Rolling COVID-19 Notably Infected and/or Fallen Thread

(backfill as necessary)

Harvey Weinstein, positive

BOLSONAAAAAAAARO

https://i.redd.it/3itwh42t0ao41.jpg

Kevin Durant +
Marcus Smart +
Rudy Gobert +

(NBA)

Wikipedia have this page now - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_from_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic

Trudeau is in isolation because of his wife's positive test--I don't think he's tested positive himself, but with so much news I may have missed it.

Placido Domingo +
Rand Paul +

4-3-3:
Daniele Rugani (DF)
Germán Pezzella (DF)
Timo Hübers (DF)
Omar Colley (DF)
Blaise Matuidi (MF)
Marouane Fellaini (MF)
Albin Ekdal (MF)
Paulo Dybala (F)
Patrick Cutrone (F)
Manolo Gabbiadini (F)
Callum Hudson-Odoi (rush goalie)

Manager: Mikel Arteta

beautiful

there are unconfirmed from HM Prison Wakefield that Ian Watkins has tested positive for COVID 9.

some secret service guy, positive and quarantined

Amy Klobuchar's husband, hospitalized

Chef's kiss at Matt #2's post

Yeah it didn't sink in yesterday, tbf they'll get a lot of time on the ball

Will Carroll, the drummer from Death Angel, is in the ICU with cv symptoms after returning from their European tour. Haven't seen any confirmation of a positive test, but...

now THIS one I will bookmark

I hadn't heard about Domingo

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Can upgrade to Fatih Terim now.

move thread to ilf

great revive

Mike Longo, Prominent Jazz Pianist Known For His Tenure with Dizzy Gillespie, Dies at 83

RIP. Saw him a few months ago, not playing, but working the door at Baha’i Center like he always did, when they put were putting on some music.

Less than two months ago, Feb 4z

Weinstein my first case of COVID schadenfreude.

Marc Almond, though seems like he's making his way through it

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FYVpiDEiK/?igshid=h5s18rw38ybk

As of a couple days ago, John Prine is in quarantine because his wife has it and his test results are indeterminate.

well shit on that

Nashom Wooden / Mona Foot, drag star and member of The Ones has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

https://www.papermag.com/mona-foot-drag-legend-2645572884.html

Flawless remains one of the greatest singles of the era imo.

RIP Manu Dibango. :(

Natalie Horler from Cascada - insert your own 'evacuate the dancefloor' jokes.

Slim Thug tested positive.

Excellent playwright Terrence McNally:

Playwright Terrence McNally Dies Of Complications Due To Coronavirus https://t.co/WqPxwUNaw9 pic.twitter.com/LOwY4omFgn

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 24, 2020

Roots Music Titan Larry Campbell has tested positive.

...as has Jackson Browne

Prince Charles!

Sure he has seen his parents in the last couple of weeks!

Boris Johnson, the buffoon who killed the queen.

stop don’t make me appreciate boris johnson

you can appreciate his head on its spike on Westminster Bridge if he manages to kill the queen.

C-C-C-C-COMBO

I'M LOVING THIS RONA

Kirstie Allsopp’s husband(?) got it, then they travelled to her second home in Devon where they infected her sister. Who then went to Scotland.

I saw that furore. Good to know it's not just the feckless poor who can contract the virus.

Jackson Browne

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/entertainment/jackson-browne-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

the guy who'd attended 1076 Charlton games in a row until now has died from this aged 38

the first time this has felt like the end of something tbh

Sorry man :-(

ty. this one has hit home v hard but i guess it makes less sense if you're not a fan of the soccer team i follow

Not at all. I can imagine it being someone from the team I follow, or someone from the field I work in etc. All too well.

wtf at "soccer" though, are you feeling unwell?

LBI otm, on both parts.

Paul Goma, Romanian writer and anti-communist dissident, 84.

Apparently also an antisemite

Par for the course tbh.

Boris Akunin / Grigori Chkhartishvili, author of the Erast Fandorin novels.

Kirstie Allsopp’s husband(?) got it, then they travelled to her second home in Devon where they infected her sister. Who then went to Scotland.

I have family in Devon, she's going on my ~list~

also apparently I confuse Kirstie Allsopp and Sarah Vine bcz I was all ???Michael Gove???

Marguerite Aucouturier, French psychoanalyst, wife of Jacques Derrida.

Michael Sorkin - https://archinect.com/news/article/150191096/michael-sorkin-visionary-and-incisive-architect-educator-critic-has-passed-away-from-covid-19

Actor Mark Blum (recently on TV in Succession, You, and Mozart in the Jungle)

https://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2020-03-26/279359_2960044_updates.jpg

Rapper Scarface has tested positive.

We could probably do with some convention one way or another to say who's infected and who's gone?

yes this is necessary I think, these are gonna pile up and we'll have some unnecessary scares

I was appending (+) upthread

dude wtf scarface???

BORIS JOHNSON

Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.

I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.

Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/9Te6aFP0Ri

— Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) March 27, 2020

Sooooooo, when did he last meet the Queen?

You reckon she gave it to him?

in the spirit of reaching out across the political divide I hope his death is painless

Pmqs was yesterday, he could have infected tons of MPs (including Corbyn :( )

*covids furiously*

You reckon she gave it to him?

in the spirit of reaching out across the political divide I hope his death is painless

― ogmor, Friday, March 27, 2020 11:21 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

bloody melts

Virginia USA: a Virginia pastor who claimed the “mass hysteria” around the coronavirus pandemic was part of a media plot against Trump, has died from the virus.

He was on his way back from New Orleans “washing it of sin and debauchery” when he fell ill.
https://t.co/uSD9Pxu58r

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯#FBPE (@fascinatorfun) March 26, 2020

gee, wonder where he got those ideas....

https://youtu.be/mTjTaR748eg

Till Lindeman, lead singer of Rammstein, is in ICU w/ corona https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/unterhaltung/leute/leute/corona-drama-till-lindemann-auf-intensivstation-69663218,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html#fromWall

we believe he has it?

or is it the "under medical advice" of hiding in a fridge

Pmqs was yesterday, he could have infected tons of MPs (including Corbyn :( )

hope he didn't shake hands for Corb's last PMQs or anything

Two swords and one inch > 2m rule

So me and Boris Johnson having the virus is pure coincidence- honest 😳

— Angela Rayner 🌈 (@AngelaRayner) March 27, 2020

tragic if his child grew up never knowing its father eh

Matt Hancock

https://www.cityam.com/uk-coronavirus-matt-hancock-tests-positive/

Domino day!

I didn't know you could catch it though <REDACTED>

doris burke

Country Singer Joe Diffie +

Till Lindemann has apparently tested negative, thankfully.

