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Anyone buying oil? Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I think I see a nipple. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Not sure any 2.8L performance bits will actually be worth it, but doesn't all the 2.8L top end bolt on to the 3.4L? People used to do that as a cheap upgrade all the time. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

With the debates over defying orders and opening venues or not, I'm always reminded of this story from 1918: In the midst of the great flu pandemic of 1918, a young manager named Harold Edel decided to encourage attendance at his movie theater in the city. It was featuring the new Charlie Chaplin film, Shoulder Arms, and the crowds were so large that Edel extended its run. The manager was so enthusiastic that he took out a full-page ad in the weekly Moving Picture World. While other theaters had been shunned, he wanted to congratulate patrons who “take their lives in their hands to see it.” At the bottom of the ad, double-underlined and in a huge font, was the recommendation of the board of health to “AVOID CROWDS.” Edel’s ad continued: “New Yorkers took their life in their hands and Packed the Strand Theatre all week.” Edel, alas, never got to see his ad in print. He died of influenza before it went to press. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Megasquirt? Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

This policy is in MI too and people are throwing a fit. It's one of the things they protested at the capital earlier this week. However, (in MI) the order applies to stores over 50k sq feet. Small stores, like ACE Hardware and Tractor Supply can still sell seeds, garden products etc. So it's not that they're unavailable, but they are trying to limit the number of people going to stores to browse/wander and protect small businesses that were forced closed under other orders. It's definitely caused confusion. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I have no issue with this. If you've been at home alone for 3 weeks already there's very low risk. Go for it. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I think they're going to resume without fans first, since the teams/league make a lot of money on TV rights and advertising. Possibly they'll let people into the private/luxury boxes with capacity limits, but general admission ticket sales are going to be problematic as long as social distancing is in place. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Something doesn't seem right with Accu-air being considered a casualty of COVID. By April 3rd (when it looks like they announced bankruptcy) they would have only been under a forced stay-at-home order for 2-3 weeks, and they should have been able to still make online sales. So can someone explain how they went insolvent that quickly (if they were doing well to begin with)? Seems to me that they were in trouble before this even happened. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

WHO statement: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/15/835179442/we-alerted-the-world-to-coronavirus-on-jan-5-who-says-in-response-to-u-s Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Well, they DID pay taxes.... Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

My point being, if that's their stance on the issue they shouldn't be waving Trump flags either. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

The rules aren't perfect, but the protesters are over the top. Boating is OK under the order, as long as it doesn't have a motor. (Canoes, kayaks, fishing boats). They also banned travel between 2 in-state residences, which upset a lot of people, but that was asked for by a Republican congressman (he posted the note he sent to the governor on his Twitter). My problem with the protesters is most of them were not specifically protesting any of these rules. It was a giant Trump rally with people open carrying rifles. They're protesting the idea of ANY restrictions, saying they are unconstitutional. But Trump has come out in favor of the stay at home orders and enforcing social distancing through April, and only relaxing those restrictions in states where numbers are low starting in May. So why is it a partisan protest of Trump vs Whitmer? If they're all about the constitution, why not protest Trump saying he has total authority over the states? What happened to states rights? It's because a majority of the protest had nothing to do with the rules. Whitmer isn't losing any votes to this crowd. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Blue for law enforcement and green for border patrol, I think. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Protest in Michigan today...

Very early on in MI they coordinated load sharing between hospitals and closed one hospital ER in Detroit for anything except COVID patients. As Henry Ford and Beaumont got loaded up they started transferring patients to other hospitals that had capacity. They also converted TCF Hall (formerly COBO - where the Detorit Auto Show is held) into a field hospital, but I'm not sure how heavily that's loaded. This is something I think our state handled very well early on, but the hospitals in the thick of it are still stressed heavily. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I'll second what Greg said. It depends on what they do in the medical field. Dentists, pediatricians, plastic surgeons, allergist, etc are having a rough time. Pulminologists, ER docs, nurses, etc in places around the country are completely overwhelmed, and if they are in a place that's not they can easily get a job in place that is. (Wasn't it earlier in this thread where someone said Seattle was willing for pay like $5000 per week for nurses to come there for several weeks? "Real data" includes the whole picture, not just a few empty hospitals in area thats not hit hard or only hospitals in areas that are hit hard. The shortage of PPE, personnel, testing, ventilators, and hospital beds is a major issue. The PPE, personnel, testing, and ventilator issues are a problem whether you're in a hard hit area or not. The bed shortage could easily be a problem elsewhere if this spreads. For example, the Detroit area has been hit really hard, but northern MI is not. However, there was an outbreak that started as ~4 to 6 people in a northern MI city that has crippled their hospital. It's now up to 24 cases (that includes hospital staff and EMT's) in that county but it all started from one person who went on an international trip and returned home. The facilities up there are only prepared to stabilize patients for transfer to a larger hospital in one of the major cities. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I don't think that's a fair characterization. There are hospital systems that are completely overwhelmed. There's still a massive shortage of PPE and testing. That's real world data, not propaganda. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

The guy professing states rights from the beginning of his campaign, who claimed no responsibility in the disbanding of the pandemic response team, who claimed it's up to governor's in individual states to manage their own response, is now claiming he has "absolute authority" over the states. He doesn't. But it's clear he is willing to use his power to withhold resources from states in an effort to coerce governor's. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Weren't some of those "protestors" not even Ohio residents? I thought I heard some drove from KY. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Hard to say, really. The case count in the US follows the testing availability, and there were lots of cases uncounted that had symptoms, let alone anyone asymptomatic. We REALLY need to get the antibody test out in large numbers to understand how much it's spread through the community. I definitely want to get tested to understand if I may have had this when I came down with pneumonia in Dec (still unlikely, given the time lines) or possibly got it later and was asymptomatic. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Pretty sure he's already doing this daily. Our testing is perfect [emoji108], everyone gets a test that needs a test and the results are fast (not true, and federal support of testing centers is being withdrawn), and all hospitals have enough PPE now [emoji108](also not true, and he wants to fire the Inspector General that published a report that surveyed hospitals and found they still have massive equipment shortages, insinuating that because she also served under Obama that she's part of the deep state working against him) The virus hit people differently, but even though many don't have to go to the hospital it's still not pleasant. The 20% hospitalization rate is pretty flat across all age ranges and many others are left to tough it out at home. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I think the actions we've taken are necessary and were the right move. But I think they should start talking about what the plans are going forward. I get that people are getting restless, especially in areas that haven't seen hospitals overloaded, but that means the stay-at-home orders worked to some extent. With no end in sight (no treatment, no vaccine for 12-18 months, it's not going away in warm weather, etc) they need to start rolling out a plan for loosening restrictions. What indicators are we using to manage this? This should be along the lines of how much PPE we have, how many empty beds/ventilators there are, how much anesthesia hospitals have, requiring people to weak masks, what services will open up first, what's still going to be restricted, etc. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Don't forget the cotton swabs they use for the tests too. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Good point. I did hear that stuff was running low but wasnt sure if that was specific to the hospital or nationwide. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk