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3 minutes ago, Tonik said:

I'd hit it.

That's just . . . wrong.

Too true. His sister's face reminds me of a beluga whale--minus the snout. That big-assed forehead . . .

Never thought I'd see the word "chromosomes" on this site.

9 hours ago, Tpoppa said:

Maybe a surgeon botched his operation intentionally?  Or he had all his fat sucked out and will come back skinny Ina few weeks?

Kim just has that look of a lifelong fatty--someone whose default setting is obesity. I'm guessing he is gravely ill, but we may not know for quite a while. His sister is as odd-looking as he is. 

2 hours ago, CoDAF said:

The Fucking Quarantina DeWine Mixer N(e)O Meat and Greet Extravaganza.

It can't get any better than this, can it?

Okay, is there anyone here who thinks Kim Jong-Un is really on his deathbed as the media alleges? Granted, he IS obese, and I have seen video clips that show him smoking cigarettes, but . . . 

8 minutes ago, snot said:

It was a matter of time before someone said it.

Yes, but not so eloquently.

29 minutes ago, Tonik said:

The Fucking Quarantina DeWine Mixer NEO Meat and Greet Extravaganza.

5 hours ago, CoDAF said:

I don't have anything for sale. I was just offering an often overlooked approach for new riders. I think we all sort of take the knowledge of riding for granted. Plus, for a lot of women, and quite a few men, motorcycles are heavy and intimidating. This adds to the anxiety. 

CoDaf, to your point, the LAST thing I would want to ride is a large bike like a Harley. 

3 hours ago, Jared said:

No, scooters are fine, too. I would take it slow teaching her and get her into the msf class asap.

Jared, what about a Honda Grom or the new Monkey? They're inexpensive new, and have good resale value once she is ready to move up to a larger bike.

They also perform more like a real bike than a scooter. Also, both are very agile.

6 minutes ago, Bubba said:

Actually, I recently read a research article (sorry, can't find the reference right now) that stated there are already 3 variants of COVID.  They identified the strains as A, B, and C, with the strains labelled in chronological order as they mutated.  Strangely, the researchers also said that the strain most prevalent from the Wuhan outbreak was the "B" strain, which possibly indicates that it originated somewhere else.  They stated they weren't able to pinpoint the center of the origin, tho.  My guess is that, as with the common seasonal flu virus that rapidly mutates and makes it difficult to produce a 100% effective vaccine for whatever seasonal variant will become prevalent, COVID will continue to mutate and remain as much a fact of life as the flu.  Hopefully, mutation will also create a less lethal strain, or possibly a less transmissible strain.

To your point about a vaccine "fixing" the problem--in addition to the likelihood of the virus continuing to mutate--I have read that researchers have not definitively established that immunity will be conferred on folks who show they have antibodies to COVID in their blood.....which leads me to ask WHY we're putting so much effort into creating a vaccine at this juncture if the effort could be all for naught.

Still so much unknown about this crisis.

Okay, this is good to know. I also read about the possibility that we can become reinfected, but there is too much to learn to conclude this one way or another at this juncture. According to Fox News, the majority of Ohioans feels that we are talking very prematurely about "opening" our state back up. DeWine's phased plan to reopen does not include schools until phase 2 rolls around, so I'm confident we won't have to risk lives by returning this academic year. If this turns out to be true, I'll continue to stay home. Not risking it.

10 minutes ago, blue72beetle said:

I'm starting to wonder how much validity there is to this asymptomatic spreading. As you said, no one tests unless you have severe symptoms. And the testing they did to those other people, how did they know they weren't false positives? No one seems to know what they're doing with this thing. From my understanding (because I'm an internet expert) asymptomatic carriers are still somewhat of a medical mystery regardless of the virus.

The suspicious part of me thinks it's certainly a lot easier to instill fear and control the masses if they just say "Well, everyone could have it and spread it, stay at home." I'm not saying that doesn't work though.

NinjaDoc, please join this discussion when you have time.

3 minutes ago, blue72beetle said:

I'm starting to wonder how much validity there is to this asymptomatic spreading. As you said, no one tests unless you have severe symptoms. And the testing they did to those other people, how did they know they weren't false positives? No one seems to know what they're doing with this thing. From my understanding (because I'm an internet expert) asymptomatic carriers are still somewhat of a medical mystery regardless of the virus.

The suspicious part of me thinks it's certainly a lot easier to instill fear and control the masses if they just say "Well, everyone could have it and spread it, stay at home." I'm not saying that doesn't work though.

Another thing that interests me is that it is unknown if this virus mutates like the flu virus. If it doesn't, almost all of us were immunized, and we were careful, wouldn't COVID eventually just cease to exist? Die off from a lack of hosts? I'm no expert either, but I'm very sure there will be dozens of books written about this pandemic, and I'll be reading all of them. There will also be a shit-ton of studies from the international medical community. Lots of learning will go on over the next few months and years.

