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Florida covid timeline: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/03/20/timeline-the-spread-of-coronavirus-in-florida/ march 26th: 2500 cases April 1st: state wide stay at home order issued April 3rd: 10,000 cases. April 7th: 14,000+ cases April 13th: 21,000+ cases April 27th: 27,000+ confirmed cases Then they started to reopen the beginning of June iirc and cases continued to climb. Texas covid timeline: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/31/coronavirus-timeline-texas/ March 19th: Texas dept. of public health services declares a public health disaster declared for the first time since 1901. March 26th: stay at home order goes into effect April 9th: 10,200 confirmed cases April 17th: 17,000+ confirmed cases April 23rd: 21,000+ cases May 1st: 29,000+ cases May 18th: 48,000+ cases May 29th: 61,000+ cases How many cases does a state have to deal with before they’re considered to have had an outbreak? - At the time NY shut down they had 21,000 cases. Everyone agreed they had a big outbreak. - Massachusetts was said to have dealt with an early outbreak. They had less than 1000 cases at the time they issued stay at home orders. - MI had 1,791 cases when they issued their stay at home orders. - NJ had 1,327 at the time of the stay at home order. Those are all places in the north that people said had early outbreaks. I think we agree on why places like Texas and Florida are seeing their outbreaks continue - lax restrictions. They all dealt with covid cases early, just like states in the north. They just reopen much differently (or never really shut down at all in some cases). But IMO they never had to have this current outbreak happen if they had better followed the CDC reopening guidelines like some other states have. We did a “national pause” for a reason - to get covid outbreaks under control. Some covid cases after reopening is unavoidable, I agree. But these big outbreaks we are seeing now were avoidable IMO. What was the point of the lockdowns if not to get these cases under control? They’re not dealing with covid now for the first time. States in the north don’t have herd immunity that is protecting them from 2nd outbreaks. They’re just following the CDC reopening guidelines strictly, and so far it’s working. Now, that’ll only last as long as people continue to follow the guidelines. Edit- as far as other countries, I think the issue is what they consider an new outbreak vs. what we consider a new outbreak. Our definition seems to be much different than theirs. Most countries seem to have a lower threshold for what is considered an outbreak by their government.

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DVR is a separate service. I am unaware of any free DVR services. You either pay the monthly fee to get it from your cable provider or you pay the monthly fee for something like TiVo. Not sure if there’s an additional fee for it from satellite tv?

I was just coming to edit that last line and say I wasn’t talking about you. Sorry about that. Yes, our medical system has been able to hang on so far, but many hospitals have been overwhelmed. My ex works at a hospital that was overrun with covid. She said it was like a war zone. Like nothing she’s ever seen in her life. She’s still dealing with the PTSD, as are many of her fellow nurses and doctors. There are similar stories around the country. Is that truly the bar we want to set? Just keeping our hospitals from being overwhelmed to the point where they have to decide who lives and dies (like what happened in Italy in March)? I don’t think Europe is seeing herd immunity either. They’ve been more unified with their lockdowns. They didn’t use a piecemeal approach like we did, where they let every place decide how they’d approach covid. If we’ve suppressed this virus, Why do you think much of the rest of the world has their borders closed to the US but open to other countries (that have actually suppressed the spread of this virus)?

we flattened the curve? When did this happen? I mean, we definitely should have by now. Some states have, but we are currently still seeing 500-1500 deaths per day, every day. We are seeing 20-40,000 new cases a day (New Zealand shut down for 4 new cases. 4! Other countries that are said to be dealing with “outbreaks” have new cases in the hundreds, not 10’s of thousands...). I also disagree on the hospital thing. Just last month we saw more hospitals being overwhelmed. California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, all had to call in extra nurses. Arizona hospitals had to start sending patients out of state because they were so full. Florida has to call in 1500 extra nurses from FEMA and also needed a huge extra shipment of Remdesivir. Texas hospitals also ran very low on space. Same in California iirc. Barely Keeping hospitals from being completely overwhelmed is a super low bar IMO. We should be trying to suppress the spread of this virus completely, like basically every other 1st world country. I don’t think it’s fear to be smart during the worst pandemic our country has seen in 100+ years. People don’t want to get this virus, or spread it to their loved ones. I also think it’s a good example of why we can’t just disregard the virus and reopen to fix the economy. Many people aren’t going to go back to their normal habits until they feel safe. Outside of the 1918 Spanish flu, How have we had worse pandemics? This is an enormous tragedy IMO. Over 170,000 deaths in just 5 months. That’s more than most years long wars this country has fought. It’s more than multiple wars combined. Ill truly never understand how so many people just dismiss this pandemic as no big deal (edit - not talking about you, sorry. But there definitely are a lot of “just an average flu” people out there that I’ve run into or talked with).

Oh no! Brady, er, I mean Darnold’s going to turn him into a super star.