Architect Michael McKinnell (designed Boston City Hall)

Knicks owner James Dolan +

God is great

i would wish only life-altering incapacitation

Love ya PickUp Man. 💔

RIP #JoeDiffie pic.twitter.com/NdxGjbyRWj

— Carol's Pub (@Carols_Chicago) March 29, 2020

German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Holy cow

An update on John pic.twitter.com/fPQbv0tLyB

— John Prine (@JohnPrineMusic) March 29, 2020

miserable

rustu recber

Tom Rush +

German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

― coco vide (pomenitul), Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:02 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Nooooo :'-(((

Oh she's still alive, thankfully.

a plus sign is one of the worst possible symbols to indicate that a person is still living! it looks too much like a death dagger (†), so I when I scroll through this thread I keep assuming the plussed celebrities have died and the non-plussed ones are merely ill. I suggest using the 💀 and 😷 emojis to eliminate confusion

yes

Oh she's still alive, thankfully.

As is Dominic Cummings, somewhat less thankfully.

Sorry, I'll be sure to use unregistered's instantly canonical emoji guidelines next time.

in fairness and this may be catholic background here, id have said twas utterly canonical, yeah

I was deeply saddened to hear this morning that William Helmreich—the incredible CUNY sociologist who walked every block of the five boroughs multiple times to produce a detailed ethnography of NYC—has died of COVID: https://t.co/z3RCzEilzA

— Joshua Rothman (@joshuarothman) March 30, 2020

wtf is a "death dagger"

Ken Shimura (maybe Japan's equivalent of Tom Hanks or Robin Williams?) has died of COVID-19 at age 70.

Unicode value U+2020 (dagger, obelisk or obelus) - often used alongside asterisk to indicate DoB/DoD:

Mozart *1765 †1791

Indicates obsolescence in dictionaries.

xp

Alan Merrill of Arrows:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52089768

†

Michael Rosen, in ICU yesterday but on a ward now and "ok, stable and alert" according to Twitter

Yeah shit about Rosen, hopefully on the mend but can’t imagine ICU is where anyone wants to be right now. Or any time I guess.

protect michael rosen at all costs imo

I’m confused about how Prince Charles is supposedly all clear after only 7 days.

Lizard anatomy is different.

yeah he'll have just sloughed off his infected organs

Wrong, he's actually an elder vampire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81m6ZvPaqp4

“Sloughed off” is such a amazingly disgusting phrase

Pure Anglo-Saxon poetry.

Vint Cerf:

Vint Cerf, the co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol, and essentially one of the inventors of the Internet, and possibly the nicest person ever, has contracted COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/FhCBEXq7DW

— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) March 30, 2020

Alan Merrill, who co-wrote "I Love Rock 'n' Roll, dead at 69.

Twice, apparently

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne & Ivy

Sad news for thr fans. #AdamSchlesinger pic.twitter.com/ssDYj1tbc9

— IVY (@IvyFanPage) March 31, 2020

oh noes

Coronavirus: Comedian Paul Chuckle reveals he has been suffering from COVID-19 https://t.co/NrTvYsNamI

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 31, 2020

I couldn't suppress an inappropriate chuckle for a second then!

since Barry died we can't even do the "how did he get it?" joke :(

Praying for you, the Chuckle Brother.

the virus passes from me to you etc etc

I just hope Mr. Blobby is still safe :(

I don’t.

blobby did covid-19

idk just checked in on him, hes incoherently babbling and covered in spots

lost sense of taste I hear

Michel Tibon-Cornillot, philosopher and anthropologist who wrote on, among many other things, the weakness of our ecosystem with regard to pandemics.

†

... dead? Is that a death dagger I see before me?

Or a cross, as I prefer to think of it. And yes, it is :(

Yes, he is dead. I'm going with the † = dead convention. I hope I don't have to use it again.

The Labour councillor, Pat Midgley, has become the first UK politician known to have died from coronavirus, three days after testing positive for Covid-19.

Midgley, 82, who served on Sheffield city council for 33 years, was described by her family as a “true woman of steel”.

Adam Schlesinger, oh no. Not in a coma as originally reported but on a ventilator so it's serious.

RIP Michel Tibon-Cornillot. C'est l'hécatombe…

toby young, as announced by the vile cunt himself in an opinion piece calling for the government to let thousands of sick, vulnerable and elderly people die in order to protect the economy

(not linking because fuck toby young)

if Toby Young doesn't die the virus has failed

and i don't believe the self-aggrandizing Pegg-approved cunt as far as i could spit on him

comrade covid-19 has done a remarkably poor job of levelling the playing field so far, even bolsonaro's still kicking and he's been toeing the precipice of death for several years now

I bet toby is pissed cos he was just about to land some pointless own the lefties appointment from his pal boris just before the rona kicked off hah!

Chris Cuomo has tested positive. Between CNN and his brother, he's probably been about as prominent through this as you can be.

Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel has tested positive.

Jazz Trumpeter Wallace Roney

https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/03/wallace-roney-dead/

fuck

Pape Diouf, ex-president of Olympique de Marseille

Horrible news. The Senegalese Pape Diouf, ex-president of Marseille's football club just died from the coronavirus. He was one of the few Black men to occupy an executive seat in a european big club. He was one of the most brilliant minds in football. He'll be missed. RIP Boss pic.twitter.com/psaq8oYjMQ

— Marcus Mosiah Anta Diop (@OsrTheGreat) March 31, 2020

if Toby Young doesn't die the virus has failed

xps this thread really brings home just how devastating this virus really is

love you AA we're rooting for the same necessity here

<3

Ah crap, Andrew Jack died from it. Really loved him in the documentaries for Jackson's LOTR films, he was the on-site dialect coach, and a great presence. Also was in some of the new Star Wars films.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-52111530

woah I just googled Toby Young, what a fuck head

There was a short interview with Chris Cuomo on CNN a few minutes ago. He's going to keep doing his show for the time being. He was quite eloquent on what he's going through. The two worst things, he said, were 1) worrying that he may have infected his wife or kids, and 2) unlike most medical issues, doctors not being able to tell him what comes next (he's at an early stage, still mild symptoms). I find his case especially unsettling because if he tested yesterday, that means he almost certainly contracted it in the past two weeks. He's been on CNN for the past three weeks urging people, nightly, to take all precautions and follow social distancing. Either he wasn't following his own counsel, or doing virtually everything you're supposed to may not always be enough.

I feel that it's very likely the latter. There are just way too many variables for the layperson to juggle (without enough clear and consistent information from the fucking top), and the seeming ease of transmission wrt this particular virus is taking advantage of our amateur juggling.

The latter would be my guess - short of having stocked up on dried/frozen goods months ago, it's all but impossible to completely avoid anyone else/the possibility of contaminated surfaces. Following recommendations is just reducing your risk as much as humanly possible.

yep

Haven't heard her yet, but I've been seeing her name a lot.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-singer-kalie-shorr-coronavirus

I watched a bunch of documentaries on Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner wile I was down with the virus a couple of weeks ago and I hope someone's isolated those dudes in a bacteria-proof silo somewhere

A message from me and my dad, @Melbrooks. #coronavirus #DontBeASpreader pic.twitter.com/Hqhc4fFXbe

— Max Brooks (@maxbrooksauthor) March 16, 2020

excellent - thanks ulysses!

Hull legend, OG curry restaurateur Mohammed Riaz. This one hurts :(

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/rays-place-owner-dies-coronavirus-4003830

I watched a bunch of documentaries on Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner wile I was down with the virus a couple of weeks ago and I hope someone's isolated those dudes in a bacteria-proof silo somewhere

Had a mini heart attack seeing those two names while skimming this thread today

v heartened by that mel brooks video

I have just seen JD Twitch on Twitter posting that Cristina has sadly passed away.

