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Hi everybody, see ya in the morning. Don't bother me; I'm contemplating, and it's hard.
So anyway, few days ago, my internet searches start returning results in both English and French. Figure I must have inadvertently done something , no big deal.
Yesterday, wife's rarely used computer brings up Facebook in Spanish.
Today, out in the garage, I go through a stack of cd's, put on old time '50's blues guy Jimmy Reed. Hour or so later, come back in house, turn on Direct tv blues music. Jimmy reed song from 1959 playing.
I figure either the big California earthquake is coming, or 5g been installed in the neighborhood.
And, no, not because of smart phone, which no doubt caused my email to be full of ads for pet products after a couple of young peripherals were here discussing their dogs .
So does a medium dose comport with standard trial protocols does 8 people sufice as a class even for phase 1 test, wheres the variation the double blinds the control group
“Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus", said Cuomo. How does this apply to Biden?
Full Quote
“Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus. That is going to happen despite whatever you do. Because with all our progress as a society, we can’t keep everyone alive. Despite what everything you do and older people are more vulnerable. And that is a fact. And that is not going to change.”
Andrew Cuomo:
"And still people died. Still, people died. Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus. That is going to happen despite whatever you do. Because with all our progress as a society, we can't keep everyone alive. Despite what everything you
do and older people are more vulnerable. And that is a fact. And that is not going to change."
Despite whatever you do? That's not going to change? Older people, vulnerable people -- like, not younger people, healthy people? So you're admitting general shutdowns are pointless?
Thanks for clearing that up.
Dem presidential material, obviously. Run, Andy, run.
Lots of people spend lots of time feeling sorry for other people, but really --- and I am only saying this because I like to say what is true ---but really, most people have a really good deal in life. Most kids have parents who love them, most male and female adults are attractive to the opposite sex not just for a few years but for a few decades, and most of us are going to live to the Biblical 70.
Sure most of us will never have a "hit record" or get a "plum job" reserved to the elite, but ten thousand years from now, almost all of us will have changed the world in important ways.
Once, when I was young, some drunken guy looked at me, told me he did not like the way I look, and said I was lucky he was not in a mean mood.
I laughed at him (even though I knew he meant it), and I said, well, you seem drunk but not drunk enough, let's get you another drink, pobre borrachon.
He glared at me with that brutal lack of focus drunks always have, and said, after some sad confused hesitation ---- well, ok.
Along the cold sidewalks, I steered the poor young fellow not to the nearest bar but to the nearest diner (Eastern Time Zone, it does not matter what city) and I bought him a coffee after he sat down, in a semi-clownish fashion, on one of those weird diner seats that nobody younger than 40 remembers.
We had a couple coffees. He did not even try to flirt with the 60 year old lady working the night shift at the diner. After we had talked for a few minutes, he asked if he could sleep in my car, he had no place to go.
I said no, and I gave him a 20.
Do you really think, that a thousand years from now, there will not be thousands of people who are living a different life than they would have lived if I did not treat that poor little fellow kindly? Maybe millions?
Through the Althouse AMZN portal I ordered Scott Turow’s new legal thriller.
Eddie Haskell is dead! Long live Eddie Haskell!!
"That's a very striking frock you're wearing, Mrs. Cleaver."
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire. Video appeared to show the plane's crew ejecting.
The crash left debris scattered across the neighborhood near the airport in the city of Kamloops, 260 miles (418 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver, on Sunday. The Snowbirds are Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “deeply saddened” by the death of Capt. Jennifer Casey, who served as a spokesperson for the Snowbirds, and the injuring of Capt. Richard MacDougall, one of the team’s coordinators and pilot of the aircraft who survived landing on the roof of a house.
“For the past two weeks, the Snowbirds have been flying across the country to lift up Canadians during these difficult times." Trudeau said in a statement. "Their flyovers across the country put a smile on the faces of Canadians everywhere and make us proud.”
Comments are always moderated now
aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!
