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Pandemic updates 2.0

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,209
    SamIAm2 said:
    @Botch - are those refer trucks for the new vaccines or the morgue
    According to the local news, the morgue.  
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  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,957
    I was afraid it was but hoping for vaccine storage. Dang @Botch please be careful out your way.
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,893
    Now that there is a vaccine, we need the "across the culture" heavy-weights to be queued up and media hyped getting the shot.  This will go far in helping convince many that it is safe.  
    First in line should be POTUS (aka Cheeto) as that will change the trajectory of the nay-sayers but I hold little hope of that happening. 
    I am current culture driver challenged but I'm sure you could get a whole lot of media and eye-ball saturation with less than 100 celebrities in all fields to volunteer.  Too bad it won't happen.
    Be well-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,209
    SamIAm2 said:
    I was afraid it was but hoping for vaccine storage. Dang @Botch please be careful out your way.
    I've been masked and isolated as much as possible since this whole thing started (thank god I'm an extreme introvert, and retired).  
    Please, everyone, be careful wherever you are; an old saying in the military is: No one wants to be the last person to die on the battlefield before the Armistice is signed...   :|
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,209
    lousubcap said:
    Now that there is a vaccine, we need the "across the culture" heavy-weights to be queued up and media hyped getting the shot.  This will go far in helping convince many that it is safe.  
    First in line should be POTUS (aka Cheeto) as that will change the trajectory of the nay-sayers but I hold little hope of that happening. 
    I am current culture driver challenged but I'm sure you could get a whole lot of media and eye-ball saturation with less than 100 celebrities in all fields to volunteer.  Too bad it won't happen.
    Be well-
    It was announced today that all senior guv'mint officials will be jumping to the head of the line (as it should be) but I don't know if cheeto himself will agree to that or not (why the HELL didn't Walter Reed bow to his Finest Medical Mind in History, and inject him with bleach as he stated?!?)  
    I understand Clinton, Bush Jr and Obama have all agreed to be injected simultaneously, in front of the cameras, and so has Fauci and others, so that's a step in the right direction...
     
    My remaining family have already told me they will refuse to get the injection (and they won't get this year's flu shot, either).  I saw a meme on farcebook today:
     
    America:  "No way I'm getting the flu shot, I'm not putting that unknown stuff into my body!"
    Also America:  "Ooh, the McRib is back!  Yay!!"  
     
    Was going to send that to them all, but what's the point anymore?  
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    All the hype about the difficulty of transporting the Pfizer vaccine was how critical that it be kept 100 below from factory to user end point and how they had to develop special super cold freezers and shipping packaging with insulation and dry ice that can keep the vials at 100 below for a few days.
    Tonight I was surprised to see on the news that the vials can actually be stored in a refrigerator for up to 5 days before they are injected.
    WHAT??? Seems like the hype machines were working a bit of overtime.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,168
    A buddy stopped by the other day. He’s probably 40 and had corona about a month ago. He looked like **** and was struggling to breath. He said he had asthma as a kid but whipped it later in life, non smoker non drinker. His dad also had it, hospital for a few days and had to have a platelet injection or something, he is doing better but still sick. Stay safe

    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,890
    I wonder how many of the anti-mask, hydroxychloroquine-espousing, bleach therapy promoting, "its no worse than the flu" chirping White House staffers will forgo their VIP vaccination status?

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,209
    Some of us are screwed.
    I learned this morning that UPS will be delivering the vaccine primarily in the eastern US, while FedEx will be doing the western US.   :s  
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,563
    We got news today of my wife’s family friend who is deathbed-sick with a fairly aggressive cancer and in the hospital.  They have placed him in a room with several other cancer patients because they had to reconfigure the entire hospital to deal with the covid surge.  There are other details I won’t share but it all just sounds like one giant cluster-F.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,716
    I will take either Pfizer or Moderna publicly if requested but it will probably be months before my turn. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,563
    A little pandemic humor:


    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    converting a smoke extractor into a virus extractor is my best guess. looks like they been using smoke extractors in the icu but with a better filter attached. so many nooks and crannies on the old box im not sure how they were cleaning it. only in coved


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    fishlessman said:
    converting a smoke extractor into a virus extractor is my best guess. looks like they been using smoke extractors in the icu but with a better filter attached. so many nooks and crannies on the old box im not sure how they were cleaning it. only in coved



    Fill it full of those 285nm wavelength UV LED's that researchers in Israel have  shown kill 99% of viruses. I'm sure those kind of boxes will become an HVAC company rainmaker very soon.

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    HeavyG said:
    fishlessman said:
    converting a smoke extractor into a virus extractor is my best guess. looks like they been using smoke extractors in the icu but with a better filter attached. so many nooks and crannies on the old box im not sure how they were cleaning it. only in coved



    Fill it full of those 285nm wavelength UV LED's that researchers in Israel have  shown kill 99% of viruses. I'm sure those kind of boxes will become an HVAC company rainmaker very soon.


    showed them this one today and they ordered 7 more with the added holes shown and an inch taller. LED would be the way to go, the cheap looking disposable filter they showed me cost 5oo bucks a pop and im sure it needs to be changed often
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Sad outcome for a Trump White House official I hadn't heard about until today.


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    so a foot of snow kids, snow day, nope, schools closed and we are remote learning. no more snow days.  i wonder what the teachers union is doing today =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,563


    Anti-maskers in Arizona, invading a Target.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,059
    JohnInCarolina said:


    Anti-maskers in Arizona, invading a Target.
    It seems like people are just looking for things to get pissed off about and this group saw the mask mandate as their opportunity.  Morons?  Yup!

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,563
    Not too many punches pulled in this piece:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/trump-covid-pandemic-dark-winter/
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    health insurance denying claims because of covid. brother was just denied 88k for his ankle replacement.  the fun is just beginning
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,059
    fishlessman said:
    health insurance denying claims because of covid. brother was just denied 88k for his ankle replacement.  the fun is just beginning
    What is the rationale for the denial?

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    QDude said:
    fishlessman said:
    health insurance denying claims because of covid. brother was just denied 88k for his ankle replacement.  the fun is just beginning
    What is the rationale for the denial?

    was told by the hospital they are denying just about every claim. he had the other ankle replaced last spring without a hitch
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    driving in noticed the barber shop has a big sign QUARANTINED 10 TO 25 DAYS.  head to the bank and the branch is quarantined, head to nh liquors and the liquor commission police were there keeping it under 40 allowed in, this is a big store. not even going to mention supermarket lines. ok with no haircut, 10 months in with no haircut so life goes on. did pick up some campari liquer though
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    JohnInCarolina said:


    Anti-maskers in Arizona, invading a Target.

    Why are they yelling "USA" and "America"?  Because they want to destroy it?
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,416
    back to back weeks of gatherings and what seems like people dropping their guard with the new vaccines coming out.  whats the odds in vegas for the biggest deaths per week for the first, second, third week in february
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    RIP "Mary Ann". Covid took you from us way too soon. "Ginger" is feeling awfully lonely now.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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