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Don’t worry, I stayed away from them yesterday. Need to finish up the railings and deck trim

It’s a little damp here, hoping it clears a little. Need to finish power washing the deck.

Sike, no I’m not. There’s still daylight and it’s beautiful outside, go enjoy it folks

power grabbing moderator reporting for duty

And you guys can use the report button if you need too. As far as I can tell no one did today so despite the complaints, y’all didn’t do much to get someone’s attention over it

Sorry, I’ve been outside all day powering washing. Phin isn’t worth the time

Hi, it was Lowell Melser

It’s not my rule per say just a good guide. Mother’s Day weekend is usually when I put plants in the ground because we still tend to get chilly mornings up until then

will they?

oh, but you forget... i can get rid of you

can we vote you off the island? no wonder @WxWatcher007 doesnt want you on his team when you bring jello'd spagehttios with vienna sausages.

lol

right. i think i said that later on. as we test more, more will be negative thus lowering the % we arent testing enough now, hence the consistent % positive (which was my point).

let him leave, he will be back soon enough when hes bored and need someone to play with him

sometimes you have to let the crowd do the moderating.

ha, welcome to my world

yup. MD separates out probable and confirmed as well. the death counts we see daily are only confirmed. some sites, like worldometer, counts both but has made it clear that that they are doing it. just avoid those sources if you dont want to see it combined. its pretty easy.

mmmm who to believe a NY firefighter on the front lines, or phineas

youre better than me, i just ignore that stupidity in his posts. but his MD comment was true, MD DOH was pushing back on releasing nursing home information

well, i think it should still be something people acknowledge. but its not a useful metric to reopen. people are going to get this, even after we reopen. its in the community, and has been for some time now, before Mid-March. Hell, many of us may have had it and we didn't even know it. More and more stories of people being ill with covid-like symptoms in December and January. WBAL did a whole thing on it yesterday. One of their own anchors was out sick with awful flu like symptoms but tested negative for Flu A and B. I think he was going to be doing the Quest Diagnostic anti-body test that is available.

Yeah not sure why MD DOH was doing that. I think Hogan got on them about it though...

if it wasn't widespread, we wouldnt be seeing % positive rise thats good! and we need more of that. more tests = more negative = drop in % positive.

Yes, there will be those who are recently positive that will require hospitalizations. not everyone will of course, which is why hogan isn't using it as a metic. and correct, as far as i know, you can't just go get a test. i have no idea who they are testing, i assume only those with symptoms. but they may be contact testing too, who knows.

because its widespread and to be expected. its going to be some time before we see that go down.

maybe. i'm not even sure whats the argument anymore. the state isn't testing enough. until we do we arent going to be seeing a decline % positive, or positive cases.