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03-17-2020, 03:08 PM | #5656 |
In Search of a Life
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Just forgive all mortages
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03-17-2020, 03:12 PM | #5657 | |
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Additionally, there's a big distinction between 'detectable' and 'viable'. From what I've read, the viability of the virus on any surface diminishes exponentially with every passing hour. So while a swab and a test may show it's on there, it could be extremely weak. You touch something someone sneezed on 24 hours later and you may come in contact with the virus, but it may not 'transmit' to you. And even if it transmits to you, it may not get into your system because it's weakened. And if it gets into your system it may just get barred at the gate and wiped out before you notice as much as a tickle in your throat. There are often silver linings in all this information. I mean lord, 3 weeks ago this was an airborne virus w/ a 2 week incubation period and a week long viability timeline with an 8% mortality rate. Compare that with where we are now - incubation is a fraction of what we believed. Viability is almost certainly as well. It isn't airborn unless aerosolized (so far less likely to be spread by the asymptomatic). It's overall mortality rate is far lower than we thought it would be and more critically it focuses on a specific demographic that we can more thoroughly protect. All anyone wants to talk about is how awful this thing is when every single bit of news we've seen on it for a week or more is that it isn't nearly the monster it initially surfaced as. So we don't have to scorch the ****ing earth here, fellas. |
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03-17-2020, 03:12 PM | #5658 |
The Constitutional Choo choo
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03-17-2020, 03:14 PM | #5659 |
The Constitutional Choo choo
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Anytime Congress wants to hand most of us free money.
You take it. WTF!!!!!!!!!!? |
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03-17-2020, 03:15 PM | #5660 |
Inmem 2.0
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Mo casinos announced they will be shutting down at midnight
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03-17-2020, 03:15 PM | #5661 |
"You like to drink?"
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03-17-2020, 03:16 PM | #5662 |
Court Jester
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I’m not sure how they could coordinate giving a thousand dollars to everyone. It seems as if there would need to be some kind of criteria to be able to claim something like that. I am not going to stop working or getting paid, so I shouldn’t qualify for it.
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03-17-2020, 03:17 PM | #5663 | |
"Think BOOM!"
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https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news...hours-surfaces The aerosol figure gives me pause. |
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03-17-2020, 03:17 PM | #5664 |
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03-17-2020, 03:18 PM | #5665 |
Supporter
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03-17-2020, 03:18 PM | #5666 | |
testing ... 1, 2, 3
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Location: Tennessee
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Mr. DJ's left nut is right to compare this situation to war. When we were "really" at war (not counting "military actions", but real, actual, honest-to-goodness, declared war), the country rallied. Let's think WWII ... Citizens sacrificed time and material goods and comfort. Celebrities raised morale and hope. Women worked their asses off making airplanes and bombs and tires. Prices and wages were temporarily controlled. Fuel was rationed and driving was curtailed. Nursing became an attractive occupation. I could go on and on. Although I don't expect all those things to happen quickly (or probably ever), some of them will. What didn't happen was that few people sabotaged others for sheer, brazen profit. The stock market was extremely volatile (as could be well expected), but price gouging wasn't "normal" or acceptable and those that attempted it were treated harshly. Landlords and lenders held a lot of paper during that time because the alternative was worse for everyone and they recognized that fact. In summary, we could expect rational people to behave rationally. My hope is that sanity will prevail and we get our sh*t together for the common good. PS: If our fabulously talented mods feel this post is overly "political", let me know and I'll happily delete. FAX |
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03-17-2020, 03:18 PM | #5667 |
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Hopefully they institute something kind of fund that can sit in a pot so that if this happens again they can freeze all commerce and give those who need help during such a freeze some assistance. Letting politicians figure out what’s good for us isn’t going to be a pretty exercise.
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03-17-2020, 03:20 PM | #5668 |
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Freeze monthly payments and interest. That's as far as I'm willing to go.
Don't want to get too political, though. |
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03-17-2020, 03:21 PM | #5669 | |
"Think BOOM!"
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03-17-2020, 03:22 PM | #5670 |
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The idea of everyone getting a thousand dollar check seems asinine and I highly doubt it will arrive.
But if it does I will break the sound barrier pulling out my phone and firing up the BofA app to deposit it |
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