Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Memorial Day coronavirus positivity: 441,248 test results reported today, the most ever. Percent positive: 4.3%, the lowest ever. Number of deaths: 523, the lowest daily number since March 29th.

Deaths have been down more than cases since last month, which shows that increased testing has kept cases higher than they otherwise would be.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

It's not your place to tell anyone else how to live.

That said, I wouldn't (and don't) do it...but it's not going to hurt anyone to wear one so why bother judging?

This is what I don't understand: being overcautious hurts no one. Why does anyone feel the need to criticize others?

Well recycling disposable ones because you're being overly cautious sure is which I'm sure many of them are doing (some here admit to it). It is wasteful regardless.

[BucketheadPikes]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Deaths have been down more than cases since last month, which shows that increased testing has kept cases higher than they otherwise would be.

So if a tree in a forest falls over & hits the ground, it doesn't make a sound unless someone is near enough to hear it?

[noone13]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Well the point was to knock out the non-program specific 12 credits I need to finish up my degree this year. Also the Pell requires full-time enrollment, which is a minimum of 12 credits. Guessing if I get any more aid tomorrow it will also require minimally 12 credits. I'd be willing to do 15 if that's what it takes but financial aid isn't really being informative right now so we'll see. Tomorrow is my deadline for them because I don't want to start school work late and I'm not buying textbooks without the certainty the tuition will be paid.

Summer is usually 6 hours to he considered full time which is all you need for financial aid. However the amount of aid available is based on how much was given out during the fall/spring terms. Since you only need 6 hours, might be up to 8 depending on the length of the classes, you should be fine getting aid. I took summer classes every year and never had a problem getting aid.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

It's not your place to tell anyone else how to live.

That said, I wouldn't (and don't) do it...but it's not going to hurt anyone to wear one so why bother judging?

This is what I don't understand: being overcautious hurts no one. Why does anyone feel the need to criticize others?

Thank you getting my back on this one. I'm literally about to lose my mind on how I am getting attacked for every little thing. Now I'm getting attacked for wearing a mask?? The world has gone mad!

Considering that the compactor room in my building is a public area where all the residents on my floor throws their trash; it's literally the filthiest place you can visit. And the mailroom is a public area in my building. There could be people there also checking their mail at that time and I also take the elevator down to the lobby to get there and I could potentially be riding the elevator with someone there. I, personally, see nothing wrong with wearing a mask for those purposes.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by noone13

Summer is usually 6 hours to he considered full time which is all you need for financial aid. However the amount of aid available is based on how much was given out during the fall/spring terms. Since you only need 6 hours, might be up to 8 depending on the length of the classes, you should be fine getting aid. I took summer classes every year and never had a problem getting aid.

Yeah I usually don't take summer classes but I really want to graduate this year. I partially blame my advisor because he had me convinced my spring and fall classes this year would be enough. Makes me wonder how he has a job.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by BucketheadPikes

So if a tree in a forest falls over & hits the ground, it doesn't make a sound unless someone is near enough to hear it?

I was comparing April to May cases. Testing has more than doubled this month, so obviously it's going to results in more cases than if testing were still at April levels, right?

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Dirty ass ho!! lol

That was the best part

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Enh. I'm cool with shaming. Put a goddamn mask on. It's not that difficult.

I get you want people to wear a mask, but honestly, when i think about it, the only reason people in Asia for example used to typically wear it was because they were apparently ill and didn't want to pass anything along

Here we now have situations where people automatically assume; No Mask = Coronavirus or similar. Not everybody obviously but i feel that's the logic behind that wanting people to wear masks. The irony of all this is that some masks are plain useless. They just will not do what people think they're going to do because they don't meet certain standards etc. but its the PERCEPTION that because X person is wearing a mask, it "MUST" be safer.

Personally speaking i don't wear a mask and generally i am not going to wear a mask. I don't expect to be coughing all around people and i don't expect them to do so on me. It's a risk i take, but i don't particularly feel any more unsafe now than i did in say February before everything went under lockdown.

I think it's genuinely the perceived fear of COVID-19 that is more problematic moving forwards for resuming normality. I think clearly the job is done in that respect for some but it's not a good thing because it means we're looking at everything thorough a negative light imo. "Oh, this person could kill me(!)" even when literally there's no signs of illness. I think that's my real problem. We've not been given any real hard concrete data on asymptomatic people and how they can spread Coronavirus and so on. If the risk is minimal, then the truth is like all things, if you end up getting infected, it was just bad luck.