Mark Belling covered an interesting topic today which is how dissenting views on how to handle the pandemic have often been censored and how the media only seems interested in giving oxygen to the experts promoting locking down society. He discussed the case of Aaron Ginn who published early on at medium.com and was quickly taken down when those he disagreed with complained that he was not credentialed so his views were not worthy of consideration. The WSJ published an op-Ed this weekend that highlighted this and can be found here.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lockdown-skeptic-they-couldnt-silence-11589566245
In other news, Dr Scott Atlas of Stanford says that for those under 60, the fatality rate of covid is less than that of the flu. IOW < .1
This will go down as the great 2020 freak out. As Frank Zappa said, “We are dumb all over”
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Moderation is boring.
The MSM is frantic to stop all use of hydro chloroquine and zinc. They protest too much. So tonic water and zinc will be purchased first thing in the morning. A bottle of Gin too. They say Gin and tonic was the British Empires way to prevent malaria in the tropics. And those areas where they now are taking hydroxy regularly are Still Covid free today.
Comments quarantined
Enjoy the sounds of silence
Is it morning yet?
https://mobile.twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1262257093031202816
The next week or so will tell us whether the blue states will hold together or be overthrown by Deplorables."
Interested to see if you do a post comparing the actual statements Barr made today re “ObamaGate” and the narratives and headlines rolled out by NYT, Wapo, CNN, MSNBC and all the rest..
Then again, maybe it’s boring as “more of the same” from our failing “news” organizations.
Not having comments to read is giving me writer's block - I feel social distanced and locked down.
still waters run deep
...run silent, run deep
"based on information I have today"
I remember listening to scott turow at the miami book fair much like kurt vonnegut in back to school it wasnt anything like i expected.
Another book thr horde reminded me of the 80s was pauline glen winslows i martha adams it was one of thosr tales of a sovietized america (it was hinted at that reagan and bush were taken out by spetznaz. The title character was a self proclaimed freedom against the soviet occupation
Barr:
"What happened to the president in the 2016 election, and throughout the first two years of his administration, was . . . a grave injustice . . . We saw two different standards of justice emerge, one that applied to President Trump and his associates, and the other that applied to everybody else. We can’t allow this ever to happen again."
But by going about it the way he is, being nice and fair and all, he guarantees that it will happen again. What's going to stop progs next time? The lesson they'll draw is that they need to be more ruthless.
"As long as I’m Attorney General, our criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends."
One side plays to win, the other side plays to be nice and fair. For the system ! For the department!
"This cannot be and it will not be a tit-for-tat exercise. We are not going to lower the standards just to achieve a result. The only way to stop this vicious cycle, the only way to break away from a dual system of justice, is to make sure that we scrupulously apply the single and proper standard of justice for everybody."
Barr is not naive, so he knows this is BS, which makes it worse. There is no vicious cycle, since only one side has been playing to win, BAMN. Nothing he does short of actually punishing actual perps will undo the dual system. No tit for tat just encourages progs to go harder next time. The costs are low, the potential gains very high. Short of Durham bringing indictments leading to convictions, Barr is bound to fail.
https://www.amazon.com/Martha-Adams-Pauline-Glen-Winslow/dp/0671655698/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Pauline+Glen+Winslow+I%2C+Martha+Adams&link_code=qs&qid=1589855301&sr=8-1
If you were hoping to enjoy an airplane ride being one of just a few guests on a mostly empty airplane, well, you may have missed your window. Especially if it’s a hub to hub flight. Just sayin’
This is my favorite comment community. All this shit makes me realize I take a lot for granted. This place is one of them. Brilliant host. Thoughtful (if sometimes heated) comments. Just a great place. Thanks, Professor.
Maryland bar unveils social distancing inner tubes for drinkers
https://nypost.com/2020/05/17/maryland-bar-unveils-social-distancing-tubes-for-drinkers/
oh well-- a couple of years ago they were wearing genitalia on their heads
Hey!! How 'bout "Pussy Masks!!"
Moderation is weaning people away from the blog.
