tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post4112196331488757923..comments2024-03-28T15:48:48.514-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: TRILLIONS! Bailouts for Airlines & Boeing and Banks? What, me worry?David Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-14312271067183501192020-03-26T08:06:23.324-07:002020-03-26T08:06:23.324-07:00@Acacia – new research just published yesterday fr...@Acacia – new research just published yesterday from France that coincides with our anecdotal observations: azithromycin added to hydroxychloroquine reduces viral shedding by 95% the French team investigating the results talk about almost miraculous https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927033?src=mkm_ret_200326_mscpmrk_eumonthly_int&uac=215405MT&impID=2324118&faf=1Luís Salgueirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639187787702431357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-65676113601964089902020-03-25T17:58:40.240-07:002020-03-25T17:58:40.240-07:00Onward
onward
Onward<br /><br /><br />onward<br /><br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-58891324017747027892020-03-25T17:28:21.312-07:002020-03-25T17:28:21.312-07:00Blah blah blahBlah blah blahDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-54526122896372241282020-03-25T16:55:25.198-07:002020-03-25T16:55:25.198-07:00Self-Quarantine in 4 Simple Steps:
(1) Dig hole;
...<br />Self-Quarantine in 4 Simple Steps:<br /><br />(1) Dig hole;<br />(2) Climb in;<br />(3) Refill hole;<br />(4) Remain in place 3 to 4 weeks.<br /><br />It's the preferred course of action for the already dead, all because a "97% plus" chance of coronavirus survival & recovery is considered a YUGE RISK by numerical illiterates who require 100% safety to exist.<br /><br /><br />Bestlocumranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812045410916208141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-49099776796569651622020-03-25T15:51:50.493-07:002020-03-25T15:51:50.493-07:00TCB - said
"The Chinese government is NOT off...TCB - said<br />"The Chinese government is NOT off the hook, however. Their initial secretive/punitive response was a bungle"<br /><br />The first cases were in November - but that is in hindsight - at the time they were "flu" <br />The first case when they knew there was a new virus was the 27th of December<br />The Chinese central government responded - FOUR DAYS LATER<br /><br />For any large organisation THAT is like greased lightning!!<br /><br />No organisation can react BEFORE that or the entire planet would be on shutdown 100% of the time<br /><br />The local government did spent a couple of weeks trying to hush things up when one of the doctors started agitating - but at that point it was just a suspicion - a handful of cases of "flu" that looked "odd"<br /><br />The guys in charge in China are "survivors" of the previous epidemics<br />They were regional leaders - "survivors" in the fact that the leaders who were "inept" in the last outbreak lost their jobs duncan cairncrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153725128216947145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-57201046779741062042020-03-25T14:52:56.059-07:002020-03-25T14:52:56.059-07:00“Snopes tends to be a bit more partisan than Polit...“Snopes tends to be a bit more partisan than Politifact, but neither are particularly friends of Trump....or any Republican really.”<br /><br />Ah, the party line. Never, ever considering the possibility that fact-checkers find more Republican lies for one simple reason. Because Republicans LIE vastly more.<br /><br />I have for a decade demanded: <br />“If you call all fact-checking services ‘partisan,’ where is your offer to negotiate parameters for a non-partisan fact-checking service? One you’d agree IN ADVANCE is above reproach?<br /><br />Don’t we need one (or more) to get past the unreliability of facts in American life?<br /><br />If the right contained ANY honest persons, they would want this and help design one, choosing renowned and sagacious conservative retired judges and Generals to serve. But no voice of the right has ever, ever offered to cooperate in that endeavor.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because they know that facts are deadly antibodies against their entire movement.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-46995942416795117702020-03-25T14:51:13.203-07:002020-03-25T14:51:13.203-07:00“slow mutation” is a trait of all corona viruses, ...“slow mutation” is a trait of all corona viruses, including SARS and MERS and the common cold. But coronas have another problem… immunity amnesia. For some reason our bodies “forget” this kind of virus. No one knows why.<br /><br />——<br />“I'm no expert, but I gather that people who are experts have concluded that COVID-19 is NOT deliberately or accidentally man-made.”<br /><br />ALL of the “rebuttals” I’ve seen concentrate on why such a plague might have a path to evolve naturally. None (that I have seen) talk about why a man-made version can’t have been responsible. Offering an alternative explanation is cumulative but NOT a refutation, especially given that China’s level 4 facility is in Wuhan, where accidental releases have happened before.