COVID-19 | Effects on Skoolies - No Politics please.

[Mountain Gnome]

30 minutes max. But the hardest rain and wind I've seen since Hawai'i.

 

[EastCoastCB]

30 minutes max. But the hardest rain and wind I've seen since Hawai'i.

looks like it hit you a lot more than it did here.

 

[TJones-SKO]

They're expecting a quarter million to show for Sturgis this year. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-south-dakota-braces-for-250000-at-sturgis-rally-despite-coronaviru-20200803-fwnyofjl7nh67hnh72yjjhemhq-story.html

I am super excited about this! (sarcastic thumbs up)

We have had minimal outbreaks of the rona and now we will have a huge influx of people into the area. So far we have been lucky and tourists haven't caused a surge in cases. I guess we will see what happens with the bikers rolling through.

Ted

 

[EastCoastCB]

The mask/distancing situation at a GA school.

 

[Biscuitsjam]

I've been saying for a while that I expect this to blow up in August.

The media is doing such a poor job of reporting that we'll be in full-blown crisis for two weeks before it hits the mainstream news. The numbers can be skewed as much as you want. It's when the hospitals are full that you can't hide it anymore.

Georgia is at maximum ICU capacity and Florida is about 30% over, but neither is a full-blown crisis yet. Here's my question. How much can you go over "maximum capacity" before you run out of "surge capacity?" Are we going to hit the actual crisis in September?

 

[EastCoastCB]

flu season isn't going to mix well with plague.

 

[Biscuitsjam]

Two of my Soldiers are currently in isolation because they were throwing up and had a fever. The rapid covid tests were negative, but nobody wants sick people with non-covid spreading their illness right now.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Anyone looked into the accuracy of the rapid tests? Seems like lots of politicians test negative, get together, then end up sick.

 

[Biscuitsjam]

Anyone looked into the accuracy of the rapid tests? Seems like lots of politicians test negative, get together, then end up sick.

There are a lot of different reports out there. Bottom line is the FDA is only mandating an 80% accuracy rate. Studies suggest that some of the rapid tests might be even lower than that.

As Problems Grow With Abbott’s Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards Are Under Fire - KFF Health News

After the FDA issues a public warning about the test, one of its senior officials says point-of-care coronavirus tests can miss 20% of cases and still be considered useful. Public health experts are split.

khn.org

https://www.goodrx.com/blog/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-updates-methods-cost-availability/

Also worrying, there are some news articles now about false positives.

Lions: Matthew Stafford had false-positive test for COVID-19, is not infected

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was placed on the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list on Monday, but the team said Tuesday that he had a false-positive test.

www.detroitnews.com

 

[EastCoastCB]

The mask/distancing situation at a GA school.

The student who took that picture was punished for it. Suspended from school! Sounds like a win-win to me.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/paulding-co-superintendent-threatens-punishment-students-who-share-school-pics-social-media/MJ2QI7ND5BFBJOW35BYNLZYLRQ/

 

[EastCoastCB]

The governor of OH has tested positive.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/06/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-tests-positive-for-coronavirus.html

 

[Biscuitsjam]

The student who took that picture was punished for it. Suspended from school! Sounds like a win-win to me.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/paulding-co-superintendent-threatens-punishment-students-who-share-school-pics-social-media/MJ2QI7ND5BFBJOW35BYNLZYLRQ/

I love this quote:

"The Department of Public Health state exposure to COVID-19 occurs after 'Being within 6 feet of sick person with COVID-19 for about 15 minutes," Otott said.

So, we're all safe! I'm sure nobody in that school will get sick.

 

[Mountain Gnome]

The student who took that picture was punished for it. Suspended from school! Sounds like a win-win to me.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/pa...pics-social-media/MJ2QI7ND5BFBJOW35BYNLZYLRQ/

I personally get miffed when someone takes a pic of me without asking. And then post it on the internet? NO!


But in that pic, we are talking about minors. I'm not sure, but I think there are very serious laws about violating the privacy of a minor like that.


One should be very careful about posting such a picture.

 

[EastCoastCB]

I personally get miffed when someone takes a pic of me without asking. And then post it on the internet? NO!


But in that pic, we are talking about minors. I'm not sure, but I think there are very serious laws about violating the privacy of a minor like that.


One should be very careful about posting such a picture.

Meh- in a public health EMERGENCY I don't see how those kids are being victimized by this picture... looks like a pretty innocent pic to me. LOTS of pics are taken at schools all the time. Even before covid- I promise you, man. No kids were harmed in the making of this pic, but I can almost guarantee you there's a silent killer no one sees in the pic.
I guess you're against freedom of press? Cause how is the student supposed to bring light to this situation unless by SHOWING what they're talking about? If they didn't have the pic then everyone would just DENY DENY DENY.

 

[JDSquared]

Oh come on. It's in the hallway of a public school, those aren't illegal, immoral, or inappropriate pictures. Here's another GA picture the school posted on FB, then deleted after getting flack.


https://www.cbs46.com/news/back-to-...cle_8396e02c-d698-11ea-9d79-67f097b3750c.html

It's not the act it's the whistleblowers exposing the act who get punished.

We lost a 7 year old to Covid this week here in Chatham County. No secondary illnesses involved.

****'s bad yo.

 

[Doktari]

It comes with the territory. When I went to high school one in a thousand people had a camera now one in a thousand doesn’t have a camera.

 

[Biscuitsjam]

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/interactive-how-coronavirus-infection-rates-may-squeeze-georgia-icu-hospital-beds/XbBYbmPoqY4IH8UpevIYON/

Interesting article showing how much ICU capacity we'd need in different scenarios in Georgia.

 

[EastCoastCB]

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/interactive-how-coronavirus-infection-rates-may-squeeze-georgia-icu-hospital-beds/XbBYbmPoqY4IH8UpevIYON/

Interesting article showing how much ICU capacity we'd need in different scenarios in Georgia.

damn, even the 20% projection is scary.

 

[EastCoastCB]

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/08/05/me-records-show-five-times-more-leon-county-covid-19-deaths-than-state-does/5574281002/

 

[bus-bro]

Well, at least we're not arguing about politics. Or maybe we are? The rights we have as an individual in this country is the bedrock of America.

That said, I can be two ways in this COVID situation. The virus don't care what you believe, it just does it's thing. We can stop it, but we need to curtail our social existence. But sometimes I just want to live again.