As already noted up thread, old people are going to die anyway. My take from the beginning was to protect the vulnerable, and every one else, wash your hands and continue with life. Governance by experts was never a good hypothesis, it made for a terrible experiment.
Can we now stop pretending the virus theater is just that, and get on with our life?
Would you tune in to a radio station or TV network that suddenly just stopped broadcasting at random times for random lengths of time? Would you bother to start reading a paper or book that suddenly goes blank in the middle? Would you join a conversation or attend a class that suddenly stopped producing dialog without warning? Would you expose yourself to a group where your voice can suddenly go quiet for hours without warning or control? It's simply not human interaction, or hasn't been since we relied on the telegraph. Kind of eliminates the advantages of the internet.
I was about two years too old when Leave it to Beaver came out. I was 7 and only little kids watched that.
Been that way ever since. Patty Duke, the Brady Bunch, That Girl, Three's Company. All the shows. I'm too old.
“You don’t have a right to take away my constitutional rights because you’re afraid to die. You don’t have that right. You have the right to stay home … you have the right to protect yourself, to take any safety (steps) you need.” Wisconsin bar owner, Ken Sikora
Trump video by Cspan he is taking hydroxychloroquine
“You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the front-line workers before you catch it. The front-line workers — many, many are taking it. I happen to be taking it. I happen to be taking it — Hydroxychloroquine,” Trump said.
Media: “hydroxychloroquine?” “when?” “now?”
President Trump replied: “right now, yeah. A couple of weeks ago, I started taking it. I’ve heard a lot of good stories. And if it is not good, I will tell you right. I’m not going to get hurt by it. It has been around for 40 years for malaria, for lupus, for other things. I take it,” he said.
https://youtu.be/7T8j5UMjPAc
as for me, I flirted with the 60 something lady working at the diner - there was a look in her eyes that still makes me smile, remembering it. she had kind of an Ava Gardner vibe to her ---- I could draw her face even today, with those lovely brown eyes and that kind amused smile.
she does not remember me - she is in her late 90s now, if she is still alive, and if she does remember me a little, it is only as one of those handsome young men who used to find her beautiful. not that i was really handsome at all, but i used to know how to flirt with women in a way that made them remember me as being an awful lot handsomer than I was.
i know what would have happened to the drunken guy if I had not taken care of him that night, the way someone who cares about other people takes care of other people. trust me i know, even if i never had parents who cared about me even at the minimal level that would have kept them out of jail if this were a just society, even if i never was all that attractive to the opposite sex, even if i probably will never make it to the Biblical 70 (I didn't, trust me, I wasn't, trust me, and I almost certainly won't - according to my doctors).
all of us are supremely important in the eyes of God.
like i said, i know what would have happened to that drunken guy. he would have tried to menace the next guy who came along, and all his dreams to have good times in this life would have - at best - been put on hold for a long time - and would have, at worst, ended. instead he was lucky enough to have a few cups of coffee with me in a diner that long ago was razed, a few cups of coffee with a guy who I am sure he does not remember, with a waitress with beautiful eyes that he did not notice. his grandchildren (he was childless at the time) have no fucking idea who i am, and none of them will ever read this comment on this moderated night.
These memories are some of the things I think about when I am not engaging in "back and forth". The late 1970s in a Long Island that is long gone.
Michael K --
I've heard the word "nosocomial" used to describe why so many covid-19 victims die in hospital. Do you care to comment?
I am watching a youtube documentary on the Bangles. Susannah Hoff is pretty and has a nice voice, but she sounds like a ditz when she is being interviewed or talking off the cuff.
Moderated cafes. It’s like the Althouse blog is being destroyed by an auto-immune reaction.
Twenty comments and not going anywhere.
I suppose that if I wanted to develop a deep and contemplative thought, I would start my own blog.
Do you suppose that MEG hangs around waiting for the unlikely chance that you will turn off moderation? That seems improbably.
Could you turn off moderation for the evening cafe? (Does Blogger allow you to close comments on a post after a period of time?)
I think you are losing more here than you are gaining.
