All things Corona Virus

[laylalex 7,289]

[Steeleballz 7,550]

39 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

All in a days work of projecting for the Federalist. 

 

  I'll give them a pass on this one, because they may not know how the data is used. Seeing the death rate increase past a certain threshold is one of the indicators that a disease is becoming more widespread or severe, and they may decide to declare an epidemic based on that. At one time there was not much beyond clinical data to go on. Nowadays there is usually a lot of other data, testing, and tracking to consider, both to declare an epidemic and to end it.

 

  The main point is that while rising death rates may alert that a disease is epidemic, the reverse is not true. It is not automatically considered over just because the death rate falls below that number. There are still several other factors to consider such as how widespread it is, number of hospitalizations, level of population immunity, effectiveness of vaccination and so forth. When Covid-19 is no longer widespread or severe enough to be considered a major disease risk, is when they will declare the epidemic over.

[TBoneTX 45,329]

Not many people know that, SB.  Gracias.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

54 minutes ago, laylalex said:

i got a couple of coworkers that I have to tell at least 2x daily, to back the *%^^^ up. I never like people in my personal space anyway, now I really dont. I think its a micro aggression thing personally. One  that always does it told me he likes to slide shoulder to shoulder right next to customers to show them numbers. I told him that would make me so uncomfortable I would be concentrating on that, and getting out of there, not buying.

I told them to google up the Al Gore/GWB debate. Remember when Gore walked over while Bush was talking and got right in GWB's personal space. Bush jerked his head around and gave him a , look as if Gore had lost his marbles. That increased his poll numbers and may have well cost Gore the election.

[laylalex 7,289]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

i got a couple of coworkers that I have to tell at least 2x daily, to back the *%^^^ up. I never like people in my personal space anyway, now I really dont. I think its a micro aggression thing personally. One  that always does it told me he likes to slide shoulder to shoulder right next to customers to show them numbers. I told him that would make me so uncomfortable I would be concentrating on that, and getting out of there, not buying.

I told them to google up the Al Gore/GWB debate. Remember when Gore walked over while Bush was talking and got right in GWB's personal space. Bush jerked his head around and gave him a , look as if Gore had lost his marbles. That increased his poll numbers and may have well cost Gore the election.

I had to tell a young woman behind me in line when I was at the Grove last week to return some awful shampoo and conditioner to back off. I felt bad about it but she and her friend were too focused on taking selfies for Instagram (I saw what they were doing when I turned around) to notice that they were like 2 feet away from me. Everyone was wearing masks but there was no reason why she had to get so close. She apologized but I could see that she was thinking "shut up, Karen" (these were Gen Z kids). 

[beloved_dingo 1,979]

I'd be quite happy if strangers kept 6 ft away from me at all times, regardless of a pandemic 😂 

[TBoneTX 45,329]

2 hours ago, beloved_dingo said:

I'd be quite happy if strangers kept 6 ft away from me at all times, regardless of a pandemic 😂 

"I hate people, animals, and things!"  

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

With COVID cases surging in Georgia, Emory Dr. Carlos Del Rio is doing his best to fight the misinformation that's spreading just as fast as the pandemic.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158692526241419&id=30845466418

 

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One of the most harmful myths he thinks is contributing to the spread is that wearing masks is harmful. There's a graphic that's gone viral online that del Rio said is simply just not true. 

 

It's not just like the flu

Del Rio said when people compare COVID-19 to the seasonal flu, they're just wrong. 

 

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

On 7/8/2020 at 2:28 PM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

i got a couple of coworkers that I have to tell at least 2x daily, to back the *%^^^ up. I never like people in my personal space anyway, now I really dont. I think its a micro aggression thing personally. One  that always does it told me he likes to slide shoulder to shoulder right next to customers to show them numbers. I told him that would make me so uncomfortable I would be concentrating on that, and getting out of there, not buying.

I told them to google up the Al Gore/GWB debate. Remember when Gore walked over while Bush was talking and got right in GWB's personal space. Bush jerked his head around and gave him a , look as if Gore had lost his marbles. That increased his poll numbers and may have well cost Gore the election.

 

On 7/8/2020 at 2:33 PM, laylalex said:

I had to tell a young woman behind me in line when I was at the Grove last week to return some awful shampoo and conditioner to back off. I felt bad about it but she and her friend were too focused on taking selfies for Instagram (I saw what they were doing when I turned around) to notice that they were like 2 feet away from me. Everyone was wearing masks but there was no reason why she had to get so close. She apologized but I could see that she was thinking "shut up, Karen" (these were Gen Z kids). 

Luckily where I work at if we go to another room or travel down the hall then we wear our masks. But when I am in my room with 3 other people we sure as heck aren't wearing masks all the time. 

[beloved_dingo 1,979]

On 7/8/2020 at 5:42 PM, TBoneTX said:

"I hate people, animals, and things!"  

Correction: I love animals! 😄

[Crazy Cat 41,903]

6 minutes ago, beloved_dingo said:

Correction: I love animals! 😄

Deep Fried is my preference.

[beloved_dingo 1,979]

35 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Deep Fried is my preference.

I love chickens. Both fried and actual, living chickens. The struggle is real.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, beloved_dingo said:

I love chickens. Both fried and actual, living chickens. The struggle is real.

Petting them gently just prior to commencing the twisting off of the neck seems to help with the stress of eating them afterwards.  Or so I have been told...

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

Georgia to reactivate makeshift hospital at Atlanta convention center

https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/georgia-reactive-makeshift-hospital-atlanta-convention-center/0mQrnN9qhxmOEfIwVK0CzO/

 

Phoenix Mayor: Maricopa County Medical Examiner at 97% capacity, adding refrigerated trucks

https://www.abc15.com/news/coronavirus/phoenix-mayor-abrazo-nearly-out-of-morgue-space-may-be-requesting-refrigerated-trucks

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Florida reopened too fast, jumping ‘over a couple of checkpoints'

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-cases-deaths-thursday-july-9-20200709-6w6t7xksvjgz7msqzpwtyzfymu-story.html

 

Miami is a new coronavirus hot spot, internal CDC document says

https://news.yahoo.com/miami-is-a-new-coronavirus-hotspot-internal-cdc-document-says-162804209.html

 

 

[Dashinka 24,519]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Georgia to reactivate makeshift hospital at Atlanta convention center

https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/georgia-reactive-makeshift-hospital-atlanta-convention-center/0mQrnN9qhxmOEfIwVK0CzO/

 

Phoenix Mayor: Maricopa County Medical Examiner at 97% capacity, adding refrigerated trucks

https://www.abc15.com/news/coronavirus/phoenix-mayor-abrazo-nearly-out-of-morgue-space-may-be-requesting-refrigerated-trucks

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Florida reopened too fast, jumping ‘over a couple of checkpoints'

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-cases-deaths-thursday-july-9-20200709-6w6t7xksvjgz7msqzpwtyzfymu-story.html

 

Miami is a new coronavirus hot spot, internal CDC document says

https://news.yahoo.com/miami-is-a-new-coronavirus-hotspot-internal-cdc-document-says-162804209.html

 

 

I love all the talk of FL, GA, TX and AZ and Fauci saying they opened too fast.  How does the esteemed Dr. explain CA, WA, and MI?