COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread

[makattak]

Burn it to the ground.

Well, after being forced to house the homeless, that's likely the only option the owners will have left to sanitize their hotels.

[makattak]

https://inside.upmc.com/shapiro-economy-roundtable/

Head of a Pennsylvania Hospital system says to stop the shutdowns.

Also, he's clearly an extremely intelligent man (because he agrees with me):

Epidemiologic prediction models have performed poorly often neglecting critical variables. Seasonality is rarely considered, yet we know that coronaviruses are seasonal. Hope is not a plan, but it is quite possible that the virus is not very healthy in the U.S. right now.

I've been more than certain summer was going to kill this virus.

And, I agree that our models have been terrible and we are over-reacting.

Obviously, THIS expert is the one we should be listening to. (For those who worship at the "LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS!!!!" altar.)

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Well yeah, what did they expect?  New York is known for it's taxes.

Although it does beg the question: or what?  If yo don't live, or go to, New York and have no intention to return what happens if you decline to pay?  Do they have some sort of interstate extradition compact? Can they put a  lien on your federal taxes?

Maybe not on your feral taxes, but there are a lot of "compacts" between states. Example: A few years ago, 2014, I was denied a renewal of my Oklahoma driver's license because TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PRIOR, in 1989, I left Massachusetts with my vehicle, and registered it here. Naturally, I didn't renew my Massachusetts vehicle registration that year and Massachusetts deemed it was just "overlooked" and therefore, overdue. I paid the stupid fee($125.00) as it was cheaper than fighting it.

I had to call the Massachusetts DMV to secure the documents necessary to get a release and I raised the question about any statute of limitations that might apply, and it seems there is no statute of limitations in this "compact". I also discovered that this "compact" was passed/approved by the US Congress. So, I guess not paying a fee is as dastardly as committing murder since there is no statute of limitations on either.

Woody

[Ben]

Maybe not on your feral taxes, but there are a lot of "compacts" between states.

I find those to be evil. I nearly had the same vehicle registration problem when I left CA. As long as there are states in the compacts with onerous laws/regulations, they end up being the only ones that benefit from the other states doing their dirty work for them.

On the NY taxes, related, they also "allowed" Samaritan's Purse in when it was a benefit to them. Then, when they started getting other help, they apparently told SP to leave because "diversity".

[Perd Hapley]

On the NY taxes, related, they also "allowed" Samaritan's Purse in when it was a benefit to them. Then, when they started getting other help, they apparently told SP to leave because "diversity".

[charby]

Holy cow, beef box meat prices. (per hundred weight)
Just heard the noon day cash market prices. (0-21 day delivery prices)

Choice 456.76
Select  444.10

That is a $80 increase since Monday.

No word on frozen inventory counts today, must be a Friday thing.

[Ben]

Just stopped at my grocery store's main store in OR, where their main butcher shop is. Fully stocked on all meats. Three item limit instead of the two item limit at my store. Picked up some flat iron steak for me and some chicken thighs to cook up for the dog and cat.

[bedlamite]

https://www.boredpanda.com/coop-schooling-lockdown-retired-marine/?cexp_id=28276&cexp_var=21&_f=featured



 

[Ben]

It's looking like NYC has been the primary source for virus spread:

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/05/07/ted-cruz-zings-new-york-city-after-breaking-its-disgusting-115-year-streak/

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Being a farty old man, I wonder if the covid can be passed by passing gas...  So far, all I know about passing gas is that it helps with the social distancing. 

Woody

[WLJ]

Being a farty old man, I wonder if the covid can be passed by passing gas...  So far, all I know about passing gas is that it helps with the social distancing. 

Woody

Oh the horror of the trenches

[WLJ]

Wonder how much there is to this?

Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates, study claims
https://www.foxnews.com/science/vitamin-d-levels-covid-19-mortality-rates

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Wonder how much there is to this?

Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates, study claims
https://www.foxnews.com/science/vitamin-d-levels-covid-19-mortality-rates

So, all those people defying the orders to stay off the beaches, out of the parks, and etc. were doing the right thing after all. (Let's all get naked and put an end to this!)

Woody

[bedlamite]

Wonder how much there is to this?

Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates, study claims
https://www.foxnews.com/science/vitamin-d-levels-covid-19-mortality-rates

It's not new: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAk

[Ben]

And "Chinese virus" is now officially hate speech and subject to law enforcement action. In San Antonio anyways.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/05/07/hate-speech-is-more-dangerous-than-the-virus-itself-san-antonio-city-council-votes-to-classify-chinese-virus-as-hate-speech/

[WLJ]

But Spanish Flu is okay right?

[WLJ]

How about Black Death?

[MechAg94]

From what I hear on the youtubes, videos get removed and channels get struck if they mention coronavirus, COVID-19 or China too much.  I have seen channels refer to it as The Voldemort or beer virus or just show a picture of a Corona bottle. 

[MillCreek]

https://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/exploding-meteor-the-source-of-the-loud-boom-heard-across-puget-sound-wednesday?fbclid=IwAR10knSMiDLo8-azvsy7X5wpnOMIFlmHeRFe-uhnmUJMi1A1_a8OfvilgpE

SMOD fails to take out Seattle.

[BobR]

https://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/exploding-meteor-the-source-of-the-loud-boom-heard-across-puget-sound-wednesday?fbclid=IwAR10knSMiDLo8-azvsy7X5wpnOMIFlmHeRFe-uhnmUJMi1A1_a8OfvilgpE

SMOD fails to take out Seattle.

Damn, at least the targeting is right even if the range is off a little bit. That can be fixed with the next rock.

bob

[TommyGunn]

Wonder how much there is to this?

Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates, study claims
https://www.foxnews.com/science/vitamin-d-levels-covid-19-mortality-rates

Well, I'm taking vitamin D ...... 

[RoadKingLarry]

https://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/exploding-meteor-the-source-of-the-loud-boom-heard-across-puget-sound-wednesday?fbclid=IwAR10knSMiDLo8-azvsy7X5wpnOMIFlmHeRFe-uhnmUJMi1A1_a8OfvilgpE

SMOD fails to take out Seattle.

Disappointed I am yet hopeful I remain.

[charby]

Also still have more beef, pork, and chicken in frozen storage than they did a year ago.

Someone(s) is screwing the rest of us with holding inventories for higher prices.

[BobR]

Well, I'm taking vitamin D ...... 

I live in the Northwest, taking Vitamin D is a standard thing up here! :(

bob

[MillCreek]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/upshot/health-jobs-plummeting-virus.html

I wonder if this will be the new normal. From the ambulatory side, I see telemedicine as continuing and growing after the current crisis goes away. A lot of the smaller or independent hospitals and medical practices are either going to close or be acquired by someone larger.