Also, I have a question. I have read a few of MEG's remarks. They are certainly ugly. But they are, after all, just comments on the intertubz. We can all ignore, ignore, ignore--especially if everyone knows the strategy. How can this creature destroy the blog if it is like a tree falling in the forest when no one gives a hoot?
It is not gaining any special knowledge from moderation being turned off. It seems to me that any danger it poses comes from it knowing who you are as a particular person in a particular place. The blog activity is just a large middle-finger to you. And having moderation always on--even in the evening cafe--is a huge W in its favor.
Just thoughts. I really miss the evening chatter. I have no desire to develop a theme that no one will ever react to.
Our antibody test results - negative.
We are disappointed.
Oh well.
Gretchen isnt very fetchin'
... but could it be cuz she might be, ya know...
@GovWhitmer
why are you allowing a Gay/Trans establishment called Club Tabu (2 miles from your mansion) to remain open daily, where they boast about "glory holes" and sex mazes, but you're targeting and harassing a 77-year-old barber and taking away his license?
I was out during the day here in NYC. I only saw one or two people without masks. It's become the new normal. In NYC, people can't resist the temptation to make a fashion statement. A lot of guys and some girls are wearing bandit bandanas. I think it helps to be tall and skinny to pull off the Great Northfield Raid look, but if it works, it looks cool. A lot of basic black masks. Black is always the new black, but many people are opting for lurid colors. I wonder if masks will become like ties, a place where conservative people can indulge their wish for color.....Me, I wear the standard issue dental mask. There are a lot of those around too, but they're mostly worn by older, frumpy people who have not embraced the romance and mystique of masks. I do, however, wear mine at a jaunty angle, slightly down off one nostril.
I used to like to park my midnight thoughts at the cafe posts. To see them posted gave me a sense of finality. My vague thoughts were made concrete and given a final resting place. I felt that there that thought is finished and done with. Not so much anymore. My thoughts are still floating around in the ether. They're not tied down to a cafe post. I will continue musing about the meaning of masks through the long, lonely night. Well, don't we all wear masks to reveal our true identity.....The current issue of The New Yorker has an article about Kierkegaard. The article doesn't take one cheap shot at Trump. It's very rare that you see an article like that in The New Yorker.
What?
I thought Godfather handed over commentary approval per rando plebe thoughts ratio earlier today.
Oh..hard to keep track of numbers in Covid times...
Is it me or does Joe Biden look old and decrepit compared to Trump. Both men are in their seventies but compared to Trump Biden looks like he should be in a nursing home.
What?
I thought Godfather handed over commentary approval per Bruce to rando plebe thoughts ratio earlier today.
Oh..hard to keep track of numbers in Covid times...
Michael K said...
The next week or so will tell us whether the blue states will hold together or be overthrown by Deplorables."
What odds would you give California? One in fifty? Illinois: one in a hundred? New York and New Jersey same as California or same as Illinois? I'm referring to not just winning a the governorship but also both state house as well. One wonders as NYC circles the drain if Rudy were to run again if he would win.
wildswan said...
“Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus", said Cuomo. How does this apply to Biden?
Full Quote
“Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus. That is going to happen despite whatever you do. Because with all our progress as a society, we can’t keep everyone alive. Despite what everything you do and older people are more vulnerable. And that is a fact. And that is not going to change.”
But fewer would have died from this particular virus if:
1. Other sick people weren't put in with them.
2. They were given zinc and HCQ as a preventive.
3. Doctors were making sure their Vitamin D blood levels were up to snuff.
The first was 100% completely avoidable- done at Cuomo's orders, making him personally responsible.
The second was ignored by every Democrat governor because "Orange Man Bad". Also was speculated on at the beginning, but turns out to be true.
The third, Vitamin D blood levels and susceptibility to all kinds of URIs has been known for a while. And yet, routine monitoring of Vitamin D blood levels in sub-groups known to be low in it- old people, people in the Northern states in winter, and blacks anywhere, isn't done nor even recommended by health authorities. Why not?
