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14 minutes ago, vf1000ride said:
This thread needs a small injection of humor.
Getting fuel a 2? I'm at 50/50 that's what I got it from. I should go to 2 "good" protests, I bet it cures me. 3 protests and anywhere I walk my immune system actively kills the virus in a 10m radius.
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1 hour ago, ricer1 said:
It seems like we have a number of epidemiologist on the OR.... LOL! I am curios if you can answer a couple of questions, could the cases be going up due to the increased testing and opening up? I understand the positive tests have been in younger people, average age 35 years old, with a far less likelihood of getting sick or dying. There is a chance that the number of deaths could increase with more cases, but with better recent medical treatments and younger people contracting the virus could the death rate continue to decrease as has been occurring? Or is inevitable the increased number of cases will result in more deaths and can you predict when this correlation begin? Let me say I have ZERO medical background and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night!
The weakest/most unlucky go first is my guess. But it's just a guess.
Good news though, turns out hydroxychloroquine seems to cut the mortality rate nearly in half for those that start on it early enough into covid infection. https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/07/hydro-treatment-study
This is a stark contrast to what every major news outlet was saying about it a month ago, this dangerous "untested" "unproven" drug... that has been used for almost 70 years. lol...
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18 minutes ago, Tonik said:
Correlation does not equal causation. The reopening, indoor gatherings and idiots not wearing masks caused it. The protests were outside, MUCH safer than what the freedom crowd is doing.
Stop making excuses for dumbasses.
It all goes together.
Those people out protesting go home to their family, go to work at the nursing home, go shopping at the grocery store, don't wear masks, don't take precautions and we end up where we are. Sure, it was still going around, and the states were starting to re-open around the same time little by little, but the bottom line is the amount of exposure going to one protest is way beyond what someone would experience in their day-to-day over the course of a week or more. Any mass gathering is the same - if people went to a large concert or sports match with 1,000's of people all crammed together we would have the same outcome. Indoor or outdoor does not matter, someone coughs on you, you get viral load, you get sick. Not everyone that went will get sick, but some will, and then their acquaintances will, and then it's off to the races. Repeat that day after day, weekend after weekend and we end up where we are now. We would have gotten here eventually but it would have taken a lot longer.
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1 hour ago, Pauly said:
I am sure sweet baby jesus will protect all of god's children too ignorant to educate themselves on the science of viral spread and mutation. Sure would be nice if I had a talking donkey to tell me what to do.
Oh, wait...we already elected one.
To be fair, things were on the mend for a good bit before this new spike. What was happening 2 weeks before the uptick 2 weeks into June I wonder? Literally the dumbest thing anybody could do during a pandemic that was showing signs of abating. The blame for the current situation lands squarely on the backs of everyone who went out en mass to protest and/or riot. If they were aware of the risk and decided that the protesting was more important, that's fine - but to turn around and blame other people for the (very apparent) consequences of their actions, I really don't have words.
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3 hours ago, Pauly said:
I was not in my right mind the other evening, but I stand by my rant. I had some shit to say, apparently. I will do more to social distance from politics on this forum and more to further the sport I love.
Stay tuned... Speed safe. Happy 4th.
All the political bullshit 24/7 is making people forget they have friends that might not agree with them on 100% of everything but they are still friends. The media is to blame for the state of the country right now, by and large. Social media and the 24 hour news cycle may be the end of us all. Hope not. Good plan to stay away from it, it makes life a happier experience.
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double post 😐
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3 hours ago, Tpoppa said:
Not sure about your BMW, but on mine when I pull the front brake lever, the bike decides which brakes are applied based on some German algorithm that considers many factors. A light squeeze on the front brake lever will only apply the rear brake in certain situations (you can actually feel it in the rear brake pedal).
It's actually a really good system and works seamlessly.
My R1 has a linked system like that as well. It makes a noticeable difference when both tires are on the ground.
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I'd say about 20% of people around where I live in Columbus wear masks.
Also the mandatory mask thing isn't being enforced unless a store calls the cops on you after asking you to leave and you don't. And even then it would be a trespassing call and not a call over someone not wearing a mask. They can't actually do anything to someone because they aren't wearing a mask.
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5 hours ago, Pauly said:
I used to trail brake exclusively with my rear. Then @what told me it was dumb. So I stopped. Now I just downshift to oblivion or stop being a bitch and carry too much corner speed. Now? My brake pads are mint and I buy tires every other week.
trailing with the rear is a quick ticket to highside city if things go sideways. highsides are not fun.
all included puns intended.
