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This may have been posted already but this was interesting from the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm?fbclid=lwAR2PcFrRYmWibcz886GrQnZPmJqSswslIV9mXkhTkip14YaTRC-8qSfGLxpw Wonder what this situation would look like if we had a healthier population in the US. Comorbidities Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups.

4.15" of rain since yesterday, and 5.58" over the past 7 days. We went from dry to soaked quickly.

Flood advisories and warnings now. Rough day for the CLE forecasting crew.

Any drought concerns locally are gone. Just dumping rain out there and it looks like a lot more to come. Not a great forecast from CLE... the forecast was for the storms to stay north of the area. They just keep back building to the southwest.

Picked up .85" of rain yesterday afternoon/evening. That was the most rain I've had in a long time, and seemed localized to this area. Thought we might be able to get a line of storms to come south off of the lake today with the front... but it looks like all of the action will be south. Its been a long time since we've had a line of storms come across the lake which is unusual.

Yep. The sunny areas are dormant. I have huge cracks in the clay.

Missed most of the storms yesterday afternoon. Only a brief downpour imby. It has been dry for weeks it seems... the ground is as dry as it has been in quite some time. Looks like a decent chance of storms over the next few days at least... then potential tropical remnants.

Exactly... you hear so much about preventing the spread, but nothing about lifestyle changes you can make to improve your health and reduce your risk. America is just told to make sure you wear a mask to McDonalds or xyz fast food place. I think 300k or so people die in the US each year from obesity, and roughly 40% of the population are obese.

Emergency room doc I know said that remdesivir has been very helpful. Chances of dying down greatly with its use. He also said the most common chronic condition of those that become seriously ill is obesity... much more than hypertension. It would be interesting to know if they are tracking which chronic conditions the patients have that die. The sad part is that most people have controllable chronic conditions such as obesity, but have ignored the warnings for years... then COVID comes along.

Its just crazy. I've have several friends who are Cleveland Clinic doctors that indicated testing is almost useless. According to them, you can test positive due to having past common colds. DeWine even said his only symptom was a headache -- which appears to actually be quite common in those with COVID so who knows. The docs I know said that essentially everyone will be exposed to this... there is just no getting around it regardless of mask wearing. And the shocking part is that they don't seem overly concerned about it.

Hindsight is always 20/20. How are you so certain a 6 week shutdown would have stopped this? Are you a MD? Just curious as I haven't seen anyone speak about COVID with such certainty.

The AAP guidance is based on what pediatricians and infectious disease specialists know about COVID-19 and kids. Evidence so far suggests that children and adolescents are less likely to have symptoms or severe disease from infection. They also appear less likely to become infected or spread the virus.

Pediatricians are recommending that kids go back to school - https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/29/884638999/u-s-pediatricians-call-for-in-person-school-this-fall If the risk was great I doubt they would make that recommendation.

I'm a business owner as well... but on the professional services side so I don't have much experience with the PPP loans. But my understanding is that you have to maintain the same amount of employees to receive the money, not the same employees. If someone chooses not to go back to work after being offered their job back they doomed themselves. The industries most affected are obviously lower paying such as hospitality, restaurants etc. I saw your comment about people being underpaid as well. That's partly true.... especially for large corporations. It costs a tremendous amount of money to operate a small to mid size business which most employees don't have visibility to. My philosophy is if you want to make more money work harder... it always pays off.

Many employers have contacted people asking them to come back but they decline since they are making more on unemployment than actually working. Despite high unemployment, there are a lot of job openings within certain industries. The jobs are slowly being filled with new hires, and those choosing to remain on unemployment will likely remain there as they won't have a job to go back to.

We really have had ideal weather this Summer. Just enough rain to keep the grass green and plants watered. Wouldn't mind more thunderstorm activity though.

Nice soaker at CLE today - looks like almost 3" in a short amount of time. It has been fairly dry imby this Summer but no complaints after the wet start.

Snowed again this morning but it didn't accumulate much... just a light covering. What a truly awful Spring. May 11th and still waiting for leaf out.

Yeah, I was a little shocked when I woke up this morning... had no idea snow was in the forecast. Where was this during Winter! Looked at the radar loop this morning and it didn't last long so the rates must have been high.

It has been snowing on and off in Chagrin. Pretty remarkable considering how nice the weather was yesterday.

Not certain but I believe it was in Wadsworth. There were a couple pictures of it posted on the NWS CLE facebook page.

That was a wild storm last night. Amazing lightning. The winds toppled a few large trees as well. Better than most storms we've had over the past couple of Summers.

I believe the high death rate in asian males was attributed to the very high percentage of the male asian population who smoke cigarettes and had underlying respiratory issues.

I know... he likes the schoolgirl drama but its probably fair to say this topic isn't a joke. But I get it... this is an internet forum so carry on.

You seem to be the only one "in the know". Let us know prior to it starting please.