Coronavirus General Discussion
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Yep.Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:37 pmYou guys ready for Round 2??
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/feds-bu ... Ej6Q30UtrM
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I prefer this round 2Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:17 pmYep.Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:37 pmYou guys ready for Round 2??
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/feds-bu ... Ej6Q30UtrM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA1-1DlhuXU
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I watched this in college (the first time) and it's honestly how I really fell in love with economics. It suddenly wasn't just some dry topic, it became a FIGHT.Hal wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:39 am
I prefer this round 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA1-1DlhuXU
In other economic news related to the crisis, there's a mini-documentary of sorts created by CNBC called America in Crisis: Economic Turning Point.
https://youtu.be/UE___HSRv3E
All kinds of different facets covered and quite interesting.
I still find the James Rickards portfolio fascinating.
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Thanks Smith, will check it out.Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:35 amI watched this in college (the first time) and it's honestly how I really fell in love with economics. It suddenly wasn't just some dry topic, it became a FIGHT.
In other economic news related to the crisis, there's a mini-documentary of sorts created by CNBC called America in Crisis: Economic Turning Point.
https://youtu.be/UE___HSRv3E
All kinds of different facets covered and quite interesting.
Friend of mine who is right into history liked that clip so much he actually studied the Roman economic system and its eventual failure.
Here are some links to a group he belonged to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80jYxWD19S8
https://timeline.org.au/?page_id=3040
and yes.... he did make himself a Roman suit of armour
Edit: He recommended this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a95Y0na7Toc
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I walked in, the band just started
the crowd began yelling, "Keep a 6 foot bubble!"
Was on a mission to drink martinis but
all of the bars were quarantining
But after one round with Ole Corona
I caught myself throwing rocks through glass
And after two rounds with Ole Corona
To get through smoking rubble you needed a mask
You there, Ephialtes. May you live forever.
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They said it was just a virus but it was much more than that.
It came to light the flames of mortal combat.
We thought the good times would go on forever.
But the goddamn virus was very clever.
Keep us all inside, shut us up tight.
Until there was nothing left for us to do but fight.
It came to light the flames of mortal combat.
We thought the good times would go on forever.
But the goddamn virus was very clever.
Keep us all inside, shut us up tight.
Until there was nothing left for us to do but fight.
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Nice poetry guys!
Ready here too. It's amazing what those unpopular slices of gold and cash do for peace of mind.
Ready here too. It's amazing what those unpopular slices of gold and cash do for peace of mind.
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More evidence that “many people with mild or asymptomatic Covid-19 demonstrate so-called T-cell-mediated immunity to the new coronavirus, even if they have not tested positively for antibodies”:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06- ... shown.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06- ... shown.html
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I can't even tell if you're fucking with me.
You there, Ephialtes. May you live forever.
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I read it as a legitimate compliment.
Plus one.
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Just got back from Florida, with parts of Fla and Tx requiring masks now.
This is why I seem to be getting hypoxia while wearing a mask.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QuHoMp2D8
This is why I seem to be getting hypoxia while wearing a mask.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QuHoMp2D8
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The news is reporting a new record number of cases in Florida nearly every day now so I found this graph on COVID deaths in Florida during the month of June quite interesting.
Bet you don't see any headlines about how the number of deaths is decreasing. I suppose it could be that more deaths will be retroactively reported but based on this there is a significant decline. This would correspond with the news from other places that the virus is getting more contagious but weakening. Or maybe they just have better treatment for severe cases now.
Bet you don't see any headlines about how the number of deaths is decreasing. I suppose it could be that more deaths will be retroactively reported but based on this there is a significant decline. This would correspond with the news from other places that the virus is getting more contagious but weakening. Or maybe they just have better treatment for severe cases now.
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65-80 year olds!!!!!MangoMan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:00 pmThat was a great video. I play pickleball with a bunch of 65-80 year olds. Some of these idiots are wearing masks outside on a hot, humid day (today was 92 degrees and very humid). Please stay home if you are that paranoid. One of these oldsters is going to code in the middle of a game.shekels wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:47 pmJust got back from Florida, with parts of Fla and Tx requiring masks now.
This is why I seem to be getting hypoxia while wearing a mask.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QuHoMp2D8
I've told you we do have a pickleball court a short ways from one of our softball fields. But I don't think I've once seen anyone use it while we were playing a game, which I assume would also be prime time to play picketball? 6 PM to 8 PM.
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I still find the James Rickards portfolio fascinating.
