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34 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:
I know a lot (and perhaps most?) were likely discussing this going back several months, but I am truly shocked so many administrators and districts seemingly just started this planning-for-contingency process within the last few weeks instead of way back in March/April.
Why would they? Every signal they got from state and federal education agencies was that it's full steam ahead, damn the torpedos. Just chickens coming home to roost.
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3 minutes ago, HouTex said:
Other funds are closed to new money.
not to get too tea leaves-y, but I would think that funds turning down new investors (suckers) is a pretty good leading indicator of a contraction
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7 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:
From the article:
That's a threat to withhold remdesivir from any hospitals that don't comply. They're just so fucking evil.
Huh, I was told that we had plenty of supplies
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12 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:
If there is a shutdown in anything else and indoor churches are left out of it might as well fuck it off.I figure anything given an exception will just "burn itself out" right?
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I'm getting a big chunk of RSU's vesting tomorrow... I may change to sell for cash and take the balance as a hedge against the black clouds.
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Just now, The Dog said:
You're starting to sound like a Republican.
hey hey hey, she didn't say state socialism for large corporations
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/business/jpmorgan-earnings-jamie-dimon/index.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/wells-fargo-wfc-earnings-q2-2020.html
Big banks across the board starting to take it in the shorts. Wonder when the pain will start to trickle down
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4 minutes ago, maninblack said:
Isn't that worse news then? Hospitals and morgues are overflowing and they're only testing 9.4% positive.
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11 minutes ago, Hate said:
Yeah, I won’t be going to any protests of any kind. I also work from home. I don’t go to restaurants (dine in) or bars anymore. I completely support the reason for the protests in May and June, but your criticism reeks of do as I say not as I do. Or maybe you wouldn’t have criticized people protesting any potential closures if they had protested in late May early June.
No, I generally think marching in protest against measures to protect public health are regarded. Pandemic or not.
I didn't attend any of the Floyd protests because I have trying to socially distance as much as possible, but protesting against the wanton murder and brutalization of peaceful protesters and black people is at least a more reasonable thing to put your health at risk for. And again, the threat level of COVID was less in May/June than it is now - Abbott even used that fact to justify his early opening. Which if you hadn't been paying attention isn't going all that great. I hear some goobers are marching in protest against taking COVID seriously.
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9 minutes ago, Hate said:
I thought protests don’t spread the virus.
Well my sweet slow compatriot, the state of COVID in the US and specifically Texas is significantly more severe than it was in May and June. If you didn't notice, hospitals and morgues are filling up fast than they ever have due to COVID, and it still is trending in the wrong direction.
But sure, go hit up those anti-facemask protests and please report back if you do.
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10 minutes ago, Lobo said:
Great, another chance for people to fuck this up. How many protestors show up at the Capitol the day he makes the announcement? 100? 500?
At this point, let em fucking protest the closure. They'll figure it out once enough get sick. Personal responsibility and all that.
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Holy shit there's holes all over the top deck. Put a fork in her, she's done
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8 minutes ago, GRHorn said:
I get a lot of covid emails from different hospital systems. One does provide a literature review by an Infectious Disease doc a few times a week. There happened to be a summary of some of the studies out on kids and covid transmission as it relates to school. I'll spoiler it here and probably cross post in the medical discussion thread.
