Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[mission27]

29 minutes ago, theJ said:

Usually there's reciprocity anyway.  They may owe in NYS, but that will be credited for the state their live in.  So they'll end up paying the same regardless.  They aren't getting double taxed, in other words.

It's a headline worthy thing in today's age, but ultimately means nothing.

Yeah, it always ends up screwing you either way though, you're basically paying the higher of the two

[mission27]

Today the MoL expects about 34k new cases and 1900 deaths (a number in the 1800s would indicate continued progress, anything over 2000 would be a 'bad' number without a good explanation i.e. catch-up reporting like we saw earlier this week in NY)

[TVScout]

The MoL wil be busy:

The world in data - CV-19 testing.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing

 

A new study adds to evidence of immunity among those who have already been exposed to the pathogen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/health/coronavirus-antibody-prevalence.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200508&instance_id=18314&nl=the-morning&regi_id=127802529&segment_id=26915&te=1&user_id=0ec3b530f45ff5c070e34ae9b6fc8ea1

Mapping the
worldwide spread
of the coronavirus      https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mapping-spread-new-coronavirus/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=lb_coronavirus-what-you-need-to-read_2

Might not be free:

FDA gives emergency authorization for CRISPR-based diagnostic tool for coronavirus:

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new diagnostic tool that employs the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology to determine in just one hour if someone is infected with the novel coronavirus.

The FDA’s emergency use authorization allows only “high-complexity” laboratories to use the test kit, developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, the Ragon Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and marketed by Sherlock Biosciences of Cambridge, Mass. The inventors and marketers of the test describe it as highly accurate and easy to use.  

We think this has a lot of potential. The test doesn’t require any complicated or expensive equipment,” said Feng Zhang, a leader of the research team.

 

Zhang, an internationally renowned molecular biologist, is affiliated with the Broad Institute and the McGovern Institute at MIT and is a co-founder of Sherlock Biosciences. He’s a co-inventor of CRISPR, a gene-editing system that exploits a natural immune response system used by bacteria to fight off viruses. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/fda-gives-emergency-authorization-for-crispr-based-diagnostic-tool-for-coronavirus/2020/05/07/f98029bc-9082-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

[ramssuperbowl99]

2 hours ago, theJ said:

Usually there's reciprocity anyway.  They may owe in NYS, but that will be credited for the state their live in.  So they'll end up paying the same regardless.  They aren't getting double taxed, in other words.

It's a headline worthy thing in today's age, but ultimately means nothing.

They will be double taxed only in that you can no longer deduct state taxes against federal taxes paid, but that's been a reality since whenever that new tax bill was passed. 

[LeotheLion]

44 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said:

They will be double taxed only in that you can no longer deduct state taxes against federal taxes paid, but that's been a reality since whenever that new tax bill was passed. 

It's still deductible. Just capped at 10k for state/sales and property taxes. 

[ramssuperbowl99]

1 minute ago, LeotheLion said:

It's still deductible. Just capped at 10k for state/sales and property taxes. 

There's no phase out for state income taxes, you get double taxed on all of it.

Source: I live in a state with state income taxes and it was really ******* annoying.

Edited May 8, 2020 by ramssuperbowl99

[animaltested]

8 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said:

Source: I live in a state with state income taxes and it was really ******* annoying.

*laughs in Washingtonian*

[LeotheLion]

16 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said:

There's no phase out for state income taxes, you get double taxed on all of it.

Source: I live in a state with state income taxes and it was really ******* annoying.

I don't know what you are talking about. The new tax bill you referenced capped the limit on deductible state taxes. Maybe you are talking about something exclusively related to a singular state. On the federal side, what I said is correct.

Source: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc503 

[ramssuperbowl99]

5 minutes ago, LeotheLion said:

I don't know what you are talking about. The new tax bill you referenced capped the limit on deductible state taxes. Maybe you are talking about something exclusively related to a singular state. On the federal side, what I said is correct.

Source: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc503 

Ahh my bad, it's only if you itemize. Fair enough.

[Hunter2_1]

22 hours ago, Outpost31 said:

Before this the entire globe wasn't at risk of massive poverty.  Now it is.  The longer this goes on, the more people fall into this category.

