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05-29-2020 , 12:32 PM

#9576

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

Oh yeah, I didn't even mention the last few on my list:

airplanes
live poker
strip clubs

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05-29-2020 , 01:35 PM

#9577

WateryBoil

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,762

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Originally Posted by rickroll

the term is called fecal oral transmission

it was a major method sars spread as apartment building neighbors were giving it to each other by breathing in each others aerosol poo

that's right, you're constantly breathing in poop

lol thats gnarly af. thank the gods i live in a lakefront house alone most of the time. id never live in apartment in my lifetime.

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05-29-2020 , 02:04 PM

#9578

THAY3R

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 36,550

So it's about to be AC season and my window unit overlooks a popular street about 20 feet up where bar's are starting to have outdoor drinking. Am I at risk? Assume not really but I do know when someone is smoking a cig on the corner across the street I can smell it.

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05-29-2020 , 02:18 PM

#9579

Land O Lakes

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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,959

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Originally Posted by RichGangi

False, but I don't care enough to argue about it.

Yeah, because you think it's just a flu, bro.

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05-29-2020 , 02:34 PM

#9580

Ditch Digger

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Originally Posted by NickMPK

Are these counting pneumonia deaths that are also counted as covid deaths?

Yes, looks scary but dig into the cdc numbers and there isn’t a spike of pneumonia deaths that aren’t already in the covid bucket. Nate Silver breaks it down better. Basically deaths are underreported but the pneumonia rabbit hole isn’t it.

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05-29-2020 , 02:46 PM

#9581

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,535

Thay that's a tough one.

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05-29-2020 , 03:29 PM

#9582

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

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Originally Posted by THAY3R

It's not aerosolized. I highly doubt the droplets will make it up that far and through your AC filter.

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05-29-2020 , 03:41 PM

#9583

filthyvermin

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what's the source on those pneumonia death numbers?

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05-29-2020 , 03:50 PM

#9584

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,535

CDC I believe they said.

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05-29-2020 , 04:18 PM

#9585

cs3

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How are you guys getting a haircut while wearing a mask?

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05-29-2020 , 04:55 PM

#9586

whatthejish

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Originally Posted by cs3

How are you guys getting a haircut while wearing a mask?

Dangerously.

Girlfriend and I buzzed my hair a week or two ago in the driveway, it feels awesome. Much shorter than I normally cut it, but the shag was driving me crazy. Probably need to shape up the sides and back this weekend, but I've got no complaints! I honestly doubt I'll go out to get a haircut before 2021.

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05-29-2020 , 05:02 PM

#9587

JinX11

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,908

Still waiting on the lawnmower gorilla to make an appearance here.... I thought we were getting close a couple of pages back....

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05-29-2020 , 05:20 PM

#9588

THAY3R

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

It's not aerosolized. I highly doubt the droplets will make it up that far and through your AC filter.

I'm just imagining a lot of laughing/shouting and a wind draft whipping the plague at me the way other smells do though yeah it's obv notably different than most smells. My AC is like one of those accordian like things so it's not really completely sealed and I'm an anxious mofo

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05-29-2020 , 05:39 PM

#9589

Escapologist

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 155

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Originally Posted by THAY3R

I don't agree with worrying about it this much but have read it travels on air currents and on air pollution and smoke particles. You can buy FPR 10 air filters from Home Depot and tape them in front of your air conditioning vent to filter out particles that can carry the virus.

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05-29-2020 , 08:57 PM

#9590

de captain

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,514

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Originally Posted by THAY3R

Can you smell it when one of them passes wind and aerosolizes a burrito?

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05-29-2020 , 10:41 PM

#9591

that_pope

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 33,230

Thanks for the dentist and haircut discussion. I really need a haircut, but have been avoiding it. I should have done it on day 1 when they reopened, now I'm probably screwed.

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05-29-2020 , 10:51 PM

#9592

702guy

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I went to good 'ol Great Clips for a hair cut on Wednesday night wearing a mask and it was zero problem.

My first official hair since early March. I do have a clipper that I had used on the back & sides the last few months but the top is impossible to cut w/out giving yourself a buzz cut. I'm glad I went, it feels sooooo much better on the top, especially now that we've hit 105+ degrees this week.

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05-29-2020 , 11:41 PM

#9593

Escapologist

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 155

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Originally Posted by de captain

Can you smell it when one of them passes wind and aerosolizes a burrito?

There is something special about cigarette smoke, I swear I can smell it from at least 100ft. I'm trying to figure out how to get my neighbor to quit smoking so I can have my windows open.

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05-30-2020 , 03:40 AM

#9594

Escapologist

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 155

If this doesn't cause any new covid hotspots we are good for the summer at least...

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05-30-2020 , 04:48 AM

#9595

suzzer99

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At least it's outdoors.

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05-30-2020 , 07:48 AM

#9596

SiMor29

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Went to the local supermarket this morning, and despite the fact that there are two groups of people handing out free N95 masks outside, it is optional, and therefore inside maybe only 20% are wearing them. This is what happens when you have a weak government message. UK second wave is a guarantee at this stage.

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05-30-2020 , 11:42 AM

#9597

that_pope

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And they are all wearing masks because they don't want to be easily identified through pictures or videos.

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05-30-2020 , 08:20 PM

#9598

GusJohnsonGOAT

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15,808

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Originally Posted by SiMor29

That's the one place I see people consistently wearing masks around here. Definitely a majority. Not so much at the gym. Also, not so much anywhere in redneck Florida when I was down there last weekend, either.

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05-30-2020 , 08:23 PM

#9599

NickMPK

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Latest US vs. European average death graphs

European deaths continue to decline consistently, though less quickly than last week. The UK now accounts for more than half of the deaths across all five nations. Spain has been reporting close to zero deaths in last four days.

Weekly average US deaths have been flat since Memorial Day, while US cases have been flat for almost a month.

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05-31-2020 , 12:05 AM

#9600

plaaynde

Poker Historian

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 20,069

I see it like something of a natural law that cases will escalate when we are opening up. Tomorrow is a critical day, restaurants opening, though with half the previous maximal numbers of customers. Symptomatic is our apartments will have a get together party on the backyard that very day (will not attend)

Think people want to party now, and take the blow in fall. I'd rather wait for a vaccine.

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