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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie
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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

You seem to be very angry about this whole situation. Sorry dude, I don’t make the rules.


I'm sorry I came off as angry or combative. I really don't intend to, although that's probably a fair accusation as I suppose I am a little (for lack of a better word) angry at the state of the country at the moment. But we all gotta live with it right now, so point taken.

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The last thing I’m concerned with at the gym is a damn mask.


I get it. And you're right. At least you're not home vegging out on the couch. Take care.


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Posts: 31138 | Location: Elv. 7,000 feet, Utah | Registered: October 29, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I know this supposed issue was mentioned a few weeks ago. Apparently the shortage of coins continues.

Kroger not giving coins as change.



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I know that a lot of these grocery stores have machines that would take your change for what I believe was a 10% fee.

I'm sitting on a bunch of coin. Wonder if they would be interested in buying it for face plus 10%?


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Posts: 15922 | Location: St. Charles, MO, USA | Registered: September 22, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Interesting article in JAMA on long term effects:

Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19

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From April 21 to May 29, 2020, 179 patients were potentially eligible for the follow-up post–acute care assessment; 14 individuals (8%) refused to participate and 22 had a positive test result. Thus, 143 patients were included. The mean age was 56.5 (SD, 14.6) years (range, 19-84 years), and 53 (37%) were women. During hospitalization, 72.7% of participants had evidence of interstitial pneumonia. The mean length of hospital stay was 13.5 (SD, 9.7) days; 21 patients (15%) received noninvasive ventilation and 7 patients (5%) received invasive ventilation. The characteristics of the study population are summarized in the Table.

Patients were assessed a mean of 60.3 (SD, 13.6) days after onset of the first COVID-19 symptom; at the time of the evaluation, only 18 (12.6%) were completely free of any COVID-19–related symptom, while 32% had 1 or 2 symptoms and 55% had 3 or more. None of the patients had fever or any signs or symptoms of acute illness. Worsened quality of life was observed among 44.1% of patients. The Figure shows that a high proportion of individuals still reported fatigue (53.1%), dyspnea (43.4%), joint pain, (27.3%) and chest pain (21.7%).



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More fear-mongering
 
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The more we test, the more cases we'll find, as we ramp up the testing the cases discovered will increase dramatically until the entire population has been tested aka infected.

We can test and find 100,000 cases a day for 10 years


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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08...-scli-scn/index.html

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(CNN)The novel coronavirus pandemic could lead to a wave of brain damage in infected patients, warned British researchers in a new study released Wednesday.

Experts at the University College London (UCL) were the latest to describe that Covid-19 could cause neurological complications including stroke, nerve damage, and potentially fatal brain inflammation -- even if the patients didn't show severe respiratory symptoms associated
with the disease.

"We should be vigilant and look out for these complications in people who have had Covid-19," said joint senior author Dr. Michael Zandi in a UCL press release, warning that it remains to be seen "whether we will see an epidemic on a large scale of brain damage linked to the pandemic."

Follow-up studies will be necessary to understand the potential long-term neurological consequences of the pandemic, they said.
The study, published in the journal Brain, examined 43 patients treated at University College London Hospitals for either confirmed or suspected coronavirus, from April to May. They varied in age from 16 to 85, and showed a range of mild to severe symptoms.

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A study of 43 patients in one hospital system, correlation without proven cause, rampant speculation. That is not science.

Besides, we already know the WuFlu causes brain damage in millions of people that aren't even infected!
 
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Besides, we already know the WuFlu causes brain damage in millions of people that aren't even infected!


That's a fact.


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Posts: 31138 | Location: Elv. 7,000 feet, Utah | Registered: October 29, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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The more we test, the more cases we'll find, as we ramp up the testing the cases discovered will increase dramatically until the entire population has been tested aka infected.

We can test and find 100,000 cases a day for 10 years


This concept is too complicated for the gov't, media, and most US residents to understand. I am reminded of "windshield erosion" in the 1950's:

https://www.historylink.org/File/5136

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On April 15, 1954, Bellingham, Seattle and other Washington communities are in the grip of a strange phenomenon -- tiny holes, pits, and dings have seemingly appeared in the windshields of cars at an unprecedented rate. Initially thought to be the work of vandals, the pitting rate grows so quickly that panicked residents soon suspect everything from cosmic rays to sand-flea eggs to fallout from H-bomb tests. By the next day, pleas are sent to government officials asking for help in solving what would become known as the Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic.

CONT...

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The more people looked for the problem the more they found it. They just failed to realize that it had been there all along and they just hadn't noticed it.
 
Posts: 5022 | Location: Indiana | Registered: December 28, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Again...someone wake me when we hit 165,500+ cases per day. Until then (and as I've said before), it's awwwwwfffuuuulllly EASY for a government "official" to shut down a city/county/state when THEY will continue getting paid. They can ALL kiss my stinkin' bung hole...



