Global Pandemic Part II: Sequel Escalation

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Basically “you can wear a Bandana and it does help, but definitely don’t touch your Bandana.”

For context here, 1-5 microns is supposedly the size of the water droplets (someone coughing), and the smaller one is more the size of the virus itself (contact with surfaces).
 
LuckyNumber7 said:
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Basically “you can wear a Bandana and it does help, but definitely don’t touch your Bandana.”

For context here, 1-5 microns is supposedly the size of the water droplets (someone coughing), and the smaller one is more the size of the virus itself (contact with surfaces).
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this is good information for those of us who speak moistly.
 
Bay Area town is up to the tests

Bolinas is among the first communities to attempt to screen all its residents for virus.
BY LAURA NEWBERRY
The remote Bay Area town of Bolinas is among the first communities in the world to attempt to test all of its residents for the novel coronavirus.

Bolinas, population 1,600, will offer free tests Monday through Thursday to residents 4 years and older, according to a statement from UC San Francisco, whose staffers will administer the tests.

The communitywide testing effort was spearheaded by two locals, venture capitalist Jyri Engestrom and pharmaceutical company executive Cyrus Harmon.

Nearly the entire town was registered for testing as of Friday, according to the Mercury News.

The drive-through test will entail a mouth and throat swab to check for active infection and a finger prick to detect antibodies, a crucial step in determining who has already had the virus.

A second round of testing will follow two weeks later if enough money is raised.

The project is expensive, costing more than $400,000 and entirely funded by private donations, the Mercury News reported.

Few communities globally have attempted to implement comprehensive testing.

And those that have tend to be small, tightly knit and progressive-leaning, such as Bolinas and Telluride, Colo.

Bolinas organizers were inspired by the Italian town of Vo’, outside Venice, which was able to gain control of the virus’ spread through two rounds of community-wide testing.

A team of infectious disease doctors at UC San Francisco will analyze the collected samples to gauge the prevalence of infection in Bolinas.

The study will also help researchers trace the spread of the virus in California, the university said.

Effective testing is considered essential before state and local governments can lift stay-at-home orders, reopen schools and businesses, and allow the nation’s faltering economy to recover.

Diane Havlir, head of UC San Francisco’s HIV/AIDS division, said in a statement that testing sets the foundation for every other component of the pandemic response.
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This is an article I copied from today's L A Times.

In a perfect world we could be able to do this to the whole population.

This seems to be the standard most people want to see implemented.
 
Singapore was ready to come out of the lockdown and has now extended it by another month with massive outbreaks in their worker camps. They are now posting higher daily infection numbers than in their first wave - a great example of what happens when you are readying to reopen and get large crowds together again.

A lesson many US states are about to learn.
 
deep said:
This is an article I copied from today's L A Times.

In a perfect world we could be able to do this to the whole population.

This seems to be the standard most people want to see implemented.
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At a cost of $400,000.00 for 1,600 folks (actually less cause kids under 4 won't get tested), the cost to do this nationwide would be about 82 Billion.
 
anitram said:
Singapore was ready to come out of the lockdown and has now extended it by another month with massive outbreaks in their worker camps. They are now posting higher daily infection numbers than in their first wave - a great example of what happens when you are readying to reopen and get large crowds together again.

A lesson many US states are about to learn.
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Yikes.... but not unexpected if you pay attention to epidemiologists, and other medical experts.

And then we have people like fucking DeVoss pumping up the right-wingers. :angry:

Latest sign I saw.

SOCIAL DISTANCING = COMMUNISM

:gah:. :sad:
 
is the interference app working for anyone today? obviously the forums themselves are fine but the app won't connect for me at all, i get a "this site is down" error message the instant i open it. :hmm:
 
lol apparently i left a one-star review of the app back in 2016 when i was having this exact same issue.

i reinstalled it and it's still not working :shrug: i'll leave it alone for today and it'll probably just work again tomorrow.
 
So is Ruth Chris the person's name? Or is Chris a kind of steak? I have never been to one, and I won't because the name doesn't roll off the tongue.

That's how i choose all my eateries.

Any bets that GA / Kemp back down from their Friday open for business? If they go through with it, I believe we'll see a big spike in infections around May Day.
 
BEAL said:
So is Ruth Chris the person's name? Or is Chris a kind of steak? I have never been to one, and I won't because the name doesn't roll off the tongue.

That's how i choose all my eateries.

Any bets that GA / Kemp back down from their Friday open for business? If they go through with it, I believe we'll see a big spike in infections around May Day.
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I think Ruth acquired Chris’ Steakhouse. Or something like that.
 
Hewson said:
https://ruthschris.net/about-us/ruths-story/
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I can't even follow what any of this is about. On top of it all Gronk just went to Tampa Bay. Why not at this point, hell in a handbasket. At least that will keep him away from wrestling, that is if they ever have football again.

The head of the CDC says a second wave this winter would likely be even worse.
 
MrsSpringsteen said:
I can't even follow what any of this is about. On top of it all Gronk just went to Tampa Bay. Why not at this point, hell in a handbasket. At least that will keep him away from wrestling, that is if they ever have football again.



The head of the CDC says a second wave this winter would likely be even worse.
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Uhhh, Tampa and Orlando are pretty much the Western Hemisphere’s capital for wresting.
 
MrsSpringsteen said:
Well I don't think his football contract would allow him to wrestle. I've never watched it, so I don't know if he actually wrestles or just acts like a sideline goofball.
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I would imagine he’s not allowed to wrestle but he is allowed to attend, show up, and throw a couple of fake punches. But long story short, I absolutely would not be surprised if this actually has him retiring to the WWE lol.
 
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