Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

It hasn't spread elsewhere. Fauci is saying that NYC will peak in April and then other places will be in May/June, etc. It's not hitting everywhere at the exact same time.

Yes, but I was referring to the country as a whole. Who knows what's going to happen, but other EU countries have seen peaks in daily cases. I certainly don't think other major U.S. cities will end up like New York.

[Member-222782]

Toilet paper takes care of about 75% of booty cleaning duties and that's only after a thorough cleaning. Most people probably just wipe the surface a little - a couple of minutes tops. This is where a detachable shower head comes in. But many people only have stationary shower heads so that still leaves you with a partially cleaned bottom. Moral of the story: don't buy white underwear

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/31/gov-...-to-75795.html

Cuomo says coronavirus is ‘more dangerous’ than expected as New York cases jump 14% overnight to 75,795

You were saying?

So are you still wondering why I've been freaking out all this time? We're very close to China's number, dude!!

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by intoanewlife

Sounds like you need to fix your diet if shitting is such a horrific experience for you

Trying to figure out what makes you think that based off of what I said? lol

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by bruceames

U.S. daily cases still look close to peaking. Around 20k per day the last several days. Hopefully it won't go much higher.

[Show spoiler]

Definitely not anywhere close to peaking. Most states aren't testing enough, and many are just at the start of this.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by bruceames

What makes you so sure?

First look at the testing being done in some states: https://covidtracking.com/data/

Second, cases are still climbing in many states daily. New Jersey, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Florida, and so forth. Why would these states be anywhere close to peaking when they're only just starting to see thousands more cases? They're basically like NY was 2-3 weeks prior, but with respect to their populations. Many other states are also on the incline too. The only state that may be peaking sooner i'd say is Washington where the first major cluster in the US was. I am not really seeing any indication of a peak anytime soon for the country as a whole, or the majority of states even.

[LordoftheRings]

If you're up to it watch this ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UO3...ature=youtu.be

[LordoftheRings]

¤¤ https://informationisbeautiful.net/v...phic-datapack/

USA ...
¤ https://usafacts.org/visualizations/...19-spread-map/

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

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▪ https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=3798

On track ...

March 31 (5 days, day's not over yet...still 10 hours left...Pacific Time) -> Deaths: 41,983 (42,344 @ the end of March 31).

Say tomorrow April 1st @ the end of the day (6 days total - from March 26) the total global number of deaths is 48,000 (double of 24,000) ... on April 7 @ the end of the day (another full 6 days later) how many deaths total global according to the data so far?
On April 10 ... end of the day (3 days later)?
On April 12 (Easter) end of the day (5 full days after April 7)?

See, 100,000 was a very conservative number. Hope is not near 200,000 ... (mid-April).
So I already know that I was wrong (the number will be larger).
Unless a miracle ... but that's my problem; I don't believe in miracles.
I believe in stats, in data we have so far. Anything can change tomorrow...God Lock.
We're going to need both Godzilla and King Kong's help on our side.
Godzilla can burn that nasty virus to hell with his radioactive flame coughing.

I love movies, I love numbers, I love money, I hate dead people by the numbers.
I love playing with movie box office revenues ($$$ numbers, each day, each week).
I hate analysing and calculating future estimates (mine) of dead people globally during a pandemic.
But I'm staying home, and I'm starting to get bored to death, so I listen to some good music tunes (Opera & Tango), watch few good 4K Blu-ray flicks on OLED 4K HDR definition with Atomas sound resolution, and check the numbers adding up with you all together on TV and on Twitter and on Google and on YouTube and on Facebook and on Instagram and on any tuning radio station and on any channel flipping from hundreds of them. ...I check WWW (World Wide Web), Amazon & eBay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWmn...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Iq...ature=youtu.be

[MifuneFan]

Dangerous backlog: Coronavirus results can take a week or more

Even if you’re able to get tested for the coronavirus, it’ll still take about a week to get the results back — which means the U.S. still doesn’t have a real-time handle on the number of infected people.

Why it matters: We need to know where the virus is spreading in order to get a lid on those outbreaks before they become catastrophic.

Testing more people is part of that, and the U.S. is improving on that front. But we’re still working with outdated data, giving the virus a pretty big head start before we can even spot new problems.

What we’re hearing: An Arlington, Virginia, resident told Axios he got tested a week ago, but his results have now been delayed twice; he’ll likely end up waiting nine to 10 days for his results.

There are other anecdotal reports of test results taking about seven days.
Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, the two private companies that have helped the U.S. ramp up its testing, both say they deliver results in an average of four to five days.
We saw this play out with Sen. Rand Paul. It took six days to get the results back from his coronavirus test, and he returned to work in the Senate during that time.

Paul turned out to be infected, which means he was putting other people at risk by adhering to his normal routine over the course of those six days. The same goes for anyone who doesn’t isolate themselves while waiting days for test results.
Delayed results also give us a distorted view of how bad the outbreak is.

