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brakeman

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  1. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    Regarding the felines catching corona, that’s fucking great news. My wife adopted a juvenile cat for my daughter on her birthday about 15 months ago, without telling me until the cat came through the threshold and the squealing 7 year old, apple-of-my-eye fell instantly in love. This fucking cat is insane. I come to our house in Houston each day from Galveston to work and focus, and he’s damned near stalking me. He’s terrifying unless I give him a bunch of affection while he’s isolated here without us.

    Now, I’ve got a new plan. He’s my canary in the corona coal mine. I’m breathing and hacking into this fucker’s face until there’s a known treatment or cure. He’ll go ahead and let us know early. The cat version of “guess what!, motherfucker!”

    wow. stupendous, please keep up to date. house cats could be the answer.

    i really hope so too.

    I will need to go down to the shelter tomorrow for my new little puusy cat.

     

  2. 19 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

    Been tipping 50% on all takeout and have paid several weeks of no housekeeping. She came yesterday in mask and gloves and gave her 50% over her rate. You’re not virtuous when you do the bare minimum you could do and brag about it on a fucking message board. You’re slorch. 

    if you dont have the means, forgo the services. 

    these folks are risking their lives for you, plus they may give you some cov 19

    get in that kitchen

     

  3. 38 minutes ago, RayDog said:

    The fact is that we must develop a strategic mitigation plan to take us up through the point when a vaccine can be deployed. That plan must allow for low level spread. Several Far East Asian countries are already showing that mandatory mask usage coupled with reasonable self-isolation measures can slow the spread enough to not overwhelm their medical systems. The usage of masks also limits the initial viral load being received which is expected to lead to fewer bad outcomes. Since over half of us will probably get infected, and the herd immunity is a good thing, the goal among young healthy people should be to limit that initial viral load, rather than taking extreme measures to avoid infection.

    After the initial spread is halted we need to resume work, using masks and distancing to limit the spread. Large gatherings and eating and drinking in public should be avoided and at risk populations should remain more isolated as much as possible. The second wave may end up fairly flat or we may have to go through a number of saw-tooth-like peaks where the virus spreads and stricter quarantine measures are applied to stop it. The experience in the Far East tells us that keeping it fairly flat should be possible.

    The first known infection in Wuhan (not detection) occurred between 10 and 11 weeks before the quarantine. So that gives us a window that masks, isolation, and quarantine measures must be deployed well before the 10 week mark for infections in any large community in order to avoid higher mortality rates. Smaller communities must act sooner. This varies for every state and major city in the US, but the clock is ticking on the ones who are not taking enough action. Masks should already be mandatory in public and in work environments where people share an open space or HVAC system.  

    preach it!

    cdc is a dope.

     

  4. 3 minutes ago, staboner said:

    guess I just think the way you’re saying things may rub people the wrong way but what you’re actually saying isn’t crazy.  Be vigilant.  Don’t freak out.  Texas is not heading towards Italy unless you don’t stay vigilant.  All fair points.  

    nope, freak out is all florida's job currently with a little bit of mississippi in em.

  5. 3 minutes ago, Modessit said:

    The only thing I distrust about that article is that it says that all 10 "can" process 700 tests per day, but doesn't say they "are". Then it mentions some stuff from national testing companies.

    How is NY getting 6000 positives per day and Texas can only do 700 tests per day?

    There are plenty of companies like Worldwide Clinical Trials (formerly known as CEDRA) here in Austin and around Texas that could be doing this. Every one should be pressed into duty.

    right fucking now.

     

  6. 42 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Part of what I’m hoping comes out of all of this is that a shitload more people realize that “the little people” aren’t little at all. Everyone matters - and a lot of the people you hardly ever think of matter a lot. The cleaning crews, the grocery stockers, the truck drivers.

    When I was first getting into the practice of law, a couple of mentors offered me the same advice: be kind and friendly to all of the staff you interact with. Receptionists, court clerks, etc. And it was good advice. Take care of them, they’ll take care of you. But it also makes you see what they do and appreciate it.

    Salud to the cleaning crews.

    I just got forbearance from suntrust on my mortgage, my caseload is dropping and who knows when we will see another full pay stub. When I got a worker, he was useful and efficient. I told him so. what a fucked up job with a 6 hour queue. Shout out mortgage dude.

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  7. 9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    We are all connected, but we ultimately don’t act like it.  

    You might as well ask why we refuse to enable stricter rules for the rural areas, while big city folks are enacting stricter rules in an effort to try and shut down as much as possible to keep our hospitals going.   Our hospitals that those rural folks are going to end up relying on when their 4-bed ICU units are overwhelmed   

    Earlier I bitched about the Cletuses trying to carry on as if things are normal, while ultimately fucking the rest of us over when they needlessly fill up their hospitals.   That was harsh - I don’t mean that the rural folks themselves are all Cletuses, it’s the people running those towns and counties who are being Cletuses, whether that’s the leaders or the businesses who have a lot of sway   

    I had a conversation with a cousin last night, who works for one of those counties,  I get what he said, that those officials risk their jobs if they piss off the local businesses.  

    The problem is that we are all connected.  We can shut down the border with Louisiana, and ban folks from NY, but if rural folks still have loose restrictions and are spreading it around, it doesn’t matter who we try to keep out.   Blaming Louisiana or New York is just a “look over there, it’s a squirrel!” distraction.   

    Because we are refusing to enact a stricter uniform policy at the state or local level, we are going to drag this thing out and make it far more painful and far more expensive than it needs to be.  

    preach it brother!

  8. 15 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:


    America: we’re gonna get owned


    India: hold my beer

    india, nope we best be worried about latin america and mexico.

    america will live but zombie basement neighbors are shit out of luck.

    looks like will only will need that wall for a bit longer.

     

    unless the hot, humid climate saves them. 

    then we can thank climate change and el nino.

  9. 17 minutes ago, Okie State said:
    3 hours ago, HRSchenker said:
    I was wearing a mask for awhile but it freaked out A LOT of people. I'm talking about people coming up to me at grocery stores telling me to get the fuck out.

    That's bizarre. A lot of people out wearing both gloves and masks now. Even driving around in their cars.

     its time to act like you have the virus and you don't want to infect the others in your community. 

    if you don't have a ppe, get yourself a bandana, turtleneck sweater stuffed with tp if you got some.

     

     

  10. 39 minutes ago, stork642 said:

    As far as I can tell I’ve never quoted of or responded to anyone about this article.  Am I missing something.  Why are you quoting me and attaching this article?  My post on 3/27/2020 @8:45 pm I was responding to blacklab about HPD no longer giving DUIs.  Nothing to do with this article.  

    sorry, im bad at shaggy, sometimes. plus, i have always liked your avatar. Better?

  11. 1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

    I think I made a post about 200 pages back arguing how spring break happening right then was the absolute worst case scenario for our country.  Some people wanted to argue that getting the kids out of the schools was the key.   It is, but having parents with $$coin already spent for SB at Disney/Vail/et al was a ducking disaster waiting to happen.   Hear we are 

    chinatown new york

    mardi gras anywhere on the 3rd coast

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  12. 1 hour ago, Newdoc said:

     

    Your PCP should be able to order one if they are Baylor employed. I’ve ordered both people to get at testing site and I have donned PPE and swabbed patients myself when I thought they qualified.  The office must have the right viral swab however. CPL and Quest are running the tests privately as well but I think the turn around time on Quest is long. Baylor should be running the test in one of their north Texas facilities this week. Prior, everything was being run in Temple.

    Overall the testing is limited still.

    if are running a fever, go and self quarantine yourself. what are you waiting for. dammit.

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