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Sono
Apr 9, 2008




bomb posted:

Payroll tax waiver would be p sweet

Social security deficit solved by all the boomers dying. Peace and prosperity in our time.

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QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Illuminti posted:

If no one is testing properly, or only people who are going to die soon from it. And everyone knows there are 10s of 1000s if not 100s of 1000s of cases just wondering around without knowing.....doesn't that mean the fatality rate is way way lower than it seems?

So yes, we know how many people have been tested and how many people have died or been in serious condition.....but it's universally acknowledged that there are orders of magnitude more people just walking around with it feeling sick. If you add those people to the count.....it doesn't seem to bad? Has this been taken into account? I mean I guess it has.....?

The flip side of that is there are likely covid-19 deaths occurring right now that are not being correctly attributed. In fact you can't draw any meaningful conclusions from total uncertainty like this, we don't know if the number of infected is off by a factor of 2 or 2000

Also, progression of symptoms takes over two weeks before things get bad enough for hospitalization, and can take a few weeks more to result in death. Seattle hospitals are slammed right now.

lofi
Apr 2, 2018




Ginette Reno posted:

Shortness of breath is a pretty damned awful common symptom.

Really? I'd assumed it was pretty rare for anyone under... uh... 'old'. I've never had an illness with that symptom. What else would cause it?

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

lofi posted:

Really? I'd assumed it was pretty rare for anyone under... uh... 'old'. I've never had an illness with that symptom. What else would cause it?

Smoking.

friendly 2 da void
Mar 23, 2018

Exactly. This thing takes a month to kill you.

We'll start seeing the first crest of that wave in two weeks. Just as Italy has.

Mr. Merdle
Oct 17, 2007

THE GREAT MANBABY SUCCESSOR

Lazyfire posted:


Usually you have a government advisory notice or something to cut and paste instead of a chain letter, but the US gutted basically all the infrastructure meant to inform and work through something like this a couple years ago which killed even the most basic response to this whole thing.

It really is sad. I wound up yelling at my roommate a week ago, because she was raised by a bunch of psycho libertarian types and thinks the government is a terrible idea in general and we should try to dismantle as many programs as possible, starting with the department of education. I pointed out that she's getting exactly what she asked for with this administration and you could almost see the fuses blowing from the cognitive dissonance.

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

the contrast between the amount of smokers in china vs. the amount of obesity in america will be an interesting puzzle for epidemiologist to figure out when it comes to FATALITIES moving forward.

don't touch your friend.

A Grand Egg
Jan 12, 2020

by Pragmatica
Children are the vector, they show no symptoms but are spreading the disease.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

3 TSA workers in San Jose just tested positive.

I'm sure they had 0 interaction with the public.

This is fine.

AnnoyBot
May 28, 2001

A Grand Egg posted:

Children are the vector, they show no symptoms but are spreading the disease.

I just had an hour long standoff with my 7 year over getting her to wash her hands for more than 2 seconds, after being out. I feel like a crazy person. Also my wife has a fever.

And finally, the SJ school district announced about 30 minutes ago that it has a confirmed case "in the community", though not her school and not a student, per se. No changes, except absences are not being marked as truancy for now.

BeefThief
Aug 8, 2007

MarcusSA posted:

3 TSA workers in San Jose just tested positive.

I'm sure they had 0 interaction with the public.

This is fine.

definitely not handling everybody's ID, bringing it close to their face, and then giving it back to them

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

BeefThief posted:

definitely not handling everybody's ID, bringing it close to their face, and then giving it back to them

They wear gloves when they do that it’s NBD.

Rectal Death Adept
Jun 20, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
I had one boss cancel some of our unimportant business trips a few days ago, but now a higher up boss found out and i think he wants to make a statement that the virus is a hoax and is rescheduling them.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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friendly 2 da void posted:

Exactly. This thing takes a month to kill you.

We'll start seeing the first crest of that wave in two weeks. Just as Italy has.

It's been "two weeks before everyone dies" for like 3 months now

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Fojar38 posted:

It's been "two weeks before everyone dies" for like 3 months now

:thunk: it’s been 3 months since it popped off in China.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Fojar38 posted:

It's been "two weeks before everyone dies" for like 3 months now

Lets just ask Italy how this is going for them

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

The Walrus posted:

quinoa has protein AND carbs you could probably live on quinoa and a multivitamin for a good while
Mark it down as millet for instant savings.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
American Airlines banked my flights on my canx, just like royal Caribbean FYI

Gearhead
Feb 13, 2007
The Metroid of Humor

Fojar38 posted:

It's been "two weeks before everyone dies" for like 3 months now

We're bad at exponents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSaMH4hINY

Otto Von Jizzmark
Dec 27, 2004
The pcr test is three targets on the N gene. Sars is very similar with only a few mismatches in the N gene. Mers is quite a bit different as are the 4 common coronavirus found on your 1000$ respiratory viral panel.

