SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

[gotbeer]

3 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I still haven't watched the second one. Is it any good?

I thought it was too recycled from the first one.  Definitely not as good as the first one.  

[RallyMo]

5 minutes ago, Adam said:

It was for this old broad

That's what it's like for a lot of people.

[St1ck]

26 minutes ago, angelinkc said:

Not to change the subject but being gay 

That should be your screen name. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

so you mean it's just like having the flu . . .

Yes, which means she died.

[ScottT]

3 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Gov. Abbott closing bars, tubing businesses, limiting public gatherings | KXAN Austin
https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/gov-abbott-closing-bars-tubing-businesses-limiting-public-gatherings/

I bet CA will follow.  

Pretty sure my visit to a bar yesterday was less "dangerous" than attending a protest with thousands of people.

[RallyMo]

More tests equals more positives, y'all. 

 

[tdawg87]

I don't think there's any need for hysteria over this. At this point, open things back up but encourage (and even enforce) safe social distancing and mask wearing. Obviously if you're outside eating you don't need to be wearing a mask.

Stuff like regularly washing your hands, using hand sanitizer and just being clean and sanitary should be things you're doing anyway.

Wear a damn mask. It's not fun, but it's a minor inconvenience. Just do it. It's not a political issue.

[tennischmp]

New York had protests, they are not spiking. Minnesota had protests, they are not spiking like the states that opened up early and carelessly.

[angelinkc]

Is it possible cases were much higher in March but we lacked test to capture them? We could possibly be in decline but yet we are capturing more cases through test. 

[tdawg87]

12 minutes ago, angelinkc said:

Is it possible cases were much higher in March but we lacked test to capture them? We could possibly be in decline but yet we are capturing more cases through test. 

Definitely possible.

The one thing I do believe is that the virus was here well before it became a "pandemic". By no means am I saying it's just the flu, but I do think people were getting it in February or possibly earlier. 

My whole family had a nasty flu in January. It could have been just that, but when my brother and sister went to the hospital it "wasn't the flu" but a bad URI. 

I have no evidence to back up my claim but I've talked to several people who said the same thing. Again it was flu season so there's really no way to know for sure. But the symptoms were all there.

Edited June 26, 2020 by tdawg87

[angelinkc]

7 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Definitely possible.

The one thing I do believe is that the virus was here well before it became a "pandemic". By no means am I saying it's just the flu, but I do think people were getting it in February or possibly earlier. 

My whole family had a nasty flu in January. It could have been just that, but when my brother and sister went to the hospital it "wasn't the flu" but a bad URI. 

I have no evidence to back up my claim but I've talked to several people who said the same thing. Again it was flu season so there's really no way to know for sure. But the symptoms were all there.

Yes I believe I had it in February. Seems like it is becoming less deadly which isn’t uncommon. 

[RallyMo]

19 minutes ago, angelinkc said:

Is it possible cases were much higher in March but we lacked test to capture them? We could possibly be in decline but yet we are capturing more cases through test. 

I think that this is certain to be correct, possibly everywhere but most severely in areas where the case load was the worst. In most areas, they were able to slow stuff down before you had scary exponential growth.

I think it's possible that we've kinda gone past a point where we can avoid a rather bad (possibly worse) situation here, but I guess we'll see.

[RallyMo]

3 hours ago, ScottT said:

I bet CA will follow.  

Pretty sure my visit to a bar yesterday was less "dangerous" than attending a protest with thousands of people.

Maybe, maybe not.

[fan_since79]

The virus is figuring out how to be more efficient inside the body of an infected person.

https://news.yahoo.com/inside-body-coronavirus-even-more-150022628.html

[RallyMo]

@calscuf and @wopphil are ready to work with some of y'all. 

Maybe @Brian Ilten can put you two on retainer.

[Jason]

2 hours ago, tennischmp said:

New York had protests, they are not spiking. Minnesota had protests, they are not spiking like the states that opened up early and carelessly.

Meh, it's a virus and it will do what viruses do 

[JAHV76]

8 minutes ago, fishbulb said:

@calscuf and @wopphil are ready to work with some of y'all. 

Maybe @Brian Ilten can put you two on retainer.

Reminds me of a sign I saw outside a restaurant years ago. We serve all bottom dwellers snails, lobsters and attorneys.

[tennischmp]

36 minutes ago, Jason said:

Meh, it's a virus and it will do what viruses do 

Yea that’s viruses do. Infect everyone indiscriminately. Every state had protests, only a handful are out of control right now, all of which opened early and carelessly. 

[tennischmp]

2 hours ago, angelinkc said:

Is it possible cases were much higher in March but we lacked test to capture them? We could possibly be in decline but yet we are capturing more cases through test. 

Sure cases were higher in March than were reported but that doesn’t mean we are declining otherwise hospitalizations and icu capacity would be declining also. The virus doesn’t care if the person is tested and knows they have the virus , no matter how much trump wants you to believe. 

[Jason]

52 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Yea that’s viruses do. Infect everyone indiscriminately. Every state had protests, only a handful are out of control right now, all of which opened early and carelessly. 

It’s NEVER going away so we either live with it or stay locked down until they have a vaccine which they may never have 

[tennischmp]

17 minutes ago, Jason said:

It’s NEVER going away so we either live with it or stay locked down until they have a vaccine which they may never have 

Other countries seem to figure out how to control it without a vaccine. Look at the EU probably laughing at us 

[Redondo]

Joe Biden blasts President Trump's handling of COVID-19 pandemic, says he would make masks mandatory

We finally hear from Joe. Such wisdom.

[Jason]

6 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Other countries seem to figure out how to control it without a vaccine. Look at the EU probably laughing at us 

Good for them 

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, Redondo said:

Joe Biden blasts President Trump's handling of COVID-19 pandemic, says he would make masks mandatory

We finally hear from Joe. Such wisdom.

Did he happen to say what he would do when masks aren’t enough?

[tennischmp]

17 minutes ago, Jason said:

Good for them 

So it’s possible? Not just EU most of the countries around the world figured it out. It starts with leaders at the helm wanting to lead, effort from the government agencies with testing and tracing and citizens willing to follow their lead instead of screaming my rights.