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Dewpoint Dan
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So you are telling me non-Christians celebrate Christmas ? That makes no sense to me.
pcbjr
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It’s a gift-giving holiday these days, basically..
Dewpoint Dan
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They won't be letting fans in the stadium.
~1300 new GA cases and 35 new deaths at noon update. Wow
More testing is my guess.
GeorgiaGirl
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Well, when my grandparents were alive, we were a real life example of this relatively since my grandpa was Jewish. My grandma had converted when she married him, and when I was a youngster I'd often celebrate both Christian and Jewish holidays. We're still kind of doing it, kind of, because although my dad isn't very religious, he's going to cook some food if he can, that is involved with the Passover holiday.
To make this not completely off topic, I heard about Georgia beginning to ramp up testing, with coordination from the top hospitals in the state to help last week.
ForsythSnow
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Yep. So much for any kind of decrease that appeared to happen over the weekend. We're increasing rapidly still.
Dewpoint Dan
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Im pretty sure all restrictions wont be lifted on May 1st, just some. It will be a gradual process towards a new normal.
GeorgiaGirl
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Yeah, when I'm talking about trying to go back to normal, it's not "hey, let's all go back to work!" It's a lot more complicated and it's going to depend. Guess it needs to be fully talked out, but the short summary would be lifting restrictions slowly, and planning on trying to focus on distancing/hygiene at work and in public areas.
Sports is going to really depend. They're definitely in doubt until there's a vaccine unless you see something worked on and go no fans, which I really would rather see that attempted then no try at all. At some point, I would guess the players are going to want to try if it's either play or not get paid.
Sports is going to really depend. They're definitely in doubt until there's a vaccine unless you see something worked on and go no fans, which I really would rather see that attempted then no try at all. At some point, I would guess the players are going to want to try if it's either play or not get paid.
FWIW, Wilkes County Schools are wanting to open up beginning of August in case another wave hits in the Fall. More districts should prob consider moving their September date. Could save them 1 month of school virus or no virus never know what snow or hurricane could happen too.
Dewpoint Dan
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Isnt the beginning of August when most schools start back anyway ? This isnt the north where they start school after Labor Day.
I am just concerned that people will let their guards down if we start doing that. You don't want to create a false sense of security. There are other models that say we need the month of May to really get through this. And @Matthew70 you're really something else. Everything I am saying is what has been said by the CDC, WHO, and the task force. Instead of disliking every comment, I make, why don't you speak up and offer up some sort of information. Not trying to personally call you out, but you have been doing this to me for weeks now.
No the coastal towns influence school dates greatly in NC. It’s very political where usually mountain counties only qualify to open August 1st. The rest must wait.
We are at about 80,000 now, so it doesn’t look like we’ll even reach 100,000 by today. A bit better than I expected.
Back in my school days in NC (1997-2010) we usually started mid to late August depending on the year.
bnathanb1982
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But at the same time, doesn't this actually decrease the fatality rate? We know people who died from the virus are in the statistics but people that haven't yet been tested are not. So in reality there are a lot more people infected and that decreases the overall fatality rate. Am I looking at that the correct way? I'm not like some of you geniuses on here WHO know EVERYTHING ?
We are going to see a 2nd spike regardless....unless they keep restrictions in place until a vaccine is approved and administered. A vaccine is probably 12+ months out and the national/local governments are not going to keep restrictions in place for 12 more months. But once cases subside they will loosen things up, maybe not back to where it was but it will loosen up. These restrictions are helping to keep hospitals overrun and gives more time to prep (masks/ventilator/etc...). I think early to mid-May states like NC will see things loosened up.
ForsythSnow
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Sadly no. The death rate has been bouncing between around 3 and 4 percent each time the numbers update. Deaths keep going up and the test-positive percent is currently at 26%
pcbjr
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Agree, except I'm betting it will be June 15th on the larger scale; everyone wants back to work but nobody can rationally afford another 10 week hiatus once the system gears back up if a 2nd wave were to occur due to a too soon lessening of restrictions; I'm figuring that will be an undercurrent in the corporate thinking moving forward ...
Cadi40
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In many pandemics and epidemics, a second surge of cases is inevitable as restrictions are lifted and those that are either asymptomatic or not fully recovered come into contact with the public. The longer restrictions are in place the less prominent the second surge will be. I'm willing to say the worst of this will be over by June, and normal life can for the most part resume.
