bluedivergirl
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I have never seen one! What a good idea!
Publix in Central FL installed these a few weeks ago. Big thumbs up!
I have never seen one! What a good idea!
Never thought I would see the day where there would be so much discussion on WS about park benches.Never thought I would see the day where laundry and cleaning was sooo exciting just to break up the day.
Ha! On the rare occasion that I actually get to check materials out to a patron (we are actually closed), it’s kind of a thrill. One guy caught me there by phone last week and asked for an entire shelf of audiobooks, starting with the Cs. I checked 15 out to him (he’s a FedEx guy and goes through gobs) and then set them in front of the door for his wife to pick up, while I watched from afar. And then, of course, I sneak a couple of bags of large print cozy mysteries over to my favorite 90 year old’s porch every couple of weeks.Never thought I would see the day where laundry and cleaning was sooo exciting just to break up the day.
Wow....fascinating numbers.Here's some interesting info that I pulled from Worldmeters and Wikipedia:
California is our most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 24 per 1 million people.
Texas is our second most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 14 per 1 million people.
Florida is our third most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 31 per 1 million people.
New York is our fourth most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 821 per 1 million people.
New Jersey is our eleventh most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 396 per 1 million people.
These numbers make me wonder what the heck is going on in New York and New Jersey?
Pandemics were not really covered in school, where I went. They skipped right over 1918 and WWI, and really concentrated of WW2 and the Depression. It was almost like a cover up, that so many died in 1918 near my area, and they just moved on, rather than learn lessons, they buried the history to an extent.
Wow....fascinating numbers.
Could it be viral load?
Here in Southern Cali, I am in some danger of being exposed to CV. But I think it would be a one time , freak exposure at this point.
I don't take a subway from home and back. I don't jump in taxicabs, sitting in a seat where 2 dozen others sat that same day. I don't walk down sidewalks in heavy crowded groups.
I am afraid that many patients in NYC had heavy viral loads when they got sick. And if you are exposed many times, with a few different types of the virus, you are screwed.![]()
Some Aussies are actually more concerned about our upcoming winter (June/July/August), right now, as the virus may be less effective/invasive during warm weather - in a similar manner to other flu viruses.
Makes us wary about what our cooler temps - which are arriving now/soon - will bring.
People here are getting vaccinated for the flu season, to help minimise other illnesses during our upcoming winter.
The jury is still out on how much the weather is or is not influencing COVID-19, but a bad flu season on top of the current health crisis is the last thing we need this winter.
There is reason to think COVID-19 may spread more quickly in winter; it is a respiratory illness and spreads in a similar way to a cold or a flu.
Will COVID-19 get worse as winter sets in?
My husband studied at a university that had one of the two computers like NASA. They used key punch cards to “talk” to the computers back in the day. The computer was the size of a classroom. My husband retired 2 years ago and the programmers/analyst he supervised had never had a class in COBOL. Most were only trained on packaged software. It’s scary that many financial institutions and governments use a language that current programmers are unfamiliar.What an interesting "side effect" of CoVid. A lot of government programs are written on "ancient" languages that only people like your husband speak. Much respect to him. I have a "young" relative (he's 50) works for a major software company, not in coding though - he says you practically want to bow to the older programmers who are sifting through the younger ones, to make sure if they can't do the older code - which is being transitioned, they go on to some other workplace.
It's no longer taught by California colleges, that I know of (well, Stanford curriculum and culture still supports it). We have only a handful of people who can fix programs in those older languages. Government is always the last to pay for upgrades/reprogramming.
God bless us every one. The programmers are essential workers too. We just lost our chief guy (not to CoVid - to private industry/semi-retirement). He has been irreplaceable and we have more glitches than usual (although the young people he mentored are stepping up - they are working such long hours and are very under appreciated; the load from the online teaching requires many technical adjustments).
Thank You Bravo...
Dormancy? I think it can last for a long time, lurking on a host, who has no symptoms, for weeks, or monthsWhy do these viruses come in waves? If it is here, doesn't it just stay here? I don't get how it goes away, and then comes back. What makes it go away? I would guess social distancing. But what makes it comes back, if you continue social distancing? What drives the next waves? Complacency?
Please also consider that we've got this huge issue of people not testing or reporting deaths as CoVid related in some parts of California.