On the topic of the data collection, and interpreting it, for COVID-19 on the various sites, including the state departments of health:
You need to be careful in looking at the source data. I will use an example- the Georgia Department of Health. If you go to that site for COVID-19 data, you will find a graph where confirmed cases in the past are combined with preliminary data for the the most recent two weeks. In the latest days, that graph reports 55 and 32 new cases for May 17th and May 18th- but you have to keep in mind this is preliminary totals. The way Georgia appears to report new cases is by reporting them as new for the date the positive sample was taken from the patient, not when the result was reported. This involves a delay of probably around 2-3 days for 95% of the samples, but Georgia takes a 14 day window to cover the other 5%. What this means is that Georgia's "new cases" totals are spread across 14 days of data, but the data aggregators just count all new cases on the present day's totals. So, Worldometers, will show on May 18th had 582 new cases for Georgia, but Georgia only had 55 new results for the 18th-samples actually taken on the 18th on the last time of update, but the majority of positive test results for samples taken yesterday won't be determined until about Thursday. The data aggregators, though, will report the new cases on the date the result is entered on the Georgia website.
Just a caveat you need to be aware of. For what it is worth, the 582 for the 18th in Georgia does likely give a too pessimistic view- when you look at the overall data, the actual new cases for the 18th will probably end up around 300 max. The trend in Georgia in the 7-day moving average was already under 600 on May 5th- it is surely under 400 right now, even with the missing data since at least 90% of the data between May 5th and May 14th is already included in the graph (the preliminary 7-day average on May 14th was already 460).
This probably applies for more states than Georgia, this is just the one I looked at today. The data aggregator sites are probably better for building the trend lines, but be aware of the lagging factor I mentioned above. What the aggregators aren't showing you is that the past dates' data isn't what they reported at the time- it is actually higher in the past, and lower in the present. Nothing nefarious, just a problem with assigning dates to actual positive/negative results.
Does overnight moderation mean that at least one moderator is always on duty, or does it mean no new comments will be posted for x hours as the moderators rest? What’s the reason for this again?
Civilization requires trust.
Never trust anyone who says "trust me."
If you claim: "we are all in it together." We are not in it together.
This is the greatest danger we face. Much more dangerous than any economic damage. At some point the lack of trust crashes everything. The right used to trust the police and FBI. No more. We can't trust China, but some still try to sell us that pig. We can't trust Mitch. We can't trust the MSM, except trust them to lie.
The dam is leaking. It is 1155 PM March 12, 1928. What will the dawn reveal? How much damage will there be?
If Obama and Biden did what it is said they did during so-called 'Obamagate', spying on a political rival, his campaign, and incoming administration was it illegal? Listening to AG Barr it sounds as if the answer is no. Inappropriate and unethical, sure, but not illegal. Thus refusing to go after those two and focus on the folks that committed the crimes would be the prudent thing to do. Trump can call it whatever he wants, while deferring to the AG.
Hey Ann! I so love your incredibly varied sunrise photos, like this one! Would you like to make a 2021 calendar with 12 of them?
"Also, I have a question. I have read a few of MEG's remarks. They are certainly ugly. But they are, after all, just comments on the intertubz. We can all ignore, ignore, ignore--especially if everyone knows the strategy. How can this creature destroy the blog if it is like a tree falling in the forest when no one gives a hoot?"
Imagine a situation in which a commenter writes up a relatively long and supremely nasty comment, full of invective and attack, mostly at the blog host. Then it is posted, consecutively hundreds of times. That is what would happen. Others couldn't get a comment in edgewise. That had a broad and drastic effect on the conversation. At least as bad, if not worse, than moderation.
I wonder if MEG could be sued for harassment?
Pelosi: Trump is "morbidly obese."
Trump should reply, yes, and you're old and ugly, but I can go on a diet.
I saw a good quote yesterday "My rights don't begin where your fear ends"
Blogger Lewis Wetzel said...
Michael K --
I've heard the word "nosocomial" used to describe why so many covid-19 victims die in hospital. Do you care to comment?
