Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[MakersTeleMark]

CHI NA. that is the thing to record in the books.

And tri, if you have a younger sis, I'll help with the invasion.

[spanghew]

The thread title change is a solution to a problem that did not exist. Iceman summarized is succinctly in an earlier post. At some point, the name of a thread started way back in December is pretty low on the totem pole of concerns. If it makes the OP feel better, then so be it. But it's definitely a revisionist SJW move to think that it's really going to move the needle anywhere.


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Oh, go fuck yourself.

[skifishbum]

Is this English? WTF


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because ive shared piscatorial pursuits with you
im leavin this here

ya sucked that one in good
mffga dork

Oops, sorry mang. But yeah, just wanna say that the Farzan lecture was trés cool and I do wanna know more and do have mad respect for him and the UCSD/Scripps team (though I did some of my dissertation research there, so I’m biased). I don’t want to come across as denying that there’s hope from the biosciences front, in fact, for those who know me, I’m more on the cheerleader end of the spectrum in that regard. It’s just that as much as I agree with the optimism regarding mechanistic approaches to SARS CoV2, in this particular situation I’m a bit more cautious in re: ultimate solutions, and I’m pretty sure you’d agree with me from your perspective in da industry.



Dude, I had no idea that was your tune, which I gotta say was nonpariel. It allowed me to (barely) keep up with nordkette, Buster, carvhard and the shrooms in the short time I was lucky enough to be able to ski with ‘em in yurp. You and the missus need ta join us next year if travel permits.


Just so y’all know, bad roo is still hanging out, doing his thang.

im trying to sell the yurp to the mrs. but the pandemic thing isn't helping
should be poon fishing and posting from the keys today
I am trip leader mt carylse mid feb 2023
usual pondos sfotex cat in jan topher crew
consider this your invite
I didn't tune em
Im chief phantom bro though
I have to wear a respirator mask though
that shit sucks
but

everybody wears the mask

[Vt-Freeheel]

Beautiful day in VT, sun melting the clouds away, calm 45` and warming. Going to be great to get outside in a few.

Keep up the good fight!

[Core Shot]

Beautiful day in VT, sun melting the clouds away, calm 45` and warming. Going to be great to get outside in a few.

Keep up the good fight!

Lol
All alone with my eight personalities

[Benny Profane]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ryutarouc...16723615166465

[Core Shot]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ryutarouc...16723615166465

Is it really that hard to type a few words about a link?
Naked links suck

Just a polite request

[54-46]

Changing thread names ain’t cool.

But, for those of you who think blaming Asian people, as opposed to blaming the Chinese govt, is no big deal - GO FUCK YOURSELVES!

[Bunion 2020]

Can the OP change this title from Rat Flu to The Herd Thinner. Asking for a friend.

[glademaster]

I'm taking the same approach to the thread title that Joseph took to disciplining an unruly baby Jesus: not my kid, not my problem.

[Core Shot]

From the ny daily news.
I’m particularly disturbed by the 13 beach drinkers this time last year. Jeebus.
======

An unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners in the 18 hours that followed President Trump’s bogus claim that injecting such products could cure coronavirus, the Daily News has learned.
The Poison Control Center, a subagency of the city’s Health Department, managed a total of 30 cases of possible exposure to disinfectants between 9 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, a spokesman said.
None of the people who reached out died or required hospitalization, the spokesman said.
But compared to last year, the number of cases was worthy of a double-take.
According to data obtained by The News, the Poison Control Center only handled 13 similar cases in the same 18-hour period last year.
Moreover, out of the cases reported between Thursday and Friday, nine were specifically about possible exposure to Lysol. Ten were in regards to bleach and 11 about household cleaners in general, the spokesman said.

[Lvovsky]

Work *sets* you free. There’s a subtle distinction in how “sets” was promising both physical and psychological freedom. Like maybe if you work hard then down the road you’ll get your freedom.

From anthropology and evolution point of view, Humans have to work as means of survival. There is nothing free about survival.

What is free anyway? Free from what? Suffering?

