oldmanfan

I think you misconstrued my percentage estimate. I thought you meant the percentage of deaths from protestors in a given community, not for the overall country. So take say say in LA where they had a lot of protestors, that to me would be around 5-10% of the number of infections in LA at the very most. The 150,00 deaths attributed to Corona should rightfully be attributed to the virus in my opinon. I know the hospital network I work for does not fudge that stuff, or there'd be hell to pay when we get audited. I'll give you an example of a friend from church who unfortunately died from Covid. He had a recent bout of pancreatitis, and had some underlying respiratory issues (mild COPD). Both of those were pre-existing conditions, but were managed very well with different medications. But when he got the Covid virus, it kicked his respiratory issues into overdrive, and they in the end could not compensate for the added burden. another example would be patients with diabetes, again a chronic condition but can be managed. When they get hit with Covid though, Covid exacerbates the damaging effects of diabetes, in that diabetes is really a vascular disease, and Covid ravages the vascular system. I don't envy governmental leaders right now. I agree some of the decisions don't make sense. Like why in Nevada casinos can be open but churches can't. I think if we all went along with the recommendations of hand washing, masks, and distancing, we' could go a long way in knocking this thing down. But it seems clear that the public won't do that on their own (at least not in my city). So I understand the mandates for masks, etc. - it sucks to be sure but they have the charge of the public health. I would rather focus on Covid, and really do not understand how that somehow gets conflated with the protests and such. All I can say to that is I am pro-police, and I think saying defund the police is stupid. Retraining the police, adding funds for that and for more social workers to de-escalate things before police need to come in, and using funds to get overstressed police counseling, or to increase training, I'm all for. But I am also all for using the justice system to charge and imprison police that overstep things and criminally abuse their authority. Appreciate the dialog. Don't mean to sound cranky with the other guy, but I get tired of the insults. Thanks for reminding me to be above that level of discourse.

As I said I have a 40 year career in science and research so take your pithy little janitor thing and stick it. Science progresses as more data is obtained. Experiments are done in many labs to inform on things like how the Corona virus is spread, and that it is spread via aerosols and droplets, and that masks can help slow down that spread. We were advised not to wear N95 or surgical masks early on in the crisis to make sure front line health care workers had access to those supplies. As the science advances our knowledge of how to combat things increases and advice changes. Scientists are right now working feverishly on developing effective vaccines and treatments, and these will hopefully lead us out of the pandemic. In the interim, we use the mitigating strategies that science tells us will help to decrease transmission. I'd explain more but you apparently have neither the ability to understand, or the willingness to under stand. As for the protests, I participated because I have friends who have been impacted negatively by racial profiling. And yes accumulation of data on that will help us understand the issue better, and figure out how to move forward. And that includes gaining data on crime and how to help police get rid of that as well. I am very much pro-police, thank you. So again, in your words go **** yourself.

Yes. they probably do. I have been doing science for 40 years,, so I am trained to look at the data and the variables therein. So one of the variables there was number of individuals. Too many for the Covid era to be sure; defeats the purpose of distancing. . One of the other variables is mask wearing. From videos I saw many protesters were wearing masks. In the one walk I did in my hometown folks were asked not to participate without wearing one. The biggest variable was protesters were outside which allows better dissipation of droplets and aerosols. What percentage would I attribute to the protests? Minimal, maybe 5-10%. Just a guess of course, but the bulk of transmission would be from individuals in enclosed spaces who refuse to adopt mitigating strategies.

I've been pro-mask since the beginning because I work in a health care setting, and because they help. Because that's what the science tells us. And I also walked in one of the walks in my hometown, at which everyone had on masks. And from what I could tell, many in the larger marches did as well (not to mention they were outside which helps alleviate spread). And those who didn't were stupid (including those who, for example, stormed the Michigan statehouse, who as I recall were on the right side of the political spectrum). and before you even try to get into the violence, I want anyone, right or left, who gets violent and loots and such to be thrown in jail. So, in your words, you can go **** yourself.

Not surprising. I cannot see how pro sports can be played fairly right now. Teams that lose players from infection will be at significant competitive disadvantage.

Several folks hit me about saying Ed should now learn his lesson and not drink and drive and use a driver. Hit me because they didn’t detect. Valid point for all of you; I was referring more that he had an open bottle. But good to call me out on that. My bad.

Good for you Ed. Now grow up and either stop drinking while driving or hire yourself a driver.

Really does anyone care about Antonio Brown? Seriously?

Who the hell cares?

Ditto

$5 Bruce $4 OJ $3 Josh A $2 Jerry Butler $1 George Saimes

Sign, don't sign. My feeling is that as long as Jerrrah is the owner they won't win.

Would the Rich family come back in?

Yep, little known fact there. Most people think he was still with the Bills then.

“They’re killin me Whitey!!” takes on a different connotation...

I think secondary schools have unique challenges such as busing, small kids wearing masks, etc. I teach part time at a small college and they are going to have white boards available outside. I wonder if elementary schools and junior/senior high schools could do something similar, maybe spread classes into gyms and such or outside, although I recognize doing so would be a challenge especially with the younger elementary school kids.

They’re killin me Whitey!

My friend I don't teach high school. But I do teach college and grad school and I have never done “radical left indoctrination”.

While you’re at it take away the exemption for churches that host political rallies.

Everyone wants the schools back open, it's how to do it the safest way possible. Get over yourselves.

Seems like an overreaction. I always call it either Rich Stadium or the Ralph anyway.

Well, not really with the Sabres. They had Lindy (maybe should never have let him leave). They hired a former vacuous winning coach in Bylsma, a guy recognized as ready for his shot in Housley. Same with Murray and Botterill, two guys people thought were ready to ascend. People talk about Patty but he did the same bail out with the Islanders so who knows what really happened there. i see Ralph and Kevyn as their attempt to get the McBean for the Sabres. A HC who preaches process and works well with th players along with a GM in synch with the HC.

I have reviewed scientific and medical studies for 40 years now, and I read the entire paper from Henry Ford. There are some methodologic flaws. The biggest one is that they do not define what patients got HCQ, which got that plus zithro, which got none, and why. So it's impossible to know if the differences represent the drug or some other o\issue with patient selection. The other big one is that 68% of patients also received corticosteroids, and again we don't know which. There is data indicating that steroids (dexamethasone) decrease Covid symptoms, so again I can't tell in the HCQ effect might be a steroid effect. I think the data would certainly warrant more investigation, and if I was treating a Covid patient I'd probably get on the phone to the authors to get more info and consider using the HCQ.

The only owner I can think of that has had actual pro playing experience in their sport is Jeter. Jerruh played college football but not pros. If I’m missing any let me know, but this is why I have always found the concept that an owner is bad because they don’t understand a given sport is kind of silly. I found the column enlightening and gave insights into what she and Terry are trying to do and the challenges they face. Parts of it came off as tone deaf, but overall it was a very interesting read.

Almost a half billion dollars to play football.