Coronavirus:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.......you don’t wait five years to update your five-year plan.

You might wait as little as 5 min.

[healey36]

.......you don’t wait five years to update your five-year plan.

You might wait as little as 5 min.

That would be the difference between a plan and a forecast, lol, but I digress.

Declining infection rates seem to be holding in Maryland.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.......you don’t wait five years to update your five-year plan.

You might wait as little as 5 min.

That would be the difference between a plan and a forecast, lol, but I digress.

Declining infection rates seem to be holding in Maryland.

While AZ, TX, SC, GA, NC and LA are out of control......UT and NV were not looking good nor ID and other neighboring states.....

Was hearing yesterday about neurological impact and effects as well as about delayed deaths in some "recovered" people. Seems that we keep learning about more bad effects of this virus w/o hearing much in the way of solid positives to counter it.

[Roy]

Who didn't see this coming?:

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/09/trumps-june-rally-more-than-likely-resulted-in-covid-19-spike-in-tulsa-top-health-official-says/

Reckless endangerment.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Who didn't see this coming?:

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/09/trumps-june-rally-more-than-likely-resulted-in-covid-19-spike-in-tulsa-top-health-official-says/

Reckless endangerment.

Stupid is as stupid does........over and over, yet no one learns......maybe that goes in hand with can't fix stupid?

When they end up in the hospital for a few weeks and/or die maybe some will learn something.

[up148]

Yeah, very predictable and very stupid. This is one area where Trumps ignorance does affect a lot of people. But, these people just seem so foreign to my way of thinking. This is a situation where "what if you gave a rally and nobody came" should have come into play.

[bob turner]

Did that just happen in New Hampshire?

[Roy]

Did that just happen in New Hampshire?

No, Bob. We're talking about the Tulsa rally of June 20. Trump postponed the New Hampshire rally scheduled for today.

[Roy]

Walt Disney World re-opened today. This seems like a very bad idea. Disneyland was implicated in a measles outbreak not that long ago.

A thirty-year-old Texan died after attending a Covid party. He thought Covid19 was a hoax. Why does this bring Rebel Without a Cause to mind?

[robert.]

Our local school district had plans to shield their bus drivers from students. Mechanics decked out a bus with plexi shields. In an attempt to keep drivers safe from covid 19 . Then they had Penn dot inspect it. Penn dot said " Noway Jose. That's not a safe setup for a school bus." A plexi enclosure was built around the driver's compartment. Very similar to what you see on public transportation bus. My wife went to a drivers meeting on Friday. After their training. her co-workers were talking. Most of them will retire after the first day of school, If changes are not made to keep them safe. Their average age is 68 years old. Retirees from a different job. People trying to stay busy and get health care. None of them want this hassle.

[chuck]

Forcing schools to re-open just seems like a bad idea. They are now getting data points on child infections from "summer camps" that opened up and did not practice social distancing or mask use. Kids can get sick (sometimes very sick) and they can bring the disease home to mom and pop and grandma and uncle Ernie.

You COULD make modifications to the HVAC systems to include led based UV lights in the plenums and HEPPA filters like the airlines use. I have no idea who is going to pay for this but it would significantly reduce the chance of transmission while in the classroom. Maybe that plus masks and social distancing would make it safe/feasible.

An insane beach party (actually a "sand bar" party) up at Torch Lake in the northern half of the lower peninsula has now been identified as the source of a major outbreak in Michigan. Participants were behaving like flaming aholes completely ignoring any of the safety guidelines. I don't recall any studies that back extreme alcohol consumption is a prophylactic for COVID 19.

[rogruth]

Do you realize how much athletics affect school scheduling?
I have participated in football games in several different positions and in varied parts of the country.
Heat, cold, snow, rain. The only thing that ever stopped a football game was lightning. I'm wondering
how they will find ways to have athletic events when students are being schooled on line and large
groups are questionable.
In this area it is not IMO a matter of forcing schools to reopen but finding a way to keep them from
reopening. Schools are supposed to open in less than a month.
I an glad I retired.

[bob turner]

Roy - I figured the New Hampshire rally was a "what if they gave a rally and nobody came". The ostensible reason for cancelling was a storm, but it was forecast to fizzle by rally time. Nobody was going? My guess, anyway.

[robert.]

Schools are getting pressured by parents to open. Not many families can handle a one income household for so long. Also children can't handle not socializing. Best way to say it is " This is a disaster " The lady backed into the airplane propeller and it dis asst her. If i had the job of school superintendent. i would do pray the governor cancels school or resign.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Schools are getting pressured by parents to open. Not many families can handle a one income household for so long.

And then the children spend 8 hours together in the incubator with teachers to bring it all home to every home and parent.

This is more about collecting tax money than income.

Best way to say it is " This is a disaster "

We've had a disaster since Feb. All we've been doing to trying to find a way to make it worse by ignoring or refusing to do what should have been done and what should be done now.