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I'm prepping, here's how.

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05-26-2020 , 02:58 PM

#9476

plaaynde

Poker Historian

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I hereby predict a second wave in late July. Saw some guys playing volleyball. Their joy of being together again tells a story. Extrapolate x millions.

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05-26-2020 , 04:14 PM

#9477

golddog

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Originally Posted by LektorAJ

In colour?

By 'eck, before Monty Python we 'ad to watch that sketch it in black 'n' white!

Don't know you're born.

I saw that clip too, thought the Hollywood Bowl version was a bit better

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05-26-2020 , 04:23 PM

#9478

WateryBoil

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,735

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Originally Posted by Morphismus

this dude is the best, travels to all kinds of ****ed up places but keeps it real.

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05-26-2020 , 04:25 PM

#9479

NajdorfDefense

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My county has dropped from ~140 cases two weeks ago to 100 last week to averaging 55 the last 3 days. Good news. Back down to March levels, deaths down to early April levels since they lag obviously [and the majority still in LTC facilities.]

PA's lol holiday reporting had only 15 deaths yesterday.

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05-26-2020 , 04:32 PM

#9480

JoeC2012

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,717

Getting back on the prepping topic, thoughts on this?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...summer-activit

Makes me feel good about my plans to make drinking outside in parks my primary social activity for the summer, but also makes me think I may have had my last haircut of 2020.

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05-26-2020 , 05:42 PM

#9481

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,751

Getting a haircut Thu. Sole proprietor of a place I've been going to for years. Planning to bring my N95 and hold tight so he will have access to my entire head and still be safe. More excited than I should be.

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05-26-2020 , 06:10 PM

#9482

hansmolman

self-banned

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,027

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

You told a story on here once about being pulled over, in Sterling I think it was.

A short time later you were telling the same story to a cash table that I was on at CBS Scene in Patriot Place, and I was like 'hm, that's hansmolman...", but never said anything.

Semi-related, the one time I exposed myself irl to a friend was when I told a wacky Twin River story in the thread and then relayed the same story to him live and he was like 'you're 27offsuit?..." Oopsie.

That’s awesome! Man I miss the CBS scene game. It was insanity!

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05-26-2020 , 06:30 PM

#9483

27offsuit

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What a great venue that was. I live right down the street and miss it. The main table with all the degen regs was something to behold.

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05-26-2020 , 06:31 PM

#9484

jukofyork

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Originally Posted by plaaynde

I hereby predict a second wave in late July. Saw some guys playing volleyball. Their joy of being together again tells a story. Extrapolate x millions.

Yeah, the UK seems to have gone full-****** last couple of days... "Counterfactual History Blindness Bias" is the name of the game (just made that up but it fits

).

Juk

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05-26-2020 , 08:44 PM

#9485

Garick

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27,364

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Originally Posted by JoeC2012

I think it lost all credibility when it had a back yard BYOEverything BBQ with one other family as a higher risk than sharing a vacation home with one other family. Do these people not employ editors?

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05-26-2020 , 09:27 PM

#9486

Best Buddy

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 341

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Originally Posted by JoeC2012

They don't know yet if poop is infectious? If aerosol spreads it then toilet flushes can spread it. One of many things we should know six months into this. They could at least use monkeys to figure some of this out.

We are now fully in the makes-no-sense ethical zone where many people die because it's not considered ethical to intentionally infect some healthy young volunteers for studies and vaccine trials.

I guess science is completely money-driven now and all the money is going to vaccine trials and very little to answer basic questions that would help prevent infections.

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05-26-2020 , 09:38 PM

#9487

Best Buddy

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 341

A technique doctors use to not get sick when walking past people with colds/flu is to breathe out when walking past them. Or hold your breath, but slowly exhaling is better. The idea is don't breath in any of the air near them.

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05-26-2020 , 09:52 PM

#9488

Best Buddy

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 341

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Originally Posted by plaaynde

I hereby predict a second wave in late July. Saw some guys playing volleyball. Their joy of being together again tells a story. Extrapolate x millions.

Nah, it seems to spread more slowly in summer. H1N1 infections also went down in July and August and the second wave wasn't until late August or the first week of September. Live while you can! Not that we are going to have lockdowns again unless a big hotspot breaks out.

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05-26-2020 , 10:48 PM

#9489

THAY3R

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Originally Posted by Best Buddy

If both people did that walking past each other they would then be inhaling a cloud of the other's exhale

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05-27-2020 , 12:11 AM

#9490

tarheels2222

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Originally Posted by THAY3R

If both people did that walking past each other they would then be inhaling a cloud of the other's exhale

Yeah, well that’s not GTO. Duh.

Everyone knows the proper play is for one to exhale while the other holds their breath past the GTO distance.

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05-27-2020 , 01:38 AM

#9491

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

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05-27-2020 , 02:04 AM

#9492

de captain

Pooh-Bah

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****.

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05-27-2020 , 04:03 AM

#9493

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27,951

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Originally Posted by LektorAJ

In colour?

By 'eck, before Monty Python we 'ad to watch that sketch it in black 'n' white!

Don't know you're born.

LUXURY!

We had to watch it just in black, with no sound!

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05-27-2020 , 06:00 AM

#9494

Morphismus

BBV Poker Player of 2022

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 24,744

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

Wow, the immediate conclusion imo is to regularly test the sewage to monitor virus levels, and adjust local measures accordingly like in a control loop.

#TestThePoop!

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05-27-2020 , 06:55 AM

#9495

LektorAJ

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Originally Posted by golddog

I saw that clip too, thought the Hollywood Bowl version was a bit better

Somewhat ironically, I find Michael Palin a much less convincing Yorkshireman than Tim Brooke-Taylor or Marty Feldman.

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05-27-2020 , 07:50 AM

#9496

OodaThunkett

adept

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,149

The black and white one should have Dominic Cummings edited in making some of his recent claims, and John Cleese edited out, from 2.59 to 3.20. I wish I had the skillz. Or maybe the head of Cummings could be edited in for the whole of the colour one, and his claims split up through the sketch.

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05-27-2020 , 12:00 PM

#9497

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,721

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

There's been some pushback on the methodology used in this.

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05-27-2020 , 12:03 PM

#9498

27offsuit

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There's been some pushback on wearing masks too. People are ******ed, go figure.

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05-27-2020 , 12:07 PM

#9499

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,721

If you read the thread - the original author of the sewage study replies and is going to rework his model based on the concerns raised (measuring correlation between two smoothed-curves).