3 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

No one came looking for it. It was DQ double cheesburder fried mozzarella and a blizzard.

Pretty strange. How was it?

1 minute ago, Bubba said:

 

Isn't that sort'a like a reverse porch pirate?

 

Yes Bubs. Yes, it is.

Motocat gets a free lunch and the neighbor will undoubtedly call and bitch until the restaurant sends out a replacement order. The key move here is for Motocat to retrieve the delivery container and quickly get back into his house before the neighbor notices.

I once pulled up to the drive-thru window at a McDonald's and, instead of my humble $3 order for a breakfast sammich and coffee, was handed a grocery bag containing breakfast for at least six people. Yes, I rolled up the window and got the hell out of there. Later that week, at our small rural town's recycling facility, I was finishing up tossing my stuff into the bin and noticed a matte black item lying on the ground. It was a law-enforcement issue Gerber switchblade knife in perfect condition. Kept that, too.

4 minutes ago, motocat12 said:

New Orderless delivery! Someone just knocked on my door sat a bag of takeout down, and drove away. 

It's the universe rewarding you for staying inside. Grab it before your neighbor does.

11 hours ago, snot said:

Erase everyones debt.....

Free sammiches for EVERYONE.🥪

9 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

I think what is being charged by the providers is most of the issues. and that not every one pays the same for the same services. Health care giants the are considerd "non profit" find a surplus of funds to only give their exsecs  fat bonouses and oh yea lets give our Lobby a 10 million dollar face lift since we have the money. 

Too true! I have to laugh when the Cleveland Clinic sends me mail soliciting DONATIONS. Meanwhile, they redo the lobby and hold elaborate dinners/awards ceremonies congratulating each other for how well they did fiscally. It's nuts.

57 minutes ago, 2talltim said:

Every Canadian I've talked to hates their system andmost wish it would be privatized again. 

One man's trash is another's treasure. I likely won't be "around" to see any significant improvements to the system anyway. Maybe the answer lies somewhere between what we have now and what the rest of the civilized world is doing. As always, taking action to stay as healthy as possible is the best insurance. I was lucky to have had employer funded insurance my entire career. A neighbor of mine has four kids and is paying nearly $2,500 per month for COBRA insurance. 

8 hours ago, Steve Butters said:

If you're so embarrassed, I hear Canada has free Healthcare 🤷🏻‍♂️

if Trump were a member here, he would be quite proud of how you skirted the issue with an inane comment. Shut off the TV and take a walk.

13 hours ago, redkow97 said:

Well, my stimulus check is going primarily to medical bills, but i can’t really complain much about my insurance coverage so far. 

Had my first ocrevus infusion yesterday. That will be the major expense. Anxious to see how much that will cost, and whether copay assistance will be necessary.

the treatment gives me a mild (99) fever, and a sore throat. Both seem to have subsided as of this morning. 

Watch for my gofundme when this $65k drug costs me $20k out of pocket!

Chris, although I'll qualify for SS and Medicare in about eight months, I truly believe that this COVID-19 thing will result in an increased probability that our country will wake up and smell the coffee regarding the NECESSITY for nationalizing healthcare. This is long overdue, and if other countries can do it, we certainly can. I am embarrassed to be a citizen of the wealthiest country in the world that can't seem to get this done.

Ted, just curious about your choice of screen name. 

1 minute ago, Tonik said:

Any guesses why she says that while showing inaccurate charts?

She openly admits that the "numbers" are not and cannot be totally accurate, but the modelled downward slope of the *curve* is, as you said, much longer and less acute than the upslope.

3 hours ago, Tonik said:

 

I think the curves they are showing us are wrong. The first half of the curve is the same as the last have. Symmetrical. I don't believe this is accurate at all.

We are not going to ramp down on the number of new cases as fast as we ramped up. The downside of the curve is going to take much longer than the ramp up.

This is also what Dr. Acton says. As far as collecting data, the numbers are elusive without testing. Also, today China "admitted" that their numbers of dead were underestimated by almost 50%, which is something most of us suspected.

2 hours ago, redbarron77 said:

Wife and I play "this fun game" every day, quarantine or no quarantine.

35 minutes ago, MSerfozo said:

A meme with a grammar error?  Say it ain't so!

The best places to see consistent grammar, syntax, and punctuation errors are commercial TV news websites. In Cleveland, Fox8 and WJW are two of the worst offenders. A friend of mine is a videographer for WJW, and told me a while ago that copyediting had been outsourced to Pakistan due to cost. The only news organization that seems to care about following the rules and conventions of written English is NPR.