Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[riser4]

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Yup. Probably a good time to recommend exhaust fumes again.

[skiballs]

To funny, my live in girlfriend was going to get her own place, she is reconsidering.

[Deebased]

This is the 1st time I've ever heard ANYONE claim that a nordic country wasn't socialist...

May as well ask them yourself

https://www.acton.org/publications/t...-not-socialist

[skiballs]

I'm proud to say I have never had anyone on ignore. I can take whatever you bitches throw. Bring it on.

Same, shots of corona virus for all my friends.

[Danno]

I'm proud to say I have never had anyone on ignore. I can take whatever you bitches throw. Bring it on.

it's not about not being able to "take" what people throw, it's about not wanting to waste my time on people who seem hell bent on trolling or otherwise wasting everyone's time.

And on a site that is almost entirely devoted to wasting time, these few have to really really go the extra mile in time wasting and trolling.

[Deebased]

As I mentioned way earlier, this thread is instrumental in establishing who here is an idiot.

Sadly true. Skareeshtles and riser3 are leading the charge to idiocracy.

[Benny Profane]

I kind of hate to interrupt when you’re rolling with your apocalyptic know-it-all shtick, but do I have to point out how wrong you are about that? Start with Rodney King.

Rodney King? Sheeeitt. I'm talking military vehicles, armed with some men who have been to recent occupations in the Middle East. Yes, they used National Guards over there. They're well funded and trained.

Edit: I mean, look at the hardware the local baffoons rolled out in Ferguson. Pffffft. Gotta be a well trained man to know how to use that stuff.

[Timberridge]

Same, shots of corona virus for all my friends.

And make sure to ask for no lime, it could kill the virus.

[skiballs]

@sshl: They do have definitions. (at least the first 2). Just because people in this country routinely label anything other than pure capitalism "socialism" doesn't make it true.

The bars are shut down on St Patties Day, it’s beyond politics, it’s fucking Nihilism.

[Benny Profane]

Yanno I get that we're all stressed and dare I say scared but please quit with the sarcasm and "what about this person and that person and him and her...." If we all do our part we can make a difference. Quit scoffing at the little things because together they add up to bigger better things.

I know it will never be enough for some people but we have to try.

Oh, c'mon, I was serious. I always admired DINK lives as I was struggling along as a single. They're sitting pretty at a really bad time. Lucky.


I also think that we are going to have a grand reckoning out of this thing, that involves the central question, Was it worth it? That's going to take some time to get to.

[Timberridge]

it's not about not being able to "take" what people throw, it's about not wanting to waste my time on people who seem hell bent on trolling or otherwise wasting everyone's time.

And on a site that is almost entirely devoted to wasting time, these few have to really really go the extra mile in time wasting and trolling.

Danno, when I get frustrated with others I ask myself, "How would Chuck Norris handle this?"

I think the answer here is obvious.

[Spats]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Covid-19 testing is not particularly accurate, even if you can get one.
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...49#post5927049
And it's most certainly not possible to get tested every few days, or even every week.

So, one of the best things you can do, especially if you're still working outside the home, and ESPECIALLY if you're taking care of older folks, is take your temperature regularly.

The seasonal flu is bad this year: 22,000 deaths so far. So it doesn't matter so much exactly why you have a fever: if your temperature is even slightly elevated, you should be very cautious about who you make contact with!

Remember, everyone has their own baseline temperature. Some people run cooler than 98.6, some run hotter, physical activity will raise it somewhat also, and it'll be slightly lower and higher through the day. Find your own baseline before you have to wonder "should I be worried about 99.5?"

[SB]

Danno, when I get frustrated with others I ask myself, "How would Chuck Norris handle this?"

I think the answer here is obvious.

Round house kick to the head.

[rideit]

BGnight is the new Ron Johnson

“If you are strong, there is no climate change!”
EDIT: That actually sounds more like Skougar.
RJ is more like Spats.

[Danno]

Round house kick to the head.

whose head?

[iceman]

At this point it probably couldn't be anyone of normal height. Maybe Danny DeVito's head?

[KQ]

Round house kick to the head.

[Deebased]

And here we get into the debate on what is "socialism" vs. "democratic socialism" vs. "an expanded welfare state"...

