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crecre9 said:
But we're also less dense.
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Yep, 6 times less dense overall. Tricky. However, the epicenter of NYC is obviously very dense, itself.

Aside: I'm aware of 1 death in my county though there may be more. That person was in NYC 2 weeks earlier but he came back and passed away here. He was in his 80s. His wife is sick at last report.
 
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Yellow Snow said:
The $500 is for children who were under the age of 17 in calendar 2020. But if college age children filed their own tax returns (even if they're claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return), then they get their own $1,200 payment.
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So if they didnt they're out of luck, haha I got one happy and one not, we will share. Thanks for the info, kind of what I was thinking
 
This is an important piece of info regarding the stimulus payments, for people who may have changed addresses since filing their most recent tax return:

If you received a refund in 2018 or 2019 via direct deposit to your bank account, and you did not change your bank account when you moved, you should be able to receive your rebate via direct deposit.

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Americans are keenly interested in the cash payments included in the coronavirus relief bill that is soon expected to become law.Under the bill, millions of households will receive rebates in the a…
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Neil Ferguson revised the UK figures to 50K based on them locking down. Would be interesting to see if he's revised any US counts based on the partial shutdown we've done here. (if he has, I can't find them yet)
 
metwannabe said:
So if they didnt they're out of luck, haha I got one happy and one not, we will share. Thanks for the info, kind of what I was thinking
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Lol, well if the unhappy one had any kind of earned income in calendar 2019, he/she still has time to file a tax return and qualify for the $1,200.
 
Yellow Snow said:
Lol, well if the unhappy one had any kind of earned income in calendar 2019, he/she still has time to file a tax return and qualify for the $1,200.
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She didn't, bet she regrets not listening to her old man now when I kept saying, get a job you bum. To be fair she was a HS senior just did some babysitting and tonight told me "it's fine, I don't deserve a check". Love that kid
 
Kemp says he reached out to Albany and asked them if they wanted him to help and they supposedly said they wanted to handle it locally? Yea ok
 
Snow_chaser said:
Kemp says he reached out to Albany and asked them if they wanted him to help and they supposedly said they wanted to handle it locally? Yea ok
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I believe Albany is already locked down. If they're going to get help in state, I personally think they're going to get it more from asking AUMC (the biggest hospital in my area and one of the biggest in the state) or Emory...which admittedly may be a problem because they have their own patients, but they could possibly try to assist in some ways.

I'd be surprised if they aren't going to need assistance, I was hearing that Phoebe is already overwhelmed over a week ago.
 
pcbjr said:
FL update (FWIW)

Experience

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The graph at the bottom is interesting ...

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The graph fits the doubling of every 3-4 days or so really 45 to 70, 70 to 150, 150 to 300, 300 to 520......once it steps up youdont see days with less cases than that day ( exception being 3/23)….factor in all the sick but not tested folks and we are still on the wrong side of the "peak" by quite a few weeks I suspect....
 
YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
Neil Ferguson revised the UK figures to 50K based on them locking down. Would be interesting to see if he's revised any US counts based on the partial shutdown we've done here. (if he has, I can't find them yet)
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Unless the New Scientist article was wrong he said this concerning the UK.

He said that expected increases in National Health Service capacity and ongoing restrictions to people’s movements make him “reasonably confident” the health service can cope when the predicted peak of the epidemic arrives in two or three weeks. UK deaths from the disease are now unlikely to exceed 20,000, he said, and could be much lower.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...or-coronavirus-expert-predicts/#ixzz6HqURWwi3
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Downeastnc said:
The graph fits the doubling of every 3-4 days or so really 45 to 70, 70 to 150, 150 to 300, 300 to 520......once it steps up youdont see days with less cases than that day ( exception being 3/23)….factor in all the sick but not tested folks and we are still on the wrong side of the "peak" by quite a few weeks I suspect....
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precisely ...
 
Well after listening to the Gov townhall, I feel like it was a total waste of time. Nothing new was said, he dodged the critical questions. He totally contradicted himself on the talk of why He hasn’t ordered a shelter in place for the state. He stated that he is responsible to Gov the whole state and not just the areas with high cases, thus no shelter in place at this time, but he still has that tool in the toolbox if he needs it. He then on the subject of closing schools until April 24th, basically said that after thought and discussions with others he felt it was bad enough to close the schools down. So not bad enough for a 14 day shelter in place, but bad enough to close the schools until April 24th.
 
With this stay at home order am I not allowed to ride my bike 5 miles up a 2 lane road to a nice lil spot in the woods on my own? I live in wake county , the one rural part of the county but still wake county which has raleigh . So stay at home applies to me obviously .
 
Lickwx said:
With this stay at home order am I not allowed to ride my bike 5 miles up a 2 lane road to a nice lil spot in the woods on my own? I live in wake county , the one rural part of the county but still wake county which has raleigh . So stay at home applies to me obviously .
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you don't wanna give it to a squirrel ...
 
