Coronavirus:

[healey36]

Yeah, they did that early in the week. Maryland's infections have been going up even while hospitalizations have been declining. Might just be a lag. Yesterday we were back over 1200 positives. A family friend who is a fireman/EMT just pulled up with it a second time. He got sick back in March, and just got sent home for fourteen days for another stint.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maryland's infections have been going up even while hospitalizations have been declining. Might just be a lag. Yesterday we were back over 1200 positives.

About a 3 week lag each between cases, hospitalizations, deaths.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Chuck and Healey, Thank you, both, for the benefit of your perspective and advice. It all makes sense. However, I think I'd better wait until it's apple season in the Autumn, so I won't have to defend against the heat, in addition to being concerned about being stopped for my outofstate plates and have to face a problem needlessly worked into my life, at this point.

[chuck]

It's a really pretty and a very different part of the state. I grew up in the New York metropolitan area but I only saw the parts of the state that were near the Thruway or the Hudson Valley. When we drove through with the kids back in the early 90's it was kind of nice to stop in Corning and see the glass works and toy museum.

I understand your concerns and hope you do get out to visit in the Fall. BTW, there are some nice wineries to the west in the southern finger lakes district.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Was at my home in PA much of the weekend - too blazing hot but now that we have an A/C unit in 1 window, very reasonable. Being there we are pretty isolated and not seeing much in the way of any neighbors. Stopped in the Dollar store to stock up on cold drinks and about 50/50 wearing masks.

[chuck]

In the grocery/dept/hardware/big box we are at about 90%-95% mask compliant in SE lower Michigan. I did go out the last couple of nights to look for the comet. Unfortunately the west end of town is where the corn fields begin and the high school kids were out in force hanging out. No social distancing, no masks. Just a lot of stupid. One girl left the key in the ignition and was blasting "music" out. She also had the doors open in her SUV and ran the battery down! A friend's dad lived in the subdivision behind us and came out to jump start the car around 10:30 PM.

I finally did see the comet with a pair of 8x binoculars and a phone app to locate it. There is a fair amount of light pollution even that far out of town and there was high humidity haze that was scattering the light. Neowise is no Hale-Bopp. I finally found it but is was more like a smudge on a chalk board than anything else. Hale-Bopp we could see in our sub without binoculars and the tails were about 3/4" long.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Chuck, I enjoyed your efficient, graphic description very much , "...like a smudge on a chalkboard." Very cool.

[chuck]

"...like a smudge on a chalkboard." Very cool.

I call em like I see em.

I think I was up on that ridge 5-6 times. Night before I probably would have seen it if I knew it was so high and so much closer to due west.

The binoculars are meant to be bird watching/general use, 8x42. No tripod support so I wound up with my back to a no passing sign to get some stability. A sh*t load of mosquito bites on my ankles. Two evening of "entertainment" with the HS teeny bobber brigade.

The phone app is pretty cool. Phone App is Stellarium. App is $9, free if used withing a web browser, e.g. Chrome. stellarium-web.org. It even shows satellite tracks in case you have a) clearer skies and b) 12x or better magnification.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Could go in the how stupid are they or here......



More than 40 people were infected with the coronavirus after attending a multi-day revival event at a north Alabama Baptist church, according to the congregation's pastor.

“The whole church has got it, just about,” Al.com quoted pastor Daryl Ross of Warrior Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall County as saying.

The pastor says the churchgoers, including himself, tested positive after the congregation held a series of religious services featuring a guest pastor over the course of several days last week.

[Chris Webster]

In Memoriam: Neil Besougloff, 1959 - 2020

[robert.]

Florida Marlins have 14 players and personnel test positive before after a game with the Phillies. Marlins will quarantine in philly and postpone their home opener. Baseball failed to make it out of the first month. They could not even make it out of the first series. in my opinion baseball should toss in the towel.
How can the NFL play a contact sport without the same results?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Florida Marlins have 14 players and personnel test positive before after a game with the Phillies. Marlins will quarantine in philly and postpone their home opener.

Which was it? Before or after?

Baseball failed to make it out of the first month. They could not even make it out of the first series. in my opinion baseball should toss in the towel.

Possibly. Soccer seems to be working but it's really too soon to be sure.

How can the NFL play a contact sport without the same results?

It's doable, but they will have to effectively quarantine the entire team and every staff member starting next week.

In fact, the main reason everything has been failing is a lack of willingness for everyone to accept their responsibilities.

[healey36]

In Memoriam: Neil Besougloff, 1959 - 2020

Wow, that's a gut-check. Two years younger than me...

[robert.]

My understanding of this is . Before game 3 the Phillies were told “ 4 of the marlin’s staff members tested positive before the game” would the Phillies like to play game 3? They Phillies responded “yes” nobody said . Most of the test results are not completed. After the game. 10 more Marlins had positive results. It appears to be a horribly stupid way of testing. Take your test play the game and receive your results when the game is over.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It appears to be a horribly stupid way of testing.

Very. These guys all share the same locker room, etc. If one has it, they all will or should be presumed to and that ends that team.

Again, unless the entire team and staff have been quarantined for a few weeks and then kept that way, this will implode.