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Cliffs: you have to wait until your state updates their system to take self employed people. Which some already have and other will be this week.

Thx. I wasn't going to do it anyway, but it looks hopeless. I just wondered about it. 1/3 thing nixes me plus I think the aftermath of all this isn't going to be too kosher.

No the 1/3 thing is for the loan. Not for getting unemployment payment.

Poker may prove to be a little bit trickier for unemployment. But if you are a 'professional gambler' then it's going to be really easy to file for unemployment since all you need to do is attach your 1099 or an official win/loss statement to your claim application.

For poker players you will need to delve deeper into your 2018/19 Federal returns and provide the pages where you detail poker as a profession, probably Schedule C.

I helped my wife, a personal shopper, file yesterday and my state indicated that she would be eligible for a minimum of $160 per week (up to $362.50 maximum) PLUS the $600 extra payment. We'll see in 7 days what they do with her claim.

Remember that you will also have to have a qualifying reason. There were 10-12 of those in the application, but I didn't really examine them once I got to 'kids staying home from school' as our main reason to file on her behave. GL

One you have recovered you will have antibodies in your blood. How long they will last is the only thing they don't know, but it won't be for a few weeks. It will be months at a minimum, so said some doctor talking head on tv.

Don't sleep on shingles. It's highly contagious and if you think you might have it (a rash that suddenly appears) be careful and read up on it. If you get a severe case on your face you may lose your sight in an eye or two. If it was just "an annoyance" you got lucky.

edit: Also, once it starts you only have 3 or 4 days to get the prescription for it (can't remember what it's called) before it won't do any good. Supposedly it reduces the intensity of the shingles considerably. So be sure to tell the doc/nurse when you call so they get you in right away.

The 1 table cardroom down the street in San Rafael will probably open when bars and restaurants are allowed to inside patrons.

Commerce, Bike and The Gardens casinos will probably not be allowed to operate until sporting events and large theaters can open up again.

At least in California it will be dependent on how many people can congregate simultaneously in a location.

South Korea reports more recovered COVID-19 patients testing positive again

Did you read the article? Or just the click bait headline?

Here's a little story about a small group of 8 poker players who weren't concerned about the virus so they continued to hold their weekly poker game in a condominium's card room in South Florida. So far, 3 have died and the other 5 are infected. BTW, for any SoFla players here, at least some of the 8 used to play at Hard Rock in Hollywood and The Big Easy (formerly Mardi Gras) casino in Hallandale Beach. I wonder how many other poker players they might have infected before the casinos closed down last month.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronav...jee-story.html

According to the article, they were clearly in the at-risk demo, with the youngest of the three being 84 and the oldest having had several significant health conditions already under professional care.

Of the survivors,

True gamblers will even gamble with their health it seems.

Might want to check your variables and rerun your sim on this...if that fails - maybe you need to reboot your computer, your estimate of 500 is way low. Today we are at 29,215 known reported (deaths) in the US. So you are off from a factor of 58.4 times your estimate.

Well maybe it is a bold statement you made - boldly wrong - but hey - everyone has been wrong before.

I guess this why you are a poker player and not a Health Scientist. You said to check back in a few weeks and you would say " I told you so " Hmm - what do you say now?

No need to respond - alot of people have under estimated the problem and over estimated the problem - everyone is not an expert in everything, but calling this a bad cold or a flu is alot like your estimate - way off.

just some thoughts- i dont what to have this come across as flaming you or anything, just offering some thoughts and opinions - just like you have done.

Keep Safe, in time the poker community will be back at the tables.

Some predictions...

There will be no more live poker inside of a casino in 2020 in the USA.

Poker will be the last casino activity to resume.

The first live public poker games in the USA will be in Texas.

The first games will only be for people who can test positive for coronavirus antibodies onsite. It will take place at the end of July.

I also predict that there will be an "antebody ante tournament", perhaps to kick things off. To even enter the room you need to pass the antibody test.

Antibody tests might not mean that you are immune, see discussions elsewhere on this, but it is a indicator that if you do get it again, you probably won't die because you already survived once

That is sad. I think I recognize the gentleman but it could just be from around town or Im mistaken, condolences go out either way. I think that by march 12th I had decided I would not play at Hard Rock because it has more of an out-of-town demographic and it is larger etc. Just risker. I don't play Mardi Gras. I last played Gulfstream about 1 week prior to this and remember washing my hands A LOT because the drum beat was getting louder. This was at a point where people just hadn't yet realized what type of stuff was about to go down. I would have played in home games that week too, in fact, I was hoping I would get a call. Sorry.

Jeeeeesus, that MikeStarr post. Yeah it's all a conspiracy! The media!!!! I know more than public health professionals because I have hot takes!! People like this ruin the world for the rest of us.

The day after the Wynn/Mlife closed their poker rooms the Venetian/Orleans still had games running for a day or two. They were 3-max and 5-max handed tables. Those tweets are still on their respective twitters.

I remember checking Bravo to see who in the hell would be going to play poker during that time. And i remember distinctly seeing only 1 or 2 tables at the V. Didn't check the Orleans. So there were only a handful of players since the V was 3-max.

Macau reopened already and they took away every other slot machine and table game area. Every other seat was also taken out for blackjack/baccarat/etc.

For the rest of the year I think the ONLY way poker is available is 3-5 MAX handed. Obviously the nits and grinders will have to decide if they want to play in that. No way 8-9 handed is made available in 2020 considering poker is the most crowded game.

The seats next to the dealer will have to be empty and every other seat will probably need to be empty to comply with social distancing.

I read an article about Macau this morning that said in the poker room, there was a dedicated employee to wash each individual chip touched by a player.

That was the way it was worded but I assume they meant every time a player went to the cage to cash out, that all those chips were washed.

That would be interesting if they did that in Las Vegas upon opening again.

Very intriguing...

https://news.yahoo.com/sunlight-dest...200745675.html

If this was bankable, S Florida would be doing way better right now but instead Miami is at the top of the pack for infections and deaths etc. South FL in March and April is similar to the rest of the country in summer time... only stronger UV rays and higher humidity still.

However, (trumpers can stop reading here this is above your level), I see they did link to the original study on the SSRN website and I see some respectable names behind it so it is not garbage. I was actually shocked at that that, I didnt think journalists did that sort of thing anymore, maybe I will consider adding yahoo news into my rss aggregator

Perhaps its worth pointing out that much of the country is still cold and we imported a lot of the virus down here... actually, all of it. In the summer, overall US conditions might be better I guess so it will matter.

Florida passed it's peaks 2 weeks ago projected deaths by August are only about 1/4 of what they were 3 weeks ago. It's just starting to warm up . i would not be surprised if FL is the first top 10 state to get close to normal as others not NYNJ. Only thing I don't like is test results are lagging about a week from private labs, however case % has been stagnant and dropping over the last week which is great news where like 25% of the state is +65

Great resource state by state from ihme https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Yes ihme has been off but with constant moving data that is not to be unexpected

This may reduce the spread through secondary contact (Virus lands on a surface, person touches surface, then touches face). But I would be surprised if this impacts the spread through inhalation of airborne droplets.

I think most people suspect a seasonal drop in new infections will occur, but we need to be cautious about overestimating the effect of warmer, moister weather. If we let our guard down, the virus (which now has a much wider base from which to spread) could come back very hard, very fast.

Doctors have hypothesized that dry heat is best for dispelling the virus. Assuming that's true southwestern states should fare best.

Actually, they hypothesize that heat might be best for dispelling the virus for the reason that hot air is able to carry more humidity than cold air. It is thought that one of the reasons that the flu spreads in the colder months is because colder air is drier and can't carry as much water vapor. So it's actually humid southeastern states like Florida that would fare better than dry southwestern states under that hypothesis.

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2003/2003.05003.pdf

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/art...vid-19-outcome

Way better than what? You have no way of knowing what the effect of humidity has been on South Florida. "Number is big" does not imply "number could not be bigger".