Snowflowxxl said:
Stay at home really isn't affecting anything here. Seeing tons of people still walking around and enjoying the spring weather. Social distancing is definitely not happening.
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it will after a few hospital reports ... based on 1st hand observations ... ?
 
Arcc said:
Unless the New Scientist article was wrong he said this concerning the UK.
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I saw that too. That website came up as usually pretty accurate.

Sooo, I've been pretty clear how I feel about the "not a big deal" theory (I don't believe it and think the majority of evidence is hogwash, lol). But with that in mind, if someone wanted to argue for the US having lower CFR than expected and that more cases exist because of asymptomatic transmission, I would take a very hard look at Germany's data. ?️‍♀️

That cryptic enough?
 
Lickwx said:
With this stay at home order am I not allowed to ride my bike 5 miles up a 2 lane road to a nice lil spot in the woods on my own? I live in wake county , the one rural part of the county but still wake county which has raleigh . So stay at home applies to me obviously .
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I don't think you have anything to worry about. Just don't call a lot of attention to yourself and give'em a reason to stop you.
 
YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
I saw that too. That website came up as usually pretty accurate.

Sooo, I've been pretty clear how I feel about the "not a big deal" theory (I don't believe it and think the majority of evidence is hogwash, lol). But with that in mind, if someone wanted to argue for the US having lower CFR than expected and that more cases exist because of asymptomatic transmission, I would take a very hard look at Germany's data. ?️‍♀️

That cryptic enough?
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Personally I think it has a lower CFR than thought, but the problem is if it does it means it is way more contagious and would have the same effect in the shorter term by just sheer volume. It would mean it would burn through and burn out faster though.

Definitely a big deal until we get the hospitals and ICUs stable.
 
ForsythSnow said:
Same here. Nobody seems to be abiding by it but businesses. People are stubborn to the point it'll only drag this on further.
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Exactly. This is why I'm kind of up in the air about them going ahead and just letting things get back to normal. They are putting out these stay at home orders and shutting things down, yet folks are still outside and not following the suggestions. If people won't listen regardless, then whats the point?
 
Snowflowxxl said:
Exactly. This is why I'm kind of up in the air about them going ahead and just letting things get back to normal. They are putting out these stay at home orders and shutting things down, yet folks are still outside and not following the suggestions. If people won't listen regardless, then whats the point?
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Here is a thought to ponder on as well. So we go back to normal in a month or two, it’s still circulating and someone in your office/work comes down with covid. What happens? Will they have to stay home for 14 days? Does the whole office close? I think we are setting ourselves up for hard times. Kinda compare this to school systems now. We close schools for heavy rain. What gives? I’m kinda on the we are overreacting side of things. I’m not taking 10+ days vacation.
 
Snowflowxxl said:
I live in a county with the second most reports in GA. People still out and about.
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It is still a very small number compared to the total population. Most people do not know of anyone that tested positive for the virus. We really must have more data. It is quite possible that a large percentage of the population has immunity already. We need antibody tests.
 
Orwx said:
Here is a thought to ponder on as well. So we go back to normal in a month or two, it’s still circulating and someone in your office/work comes down with covid. What happens? Will they have to stay home for 14 days? Does the whole office close? I think we are setting ourselves up for hard times. Kinda compare this to school systems now. We close schools for heavy rain. What gives? I’m kinda on the we are overreacting side of things. I’m not taking 10+ days vacation.
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Yea I'm not sure how to handle it to be honest. I just know a lot of people are not going to follow the suggestion regardless, so its not like the social distancing is actually going to work. When only 50% of people are actually practicing, then its a waste of time.
 
Snowflowxxl said:
Yea I'm not sure how to handle it to be honest. I just know a lot of people are not going to follow the suggestion regardless, so its not like the social distancing is actually going to work. When only 50% of people are actually practicing, then its a waste of time.
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It’s going to be interesting to see how this all plays out in 6 months. We don’t know what the future holds, but it seems more than likely this will be circulating potentially for the near future. So if no vaccine is available in the fall, do the kids go back to school?
 
My Dad's cousin was sitting in a hospital bed with the Coronavirus. She was dying. My dad told her to take Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine cause it was the remedy that Trump suggested. She didn't want to take it cause in her words, "Trump is an orange idiot." Close to death from her inability to breath properly, my dad finally convinced her to give it a try. In less than 24 hours, she was completely cured from the virus. I'd like to thank Donald Trump for saving my dad's liberal cousin.
 
Snowflowxxl said:
Yea I'm not sure how to handle it to be honest. I just know a lot of people are not going to follow the suggestion regardless, so its not like the social distancing is actually going to work. When only 50% of people are actually practicing, then its a waste of time.
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It'll work for 50% of the people. I honestly can't care about the people that don't practice social distancing. I can't. You've had ample warning. I hear parties going on around my house. If your that -------- selfish of a person, I can't help you. Only you can help you.
 
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