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I am reminded of "windshield erosion" in the 1950's:


From the linked article:
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The Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic of 1954 did indeed become a textbook example of collective delusion, sometimes mistakenly referred to as “mass hysteria.” To this day, sociologists and psychologists refer to the incident in their courses and writings alongside other similar events, such as Orson Welles’ Martian invasion panic of 1938, and supposed sightings of the “Jersey Devil” on the East Coast in 1909.




 
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OK, so kkina has had viscious Covid-consistent symptons since last Thursday. Severe fatigue, cough, sore throat, chest pain, extreme vertigo (which I've had before), nausea, loss of apetite, vomiting. However, no fever at any time. As of today, the symptoms seem to have lifted.

I'm currently holed up in my bedroom, hydrating frequently and munching on MREs. Not leaving until I go for my swab test on Thursday.



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Posts: 17123 | Location: SF Bay Area | Registered: December 11, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Area heads of school are all going to decide at the end of summer.
Just curious but why are the schools administrators making these decisions? I would hope such sweeping decisions would either be made at the school board level and/or through the city/county mayor's office.


These are private schools in a league with no public schools, so the HOSs are the ultimate arbiters of the league.

Typically, the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees makes the decision for private school. Those boards are *heavily* influenced by the recommendations of their principal, executive director, or Superintendent (Whatever they call the lead staff person who reports to the board and typically hires, manages, fires, and is responsible for the rest of the staff). Often, the approach chosen by the school is to follow local health department guidelines, even if they don’t agree with them, for fear of liability.
 
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News article:
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'I thought this was a hoax': Patient in 30s dies after attending 'COVID party'

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI/KABB) – A patient in their 30s died from the coronavirus after attending what's being called a "COVID party," according to a San Antonio health official.

Chief Medical Officer of Methodist Healthcare Dr. Jane Appleby said the idea of these parties is to see if the virus is real.

"This is a party held by somebody diagnosed by the COVID virus and the thought is to see if the virus is real and to see if anyone gets infected," Dr. Appleby said.

According to Appleby, the patient became critically ill and had a heartbreaking statement moments before death.

"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not,'" Appleby said.

Appleby made this case public as the spike in cases for Bexar County continues. She wants everyone, especially those in the younger demographic, to realize they are not invincible.

"It doesn't discriminate and none of us are invincible," Appleby said. "I don't want to be an alarmist, and we're just trying to share some real-world examples to help our community realize that this virus is very serious and can spread easily."

In fact, she said the positivity rate has jumped to 22 percent.

"This is a concerning increase from a positive rate of about five percent only several weeks ago," Dr. Appleby said.

Thursday night, the city was reporting nearly 18,000 cases, with more than 1,200 patients in the hospital system.

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Hope for you it’s not the rona kkina.



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^^Thanks, Buddy. It seems to be over now, but boy whatever is was, it was nasty.



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Posts: 17123 | Location: SF Bay Area | Registered: December 11, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Does anyone know about the accuracy of the antibody tests?
 
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'I thought this was a hoax': Patient in 30s dies after attending 'COVID party'

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI/KABB) – A patient in their 30s died from the coronavirus after attending what's being called a "COVID party," according to a San Antonio health official.

Chief Medical Officer of Methodist Healthcare Dr. Jane Appleby said the idea of these parties is to see if the virus is real.

"This is a party held by somebody diagnosed by the COVID virus and the thought is to see if the virus is real and to see if anyone gets infected," Dr. Appleby said.

According to Appleby, the patient became critically ill and had a heartbreaking statement moments before death.

"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not,'" Appleby said.

Appleby made this case public as the spike in cases for Bexar County continues. She wants everyone, especially those in the younger demographic, to realize they are not invincible.

"It doesn't discriminate and none of us are invincible," Appleby said. "I don't want to be an alarmist, and we're just trying to share some real-world examples to help our community realize that this virus is very serious and can spread easily."

In fact, she said the positivity rate has jumped to 22 percent.

"This is a concerning increase from a positive rate of about five percent only several weeks ago," Dr. Appleby said.

Thursday night, the city was reporting nearly 18,000 cases, with more than 1,200 patients in the hospital system.

LINK


Is she the only one that caught the virus? And died? The Covid party thing is a hoax without additional details. — oops, guess I better read the linked article.

She died of stupidity not the Covid.
 
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"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not,'" Appleby said.
What an absolutely perfect propaganda piece. There couldn't possibly be any better propaganda.

And I don't believe they said any such thing. Who witnessed this remark? Just the nurse? No other witnesses?

Stop lying to us.
 
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Well...if you have to don a face mask, this might be apropos for some. Smile



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