We are at what, 70,000 people in this country dying from the disease? 

There's that line in the movie The Big Short:

The deaths associated with unemployment, poverty, lack of education... It is staggering.  We save 40,000 people from dying from Covid-19 and we lose 100,000 from the other causes.

These causes of death aren't as tangible as deaths from disease, but the economic shutdown IS TAKING YEARS OF LIFE. 

https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/how-many-us-deaths-are-caused-poverty-lack-education-and-other-social-factors

You are saving 5 years for the elderly and taking 10 years from 25-64 year olds. 

Call me insensitive all you want, but this is me at my most sensitive and my most caring. 

 

Well first of all, I'm so happy you quoted Ben Rickert. What a legend that guy is. After watching that I was literally going around my house saying "Ben Rickert" in his phone answering voice. 

Second, as for the protecting 65+ year olds - look at the general age of those who run the country and make decisions are. I can't speak for the US, because I don't live there, but where I live, it's that demographic who shape the country's direction politically and financially. I'm suspicious. 

What are you suggesting, a total shut-off of lockdown ASAP?

[mission27]

3 hours ago, TVScout said:

The MoL wil be busy:

The world in data - CV-19 testing.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing

 

A new study adds to evidence of immunity among those who have already been exposed to the pathogen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/health/coronavirus-antibody-prevalence.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200508&instance_id=18314&nl=the-morning&regi_id=127802529&segment_id=26915&te=1&user_id=0ec3b530f45ff5c070e34ae9b6fc8ea1

Mapping the
worldwide spread
of the coronavirus      https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mapping-spread-new-coronavirus/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=lb_coronavirus-what-you-need-to-read_2

Might not be free:

FDA gives emergency authorization for CRISPR-based diagnostic tool for coronavirus:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/fda-gives-emergency-authorization-for-crispr-based-diagnostic-tool-for-coronavirus/2020/05/07/f98029bc-9082-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

thank you for your tireless work

[Xenos]

This was mentioned before with regards to hospital layoffs several pages ago. Take what you want from this article. For me this stands out the most:

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852435761/as-hospitals-lose-revenue-thousands-of-health-care-workers-face-furloughs-layoff

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Weingarten says this crisis is an opportunity to rethink how the American hospital system is funded.

"This particular issue about what do we do in terms of funding our hospitals is not an issue in Canada. It's not an issue in Great Britain," she says. "It's not an issue where there are better funding systems."

But short of reworking the entire finance system of American health care, Weingarten says individual hospitals could also make changes to avoid cutting hours.

"Instead of reduction of the workforce, there should be a reallocation of work," she says. "Thinking innovatively and resourcefully, health care workers should be cross-trained to work in areas of the hospital that are overloaded like ER or ICU. Displaced workers could be trained and paid to staff a robust trace-and-isolate program as society reopens."

 

[squire12]

1 hour ago, Xenos said:

This was mentioned before with regards to hospital layoffs several pages ago. Take what you want from this article. For me this stands out the most:

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852435761/as-hospitals-lose-revenue-thousands-of-health-care-workers-face-furloughs-layoff

 

Hello malpractice.

Cross training is certainly possible, but licensing requirements become an issue.  

[Xenos]

1 hour ago, squire12 said:

Hello malpractice.

Cross training is certainly possible, but licensing requirements become an issue.  

Of course, there's going to be some challenges and issues. But I think the point of finding ways to adapt (legally of course), just like any other industry during this crisis, is the key point. Especially since the healthcare industry relies so much on elective surgery in this country.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Xenos

[Xenos]

A glimmer of light amidst all of this uncertainity.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/08/852430930/one-for-the-history-books-14-7-unemployment-20-5-million-jobs-wiped-away?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR29AlnnRzsunHaKaM3BKh4hjJwRb_CyOK-6ISDPWNF2aUL4m8NWcBvjB5o

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A somewhat positive feature in the jobs report is that most of the newly unemployed described their status as temporary.

"Almost everyone who's unemployed expects to be reemployed in the next six months," Hassett noted. "That suggests that Americans are doing what Americans do, which is taking a tough hit but remaining optimistic and hopeful."

 

Edited May 8, 2020 by Xenos