Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[AK47bp]

Shit is starting to hit Africa.

Yikes.

I heard from a guy my uncle knows that this virus hates the sun. Let’s hope


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[Thaleia]

I maybe shouldn’t admit to it on the internet, but I had about 15 minutes of debilitating terror last night for what may come. I had just put my kids to bed and was texting my 70 year old parents (pops has asthma and mom high bp) and it just all crashed on me that if it keeps trending this way my kids may never see their grandparents again. That just opened the door to the hell we may all be in a month from now. I was able to snap out of it, but man this stuff is scary. I still have some hope that we can get this under control, but all these dumbfucks out there partying have got to stop.

I had a similar reaction last night. I'm pretty level headed, don't usually follow the pack when it comes to worrying about global events. I'm financially sound, don't have any family in high risk groups like seniors or otherwise compromised. I can hang out at home for months if I need to. I'm very lucky to be able to say that and I don't take that for granted.

But the fear and anxiety just hit me last night, hard. Got queasy, started dry heaving and puked a bit. Nerves are shot. Besides the fear of not knowing what happens next, I don't know why it hit me out of the blue so hard.

I went to bed around 1 am, tossed and turned until about 7 am. Managed to sleep an hour after that, and that's when the dream I mentioned happened.

[Timberridge]

Good one, just proves my point. You a dummy.
Another swing and a miss. Your BA is around 240. Descent fielder, but you would be batting last in the order chief.
Laps utility infielder

You know nothing about baseball, stick to taking pictures of your skis.

[BmillsSkier]

Jack Farless already told us it doesn’t like the heat.

[buttahflake]

You know nothing about baseball, stick to taking pictures of your skis.

So a 240 avg would bat where in the lineup?
Last you stupid fuck
Stick to making heady quips you dumb cunt.

[Timberridge]

.248 was the MLB average in 2018, dummy.

[powdork]

You are not a bright guy, are ya?
Volunteer stepped up, and is taking one for the team.
Not everyone is a selfish cunt, no matter how many there are on this forum.

my understanding is this first part of the testing is to make sure the vaccine doesn't enhance the virus, which is why they use healthy, rather than infected people. They probably have to test and retest them first to make sure they're negative.

and there's this

But even if these initial safety tests go well, it could still take up to 18 months for any potential vaccine to become available for the public.

[BmillsSkier]

The wife’s yoga studio put this out which made me smack my forehead. Jack Farless, or someone like him said the virus doesn’t like heat so come breathe heavily in a hot room with other people!

What could go wrong?

[huckbucket]

Updated just now. Death rate in the US is holding steady on prior trajectory. I think this is a super-positive sign. No one really understands why we're doing better than Italy or Spain at the moment but I can already hear the theories flying.

[buttahflake]

.248 was the MLB average in 2018, dummy.

.240 to .248 is a huge difference.
Make some more brainless quips dummy

[Ski220]

Updated just now. Death rate in the US is holding steady on prior trajectory. I think this is a super-positive sign. No one really understands why we're doing better than Italy or Spain at the moment but I can already hear the theories flying.

We are just not that far into the pandemic yet. Give us another week. Hope I am wrong.

[huckbucket]

Shit is starting to hit Africa.

Yikes.

I heard from a guy my uncle knows that this virus hates the sun. Let’s hope


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[powdork]

Updated just now. Death rate in the US is holding steady on prior trajectory. I think this is a super-positive sign. No one really understands why we're doing better than Italy or Spain at the moment but I can already hear the theories flying.

What is the purpose of 'days since tenth death'?
And what the fuck is up with the scale on the vertical axis?


But if you look at the median age of the countries there seems to be a positive correlation, with Iran being the main outlier.

[Timberridge]

.240 to .248 is a huge difference.

...if your basis of reference is co-ed kickball.

[huckbucket]

We are just not that far into the pandemic yet. Give us another week. Hope I am wrong.

Don't disagree, but given the fact that there's significant momentum to curb mass gatherings, it's hard to see how the slope changes in the US. Obviously that says nothing about when the curve plateaus.

[huckbucket]

What is the purpose of 'days since tenth death'?
And what the fuck is up with the scale on the vertical axis?


But if you look at the median age of the countries there seems to be a positive correlation, with Iran being the main outlier.

Y-axis is log so that exponential growth can appear linear. it's a good way to understand trends in exponential data. Not sure about the days since 10th death although it's probably just a way to clean out some of the noise in the data and conform to minimum on the log plot.

[huckbucket]

Here's your best Italy data as of today:

27,980 positive
2,158 died
11,025 hospitalized with symptoms
1,851 in intensive care with ARDS
10,197 asymptomatic at home

[S_jenks]

Canada to close their borders to foreigners, per an announcement from Trudeau

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Canada to close their borders to foreigners, per an announcement from Trudeau

Ooooooo...I bet Trump is jealous! he's been trying this for years!

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Ooooooo...I bet Trump is jealous! he's been trying this for years!

Never mind, he's exempting the US.

[buttahflake]

...if your basis of reference is co-ed kickball.

The co-ed part made it extra quipy
So fucking heady.
Man you are on fire today.

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The co-ed part made it extra quipy
So fucking heady.
Man you are on fire today.

Would you ding-dongs shut up for a bit?

[Dantheman]

*le pigeon

If you call it squab and plate it with a nice sauce you can charge $30+ for it.

[Timberridge]

The co-ed part made it extra quipy
So fucking heady.
Man you are on fire today.

It's kinda boring working from home. You wanna do this again tomorrow, same time and place?

Would you ding-dongs shut up for a bit?

He started it.

[old goat]

.240 to .248 is a huge difference.

About a million a year.