We’re still not testing enough people, so we know the official count — more than 60,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. — is too low.
That tally of confirmed cases, in addition to being incomplete, is outdated.
Because it takes four to five days for test results to come back, today’s update in the number of confirmed cases doesn’t actually tell us how many people have coronavirus today. It tells us how many people had coronavirus four to five days ago.
And in four to five days, we’ll find out how many people had coronavirus today. And it will be spreading while we wait.
What’s next: The Food and Drug Administration signed off last week on a new test that can deliver results within about 45 minutes.

At least for now, that test will be somewhat limited. Hospitals will use it to quickly diagnose patients with severe symptoms who are likely to be admitted and need a fast, accurate diagnosis to begin treatment.
LabCorp and Quest didn’t answer questions about whether their average turnaround times are getting longer or shorter, though Quest says it “cannot accommodate everyone who wants testing and meet tight turnaround time expectations” because demand is growing faster than supply.
The bottom line: Testing is supposed to serve two purposes: getting individual patients a diagnosis and tracking the spread of the virus to help contain it.

The tests are only available to diagnose the sickest patients because we don’t have enough tests and the supplies needed for testing, the results take so long to come back, and the coronavirus has spread so widely while we’ve been playing catch-up.
And that means we’re not making the most of it as a tool to contain the outbreak and prevent more illnesses.

https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-te...fd66f443f.html

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

First look at the testing being done in some states: https://covidtracking.com/data/

Second, cases are still climbing in many states daily. New Jersey, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Florida, and so forth. Why would these states be anywhere close to peaking when they're only just starting to see thousands more cases? They're basically like NY was 2-3 weeks prior, but with respect to their populations. Many other states are also on the incline too. The only state that may be peaking sooner i'd say is Washington where the first major cluster in the US was. I am not really seeing any indication of a peak anytime soon for the country as a whole, or the majority of states even.

Well hopefully the daily case peak won't get too much higher. it just seems to be getting worse all the time.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

You already posted that one Lee, anything new?

https://www.voomart.com/products/mec...gle%20Shopping

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Well hopefully the daily case peak won't get too much higher. it just seems to be getting worse all the time.

One website says the country will peak by mid April, so who knows, I would just be surprised by that. I think NY is sort of a template, or a lesson for other states, and many acted quicker than us with regards to shelter in place rules, so their peaks should have a shorter time frame than ours.

I think too many people in NYC are still being idiots and not following the rules, and the subway, as necessary as it is, is really hampering the cause a lot. Trains are still crowded every morning.

[Lee A Stewart]

CEO: AMC Theatres Hoping for Mid-June Re-Opening

AMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor with 1,000 theatres and 11,000 screens, hopes to re-open domestic screens by mid-June, CEO Adam Aron told CNBC.

Speaking March 31, Aron said the industry remained on “uncharted times in our lifetimes,” while admitting to wishful thinking as the chain has seen revenue plummet to zero as local and state governments banned group gatherings of 10 or more people.

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/ceo-am...ne-re-opening/

[Lee A Stewart]

Video Streaming to TVs Soared 85% in U.S. in First Three Weeks of March, Nielsen Says

During the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are staying home — and, as you would expect, they’re streaming more than ever.

U.S. consumers’ viewing of streaming has continued to increase through March. Over the first three weeks of March 2020, the total estimated number of minutes streamed to the TV was 400 billion, up 85% compared with the comparable three-week period in 2019, according to a Nielsen analysis.

And during the week of March 16, consumers watched about 156.1 billion minutes of streaming content on TV, up 22% from the week prior, and 2.2 times the comparable week the year prior.

https://variety.com/2020/digital/new...en-1203550256/

[bruceames]

Netflix is loving it I'm sure.

I sure hope the theaters can reopen in June or at least by July. I'm worried about the one near me. It never seems to be that crowded during normal times, and all the seats are recliners. And as it's the only recliner theater within a 30 mile radius, I sure would miss it if it closed down, especially being so used to them.

[bruceames]

Also just realized all the dentists have shut down. Unfortunately I'm in the middle of an implant + bridge procedure, and I had an appt. for Thursday. It's something they need to do but probably won't for a while now. At least nothing hurts.

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by travisbickle

**** bidets, I've been using my detachable shower head for years. First I do a little bit of wiping to get most of the pooh, then I jump in the shower and finish the job. I've always had a problem with dingleberries due to my hairy butthole area, so I just don't feel clean unless I take that final step.

TMI?

Originally Posted by travisbickle

And bidets seem like they would be a mess...wouldn't you run the risk of spraying shit everywhere on the bathroom floor?

Images I’ll fail to unsee for at least a week....

[Dubstar]

I've used a bidet once - it got me squeaky clean

[Lee A Stewart]

Went to the doctor's office yesterday. First time since the outbreak I have got in the car and not bought food. I needed an Rx for an antibiotic I am taking which I ran out of. They were able to give me an appointment right away due to a cancellation. It was really good to see my doctor again. We make each other laugh.