Nosocomial refers to infections acquired in hospital or treatment facility. This certainly applies to nursing homes. To cases acquired by treating doctors and nurses, and staff of course, I don't know if it applies.
With Bubonic Plague, for example, those treating the ill were not at greater risk because it was the rat flea that was the vector. Pneumonic plague was contagious and there was a bad outbreak at LA County Hospital in the 1920s that killed a bunch of doctors and nurses.
Good article on models for emerging infectious disease and pandemics - their strengths and weaknesses
Wrong but Useful at The New England Journal of Medicine.
I'm interested in people's opinions about whether Apple was right or wrong not to cooperate with law enforcement in unlocking the phone that was later shown to be the way the Pensacola bomber communicated with Al Quaeda on the Arabian Peninsula. To find the story on the WaPo website (at 8 am ET) I had to do a search for "Barr". Is the WaPo right in thinking that this is a story of no real news value, or are they trying to sweep the story under the table (and if so why?)?
"Moderation is weaning people away from the blog."
Moderation cannot help but introduce a baseline suspicion of selection biased in favor of the blogger.
In Rod Dreher's blogging there hasn't been even the pretense of evenhandedness for years now; only the comments of the core worshipful and the most timid and gentle critics get posted.
But one of the hallmarks of Althouse has been that the dame can take a punch. It would be a pity to see faith in that rare quality erode.
If this is all MEG’s doing, I hope she’s happy knowing she succeeded in just absolutely ruining what used to be an enjoyable community.
One of the two PBS stations that I can get in my area ran a wonderful documentary on Justice Thomas last night.
The other ran a rerun of an old WW II documentary.
I think it should be "My rights don't end where your fears begin"
@Sebastian,
I'm hoping against hope that Barr is the "good cop" making the culprits feel comfortable and Durham is the "bad cop" who will bring the pain. However, I placed my hope in Huber and not much came of it.
No matter what happens in the AG's office, Trump is still President, and he knows how to hold a grudge and serve vengeance at the appropriate time.
Living in west central Wisconsin, I'm not that far from Minnesota. Wisconsin businesses (bars) are open, and this past weekend, I've never seen so many Minnesota license plates over here. Thank you, Republicans for standing up to Gov Evers, and telling him so go piss up a rope.
"Does overnight moderation mean that at least one moderator is always on duty, or does it mean no new comments will be posted for x hours as the moderators rest? What’s the reason for this again?"
Again, the reason for moderation is to starve of oxygen a handful of social sadists. You might ask, "How do I know I'm not considered one of the handful?" Answer: Your comments, whatever point of view you might be expressing, are being published, however long they might be delayed.
By the way, already, I'm seeing a higher quality of comments. My theory: In general, commenters are in less of a hurry to post and therefore taking the time to craft better written comments. WIN!
Think of it as curating the comments.
"Moderation cannot help but introduce a baseline suspicion of selection biased in favor of the blogger."
Anybody paying attention for all these years knows better.
MayBee @ 6:28: I saw a similar saying but I think it reads better: “My rights don’t end where your fear begins.”
Everybody: the delay due to moderation really takes the life out of this place. Like a coffee shop or a bar where everybody is socially distanced and stuck trying to whisper to themselves. It would be a shame if a few rude idiots end up ruining one of the great virtual cafes of the intertubes...
Who is MEG?
The Clarence Thomas documentary was fascinating, for a couple of reasons. First, he had it spot on when he said that, basically, he was being punished by 'liberals' for being the uppity Negro. They see black people as pets, belonging to them only, and don't like it when one goes off on his own. Second, his life story means that he represents diversity in a way that is true and complete, and liberals hate him for that also. He grew up virtually illiterate, not really speaking the language as most of us do, and was rescued from poverty by his grandfather's strength and devotion to his (and his brother's) education. What a story! He became an angry black leftist, and had he remained so he would be beloved of 'liberals' and perhaps working in an 'acceptable' occupation such as diversity officer. Thomas has overcome the obstacles of poverty, race, and condescending expectations of him. Quite the man.
