DrDawkinstein

Yeah, who needs real leadership with low case and death numbers which will lead to a faster re-opening? We're good with just letting people needlessly die here in GA! Lockdown to 2022!

They can do that since Georgia is handling COVID so well. https://www.wjcl.com/article/cases-deaths-rising-in-georgia-state-sees-its-2nd-deadliest-day-since-pandemic-began/33390530

Kinda related. In some of our own American-style "testing", some good news here: https://www.livescience.com/hair-stylists-infected-covid19-face-masks.html 2 hair stylists had Corona. They saw 139 clients. Both the stylists and the clients all wore masks. 0 transmission. Wear your masks.

You are free to believe the conspiracy theory over the hard data. It's what makes this country so... "great". I mean, look at how great it's going currently.

Even if it is "somewhere between" that means we're under-reporting by 25,000 instead of 50,000. Still not good. Cool, so balance that out with the numbers on the other side, and we're still vastly under-reporting. edit: finally got past the paywall in an Incognito tab. That article references a rumor stated on the Laura Ingraham show about what hospitals MIGHT do to try to get more Federal funding. It doesnt say they are. We all understand the concept of why they might, and that it is a conservative talking point.

That is an easy assumption to make and exactly why the rumor gets proliferated. But all the data shows the opposite. That other causes of death are up by 300-400%, which would indicate Corona is being vastly under-reported. The data is right there for your eyes to look at, whether you want to believe it or not. If anything, social distancing should REDUCE the pneumonia numbers as well.

Still havent watched "The Four Falls of Buffalo", definitely wont watch the 2020 doc.

And that is just Pneumonia Here's a chart comparing "Unknown" cause of death over the last 5 years: Here's a chart comparing "Natural Causes" cause of death over the last 5 years: Weird how so many more people are dying due to these causes this year, isnt it? Seems like we are over-reporting on almost every typical cause. Which would indicate under-reporting of Corona.

Not attacking you in particular, but... Folks who keep spreading this rumor that hospitals were "incentivized" to put corona as cause of death need to start providing real links and sources. And do better than "my brother-in-law's neighbor's friend is a Doctor and he said..." Because the numbers and data do not justify that. If anything, looking at typical causes of death, it looks like Corona is being UNDER-counted. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Or look at total excess deaths: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm Under Dashboard select "Number of Excess Deaths" and then "All causes, excluding Covid-19". Across the US total excess deaths is 22000-43000. Let's say 30k. That means 30k more people are dying than we'd expect for this time period. If we assume all of those are unreported Covid cases (big assumption) then we're only reporting ~75% of total Covid deaths. There's this argument being pushed on social media that we're over-reporting deaths and it's not that bad. That's clearly not borne out by the data. We're probably under-reporting, and we may be under-reporting by a lot

Raiders owner says canceling the entire NFL season is still one of three options the league has for 2020 https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/raiders-owner-says-canceling-the-entire-nfl-season-is-still-one-of-three-options-the-league-has-for-2020/

I'd be interested in seeing/hearing this report because a lot of it sounds fishy, or maybe it's just getting lost in translation from a treadmill to a message board The big news from the past couple of days is that Oxford has developed a vaccine that triggers an immune response (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53469839). It almost sounds like they were talking about this and lumping other possibilities in with it. But as far as having multiple vaccines ready to go, and that they'd be able to produce a billion doses in the next year or so... Not sure I'm buying it yet.

Bad sign? Didnt NYS already announce a couple week ago that teams can play, but no fans allowed? Seems like NY was the bad sign for NJ. That could all change if the country got their collective ***** together. But we wont.

I was raised to always send them, and we always have. But in all honesty, whenever I'm on the receiving end, I usually roll my eyes at how unnecessary it is. Weddings/Baby Showers, I know we're going to receive a thank you card. And if we've given an actual gift (as opposed to cash as a wedding gift), then it makes a little more sense. But if it's a kids birthday or graduation or confirmation, and all I've done is hit the ATM to get cash for the card my wife picked out... No separate thank you is necessary. Thank me when I give you the card, and the matter is done. Go enjoy the money I gave you, or do whatever you want with it. We're done here.

Your grandma was Vince Neil?!?

Sure, no problem! https://didyouknowfacts.com/why-young-people-say-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome-and-why-older-people-hate-it/ https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/124189121619/no-problem-vs-youre-welcome And lastly, an in-depth article that ultimately shows it doesnt really matter which you use. We, as humans, just need a way to end the conversation while being semi-polite. Too much to quote. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-dont-we-say-youre-welcome-anymore_n_5a6fab14e4b0a52682fecef0 You're Welcome!

Yeah, Univ of Hawaii just proudly proclaimed they had no positive tests, and the players immediately re-tweeted saying NONE of them had been tested yet! So I guess that's something?

Absolutely. It is no where near over. In a subsequent post I noted the spike that Spain is currently seeing this past week. The common sense practices have to keep going in order to keep a grip on it.

That's right. Until there is a vaccine, any talk about "herd immunity" actually means "culling the herd" because the only plan there can be "let it spread and see who dies". Not a good plan. Thanks for the vaccine info and update. From that timeline it sounds like we should be able to have NEXT season, but any sports in 2020 are a reach.

It wasnt all immunity, I'd argue that had the least to do with it, it was following (or enforcing) the common sense rules. Germany, Italy, and Spain were all hit just as hard as each other. And they could see it come back at any time (notice that bump Spain is seeing). But the common sense practices are helping keep it down. New York: WOMP WOMP

Herd immunity is a pipe dream at this point. We dont even know if it's really possible, and considering we're starting to see people re-diagnosed after their first recovery, it may not ever be until there is a vaccine. (edit: I was just pulling up my sources from the re-diagnoses story from this weekend, and it looks like they are now saying it's merely remnants from the first infection, so maybe there is some hope) I'm simply talking about getting a handle on the virus. Italy, Germany, Spain all did it and they have soccer back. South Korea has baseball back. New Zealand has Rugby back. They were all able to drive down the daily new case numbers to a point where re-opening made sense and wasn't a major risk. New York state has managed to match the curves of those countries, but plenty of others like here in Georgia are seeing the exact opposite. Video footage from this weekend shows downtown Nashville as packed and roaring as ever with not a mask in sight. So we choose our choices and get what we deserve.

It's always about entitlement and servitude. Notice the signs said "I want my hair cut", not "I want to cut hair".

Everyone dropped the ball on the marketing and revenue money that could have been generated with masks. Trump could have been making a KILLING selling #KAG masks this whole time.

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