VII editorial: Part of the theme of today’s Daily Briefing revolves around the controversy how and when to reopen schools. One thing is clear, truly little is clear and there is no roadmap. The dilemma is how to minimize the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in schools while making sure students are prepared for the future. The UK’s Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health has warned that leaving schools closed “risks scarring the life chances of a generation of young people.” The organization’s American counterpart, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has urged administrators to begin from “a goal of having students physically present in school.” Keeping schools closed for prolonged periods of time has serious implications for social, academic, and child development. For many students, school serves more than just a place for academics, but also serves as a place where they can receive reliable meals and health care as well as physical and mental development. As the article below (and comment) suggests most evidence to date suggests that even if children under 12 are infected at the same rates as the adults around them, they are less likely to spread it. The experience from abroad has indicated that measures such as social distancing, masking, increasing cleaning, daily screening, hand washing, installation of physical barriers, repurposing gyms and cafeteria to increase space, and using available outdoor space can make a difference. Students with underlying medical problems should be offered full distance learning. Superintendents must also consider the safety of their teachers some who may be older and/or have underlying medial conditions. Teachers should be given necessary appropriate equipment and physical barriers in their classroom and in other common areas. Since the pandemic is unpredictable, schools need to be flexible and have several alternative plans for the coming year: traditional classroom learning, full distance learning, and a hybrid of inclassroom learning and distance learning. School may need to have staggered schedules depending on the number of students and ability to maintain social distancing at school. Implementing appropriate measures, however, will be costly and districts will need both financial and technical support. Parents need schools too. They need school to help raise their children and many parents also need to work and depend on children being in school as a safe place for them while they are at work. I agree with IDSA/HIVMA(see below) that local officials should have the discretion to tailor actions based on local conditions on the ground. This should not be political-we should adopt reasonable measures so we can open schools as safely as possible so we can meet the educational and social needs of our children. As the AAP acknowledges, the best interventions can reduce risk, but not entirely eliminate risk. Also included the today’s COVID-19 Daily Briefing an article on hold long taste and smell return after SARS-CoV-2 infection, an article on risk of PPIs and SARS-CoV-2 infection, a study on the incidence of stillbirth and preterm delivery during the pandemic, and lastly the measurement of airborne particle exposure during simulated tracheal intubation using various proposed aerosol containment devices(e.g. intubation box) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 in Children and the Dynamics of Infection in Families Pediatrics published online July 2020 Unlike with other viral respiratory infections, children do not seem to be a major vector of severe acute SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with most pediatric cases described inside familial clusters and no documentation of child-to-child or child-to-adult transmission. The aim of this work was to describe the clinical presentation of the first 40 pediatric cases of COVID-19 in Geneva and the dynamics of their familial clusters. From March 10 to April 10, 2020, all patients <16 years old with SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified by means of the Geneva University Hospital’s surveillance network. The network notifies the institution’s pediatric infectious diseases specialists about results of nasopharyngeal specimens tested for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR. Among a total of 4310 patients with SARS-CoV-2, 40 were <16 years old (0.9%). All but one was available for evaluation. 29 (74%) patients were previously healthy; the most frequently reported comorbidities were asthma (10%), diabetes (8%), obesity (5%), premature birth (5%), and hypertension (3%). Seven patients (18%) were hospitalized to the ward, for a median duration of 3 days (IQR: 2–4) No patient required ICU admission or SARS-CoV-2–specific therapies. The others 32 patients were managed as outpatients. All patients had a complete resolution of symptoms by day 7 after diagnosis. In 79% of households, ≥1 adult family member was suspected or confirmed for COVID-19 before symptom onset in the study child, confirming that children are infected mainly inside familial clusters. Surprisingly, in 33% of households, symptomatic household contacts (HHCs) tested negative despite belonging to a familial cluster with confirmed SARSCoV-2 cases, suggesting an underreporting of cases. In only 8% of households did a child develop symptoms before any other HHC, which is in line with previous data in which it is shown that children are index cases in <10% of SARS-CoV-2 familial clusters. Comment: The study sample may not represent the total number of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 cases during this time period since patients with milder or atypical presentation might not have sought medical attention. In addition, the recall of symptom onset among HHCs might be inaccurate, although this seems less likely because of the confinement measures and anxiety in the community. These findings are consistent with other recently published HHC investigations in China. Similarly, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by children outside household settings seems uncommon, although information is limited. In a study from France, a 9-year-old boy with respiratory symptoms associated with picornavirus, influenza A, and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection was found to have exposed over 80 classmates at 3 schools; no secondary contacts became infected, despite numerous influenza infections within the schools, suggesting an environment conducive to respiratory virus transmission. (Clin Infect Dis published online April 11, 2020). In a publication from Australia, 9 students and 9 staff infected with SARS-CoV-2 across 15 schools had close contact with a total of 735 students and 128 staff. Only 2 secondary infections were identified, none in adult staff; 1 student in primary school was potentially infected by a staff member, and 1 student in high school was potentially infected via exposure to 2 infected schoolmates. (National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance; 2020) On the basis of these data, SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools may be less important in community transmission than initially feared. This would be another manner by which SARS-CoV-2 differs drastically from influenza, for which school-based transmission is well recognized as a significant driver of epidemic disease and forms the basis for most evidence regarding school closures as public health strategy. Accumulating evidence and collective experience argue that children, particularly school-aged children, are far less important drivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission than adults. This information should be considered in allowing schools to remain open, even during periods of COVID-19 spread.