According to Variety, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne has died.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/adam-schlesinger-coronavirus-dead-dies-1203552130/

oh no

Schlesinger passed

i mostly know him for his brilliant contribution to the josie and the pussycats soundtrack, pretend to be nice

well xp

Damn, RIP.

A rhetorical exercise aimed at the naysayers (who are not among us): how many celebrities died of the seasonal flu last year?

First tears from covid. RIP Adam.

Ellis Marsalis

Just heard Eddie Large has passed away. Absolutely gutted. Such a lovely man. Love to Pattie and his family.

— Iain Lee - www.twitch.tv/iainlee (@iainlee) April 2, 2020

bloody hell, there is only Cannon and Ball left now.

not while hale and pace still stand

they've never even been to the Blackpool Grand Theatre!

Syd Little still lives! Apparently.

I hope he's practicing safe social distancing if Paul Chuckle is consoling him!

thats a big name

tbf he was no Ovuvuevuevue Enyetuenwuevue Ugbemugbem Osas though

RIP, Heaven needed a straight man

why u gotta bring the man’s sexuality into it ffs

Will say this for him, nobody else managed to wear such a variety of immensely camp end-of-the-pier costumes and manage to be so utterly, unquestionably straight for so many years.

He was also, perhaps, the finest Deputy Dawg impersonator of his generation

His eulogy almost writes itself.

placido domingo has been discharged from the hospital after testing positive

Hurray for Placido. Good to see people coming through this in one piece.

Worthy of a consider the source warning, but The Mirror: Netflix's Tiger King star Joe Exotic hospitalised after contracting coronavirus in prison

Damn how did Carole Baskin manage to infiltrate an Oklahoma prison?

Honestly, the idea of one of these nefarious characters ordering a prison murder crossed my mind.

† Juan Giménez, comic book artist

That's a rough one, absolutely incredible artist.

placido lives to sexually harass another day!

A second CNN on-air person, Brooke Baldwin (+).

The singer Pink has tested positive.

Correction: had tested positive, is now negative, and is donating $1M.

Two weeks ago my three-year old son, Jameson, and I are were showing symptoms of COVID-19. Fortunately, our primary care physician had access to tests and I tested positive. My family was already sheltering at home and we continued to do so for the last two weeks following the instruction of our doctor. Just a few days ago we were re-tested and are now thankfully negative. It is an absolute travesty and failure of our government to not make testing more widely accessible. This illness is serious and real. People need to know that the illness affects the young and old, healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor, and we must make testing free and more widely accessible to protect our children, our families, our friends and our communities. In an effort to support the healthcare professionals who are battling on the frontlines every day, I am donating $500,000 to the Temple University Hospital Emergency Fund in Philadelphia in honor of my mother, Judy Moore, who worked there for 18 years in the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplant Center. Additionally, I am donating $500,000 to the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund. THANK YOU to all of our healthcare professionals and everyone in the world who are working so hard to protect our loved ones. You are our heroes! These next two weeks are crucial: please stay home. Please. Stay. Home.❤️

Good for her, that's great.

Carrie Symonds has picked it up from who knows where...

bojo just cannae keep his various bodily juices to himself

jazz guitar legend bucky pizzarelli among the fallen.

Marianne Faithfull apparently in a London hospital.

Stable apparently https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/04/marianne-faithfull-hospitalised-with-coronavirus

The UK’s own Joe Exotic, the Marquess of Bath.

How he made it to 87 without being eaten by a lion, idk.

I hope people will say the same of me if I reach 87.

RIP big fella, heaven needed a serial shagger and unfortunately BJ's still alive (at the time of writing)

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/03/01/44F8F99600000578-4942786-image-a-42_1506992102287.jpg

if you're gonna be rich thru a bullshit outmoded justification of ancestral brutality at least that's the way to dress for it

He openly had sexual relations with over seventy women during his marriage, and installed many of them in estate cottages. He referred to these women as wifelets.[9] The Marquess passed the management of the business to his son Viscount Weymouth early in 2010.[10] By one account, the Viscount intended to evict the wifelets from their estate cottages.

What lovely people

Tom Dempsey, the NFL kicker who held the NFL record for longest field goal kicked, a record not surpassed for 43 years, which he accomplished despite not having any toes in his kicking foot.

Beat that, Tony Iommi

Follow the light, Boris.

John Taylor of Duran Duran - apparently only a mild case (as reported on DD's Facebook page)

Christopher Cross ("possibly the worst illness I've ever had"). Seems to be so many music people.

prolonged exposure to amplified sound weakens their immune system then all it takes is the extra push from 5g radiation to really put them in danger

Or give them super powers.

Jaws actress Lee Fierro, at age 91

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/lee-fierro-57.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1200

That's incredible. Only two scenes in Jaws, only three films her entire career. But those two scenes are both immortal.

CPT Brett E. Crozier, former CO of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Jay Benedict, who played Newt's dad in Aliens.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-aliens-and-emmerdale-actor-jay-benedict-dies-due-to-covid-19-complications-11969213

popular twitter terf joanne rowling

Please watch this doc from Queens Hospital explain how to relieve respiratory symptoms. For last 2 weeks I've had all symptoms of C19 (tho haven't been tested) & did this on doc husband's advice. I'm fully recovered & technique helped a lot.https://t.co/xo8AansUvc via @YouTube

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 6, 2020

CATCH
ANOTHER
BUG

Rowling is a "radical feminist"? Could have fooled me.

Yeah, I've seen TERF applied to people who don't even come across as at all feminist. Maybe you can change the last two letters to mean radical fuckhead.

‘Trans exclusive reactionary feminist’ seems like it fits to me.

J. K. Rowling is awful, but I still watched that video and would consider sharing it.

yeah, when meds were sharing healthcare tips they were talking about laying patients who were not intubated prone to help with breathing. I have asthma and sometimes get wheezy at night so generally sleep on my stomach. I didn't know it was because of lung placement!

I also find that I struggle to breathe through my nose then I'm on my back

I also watched that film, but now understand why it was shared with me by my TERFiest friend.

Maybe shared earlier, but DJ Jazzy Jeff has it, after performing at an African American skier/snowboarder association convention a month ago.

"On March 30th, DJ Jazzy Jeff, once part of a popular duo with Will Smith, announced that he was suffering from pneumonia and associated coronavirus symptoms. The music producer performed at the event and later announced on social media he has lost his sense of smell and taste."

Oh man, Tim Robinson gone - his Stones of Aran books are genuinely awesome.

Twitter is saying Jimmy Greaves is in hospital with it.

Music producer Hal Willner.

just now saw john prine has passed away

fuck

'70s character actor Allen Garfield (Nashville, The Conversation)

^has died at 80

just now saw john prine has passed away

what Dan S said

'70s character actor Allen Garfield (/Nashville, The Conversation/)

UK rap veteran who's made some excellent records Ty is apparently in a coma with Covid

yeah, when meds were sharing healthcare tips they were talking about laying patients who were not intubated prone to help with breathing.

