covid-19

[JoeWeber 2,297]

1 hour ago, gowlerk said:

It is not practical to make the population continue taking precautions as the number of infections fall. There will be a level of transmission that we will have to accept. Like many other diseases in the past. Mostly it will be those who will not get vaccinated who will slowly pass it among themselves. The rest of us are not going to keep up with taking so much care to protect those who won't protect themselves. The immune suppressed people will pay a price as well. Just as they always have been susceptible to various infections.

Look at you! For some strange reason you got you some old time religion now that your immunity is kicking in.

[gowlerk 1,903]

25 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

Look at you! For some strange reason you got you some old time religion now that your immunity is kicking in.

I'm still mask wearing and we are on a tight lock down here. No visiting homes allowed at all. 10% capacity in retail stores. DZ closed down tight. Hospital ICU units over flowing and elective surgeries mostly cancelled. We are a month behind in vaccinations compared to the US and we are paying the price for having leaders who ignored the very obvious signs that a third wave was coming until it was too late. Religion be damned.

That said I am very optimistic for the near future. We will pass the US in vaccine uptake before long. 

Edited May 14, 2021 by gowlerk

[JoeWeber 2,297]

7 hours ago, gowlerk said:

I'm still mask wearing and we are on a tight lock down here. No visiting homes allowed at all. 10% capacity in retail stores. DZ closed down tight. Hospital ICU units over flowing and elective surgeries mostly cancelled. We are a month behind in vaccinations compared to the US and we are paying the price for having leaders who ignored the very obvious signs that a third wave was coming until it was too late. Religion be damned.

That said I am very optimistic for the near future. We will pass the US in vaccine uptake before long. 

Don't bet the farm. Once our Bubba's find out they won't be getting play time with the sheep if'n they get Covid they'll be beating down the doors, instead. Brilliant marketing by someone, methinks.

[ryoder 1,381]

Bill Maher Tests Positive for COVID Causing Real Time's Episode This Week to Be Canceled

"Bill tested positive during weekly staff PCR testing for COVID. He is fully vaccinated and as a result is asymptomatic and feels fine," the HBO show said in a statement on Twitter Thursday

[gowlerk 1,903]

1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

Don't bet the farm. Once our Bubba's find out they won't be getting play time with the sheep if'n they get Covid they'll be beating down the doors, instead. Brilliant marketing by someone, methinks.

We have sheep here too ya know.......

[brenthutch 383]

Oh no!  The mask has turned from a shield of virtue to a festoonment of idiocy.  

[JoeWeber 2,297]

1 hour ago, brenthutch said:

Oh no!  The mask has turned from a shield of virtue to a festoonment of idiocy.  

More exciting news from that known hotbed of enlightenment, Mifflin County, PA.

[billvon 2,391]

2 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

More exciting news from that known hotbed of enlightenment, Mifflin County, PA.

Don't be making fun of Mifflin.  They are leaders in Japanese steel manufacture - AND are the headquarters of an adult incontinence product company!

[ryoder 1,381]

Brilliant!

 

[brenthutch 383]

6 hours ago, billvon said:

Don't be making fun of Mifflin.  They are leaders in Japanese steel manufacture - AND are the headquarters of an adult incontinence product company!

I live in State College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania in Centre County, not Mifflin.  You guys would feel right at home as we have a significant infestation of Democrats.  

[Phil1111 910]

1 hour ago, brenthutch said:

I live in State College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania in Centre County, not Mifflin.  You guys would feel right at home as we have a significant infestation of Democrats.  

So you're surrounded by intelligent, independent thinking people...... yet!

[JoeWeber 2,297]

8 hours ago, billvon said:

Don't be making fun of Mifflin.  They are leaders in Japanese steel manufacture - AND are the headquarters of an adult incontinence product company!

From the topography it makes a guy wonder if someone isn't waiting to inherit a shale lease. Hmmm.....

[Phil1111 910]

38 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

From the topography it makes a guy wonder if someone isn't waiting to inherit a shale lease. Hmmm.....

Thats sharp thinking. Some have their heads so far up the A$$ of the oil industry.

[kallend 1,622]

The EU, setting out to secure vaccines for a population of just under 448 million people with a total  $3.25 billion,  contrasts with Britain which spent  $5.2 billion to vaccinate a population of just over 66 million.

[airdvr 197]

On 5/15/2021 at 8:20 AM, JoeWeber said:

From the topography it makes a guy wonder if someone isn't waiting to inherit a shale lease. Hmmm.....

Gas prices need to approach $4/gal before fracking gets big again in this area.  I see Joe is working on it though.

Edited May 18, 2021 by airdvr

[jimjumper 25]

CA average is already over $4. Has been for a while. But we are getting $600 stimulus checks as Newsome tries to buy enough votes to survive a recall.

[murps2000 86]

1 hour ago, jimjumper said:

CA average is already over $4. Has been for a while. But we are getting $600 stimulus checks as Newsome tries to buy enough votes to survive a recall.

While it’s true that Newsom is moving the process along, and most likely for the reason you state, the budget surplus is large enough this year that that they are required by law to refund some tax dollars. Of course, they aren’t refunding the money back to those who actually paid it in the first place.

https://apnews.com/article/california-health-personal-taxes-immigration-business-555e6ec5ba03fa7a0eaade211df21c08

In 2018 CA voters passed a ballot measure to raise gas taxes to pay for road & highway improvements. I’m going to take a guess that every person who drives an EV on said roads & highways voted yes on that one. 

[ryoder 1,381]

I thought the mayor here did an excellent job of explaining the dilemma imposed on authorities by the CDCs dumb mask guidance. 5 minute audio:

NPR: Kansas City Mayor Addresses Challenges Of Adapting To Mask Revisions

[gowlerk 1,903]

I just got my second Phizer at a drug store in Grand Forks, ND. 
 

God Bless America!

[ryoder 1,381]

4 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

I just got my second Phizer at a drug store in Grand Forks, ND. 
 

God Bless America!

So now you are smuggling drugs back across the Canadian border in your bloodstream?

[ryoder 1,381]

New Coronavirus Detected In Patients At Malaysian Hospital; The Source May Be Dogs

So now we need a dog vaccine.

[JoeWeber 2,297]

14 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

I just got my second Phizer at a drug store in Grand Forks, ND. 
 

God Bless America!

You got the Canuck treatment, yo. You should have asked for the Pfizer dose.

[JoeWeber 2,297]

9 minutes ago, ryoder said:

New Coronavirus Detected In Patients At Malaysian Hospital; The Source May Be Dogs

So now we need a dog vaccine.

Nope. We just need laws that require doggers to keep their drooling, crotch licking, cat turd eating machines at home and away from airlines, restaurants and Home Depot.

[ryoder 1,381]

2 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

Nope. We just need laws that require doggers to keep their drooling, crotch licking, cat turd eating machines at home and away from airlines, restaurants and Home Depot.

Now you've just confused the hell out of our UK friends.

[JoeWeber 2,297]

Just now, ryoder said:

Now you've just confused the hell out of our UK friends.

Hadn't considered that. Several years back I put on a couple of Australian TM's. On a windy day I asked one if he'd like to come shag a few tandems. Talk about big eyeballs.