Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by MazeRunner

Those drive-in screens look to small for me. I like being inside a theatre with no sunlight whatsoever and the giant screen being directly in front of me as I get the prime first row seats in front of the handicap section.

We have a drive-in here but I don't think they'll be open. I haven't been there since I was a kid though.

Drive-ins are more for the fun experience of being out and getting to eat or stretch out or whatever in your car during the movie. They don't offer the same premium image/sound quality a normal theater gives you.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

▪ https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2.../12/2006874117

Airplanes, Grocery stores, Home Depots, Liquor stores, Subways, Shopping malls, Restaurants, Barber shops, Hair salons, Churches, Funeral parlors, ...
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Attack Rate Following Exposure @ A Choir Practice

▪ https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm

Regarding asymptomatic carriers, it's not really known how infectious they are, but one study estimated that they cause only about 5 percent of new infections to others, even though they account for a large share of the people who have it.

It basically amounts to the amount of virus particles in those droplets from speaking, sneezing, etc. If a person is not going to get sick from it, then it makes sense that they won't have quite the viral load accumulating to cause sickness, as those who do get sick. And so won't pass it on to others as easily.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Drive-ins are more for the fun experience of being out and getting to eat or stretch out or whatever in your car during the movie. They don't offer the same premium image/sound quality a normal theater gives you.

Right. That's why I wouldn't want to see a movie for the first time in that setting. I'd only go for an older movie that I know and love, for the kitsch factor. And I certainly wouldn't want to sit through two of them.

I feel like it'd be one of those "do it to say you did it" things.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by ronboster

Bruce, I grew up in a small town not far from you. When I was a Senior at Drake, I had an internship with KWWL working in their Des Moines office. It was basically me and a former Drake grad covering the State Legislature.

I moved away from Iowa when I was 23 to live in Houston with my sister (who got married to my best friend) until I got an apartment a few months later.

I had to get away from my friends who were all losers and potheads (including myself). Was able to shake the habit a few years later and I still go back to visit every few years. But it gets more foreign to me every time I go back. It's totally different. Plus the weather sucks. But as a kid it offered the freedom to roam (in a small suburb called Evansdale) all over town, which was a great way to grow up.

[bruceames]

I only remember once going to a theater back then. It was always the drive-in. The freedom and privacy, and the expense, was more appealing than how new or good the movie itself was. My mom used to take us kids and then as a teen it was the best option for dates or partying with friends.

[meremortal]

Nearly all businesses have re-opened around here and there are no more limits on how many people can be out in groups. Locals are basically 'back to normal' and mostly without masks or any care about anyone other than themselves. It's pretty sad.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Nearly all businesses have re-opened around here and there are no more limits on how many people can be out in groups. Locals are basically 'back to normal' and mostly without masks or any care about anyone other than themselves. It's pretty sad.

Well...time will tell. Protect yourself and your family as best as you can. Everyone else is on their own.

That's my attitude at this point - you do you and I'll do me. Don't criticize how I choose to handle this and I won't say anything to you.

[Gold Ranger]

Anyone in the USA still waiting for their Stimulus?
I'm on disability and still have not gotten mine.

[bruceames]

I'm still waiting.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Anyone in the USA still waiting for their Stimulus?
I'm on disability and still have not gotten mine.

My brother is.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Anyone in the USA still waiting for their Stimulus?
I'm on disability and still have not gotten mine.

Have you checked your status through the IRS portal?

https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof-wmsp/login

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Have you checked your status through the IRS portal?

https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof-wmsp/login

Yeah, it says the same thing everyday...
Info/Status not available

Normally, I wouldn't care, but WV just started taking out for medical coverage even though I've never had that done before in any of the previous states and my rent increased because landlord is out of work due to virus.

[Gold Ranger]

Every time I move or change banks, I always call and update my info with Disability and Social Services.

Here's my message that I just received from that website:

Payment Status Not Available
We are unable to provide the status of your payment right now because:
We don't have enough information yet (we're working on this), or
You're not eligible for a payment.

For more information about why you're receiving this message, see our Frequently Asked Questions.
You can check the application again to see whether there has been an update to your information. Get My Payment data is updated once per day, so there's no need to check back more often.

[MifuneFan]

Put your address in all caps, fully spell out anything like Street, or Avenue, etc.. Doing some combination of those changes has worked for some getting that message.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Put your address in all caps, fully spell out anything like Street, or Avenue, etc.. Doing some combination of those changes has worked for some getting that message.

Same result.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by chip75

I'm sure some people have locked their brains down as well as their bodies ... a tradesman who comes regularly to our house told us he's safe because he's been "tested" by the Council. What? Unless he was tested yesterday and given the results this morning then it's completely bloody useless. How many people has he come in contact with since the test?

We're going to basically turn the World into the Adult Film industry, people will need tests the day before and sign off that they won't be coming into contact with anybody else until they see you.

The UK's tracing App sounds like a farce. If a person contracts the virus and gets tested, they're days from knowing the result, so they can basically catch the virus at a gathering with friends, go home, then get on a train to go to work the next day, get off the train an get a text that they're infected.

Unless we can develop on the spot testing and results cases are just going to spike every time restrictions are lessened.

The on the spot testing will come when they develop a chip inserted under the skin, in perhaps a "tattoo," that can monitor somehow, if a person has, or had the virus of the week... And, be like an RFID, for tracing.

[Batman1980]

Picked up my 1 bottle running waist pack from Big 5 today that I bought because I somehow lost one of my bottle lids on Sunday. Saw an old customer walk right up to another customer and ask her how to do curbside pick-up.

Also see people outside who are taking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long to turn and are still using the other lane as they turn quite widely.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Every time I move or change banks, I always call and update my info with Disability and Social Services.

Here's my message that I just received from that website:

The Govt. is happy when their web portals work for most people. That 1-2% that is doesn't work for on rollout, is still in the Millions, isn't it.


Then they publish shit like... "We've had a 98% success rate..." to spin it.

[LordoftheRings]

⛳ https://www.technologyreview.com/202...acing-tracker/

Can it help? Is it any good? Is it worth it? Are there any negative implications?
Artificial Intelligence...are we robots in the year 2020 and beyond?

We know that we already are; but how much further and faster are we advancing now with COVID-19 pandemic?
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They have robot dogs patrolling in some parks and counting people (Singapore). ....And giving instructions (educating) on taking precautions (social distancing - 2 meters). They are fully equipped with cameras, sensors, microphones, speakers, ...relaying to a data base.

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

• https://www.businessinsider.com/roam...p-apart-2020-5

[Moviefan1203]

Rick Bright’s testimony today was quite eye opening. My goodness gracious.