Ongoing coronavirus happenings

Yes, the BBS alone has had MANY links to the various news stories about this horrible travesty of decency and diplomacy. I cannot even fathom how a mind works to think like that.

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Ground control to Covid-19…

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And that other jerk clearing his throat and giving the stink eye.

I usually just say “excuse me”.

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The term in Norwegian is unnskyld, but I’ve never heard anyone actually use it. The norm here is to clear your throat and give a look.

No need to personalize mate, we’re all just trying to get by during a pandemic.

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I imagine even the way he once played that… squeezebox… excited some out there.

Whut?

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“HELLOOOOOO dude: can you fuckin MOVE please?”

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You are thinking of “Dead Set”. So yes.

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https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Labor-and-Industry-Details.aspx?newsid=445

Pennsylvania Workers Affected by COVID-19 May be Eligible for Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Harrisburg, PA – Workers in Pennsylvania who are impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation benefits, Secretary of Labor & Industry (L&I) Jerry Oleksiak announced today.

Unemployment compensation claims should be submitted online for faster processing.

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The main types of NSAIDs include:

NSAIDs - NHS

that last bit about only “high dose” aspirin doesn’t make much sense to me :confused:

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Low dose aspirin is basically a blood thinner. It sabotages platelet function, but is not at high enough dose to act as an anti-inflammatory. The dose makes the poison, you know!

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An interesting table showing how bad it’s likely to be

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Plug in the 40-70% expected rate of infection and you can see how quickly this goes from scary to horrendous. 2 weeks to saturation, 3 to disaster. And waiting until things fall apart to try to get extra capacity in place will be disastrous. Thanks, Il Douche.

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I’m not sure what you are saying here. Did I misstate the recommendation?

Good information, but it doesn’t take into account the fact that, if everyone gets it too fast, and there aren’t enough icu beds, all of the intensive care cases, and probably some of the other hospitalized cases, become fatalities.

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And does not factor in the non-covid patients who cannot access appropriate care either due to lack of availability, or fear of contagion.

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