<br /><br />——<br />Acacia yes, Covid ‘survivors” - which is 97% plus - ought to supply a vast pool of helpers and contribute to getting the economy re-ignited. Alas, there are two rubs:<br /><br />1) We don’t know yet if the prelim tales are true that survivors can remain contagious. If so, we are in real trouble.<br /><br />2) We need testing to FIND that vast pool of newly immune survivors so they can go back to work. And that aspect of testing, all by itself, renders locum’s shrug-off of testing utterly insane. Ignoring all other reasons.<br /><br />Tim’s support of this rightist talking point is nonsense, sorry man. You are doing what RASRs frenetically have done for half a decade, cherrypicking just one specific - purported refutation of Trumpist refusal of WHO test kits - as an excuse to ignore the generality… that creating vast numbers of test kits should have been a national emergency priority around January 31. <br /><br />Likewise, a certain rate of false positives is FINE for early versions. So it tells too many folks to be cautious and limit contact till they can be second-tested with another version? So? Seriously? THAT is a reason not to test early and get some handle on the super spreader sites?<br /><br />Yes, false negatives are worse but that did not seem to be the problem, early on. And you are STILL waffling, my friend. No money or priority was given to emergency test creation. Had Obama shown such catastrophic lack of leadership, you'd have been incensed.<br /><br />Even now, Trump is encouraging bidding wars over supplies, among states and cities... bidding wars that benefit his pals, rather than nationalizing the supply problem. <br /><br />That is unforgivable and WOULD BE A RED LINE if you ever, ever ever had one. Which you will not. Ever. Till they haul us away.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-60305883147496271452020-03-25T13:15:03.635-07:002020-03-25T13:15:03.635-07:00Tim / Tacitus,
continued . . .
I agree that the ...Tim / Tacitus,<br /><br />continued . . .<br /><br />I agree that the Biden ad is misleading. But it is not nearly entirely false. Going by their own stated criteria it should have been rated as either half true or even possibly mostly true.<br /><br />I know you didn't need me to quote all that here since you provided the link. Just figured it would be convenient for anyone else who might read this.<br /><br />What I wonder is why you think this bit of quoting out of context is significant enough to keep you comfortably on the fence, given that even the full, in context, quote of Trump is damning. But, no, you don't see it that way do you? You don't see it as any worse than what the Democrats do. Which is a delusional position to maintain at this point. But though you always say something of the sort, "both parties are comparably bad," you <i>always</i> give the benefit of the doubt to the Republicans and never to the Democrats.<br /><br />I also noticed that you didn't respond to Jon regarding the fact that Trump (his administration) did indeed fire the NSC team responsible for pandemic response, which you earlier claimed was also false.Darrell Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054311762477388637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-30234728999748233972020-03-25T13:14:06.390-07:002020-03-25T13:14:06.390-07:00Tim / Tacitus,
No doubt about it, the Biden add d...Tim / Tacitus,<br /><br />No doubt about it, the Biden add diced and spliced the Trump rally footage. Quoting out of context like that always looks bad. But I think PolitiFact is themselves are wrong on their rating of this issue, and I come to that conclusion based on the information they themselves provide at the link you provided.<br /><br />Here is there "If Your Time Is Short" summary.<br /><br />"<i>The video makes it look like Trump called coronavirus “their new hoax.”<br /><br />In fact, there was nearly a full minute between when the president said “coronavirus” and “hoax” during a Feb. 28 rally in North Charleston, S.C.</i>"<br /><br />Politifact explains . . .<br /><br />"<i>The video cycles through a slew of soundbites from Trump. One clip shows the president’s Feb. 28 rally in North Charleston, S.C.<br /><br />"Coronavirus — this is their new hoax," Trump is pictured saying.<br /><br />The video makes it seem like Trump is calling the disease itself a hoax, which he hasn’t done. The words are Trump’s, but the editing is Biden’s.<br /><br />During the North Charleston rally, there was nearly a minute between when Trump said "coronavirus" and "hoax."</i>"<br /><br />Then they provide a transcript of what Trump said in a fuller context.<br /><br />"<i><b>"Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t even count. No, they can’t. They can’t count their votes.<br /><br />"One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.’ That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was not a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax."</b></i>"<br /><br />Then they add a little post initial comments context.<br /><br />"<i>"During a press conference Feb. 29, Trump was asked about his remarks.