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An addition to this thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,2473451
A friend of mine passed today from the COVID-19.
He, his wife, and I drove city bus for many years. Great guy, big heart, so funny. I was the photographer for their daughter’s quenceanera. His wife has tested positive too, fingers crossed for her.
The bunch of us hired back then grew up together on the job. Everyone is saddened and shaken.
Be safe…
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Speedy wrote:
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Sorry it's come to this...
Thank you
MRF-Admin
And I'm sorry that anyone seeking information about, or a shared experience regarding covid-19 will be forced to come to grips with the reality that a pandemic doesn't occur in a vacuum, independent of politics.
Yeah, it really is a shame.
I agree. Important information is mandated to be posted to this side. I guess when the response to this pandemic has been so badly handled that comments about it must be moved to this side to protect the sensitivities of some members, it’s sad. Truth hurts.
It’s part and parcel, and the result of confusing criticism with “controversy.”
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pdq wrote:
Someone said this in 2014:
There may and likely will come a time in which we have both an airborne disease that is deadly. And in order for us to deal with that effectively, we have to put in place an infrastructure — not just here at home, but globally — that allows us to see it quickly, isolate it quickly, respond to it quickly. And it also requires us to continue the same path of basic research that is being done here at NIH...
So that if and when a new strain of flu, like the Spanish flu, crops up five years from now or a decade from now, we’ve made the investment and we’re further along to be able to catch it. It is a smart investment for us to make. It’s not just insurance; it is knowing that down the road we’re going to continue to have problems like this — particularly in a globalized world where you move from one side of the world to the other in a day.
Oddly enough, not a word about “total authority”.
We know it’s nearly impossible to get many people to support something they cannot literally see or touch, or that cannot be proven to impact them personally. These are abstract concepts, and “theoretical” (considered false).
Oh, unless there’s a really good story attached to it as a distraction. Then they’re all-in. See also: organized religion
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wave rider wrote:
An addition to this thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,2473451
A friend of mine passed today from the COVID-19.
He, his wife, and I drove city bus for many years. Great guy, big heart, so funny. I was the photographer for their daughter’s quenceanera. His wife has tested positive too, fingers crossed for her.
The bunch of us hired back then grew up together on the job. Everyone is saddened and shaken.
Be safe…
Very sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.
take good care.
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As of this morning, a little over 2 million confirmed cases and almost 130,000 deaths. That works out to a roughly 6.5% fatality rate, a lot higher than the 1-2% rate bandied about a month or two ago. Is anybody in government/media discussing this alarming figure?
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Yoyodyne ArtWorks wrote:
As of this morning, a little over 2 million confirmed cases and almost 130,000 deaths. That works out to a roughly 6.5% fatality rate, a lot higher than the 1-2% rate bandied about a month or two ago. Is anybody in government/media discussing this alarming figure?
Until we actually have surveillance sampling in place where cases are reported (weeks and months away in many spots), we won't know what the broader infection rate is. We should not assume that 'confirmed cases' in any way approximates total cases.
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Interesting to see how much travel and methods of travel have changed. Public transportation takes a big hit. No surprise there.
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Speedy wrote:
Yup, the virus determines the timeline. But at least the governor has a plan which is more than I can say for the president.
The governor does NOT have a plan. He just listed a bunch of things that need to happen, with NO PLAN of how to get those things done.
What did he announce they were doing to get those 6 things in place? Nothing at all.
I guess they will just wait until they happen on their own or someone else does it.
Political BS.
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Too bad I have to post this here but this is something that I think might be of interest regarding the virus and should be exempt from politics. Might be worth looking into for someone here.
Do you know that Folding@Home is also working on CoVid-19 solutions? I didn't till I got this from MicroCenter. They ask to join their team but I'm sure Forum F@H teams can work for this too:
Link:
https://community.microcenter.com/discus...lers_R5718&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=R5718&MccGuid=bfa750ab-af71-42af-8600-0bcb8c1c1bce
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DP wrote:
Too bad I have to post this here but ...
Oh, you can post over there, you just have to do it like everyone else posting about strange shopping experiences of hard to find items (why are things hard to find?) or about their stimulus check received (for what? Why are there stimulus checks?) or posts about good news you have (why, is something bad happening somewhere in the news?)
It’s ALL about the packaging, friend.
SHAME on MicrCenter for using the covid word in their graphic, tho. Controversy!
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