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I'm going to need to see your numbers, sir. That doesn't make sense to me...

They'll say that the masks worked. That guy vaping thru his mask proved otherwise weeks ago. Herd immunity doesn't work, until the virus hits at that magical 20% number. Right before that happens, everyone flips out and issues hard lockdowns... SIgh, it's the distancing and herd immunity. Not the masks.

@Deranged Rhino welcome back! I’ve been here for the duration of the Covard (changed my name in a drunken stupor) and the board is better with ya in it than out!

The old high school math class dilemma. You get no credit unless you show your work, Johnny.

I've said it a few times before, but if we reacted to this like we did to Yamamoto's attack, we'd be in a way better position right now. The virus would still be doing it's thing, but at least we'd all be on the same page. The media would be highlighting the positive stories, the gov't officials would all basically have the same messaging, and the majority of the populace would buy in and do their part. It's time to do that again, America.

Dee's a bird.

Ok back to work, Ralph.

I believe Dildos can be bought in Florida. That will work.

Wait, we play the NFC South next year, right? Hang in there for one more year Tommy...

I dislike your political takes, but I will still buy you a beer sir. We have a common mortal enemy (TB12), and I will set politics aside to slay that dragon.

You're right on Fauci. No hope. And holy sheet on that no call. I would like to go back to forgetting that.

I bet ya if he took off his mask he would have smoked it right now the pipe. Prove me wrong.

I'd expect the AI to appear first in industries that never shut down, but are experiencing pain due to remote workers, sick workers, etc. A meat packing plant would be a good example - if they lost a bunch of productivity this year due to the virus, and they continue to get ~3 month reinfections for the foreseeable future, then I would expect a machine to carve up the quarters of a cow/pig would appear real soon. If they lose $1MM a quarter, the 6-sigma productivity engineers could justify that AI robot pet project they've been sitting on but could never cost justify before. I suspect there are many industries out that have been looking to do this, and now can justify the cost.

I guess I shouldn't have said that. Just trying to understand what life will look like next year. You know, without the Obama birther or Trump grabbing talk. Really, I was trying to understand where RRob was coming from. What do you see next year?

SO you expect a vaccine by the end of the year? That is interesting. The college model is also going to get blown up.

I would like to think it is mainly well intentioned governors making short sighted edicts. What is the end game - mass starvation and death to the peasants? Or is this just about getting Trump out of the White House? That doesn't make sense to me. Is TDS that strong?

I like your optimism. Is this mainly due to vaccines being on the street? Or do you subscribe to the herd immunity theories being floated about? I just don't see "normal" until well into 2022.

I want to pontificate about the future. I was going to drop this in the COVID thread, but I think it needs to breathe on it's own. The current happenings in the US are pretty much set to course, and there isn't much that will change now. We know how CA, TX, and FL will go. Bad, but not as bad as NYC in March/April. What most people are not discussing right now is a world where covid is everywhere and a vaccine never appears. Or it takes 2 years for the vaccine to appear (end of 2021). These are highly probable outcomes. I really want to hear what everyone thinks we should do in this scenario, once most/all of the nation gets to a low level like NY is currently running at? I would guess that should take the rest of this calendar year for most "hot" states to cool down. Here is what I can gather the lawmakers will mandate: Facemasks for everyone where you can't social distance. See, masks worked (when it may be herd immunity doing all the work?) Restaurants at 50% indoors. Less, if any, dining during wintertime. Bars are probably going to get shut down permanently, soon. Obvious super spreader locations. No in-person school instruction. Too dangerous. No large gatherings. Way too dangerous. No playing of "contact" sports for most age groups - HS's, Colleges, and recreational. Too dangerous. Basically where we've been treading water for the past month or so in NY. I just don't see how you can justify changing anything above. Only a vaccine changes the playing field, and only after multiple years of vaccine administration to adequately distribute and study it's effects. Leaving the politics out of it (big ask for you PPP'ers), what say you?

NPR tells me this morning that herd immunity is bunk and you can catch it every 3 months now. But the vaccine will give you 1 year, maybe. These buttplug reporters are amazing: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/23/894548465/herd-immunity-response-to-covid-19-pandemic-can-be-problematic

Since Epstein has left the game, yes I think that is the only way now. Just pay extra for the priority delivery.

https://www.travelportland.com/ Travel Portland. We have it all for the woke intelligentsia. - By day - find that rare book, listen to some vinyl, get that avocado toast you've been saving up all week for. - By night - curse at an elected official, huff some tear gas, and rev up your leaf blower.

Awesome, me and the kid are equally excited. Probably mid August for us WNYers then. As long as the numbers stay the same... And it is a big relief that I don't have to become a moose loving maple leaf now.

Where is this, Finger Lakes & Central NY?

It gets explained away as just tiny anomalies. I have read a few. I've learned to trust only CNN when it comes to this virus.

No competitive gaming for kids or adult beer leagues yet, just clinics for kids so far here in WNY. Fingers crossed!