Covid-19

[Juice]

$160.7M loss for UK Healthcare, field hospital might come down in near future

https://www.wymt.com/content/news/16...570222331.html

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - The Nutter Field House Hospital is likely coming down soon.

The news came as a part of the UK HealthCare's board of trustees virtual meeting on Tuesday. UK HealthCare projects a $160.7 million loss for the months of March-June.

UK Healthcare says the makeshift hospital may no longer be needed.

400 beds were brought into the football practice facility to house patients.

But UK says they have a surge capacity of up to 1,300 beds to handle COVID-19 patients.

It's not clear when the makeshift hospital could come down.

The university is hoping FEMA will reimburse them.

[Juice]

What a leader.

Health workers that volunteered to come to NY during pandemic have to pay state income tax: Cuomo

https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavir...come-tax-cuomo

NEW YORK — Health care workers that came to New York to help fight the coronavirus pandemic at its epicenter will have to pay state taxes, according to the governor.

He addressed the issues Tuesday at a news conference.

"We're not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "So there's a lot of good things I'd like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I'm gonna spend more money, when I can't even pay the essential services."

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Even though the state government asked thousands of people to come to New York from out of state to help fight coronavirus, they will have to pay New York state taxes, even on income they might make from their home states that they're paid while in New York.

Cuomo said he needs help from Washington in order to cover budget deficits from COVID-19, let alone subsidize state income tax for essential workers that flocked to New York's aid.

"If we don't get more money from Washington, we can't fund schools, right, so at the rate we want to fund them. We are in dire financial need," he said.

The issue first came up when the temporary hospital in Central Park was being erected by Samaritan's Purse.


"Our financial comptroller called me," said Ken Isaacs, a vice president of the organization, "and he said, 'Do you know that all of you are going to be liable for New York state income tax?'

"I said, 'What?'" Isaacs continued. "[The comptroller] said, 'Yeah, there's a law. If you work in New York State for more than 14 days, you have to pay state income tax.'"

"I didn't know that," Isaacs told PIX11 News.

"What we're even more concerned about than the money," Isaacs continued, "is the bureaucracy, and the paperwork, and I think that once that's unleashed...once you start filing that, you have to do that for like a whole year or something."

A top New York City certified public accountant explained the situation further in a FaceTime interview with PIX11 News at the time.

Entities from "these other states will have to register in New York," said Lawrence Spielman, a partner at the accounting firm Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker, LLP, "and do withholding here in New York."

Any out-of-state resident who's come to the Empire State to work on coronavirus relief is subject to the tax after 14 days here.


There are thousands of emergency workers here who've responded to requests by Cuomo and Mayor Bill De Blasio for help. Many of them are collecting paychecks from companies back in their home states, which allowed them to come to New York to volunteer.

[Muskie in dayton]

NY is actually trending downward on the number of hospitalizations and deaths. We’ve been home now for 54 days. My wife has worked from home and my business is completely shut down.

But here’s the thing. Most national news media is NYC centric. So the fact that NY is actually taking it very seriously and doing the right things, other areas of the country think it may apply to them too. It. Does. Not.
I’m wearing a mask every time I go anywhere (infrequently). Social distancing is the norm, every cashier has a mask, gloves and a plastic barrier between the customer and them.

We will see if this is an overreaction, but I’d rather to overreact to something that has already killed 70,000 than underreact.

And hi everybody!

Welcome back! Here’s a great article that speaks to your point quite well:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nyt...kdown.amp.html

[Muskie in dayton]

Despite the MSM’s portrayal, the WHO seems to think Sweden has it right:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ibt...967717%3famp=1

On the topic, they are showing a clear declining trend in cases, ICU beds, and deaths:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...6f9f87457ed9aa

[Masterofreality]

Hmmm.
Cuomo is having a very bad week, between ordering thousands of potentially infected people back into nursing homes, now this.
Screw the narrative. This country needs to get back to business.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/ba...stayed-at-home

And this:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ying-HOME.html

[Lloyd Braun]

Despite the MSM’s portrayal, the WHO seems to think Sweden has it right:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ibt...967717%3famp=1

On the topic, they are showing a clear declining trend in cases, ICU beds, and deaths:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...6f9f87457ed9aa

Sweden may have it right, it just depends on what is considered right. We have in prior posts compared Sweden to Ohio, which is an okkk comparison. Populations are pretty close, population distribution is similar. Swedes are generally way healthier, but that is mostly the general population and the very elderly seem to make up the vast majority of deaths in both populations.

Al that said, Sweden has been pacing over twice the amount of deaths/million population the last month. Total deaths/million in Sweden on day 40 (since 1 death/million): 227.9. Ohio: 97.1

The article referenced that shows WHO’s praise also points out that they are better at social distancing than many other countries. They seem to listen to their guidelines which is quite the concept! So while I’m sure their economy will not suffer as much as many other countries I don’t think it would be easy to replicate the same measures here. In the end I think we will see that each region’s (and state’s) ideal response is highly variable. Clearly the lifestyle, population demographics, transportation systems, cultures, and day to day life are factors in how this spreads rapidly. We will see a spike in Ohio in the next several weeks, hopefully it’s not too rapid and we can continue to open up...

[X Factor]

Interesting...

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/ba...stayed-at-home

[xu82]

Interesting...

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/ba...stayed-at-home

I don’t know how scientifically factual this is, but you lose most of your credibility when you use the term “socialist wet dreams”. Anyone with any intelligence will recognize that’s not the best way to be considered credible.

[Juice]

Based on the numbers released by Cuomo today, this study and others like it, it appears closed environments are making this all worse.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1....28.20029272v2

The odds that a primary case transmitted COVID-19 in a closed environment was 18.7 times greater compared to an open-air environment (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.0, 57.9). Conclusions: It is plausible that closed environments contribute to secondary transmission of COVID-19 and promote superspreading events.

[XU '11]

I don’t know how scientifically factual this is, but you lose most of your credibility when you use the term “socialist wet dreams”. Anyone with any intelligence will recognize that’s not the best way to be considered credible.

Crowder is a right wing version of Trevor Noah. So no, I wouldn't consider him to be a credible news source. The linked CNBC article would seem to be credible though.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/06/ny-g...ying-home.html