Mental note: would be good to brush up on philosophy. There must be ‘philosophy for dummies’ cliff notes edition somewhere

/not arguing, just blabbering

[Cocximus]

From the ny daily news.
I’m particularly disturbed by the 13 beach drinkers this time last year. Jeebus.
======

An unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners in the 18 hours that followed President Trump’s bogus claim that injecting such products could cure coronavirus, the Daily News has learned.
The Poison Control Center, a subagency of the city’s Health Department, managed a total of 30 cases of possible exposure to disinfectants between 9 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, a spokesman said.
None of the people who reached out died or required hospitalization, the spokesman said.
But compared to last year, the number of cases was worthy of a double-take.
According to data obtained by The News, the Poison Control Center only handled 13 similar cases in the same 18-hour period last year.
Moreover, out of the cases reported between Thursday and Friday, nine were specifically about possible exposure to Lysol. Ten were in regards to bleach and 11 about household cleaners in general, the spokesman said.

People are handling those materials a lot more this year compared to last year. That article only compares the increase 18 hours after Trump's claims. The should have also looked if there was an increase before.

[Lvovsky]

Definitely not rejoicing.....Start around 1:30.......

His act reminds me of Carlin a little bit. Going to look up more of it. Thank you!

[Lone Star]

What is free anyway?

I can't define it but the best example of "free" is the free $1200 we got a couple weeks ago.

[iceman]

Is it really that hard to type a few words about a link?
Naked links suck

I don't always agree with Mr. Shot but we concur on this. I just don't click 'em, which may be my loss but I'll never know.

[iceman]

His act reminds me of Carlin a little bit. Going to look up more of it. Thank you!

Beyond the standup there's a whole universe of conspiracy theories around Hicks, some of which may even be true (or not, of course) such as the ones that the government killed him or like this one that Alex Jones is actually him: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d...es-doesnt-like

Make sure to do a little reading on Hicks to get the full flava.

[seano732]

Beyond the standup there's a whole universe of conspiracy theories around Hicks, some of which may even be true (or not, of course) such as the ones that the government killed him or like this one that Alex Jones is actually him: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d...es-doesnt-like

Make sure to do a little reading on Hicks to get the full flava.

Yep. There’s a great documentary about him.......Can’t remember what it’s called right now, I’ll see if I can find it. Dude was a legend. /thread drift

[seano732]

Found it:

[bobz]

^^ American: The Bill Hicks Story is recommended, and available, along with some Hicks performance videos, on HooplaDigital.com (free movies etc, if you have a local public library system that pays for it).

He's a legend. Though he died not long after hitting his creative prime, so if you watch more than a little of his best comedic material, you're probably going to be seeing some of the same routines.

[old goat]

Study of the sensitivity and specificity of multiple antibody tests--new article with link to the paper (preprint)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/h...gtype=Homepage
Summary--all had good sensitivity for antibodies at 2 weeks +, lower prior to that due to lack of antibodies to detect
Only 3 had good specificity (<2% false positive). Only these 3 would give an acceptable degree of assurance that the person is potentially immune, and only these 3 would give a good estimate of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the community.
Weakness of the study--only symptomatic and mainly hospitalized patients were studied.
One take home--all antibody tests are useless for determining the prevalence of infection in a community with active transmission, since a negative result might mean that the person was infected less than 2 weeks. This would underestimate the prevalence of infection. False positives would of course overestimate it.

[ill-advised strategy]

What is free anyway? Free from what?

Are you serious?
Free to choose how and where you spend your time?
Free to sleep, wake up, eat, drink, shit and piss when you want?
Free to speak freely, or avoid interaction entirely?

You must be some kind of philosophy professional if you can’t even recognize what having a job feels like, and why not having to report to a job could be described as a variety of freedoms.

[jono]

Study of the sensitivity and specificity of multiple antibody tests--new article with link to the paper (preprint)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/h...gtype=Homepage
Summary--all had good sensitivity for antibodies at 2 weeks +, lower prior to that due to lack of antibodies to detect
Only 3 had good specificity (<2% false positive). Only these 3 would give an acceptable degree of assurance that the person is potentially immune, and only these 3 would give a good estimate of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the community.
Weakness of the study--only symptomatic and mainly hospitalized patients were studied.
One take home--all antibody tests are useless for determining the prevalence of infection in a community with active transmission, since a negative result might mean that the person was infected less than 2 weeks. This would underestimate the prevalence of infection. False positives would of course overestimate it.

I notice the statement that a test with 14% false positives would be useless. But is such a test more likely to give repeat false positives on the same person? Because if not, two positives with the same test would be 98% reliable. Not that a better test isn't better, but shortage seems to be the current problem and doubling up on bad tests would be better than nothing...unless it's not.

[KQ]

[old goat]

California is offering 3 free meals per day delivered to seniors and other high risk people. Idea is not only to feed vulnerable people but to increase restaurant employment. Most of the money is coming from FEMA.