It’s funny that Gregg Williams seems to think his defense is in the same league as the Seahawks (he probably thinks it’s better knowing greggo). lol

Do your friends also drink every day? Could it have something to do with you having a higher tolerance from drinking every day? (and maybe from size/weight if you’re a bigger dude). similar to a daily pot smoker. He/she can smoke a whole joint without getting wrecked, where as a more casual smoker would take a few hits and be stuck on the couch for an hour...lol. I have no tolerance for alcohol anymore (and I’m Irish. Shameful, I know. lol). I get a buzz from 1 beer. I used to be able to drink a 6 pack without catching a buzz. You may also be getting more buzzed than you realize. I think Gary gave some great advise. Ask your family (or whoever is around you most) for their opinions on how you control your drinking. Like for ex, I have a buddy who doesn’t think his drinking is an issue. Says he doesn’t even get buzzed, but I can easily tell when he’s been drinking. He’s totally different but just doesn’t realize it. Then I have other friends who frequently drink and it’s not an issue.

I read about that too. I also read that covid survived something like 2-3 months frozen (or something like that). I read that it can’t grow and multiply on food though, like salmonella (etc), making it quite unlikely that you will get infected from frozen goods. Just wash your hands before eating or touching your face. They’re speculating that the new outbreak in New Zealand (17 cases total. 4 new cases caused them to lock down all of Auckland - quite the difference from our outbreaks, eh? Some states have 20,000 new cases A DAY and just shrug their shoulders at it ?‍♂️ But anyway...) may have possibly been caused by imported frozen goods because the guy who caused the outbreak works at a frozen food plant (but it hasn’t been proven yet afaik and could have been caused by something/someone else) https://www.sciencealert.com/can-imported-frozen-foods-really-spread-covid-19-here-s-what-experts-say They still say the risk is low. And they also mention this: sounds like they still think the risk is very minimal: (Wash your hands before you touch your face or eat) as far as why bacteria and viruses can survive so long being frozen, that’s not something I’ve ever really looked into. I think it’s just the nature of viruses. It’s why flu season is in the winter, not the summer (covid obviously isn’t a typical flu). I believe that Colder temps and low humidity allow the virus to survive longer outside of its host. Heat and humidity kill it much faster (see link below). Someone else may be able to give a more detailed answer. https://aem.asm.org/content/76/9/2712.full “Effects of Air Temperature and Relative Humidity on Coronavirus Survival on Surfaces” (from a 2010 study). I know that there are even claims of viruses living 700+ years frozen in ice (some experts speculate that as the ice caps melt we could see new (old) diseases). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250107/

Great news! Hopefully it’s accurate. sounds interesting. Hopefully this holds true. A faster, cheaper test with the accuracy of PCR tests would be awesome news. But if it’s closer to the accuracy of the current antigen tests, well....

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-films/covid-chasers-the-nurses-fighting-coronavirus-from-hot-spot-to-hot-spot/E05FF3C1-0873-4AF9-ADA1-9F1CECE24065 Please take 10 minutes and watch this whole video. They’re heroes in my book.

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/08/15/boston-bruins-goalie-tuukka-rask-opt-out-2020-stanley-cup-playoffs/ Tuukka Rask opts out.

https://covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool This is a pretty cool tool.

Matt Ellis also hired by the Sabres as director of player development but I guess it won’t be officially announced until next month. https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/sources-matt-ellis-joining-sabres-as-director-of-player-development/article_2326ddfc-de48-11ea-acdd-5711c15065a1.html

He had a bad season for sure, but I have to believe he has some value even if it’s not a ton. I don’t think he’s just a throw away player you don’t qualify and lose for nothing.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/38-new-covid-10-cases-in-eden-traced-to-a-single-source/71-8a921631-c162-4f28-af90-0e18f532170c 38 new COVID-19 cases in Eden traced to a single source The Erie County Health Department at this time the risk of community transmission from these cases is considered to be very low.

This would be such incredibly poor asset management. At least quality him and then trade him. He has to have some value. I sure hope Kevyn Adams doesn’t start his tenure with a decision like that.

Who’s the last Bills head coach to get a contract extension?

Nice! Congrats Dion!

Great news!! Now get Beane’s contract extension done!

Yes, I realize that. My comment wasn’t really about comparing the exact number of cases. It was directed at our response to our outbreaks vs. theirs.

Seth Jones is a f’ing beast! Did you see him flying down the ice at the end of the 3rd OT (while the rest of his teammates looked totally gassed). He’s a machine. But yeah, Columbus must be just about dead at this point. lol

Especially with them being off for so long. No practices, no games. You can work out but it’s a bit different from being in game shape (IMO anyway).

CBus looked exhausted during that 3rd OT. They came out with more jump in the 4th than I thought they would. They’re coming for that 5 game play-in series too. I’m pulling for them. At least in this particular match-up.