My life hasn't changed drastically. My hours have been cut but I still go to work four days a week. I wear a mask when I go to the grocery store now.
Pandemics were not really covered in school, where I went. They skipped right over 1918 and WWI, and really concentrated of WW2 and the Depression. It was almost like a cover up, that so many died in 1918 near my area, and they just moved on, rather than learn lessons, they buried the history to an extent.
Germany's health minister says country will not be "like it was before" due to coronavirus outbreak
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“The number of new infections in Germany is down, and this has given us a chance to reopen, step-by-step. And that is important – step-by-step to a new normal. This won’t be like it was before,” Spahn told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
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Spahn said citizens would need to continue practicing social distancing and wearing masks for "months" to come.
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Pentagon now says 2,889 service members have coronavirus
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As of 5 a.m. ET Thursday, 2,889 service members tested positive for Covid-19, including two US service members who have died from coronavirus. This figure is lower than Tuesday when the figure was higher at 3,022 service members.
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FAA outlines how airlines can carry cargo rather than passengers
Federal regulators laid out on Thursday how airlines may remove the seats from passenger aircraft and use that space to instead carry cargo.
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The agency called it “an extraordinary situation … for an entire passenger cabin to be loaded with cargo.”
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Protective equipment costs increase over 1,000% as demand surges during pandemic
The cost of personal protective equipment is skyrocketing – more than 1,000% in some cases – as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
The federal government's Strategic National Stockpile has nearly emptied and states have been left to find PPE supplies on their own. The surge in demand has left importers, suppliers and purchasers scrambling. And price gouging has exacerbated the problem.
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South Carolina governor proposes legislature returns late June
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has proposed the state legislature come back in late June, since coronavirus is expected to peak in mid-May.
By June, coronavirus will be on the downside of its’ peak and businesses should be opening around that time, McMaster said.
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Several governors tell Trump they are still lacking materials needed for testing
Today on a call with the nation's governors about reopening the economy after the coronavirus, several governors pressed President Trump over lack of testing.
According a source familiar, the administration focused on the two main private sector firms, Quest and Labcorp, saying both of them still had capacity to conduct more tests.
But, as this source notes, this does not address one of the biggest problems many states face, not just a lack of tests, but lack of materials needed for the testing, such as swabs.
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Missouri extends stay-at-home order through May 3
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“Missouri is incredibly diverse, and our reopening efforts will be careful, deliberate, and done in phases,” Gov. Mike Parson said in a statement.
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He said the state's ability to reopen the economy after May 3 depends on how quickly they can expand testing and the supply of personal protective equipment for health care workers.
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Coronavirus live news and updates: Cases top 2 million globally - CNN
"Anyone else starting to forget what life was like before"
Forget no, there is more time to analyze it. For me, life moves much too quickly. This new world almost makes me lazy. It makes me wonder how people get through it without their vices and people around them. It makes life like something 100s of years ago in some ways.
It's due to the density of people. Something like 28,000 people per square mile. Heavy use of mass transit on buses and trains including those that take commuters in and out of NYC. You've got travelers from all over the country and overseas coming into and out of NY.Here's some interesting info that I pulled from Worldmeters and Wikipedia:
California is our most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 24 per 1 million people.
Texas is our second most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 14 per 1 million people.
Florida is our third most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 31 per 1 million people.
New York is our fourth most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 821 per 1 million people.
New Jersey is our eleventh most populous state. They have a per capita death rate from Covid-19 of 396 per 1 million people.
These numbers make me wonder what the heck is going on in New York and New Jersey?
Before was “life” - seeing family, friends get togethers, a job with health insurance, summer vacations with the grandchildren, no scrambling to get a pickup slot for groceries, and not to mention the dreaded IRS “payment status not available” message wasn’t even a “thing”.Anyone else starting to forget what life was like "before"
Wow....fascinating numbers.
Could it be viral load?
Here in Southern Cali, I am in some danger of being exposed to CV. But I think it would be a one time , freak exposure at this point.
I don't take a subway from home and back. I don't jump in taxicabs, sitting in a seat where 2 dozen others sat that same day. I don't walk down sidewalks in heavy crowded groups.
I am afraid that many patients in NYC had heavy viral loads when they got sick. And if you are exposed many times, with a few different types of the virus, you are screwed.![]()