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Fascinating. I'm not sure how valid those O2 tests are under the mask, but it sure matches my experience. I get seriously out of breath when I'm walking uphill or fast while wearing a mask - and I'm just fine without the mask. I suspect that it's not so much the oxygen. The air you exhale has very close to the same oxygen content as the air you inhale (look it up, this has been studied - edited to add quote below). But, you're inhaling a lot more carbon dioxide than you would without the mask. And even small increases in blood CO2 can have a profound effect.
From wikipedia:
From wikipedia:
Typically masks are worn by people who are very ill (e.g. patients in the midst of cancer treatments) or medical professionals on duty. Neither of these are doing anything more strenuous than standing or walking short distances while wearing the mask. The orders to wear a mask in public amount to an involuntary and unethical experiment, and I would not be surprised if some susceptible people suffer real injury (e.g. heart attacks) as a result.Inhaled air is by volume 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen and small amounts of other gasses including argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, and hydrogen.[15]
The gas exhaled is 4% to 5% by volume of carbon dioxide, about a 100 fold increase over the inhaled amount. The volume of oxygen is reduced by a small amount, 4% to 5%, compared to the oxygen inhaled.
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A good piece on face masks with some real facts and figures.....
Before you tar and feather me, note that I am a physician. I do not play one on TV like Anthony Fauci or Deborah Birx. I spent thirty-six years wearing a surgical mask on a daily basis. And it always felt so good to take it off when I left the operating room. I didn’t realize why until recently.
(Also, for some reason it seems to affect my vision when I have the face mask on).
From the author....
Before you tar and feather me, note that I am a physician. I do not play one on TV like Anthony Fauci or Deborah Birx. I spent thirty-six years wearing a surgical mask on a daily basis. And it always felt so good to take it off when I left the operating room. I didn’t realize why until recently.
(Also, for some reason it seems to affect my vision when I have the face mask on).
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How Masks Went From Don’t-Wear to Must-Have
BY MEGAN MOLTENI AND ADAM ROGERS
Public health messaging and science have to work hard to stay in sync during a crisis. During the Covid-19 pandemic, they haven’t always succeeded.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-masks-w ... m=list1_p1
BY MEGAN MOLTENI AND ADAM ROGERS
Public health messaging and science have to work hard to stay in sync during a crisis. During the Covid-19 pandemic, they haven’t always succeeded.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-masks-w ... m=list1_p1
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What an assholish thing to say. I guess he wants to do the tarring and feathering.
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dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:24 pm
What an assholish thing to say. I guess he wants to do the tarring and feathering.
An asshole is in the eye of the beholder.
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pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:47 pmdualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:24 pm
What an assholish thing to say. I guess he wants to do the tarring and feathering.
An asshole is in the eye of the beholder.
Or the behinder.
DNA has its own language (code), and language requires intelligence. There is no known mechanism by which matter can give birth to information, let alone language. It is unreasonable to believe the world could have happened by chance.
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Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Distancing
http://nautil.us/blog/steven-pinker-on- ... dab5982dd8But it’s more than a tribalism of being with your crowd. “There’s a moralistic component to this kind of tribalism, mainly that people tend to see their own tribes as victims of some kind of oppression or harm by some rival coalition,” Pinker says, his distinctive mass of gray hair filling the Zoom screen. “They believe their actions on behalf of the group, even if symbolic, are a kind of justice, a kind of settling the score, making a statement, advancing a moral cause—as strange as that may be to those of us who are not part of that coalition, and might even have contempt for that cause. But from the inside, it always feels as if your group has been victimized, has been a longstanding victim of a series of affronts and harms for which you seek redress. And that’s common in the invented histories and myths and narratives of many peoples.”
right!
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WiseOne,
I believe the New York City 'commuter tax' was reestablished 20 or so years ago. They may get you on that. Also, I think living 6+ months out of state would get you non-resident status: IT-203 time! Do consider the prospect of filing a state return in your new home state. Good laughs there as my family is familiar with the tax authorities of several states- and "Dad" gets to do those returns.
I have heard stories of people required to live in their primary residence co-op apartments but don't and experience no repercussions- they keep quiet, so I hear. I found it easier to abide by the co-op's desires. As Mark Twain said, "Always tell the truth. You will feel better and no one will believe you." I think the quote is exact.
I believe the New York City 'commuter tax' was reestablished 20 or so years ago. They may get you on that. Also, I think living 6+ months out of state would get you non-resident status: IT-203 time! Do consider the prospect of filing a state return in your new home state. Good laughs there as my family is familiar with the tax authorities of several states- and "Dad" gets to do those returns.
I have heard stories of people required to live in their primary residence co-op apartments but don't and experience no repercussions- they keep quiet, so I hear. I found it easier to abide by the co-op's desires. As Mark Twain said, "Always tell the truth. You will feel better and no one will believe you." I think the quote is exact.