I also think the general population will be more careful...masks, washing hands, avoiding crowds, travel... so even loosening up mid-May/June will still keep things in check. Personally, I probably won't differ much than I'm doing now. Places that don't have mass transit as a way of life will be helpful too.
BHS1975
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Cadi40
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I’d like to mention that while they’re vastly different, there were 3 waves of the Spanish flu. One in Spring of 1918, The Fall of 1918, and the Winter of 1918. The fall wave being the deadliest of the 3.
yeah but....329 deaths now. Sixth most in the nation and hardly a peep from the media.
It's running rampant in the nursing homes around us so I would guess a good many of the deaths are going to be from them. I know the National Guard was in Cartersville helping clean ours yesterday.
Snowflowxxl
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Why would the media need to give it any more attention? Everybody knows what they need to k is by now. It’s bad, stay inside when you can. Not much else to say at this point. It’s all been worn out
disagree, people still aren’t taking it seriously. You see talk of LA, MI, NY, NJ on tv but nothing on GA. I’m talking national media here.
Way too many folks are still out and about spreading it. Then you have a whole different camp that thinks this is government overreach and going down the “you can’t tell me what to do” BS.
Snowflowxxl
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Well those places you listed are getting talked about, yet still have the highest cases and it is still spreading frequently there. You can talk about it at will, but if people just don’t care your not gonna change their mind. Everybody knows the virus is bad and spreading but if they don’t care, then they just don’t care. Blasting it on TV all day isn’t gonna change that.
pcbjr
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If the media ever needs a cross-section of opinions and diagnostics, all they would have to do is monitor this thread ...
... finger on the pulse, one might say (and I for one am enjoying the diversity here ... ? ...)
For GA residents
Link to apply for rapid test at GA Tech. If it says no slots available just keep trying. I was able to get one yesterday but it took about 15 tries before a slot showed open.
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Link to apply for rapid test at GA Tech. If it says no slots available just keep trying. I was able to get one yesterday but it took about 15 tries before a slot showed open.
GeorgiaGirl
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Maybe there's not really a story with Georgia right now outside of the Albany deal (which has been covered I feel) and the high level of stupid shown by Brian Kemp?
I mean, although someone in here has said that Emory can get overwhelmed in normal cases, if that model that I've seen in here turns out to be right (yes, assuming social distancing), there's not even going to be a hospital bed shortage in Georgia, although that is not factoring the jump from today. ICU shortage yes, bed shortage, no.
The word so far around the state I think (based off something I saw on another forum) is most hospitals have things under control.
The big stories right now I feel would be the Albany situation and the rural problem. The former has been covered, the latter sadly won't be as much, although I have read a few articles written about it.
It's early so that could change, but even if we were to see it change, you're not going to see Kemp give pressers like Cuomo, and I would not want to hear it anyway...
Edit: That's not to discount lost lives entirely. A lost life is sad for the family and person.
I mean, although someone in here has said that Emory can get overwhelmed in normal cases, if that model that I've seen in here turns out to be right (yes, assuming social distancing), there's not even going to be a hospital bed shortage in Georgia, although that is not factoring the jump from today. ICU shortage yes, bed shortage, no.
The word so far around the state I think (based off something I saw on another forum) is most hospitals have things under control.
The big stories right now I feel would be the Albany situation and the rural problem. The former has been covered, the latter sadly won't be as much, although I have read a few articles written about it.
It's early so that could change, but even if we were to see it change, you're not going to see Kemp give pressers like Cuomo, and I would not want to hear it anyway...
Edit: That's not to discount lost lives entirely. A lost life is sad for the family and person.
We open the third week of August here on the coast. It’s set by the NCDPS.
This will be interesting.
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UAB chosen for new clinical trial to treat COVID-19 patients
UAB has been selected to begin enrolling patients in an international study assessing the use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) to improve outcomes for COVID-19 patients with severely damaged lungs.
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Coastal towns are the main reason individual school districts have no freedom to create their own calendar. Listen in on the meetings in Raleigh it’s been going on for many years. It’s always the same argument that “locals” want their beach back by a certain time stamp without the kids. Which I do understand to a point.
Shaggy
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It's like a snowstorm man. Everyone watches this thinking their backyard gets 2 feet. Then when 2 feet falls somewhere else the entire storm is a bust......except for those who got the 2 feet.
All the people who down play this as a nothingburger aren't in one of those worst hit areas.
Snow_chaser
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I was thinking the same thing the other day regarding shelter in place being like a winter storm warning
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