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  1. 1 minute ago, Telegraph_it said:

    The only thing I've seen that is somewhat definitive of some spread due to protests is HPD noted they saw an increase in infections within their police force after the protests. 

    This reminds me of a photo I saw on the Chronicle's website during the protests. Apparently HPD was using Metro buses as staging areas for cops to rest, cool off, get a bottle of water, etc. The photo I saw was of a bus full of cops and not a single mask in sight. At the time, it made me think that was a COVID breakout waiting to happen.

  2. 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Many hospitals are not-for-profit but they still need revenue to keep the lights on, employees and vendors paid, etc. Many of the large or biggest names in Texas are public or not-for-profit: Baylor, Scott & White, Memorial Hermann, Houston Methodist, UT Health system.

    I assume HCA is the largest for-profit hospital system in Texas with 50+ : https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/locations

    All of those not-for-profit hospitals are very much focused on making a profit. As stated by others, profit is what funds research, expansion, new service lines, etc. No profit, no mission. The main difference between the not-for-profits and for-profit is they don't pay taxes.

  3. 11 minutes ago, trauma babe said:

     (even though I work primarily at a non-profit hospital) 

    Don't kid yourself. Non-profits, or more accurately not-for-profit hospitals, are highly concerned about profit. The only difference is that they don't pay taxes. Ascension is very concerned about their bottom line.

  4. The numbers for Brazoria included a big bunch of old test results from TDCJ that had not previously been reported by Brazoria's health department. Some of those are old tests. That said, the rising number of hospitalizations and ICU occupancy in the Med Center is concerning.

  5. Going to a crowded bar where there is potentially an infected individual is the very definition of sustained close contact. The risk level is high as you don't know who in that bar could have the virus. It's not like they're doing a rapid COVID test on all the patrons before they enter. Plus it's summer in TX so the a/c is going full blast spreading droplets around. 

  6. 6 hours ago, SuperSport said:

    Cross-post from the Stupid Wives thread, but she refuses to accept anything other than we're in the market for a Range Rover Sport...probably CPO since I have yet to attain Surly 1% status, but still relatively new.  This will be my first venture into the foreign luxury segment, and "terrified" is a gross understatement.  I don't know much beyond the fact that they're expensive and devoid of any published safety data; anecdotal tales of absurd maintenance costs and shit reliability concern me.  Anyone have some first-hand knowledge they can drop?  On a scale of one to South Austin's mom, how fucked am I?

    My wife has a friend with a RRS that had to have the engine replaced at 60k miles. She got it back right before quarantine after spending 3 months at the dealership.

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  7. 33 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Hard to generalize how people in Dallas or Houston are handling this. Both city areas are the size of small states. I live in Central Houston and see most people wearing masks in the stores. I would assume Cypress is the opposite.

    Was going to say the same thing. Central Houston where I live everyone is wearing masks. Friends that live in Spring Branch or further out bitch that no one is.

  8. 4 hours ago, Zombie said:

    Shit man, I don't know. I'm a dumb lawyer like most posters here. I guess I figured I would figure it out in an emergency. Better than doing nothing. 

    Or what if doing something kills your parents versus doing nothing doesn't kill your parents? Buying secondhand equipment off the internet that you have no idea how to use and attempting to intubate a patient will certainly kill them. Doing "nothing" and offering supportive care certainly doesn't kill them.

  9. 52 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    She was unreal -- and probably not wrong. Peter and Madison will not end up together. She's a goody-goody who writes bible verses on her hand every day. He likes to fuck girls in windmills.

    Probably not wrong, but let your adult son figure that out on his own. His mom has mind fucked her son beyond belief.

  10. 3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    Hannah Ann looks like she has put on about 10 pounds during the season. She's not as hot as she was the first night.

    Don't they just sit around drinking while waiting to go on a date? If you don't have a pretty solid commitment to an exercise regimen, I can see how these girls could pack on some pounds the later they go in the show.

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