August 13, 20215 yr 3 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: That's a lot of extra mass at ~99 degrees floating in the pool, it's bound the raise the water temp a few degrees. Yeah I never did the math, but my 180 pounds in 10,000 gallons of water probably shoots the temp up instantly.
August 13, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, Kz! said: Oh no, people get to make a personal choice! I'm scared! What's this world coming to! Agreed. I tried explaining that to the trooper the last time I was clocked doing 105 MPH on the GSP but he also didn't understand. He said something about being a risk to others and gave me a ticket anyway.. Some people, huh?
August 13, 20215 yr All the back and forth about mask is a waste of time. Approve vaccines for under 12, give boosters to those that need them and let the unvaxxed perish.
August 13, 20215 yr 1 minute ago, Joe Shades 73 said: All the back and forth about mask is a waste of time. Approve vaccines for under 12, give boosters to those that need them and let the unvaxxed perish. I can agree with this. I can think of a few that can't leave this earth fast enough.
August 13, 20215 yr 1 minute ago, Joe Shades 73 said: All the back and forth about mask is a waste of time. Approve vaccines for under 12, give boosters to those that need them and let the unvaxxed perish. Not a lot of people know this, but only about .2% of the people who catch covid will actually die from it, and those people are generally very, very unhealthy. But yeah, I'm sure all the unvaxxed will die off soon.
August 13, 20215 yr Quote What to Say if Someone Wrongly Claims ‘99% of People Survive COVID’ When someone brings COVID’s "low” mortality rate into the conversation, however, they’re missing a few major pieces of the puzzle, deliberately or not. The biggest one? The "99 percent” stat just isn’t true—according to an Associated Press fact-check, scientists are still trying to determine COVID’s "infection fatality rate,” and the 99 percent stat stems largely from May 2020 analysis that has yet to be peer-reviewed or even published. Instead, it’s been twisted by people whose interests lie in pretending COVID-19 doesn’t exist. It also doesn’t gel with what we’ve already experienced in the U.S.: We’ve had an estimated 25,300,000 COVID cases as of this writing, with 421,000 deaths attributed to the virus—more than 1.5 times the supposed 1 percent mortality rate. This 99 percent stat also doesn’t deal with the aforementioned medical resources issue: COVID appears pretty survivable, with perfect healthcare for severe cases. But many deaths have resulted from the fact that, when we have more people who need treatment in hospitals than we have hospital beds open, people die who might have otherwise survived with treatment, just because too many people are sick at the same time. Quote Try this piece from Reuters, which breaks down the argument that a high survival rate for COVID negates the need for vaccination, or this one from USA Today, which unpacks the origins of the "99 percent survival rate” statistic and delineates the ways that survival rate varies across demographics like age and health history, and is compounded by factors like community spread. Give the person you’re talking to time and space to do their own research along these lines, and hopefully they’ll arrive closer to the truth. Question whether death rates equal danger Mortality is not the only problem that matters. COVID can last a long-ass time, so a few days of fun now could lead to weeks and months of debilitating sickness down the road. As if the physical hardship isn’t enough, there are also the financial consequences, like bills for COVID-related medical care (because, yeah, people are still getting hit with those, despite hand-waving about coverage from the federal government). Then there are the potential costs of being unable to work for a long period of time, because sick leave varies widely from employer to employer. Unpaid sick time with no other incoming funds could lead to people missing out on rent payments or other bills like student loan payments, credit card expenses, or preexisting medical debt. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? Not at all! Don’t forget to bring up how much COVID could suck in the long run—the long term effects of contracting COVID-19, especially a severe case, are still very much unknown (scary), and have included everything from organ inflammation (even in young and fit people, like college athletes!) and permanent brain damage to debilitating exhaustion. Anecdotal evidence has surfaced all kinds of nasty complaints and ailments. A future that could include dealing with brain fog, cardiovascular damage, chest pain, joint pain, kidney damage, reduced lung function, and loss of taste and smell is not a tantalizing prospect, (just some of the long term effects the CDC has already identified) but it’s something that COVID survival truthers are eliding when they say they’re not concerned about catching the virus. Remind them how many deaths "one percent” of any population would actually be In an opinion piece for Forbes, meteorologist Marshall Shepherd compared the dismissal of COVID’s danger over a "high” survival rate to the way cities prepare for hurricane season: Imagine if the National Hurricane Center issued this warning: "Hurricane SoandSo will make landfall in the Miami area tomorrow, there is a 99 percent survival rate so don’t take any precautions and we are sorry in advance for the 1 percent that we will likely lose.” There are over 6 million people in Miami. 1 percent of 6 million people is 60,000 lives. That would be ridiculous. Like we said above, COVID-related mortality in the U.S. has already outpaced the "99 percent survival rate” figure—and it’s hard to argue that an acceptable or miniscule number of people have died so far. Go ahead and walk through what one percent of your hometown, one percent of a school or place of worship, one percent of a nursing home would actually look and feel like: Would the number of people gone be possible to shrug off? Would their loss be negligible? The answer is undoubtedly no. Churning through outrage cycles over government restrictions can cause people to lose sight of why we’re doing any of this crap in the first place: to prevent even more unnecessary deaths. https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8kzk/do-99-percent-of-people-survive-covid-19-myths-argument
August 13, 20215 yr 1 minute ago, barho said: I thought COVID would disappear after the election? What gives? I asked that months ago and never go an answer. Anyone?
August 13, 20215 yr 24 minutes ago, Kz! said: Not a lot of people know this, but only about .2% of the people who catch covid will actually die from it, and those people are generally very, very unhealthy. But yeah, I'm sure all the unvaxxed will die off soon. Really? That means only 700,000 Americans will die from it. We’re almost out of the woods folks!!
August 13, 20215 yr 2 minutes ago, barho said: I thought COVID would disappear after the election? What gives? Just now, Boogyman said: I asked that months ago and never go an answer. Anyone? They need to keep it going to prevent Trump's reinstatement. It will go away next week. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE
August 13, 20215 yr 3 minutes ago, barho said: I thought COVID would disappear after the election? What gives? Good point - Biden has certainly failed us there
August 13, 20215 yr 6 minutes ago, barho said: Really? That means only 700,000 Americans will die from it. We’re almost out of the woods folks!! I was hoping for more. Since it's mostly elderly it was the SS correction we needed.
August 13, 20215 yr 37 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said: All the back and forth about mask is a waste of time. Approve vaccines for under 12, give boosters to those that need them and let the unvaxxed perish.
August 13, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: Good point - Biden has certainly failed us there You mean secret President Trump, right?
August 13, 20215 yr Man - almost 390,000 people have died from Covid since Biden was elected. OK fine - 208,000 since he was inaugurated. Don't the American people deserve better? Sad
August 13, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Our school board reinstated masks for everyone last night. which school district if you don't mind?
August 13, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: which school district if you don't mind? The Ishlib Consolidated School District
August 13, 20215 yr for my fellow Bucks County citizens like @Gannan ... "just don't have your parents report COVID to you.." really? REALLY DAMSKER? This guy needs to be canned. edit: full email, to show it's legit. also the same guidance that CRSD was apparently following:
August 13, 20215 yr 20 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: Good point - Biden has certainly failed us there Which Biden? The robot Biden, the lizard Biden or the CGI Biden?
August 13, 20215 yr 14 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: Man - almost 390,000 people have died from Covid since Biden was elected. OK fine - 208,000 since he was inaugurated. Don't the American people deserve better? Sad Trump is actually running America behind the scenes. Stop letting CNN fool you. Sheep.
August 13, 20215 yr https://www.vox.com/22602039/breakthrough-cases-covid-19-delta-variant-masks-vaccines
August 13, 20215 yr 10 minutes ago, Boogyman said: Trump is actually running America behind the scenes. Stop letting CNN fool you. Sheep.
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