I did a triple-take at this until my mind registered the word "prone"

Charlotte Figi, the girl who inspired all the CBD stuff

Kevin Saunderson has tested positive, says he feels fine at the moment tho

Moe Albanese of Albanese Meats in NYC is dead to COVID, that dude was a local legend
https://ny.eater.com/2020/4/9/21214819/moe-albanese-butcher-little-italy-coronavirus

Norman ‘Bite yer legs ‘ Hunter https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52244115

Kenny Dalglish has tested positive

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/392764-a-message-on-behalf-of-sir-kenny-dalglish-and-family

Moe Albanese of Albanese Meats in NYC is dead to COVID, that dude was a local legend

Martin Scorsese grew up right across the street from Albanese Meats and used to hang out in there as a boy

Sturgill Simpson tested positive.

Dude has always kind of been a Prine copycat TBH

grim lol

dark but good

Tim Brooke-Taylor RIP

Oh no.

was just looking for this thread to say that.
Shame.Did enjoy tHe Goodies though may have had more syumpathy for the less avowed Tories in that.
Think he's been in some good stuff since then.

was never fond of bill odious but absolutely loved The Goodies show when I was a nipper.

oh shit

John Conway of Conway's Game of Life...

I am sorry to confirm the passing of my colleague John Conway. An incomparable mathematician, a pleasant neighbor, and an excellent coffee acquaintance.

His passing was sudden (fever started only Wednesday morning). Part of coronavirus's hard toll in New Jersey.

— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) April 12, 2020

Tim Brooke-Taylor RIP

;_; RIP Timbo, did a lot of good stuff, not just the Goodies.

xxxxpostv watched the Conversation again yesterday and Garfield is so amazing in the party scene. such an undercurrent of jealousy and malice

yeah, he was so good in The Conversation. Really took me by surprise.

Hilary Heath (later Dwyer), Witchfinder General co-star and film producer

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/witchfinder-general-star-hilary-heath-dies-of-covid-19

Sports photographer Anthony Causi, 48.

Anthony Causi, a longtime photographer for The Post whose prolific talent and larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the New York sports world, died Sunday of the coronavirus at North Shore University Hospital. He was 48.https://t.co/ZGmXE1gY69

— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) April 13, 2020

Carole Finer, musician (on 20 March)

Carole Finer, musician (on 20 March)

oops sorry for double post

George Stephanopoulos tested positive

https://dnyuz.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-defiantly-held-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/

prefer if we stick to people who are worth a damn

Harvey Weinstein, positive

― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII),Sunday, March 22, 2020 5:42 PM (three weeks ago)

Welp

† John Conway, inventor of the (mathematical) Game of Life

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Gospers_glider_gun.gif

Multimedia artist Helene Aylon

It's been confirmed that jazz great Lee Konitz died from COVID-19 related pneumonia. F-ing dammit

fucking hell

RIP cinematographer Allen Daviau (E.T., Empire of the Sun, Bugsy, The Color Purple)

Christophe - Aline (1979) pic.twitter.com/1j5ALJWyOI

— Julien (@Teidix) April 16, 2020

Christophe, the legendary French balladeer, has died of a respiratory illness. Hasn't been confirmed as COVID yet but there were reports he'd tested positive a couple of weeks ago.

Aw, I’ve always loved “Aline”. RIP.

Norman Hunter RIP - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/17/norman-hunter-former-leeds-united-england-defender-dies-aged-76

"Hunter was an uncompromising centre-back" - you're telling me

RIP Matt Seligman, Soft Boys bassist.

RIP Henry Grimes.

goddamn yet again

FUCK THIS VIRUS

Broadway Star Nick Cordero to Have Leg Amputated Due to Coronavirus Complications

https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/nick-cordero-coronavirus-leg-amputated-broadway-1234584242/

Wreckless Eric has tested positive.

https://thedysfunctionalworldof.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-inside-of-ping-pong-ball.html

oy

That was incredibly well written although I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

This is a notably-recovering post. I mentioned CNN's Brooke Baldwin on April 3, then I didn't hear a word about her after that; she posted a first-hand account this morning.

http://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/health/coronavirus-diary-sickness-brooke-baldwin/index.html

Vietnamese-American singing icon Thai Thanh passed on:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-18/diva-death-in-virus-battered-times-her-legend-lasting

(Though in checking it might not have been because of COVID -- the piece is more about mourning in this time.)

Marianne Faithfull has been discharged from the hospital and is home recuperating.

elizabeth warren's older brother †

Also Jamelle Bouie's grandfather

Rapper Fred the Godson

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VTLAbhNDh/?igshid=w6ykw6tyqw0i

Sad news to report.
I heard from Samantha Fox’s sister this afternoon that Samantha passed away on April 22nd. The suspected cause was cardio-vascular illness with CV-19 complications.
She will be sadly missed. pic.twitter.com/go1K4nPf3M

— The Rialto Report (@TheRialtoReport) May 2, 2020

Saw the headline, thought it was the UK singer (and Page Six girl), but apparently this one?:
Search Results
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Samantha Fox (American actress) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Samantha_Fox_(American_a...
Stasia Therese Angela Micula, known by the stage name Samantha Fox (born December 3, 1951), is an American B-movie and pornographic film actress.

I was similarly confused, there appear to have been Sam Foxes on either side of the Atlantic

The C64 strip poker lady is still alive.

which one?

Whoops, thought it was the singer too

same

Madonna Ready to ‘Breathe in the COVID-19 Air’ After Testing Positive for Antibodies
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/madonna-covid-19-antibody-quarantine-diaries-video-992845/
Reminds me: leading science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. keeps popping up on NPR , in amazeballs speculation-anticipation re coming New Post-Sick Elite, and hey, he's from the New York Times---but I haven't heard any scientists who seemed more than hopeful about this, in a low-key way.

man, covid really brought out hte very worst in some people

Madeline Kripke, sister of Saul, collector of dictionaries: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/nyregion/madeline-kripke-dead-coronavirus.html

Oh Pierspaws, mild symptoms and test results expected tomorrow though so don't all get too excited

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/03/piers-morgan-good-morning-britain-mild-coronavirus-symptoms

Dave Greenfield, keyboards for The Stranglers

...has passed away.

Really hope Barbara Ehrenreich is joking about having it

:(

gonna re-learn golden brown in his honor

xp

I have covid 19. At least I think I do. Last night a sinister figure leaped out and hissed at me: “hey there, high quality test kits for only $100 a pop!”

— Barbara Ehrenreich (@B_Ehrenreich) May 4, 2020

Owner of Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/grand-prospect-hall-owner-michael-halkias-rip/

that place was/is bazonkers

Oh yeah, seem to recall going to a wedding or two there back in a past life.

Paul L Vasquez, "the double rainbow guy," dead at 57
https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article242633931.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

http://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/politics/wilson-roosevelt-jerman-trnd/index.html

11 presidents, wow.

Khadyrov is infected

Patrick Ewing has been hospitalized with the virus.

