Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Peloton is giving out a free 3-month digital trial through their app so you'll be able to see if it's for you or not. Plenty of classes on there as well which don't require the bike.

https://vitals.lifehacker.com/peloto...can-1842394973

Oh, thanks!

[rdodolak]

Robert Herman, a 64 year old man residing at the Tribeca apartments in NYC took his own life Friday night.

Man leaves note asking ‘How do you enjoy life?’ before jumping to his death

[rdodolak]

Infectious Disease Experts Don’t Know How Bad The Coronavirus Is Going To Get, Either

[rdodolak]

A silver lining?

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...49506993442816

Originally Posted by Nate Silver

Washington state is the most encouraging, conversely. They've done a lot of testing, the data is good, and the curve is fairly flat. Makes sense given that formal and informal social distancing policies went into place sooner there than elsewhere.

[rdodolak]

Data on COVID-19 in the US.

The COVID Tracking Project

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

A silver lining?

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...49506993442816

That does sound encouraging. Is there a graph or data to support this?

[Himmel]

These are the embattled faces of the medics on the #COVID19 frontline in #Italy
Heroes one and all

[Himmel]

Pass it on..

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

That does sound encouraging. Is there a graph or data to support this?

I'm trying to find data that supports that. However, here is some statistics from Washington:

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Data on COVID-19 in the US.

The COVID Tracking Project

Jeez. The stats for my state, MI:

Positive: 1,035

Negative: 2,069

Why are more thank 1/3 of people being tested ending up positive? I mean, I'm not a virologist or anything. And I know they are leaning toward testing people who are likely to show up as infected, as opposed to someone like me. But even considering that, is that normal?

[Unknown450]

The thing about these senior hours. GREAT idea.. when it works.
Talk to employee at Dollar General last time i was there and she said a guy came to the store during first hour and she told him that they wanted seniors to have that hour to themselves he refused to wait and went in. And they can't just kick people out apparently.

Some people just dont care and are selfish sadly.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Jeez. The stats for my state, MI:

Positive: 1,035

Negative: 2,069

Why are more thank 1/3 of people being tested ending up positive? I mean, I'm not a virologist or anything. And I know they are leaning toward testing people who are likely to show up as infected, as opposed to someone like me. But even considering that, is that normal?

As you said, usually the only people that get tested are those that have been in contact with someone that has it, or are showing symptoms. So that's definitely going to skew the infection rate. If they start testing people in general that percentage of people that will have it will be considerably lower..

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Unknown450

The thing about these senior hours. GREAT idea.. when it works.
Talk to employee at Dollar General last time i was there and she said a guy came to the store during first hour and she told him that they wanted seniors to have that hour to themselves he refused to wait and went in. And they can't just kick people out apparently.

Some people just dont care and are selfish sadly.

I'm not going to disagree with this employee you spoke with, of course. She obviously is part of the entire picture, I'm not.

But having worked in law offices (years ago, granted), having followed the law, and having grown up in a family of lawyers and legal professionals -- I can't think of a reason they couldn't just deny someone entrance, except: race, gender, religion, sexual preference, etc. I was under the impression -- obviously wrongly, potentially -- that if I own a business, I can kick anyone out, for any reason, no reason, whatever -- as long as everyone I deny business to isn't Hispanic, or gay, or Jewish, or who knows?

Is that wrong?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Unknown450

The thing about these senior hours. GREAT idea.. when it works.
Talk to employee at Dollar General last time i was there and she said a guy came to the store during first hour and she told him that they wanted seniors to have that hour to themselves he refused to wait and went in. And they can't just kick people out apparently.

Some people just dont care and are selfish sadly.

Yep, I'm sure this happens with all these places that are doing this sadly.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

As you said, usually the only people that get tested are those that have been in contact with someone that has it, or are showing symptoms. So that's definitely going to skew the infection rate. If they start testing people in general that percentage of people that will have it will be considerably lower..

Yeah, I'm sure that's right.

It was just that those numbers seemed really startling when I first saw them.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'm not going to disagree with this employee you spoke with, of course. She obviously is part of the entire picture, I'm not.

But having worked in law offices (years ago, granted), having followed the law, and having grown up in a family of lawyers and legal professionals -- I can't think of a reason they couldn't just deny someone entrance, except: race, gender, religion, sexual preference, etc. I was under the impression -- obviously wrongly, potentially -- that if I own a business, I can kick anyone out, for any reason, no reason, whatever -- as long as everyone I deny business to isn't Hispanic, or gay, or Jewish, or who knows?

Is that wrong?

One can argue it's age discrimination.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

One can argue it's age discrimination.

Good point.

[Unknown450]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'm not going to disagree with this employee you spoke with, of course. She obviously is part of the entire picture, I'm not.

But having worked in law offices (years ago, granted), having followed the law, and having grown up in a family of lawyers and legal professionals -- I can't think of a reason they couldn't just deny someone entrance, except: race, gender, religion, sexual preference, etc. I was under the impression -- obviously wrongly, potentially -- that if I own a business, I can kick anyone out, for any reason, no reason, whatever -- as long as everyone I deny business to isn't Hispanic, or gay, or Jewish, or who knows?

Is that wrong?

Well I didn't go into full details with her about it but I imagine the higher ups didn't give them permission to force them out. They should be able to call police at least when people don't listen. But I dunno.

[Gold Ranger]

What about senior centers. Age discrimination as well?

[jcs913]

I didn't know that they renamed it 'The Chinese Virus'. Saw that today from our leader. Good information to know for the future.