[BucketheadPikes]

Originally Posted by bruceames

I was comparing April to May cases. Testing has more than doubled this month, so obviously it's going to results in more cases than if testing were still at April levels, right?

Spread has much more to do with numbers than testing does at this point. I'll go out on a limb here & say that the numbers are higher all across the board. Testing is still at a low percentage, but getting better, so we'll see. We're only approximately 100 days into this with 99,000 dead & at least 1.7 million infected. You might want to consider easing up on the victory dance. Testing at this point is not significant enough to tell us the full extent of what's going on. And no, I won't be disappointed by lower than expected numbers if that ends up being the case. That was a low blow, but that's fine, I can take it just like I can dish it out.

[Lee A Stewart]

I guess the rules here in NM are a bit different than what NARMAK is used to. Here - if you don't wear a mask, you don't get in. No mask, no entrance - all retail stores. The only thing you can buy without a mask is self-serve gas with a CC or Debit Card; pay at the pump.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I get you want people to wear a mask, but honestly, when i think about it, the only reason people in Asia for example used to typically wear it was because they were apparently ill and didn't want to pass anything along

Here we now have situations where people automatically assume; No Mask = Coronavirus or similar. Not everybody obviously but i feel that's the logic behind that wanting people to wear masks. The irony of all this is that some masks are plain useless. They just will not do what people think they're going to do because they don't meet certain standards etc. but its the PERCEPTION that because X person is wearing a mask, it "MUST" be safer.

Personally speaking i don't wear a mask and generally i am not going to wear a mask. I don't expect to be coughing all around people and i don't expect them to do so on me. It's a risk i take, but i don't particularly feel any more unsafe now than i did in say February before everything went under lockdown.

I think it's genuinely the perceived fear of COVID-19 that is more problematic moving forwards for resuming normality. I think clearly the job is done in that respect for some but it's not a good thing because it means we're looking at everything thorough a negative light imo. "Oh, this person could kill me(!)" even when literally there's no signs of illness. I think that's my real problem. We've not been given any real hard concrete data on asymptomatic people and how they can spread Coronavirus and so on. If the risk is minimal, then the truth is like all things, if you end up getting infected, it was just bad luck.

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Raises a good question: how will they ever have a salad bar again?

Pizza Ranch (a pizza buffet with GREAT fried chicken and mashed potatoes + gravy) opened back up in my area and I guess they have a few workers standing there with gloves handing out the food. You have to tell them what to put on your plate.

[Batman1980]

I want Asian buffet food again but I imagine if the local one re-opens, that will be the case there as well. Such a shame, the cost of paying extra people to hand out the food all day is probably going to force a lot of places to shut down.

[veritas]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Deaths have been down more than cases since last month, which shows that increased testing has kept cases higher than they otherwise would be.

mortality rate in america is still up at 5.86% though if we really increased our testing by a large enough percentage to inflate the number of cases we should see a rapidly dropping mortality rate unless we also failed to count alot of deaths.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I want Asian buffet food again but I imagine if the local one re-opens, that will be the case there as well. Such a shame, the cost of paying extra people to hand out the food all day is probably going to force a lot of places to shut down.

I'd probably go all Captain Dickson on them when they are being cheap with the portions.

[Moviefan1203]

I wonder how wedding receptions might change. I know I always enjoyed the meat carving stations at buffet weddings. I could see those going the way of the dinosaurs.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I want Asian buffet food again but I imagine if the local one re-opens, that will be the case there as well. Such a shame, the cost of paying extra people to hand out the food all day is probably going to force a lot of places to shut down.

An alternative is to charge more and offer less. I have two buffets near me: Hong Kong Buffet and Linn's. Both could add $3 or $4 per person while cutting back on the number of foods available with no real affect on traffic.

[MifuneFan]

Just equip the buffets/salad bars with UV lamps, boom.

[Member-222782]

It's probably due to the rising temps/humidity and lack of A/C on the trains but I had a bit of a rougher time than normal wearing a mask this morning. By the end of my commute all I wanted to do was tear the ****ing thing off. I guess this means I won't fare well this Summer. Misery here I come