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21 hours ago, motocat12 said:
neither did I. It was on a mass list of changes enacted this week
Supposedly they had already moved to their own forum almost 6 months ago, that subreddit was dead. Not sure what they got up to on there to get them banned, I do know reddit is a cesspool of SJW ideals though. I've been banned a couple of times over the years for posting pretty innocuous things that got spun into whatever "-ist/-ism" the flavor of the month was at the time.
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clearly the panic is starting to set in for someone. always late to the party?
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I still don't think the official infection #'s are anywhere close to realistic, which would bring the death % down by at least half if not more. Still higher than flu though. And still fucks your shit up beyond the actual sickness.
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3 hours ago, MSerfozo said:
Larry Householder (Speaker of Ohio House) is planning to withhold $200K from money for Columbus to divert to repairs to the Statehouse because the city didn't protect it during "peaceful protests".
Seems he knows what motivates politicians.
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17 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:
I think its time to shake up the Mod's in this place.
Make me a Mod - I wont close shit besides fs threads.
somehow OR ends up with nukes
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1 hour ago, Tonik said:
Why is this mod worth doing? Serious question..I don't know.
roll wheel off, caliper stays in place. roll wheel on, caliper stays in place. it's also important on modern bikes because of wheel speed sensors being in the line of fire and very fragile if a person isn't careful putting the wheel back on.
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7 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:
Stock underslung rear caliper? That Duc was ahead of it's time.
That's the next mod to the R1. Fast Frank say hello to my $$$ 😐
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2-3 weeks since the protests/riots. is anybody surprised? What I will be surprised about is if they actually say that is a large factor in the new cases and not blame it on the states "opening up too soon".
On the bright side, that's a bunch more people who will now be immune, one way or another.
Didn't have to wait long, thanks NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/black-lives-matter-protests-haven-t-led-covid-19-spikes-n1232045
It's not the mass gathering of people leading to the transmission, it's all the people who DIDN'T go out and protest that are to blame. 😂😂😂😂😂
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Singling out the police brutality issue to one very specific aspect of it may be making it harder to deal with, because it is dividing up the base that would be for reforms over perceived racial motives. Having a strong message and platform to deal with the problem is good, but basing it on something as volatile as racial prejudices, especially in the US, is in my opinion a bad move on the organizer's part. Unless of course the motivation now is to deepen the racial tensions and pull people apart for political gain.
I'm not being dismissive of the very present racial issues in the justice system, but the root of these problems goes much much deeper and ends up being more an economic and poverty problem rather than a racial problem in most instances. Police reforms are a band aid for a wound that goes down to the bone.
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I'm glad they are finally tackling the real problem. I now have hope this will all be resolved shortly. https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/wizards-bans-7-cards-that-depict-racism-including-invoke-prejudice/
for context, the "color" of a creature or card just has to do with its element affiliation:
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better rename the irish car bomb, scotch tape, sauerkraut and english breakfast tea too or i'm going to start being really offended.
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5 hours ago, SpecialEd said:
The reality is still crystal clear: don't be dumb. Adhere to the protocols the experts tell us to follow. They have no agenda which would suppress commerce or personal freedom. Don't fall victim to those who assert that wearing or not wearing a mask is somehow a political statement. This isn't a "forever" thing; Dr. Fauci is a straight-shooter, and I follow what he advises the public to do in order to avoid sickness and death from COVID.
Masks are a good as a general practice, the benefits are out there in good detail. Despite the sensationalism being mixed in covid isn't a made up illness. I have my own thoughts on it, but I do believe it is actually very dangerous for people with weak immune systems just based off of what I experienced. I still have a very slight cough and it has been over 90 days since I first had symptoms. It did some damage to my lungs for sure - some things I've read say they have seen lung scarring that might never heal and a lingering mild dry cough might be a sign of that.
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8 hours ago, Tonik said:
Initial studies are indicating that people that had it, especially those that were asymptomatic, are more likely to get it again.
"Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections | Nature Medicine" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6
That specifically says asymptomatic carriers have a minimized immune response and may not develop antibodies. Studies from Korea have stated that there is indeed immunity in recovered patients. So essentially if you had it and never knew you had it, you may be able to get it again and may or may not know you have gotten it again depending on your immune response. 🤷♂️
But yes you are technically correct and I guess my statement was not completely correct. Just partly.
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No point in wearing a mask if you've already had it. I wear one 50/50 - if I have to or most people around are wearing one I'll put it on just so I don't hurt people's feelings, but if people aren't wearing them there's really no point. I do use hand sanitizer like it's going out of style though - that is one way I can transmit still, touch something someone else coughed on then touch something else.
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