<br />"I'm not talking about what's happening here; I'm talking what they're doing," he said, referring to Democrats. "That's the hoax."</i>"<br /><br />So going by this so far it seems as if Politifact is saying that Biden tried to make it look like Trump said that COVID-19 itself was a hoax but that what Trump actually said was merely something like that the Democrats criticisms of his handling of it and or what the Democrats have been saying about it (i.e., the seriousness of the crisis) constitutes a hoax.<br /><br />And for these reasons they rate the Biden video a pure "false." I don't agree and I don't know how any unbiased assessment could. For one, Politifact starts with the premise that the most common viewer interpretation of the Biden video will be that "Trump claims that COVID-19 itself is false." Frankly, I think that's weak. I didn't interpret it that way.<br /><br />And then they add further context which only adds to my confusion about how they reached a verdict of flat out "false."<br /><br />"<i>Trump’s comments feed into a conspiracy theory that claims Democrats and the media are fabricating the threat of COVID-19 to hurt the economy and, by extension, the president’s re-election chances. And the president appeared to downplay the threat of the virus at several points in recent weeks.<br /><br />But the Biden campaign’s ad is misleading.</i>"Darrell Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054311762477388637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-3146537245449582762020-03-25T12:44:29.239-07:002020-03-25T12:44:29.239-07:00Tim W:
Snopes tends to be a bit more partisan tha...Tim W:<br /><i><br />Snopes tends to be a bit more partisan than Politifact, but neither are particularly friends of Trump....or any Republican really.<br /></i><br /><br />Now that we know that, what do we know. You and I probably draw different conclusions as to why a fact-finding organization would not be friendly to Republicans. I guess it depends on whether one prefers facts or Republicans.Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-19443478513264288882020-03-25T11:06:57.360-07:002020-03-25T11:06:57.360-07:00Hey Jon
Here's the full quote and Poltifact&#...Hey Jon<br /><br />Here's the full quote and Poltifact's take. <br /><br /> https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/15/joe-biden/ad-watch-biden-video-twists-trumps-words-coronavir/<br /><br />Now, Trump says a lot of things that are foolish. Calling the existing testing Perfect for instance.<br /><br />Snopes tends to be a bit more partisan than Politifact, but neither are particularly friends of Trump....or any Republican really.<br /><br />TWTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-56062629064376476972020-03-25T10:55:51.956-07:002020-03-25T10:55:51.956-07:00Larry, I'd say he didn't get me sick, seei...Larry, I'd say he <i>didn't</i> get me sick, seeing that his symptoms arose a day or two before mine. So I probably got exposed when doing grocery shopping. It also doesn't help that my hot water heater has been dead for months so my hand-washing routine is not as extensive as it could be (ice-cold water in the middle of winter <i>hurts</i>). I mean, I can boil water for baths several times a week, but I'm less likely to do that just to have water to wash in.<br /><br />Next time something like this happens I'll make sure to isolate earlier. Having just one person sick at a time is far better than two people sick at the same time.<br /><br />AcaciaAcacia H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678539067303911329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-11745691059190561392020-03-25T09:47:11.258-07:002020-03-25T09:47:11.258-07:00Tim, Trump did indeed fire the NSC team responsibl...Tim, Trump did indeed fire the NSC team responsible for pandemic response - unless, of course, you don't believe the President of the United States can be held responsible for actions committed by his administration. (Technically, it was John Bolton who fired them, but at the time Donnie praised the action as a cost-cutting measure.)<br /><br />https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/<br /><br />I also recall Donnie's comments at the time the outbreak began. He did indeed refer to the virus itself as a "hoax", and intimated that this "hoax" was being spread by the Chinese and Congressional Democrats specifically to embarrass him. He tried to slice and dice his words later to <i>claim</i> he'd only referred to Democrats as a "hoax", but that doesn't even make sense - people who actually exist and are talking to you can't be a "hoax" unless you're on an old episode of Scooby Doo.<br /><br />Jon S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13585842845661267920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-59285150720606086152020-03-25T08:37:55.089-07:002020-03-25T08:37:55.089-07:00TCB:
I'm no expert, but I gather that people ...TCB:<br /><i><br />I'm no expert, but I gather that people who are experts have concluded that COVID-19 is NOT deliberately or accidentally man-made.<br /></i><br /><br />Which is good, because "It was deliberatly engineered by the Chi-coms" has become a right-wing talking point, and I'd hate to agree with them.<br /><br />At first, I jumped to the same conclusion, but once I heard Limbaugh foaming at the mouth about it, I needed a drink and a shower.Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-8613886197004744052020-03-25T08:35:40.610-07:002020-03-25T08:35:40.610-07:00Acacia:
When chatting with my flatmate, he admitt...Acacia:<br /><i><br />When chatting with my flatmate, he admitted he deliberately went out to be exposed to this early on for a specific reason: he wanted to come down with this sooner, when the hospitals still have beds available and grocery stores still have most food products, rather than later when there may be shortages on hand. <br /></i><br /><br />So, did he get you sick?<br /><br /><i><br />Our cat has also been going nuts lately out of boredom so... yeah.<br /></i><br /><br />How can you tell? :)Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-57524083616916529682020-03-25T08:26:01.150-07:002020-03-25T08:26:01.150-07:00TCB: Sounds like good news...
You had me at "...TCB: <i>Sounds like good news...</i><br />You had me at "Scientists say"<br /><br /><br />"Easter is very important to me."<br /><br />Perhaps the most cynical, vicious, evil sentence ever uttered in the sordid history of demagoguery.<br />The abyss is gazing back - bigly. Hypatia weeps.scidatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152319593457629592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-15259758991248756002020-03-25T06:50:17.490-07:002020-03-25T06:50:17.490-07:00Given new research into the virus behind COVID-19 ...<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/25/new-coronavirus-research-suggests-vaccines-developed-to-treat-it-could-be-long-lasting/" rel="nofollow">Given new research into the virus behind COVID-19 shows it is fairly slow to mutate</a>, it seems likely that of the two scenarios in TCB's article, the first is more likely - an already-highly-contagious and potentially deadly version of the virus exists among an animal vector and managed to make the leap to humans. As such, if another outbreak hits before a proper vaccine is developed, I suspect we'd have a greater mortality rate as COVID-20 or COVID-21 ravages those with weakened lungs and immune systems from a moderate COVID-19 infection. <br /><br />Though it also depends on which country gets infected. Thanks to Trump, I'm willing to bet if COVID-20/21 finds its way to the U.S., it would sweep across our nation as he dithered and played his metaphorical stock market fiddle. But nations such as Italy, South Korea, and Japan will likely have planned for this and will institute new quarantine procedures to stop it before it spreads far. <br /><br />Acacia Acacia H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678539067303911329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-2176447795199666422020-03-25T06:50:03.301-07:002020-03-25T06:50:03.301-07:00locumranch:
Now that the COVID-19 virus has escap...locumranch:<br /><i><br />Now that the COVID-19 virus has escaped quarantine, ...<br /><br />...leaving President Trump (with his acceptable risk realism) as one of the few adults left in the room.<br /></i><br /><br />The so-called "adult in the room" is responsible for the fact that the virus has escaped quarantine.<br /><br />Thus, the Republican strategy. "We made sure the country is in such bad shape that it simply isn't <b>possible</b> to hold an election in which we could be held accountable. Leaving us in charge is the only option.<br /><br />Guillotine futures rose sharply in morning trading...<br /><br />Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-84726098017383568302020-03-25T06:21:29.032-07:002020-03-25T06:21:29.032-07:00$2T bill bans bailouts for properties of Trump, Pe...$2T bill bans bailouts for properties of Trump, Pence, cabinet or Congress.<br />https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/1143005/<br /><br />Thank you, Democrats.Zepp Jamiesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024670772812706971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-327955297971832982020-03-25T05:29:01.163-07:002020-03-25T05:29:01.163-07:00David
Everyone is a little on edge these days, bu...David<br /><br />Everyone is a little on edge these days, but sometimes I have to chide a bit. Locum knows whereof he speaks. And with the available info (always wishing there was more and better) you are being.....anti scientific.<br /><br />First things first, even the rather Trump unfriendly Politifact rates the claim that Trump fired the pandemic team and shunned WHO test kits as "mostly false". <br /><br />https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/instagram-posts/celebrities-are-sharing-misleading-post-about-trum/<br /><br />It's not as if WHO is some sort of super medical Amazon where you order things and they show up on the doorstep of the WH! They are a clearing house for info, offering what other countries have done for testing as guidance. The CDC decided to create their own test. You and I both respect the science and dedication of the CDC, but they did not shine with this one. The CDC test had lots of false positives, detecting other viral entities. As such it looks as if they held it back from wider release.