Jax and Coronavirus

[Adam White]

Here are some charts you may not have seen...

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-third-wave-developing-countries-florida-texas-by-michael-spence-and-chen-long-2020-06

Very interesting BT. Thanks.

[BridgeTroll]

My quick summary of the pandemic.

4. The media is so partisan that the quality of reporting we get is worse than third world countries

I can't comment on how partisan the US media is, but my wife and I finally got sick of watching BBC every morning as it was nothing more than fluff pieces about old guys walking around to raise money for the NHS and stuff like that.

Anyway, we have been watching Al Jazeera and France 24 for a over a month now and actually know more about what is going on around the world (including back home - Florida features regularly). And they don't talk to you like you're an idiot. So win-win.

I don't know about France 24 but I visit Al Jazeera just to see their "slant " or version of current events. Their articles go through the same type of editing or bias as the other "mainstream " sources...

I think as long as people are involved, there will always be some level of 'bias' (for lack of a better word). And as long as people are watching or reading the news, they will find 'bias' where they want to. I wouldn't argue that Al-Jazeera is any more or less biased than BBC Breakfast - but they do offer better news coverage.

Al Jazeera article on pubs reopening...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/drunk-people-socially-distance-england-police-200705141856041.html

[Adam White]

My quick summary of the pandemic.

4. The media is so partisan that the quality of reporting we get is worse than third world countries

I can't comment on how partisan the US media is, but my wife and I finally got sick of watching BBC every morning as it was nothing more than fluff pieces about old guys walking around to raise money for the NHS and stuff like that.

Anyway, we have been watching Al Jazeera and France 24 for a over a month now and actually know more about what is going on around the world (including back home - Florida features regularly). And they don't talk to you like you're an idiot. So win-win.

I don't know about France 24 but I visit Al Jazeera just to see their "slant " or version of current events. Their articles go through the same type of editing or bias as the other "mainstream " sources...

I think as long as people are involved, there will always be some level of 'bias' (for lack of a better word). And as long as people are watching or reading the news, they will find 'bias' where they want to. I wouldn't argue that Al-Jazeera is any more or less biased than BBC Breakfast - but they do offer better news coverage.

Al Jazeera article on pubs reopening...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/drunk-people-socially-distance-england-police-200705141856041.html

I've seen the word "carnage" used on more than on occasion to describe the scenes around the country on Saturday. Apparently Soho was particularly bad.

None of this is as bad as it was on the seaside at Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53176717

[MusicMan]

I read that the fire caused by rioters in downtown Jax was actually a police fired smoke canister that landed under a JSO cruiser.  Evidently there is video to back it up.  Anybody seen this?

[JaxAvondale]

My quick summary of the pandemic.

4. The media is so partisan that the quality of reporting we get is worse than third world countries

I can't comment on how partisan the US media is, but my wife and I finally got sick of watching BBC every morning as it was nothing more than fluff pieces about old guys walking around to raise money for the NHS and stuff like that.

Anyway, we have been watching Al Jazeera and France 24 for a over a month now and actually know more about what is going on around the world (including back home - Florida features regularly). And they don't talk to you like you're an idiot. So win-win.

I don't know about France 24 but I visit Al Jazeera just to see their "slant " or version of current events. Their articles go through the same type of editing or bias as the other "mainstream " sources...

I think as long as people are involved, there will always be some level of 'bias' (for lack of a better word). And as long as people are watching or reading the news, they will find 'bias' where they want to. I wouldn't argue that Al-Jazeera is any more or less biased than BBC Breakfast - but they do offer better news coverage.

Al Jazeera article on pubs reopening...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/drunk-people-socially-distance-england-police-200705141856041.html

I've seen the word "carnage" used on more than on occasion to describe the scenes around the country on Saturday. Apparently Soho was particularly bad.

None of this is as bad as it was on the seaside at Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53176717

Goodness! That is bad! "I can't watch Bournemouth's matches in person so let's go seaside!"

[Tacachale]

I read that the fire caused by rioters in downtown Jax was actually a police fired smoke canister that landed under a JSO cruiser.  Evidently there is video to back it up.  Anybody seen this?

No, and I doubt it's true. There's a video of the car on fire and a person continues to throw things into the fire. There were also multiple squad cars damaged.

https://twitter.com/SAVESTRYKER/status/1266874250830516229?s=20

[MusicMan]

Hmmmmmm.....in the very first frames of that video it looks like a canister burning underneath the left rear wheel/quarter panel area.....

[Adam White]

I've seen the word "carnage" used on more than on occasion to describe the scenes around the country on Saturday. Apparently Soho was particularly bad.

None of this is as bad as it was on the seaside at Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-53176717

Goodness! That is bad! "I can't watch Bournemouth's matches in person so let's go seaside!"

TBF, I doubt most of those people were from Bournemouth (in fact, given the town's demographics, I'd expect a lot of the residents to be shielding in place). Or even Dorset, for that matter. Apparently three men (all in their 20s and from London) were stabbed on the beach, too.

[Papa33]

Ok.  So we have the Florida Commissioner of Education and Betsy Devos, the Secretary of Education, both "demanding" and "mandating" that  schools be open "fully" (not part time, not modified) in the fall semester.  Anyone else see the contradiction and inconsistency here?  This demand and mandate comes from a State and Federal government that refused to issue statewide/nationwide orders reasoning that it was best left up to local communities.  Unbelievable. 

[BridgeTroll]

So with the virus re spiking has anyone been tested?  Anyone positive... I still don't know anyone directly who has been diagnosed... given the lines for testing I have not been motivated to get tested...

[JaxAvondale]

So with the virus re spiking has anyone been tested?  Anyone positive... I still don't know anyone directly who has been diagnosed... given the lines for testing I have not been motivated to get tested...

I tested negative for the virus and antibody when I got tested last month which was a bit surprising given that I was in Miami, London, and Madrid for multiple days in February.

I do know many ppl who have tested positive with one person that my parents know who passed away in her 40s.

[thelakelander]

So with the virus re spiking has anyone been tested?  Anyone positive... I still don't know anyone directly who has been diagnosed... given the lines for testing I have not been motivated to get tested...

I have not been tested or had any symptoms but I was in Miami last month and have worked in my Central Florida office a few times since March. I'm actually planning to visit my parents and a few family members in Tampa later this week. With that in mind, I know several people who have had covid nationwide. One of my Next City Vanguard friends in NYC actually gave daily text updates on her condition, sharing words of advice on what to take and do if others on the chain came down with it. Also one of my classmate's aunts passed from it in Broward after attending an in person church service.

[marcuscnelson]

So with the virus re spiking has anyone been tested?  Anyone positive... I still don't know anyone directly who has been diagnosed... given the lines for testing I have not been motivated to get tested...

I tested negative on the 26th after getting tested on the 20th. Took about two and a half hours in line in St. Augustine to get the test. Seems I just had a bad cold. No one in my family has gotten it, but some of my parents' friends (work in the medical field) caught it from their patients. I'm pretty worried about my sister, who's working in an assisted living facility right now.

[MusicMan]

"I tested negative for the virus and antibody when I got tested last month which was a bit surprising given that I was in Miami, London, and Madrid for multiple days in February."

Did you wear a mask during that time period? I am under the impression Europe was taking this far more seriously, especially in February, than the US. Trump was pretty much ignoring it at that time.

[Ken_FSU]

Haven't been tested, as thankfully I've had a healthy 2020 thus far and have been really good about wearing a mask and social distancing. I did do an antibody test, which also came back negative.

I do personally know 10+ people here in Jax who have tested positive however. Most in their late 20s/early 30s, being reckless at the beach bars and house parties.