There's not much of a debate if you made it past 8th grade civics classes.

Cliff Notes: who controls the means of production and distribution.

[Lvovsky]

it’s fucking Nihilism.

what's nihilism, Walter?
shut the fuck up, Donny!

[Benny Profane]

There's not much of a debate if you made it past 8th grade civics classes.

Cliff Notes: who controls the means of production and distribution.

That's Marxism.

[riser4]

Sadly true. Skareeshtles and riser3 are leading the charge to idiocracy.

Oh snap.

[old goat]

I don't need or want my parents money. I hope they live to spend every dime they earned. If there's any left, it will go to my kids. I hope I die before I get old.

So did he.

[ride550]

Fire/ Ems Update #3 (SW Edition)

Just sat thru a webinar put on by the IAFC.....They tried to live stream it yesterday but so many Chiefs signed up for it the system crashed. Mostly dealt with best practices for Fire Departments, which we are actually doing most of already. The personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages are already starting to show up in places like Seattle and NYC, so if we can't flatten that curve, it's going to become a serious issue, and fast.
We currently have four members in quarantine for high-risk exposure to patients who tested positive for Covid19. That number will increase, we just don't know how much or how soon. To Iceman's point about surgical masks, the first thing our crews are doing when they run on a potential Covid patient is hand the patient a mask and have them put it on if they are able. This is to reduce the level of exposure hazard to our members.
Last year we averaged 290 calls a day for people feeling "sick". That number has actually dropped to around 260, so I'm cautiously optimistic that people are using telemedicine or nursing hotlines. Small sample size as far as time, so we will see.
We have four drive thru testing sites set up. We are looking at finding a building that we can convert to a public safety- only testing site for police and fire. Cautiously optimistic on this as well.
Everyone is stressed to some degree, but we are managing.....No word from the state about any sort of drastic lockdown like New Jersey just did, but again it's still pretty early for us. Again people, stay home. And air hugs to any of you on the front lines.....I'll keep you all updated. I will defer to Brother Diamond Joe for an EC update. Stay safe.

Thank you so much for these updates......as a rural nm resident, i can't stress enough how appreciative we are of these kind of front line updates......gracias

[MultiVerse]

"I hope I die before I get old"

So did he.

It looks like the WSJ fully embraced clickbait as business model so I think this story is mostly BS WRT milllenials but it's kinda funny in a macabre sort of way: "A Generational War Is Brewing Over Coronavirus "

There was even a trending #BoomerRemover hashtag on Twitter.

Obviously, the millennials and boomers are both wrong because this is clearly a plot by Gen X to finally take over the world. /s

[Spats]

Remember when I said this? (Which I clearly marked **** SPECULATION FOLLOWS ****)

It could be that Covid-19 has been spreading in America, and in King County in particular, for much longer than we think it has - and that a lot of people have already had it, figured they just had the flu or not noticed anything at all, and recovered just fine.

Look what came out just last night!

Thanks to sequencing by @UWVirology, @CDCgov and @seattleflustudy we have genomes for 39 viruses sampled from WA. Importantly 35 of these 39 viruses (90%) fall into a single genetic cluster indicating a single ~Jan introduction from China and subsequent local spread. 3/8
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1239427195992305665
(The entire thread is worth a read. It links to the main data repository, for anyone who wants to see the imputed family tree from all the genetic testing that's been done so far.)

Yes, this means that the Wuhan coronavirus has been making its way around the Seattle area for at least two months now.

Meanwhile, we're still at 75 deaths nationwide:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html
Of which over half (43) are still from King County, and 29 of those are from the same nursing home for post-operative elderly (Life Care Center):
https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/hea.../16-covid.aspx

I'm growing confident enough to make a few predictions:
That Covid-19 is not the end of the world;
That our President and our government has addressed it more promptly and effectively than Europe, the UK, and most of the Western world, and that we will suffer less accordingly;
That Covid-19, in the USA, will end up killing fewer Americans than this season's flu.

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Once again, be smart. We can fuck it all up by acting like everything's over. Be cautious with your social interactions. Have and use a thermometer regularly, to check yourself for developing fever. Communicate with family and friends who are stuck at home: we're all short some human contact.

(Links to my previous posts, which many seem to find of interest.)