03-06-2020, 03:26 AM
it's all about taxes - "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE"
What else you going to count on? Especially around here - got to lock in those budgets before all the external revenue to support them dries up and taxing the plague survivors is all that's left.
biennial media saturation
What actually has been strange this time around is the enormous media efforts to tamp down the coverage of the situation instead of driving the hype for ad profit. Facebook/Instagram, Google/Youtube, Twitter, & friends have all gone to great lengths to remove and demonetize posts & accounts focused the coronavirus outbreak (as well as scrubbing many first hand accounts of China's authoritarian response). Actually have to work harder now to find sources outside the official mainstream narrative than during 9/11, 2008, or H1N1 in my experience. Guess China isn't the only giant filtering access to information.
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/03/censored-c...ial-media/
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/facebook...ation.html
This is why the official advice is to NOT buy masks.
There is a difference between not buying masks and not hoarding masks. Having some masks and using them wisely benefits everyone without pitting the general public's needs against healthcare workers'. The U.S. government could solve this dilemma by supplying masks to everyone like other countries are doing, but you know, the free hand of the market will solve it best right?
Just need to figure out who is going to pay.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/0...ing-costs/
"A Hawaii state senator wants to improve airport screening for the new coronavirus and pay for it with increased airport landing fees if necessary.
Sen. Glenn Wakai (D, Kalihi-Airport-Salt Lake) said he doesn’t think “taxpayers should pay to shore up the state’s screening process.”"
What else you going to count on? Especially around here - got to lock in those budgets before all the external revenue to support them dries up and taxing the plague survivors is all that's left.
biennial media saturation
What actually has been strange this time around is the enormous media efforts to tamp down the coverage of the situation instead of driving the hype for ad profit. Facebook/Instagram, Google/Youtube, Twitter, & friends have all gone to great lengths to remove and demonetize posts & accounts focused the coronavirus outbreak (as well as scrubbing many first hand accounts of China's authoritarian response). Actually have to work harder now to find sources outside the official mainstream narrative than during 9/11, 2008, or H1N1 in my experience. Guess China isn't the only giant filtering access to information.
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/03/censored-c...ial-media/
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/facebook...ation.html
This is why the official advice is to NOT buy masks.
There is a difference between not buying masks and not hoarding masks. Having some masks and using them wisely benefits everyone without pitting the general public's needs against healthcare workers'. The U.S. government could solve this dilemma by supplying masks to everyone like other countries are doing, but you know, the free hand of the market will solve it best right?
Just need to figure out who is going to pay.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/0...ing-costs/
"A Hawaii state senator wants to improve airport screening for the new coronavirus and pay for it with increased airport landing fees if necessary.
Sen. Glenn Wakai (D, Kalihi-Airport-Salt Lake) said he doesn’t think “taxpayers should pay to shore up the state’s screening process.”"