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edited out Twitter. Had some things in it that didn’t quite add up to this article as I read it

www.newscientist.com

UK has enough intensive care units for coronavirus, expert predicts

Neil Ferguson, whose modelling has informed the UK's coronavirus strategy, says that the need for intensive care beds will come close to, but not exceed, national capacity
www.newscientist.com www.newscientist.com
 
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Storm5 said:
isn't this the quack that said 2 million deaths in the US . Tried to find an eye rolling emoji but I cant find one...…..
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Yeah, that is very interesting although as I read the twitter feed a little more, it didn’t quite add up to the article linked. That said it is very encouraging.
 
Lickwx said:
Damn it, since I go to college my parents still get to claim me as a dependent meaning I don't get a check.... meanwhile my bummy friend who spent 1 year not working after graduating high school, started working in the fall, pays 0 bills, gets everything handed to him, spends every one of his dollars on his abusive gf ( not kidding every last penny), will get a check for more money than he has ever earned in a month... That is beyond infuriating...my parents aren't the most well off either. I've been working since I was 16 and all the loans for school are under my name and all school expenses I pay for. My parents do what they can though and help where they can so it's fair they can claim me as a dependent.
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Kudos to you for doing things the "right way". It will pay off for you down the line......
 
Webberweather53 said:
At least at the harris teeter I work at, meat usually comes in on Thursdays, there wasn’t any left here either, but some turkeys. Hot rotisserie chicken is an option too, usually the first run at Harris Teeter comes out fresh by about 1030am and another run around 1-130pm (ish).
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My food lion had cases upon cases of chicken today. I was there as they unloaded. Pick up two small packs of legs, two big packs of legs, two small packs of thighs, two small pack of breasts. They was a butt load of it. It was nice. I was the first standing there and everyone waited behind me as they loaded the coolers. No one pushing and everyone just taking two of what they needed.
 
I have found chicken at local meat centers, discount variety stores, etc but not at foodlion/ingles/Walmart/public/aldi. Try to google some local places or Facebook pages of small businesses.
 
Well, being in Charlotte I can say people really aren't following the "Shelter in Place" orders. Lines wrapped around Starbucks, Lowe's and Home Depots are packed. Besides Uptown, you would have no idea there were any orders in place. I wish Cooper would step it up and make it a Statewide mandate. I don't understand what he's waiting for.
 
Lol our county chairman just issued a state of emergency for the county. He didn’t order a shelter in place, just basically copied what Kemp has ordered and he did close all county parks and non essential businesses.
 
Lickwx said:
Damn it, since I go to college my parents still get to claim me as a dependent meaning I don't get a check.... meanwhile my bummy friend who spent 1 year not working after graduating high school, started working in the fall, pays 0 bills, gets everything handed to him, spends every one of his dollars on his abusive gf ( not kidding every last penny), will get a check for more money than he has ever earned in a month... That is beyond infuriating...my parents aren't the most well off either. I've been working since I was 16 and all the loans for school are under my name and all school expenses I pay for. My parents do what they can though and help where they can so it's fair they can claim me as a dependent.
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If your parents can rightfully claim you, then there's no problem here. If you feel that they can't rightfully claim you, then file your taxes correctly and don't worry about what they do.
 
For the Forsyth people, there is a decent stock of meat at the Ingles on Keith Bridge. There were about 5-6 2lb. packs of ground beef left and a lot of chicken and other beef cuts.
 
ryan1234 said:
Well, being in Charlotte I can say people really aren't following the "Shelter in Place" orders. Lines wrapped around Starbucks, Lowe's and Home Depots are packed. Besides Uptown, you would have no idea there were any orders in place. I wish Cooper would step it up and make it a Statewide mandate. I don't understand what he's waiting for.
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You can make it a mandate for sure. How do you enforce it upon thousands of people? And NO martial law isn't the answer for this. Even the Guard can only do so much to make people stay in. That kind of thing wont happen for a virus unless people started looting or rioting if that makes sense
 
