Coronavirus

[BarretWallace]

1 hour ago, Cygnia said:

...and I've now gotten news that my husband's parents may have been exposed to COVID thanks to a contractor working at their house.

Ugh...I'm guessing that was a necessary contractor visit, but still...ugh.  I hope they recover fully and quickly.

[death tribble]

On 12/7/2020 at 9:07 PM, archer said:

 

With the vaccine, DT.

 

On 12/7/2020 at 9:31 PM, unclevlad said:

 

Damn, you had to remind him...you're no fun at all, I swear.....

Just to let you both know that I have seen this.

 

I was wondering what I could ask Lolth for as a gift this Christmas. Now I don't...........

[Old Man]

Rental assistance payments here have hit a snag—almost twenty percent of landlords are refusing the payments, because they are unlicensed and evading taxes. 

[death tribble]

On 12/7/2020 at 7:18 PM, Cancer said:

Vaccine in hospitals in the UK

 

Go get you and yer mum shot, DT.

This is more problematic than it first appears. My mother cannot have the flu vaccine which comes out every year as she once had a very bad reaction to it and it could kill her. Whether this has any bearing on her having the anti-Covid vaccine remains to be seen. So we wait and see

[unclevlad]

Among countries with at least 1 million people, the US has the 5th highest per capita case rate.  Among countries with at least 3 million, it's 3rd highest.

 

 

[Badger]

2 hours ago, death tribble said:

 

Just to let you both know that I have seen this.

 

I was wondering what I could ask Lolth for as a gift this Christmas. Now I don't...........

I didnt know you and Lolth were dating.

[death tribble]

We hang out in the Abyss together. This predates my appearance on the Hero Boards

[TrickstaPriest]

1 hour ago, Old Man said:

Rental assistance payments here have hit a snag—almost twenty percent of landlords are refusing the payments, because they are unlicensed and evading taxes. 

 

Wow.  Just wow.

 

I shouldn't be surprised, but wow.  Where's this?

[Old Man]

1 hour ago, TrickstaPriest said:

 

Wow.  Just wow.

 

I shouldn't be surprised, but wow.  Where's this?

 

Cite.

 

No idea if this is common in other states, but it wouldn't surprise me.  Then again, we have an especially law-averse landlord population here as a result of the illegal vacation rental problem.

[unclevlad]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

I didnt know you and Lolth were dating.

 

<whispers>  I hear she styles his fur......but it was the Star, so it might not be reliable....

[archer]

1 hour ago, unclevlad said:

 

<whispers>  I hear she styles his fur......but it was the Star, so it might not be reliable....

 

Overheard recently:

 

"Honey, when I said I wanted to go out in style, I really didn't mean rollers and a hair net."

[archer]

William Shakespeare is at the front of the line for getting the COVID vaccine in Great Britain.

 

They're claiming it is due to his age but I suspect it is part of the benefits of celebrity....

 

https://nypost.com/2020/12/08/william-shakespeare-first-uk-man-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine/

[unclevlad]

1 hour ago, archer said:

 

Overheard recently:

 

"Honey, when I said I wanted to go out in style, I really didn't mean rollers and a hair net."

 

Could be worse.  The Norseman:  "When I said I wanted to go out in style, I really didn't mean atop a burning pyre on my longboat."

 

But I don't believe DT is Norse.

[archer]

5 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

 

Could be worse.  The Norseman:  "When I said I wanted to go out in style, I really didn't mean atop a burning pyre on my longboat."

 

But I don't believe DT is Norse.

 

A Norse is a Norse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a Norse of course
That is, of course, unless the Norse is the famous Mr. DT.

Go right to the source and ask the Norse
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse.
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mr. DT.
 

[unclevlad]

Siccing Lolth on us really won’t help ya much there, DT...

[Old Man]

3 hours ago, unclevlad said:

 

<whispers>  I hear she styles his fur......but it was the Star, so it might not be reliable....

Given all the webbing, you have to figure at least one of them is into bondage.

[archer]

6 minutes ago, Old Man said:

Given all the webbing, you have to figure at least one of them is into bondage.

 

< A man in a stylish trench coat approaches confidently in the darkness, stopping a short distance away. >

 

The name is Bondage. James Bondage.

 

You'd be surprised what I can do with a License to Thrill.

[BoloOfEarth]

9 hours ago, archer said:

 

A Norse is a Norse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a Norse of course
That is, of course, unless the Norse is the famous Mr. DT.

Go right to the source and ask the Norse
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse.
He's always on a steady course.
Talk to Mr. DT.

 

Damn it, now I have that song stuck in my head.  Thanks a ton.

[Pariah]

Taking a cue from their southern neighbors, I see.

 

Idaho health meeting ends abruptly in 'interest of public safety' after anti-mask protesters show up at officials' homes

[Ternaugh]

56 minutes ago, Pariah said:

Taking a cue from their southern neighbors, I see.

 

Idaho health meeting ends abruptly in 'interest of public safety' after anti-mask protesters show up at officials' homes

 

Ammon Bundy's group.

[Cygnia]

NHS told not to give Covid vaccine to those with history of allergic reactions

[Cancer]

Published Phase III trial results for Oxford/AstrZeneca vaccine have some puzzling questions

[unclevlad]

6 hours ago, Ternaugh said:

 

Ammon Bundy's group.

 

If you ask me, domestic terrorists.

 

And my gosh, what does it take to get through to these idiots?  By WorldOMeters, today's the first day we'll top 200K new cases and 3000 deaths.  We already have, with over an hour left in their statistical day.

 

I'm venting.  I know they don't listen.  But it is so insanely stupid, and so insanely costly.  And targeting families is moving into jackboot territory.

[megaplayboy]

1 hour ago, unclevlad said:

 

If you ask me, domestic terrorists.

 

And my gosh, what does it take to get through to these idiots?  By WorldOMeters, today's the first day we'll top 200K new cases and 3000 deaths.  We already have, with over an hour left in their statistical day.

 

I'm venting.  I know they don't listen.  But it is so insanely stupid, and so insanely costly.  And targeting families is moving into jackboot territory.

It's sort of mind-boggling that we're on track for maybe passing WW2 in total US deaths by Inauguration Day(also the anniversary of the discovery of the first case here), and a significant chunk of the population still believes it's an overblown hoax.  

[TrickstaPriest]

9 minutes ago, megaplayboy said:

It's sort of mind-boggling that we're on track for maybe passing WW2 in total US deaths by Inauguration Day(also the anniversary of the discovery of the first case here), and a significant chunk of the population still believes it's an overblown hoax.  

 

Already passed the raw total per year.

 

World War II    1941–1945    1,076,245

1m/4yrs = ~250k/yr.

 

US deaths coronavirus:

286k+/yr* (and counting)

 

*year... since Jan, or March?  I'd do March, if we are doing a war comparison.  Which is relevant for the next bit:

 

The rate of population still has some time to get there.  Which who knows what this next month will do.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=us+population+1941

133 million in 1941

328 million in 2019

ratio of 2.46616541353

 

250k/yr*2.46=615k/yr