2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic (Vaccination 2021 Edition)
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There is a reason Agema said "not quite as bad" rather than something that would indicate a difference that is extremely obvious.
I wish Saelune were here to back me up on "the US is so much worse/further right than Europe" being a collective internet delusion.
Undoubtedly it varies for different people depending on their circumstances, and there is a lot of variation across the USA by state. Nevertheless, see for example:
But the bottom line is that the US spends much less on welfare and its citizens consequently receive much less relative to the average wage.
WHO Information Notice for Users 2020/05
Product type: Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Date: 13 January 2021 WHO-identifier: 2020/5, version 2 Target audience: laboratory professionals and...
Now that does rather sound like suggesting taking two tests there to me.
I'm not even going to try and guess how that source rationalizes the US offering no housing benefits while Section 8 absolutely exists. You should probably not consider that chart meaningful in any way.
Well the source is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - of which the United States is a member nation - so presumably the data comes the relevant departments in the US Federal Government.
The UK is particularly bad at the moment, and part of that was pretending not to be part of Europe, I don't know how representative they are. OTOH, various places in Europe have their own unique ways of getting everything wrong. The UK and US are leading the way (in the West, at least) for covid mismanagement, though, IIRC.
In specific circumstances, which are literally the same circumstances you'd want to do another test with regards to any medical test result not quite making sense. There's no reason to do second or third tests more often with covid than the flu or anything else.WHO Information Notice for Users 2020/05
Product type: Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Date: 13 January 2021 WHO-identifier: 2020/5, version 2 Target audience: laboratory professionals and...www.who.int
Now that does rather sound like suggesting taking two tests there to me.
As somebody how lives in the US? That chart's pretty accurate. Sure, some form of subsidized housing exists, but it's complicated, means toasted to fuck and back, wholly inadequate, and has a wait list a decade long.
See thumbnail, or try this (NZ governmental source, MS word doc):
Or look at general figures for governmental social spending (%GDP), where the USA is low compared to other countries. Now, where the USA does do exceptionally well is private social spending: but private social spending is basically private insurance. Needless to say, things like private employment insurance and private healthcare insurance is something more affluent people tend to have but the poor - who need support most - don't.
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China now also provides anal covid test.
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Hope they don't mistakenly use the same cotton swab for a nasal test on someone else lmao.
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Hope they don't mistakenly use the same cotton swab for a nasal test on someone else lmao.
Swabbing someone with a swab you've just used on someone who might have covid is something best avoided regardless of what part of them you are doing it to, mind.China now also provides anal covid test.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview
COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that causes mild to severe cases. Here’s a quick guide on how to spot symptoms, risk factors, prevent spread of the disease, and find out what to do if you think you have it.
Hope they don't mistakenly use the same cotton swab for a nasal test on someone else lmao.
They really make you work for that £75 mind. The UK benefits system is dire, and is very much geared to dissuading people from bothering/humiliating them enough they can't face it.
We had to apply for UC the other day, even though we knew we weren't eligible because we have too many savings, because if we didn't apply and get rejected, the UC we would have got if we were eligible would be deducted from my wife's redundancy payment. And it took ages, was extremely frustrating, deliberately demeaning, required signing up for three new accounts for separate government services, and involved days of 'please log on and respond to x'.
I did the process on my desktop with a frustrating number of different windows open. Trying to do it on a phone, which is how plenty of people access the internet, would have been a nightmare.
Pretty much. I was on the dole for a few months in 2016. The paperwork was complex and annoying, and I would argue likely to pose a significant barrier to a lot of people. On the other hand, when done and I went for my first meeting, they took one look at my qualifications and job history and basically handed over my money and left me to it with no questions asked. I'm all too aware that if I had a less distinguished-looking profile, things would have been very different.
This what happens when the red tops scream constant fury at the tiny dribble of money that the desperate get from the system. Punitive, stigmatising, demoralising for the honestly unemployed, and to very little prevention of real fraud.
'Gut Punch': Invite-Only Vaccine Clinics in Seattle Area Spark Ire
"The rich got advantages in the healthcare system long before Covid, but when we're in a plague you expect everybody to follow the rules."
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Exactly - and when you can just take a private jet to a town of indigenous peoples and pretend you're a motel worker instead.'Gut Punch': Invite-Only Vaccine Clinics in Seattle Area Spark Ire
"The rich got advantages in the healthcare system long before Covid, but when we're in a plague you expect everybody to follow the rules."