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So I'm friends with a hospital nurse and I live in an area that hasn't had too many confirmed cases but she said there's a lot of new patients in her hospital today with symptoms including pneumonia. And none of them are getting tested. This is a red state by the way in case you couldn't already tell.
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pixaal posted:I was adding to what you were saying, whatever they were planning on doing in person they can do in a digital format. Sorry for the confusion. no worries lol, always spread the good word of digital gaming 
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Mar 18, 2020 21:31
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Guildenstern Mother posted:So is it bad practice to have 2-3 friends over for dinner? Assuming that we're all generally staying home the rest of the time and no one's hanging out with/being immunocompromised? Seems like a good way to combat stircrazy. This thing really hosed up future threesomes and orgies
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Mar 18, 2020 21:31
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I've been using CeraVe in the tub for ~2 years. My hands started cracking in the winter for funsies and it has kept it at bay. Someone asked about Working Hands- yes it's still available. Those scary Italian mortality numbers don't seem to break out the % of mortality w/treatment vs those who got triaged out the door, did they? Isn't that kind of important, or is it too shameful to discuss?
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Mar 18, 2020 21:32
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Hazo posted:My wife and I were at the bank this morning to deposit our tax return and there was an old white guy LOUDLY ranting about how ridiculous this all was, how "it's no worse than AIDS, hardly anybody gets it!" What the gently caress are you doing in person at a bank? It's 2020 you dumb gently caress.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:32
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TheBuilder posted:This thing really hosed up future threesomes and orgies Teledildonics are the future!
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Mar 18, 2020 21:32
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Sorry if someone already posted this. I just got home from work and I am trying to speed read the thread to get caught up. Burger King is giving away two free kids meals with ANY purchase from the app next week. If our kids have our genes, they will go through our stockpile of toilet paper just by looking at it, but free food none-the-less. Nice move BK! https://www.businessinsider.com/bur...17_cP1WGBxlGpK0
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Mar 18, 2020 21:33
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Google Butt posted:what triggered that, just an abundance of caution or actual concern over contraction via recirced air or something? Abundance of caution, mostly. I work at a very small site, relative to most in my region, we're not really equipped to handle extensive isolation on numerous patients. Any confirmed cases are going to another local, much larger hospital. Suspected cases may get initial treatment here, and then either sent home to quarantine, or routed to the larger hospitals if infection is confirmed. I don't suspect we'll see much "action" at my site, but everyone is supposed to treat it as infectious and deadly as TB now.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:33
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Guy Axlerod posted:What the gently caress are you doing in person at a bank? It's 2020 you dumb gently caress. lmfao
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Mar 18, 2020 21:34
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TheBuilder posted:This thing really hosed up future threesomes and orgies So Orgy for One you are saying? Like that song?
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Mar 18, 2020 21:34
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it'd be cool if people would just treat everyone else like they had the flu for a few days
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Mar 18, 2020 21:36
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I garden for fun, and I was planning on digging up (paying somebody to dig up) the front this yard and putting in a mix of flowers and veggies. I had a "just the fun stuff" order that was heavy on hot peppers. Now I'm making a second, "what if the farmhands, with no health care, get coronavirus" order with enough simple-to-grow, productive plants that there'll be something to have alongside the rice and beans. This kind of garden shopping is a lot less fun. I'm even going to grow the dreaded zucchini.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:36
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George RR Martin breathes a sigh of relief as he now has another excuse for blowing his deadlines on the next game of thrones book.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:36
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Ginette Reno posted:His opinion seems to be don't panic if you're a young person which okay that makes sense but it doesn't mean business as usual when spreading this thing around could kill huge swaths of the more vulnerable in the population. Yea, he clearly says we should be more scared of the flu so I assume he is 100% against social distancing since we don't do that for the flu.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:38
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i went to the post office after work to mail some bills and get stamps, and everyone in line was coughing I have abad feeling about this
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Mar 18, 2020 21:40
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Baller Time posted:Does that mean they had 128 tests ready? They've added a lot more in-state testing facilities and are able to churn out an additional 150 tests a day I believe, according to Pritzker.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:41
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Charliegrs posted:So I'm friends with a hospital nurse and I live in an area that hasn't had too many confirmed cases but she said there's a lot of new patients in her hospital today with symptoms including pneumonia. And none of them are getting tested. This is a red state by the way in case you couldn't already tell. This is just as bad as China ignoring the virus for weeks. In the end it may prove worse even. We know it is there, better find out how much of it or the US will go full Italy. Well too late anyway.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:43
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ruddiger posted:George RR Martin breathes a sigh of relief as he now has another excuse for blowing his deadlines on the next game of thrones book. If he rushed one out in the next few weeks I bet it would sell like crazy. Giant book that I probably wouldn't normally have time to read came out, better check this out because I have some time off.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:44
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Mordja posted:Also of note: over 40% of adult americans are obese. That's for over 20 years old. How about over 30? Over 40? Over 50? At 50 certainly the vast majority are obese.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:44
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150 entire tests? We're saved! That will definitely cover everyone in... uh... 200 or so years.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:44
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https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1240375041222537217 lmao
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Mar 18, 2020 21:46
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pixaal posted:If he rushed one out in the next few weeks I bet it would sell like crazy. Giant book that I probably wouldn't normally have time to read came out, better check this out because I have some time off. i got through A Dance with Dragons via candlelight, freezing my rear end off during a power outpage due to hurricane sandy.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:47
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Guy Axlerod posted:What the gently caress are you doing in person at a bank? It's 2020 you dumb gently caress. The check was made out to both of us so we had to both be present to cash it you dumb gently caress
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Mar 18, 2020 21:48
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Xguard86 posted:I know we're 11 days behind Italy but when did they really start blowing up? We reached 70 deaths 13 days after Italy.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:49
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So my fever had gone down over the last day but it’s spiked up on 101 today which has me a little concerned. Last time I had something like that happen it was because I was developing a secondary pneumonia. Maybe now they’ll finally use a test on me instead of just waiting on the results for the guy I work with.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:49
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want to quickly point out that rewatching The Last Man on Earth has been rewarding, would recommend
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Mar 18, 2020 21:49
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Should I risk going to a CVS just to get a thermometer?