<br /><br />https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cdc-created-covid-19-testing-criteria-that-masked-the-numbers-contracting-the-coronavirus-in-us-2020-03-23<br /><br />The CDC is not perfect. I don't expect them to be. But honestly, false positives are not the issue. It's false negatives. If you don't have a way to determine if an individual is "all clear" then you will not be able to track disease flow or to eliminate hotspots. I'm not talking about the sick on a ventilator person who is going to get max precautions and care anyway, I'm talking about the health care worker with minimal symptoms who then goes back to work....or a dozen other scenarios with people well intended or dumber than a box o' rocks. So....what is the real false negative rate of asymptomatic Covid-19 testing? It's a hard question to answer. Some tests require a deep nasal swab that patients might refuse (see box/rocks). But the numbers I was able to parse out were concerning...<br /><br />Early tests in China had at least a 3% false neg rate based on people who later tested positive. A better study of people who were severely ill showed initial negative results despite classic findings in an epidemic setting...with 7% later developing confirmatory antibodies. But these were people intensely tested and in situations where refusing a deep NP swab or bronchial lavage were not on the table. One study I looked at suggested that in mildly ill people the false negative rate could alarmingly be as high as 30%.<br /><br />Here in WI we have competent public health services and a bit of lead time. The current positive rate of Covid testing is 5%. But....there was a disturbing bump in "influenza like illness" with negative influenza testing starting in January. <br /><br />Well, those are numbers. I'd frankly prefer that we be "in this together" rather than using hard times to continue to flog our political opposite numbers. <br /><br />The advice of people (Locum and your humble correspondent) who have actually been in the ER front lines for a few epidemics are worth consideration if you indeed are interested in hearing from Fact Using People. If you just wanna Screed, well it is your blog.<br /><br />TW<br /><br /><br /><br />Tacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-15727439301709436182020-03-25T00:47:08.026-07:002020-03-25T00:47:08.026-07:00Sounds like good news: Scientists say the coronavi...Sounds like good news: <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489323-scientists-say-the-coronavirus-is-not-mutating-and-might-respond-to-a" rel="nofollow">Scientists say the coronavirus is not mutating quickly and might respond to a single vaccine</a>TCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153506222271955110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-86987294412389782182020-03-25T00:07:10.956-07:002020-03-25T00:07:10.956-07:00I'm no expert, but I gather that people who ar...I'm no expert, but I gather that <a href="https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/covid-19-not-man-made-comparative-genomic-study-finds" rel="nofollow">people who are experts have concluded that COVID-19 is NOT deliberately or accidentally man-made.</a><br /><br /><i>In the months since COVID-19 turned up in Wuhan, China, speculations have popped up around its origins, with some wondering whether the strain stemmed from a lab escape or alternative non-natural source.</i><br /><br /><i>The researchers' analyses argue against that possibility, pointing instead to human infections stemming from either pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 viruses that were transmitted from an animal vector to humans or from initially non-pathogenic forms of the virus that evolved in humans to become pathogenic — possibilities that will be explored further in the future.</i><br /><br />These are not MY scenarios. I'd happily blame all this on inept Chinese researchers, but short of getting an advanced medical degree myself, I gotta assume this new reporting is more accurate and they are off the hook. <br /><br />The Chinese government is NOT off the hook, however. Their initial secretive/punitive response was a bungle, if not of Trumpian proportions... I read somewhere that they could have prevented 95% of their deaths by responding openly and swiftly instead of silencing the first doctor who tried to warn the public. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/chinese-inquiry-exonerates-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-li-wenliang" rel="nofollow">The late Doctor Li Wenliang has been officially vindicated</a> but it looks like they'll just punish some low-level officials.<br /><br />Between them, the authoritarians in Beijing and Washington and a number of other capitals have guaranteed a global crisis and almost certainly a Second Great Depression.TCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153506222271955110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-3864921757052164732020-03-24T22:37:54.134-07:002020-03-24T22:37:54.134-07:00AFR our kids have 2nd degree Tang Soo Do belts.
