20% of liberals are idiots.
Shit. I should have ordered mine last year.
But hey, right now, the manufacturers I pondered has quite some trouble even producing. Steel tubes
for one of them: from Taiwan. The other: Italy.
The latter has set up a special pre-order website already.
Sheesh. Things wonât return to ânormalâ for YEARS. If they ever do.
(And Iâm hoping that in a lot of ways, they actually donât.)
Story in the NY Times outlining a FUD campaign by China:
Low infection rate+nice weather is causing people here to forget thereâs a pandemic on:
On Wednesday night, around 200 people gathered at Koigen [a nature park] in Hamar. Einar Busterud, Hamarâs mayorâŠthought the gathering last night was unnecessary.
â Everyone can count to five. Those who canât do it may need to stay inside.
Get your sleep.
I find low doses of edible THC once in awhile work well, couple hours before bedtime.
Seems like once a week or so. I wouldnât want to build up a tolerance or whatever to it.
Fine print: âfor adult, Christian straight cisgendered white men only. Gilead 4-evah!â
Distributors would pay 100% for supplies originating from overseas
ok
the federal government would pick up the tab per flight â averaging $750,000 to $800,000 â to bring supplies to the U.S. faster than by cargo ship. This federal âairbridgeâ would shave off days or weeks in delivery time.
yeah, sounds good
In exchange, the distributor agreed to sell half of their supplies to certain hard-hit counties, designated by the government as âhot spots,â and leaving the destination of the other half to the companyâs discretion.
Wait, in exchange for what? wtf
This should read âIn exchange for free expedited shipping, the distributor agreed to sell ̶h̶a̶l̶f̶ all of their supplies at cost to certain hard-hit counties.â
The commercial invoices for each flight though remain secret.
No transparency = no accountability.
da faq
The stuff that is going on is the kind of stuff that doesnât allow me to sleep well
I empathize totally, although Iâm finding the lockdown actually a little less hard on sleep that when my business was running at full tilt.
Dr. Walker addresses some strategies at this point (about 23:25) in the longer video.
Heâs a top scientist in his field and an excellent communicator.
Edit: Iâll add a link to my favourite Ambient artistâs best (IMO) sleep piece: The Monster In Me Needs A Good Nightâs Sleep
Also: Ambient Sleeping Pill, there are a few of them.
Read âRed Statesâ.
I wish I could skim 2.85% off $349 billion for handing out US taxpayersâ money. (Not really, but Iâm not sociopathic enough to be a bankster.)
I just learned that Brooke Shields is actually pretty funny.
(It is Brooke Shields, right?)
Everywhere should be doing this before they even think of opening up, but currently it would bottleneck pretty fast. What a patchwork with the federal government asleep at the wheel!
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cuomo-reminds-mcconnell-new-york-pays-more-kentucky-state-bailout
Updated on April 23, 2020
(Updates with Trump donation in sixth paragraph)
Bennett donated $150,000 in the last six months to a fundraising committee for Trumpâs reelection campaign and for Republicans, according to Federal Election Commission records. He also gave to Trump in 2016, and has made donations to prominent allies such as House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and Senator Lindsey Graham.
Well of course he did.
North Carolinaâs briefing is ongoing now.
The current plan is to lift the current stay at home on May 8th based on:
Covid-like symptom cases over 2 weeks
Test-confirmed cases over 2 weeks
Positive tests as a percentage over 2 weeks
Number of people in hospital with it.
Theyâre also considering testing numbers, PPE availability, etc.
General info:
Doubling time has gone beyond 11 days.
Our curve is lower than the US as a whole.
ER cases for covid-like symptoms are down.
No decreases in % of positive tests but weâre holding stable there.
Hospitalizations are also holding fairly level.
That person up-thread may want to take a look at this post if theyâre still around. There are those metrics you wanted
The general guidance for reopening:
Decrease in cases with covid-like symptoms.
Decreasing or sustained level confirmed cases.
Decreasing positive test %.
Decreasing or sustained level hospitalizations.
Testing on the order of 5-7k per day
500 people doing contact tracing (double the current number.)
At least 30 days of PPE in reserve for all types of PPE (weâre currently lacking gowns and masks.)
Theyâre accepting sustained level (no increase) rather than decreases for some cases because there has been no spike and the healthcare system hasnât had much of a problem handling the load (there are fewer than 500 people in hospital with symptoms statewide.)
If these are met by May 8th, then we enter phase 1 of reopening:
- General retailers are allowed to open with screening, enhanced cleaning, and social distancing requirements.
- Gatherings of more than 10 prohibited
- Closed parks will reopen.
- Certain places still restricted.
Phase 2 a few weeks later if numbers still look good:
- Restaurants, Bars, etc. allowed to reopen as long as they keep social distancing requirements
- Larger gatherings allowed
- Vulnerable populations recommended to stay at home.
- Remote work encouraged.
Phase 3 (4-6 weeks later):
- Vulnerable populations considered safe to leave home
- Larger gatherings.
If it starts looking bad at any point, theyâll roll back to previous phases.
When