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This is interesting, from their own attorney no less....

Probably spent the morning working as a rodeo clown at his local 4-H show.

Hence the suspected data manipulation. You'd think the CDC and the governments (both state and federal) would publish exactly how they're using the data to help minimize differences between agencies. I would want the rules clearly defined and well known by everyone involved to keep the data as clean as possible. It's the same garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) as with any other sort of data analysis. We live in a time where a significant number of people blindly trust the .gov and a significant number of people refuse to believe anything the .gov presents. Consensus is impossible.

Here's a good explanation of how N95 masks work...

I got first hand accounts from 2 people who've gotten letters from the CDC that state everyone in the household is considered "probable" when any one tests positive. I haven't personally seen the letters, but I have no reason to suspect what they've said is inaccurate.

Neato.

Yes, but the heat will do the same thing as will the hygroscopic nature of the mask fibers. The virus is just a particle surrounded by a fatty membrane. Anything that removes or damages the fatty membrane kills the virus.

If you were running a hospital as a business (pre-pandemic), would you keep a surplus of unused and very expensive equipment? They don't either. The best efficiency point is just below 100% occupancy. You need only enough beds to be able to clean and turn them. As for masks 100% of the time... Is that really in our best interest? Seems to me it would certainly reduce the rate of transmission of lots of bugs, which is good in the short term. Long term, doesn't herd immunity need to be established with the end goal of a healthier population? If a location is having an outbreak and the medical resources are nearing capacity, then measures to limit transmission are appropriate. If the medical resources are in good shape, then continuing with herd immunity seems the best long term solution until a viable vaccine is produced.

Vickers Berthier?

Keep in mind that hospitalized doesn't necessarily mean ICU or ventilator. My wife told me today that a friend's daughter tested positive with no symptoms. She takes ballet and the instructor got the sniffles, tested positive, so all 42 students got tested. I'm not aware that any of them are sick beyond the sniffles. So from what I've heard about reporting, that's at least 2 positives and something like 100 probable as the CDC counts all family members as probable when one is positive. That said, I agree that positive tests are nearly meaningless. Unfortunately the deaths are the most accurate, and even those are questionable.

9 are currently hospitalized, no info on how long they've been there, or anything else. I believe that's the most. 5 deaths, most recent one was April 28. Fun test story from the aforementioned ICU nurse.... A patient had heart surgery, tested negative just before surgery. A few days in recovery and the patient has a mild fever (which isn't unusual) gets tested again and it's positive. Protocols immediately follow isolating all the staff who've come in contact and multiple patients who've had surgery since. Less than 24hrs later, the fever goes away and the patient tests negative. Lots of gyrations about conflicting test results and what to do. Another 24hrs goes by, all the staff and the patient get tested again, all negative. False alarm.

Not to me. A friend's wife is a ICU nurse at Ft Sanders. She says its still nearly empty. Less than half the normal patient load. There's normally always some number of folks in the ICU with respiratory distress for various reasons, but that number is lower than usual and has been for 4 months.

I've seen that story before, but this article has some interesting bits of info. Of the 148 people involved, only 48 got tested (32%) with 2 positive (1.3%). Still... lots of questions. What kind of masks? Were they wearing them correctly? At what point did the stylists have symptoms, if any? Did anyone else have symptoms? There is no mention of anyone being hospitalized. Big jumps percentage wise, but still very small numbers.

Masks are largely a placebo. Respirators would limit the spread.

That certainly throws a monkey wrench in your plans. I see the number of positive tests continue to climb, but the worst symptoms I've heard of is just the sniffles. Very few deaths have been reported, which is good. So that tells me that we're doing exactly what we should be, pushing through the herd immunity while the weather is warm and people are generally more healthy. Doing that now should mitigate this coming winter.

Is the other grandmother ill? If so, what are her symptoms?

https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/moonshine-still-blog/7207958-methanol-will-moonshine-make-you-blind During the distillation process methanol is concentrated at the start of the run because it has a lower boiling point than ethanol and water. The boiling point of methanol is approximately 148 degrees farenheit, which is quite a bit lower than ethanol (the good stuff). This means that methanol (148F boiling temp) will start to boil before the ethanol (174F boiling temp). This is why moonshiners always throw out the first bit of shine they produce

Same as when moonshine gets done wrong and they don't bleed off the methanol.

I've got a K31 and haven't heard of these before. Looks darn cool. Let us know how they shoot.

A big can of bear spray, maybe. The typical key-chain pepper spray is just going to make them mad.

I would guess disabling the audio recording would be fairly simple. I do not think editing the video prior to giving it to police is a good idea. Sounds a lot like evidence tampering to me, and only guilty people do that.

I've talked with my wife about it too, it's an important conversation to have. I don't care if you mash the car, just get outta there. The motorcycle background has me always thinking about an escape route. It bugs the crap outta me seeing these riders that stop about a foot dead center from the vehicle in front. If something happens, they're screwed.

I'll give Dodge credit on their colors. Too many cars/trucks are very bland these days. Fire engine red is about the best you can hope for, and i don't really like that color. I haven't seen a decent green in years.

Depends on who's in the vehicle and perceived attitude of the mob. You said very angry, so... If that means they've got clubs at a minimum and are breaking windows and dragging people out... Get off the X. I make every effort to leave some maneuvering room between me and the car in front. If I've got to push another car out of the way or otherwise part the sea, so be it. I'll do whatever I can not to hurt anyone, but I'm getting my family out of there. If they're only beating on the cars with bare hands and making no attempt to enter the cars, then I'll do my best to keep cool and wait it out. Damage to my vehicle isn't worth hurting anyone.

The CDC already has been reporting entire households as positive when a single family member tests positive.