Coronavirus

Tony...wearing a mask and keeping distance is a simple idea...It seems you have the problem eh? NOW open wide.......here comes your dose of RW BS

Simple yes
Perfect for your mind

effective
not so much

effective as being practiced
Not at all

you keep the mask on
It suits u

You amuse me!! thanks!!

me wife tested negative for CV yesterday, guess I’m good... cellie...

me wife tested negative for CV yesterday, guess I’m good... cellie...

Not necessarily for a good 1/2 dozen reasons, but it's good that she tested negative...

Not necessarily for a good 1/2 dozen reasons, but it's good that she tested negative...

I had a feeling I would reply wit something dumbo...

you did?? trust your feelings!!

[[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]Combined, the United States has added about 971,000 new cases in the past eight days, according to Johns Hopkins.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]]('https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/11/11/COVID-19-NY-Ohio-add-new-restrictions-as-US-hits-another-case-record/4791605096716/?ur3=1')

***Tuesday also saw the most deaths nationwide, about 1,400, since mid-August.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 10.26 million coronavirus cases and 239,700 deaths in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins data.
***
Hospitalizations reached a record high of about 62,000 Tuesday, [according to]('https://covidtracking.com/data/national/hospitalization') the COVID Tracking Project. Of those patients, about 12,000 were in intensive care -- a level exceeded only by the early days of the outbreak in April.

I had a feeling I would reply wit something dumbo...

Don't be down on yourself, it's an advanced temporal faux pas, something which many folks are not cognizant of.

A negative, PCR test is a snapshot in time. Yes, your wife was negative for detectable amounts of COVID RNA when she was sampled, and here are more than a few grains of salt that make up the BUTS...
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[*]She might be in a very early stage of infection and there wasn't enough virus to be detected
[*]She might have gotten infected the instant she left the sampling area
[*]She might have gotten infected the day after the test
[*]You might be infected and infected her after she was test
[*]Etcetera, etcetera, so on and so forth...
[/LIST]
Bottom line is that a negative result doesn't reduce the importance of Masks, Distancing and Hygiene. As we tell folks in Biosafety Training, assume EVERY sample you touch is infectious!!!

explains what happened to LOSER

[HEADING=2]Neanderthal genes could increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms[/HEADING]

DNA inherited from Neanderthals 50,000 years ago seems to be linked to an increased risk of falling ill from the coronavirus.

By [Jason Goodyer]('https://www.sciencefocus.com/author/jasongoodyer/')
10th November, 2020 at 08:00

Neanderthal genes could increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms

explains what happened to LOSER

[HEADING=2]Neanderthal genes could increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms[/HEADING]

DNA inherited from Neanderthals 50,000 years ago seems to be linked to an increased risk of falling ill from the coronavirus.

By [Jason Goodyer]('https://www.sciencefocus.com/author/jasongoodyer/')
10th November, 2020 at 08:00

[Neanderthal genes could increase the severity of COVID-19 symptoms]('https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/neanderthal-genes-could-increase-the-severity-of-covid-19-symptoms/')

Before anyone "laughs" at this you need to look at your ancestry. If you're of European or Asian lineage, you've got those Neanderthal genes, and yes, I've read a few papers saying that there may be increased severity of COVID-19 due to Neanderthal genes. If you're ancestry is African, no Neanderthal genes...

Couldn't see that happening

[URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2020/11/12/first-cruise-ship-to-resume-on-caribbean-has-covid-outbreak/[/URL]

Couldn't see that happening

[URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2020/11/12/first-cruise-ship-to-resume-on-caribbean-has-covid-outbreak/[/URL]

Shocking!!!

Who in their right mind would get on a Cruise Ship. Same thing for a plane unless it was absolutely necessary. I see an airplane as a sealed test tube with wings.

Me.

[HEADING=2]Covid-19: Pandemic Shatters More Records in U.S., as States and Cities Tighten Restrictions[/HEADING]
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Nov. 13, 2020, 5:06 a.m. ET3 hours ago
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AS nero FIDDLES

Knowing that everything will close at 10pm, people are going to crowd in before then.

And no one knows if you have to finish your meal by 10pm - do you get kicked out?

Beginning to wonder if my September Viking cruise from Rome to Barcelona will be a go. Personally, cruises are just a relaxed way to get to the good stuff, the shore excursions. If we had to prove we were vaccinated, fine, but if we can't tour Rome, Marseilles, Florence, Barcelona, etc., time to use the travel insurance !

Beginning to wonder if my September Viking cruise from Rome to Barcelona will be a go. Personally, cruises are just a relaxed way to get to the good stuff, the shore excursions. If we had to prove we were vaccinated, fine, but if we can't tour Rome, Marseilles, Florence, Barcelona, etc., time to use the travel insurance !

We have a river cruise from Germany to Poland planned for next October. Assuming that a vaccine is available to the general populations of those countries by Spring, 2021 and we get vaccinated too, I'm guessing the odds for our trip would be better than 50/50, but who knows?

Ok parents, time to scramble!

***Big Apple parents should brace themselves for New York City public [schools to close]('https://nypost.com/2020/11/13/richard-carranza-warns-principals-to-prepare-for-nyc-schools-shutdown/') for in-person learning as early as Monday [amid a spike in coronavirus infections]('https://nypost.com/2020/11/09/de-blasio-says-nyc-dangerously-close-to-second-covid-19-wave/'), Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Friday.

Hizzoner suggested that parents “have a plan for the rest of the month of November” in the event that in-person learning shutters and all students must switch to remote learning.
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“I think that’s the safe way to think about it. Have an alternative plan, beginning as early as Monday, for whatever will help get through this month if school is not open,” he said.