Sandbar said:
You can make it a mandate for sure. How do you enforce it upon thousands of people? And NO martial law isn't the answer for this. Even the Guard can only do so much to make people stay in. That kind of thing wont happen for a virus unless people started looting or rioting if that makes sense
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Well, the short answer is you can't. People can just say they're going to the store or Starbucks. Cooper needs to look to NYC for guidance. They are doing a lot up there and they have 8.6 million people.
 
ryan1234 said:
Well, being in Charlotte I can say people really aren't following the "Shelter in Place" orders. Lines wrapped around Starbucks, Lowe's and Home Depots are packed. Besides Uptown, you would have no idea there were any orders in place. I wish Cooper would step it up and make it a Statewide mandate. I don't understand what he's waiting for.
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Would people respect it any more than they did the county?
 
ryan1234 said:
Well, the short answer is you can't. People can just say they're going to the store or Starbucks. Cooper needs to look to NYC for guidance. They are doing a lot up there and they have 8.6 million people.
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For a very large metropolitan city that is the epicenter of the virus different story. You do a statewide mandate in NC that tells rural people largely unaffected by this they need to stay inside. Its better to allow the counties to handle what they feel is best. What they are doing now will stop enough to allow people who are more concerned to be less concerned
 
Sandbar said:
For a very large metropolitan city that is the epicenter of the virus different story. You do a statewide mandate in NC that tells rural people largely unaffected by this they need to stay inside. Its better to allow the counties to handle what they feel is best. What they are doing now will stop enough to allow people who are more concerned to be less concerned
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They are largely unaffected, for now. "for now" being the keywords. There are plenty of rural areas throughout the country that are being hit hard. We can only stop this if we work together, not separate.
 
The ventilators issue.

They figured out a way to reverse the equiptment used by anesthesiologist to function like a ventilator. Training 1000s anesthesiologist across country to be ready to step in if need be as I tupe. Solves 2 problems. More qualified help and more resource of ventilators to meet demand. Winning!
 
I'm hoping when we get an at home test, we can require daily testing (not sure how that will be possible) but if you don't have the virus, you wear a bracelet or something showing that you are able to be out and about and if you are sick, you have to stay home. That is probably not feasible but when allow for life to get closer to normal.
 
ryan1234 said:
They are largely unaffected, for now. "for now" being the keywords. There are plenty of rural areas throughout the country that are being hit hard. We can only stop this if we work together, not separate.
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AndI have said before, who is going to enforce it on millions of people? The local police? The Guard? Military? A statewide mandate don't mean a damn thing and the governors are smart enough to realize the problem this has the potential to cause
 
marino13882 said:
I'm hoping when we get an at home test, we can require daily testing (not sure how that will be possible) but if you don't have the virus, you wear a bracelet or something showing that you are able to be out and about and if you are sick, you have to stay home. That is probably not feasible but when allow for life to get closer to normal.
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There was country in the 1930's that tried such a thing ... ?


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For all of you downplaying this and there are a lot of you. Take 10 minutes and please read this article. None of us on here are damn doctors, so everything we are posting is hearsay. I need a break from this thread, honestly. When we first started it people were actually giving useful information. Now it's turned into a mostly political discussion with people "congratulating" Trump for his response. Which is asinine for so many reasons. Even if we had a different POTUS, I'd say the same thing.

www.theatlantic.com

How the Pandemic Will End

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
 
ryan1234 said:
For all of you downplaying this and there are a lot of you. Take 10 minutes and please read this article. None of us on here are damn doctors, so everything we are posting is hearsay. I need a break from this thread, honestly. When we first started it people were actually giving useful information. Now it's turned into a mostly political discussion with people "congratulating" Trump for his response. Which is asinine for so many reasons. Even if we had a different POTUS, I'd say the same thing.

www.theatlantic.com

How the Pandemic Will End

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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You complain about the thread being too political then you post a link to a story from The Atlantic? Hmmm.....
 
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