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Mar 18, 2020 21:52
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might want to call first to check they still have them in stock
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Mar 18, 2020 21:53
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Xguard86 posted:I know we're 11 days behind Italy but when did they really start blowing up? I went and compared the graphs just to see where we're at. Here's the graphs for the US, updated with the March 18 info:   Those curves look a lot sharper than the curves on the graphs for Italy I posted earlier but that's because the Y-axes are labelled differently. If we adjust it so it's using the same scale and superimpose the number of confirmed COVIDF-19 cases in the US it over the graph for Italy it looks like this:  The graph of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US follows almost the exact same curve right up to where Italy was ten days ago. It'd be a fairly safe bet that the curve will follow Italy's results fairly closely, but the two countries are VASTLY different in many many ways. Will the next 10 days in the US pan out better or worse than they did in Italy? We just don't know. 
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Mar 18, 2020 21:54
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Mordja posted:Also of note: this is a bit useless without knowing what percentage of the total population in those age ranges have any illnesses - like, I bet the majority of 80 year olds have one or more illnesses or what type of illness we're talking about, for example bad knees probably doesn't mean you are more liable to die from corona
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pro starcraft loser posted:Should I risk going to a CVS just to get a thermometer? It’s probably good to know if you have a severe fever but they’re sold out most places now
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Mar 18, 2020 21:54
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Charliegrs posted:So I'm friends with a hospital nurse and I live in an area that hasn't had too many confirmed cases but she said there's a lot of new patients in her hospital today with symptoms including pneumonia. And none of them are getting tested. This is a red state by the way in case you couldn't already tell. well, ultimately the death count wont be able to be hidden as well.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:55
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We are at about 2.5% positivity rate in our region for TESTED patients that go through the proper vetting first. That is after about ~1700 tests so far in our lab. Goon speed.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:56
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pro starcraft loser posted:Should I risk going to a CVS just to get a thermometer? If you've got symptoms, get someone else to get one for you, and do a contactless exchange by putting it outside your door then stepping back when you collect it.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:56
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Charliegrs posted:So I'm friends with a hospital nurse and I live in an area that hasn't had too many confirmed cases but she said there's a lot of new patients in her hospital today with symptoms including pneumonia. And none of them are getting tested. This is a red state by the way in case you couldn't already tell. Don’t worry friend I’m in the bluest of blues and they aren’t testing here either
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Mar 18, 2020 21:57
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i'd try amazon first honestly, but mainly make sure you are drinking plenty
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Mar 18, 2020 21:58
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drunkb posted:We are at about 2.5% positivity rate in our region for TESTED patients that go through the proper vetting first. That is after about ~1700 tests so far in our lab. Goon speed. does this mean there's a ton of other mysterious pneumonia cases out there or something? what are the other 97.5% catching? (i know you don't know, just wondering)
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Mar 18, 2020 21:58
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pro starcraft loser posted:Should I risk going to a CVS just to get a thermometer? Good luck, my girlfriend had a bear of a time trying to find one due to the hospital she works at requiring employees to take their temp every morning before going in. She called every Walgreens and CVS in the city, finally was able to get one at a pharmacy attached to a grocery store in the tiny town next to us.
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Mar 18, 2020 21:59
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Casu Marzu posted:Good luck, my girlfriend had a bear of a time trying to find one due to the hospital she works at requiring employees to take their temp every morning before going in. She called every Walgreens and CVS in the city, finally was able to get one at a pharmacy attached to a grocery store in the tiny town next to us. Hmm. I feel completely fine but have no way to check my temperature which is the telltale sign for this. I'll pass through at an odd hour and check, no big deal.
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Mnoba posted:i'd try amazon first honestly, but mainly make sure you are drinking plenty lol there’s nothing on amazon that isn’t a scam thermometer wise and they all get here in weeks
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