Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wisdom. To a certain extent.

Where? It must have been fleeting and I misses it in its passing............

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wisdom. To a certain extent.

Where? It must have been fleeting and I misses it in its passing............

Wisdom. But narrow?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wisdom. To a certain extent.

Where? It must have been fleeting and I misses it in its passing............

Wisdom. But narrow?

So narrow that even string theory could not define it.

But I'm far more concerned about the actual failure for our country's acceptance of responsibility to address this virus appropriately. Instead it appears that the country has moved into a full-fledged denial of problem phase, and that it's all over and everybody can just go back to whatever they were doing 6 months ago. Apparently it's also been totally misunderstood that the virus actually cares about our politics/stupidity while we determinedly trudge forward to more dead and more sick people in this country much of which could have been obviated.

[webenda]

I've never understood Mr. Green.

It is an emoji for money.

Example:
If a lawyer's client does not pay him, the lawyer asks for the case to be delayed by saying, "Mr. Green is not here"—meaning he hasn't been paid yet.
--LOOKING FOR MR. GREEN by Saul Bellow, 1968

Used in a sentence:
Richard Lustig has won the lottery grand prize seven times.

Mr. Green's meaning has become lost in ignorance, so don't feel bad Roy, you are not alone, just look at how many times it is misused on this forum.

[robert.]

What about green with envy? That locomotive you bought is very nice.

[HONDO74]

Mr. Green's meaning has become lost in ignorance, so don't feel bad Roy, you are not alone, just look at how many times it is misused on this forum.

And yet sure has a big grin on his face

[Roy]

Lemmee see if I got this: = "I'm rich, and if you don't show gratitude for the shit I feed you, I'll squash you like the cockroach you are".

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Why don't the three of you go off and have a emoji argument off on the a$$ end of the universe somewhere, or at least go start a new thread

[Roy]

[HONDO74]

Coronavirus: What is a second wave and is one coming?
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53113785

Coronavirus is far from over. Some countries are still dealing with large epidemics, but even those currently controlling the virus fear "the second wave".

The second phase of Spanish flu a century ago was deadlier than the first.

So, is a second wave inevitable? And how bad could it be?
Firstly, what is a second wave?

You can think of it like waves on the sea. The number of infections goes up and then comes back down again - each cycle is one "wave" of coronavirus.

Yet, there is no formal definition.

"It's not particularly scientific, how you define a wave is arbitrary," Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick, told the BBC.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Coronavirus: What is a second wave and is one coming?

The 1st wave isn't over yet.............

[healey36]

I hate to say this, but I don't even know what the objective of all our preventative measures is anymore. Last I heard, we have ~ 2.3 million confirmed cases in this country, of a population of 320+ million. After four-plus months, that's less than 1%. Even if one presumes the number of cases is understated ten-fold, that gets us to an infection rate of roughly 7%. I heard some medical dude say the other day that the presumption is 70% of the US population will have been infected by the time this is over. So what are we doing? Are we just trying to keep the case-load flat so we don't swamp the ICUs? Are we stalling for time before a vaccine is produced (if one is ever perfected) or the virus mutates into a form that doesn't kill us? Mitigate risk for the most vulnerable among us? Maybe all of the above.

I've lost three good friends to this mess, so I'm not saying this is a hoax. The message just seems hopelessly lost in this deluge of information/misinformation. I swear, if I hear one more talking head say "we've lost more people than two Viet Nams", I think I'll vomit...wait, is that a symptom?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Why don't the three of you go off and have a emoji argument off on the a$$ end of the universe somewhere, or at least go start a new thread

Forgive me, please, but if I could just add, as a closure (believe me) of my own on the mr green subplot, I always thought its use was a sort of , "Aw gee, Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk " open-for-interpretation thing. But now that I know it has an approved-of "legitimate" usage, prescribed by resident experts, I'll avoid its use entirely. That way, no potential official monitor will be scoffing at my apparently challenged intellect .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The message just seems hopelessly lost in this deluge of information/misinformation.

Sadly, yes. Sadly, politicized which as a Nat'l health crisis should never have happened. Sadly, endless idiocy and mis/dis-information from the WH rather than any real organized response other than to save the economy (not very well organized either) over save the people.

...the objective of all our preventative measures is....

Protect yourself since you cannot rely on anyone else, and don't endanger others. It's really just that simple a level of responsibility which seems sadly lacking across the country.

[robert.]

"Protect yourself since you cannot rely on anyone else, and don't endanger others. It's really just that simple a level of responsibility which seems sadly lacking across the country." Rufus
I tell this to the guys in our shop almost every day. I also tell them ' don't drop your guard .