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Telegraph_it

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  1. My friend who works as a PA at the medical center says it has taken some people ~7 weeks to start testing negative.  This seems believable based on my own personal experience. It took my Grandad over a month to test negative.

    Testing only does so much because the transmission rate for people who never show symptoms (asymptomatic) is very low. But people who are positive and “pre-symptomatic” have a very high transmission rate. 

    It’s impossible to know the difference in the early stages and testing won’t catch it. Especially if tests take a week plus to supply results. 
     

    This virus is a bitch. 

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  2. 48 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

    Probably not. Attendance was already dropping Pre-Covid. It's going to  be a much different Post-Covid world

    This will be interesting to see. I know if there is CFB this year I will not be attending any games in person. 

    At least COVID is making things equitable in my house. I don't think they were able to film any new seasons of the bachelor(ette). 

  3. 5 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

    I appreciate that he's taking a shine to analytics. I'm guessing he's either a student who is dabbling in analytics, or his job a small on-the-side responsibility for some spreadsheets and/or dashboards. Some of my best client contacts are guys who started out like that and grew into full-time professional analytics roles. I was probably a little hard on him yesterday and @JBJ  I apologize for that. I don't have a problem with people doing really basic studies for very complex problems. It's how you learn. But it's a little irresponsible to then present that on a public message board as if you've done something that discovers any sort of truth (and then handcuff an opinion that you admittedly just made up "it's about 50-60% protests" to your data work). It's the same reason that ChiTownDoc gets pissy when people promote bad medical advice. It makes the science of it look bad and it's just not responsible to do with something like a pandemic. 

    But anyway, JBJ, I appreciate your intellectual curiosity. I think what you're attempting to do with the protest thing is a bit agenda-driven and you'll need to learn to keep that out of your work if you're trying to do analytics professionally. But keep doing what you're doing. 

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  4. There are too many unknowns and variables to say definitively one way or another that protests did or did not increase the spread of the virus. The fact that once again people are trying to score political points off this shows you everything that is wrong with political discourse in this country.

    For example, the cities that were hit with large protests could have seen a decrease in spread because many non-protestors chose to stay in. Or, if majority of protestors trended young, perhaps those that were infected had minor symptoms and never got a test. Adding further to this, young people are also more likely to do riskier activities like go to a bar. So how could you ever clearly establish a person was infected at a protest or at a bar with friends the following day?

    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. 

    I still think beaches, trails, and parks should be open.

  5. 2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I would like to go back to Italy at some point.  And Germany.  And England.  And France.

    I agree completely and in 2021 or 22 or 23 we should be able to...

    I should have clarified. None of my plans this year. I have another baby on the way and international travel is simply not happening for me right now. 

  6. 50 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    I am not seeing this widespread non-mask usage indoors.  I was in South Texas at the ranch for almost two months.  People in Pearsall and Dilley were all wearing masks indoors.  Also went to a buddies' ranch in Freer to visit.  You could not walk into a gas station without a mask.

    Houston -- everywhere I go it was 90% masks indoors.  Now it is 100 percent.

    I guess my experiences are anecdotal.  Because I have noticed masks everywhere.

    My experience conforms. In Jackson Hole almost everyone was wearing masks when indoors. Quite a few people wearing masks outside as well. I took that mask off the moment I was clear of the pleabs. 

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  7. 17 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Been out of service all weekend camping, and now I find out that my 66 year old (had a pulmonary adema about 15 years ago, not sure if that has lasting effects on lung function) father has it, and he lives with and is now quarantined with my 91 year old grandmother.  So I’ll be expecting some bad news eventually. I doubt he wore a mask ever and thought it was all media or democrat driven bullshit. 
    So what’s new with this thread over the last 60 hours?

    That’s tough. It doesn’t have to be a death sentence though. My 92 year old grandfather tested positive for a month and never developed symptoms beyond a fever. 
     

    Hopefully something in their body responds well and they make it through. 

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  8. For the continued bitching about masks I was pleasantly surprised on my recent plane travels. Masks were worn. No one seemed to be coughing or sneezing (folks must be trying extra hard not to). People kept to themselves and listened to instructions on boarding and deboarding.
     

    For the most part everyone seemed respectful of those around them and those working either in the airport or on the plane. My few interactions with flight crew were extra cordial and appreciative as well. 
     

    Overall a fine experience. There may be hope for us after all. 

  9. 4 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

    The data suggest it is partly a race and a class thing though.  As discussed on this thread, 60% of the covid cases in Travis county are in the Hispanic community, and the case maps by zip code show that poor Hispanic areas in Austin have the most cases.   Some of this is due to working conditions and living conditions. But . . . 

     . . . a lot of it is due to this shit.  And it deserves our indignation just as much as the mouthbreathers and muh rights at the grocery store.  Mask up, pendejos.  

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  10. 44 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

    Fuck every single one of you mouthbreathing fucksticks that continually go on histrionic rants of “inclusiveness” and equality yet continue to make fun of a man that is disabled.  I hope your fucking high horse breaks a leg walking out of the stall.  
     

    Jesus people.  

    Remember it’s not what is said or typed that’s important. It is who is saying it that matters. 

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