Michael Hopcroft Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Badger said: because it is so unnecessary. Death by disease happens, and until the last century happened a whole lot. Something kills all people eventually, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Not trying to bother you, Michael; I just wanted to revisit this now that I've done some reading. I still don't know. And Knowing You Don't Know is Half the Battle! 🎌 No, really, I'm not joking. Events like this are changing the way we view information and how information becomes knowledge in the age of instant broadcast communication. Can you know something once that thing has been proven to be false? Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Michael Hopcroft said: Something kills all people eventually, doesn't it? Not me. Also, even though the pandemic itself isn't anyone's fault, the corrupt and inept response absolutely was. Many thousands of Americans will have died unnecessarily before this is over. Will you, the reader, be one of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 14 hours ago, Starlord said: There are a bunch of YouTube tutorials on how to cut your own hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Old Man said: Also, even though the pandemic itself isn't anyone's fault, the corrupt and inept response absolutely was. Many thousands of Americans will have died unnecessarily before this is over. Will you, the reader, be one of them? I do not know. I can't even see beyond next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just now, tkdguy said: There are a bunch of YouTube tutorials on how to cut your own hair. And I tried to do it not having seen a one of them. The top of my head looks a fright right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 I've been cutting mine for over four years. Had to develop skills. Still doesn't look perfect, but it's adequate. New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hair cuts: Genetics and high testosterone levels have been cutting my hair for a couple of decades now. Did have to trim the beard up last night, though: I couldn't see when I rolled the window down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Oh, and for Tribble: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Some celebrities and artists have already fallen. One of them is songwriter John Prine, who never became a susperstar recording artist but had a substantial catalog and influenced scores of other songwriters. I had not heard his name, but it turned out I had heard of his songs, like this one. I suspect we will see quite a toll of artists and performers lost to COVID-19 before this is over. assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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csyphrett Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 The people I work with don't appreciate the scale a virus can work on, or have any ability to judge reality. I envy people who work with normal people that understand the basis of reality. CES TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 *shivers* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Well, I had to go get something real quick from the grocery store Sunday morning. Apparently, with most of the churches not holding service now, everyone decided to go grocery shopping on Sunday morning. Kind of defeats the purpose, but ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 https://covidactnow.org/ has been modified to go down to county-level granularity. There are a lot of counties with unpleasant projections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 21 hours ago, Starlord said: Can't we do both? Yes. The kill statistic will give a sense of uncertainty or fear, the other statistics, where people has beaten it, brings hope. Of the two, I'd favour the later as hope is better than dread, as long as it doesn't cause complacency. Both stats give a realistic picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 21 hours ago, Cygnia said: Posted that to my FB and I immediately got a self-righteous person whining that I should be cleaning my closets in this pandemic. The point -- she refuses to recognize it. One (of many) reasons why i posted the tweet of Neil Gaiman and chickens. He is writer who isn't writing. He's failing at telling six chickens apart. TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 20 hours ago, ScottishFox said: And that's 98.54% of the people that test positive. We are not going to lose 4.5+ million people to this virus. New York State has 131,800 cases out of 19,500,000 people and 4,758 deaths. That's a survival rate of 99.976% and no other state has been hit this hard (yet). As above, the survival rate statistics brings hope, but the number of deaths is still high. that is the number of families affected that have to go on with life without a loved one. That is tragic. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 But that's Grumpy...Sneezy it still at large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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