Neera Tanden says she has it

Khadyrov is infected

Fingers crossed for that murderous, torturous, homophobic rapist piece of dictatorial shit. May Hell await him.

m4(neer)a

Fuck:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/ramzan-kadyrov-appears-in-public-after-covid-19-illness-reports

The tweet from Neera Tanden (above): "I have the coronavirus. I’ve been sick for a week, and really, really fatigued, with muscle pain. So far, thankfully, no fever and my oxygen levels are fine. But I was super careful, wore masks, carried hand sanitizer. Haven’t really socialized with friends."

I haven't dwelled on such stories recently, but this will never stop baffling me.

Some suspicion that Gang of Four's Andy Gill may have been an earlier, undiagnosed victim of Covid-19: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/01/spate-of-possible-uk-coronavirus-cases-from-2019-come-to-light

Yup. Matt Johnson of The The appears to be down with Miss Rona too.

his post about it implied he was in the hospital for a throat infection.

There's some fairly graphic pictures of him post-op on his website.

Holy shit https://www.startribune.com/george-floyd-autopsy-report-released-he-tested-positive-for-covid-19-in-april/571000102/

Wreckless Eric has tested positive.

https://thedysfunctionalworldof.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-inside-of-ping-pong-ball.html

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, April 19, 2020 3:45 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Recovered, but as a result of restricted oxygen flow, has had (and post op recovered from) a heart attack!

Auston Matthews:

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/06/19/report-auston-matthews-tests-positive-for-covid-19-toronto-maple-leafs-nhl/

Stand-up comedian D.L. Hughley has announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus after he was hospitalized for collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville.

oh shit

he says he's still asymptomatic, but still frightening to have it diagnosed after collapsing

yeah that must have been v scary

that footage of him passing out was horrible

Herman Cain tests positive for coronavirus, is hospitalized with “serious” symptoms. He attended Trump's June 20 rally in Tulsa https://t.co/cKH2CN6DiM

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) July 2, 2020

has anyone been following the post-tulsa fallout? some really fucked up stuff with that, like how they ordered the secret service to NOT get tested for 2 days afterward, clearly because they were afraid of what they would find

that seems like the sort of order i would ignore, as a secret service agent

that's why you're not a secret service agent imo

mookie spent all his time focusing on how to bust out his pistols and hit 4 bullseyes within 2 seconds before spinning them around on his fingertips and re-holstering without hesitation. but he forgot to study the "if we order you to put you, your family, and others in danger by refusing to take a simple and free test, will you do it?"

that's where >50% of SS secret service candidates fail the entry exam

was Tulsa the first superspreader party?

there were a few other prominent ones before that, like this awesome party at lake of the ozarks:

https://i.imgur.com/iu3dBH4.jpg

great people!!

that is... a lot of white people

this isn't widely known, but when white people are born we actually emerge from that same pool in lake of the ozarks. kind of weird that they'd hold the party there but

EXCALIBUR
RYAN

xp. yakub's cauldron

that is... a lot of white people

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:24 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

this isn't widely known, but when white people are born we actually emerge from that same pool in lake of the ozarks. kind of weird that they'd hold the party there but

― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:37 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

why do you think that white people are the only ones not wearing masks and partying? where do you live? Pretty diverse group of non-mask'd people where I am hanging out!

i think something was misunderstood, which is understandable!

first, morbs asked if tulsa was the first superspreader party, so i posted the lake of the ozarks party pic, which was before tulsa. then forks remarked that there were a lot of white people in the picture. then i made a joke (a hilarious one!) about all white people actually being born in that pool, which is based off of my experiences of growing up in rural missouri and being forced to visit lake of the ozarks, which is like 96% white people iirc

anyway, i wasn't trying to suggest that only white people are partying and not wearing masks, although i guess it might have seemed that way

I do suspect it largely is though

yeah, it would make sense. republicans tend to be less cautious about coronavirus, and also heavily skew toward white

https://i.imgur.com/frFjKs6.png

I suspect it's more age-based than race-based. Young people are dumb.

I don't think it's that either, like Karl said GOP skews older and whiter, but it's a really complicated situation. No one is getting consistent information, no one is giving out masks in my city, there aren't massive PSAs everywhere telling people what's safe and what's not. Trump is the biggest one to blame obviously, by going unmasked for MONTHS he's singlehandedly extended the pandemic by a significant amount. And honestly the "it doesn't protect you, it protects others" is confusing and not helpful, not because the sentiment is anathema to Americans, it sounds nonsensical to the layperson, like me, who didn't go to college.

But I am a very stupid person. I still don't understand how the mask doesn't protect me from getting the droplets but it protects others also wearing the mask from getting my droplets. But hey, whatever, I DON'T CARE, I'm wearing the mask. I haven't gotten a cold or anything since March--that never happened my whole life, I'm not putting that mask away for certain things now, ever again. But everyone has had to go through this process because there's such a deluge of information it's just exhausting and confusing.

When wearing the mask and breathing normally, you will draw in air from the gaps surrounding the mask. Now imagine that everyone is a hose with a thumb on it, spraying a widespread mist of droplets. If you walk through that mist with a mask, you'll still breath the mist in through the gaps. But imagine that you put a cap on the hose, right near the source where the water is being hurled forward, and before it can spread out into a widespread mist. You prevent the source of the dangerous widespread mist with your mask.

Say it don't spray it, basically

The pee pants analogy explains it simply enough. Two guys standing face to face - one of them pees. If he’s not wearing pants, it’s gonna hit the second guy. If he is, he just gets wet pants.

(points to the "get the fuck off this thread unless you have news of the Notably Infected and/or Fallen" sign)

. Two guys standing face to face - one of them pees. If he’s not wearing pants, it’s gonna hit the second guy. I

at what point do the priest and the rabbi walk in?

When the other guys leave - Covid rules mean only two dudes in the bathroom at one time

The punchline is “but I am standing six feet away”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mixed-martial-arts/53285491

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov's father and coach, Abdulmanap - 57

:(

https://people.com/theater/nick-cordero-dead-coronavirus-complications/

I saw him two years ago in A Bronx Tale as Sonny on Broadway. never woulda thought he was gonna peace out over something horrible like this. only 41.

he was doing this like.....only a few years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLPcrpzNFJo

so tragic

That is absolutely heartbreaking.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-bolsonaro-test-coronavirus-symptoms-1.5639867

🤞

The Atlanta mayor:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/keisha-lance-bottoms-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html

Bolsonaro loves getting coronavirus

Customers at three UK pubs that opened over the weekend.

Bolsonaro dying of Coronavirus might make me believe in an interventionist god

I know, darling, that you do

Into your arms, covid

how many times is bolsonaro gonna get the rona ffs

did u know that bolsonaro backwards is 'o rona slob'?

Rano

"I've came back from the hospital now, I've done a lung screening, my lung is clean, OK? I went to do a Covid exam a while ago, but everything is okay," he said.
Bolsonaro, who was wearing a mask, warned people to not get near him.
"You can't get very close (to me), OK? Recommendation for everyone," Bolsonaro said.

Yeah, sounds legit. "I've been feeling bad, and they x-rayed my lungs, but I'm perfectly fine. Don't get near me, though. I mean, I'd say that about anyone, but me, specifically, keep away from me. Just sayin'."

