Starlord Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Useful advice on the set of Mary Poppins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: This vacillation over health-care decision-making by the Trump regime is disgusting. It's up to the state and local governments, except when Trump doesn't like what the state and local governments do, then the federal government has full authority, except if things go wrong then it's the state's fault. That's a very accurate summation of the situation. TrickstaPriest and BarretWallace 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 10 hours ago, archer said: Feel free to add details. There's almost no island news in the national media and honestly I don't spend much time scouring their local newspapers. I forgot to mention that the contact tracing program turned out to be fake. Or more accurately, state leadership continued to assure the public that it was working fine—even refusing offers of help from the National Guard and the university—when in fact the program was still staffed for single digit daily new case increases and had been totally overwhelmed for weeks. It took a literal surprise visit by other state lawmakers to uncover the truth. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickstaPriest Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Man said: I forgot to mention that the contact tracing program turned out to be fake. Or more accurately, state leadership continued to assure the public that it was working fine—even refusing offers of help from the National Guard and the university—when in fact the program was still staffed for single digit daily new case increases and had been totally overwhelmed for weeks. It took a literal surprise visit by other state lawmakers to uncover the truth. Which program? Unfortunately the news / searches are just filled with 'beware of this scam!' content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 6 Million cases in America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 That's one in 5.5 Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 29 minutes ago, death tribble said: 6 Million cases in America 10 minutes ago, Cancer said: That's one in 5.5 Americans. Move the decimal place one over to the right. Still a really large number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 One in 55, actually. Off by a decimal place there. Still a horrible statistic. EDIT: Scooped by Ranxerox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 "We're astronomers. We don't care about factors of 10 as long as they aren't in the exponent." Pariah, TrickstaPriest and Lee 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 I thought this was in the exponent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Countries with highest per capita infection rates: Qatar French Guiana Bahrain Chile San Marino Panama Kuwait Peru USA Brazil Aruba Oman Armenia Andorra Maldives What country there does not fit? The worst rate in a major European country is Spain's, and it's half ours. In terms of per capita deaths, we will pass Sweden and Chile in about a week; Italy, UK, and Spain 2-3 weeks after that. It might take longer if the death rates start to drop, following the reduced new-case rates by a few weeks...but the new-case numbers started climbing in late June, and they're still at those levels. The death rates started showing the similar rise in mid-July. There's no reason to expect the death rates will drop that much in the next 10 days. So, we're very likely to pass Spain, Italy, and the UK by the end of September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 1 hour ago, death tribble said: 6 Million cases in America But how much is that in Celsius? That might be the kick in the pants the Trump administration needs to convert to the metric system.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 27 minutes ago, archer said: But how much is that in Celsius? That might be the kick in the pants the Trump administration needs to convert to the metric system.... Nah. He'll just require that it only counts as Covid-19 if the person had to be hospitalized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Cancer said: "We're astronomers. We don't care about factors of 10 as long as they aren't in the exponent." How can you expect to lead the great students *cough* dull brained slackers *cough*. If you can't do your own math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 I feel for Brazil. Arguably the one world leader whose handling of this situation has been worse than Trump's. Their per capita death rate is now tied with ours, is rising faster, and there has been basically no mitigation of their infection rate, ergo no reason to expect a decrease in the death rate any time soon. Their per capita infection rate is also going to pass ours within a week to 10 days...and even Spain's in around 2 weeks. 1 minute ago, Badger said: How can you expect to lead the great students *cough* dull brained slackers *cough*. If you can't do your own math. Fuzzy math, man. Hot topic in math circles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Badger said: How can you expect to lead the great students *cough* dull brained slackers *cough*. If you can't do your own math. We do it ... sloppy. And I'm pretty tolerant of sloppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 10:32 AM, Starlord said: Actually 2012 came several years late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Asperion said: Actually 2012 came several years late. And 1984 is right behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: And 1984 is right behind it. All too true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 6:15 PM, archer said: CDC updates guidelines. Employees at stores should no longer tell customers they have to wear a mask if the person appears to be upset, makes threats, or displays violence (including using a swear word, an insult, or physical violence of any sort). https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/513643-cdc-warns-employees-not-to-argue-with-anti-mask-customers I have this Beautiful Mind style reading problem where my mind grabs bits of adjacent words and adds a word that's not actually in the sentence. Then I read something that makes no sense - go back to read it again and realize I've made up something that is just not there. My first read of "(including using a swear word..." I initially saw as "(including using a sword...". WHAT?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickstaPriest Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 39 minutes ago, ScottishFox said: I have this Beautiful Mind style reading problem where my mind grabs bits of adjacent words and adds a word that's not actually in the sentence. Then I read something that makes no sense - go back to read it again and realize I've made up something that is just not there. I do something like that too when I read things too quickly. It's caused some immensely confusing situations where I assumed something was said that wasn't there. In my case I swap in random thoughts/impressions into literally what I'm reading, so I miss words like "the meeting was sent via email" if I was expecting it to be sent via slack. -- Anyone will be happy to know my coworker and his gf, both who tested negative but were sick with a mysterious fever that no meds helped, have been doing okay after having a fever for a literal whole month. They'll be getting the antibody tests before long. In other helpful news another professional contact I have is sick. Apparently her kindergardener (I think?) has started going in to school, and came back with something almost immediately and got her sick in literally less than a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, TrickstaPriest said: I do something like that too when I read things too quickly. It's caused some immensely confusing situations where I assumed something was said that wasn't there. In my case I swap in random thoughts/impressions into literally what I'm reading, so I miss words like "the meeting was sent via email" if I was expecting it to be sent via slack. I do that when listening. I used to work in a forest of cubicles and frequently amused my co-workers by repeating their words back to them...but as I heard them rather than what they necessarily actually said. Most of my co-workers were women who discussed their sex lives, their husbands, and all sorts of topics which were rife with comic possibilities. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 12 hours ago, TrickstaPriest said: Which program? Unfortunately the news / searches are just filled with 'beware of this scam!' content Hawaii governor criticizes state senators over health inspection Also, don't forget to beware of the scams. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Old Man said: Also, don't forget to beware of the scams. I had a "ScottishFox" moment and read "beware of the spam" the first time I read that.... ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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