Coronavirus II

[mmpsteve]

So.... It is garbage that bothers 97% of the people but that is OK because 3% make money??

That Sucks!!

No, No, No. On average, 3% make use of the coupons, which in turn helps make money for the company mailing it, which allows them to continue to employ people, aforementioned people being our friends, family, neighbors, etc...
I have clients in just about every type of business that exists. I also spend probably $300K with my local post office annually, also staffed by real people. It's economic activity, and can be recycled. Doing our part for the New Green Deal, man!! You do recycle, right?

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[jamil]

This is most likely a cover up to hide the conspiracy of the man made monster coronavirus. https://abcnews.go.com/US/conspirac...vid-19-laboratory-construct/story?id=69827832

 

[maxwelhse]

I also spend probably $300K with my local post office annually,

I have already suggested to my post office that they offer a paid service to USPS consumers to throw the garbage you're mailing us away instead of delivering it. They already do that for PO Boxes. No junk mail allowed. PO Boxes are $50/year. I'd happily pay that to filter the trash out.

It's not personal, but pretty much everybody hates junk mail and that's all pretty much anyone gets in their mail anymore. Regardless of my personal opinion, it seems your business model is going to get out moded when the boomers and their coupon cutting are gone.

 

[nonobaddog]

No, No, No. On average, 3% make use of the coupons, which in turn helps make money for the company mailing it, which allows them to continue to employ people, aforementioned people being our friends, family, neighbors, etc...
I have clients in just about every type of business that exists. I also spend probably $300K with my local post office annually, also staffed by real people. It's economic activity, and can be recycled. Doing our part for the New Green Deal, man!! You do recycle, right?

LOL. So you send out garbage in mail trucks burning fuel to every house and people have to go out and get it and put it in bins and then trucks burning fuel come around to every house and pick it up and haul it to be recycled. Good God that sounds as inefficient as the government. But keep up the good green work.

 

[nra4ever]

Still think that cruse ship deal is too good to pass up. Well here you go.


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/corona...0200327-dhqwj7obzfbjldo7roewdd35h4-story.html


sorry if this has already been posted but you guys are going to fast to keep up and some of us have to work. Lol

 

[ghuns]

Italy is getting hammered. They're over 10% mortalty (creeping towards 11%).

Elsewhere in Europe, Spain is at about 7.5%...

Yep. WTF is up with Italy and Spain?

 

[maxwelhse]

Still think that cruse ship deal is too good to pass up. Well here you go.


https://www.sun-sentinel.com/corona...0200327-dhqwj7obzfbjldo7roewdd35h4-story.html


sorry if this has already been posted but you guys are going to fast to keep up and some of us have to work. Lol

Only a total moron would get on a cruise ship right now, and only a partial moron (IMHO) would do it at all, and I say that as a share holder in 2 different cruise lines at the moment.

 

[nra4ever]

Family friend that lives in Avon, and his wife has it. She is recovering at home, and he is in hospital. They did not put him on resperator. He can not talk and breath at same time. They started him on Chloroquine and other stuff. Glad he is in Indiana.

Big pharma cant make any money on chloroquine when the powers that be want to sell you Remdesivir.

 

[chipbennett]

Dyson Designed and Built a Ventilator in 10 Days to Help Fight Coronavirus

Reminds me of this:

[video=youtube;1cYzkyXp0jg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYzkyXp0jg[/video]

 

[chipbennett]

AFAIK, the only treatment for Coronavirus is to treat the symptoms; drink fluids, reduce fever, pain relievers, and oxygen for those who have trouble breathing.
I'm guessing some people either have underlying conditions or genetic predispositions to being unable to fight it off.
Underlying conditions might include high carbohydrate diet (rice in China and pasta in Italy).

I have a suspicion that this same, underlying cause (i.e. metabolic disorder/Syndrome X, including diabetes, heart disease, and obesity) might be the reason for susceptibility among the middle-aged in the US.

 

[chipbennett]

I find it hard to believe that these hospitals are maxed out and one of Indy's busiest hospitals is super quiet, waiting for this to ramp up. I guess it's possible but not likely.