Jeanine Añez. Wonder whether she has met Bolsonaro recently.

https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/richard-rose-covid-19-coronavirus/
https://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-10-at-2.27.09-PM.jpg

who tf cares

RIP Ohio Man

Only the truest patriot would sacrifice his life defending our freedom on the 4th of July.

You guys are so fucked

Jesus christ

Wow, he actually died on July 4th, and they say Americans don't do irony.

The Internet should stop haw-hawing that this guy is dead, Jesus. Powerful people DID this to him.

Amitabh and Abishek Bachchan tested positive apparently.

Goes back right to the very beginning of the pandemic, but Jack Nicklaus (just announcing it now).

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/jack-nicklaus-says-he-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-antibodies-1.5030462

Bah.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-president/brazils-bolsonaro-says-new-covid-19-test-came-back-negative-idUSKCN24Q0IT

*very austin powers voice*

WHY. WON'T. YOU. DIE.

Stephen Miller's grandmother

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stephen-miller-grandmother-death-coronavirus-white-house-denial-a9637176.html

Doja Cat: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/doja-cat-has-coronavirus-after-mocking-covid

Rabidly anti-gay Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert, who has referred to coronavirus as a "hoax" and called mask mandates "draconian," is now hospitalized with COVID-19

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) July 25, 2020

get dead soon

Herman Cain's twitter feed has been providing generically shitty right wing zombie talking points on a daily basis, but afaict he's still hospitalized with Covid, and has been for a month. Wilbur Ross was hospitalized for something a while ago, too, with no updates. I'd be cool with all these ghouls disappearing forever.

Robert O’Brien (Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor) has tested positive for COVID-19

Louie Gohmert!

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/29/louis-gohmert-who-refused-to-wear-a-mask-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-386076

Haha, what a stupid motherfucker

one of the dumbest men in the country

there's only one explanation for how he got it - god must be punishing him for his sins

damn hoaxes

Notable (person?) Buddy, first dog to test positive for COVID-19 in the U.S., has died

:(

COVID has fuckin terrible aim man

No shit

So long Herman cain

eat shit bitch

tbc this is the name of my new self help book and the unauthorized sequel to eat pray love

The Tulsa disease got heeem

Holy shit, is this the most prominent Trump supporter to die so far?

oh I hadn't realized he was actually dead. cool!!

maybe I should complain about COVID's bad aim more often...

You think I’d feel a pang of regret or recognition in our shared humanity and I would change my tune and mourn a death as I would any other but nah go to hell you dumb motherfucker It’s very satisfying to see him gone and I would like more of them to join him

COVID don’t care, fwiw.

You think I’d feel a pang of regret or recognition in our shared humanity and I would change my tune and mourn a death as I would any other

anecdotally I think the COVID era has made people MUCH more cavalier about wishing death on ghoulish public figures. tbc I think this is good and not bad

Literally 21 hours ago:

Our government, and our media, have incinerated their credibility. So, is it any wonder that people are skeptical? #Coronavirus https://t.co/2IMVhLGbLn

— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) July 29, 2020

how in the world do you post something like that from your deathbed? guess some of us never get that moment of clarity

Like me, you get someone else to do your posts

xpost Well TBF he also posthumously tweeted his own death notification so his clarity is truly off the charts.

first reply to that tweet, posted pre-death

Whoever is tweeting from this account should be careful. If Herman doesn’t make it, you are going to be the thoughtless a-hole trying to hype a dead man. If he does make it, he may have had a change of heart after going through all this & you are doing it without his permission.

— Michelle (@shelly_zen) July 29, 2020

I’m 100% unsurprised that, as far as I can tell, the first high-profile Trump supporter to die from this is Black

he's definitely Black

The world is poorer

Unrelated article

Citation needed

I posted the following message on my Facebook page regarding Cain's death: "Well, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of their own actions. Still, it managed to kill one of the less carcinogenic Republicans so it's definitely not yet time to throw a party. Let's hold off on that until one of the more odious ones dies." AND A TOTAL KAREN HAD THE AUDACITY TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT POST! She was all, "I think you need to seek therapy if you think it's ok to celebrate anyone's death." Bitch, please, when Trump dies I am going to party until I cannot party anymore.

never forget that glorious stretch of october 2011 when about 30% of GOP primary voters agreed that herman cain would be a good choice for president

not just a good choice - the very best choice

Man, the floodgates will open when Trump kicks the can. There will be some solemn lip service on the news or whatever, but I predict people will spill out onto the streets like it's V-Day.

And then they'll start looting, lighting things on fire and knocking shit over again, but still.

Cain's candidacy was a cartoon--9-9-9 repeated on auto-pilot--but just by virtue of running for the nomination and actually having lead at one point (the whole Gingrich train-wreck), it seems like a significant death. He seemed affable enough...but I'm just now remembering why his candidacy crumbled.

arguably he (along with Palin and some others) helped set the stage for trump just by helping make the whole thing even more of a weirdo circus than yr standard GOP contest

His contempt for everyone around him is what struck me at the time.

(xpost) Totally; the whole 2012 Republican debacle was a practice run for Trump. (I'll mention this yet again: I argued on here at the time that Gingrich was a lot closer to winning that nomination than anybody thought, but others said no, the party and fundraising always controls these things in the end. For 2012, technically correct; four years later, not at all.)

if you are an influential public figure and you use your platform to be dismissive of the risk of covid you are signing a contract that it's ok for people to laugh at you if you die of covid. it's not very tasteful but that's just one of the many reasons not to sign the contract

— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) July 30, 2020

Man, the floodgates will open when Trump kicks the can. There will be some solemn lip service on the news or whatever, but I predict people will spill out onto the streets like it's V-Day.

Looking forward to it so I can come on to ILX and troll people like Mordy did when Thatcher died.

a virus knows no morals

otherwise Gohmert will already be dead

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(xpost) Totally; the whole 2012 Republican debacle was a practice run for Trump. (I'll mention this yet again: I argued on here at the time that Gingrich was a lot closer to winning that nomination than anybody thought, but others said no, the party and fundraising always controls these things in the end. For 2012, technically correct; four years later, not at all.)

Trump not even good at losing.

a virus knows no morals

otherwise Gohmert will already be dead

True. And speaking of shitty Texan fascists, I would really love for the virus to fell Chip Roy and Ken Paxton.

...and Dan Patrick and Abbott and Crenshaw and...

Hey let's not forget Cornyn and Cruz while we're building our death pool.

Death is NOT to be celebrated. There are only about....idk, 10,000 exceptions worldwide. (Lots of strong suggestions so far)

Death is NOT to be celebrated.

Lies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKAysA3J6k

I have a colleague at work who simply can't process for example that I am 100% against the death penalty in all cases, but was happy when Thatcher died

Have you explicitly told them that death and killing are not the same thing?

the Lord said that wishing someone is dead is the same as murder so

xps was hoping that was the song from the Evangelion movie, disappointed

xps ha no, can't be bothered

Turning Point USA* co-founder Bill Hamilton has passed away due to the virus.