C...<i>AFR our kids have 2nd degree Tang Soo Do belts.</i><br /><br />Cool. My son would have had a 1st degree black belt, but he got a cold the weekend of the test. Then he transferred to SDSU and didn't have the time for classes anymore. :( Perhaps after he graduates...A.F. Reyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160750209354337944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-84936223734946237522020-03-24T22:27:44.370-07:002020-03-24T22:27:44.370-07:00I personally wish I knew for certain if I was suff...I personally wish I knew for certain if I was suffering from COVID-19 or something else. Why, you ask? Because <i>once I recover from this, if it <b>was</b> COVID-19, I could help at-risk people by buying groceries and running errands for them!</i> I could also help the sick and those at risk of spreading the disease! <br /><br />Oh, wait. Locu doesn't believe in the basic trappings of civilization. I forgot, I forgot. So basic human decency and kindness is sort of beyond his comprehension. <br /><br />When chatting with my flatmate, he admitted he deliberately went out to be exposed to this early on for a specific reason: he wanted to come down with this sooner, when the hospitals still have beds available and grocery stores still have most food products, rather than later when there may be shortages on hand. I did tell him next time something like this happens I'm duct-taping him to the chair for a couple weeks. ;) He had a good laugh over that, but I'm fairly serious about that. My poor dog has been without company for the last couple of days as I've hibernated in my upstairs bedroom and he's not allowed up here (he gets bored and then finds mischief to get into). Our cat has also been going nuts lately out of boredom so... yeah. <br /><br />But on the plus side, I'll be there for people in need later on. In a couple more weeks I'll be able to donate blood plasma (AB+ isn't exactly in demand but our plasma is quite valuable apparently). So a little misery now just means I'll be there for people later.<br /><br />Try that, Locu - being there for people. Who knows, maybe your metaphorical heart will grow a couple sizes and you'll realize there's more to humanity than your cynicism believes. <br /><br />Acacia who kind of feels guilty as after she admitted to being sick, the commentary here kind of just fizzed out....Acacia H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678539067303911329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-59745499635014158982020-03-24T21:58:36.069-07:002020-03-24T21:58:36.069-07:00"Now that the COVID-19 virus has escaped quar..."Now that the COVID-19 virus has escaped quarantine, Dr. Salgueiro well knows that further viral testing is both futile & unnecessary, mostly because test results do not effect treatment options."<br /><br />Any excuse for indolence and dyspeptic laziness. Oh, no, tracking spreaders and hotspots won't do any good! Finding virus free zones where the economy can be allowed some leeway, that can't matter. Getting the pandemic data we need in order to understand this and future events... nah. <br /><br /> I could name a dozen ways that the wide testing - that we could have had if not sabotaged by a screeching-stupid traitor president and screeching insane traitor party - would have been useful six... or four, or two weeks ago, or even now. Only here's the crux. Locum could name them, too. He just says shit. Because he can.<br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.com