# 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:** 210
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4199 "2020-08-11T22:56:39Z")
> [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > No results found for **“huntley brinkley jokes”** Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4200 "2020-08-11T23:05:31Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > You do realize The Onion is humor as was the “news” article? Just adding a little lightness to our dystopian existence in TrumpWorld. I’ll go back to serious for you. I’m pretty sure there’s a thread around here somewhere for Covid humor (typically, “gallows” type humor), but I can’t find it now. Maybe it got moved to a different forum? Anybody remember this? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4201 "2020-08-11T23:06:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Russia has “approved” a vaccine: I’m not usually prone to conspiracy theories, but this seems more like a ploy to help Trump than anything else. I’m not going to be lining up to get a Russian made vaccine. If It was from almost any other country, even China, I’d want to be first in line, but count me out from having anything to do with Russian made stuff. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4202 "2020-08-11T23:46:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > We do need another thread for COVID frivolity, rants, and stuff that Huntley and Brinkley would never say on the air. > [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > No results found for **“huntley brinkley jokes”** > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Q.E.D. > [@ThisIsTheEnd](#): > > Cite? The fact that you couldn’t find any “Huntley Brinkley jokes” demonstrates that such a category doesn’t exist. So a frivolous COVID thread would certainly NOT contain “Huntley Brinkley jokes,” since there aren’t any. IOW it would contain stuff that they would not say on the air. [/humor] ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4203 "2020-08-12T00:18:15Z")
I wasn’t asking you for a cite, I was asking myself for a cite. That doesn’t exist. I had to get a joke out of the whole thing somehow. 😄 Although… How about Chet reads some story and throws it to Brinkley and Brinkley looks into the camera, raises an eyebrow and says “Gotta cite for that Chet?” And Chet goes, “Walter Fuckin’ Cronkite. Goodnight David.” ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4204 "2020-08-12T01:34:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The fact that you couldn’t find any “Huntley Brinkley jokes” demonstrates that such a category doesn’t exist. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. ---
**Author:** ![Pheonix1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pheonix1/32/4236_2.png) [@Pheonix1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pheonix1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4205 "2020-08-12T01:38:29Z")
Are there any African elephants in your room? Are you sure? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4206 "2020-08-12T01:47:54Z")
Since 2020 has been like a badly written B-movie so far, I predict the Russian vaccine will turn people into zombies. Hydroxychloroquine will end up being the thing that turns the zombies back to normal, though. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4207 "2020-08-12T01:57:18Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > Russia has “approved” a vaccine: > > I’m not going to be lining up to get a Russian made vaccine. If It was from almost any other country, even China, I’d want to be first in line, but count me out from having anything to do with Russian made stuff. Agreed. The Russians have a completely different mindset for risk-tolerance and human safety considerations. This is evident when you look at their safety record with submarines, nuclear reactors, commercial aircraft, etc. (I won’t include spacecraft and rockets in the list as (1) those are inherently risky for everyone, and (2) the Russians have been remarkably successful with their Soyuz spacecraft and launch vehicle. Maybe that’s the exception that proves the rule.) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4208 "2020-08-12T02:00:24Z")
Our gardening group a neighborhood over has doubled in size in the past few months. Tons of newbies growing veggies for the first time, partly as a joint family educational project with kids who have been out of school and partly to have a food source that they control. Seeds have been backordered and hard to come by in a lot of places. The gardening group’s free library of saved seeds has been VERY popular. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4209 "2020-08-12T02:16:26Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Since 2020 has been like a badly written B-movie so far, I predict the Russian vaccine will turn people into zombies. Hydroxychloroquine will end up being the thing that turns the zombies back to normal, though. I think we can all agree that zombies are bad, but a more realistic worry for me from an inadequately tested vaccine is the possibility of potentially deadly side effects, or something like [antibody-dependent enhancement](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent_enhancement) (ADE). This is a phenomenon in which a potential vaccine can induce the production of antibodies which, via ADE, actually _worsens_ the disease the vaccine is designed to protect against. So an inadequately tested vaccine might actually make thing much worse instead of better. 😧 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4210 "2020-08-12T02:18:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4211 "2020-08-12T02:20:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Hence, the invasion of Iraq. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4212 "2020-08-12T04:23:03Z")
20,522,191 total cases 745,927 dead 13,441,913 recovered In the US: 5,305,957 total cases 167,749 dead 2,755,348 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 20,254,685 total cases > 738,930 dead > 13,118,618 recovered > > In the US: > > 5,251,446 total cases > 166,192 dead > 2,715,934 recovered ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4213 "2020-08-12T13:06:01Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Since 2020 has been like a badly written B-movie so far, I Yeah - just to pile on, the Chicago area experienced freaking TORNADOES the other day. Thousands (including my daughter’s family) remain out of power. Un-be-lievable! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4214 "2020-08-12T14:01:18Z")
Spain is having a bit of a spike: > **[The Latest: Pope decries pandemic's culture of individuality](https://apnews.com/d3a50069d3cb1c4e07cdfd63cb81604e)** > > VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has denounced a culture of individuality revealed by the pandemic, which has sacrificed the care of the weakest members of society... Greece, Romania and Belgium also seeing spikes in new cases (details at the link). ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4215 "2020-08-12T15:37:27Z")
Apparently Austria is over Covid. Im watching Borussia Dortmunds friendly at SC Rheindorf Altach and the crowd isnt distanced and mask wearing seems spotty. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4216 "2020-08-12T15:40:30Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Thousands (including my daughter’s family) remain out of power. We got lucky (we’re in the near western suburbs), and the lights just flickered a bit during the derecho (the storm that spawned the tornadoes). But, I have several friends and co-workers (all of whom have been working at home) who lost power, and are being told by ComEd they may not get it back until Saturday. It sounds like the issue is that there were so many instances of trees coming down and knocking out power to a block, or just to a single house, and so, there are a huge number of individual repairs which need to be made. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4217 "2020-08-12T23:25:07Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Since 2020 has been like a badly written B-movie so far Don’t forget the [zombie cicadas](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/us/zombie-cicadas-west-virginia-fungus-scn-trnd/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/4218 "2020-08-13T02:28:10Z")
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