*A conservative student group that mostly posts memes about owning the libs by not wearing masks.

*Bill Montgomery

DeWine has Covid!

Jordan Peterson

30 lbs of raw hamburger oughta do the trick

Antonio Banderas

antonio is way more than 30 pounds of raw meat, hubba hubba

Trini Lopez, RIP.

J Balvin

RIP DJ Shay from Buffalo, producer and DJ, local legend instrumental in the rise of Griselda Records, WSG, Conway, Benny the Butcher

https://pitchfork.com/news/griselda-records-producer-dj-shay-dead-at-48/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/republican-sen-bill-cassidy-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html

James Chance and his longtime partner Judy Taylor "have both been severely affected by personal health issues and the COVID situation"

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/james-chance-dealing-with-health-issues-and-the-covid-situation-gofundme-launched/

oh no

Reading between the lines here but it looks like neither is infected and/or fallen due to Covid-19 but that different health issues coupled with lockdown means they are unable to financially support themselves.

How's Louis Gohmert doing?

Laying low.

his head is in Texas, the rest of his body is hiding out in North Dakota

Claimed he was cured with Hydroxychloroquine.

more likely "in" than "with"

The Worst Jerky.

picturing him swimming in a bacta tank of liquid hdroxychloroquine

Mark Mothersbaugh
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/devos-mark-mothersbaughs-covid-19-recovery-complicated-by-notorious-tiktok-mansion-next-door/

Usain Bolt!

Right after throwing himself a huge mask-free birthday party. What an idiot.

Fast, smart, and rich. He got to choose two.

Fart,rast and smich

, LLP

It doesn’t sound like Yulia Tymoshenko is doing well. Moved to intensive care and described as being ‘in a serious condition’.

apparently Mark Motherbaugh was in the ICU and nearly died? god damn, glad he pulled through

That Brooklyn Vegan article title is some peak 2020 madness.

:(

Some news on Toots. pic.twitter.com/9YETBz458i

— Toots & The Maytals (@tootsmaytals) August 31, 2020

protect toots, this year is fucked up enough already

Toots has consistently made my life happier than almost any other musician.

Silvio Berlusconi

thoughts and prayers

Bungas and bungas.

The Rock and family

https://www.tmz.com/2020/09/02/the-rock-tested-positive-covid-19-coronavirus-wife-kids-dwayne-johnson/

Good thing steroids reduce mortality

I actually feel bad making that joke cuz I love that man

the batman has tested positive

Weird, people who've decided that now is a good time to make movies are getting sick? Again, I have to just say: weird.

the Joker strikes again

New origin story where Master Bruce eats live bat at wet market.

Saw someone on Twitter say, "So in this one he kills his own parents?"

That’s what happens when you wear a mask that only covers the top of your face

This week’s Herman Cain Award goes to former Nashville councilman, Tony Tenpenny. pic.twitter.com/xxGJwNEM7M

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 21, 2020

Pity it wasn't the hoarse whisperer though

former Boston Red Sox/Minnesota Twin David Ortiz aka Big Papi milkshake, contracted the virus, no comment on whether the milkshakes helped cure him.

Pity it wasn't the hoarse whisperer though

why do you think they should die of covid?

For the most part I don't think anyone should die of covid, including Tom Tenpenny. If I were in a position to save them I would try my best to save both! Starting with Mr Tenpenny

Why did you type that it was a pity the hoarse whsiperer hadn't died of Covid instead of the politician who spreads propaganda that Covid isn't real?

I prefer one to the other!

obviously I don't like either

obviously

It may have been a little strong in hindsight, could change it to something like "pity this disingenuous balloon is tweeting again" if a mod wants to change

you can block people on twitter rather than kill them now

I have blocked hoarse (along with his parents, Alyssa Milano and Sean McAlwee accounts to be on the safe side) but for some reason it didn't stop the tweet appearing here. I admit my post was too strong

aw man the new twitter update got rid of the kill button?

Shareholders

I haven't posted in this thread for ages.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/tommy-devito-founding-member-of-the-four-seasons-dies-from-covid-19-complications-1.5116263

:(

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson, opponent of mandatory masks, tests positive for COVID-19.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 23, 2020

It's been noted on the Canadian politics thread, but of our five leading federal parties--Liberal, PC, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois--two of the leaders, Erin O'Toole (PC) and Yves-François Blanchet (BQ)--have both tested positive in the past few days.

god bless you bastards with all your parties (not the bloc)

I tested negative to Covid yesterday and positive today. No symptoms what so ever. Covid had the courage to challenge me. Bad idea

— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) September 24, 2020

bad idea, brainless virus

Covid was offside

God, imagine when Maradona gets it.

He'll fight it with cocaine.

Which will be discovered to be the cure

virginia gov ralph northam and VA first lady

Hope Hicks!

Fingers crossed.

I don't want her to perish. I just pray for the tiny virus currently working their way up Trump's nose this very minute... Godspeed!

I’m ok if she perishes too

I’m fine with anyone who stood idly by while thousands of children were purposefully separated from their parents suffocating to death.

but, but, but, but christmas! CHRISTMAS!

Start counting:

MSNBC put together a list 👀 pic.twitter.com/oyYx14DQFe

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 2, 2020

Well well.

The president and the first lady have tested positive for COVID. The president is among the higher-risk groups given his age. https://t.co/QXpfm57K2P

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020

Good work, comrade Hicks, you will be repaid well ...

Kind of inevitable, no?

I thought Hicks quit several months ago? It was, like, on all the news shows and stuff.

I hope some random mask refusenik in Bemidji dumped their viral load all over 45 at that rally on the 18th because if so, Minnesota came through.

covid-19 in donald trumps system pic.twitter.com/NMZ2CQ7rkZ

— bela (@belatweets2u) October 2, 2020

holy shit, Is he faking it to get out of the ignominy of an election loss? Would he even register that he is losing? Did he get it on purpose to take Biden down. So many questions

I mean not to get all tin-hatty or anything but I'm very sceptical that our Boris ever had it.

I'm not convinced Boris had it either but Boris is on team "I caught it and battled through it", not team "I don't like people who catch diseases, I like people who don't catch diseases"

boris has been fucked and low energy since he had it. he totally had it.

I know for a 100% fact, unconnected to media reports, that Johnson had it.

I believe he had it but swung the lead a bit, gilded the lily somewhat, put on a bit of a performance as was suggested by a doc at the time.

As for suggestions he's got long covid. I dunno... He's looked like shit for years now.

boris has been and low energy since he had it. he totally had

He was low energy or washed out beforehand too. Covid was dreamt up as a cover before his supporters noticed that their image of Boris and the reality of Boris were wildly different.

He looks unwell in a different way from before - grey skin, hollow eyes, dry hair. Definitely had it and had it bad imo.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiOdS1dXYAAp_MK?format=jpg&name=900x900

Like, he ran away and hid in a firdge and it made no difference to his popularity and he won the election. Why would he fake a disease he was trying to downplay? He's a fuckwit who takes nothing seriously, shook hands with everyone in an infectious area, got sick. Same with Trump. Sure he's a lying shitbag full of evil schemes, but he also ignores proudly all precautions, hangs out with large numbers of other shitheads who do the same, has absolutely no idea how diseases work, and thinks COVID isn't real anyway. Which is more likely, careless idiots catching a highly infectious disease or massive conspiracies? Occam's razor. You're edging into jet fuel vs steel beams territory here, guys.

Trump is a hypochondriac though, he wasn’t wearing a mask but I doubt he was 1% as cavalier about his personal health as Boris. Other people’s, yes, absolutely.

That photo above is from 2015 I think

nah, Sept 18: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/sep/18/uk-coronavirus-live-two-week-circuit-break-lockdown-halt-covid-19-surge-england

That's from the Guardian though, not a particularly reliable source

I was out by a couple of months, looks like it was actually from 2016.

https://i.postimg.cc/cHQ1k2T5/leicester.jpg

Trump the hypochondriac who also supposedly liked to do post-piss unwashed handshake deals.

Lol xp

I've inspected the timestamp on that pic, studied the fine lines under Vardy's eyes, it all checks out. The other pic failed the same forenSIC examination.

You’re right, picture of health this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh6BwElXsAQDetv?format=jpg&name=large

His colour, his hair, he is looking very very drained
https://dazedimg-dazedgroup.netdna-ssl.com/771/77-24-771-514/azure/dazed-prod/1270/2/1272770.jpg

he looks like Bill Clinton does now, and Clinton has twenty years on him

you guys boris johnson looks healthier than me on my mid-summer best, when i've had a few weeks of sunshine to revitalize me and i can make a tight fist with full tension in my hands and wrists again. boris johnson in that photo above would beat me in a 800m race by over 25 seconds

in other words i'm not sure how useful it is to look at pics as an indicator of coronavirus

utah senator mike lee (positive)

fuck yeah

Adding to the total

BREAKING: Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins, who was at the WH SCOTUS announcement on Saturday and was criticized for not wearing a mask and shaking hands, has tested positive for COVID-19.

This was just sent out to the campus.

Unclear if he had it during the WH event. pic.twitter.com/2cR4eaVMzb

— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) October 2, 2020

Statistically, the chances that at least one of these bozos perishes in the process are increasing as we speak.

Love this headline: https://news.avclub.com/former-reality-tv-host-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1845248943

go Irish

wait wait hang on the UK literally has a special jacket that says PRIME MINISTER on it

does the next PRIME MINISTER get to wear it too, and that's why it doesn't just say BORIS JOHNSON

he's got one to wear on Halloween that says PRIME SINISTER

wait wait hang on the UK literally has a special jacket that says PRIME MINISTER on it

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, October 2, 2020 1:26 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KT8YNM/bagram-afghanistan-21st-dec-2017-us-vice-president-mike-pence-wearing-KT8YNM.jpg

the nametag is just so that Sam Beckett can more quickly recognize who he has become when he becomes the latest of a series of confused people to take temporary control of Pence's hollow shell

to be fair the name badge on those military jackets is a velcro patch

presidents dress up as army all the time. if boris (who is an idiot) wants to dress as a binman/van driver then fine.

(who is an idiot)

oh, I see

Besides the White House, there's this:

Whoops pic.twitter.com/3RinCXbLRe

— joe janecek (@joejanecek) October 3, 2020

We really need a dedicated ILXor to update this thread as the hourly announcements of GOP infections drop.

Axios: Trumpworld coronavirus tracker

The COVID-19 status of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer remains unknown.

Don't see anything in that link about Stephen Miller, and he was walking right next to Hicks in that photograph circulating the other day.

Stephen Miller gravely ill would be sweet justice.

Seems like a lifetime ago, but Stephen Miller's wife (Pence's spokesperson) was one of the first in Trumpland to test positive for COVID way back in early May. No idea if her shitspittle of a husband contracted it from her then or after.

Another scorekeeping resource:

COVID-19 at the White House - Contact Tracer

Tracer's involved somehow? huge if true

Kenzo Takada, fashion designer, dead at 81 from COVID-19.

Notable only as a source on her sick (in several respects) family, Claudia Conway.

mega-church pastor John Hagee.

Hope he gets well quick so he can sign my copy of Coronavirus: Dress Rehearsal for the New World Order

https://www.jhm.org/Shop/Product/41985

Ministry of Truth / White House Press Secretary or whatever Kayleigh McEnany

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/kayleigh-mcenany-coronavirus-white-house/index.html

Military leaders quarantined after official (Coast Guard, Adm. Charles W. Ray) tests positive.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/military-leaders-quarantined-after-official-tests-positive

Tool / A Perfect Circle / Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan has revealed in a new interview that he recently contracted COVID-19. Though he beat the disease, the singer is still “dealing with the residual side effects,” including lung damage.

https://loudwire.com/tool-maynard-james-keenan-covid-19-lung-damage/

OMD’s Andy McCluskey.

Andy has tested positive for Covid-19.

Fortunately, his symptoms have been mild and he is feeling much better already. The good news is that he stops isolating on Oct 16 two days before rehearsals for You, Me & OMD. The show goes on!!

Tickets and merch: https://t.co/o7xBZIokhe pic.twitter.com/R49QD0VrUe

— Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (@OfficialOMD) October 10, 2020

Cristiano Ronaldo

Footballers seem even dumber than baseball players about the 'rona.

with 300k new cases worldwide every day i don't think it takes being dumb to catch it

Alabama football coach Nick Saban

'the auburn virus'

Nick Saban

Alabamans must be feeling increasingly conflicted and confused about 'Wuhan flu'.

'the auburn virus'

irl lol

Saban dying would be almost as big as Trump down south

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/influencer-dmitriy-stuzhuk-dead-coronavirus-185847678.html

"Fitness influencer" and COVID denier Dmitriy Stuzhuk RIP

he had an underlying wealth condition .. he would have died anyway.

Andrzej Duda

oh fuck him, hope he dies, and get Viktor Orban next

🙏

Duda: I don't have any symptoms, especially the serious ones like lack of taste or lack of smell

Aye those are the serious ones mate. We're running out of ventilators because people can't taste their coffee.

Rocco Siffredi

Feels like Justin Turner, from the World Series champion Dodgers, is worth noting, especially given the controversy surrounding the alleged timing of his positive result.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54731384

Bobby Ball: Cannon & Ball star dies aged 76 after Covid-19 diagnosis

(one for the englishers)

rip robert winston

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElfPXQEWMAApJe7?format=jpg&name=medium

Just watching The Boys In Blue now in respect

lol just literally posted about that on the RIP thread the exact second you posted about it.

Joe Budden

NOT joe biden

still a little close for comfort

You came to get it on, more than 270 EVs in your bank
Then get it on, roll up like that stank

If Joe Biden did somehow get it now, that really might fuck Tuesday up.

"ah man Biden has COVID. that means he's not a safe candidate to vote for. I'm instead going to cast my vote for the other candidate who also had COVID and went to the hospital"

I think you’re forgetting that Trump is Superman

Hooperman

Yeah, so, Mr. No Mask here TODAY tested positive for #coronavirus.

This is Mark Meadows. Trump's Chief of Staff. https://t.co/qEyOOR1Vby

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 7, 2020