Infectious Diseases Society of America(IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association(HIVMA) Call for Evidence based Decisions on School Reopenings published July 10, 2020 highlights IDSA/HIVMA recognize the need to balance concerns surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with community concerns, including the benefits of reliable nutrition, physical activity and social development that are provided by onsite education of our children. While data indicate that children are less likely to develop serious illness due to COVID-19 and to transmit the disease, instances in which children have fallen seriously ill — including with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) – and in which children have died, should raise concerns, given that much remains unknown about the dynamics of the new coronavirus. In addition, teachers, school administrators and other adults critical to school operation may be more vulnerable, due to age or conditions carrying higher risks to severe COVID-19 disease and death. Flexibility must be provided for students, teachers and staff with underlying health conditions that place them at risk for complications from COVID-19. Provisions for at-risk students should include distance learning only, and for their at-risk teachers, the option to provide only distance education. Policies for symptom screening of students and school staff, and responses in the event of student or staff member COVID-19 illness, must be in place prior to school reopening, with the understanding that those policies must be adapted to continued advances in our understanding of the virus. Recognizing that a substantial proportion of individuals who are asymptomatic may be capable of transmitting infection, adequate access to testing is also a concern. New funding for all school systems is essential, and it must be adequate to ensure safe conditions, including appropriate physical distancing, as well as sufficient quantities of masks and other personal protective equipment, hand sanitizer, and appropriate cleaning and disinfection of classrooms and surfaces in common areas, school buses and other community forms of transportation for students. In settings where remote learning remains necessary, funding is needed to support access to tablet or laptop computers and broadband in the home so that educational disruption is minimized. Sustained reductions in overall community transmission rates are critical to safe school reopening, and the use of face masks and appropriate distancing in all settings for all community members must remain paramount. No school should be forced to open in a situation that presents unacceptable risks.
Thanks for sharing the info, can you also link the underlying sources that are being summarized? I couldn't find that in your quoted text box
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I wonder what those dock workers must be going through in security debriefing. The loss of that vessel is a considerable blow to US naval force projection
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stone oak sure has been shitting up the DT COVID thread. I've been put in timeout for less than the political shitposting he's doing right now. Must need to report the posts more
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3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
To go with a football analogy, NY came out flat and let the other team run up a 21-0 lead in the 1st quarter, while NY barely even mustered a play for positive yardage. They held the line in the 2nd quarter....and they came back with a damned good game plan in the second half to take a lead.
Texas coach going with a prevent gameplan and losing in the second half? I've never heard of such a thing!
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2 minutes ago, Eastwood said:
Also, the way their health care system works, those who need to be hospitalized in Europe for COVID won't have to face possible life-changing hospital bills that have the potential to bankrupt them. We're probably about 3-6 months away from articles being published about the crushing individual financial cost of a COVID stint in the ICU. The hospital bills from the earliest stays should be hitting mailboxes soon.
Toss that in with increased unemployment benefits ending this month with no indication of extension and the eviction protections starting to expire... It's gonna get real ugly soon.
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4 minutes ago, Rougarou said:
They definitely seem to be doing just as well by the eyeball test (I'm sure there is bias in that though).
Bro the ocular patdown ALWAYS works
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4 minutes ago, stone oak said:
Or just keep moving the goalposts as needed, which has been done many times on this thread since March by both sides.
What are the two "sides" you're taking about here? People who think COVID is a serious thing, and those who don't?
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Can we get a quick heatcheck on Dr Fauci from the folks who still call COVID-19 "Kung flu" or "China virus"? Think he has been mostly correct or has been mostly wrong?
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30 minutes ago, dcar00 said:
the CR cabal thinks I'm rocko how sweet.
Did you post on TOS? What was your old handle? Actually curious
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Wait, is dcar actually rocko?? That would make everything make much more sense.
@dcar00 how you enjoying your brand new 1995 'vette?
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1 hour ago, BrazilHorn said:
No worries, I get it. Not my favorite visualization either, I just frankly have been a little lazy on this one and not been tracking the info daily. I will as frankly that has been my plan, to some degree you just get numb to it as the numbers have ballooned so much.
Where are you sourcing your data from? Is it a system that could be scraped and put into a DB? It's pretty easy to collect some data and connect it to a grafana dashboard for real-time and easy visualization
COVID-19 2nd wave - Texas only - Stats and such
in Daily Texan
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Hey hey hey, you get to drink beer AND impede traffic! All while violating social distancing! What's not to love?