I had to take my wife to the ER at IU West last night. (She is fine, and COVID-free.) Obviously, I'm relating second-hand, due to the no-visitors rule in effect. But according to her, the ER was pretty full. Not necessarily at capacity/over capacity/overflowing. Just pretty full. I don't know what a typical mid-week night at an ER in Hendricks County during the tail end of cold/flu season is like, so I don't know if that is normal or abnormal. In any case, it didn't sound like a crisis-of-capacity issue.

 

[chipbennett]

Sorry to hear that.

It is also an example of under reporting of deaths related to covid-19 and lack of testing.

It is?

You know, for certain, that she (may she rest in peace) died from COVID-19?

 

[BugI02]

Epidemiologist Behind Highly-Cited Coronavirus Model Admits He Was Wrong, Drastically Revises Model

As I read this article, I couldn't help but harken back to the days when climate scientists' models were telling us we were all going to die too.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/epid...ook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/03/...wrong-what-does-this-mean-for-climate-models/
If COVID-19 Models Are Unreliable, What Does This Mean For Climate Models?

 

[qwerty]

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/03/...wrong-what-does-this-mean-for-climate-models/
If COVID-19 Models Are Unreliable, What Does This Mean For Climate Models?

 

[T.Lex]

Hey ya'all.

Unfrozen caveman amateur statistician and hand modeler here.

I'm cautiously optimistic that today's numbers aren't going to be terrible. That would continue the trend of non-terrible numbers.

In terms of anecdotes of deaths not attributed to COVID-19, I can only say that this has been labeled a pandemic. Are all acute respiratory failures in otherwise healthy people COVID-19 related? Of course not. But some unknown percentage are. We can somewhat back into the number by looking at the VERY low mortality rate here in the US.

 

[maxwelhse]

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/03/...wrong-what-does-this-mean-for-climate-models/
If COVID-19 Models Are Unreliable, What Does This Mean For Climate Models?

Still right on track!

 

[Leadeye]

I have some. What do I put it in? I cannot tolerate sanitizer at all. (OK, I can, but soap and water works better for me and for the virus.)

For what you need, use it straight like you would hand lotion. It's both anti bacterial and anti viral, used in hospitals for burns. Non toxic, it's used in cake icing.

 

[MarkC]

Still right on track!

Good find! I clearly remember the Malthusians strongly asserting we would all be dead by now from the coming ice age.

 

[mmpsteve]

I have already suggested to my post office that they offer a paid service to USPS consumers to throw the garbage you're mailing us away instead of delivering it. They already do that for PO Boxes. No junk mail allowed. PO Boxes are $50/year. I'd happily pay that to filter the trash out.

It's not personal, but pretty much everybody hates junk mail and that's all pretty much anyone gets in their mail anymore. Regardless of my personal opinion, it seems your business model is going to get out moded when the boomers and their coupon cutting are gone.[/QUOTE]

I don't know, 35 years and going strong. Younger folks probably use coupons more than older, financially healthier folks. My Dad told me the home computers would shut us down. The opposite happened.

LOL. So you send out garbage in mail trucks burning fuel to every house and people have to go out and get it and put it in bins and then trucks burning fuel come around to every house and pick it up and haul it to be recycled. Good God that sounds as inefficient as the government. But keep up the good green work.

Ok, I should have used purple on the Green Deal, but the USPS drivers and recycle/garbage trucks will make their rounds with or without my garbage. Or are you advocating for the collapse of the US Postal system ... Good God indeed.

I'll let this go after this because it's off-topic, but keep in mind that the garbage mail helps support just about any type of business you can think of, in addition to whole industries, like logging, paper mills, etc, which employ real people. It's called economic activity, which was my main point, and I'm happy to play a small part in that. For what it's worth, I've guaranteed my employees full pay and benefits through the end of the year, at least, and mostly they're working from home right now.

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[BugI02]

Everyone seems to be missing that a 6% death rate would result in a serious drop in consumer spending, which would itself crash the economy.

If keeping people healthy is bad for the economy, but letting them die is also bad for the economy, then maybe the economy isn't the factor that should be given priority.

So that just makes the choice between certain economic death and uncertain economic death. I'd rather take my chances with the virus