Im in the middle of developing a test for our hospital lab using the same primer/probe combos as the CDC but a different PCR platform. The FDA has loosened all restrictions. Necessary validation testing on non cleared FDA covid 19 testing is greatlh diminished. Reagents are being sold at cost. I purchased 500 reactions for 99$ thats dirt cheap. They really want hospital labs to pick up the testing. But they should have done thid 1 month ago.

bomb
Nov 3, 2005


If you self quarantine use it as an opportunity to change up your style and be sure to shave off all hair from the neck up

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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The Glumslinger posted:

Lets just ask Italy how this is going for them

I can't believe all of Italy is loving dead

Gearhead
Feb 13, 2007
The Metroid of Humor

Fojar38 posted:

I can't believe all of Italy is loving dead

Well, the night life certainly is.

MarcusSA
Sep 23, 2007

Fojar38 posted:

I can't believe all of Italy is loving dead

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

Burt Sexual posted:

American Airlines banked my flights on my canx, just like royal Caribbean FYI

For the love of god please tell us you still aren’t planning on traveling!

Rectal Death Adept
Jun 20, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

He has been complaining about people caring about coronavirus for awhile. Got right in there in January going all Baghdad bob.

Currently is wailing on a strawman that literally everyone must be dead and anything less than that makes everyone other than him look like a fool. You would think two months of steadily worsening pandemic would blunt the ":smug: Look at these idiots thinking it's The Day After Tomorrow. :smug:" but I guess not.

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




The Walrus posted:

quinoa has protein AND carbs you could probably live on quinoa and a multivitamin for a good while

The living will envy the dead.

friendly 2 da void
Mar 23, 2018

Fojar38 posted:

It's been "two weeks before everyone dies" for like 3 months now

Italy had 168 deaths today and the rate is accelerating fast.

If you're not trolling, you're just callous or insane to not be shocked at a death rate like that.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

It's been "two weeks before we start to see exponential growth" for months now and the exponential growth hasn't happened

growth has happened but it stopped being exponential after a few hundred cases

Miranda
Dec 24, 2004

Not a cuttlefish.

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.


For the love of god please tell us you still aren’t planning on traveling!

I know a pediatric cardiologist who is taking his wife and kids on a Disney cruise in a few weeks! :crossarms:

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

friendly 2 da void posted:

If you're not trolling, you're just callous or insane to not be shocked at a death rate like that.

Car accidents kill over 3000 people a day. If I were shocked at that death rate I wouldn't be able to leave the house.

bob dobbs is dead
Oct 8, 2017

I love peeps
Nap Ghost

Fojar38 posted:

It's been "two weeks before we start to see exponential growth" for months now and the exponential growth hasn't happened

growth has happened but it stopped being exponential after a few hundred cases

nobody has succeeded in teaching this guy exponents, huh

howd you pass high school man

friendly 2 da void
Mar 23, 2018

Trolling it is.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

MarcusSA posted:

I have no idea what point you are trying to make.


For the love of god please tell us you still aren’t planning on traveling!

We rebooked to the Cosmo in Vegas. We just lay about the pool all day then go eat.

bomb
Nov 3, 2005


I enjoy quinoa but really just get white rice let’s all stop pretending quinoa and brown rice are better for you

The protein is negligible just buy a bag of whey with your white rice

halokiller
Dec 28, 2008

Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves


It took a while, but E3 is finally dead.

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1237546233876471808

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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bob dobbs is dead posted:

nobody has succeeded in teaching this guy exponents, huh

howd you pass high school man



Green is exponential growth



The dark blue is non-Chinese COVID-19 cases

See the difference?

And I'm pretty sure that we're using the same definition of exponential growth since everyone was using the "thing on chessboard doubles every square" example, and COVID19 cases have not been growing at that rate despite repeated goon predictions that it was just around the corner.

Dely Apple
Apr 22, 2006

Sing me Spanish Techno


E3 died in 2006, and its rolling corpse has finally come to a stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqKffIjCDU

Rest in peace, Kentia Hall of bizarre and minimally-funded games.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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I guess you can technically claim exponential growth if you gently caress with the time period being measured juuuuust enough though.

Nothingtoseehere
Nov 11, 2010


Fojar38 posted:



Green is exponential growth



The dark blue is non-Chinese COVID-19 cases

See the difference?

And I'm pretty sure that we're using the same definition of exponential growth since everyone was using the "thing on chessboard doubles every square" example, and COVID19 cases have not been growing at that rate despite repeated goon predictions that it was just around the corner.

Look at the scales of those graphs.

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Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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I did, even with the difference in scale the increase isn't exponential, otherwise we'd be well into the hundreds of thousands by now. Growth stopped being exponential around the 100 marker.

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