Corona Virus #6

[Citydude]

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You pump them out every hour? We get it.

 

[randy41]

so who’s gonna go help all those folks in nursing homes file tax returns so they can get stimulus money? I think most nursing homes are on lock down.

 

[rswyan]

You pump them out every hour? We get it.

Nope - the twitter comments are from Eric Topol, MD - who is the Founder & Director of Scripps Research Translational Institute, a medical research institute:

Scripps Research Translational Institute | Scripps Research

The graphs (mostly) are from the Financial Times, based on an analysis of data from John Hopkins University.

 

[Dftodd]

Good point - How much has the death rate increased over normal?


can be a very wide area because we are such a mobile culture.
For example Florida is a far piece from the location you show.
Driving from the center of Florida to vilonia, arkansas draws a line directly across my area (near Tupelo, MS). So if they pumped gas in Tupelo they could easily have been spreading it in my area.
Think Typhoid Mary. Think of all the "Mard Gras partiers" and "spring breakers" as asymptomatic carriers.

Protect yourself, stay cool and spaced out.

Absolutely. I keep nitrile gloves in both my work truck, personal truck, and wife's jeep. We use them to pump gas and for the touch pad on the card reader. One hand touches the pump and reader, the other touches the vehicle. Peal them off afterwards without your skin touching the outside and toss them in the trash

 

[rekees4300]

so who痴 gonna go help all those folks in nursing homes file tax returns so they can get stimulus money? I think most nursing homes are on lock down.

"Nonfilers generally need to file a tax return in order to claim a rebate, although IRS may coordinate with other federal agencies in some instances to get checks out."

That statement seems to imply checks will be sent to those who are unable to file a return. :confused3:

 

[Jstpssng]

so who’s gonna go help all those folks in nursing homes file tax returns so they can get stimulus money? I think most nursing homes are on lock down.

"Nonfilers generally need to file a tax return in order to claim a rebate, although IRS may coordinate with other federal agencies in some instances to get checks out."

That statement seems to imply checks will be sent to those who are unable to file a return. :confused3:

Considering that the stimulus is for people who filed for 2018 or 2019; and that the filing deadline for 2019 has been moved up to July 15 or somewhere thereabouts; I would say that many eligible taxpayers will receive it based on their 2018 tax filing. I will file by 4-15 anyways, as I need the federal form to file my state taxes. Besides, why wait? They probably will be charging interest on the few dollars I will be paying in.

 

[rekees4300]

Absolutely. I keep nitrile gloves in both my work truck, personal truck, and wife's jeep. We use them to pump gas and for the touch pad on the card reader. One hand touches the pump and reader, the other touches the vehicle. Peal them off afterwards without your skin touching the outside and toss them in the trash

Ditto, gas pumps are a hazard! I also use them for bird feeders. No telling what kind of flu, etc. they are carrying. Nitrile gloves are inexpensive insurance. Around $15 per 100 on Amazon.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Just who are "these people" you are referring to?

Those that have been on the public free ride for generations. You already knew that but just want to start a racial argument. I will not play your game.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

While we were doing the dogs and horses this evening I got to thinking about things that I have read and heard this week not related to this and other regular forums. Some doctors I have spoken with tell stories about flu cases from Aug 2019. Some referred to them flu like symptoms with negative flu test results. I read one story from one touring deep into the interior of China last August. He and others got sick and now are certain it must have been what is now called COVID-19.

Perhaps many of the healthy persons just thought it was jet lack or just travel bugs if they only had mild symptoms. When the normal flu season rolled around some around the world already had it and a few were still spreading it slowly in the off season. A case could be made that this has been going around for 6+ months perhaps. If it did come from the wet markets and places where the poorly people lived that did not seek much medical attention it may have been around for quite some time before it moved into the upscale Chinese culture.

This is just speculation on my part after a lot of reading. If it had been around for a year or two in China there would have been some herd immunity in that area of China causing it to peak earlier. Since we know it traveled out from China by plane (Hong Kong picked up on this mode of transmission at the very end of 2019) and China said 17 Nov 2019 was the first case that they labeled. We know for sure the Chinese government was trying to cover up and suppress their medical community from sounding the alarm.

In time we will learn more facts on the entire affair because many are stressed that the government tried to quieten the doctor trying to get the word out. After his death from the virus we see how the people have painted him out to be a hero for trying to sound the alarm. The protesters will be back when the lock down is over and they will be more vocal than ever because they have the attention of the entire world.

Anyway it is just a matter of time before we start getting some ground based info as to what did or did not go down. Right now the rest of the world has to focus on how stay alive and healthy.

 

[rswyan]

Feds have 1.5 million expired N95 masks in storage despite CDC clearing them for use on COVID-19: report | TheHill