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White Sox head groundskeeper Roger Bossard: "A good groundskeeper can be worth 2 to 4 games."
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Letterkenny on Hulu is pretty good. It's very different from most comedies.
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I'm not sure I'd call Sweden a success just yet. Compare them to their neighbors Norway and Finland. Sweden has a massively higher death rate and they are nowhere near herd immunity (last I read they were at 6.1% in late May). Of course, if this thing ramps up again in the fall/winter maybe they will be but I think they have a really long way to go.
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As I understand it, if you opt-out you lose a year of salary and a year of service time. I don't think anyone in their prime is gonna want to lose that year of service time.
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Herd immunity would overwhelm the healthcare system and lead to millions of deaths. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/herd-immunity-and-coronavirus/art-20486808 "Even if infection with the COVID-19 virus creates long-lasting immunity, a large number of people would have to become infected to reach the herd immunity threshold. Experts estimate that in the U.S., 70% of the population — more than 200 million people — would have to recover from COVID-19 to halt the epidemic. If many people become sick with COVID-19 at once, the health care system could quickly become overwhelmed. This amount of infection could also lead to serious complications and millions of deaths, especially among older people and those who have chronic conditions."
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It is interesting to look at what they did and how quickly they did it and what people were willing/told to do and how the transmission has slowed there. I think the true comparison will come in late fall.
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The other thing with a mask is that not only does it prevent you from getting your droplets on other people but it reduces how much you spray onto objects and surfaces.
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I stated earlier I thought it had to do with people staying indoors. It's not the temperature itself.
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Yeah I am not sure it's 100% attributable to temperature. There are certainly a variety of factors. Although I would say that Riverside and San Bernadino typically run hotter at this time of year than LA.
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Yes, CA is also experiencing a big spike in cases. As is North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, etc...methinks it's weather-related. The good news is the fatality rate is dropping. Apparently the spike is caused by younger people who are less likely to die. But it has also caused a big spike in hospitalizations in many of the above states. Will it get to the point where they reach bed/resource capacity? Remains to be seen. My fear is that this thing is going to go bonkers again up north come late October. Hypothesis: Warmer weather states will have higher COVID transmission during the summer months while having lower transmission rates during the winter months. The reverse will happen in the colder weather states. This maybe the new norm or how this virus will work. Keep thinking about the weather angle. Is there another country with a similar latitude range like the US has? So is there somewhere else where it's cold/hot in March April in one half of the country and then really warm/cold come June/July in the other half? Looking at a map I guess China fits that description. In the southern hemisphere, I guess Argentina? Chile? Obviously there might be trade winds or something that skews it. OWBC can you help me out?
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Yes, CA is also experiencing a big spike in cases. As is North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, etc...methinks it's weather-related. The good news is the fatality rate is dropping. Apparently the spike is caused by younger people who are less likely to die. But it has also caused a big spike in hospitalizations in many of the above states. Will it get to the point where they reach bed/resource capacity? Remains to be seen. My fear is that this thing is going to go bonkers again up north come late October.
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Even the nice parts look like a Top Golf facility.
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I think it looks like 7 Mile Fair built a new indoor facility.
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Is ugly...from this angle anyway.
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Ok I understand now. Obviously yes that should be counted as a positive case. But I don't think that accounts for all that many positive cases or ICU beds. That would be a crappy thing to hear though "Hey we need to remove your liver....also you have Covid."
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I missed this first time around. Are you saying people that test positive and are sent home are counted as a hospitalization? Or are you saying that people that are not symptomatic are admitted because they have a positive test? I don't believe either case to be true but happy to be proven wrong. I read his statement as people coming in for other reasons, but being logged as COVID-positive, despite being asymptomatic and not there for COVID reasons. The statement just before the part you quoted: This is in large part due to many of these COVID-19 hospitalization patients not showing up at hospitals with just COVID-19 symptoms requiring intubation - there are a large number of patients coming in for other surgeries, childbirths, other critical care that were set to take up a hospital bed for a few days anyways. OK, so people are coming in for a sprained ankle, testing positive for Covid despite being asymptomatic, and then being logged as a Covid case instead of as a sprained ankle. Am I understanding this correctly? Also, AZ ICU bed capacity is at 88% as of this morning.
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I missed this first time around. Are you saying people that test positive and are sent home are counted as a hospitalization? Or are you saying that people that are not symptomatic are admitted because they have a positive test? I don't believe either case to be true but happy to be proven wrong.
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I just finished Bosch. I enjoyed it.
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I'll take it.
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I just got tested. Like others have said it didn't hurt but I sure wouldn't choose to feel that again.
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This is from last week I think:
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This is from Kid Rock's bar in Nashville a few days ago. Not seeing many masks. https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/entertainment-industry/article/21137226/kid-rocks-honky-tonk-others-cited-for-lack-of-covid-compliance
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re: protests I have no idea what the actual impact is/was. I do know that many of the cities that had the biggest protests have not had case spikes. And the spikes that are happening started prior to the protests in many cases. Now, if you are in a city that was spiking and then there was protesting that can be like adding fuel to the fire. Hopefully, someone does the contract tracing on that to find out for sure. My armchair theory is that it is less to do with protests or opening up but now that it's hot, everyone in the south is staying indoors in the AC hence why we are seeing spread there. In March/April everyone in the northeast/midwest was more or less indoors. Just a guess.
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It's looking more and more like we won't have sports until who knows when simply because people can't be bothered to make a tiny sacrifice for the greater good.
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COVID-19 aftermath: What things will change forever?
homer replied to adambr2's topic in Off-Topic Forum
I don't believe CC# is stored on the phone. At least it's not with Google Pay (so they say).