It's more like garlic mustard.
"Think of it as curating the comments."
Yes. Or think of it more like weeding out allelopathic plants, leaving space for desirable plants to thrive and spread.
"It's more like garlic mustard."
Precisely.
Or think of it more like weeding out allelopathic plants, leaving space for desirable plants to thrive and spread.
To a guy with a hoe everything looks like a weed.
Thanks for the moderation! What a nice change from the previous cafe's that were unreadable.
@Nancy: best not to ask, and if you don't really know, be thankful.
"To a guy with a hoe everything looks like a weed."
HA. But a guy with a stick of glyphosate can be gentle, precise and systemic.
I’m glad that Althouse stayed with the old format, but with moderation. The blog is sort of like a child, needs love and attention.
@rcocean: 👍
According to rt.live only two states now have a rate of transmission greater than or equal to one, Maine and Minnesota.
Minnesota is actually at 1.00 and Maine is at exactly 1.00.
Rates above one indicate that the number of cases of the virus is growing. In 48 states the number of cases is declining.
NY, NJ, Fl, TX, and CA are all declining.
Strangely, the only states where the number of cases is increasing are cold weather states.
Rt.live adjusts their numbers for the number of tests that are being complteted.
"The blog is sort of like a child, needs love and attention."
Or a mistress/wife. Love, attention, nourishment, protection and freedom. Joy.
"Strangely, the only states where the number of cases is increasing are cold weather states."
Why strangely? Cold weather means people spend more time indoors, probably closer to other people, and dense clouds of virus in aerosol get less blown away by wind, less exposure to disinfecting sunlight.
So, apparently all of this social distancing is based on. . . . .a teenager's school science project.
AIER’s Phil Magness got to work to find the literature responding to this 2006 and discovered: Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza. The authors included D.A. Henderson, along with three professors from Johns Hopkins: infectious disease specialist Thomas V.Inglesby, epidemiologist Jennifer B. Nuzzo, and physician Tara O’Toole.
Their paper is a remarkably readable refutation of the entire lock-down model.
"You might ask, "How do I know I'm not considered one of the handful?" Answer: Your comments, whatever point of view you might be expressing, are being published, however long they might be delayed."
You mean... I'm in?
"Who is MEG?"
The victorious troll. I know this is harsh, but it is true.
"Why strangely? Cold weather means people spend more time indoors, probably closer to other people, and dense clouds of virus in aerosol get less blown away by wind, less exposure to disinfecting sunlight."
That sounds just like "stay-at-home". What could go wrong?
Meade:
Strange only in the sense that CNN assured me that this virus was not going to go away in the Summer, like every other virus in recorded history.
Correction: Maine is at 1.01
"HA. But a guy with a stick of glyphosate can be gentle, precise and systemic."
But a guy with a stick of Hercules 60% semigel is neither gentle or precise.
I am watching a youtube documentary on the Bangles. Susannah Hoff is pretty and has a nice voice, but she sounds like a ditz when she is being interviewed or talking off the cuff.
My favorite Susannah Hoff story is that her producer tricked her into recording the vocal tracks for Eternal Flame in the nude, telling her Olivia Newton-John did all her songs, or at least the ballads, in the nude. She seems like a lovely person though, for a star from LA, and has maintained her appearance and voice. The same can't be said of her frequent recent collaborator Matthew Sweet, who sounds OK, but is about a decade younger than Hoffs and looks like shit. They have some nice tunes on their latest record. Hoffs and the Bangles are thought of as a mere bubblegum pop act, but she in particular and the Bangles were part of a vibrant pop scene in LA, the so-called "paisley underground," a bit of psychadelia and modern pop that I find enchanting. Hope Sandoval/Mazzy Star are the other band to make it big from that scene.
If this is all MEG’s doing, I hope she’s happy knowing she succeeded in just absolutely ruining what used to be an enjoyable community.
Yeah. At least Fen finally had enough sense to leave after making an ass of himself.
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