQ2lJ012V5l6KCaNbcjkTgbCSg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/tj5uasYAE5KBWoRn6) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3648 "2020-06-28T00:25:41Z")
That’s the one! I’m hoping it will prompt some people to pull their heads out of their butts and take this seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3649 "2020-06-28T01:19:21Z")
I got it also. The San Antonio govt website that the warning directs you to doesn’t load for me, though. Not sure if they are swamped or what. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3650 "2020-06-28T01:23:52Z")
It’s a great way of reaching everyone at once. A bit scary, too, which is exactly what’s needed. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3651 "2020-06-28T01:28:48Z")
I hope it works. We are in dire straits if hospitals get overloaded. I didn’t know the emergency alert thing worked like that for local warnings besides weather and Amber Alerts. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3652 "2020-06-28T01:39:38Z")
I’ve never seen it used that way before. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/3653 "2020-06-28T01:41:08Z")
# Washington Post: Trump campaign had social distancing stickers removed before Tulsa rally > [@](#): > > Then on the day of the rally, when event staff had already placed the stickers on nearly every other seat in the 19,000-seat arena, the Trump campaign told event management to stop and then began removing the stickers, according to a person familiar with the event who spoke to the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=183)