HoarfrostHubb

One thing I loved about the old MPM thread was people on here were very good at ferreting out the good data from the garbagio. It was to me the best source to get studies etc. ah well

An example... and I know Maine has different phases, etc... in Massachusetts should indoor venues for concerts be open? I would love to see a show live but would not personally go. So...let's say a venue has 1000 people in it, somewhat distanced, but in there for 2 hours watching a band. Having fun... 5 people catch the 'vid... spread it to folks at work...who spread it to the grandma they need to help care for... I dunno... I just have a bit of a break during work and was thinking about stuff. Gotta get back to it.

Media has been doing this since...well...media has existed. Caveat emptor and all the rest... I try to get into the studies/journals I can understand. And first hand accounts if possible.

Not trying to promote an agenda. Not dismissing it as the flu either

Yeah. As I just said to Jeff, I should have worded it differently. Not sure if any numbers have been determined for affects beyond 90 or so days after being diagnosed. But signs seem to be pointing to that happening for many. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/brain-fog-heart-damage-covid-19-s-lingering-problems-alarm-scientists

Yeah... I probably should have worded it differently... I have not seen definitive percentages etc, but it appears that there are more people suffering effects of this for long periods of time than dying. Survival rate is of course very high for most age groups. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30701-5/fulltext

Much higher numbers of people with long term health issues after “recovering” from the ‘Vid though. Heart, lungs.

I will be glad my bedroom ac is still installed.... the others are out though

A couple of weeks old, but there is a theory (not a study) that mask wearing may act as a quasi-vaccine. Interesting https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200909/could-your-mask-be-a-kind-of-vaccine-against-covid-19 Similar articles abound. original NEJM article. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2026913

Excess mortality is a good measure. It’s a pretty heinous illness and has killed 200k people. To say those people would have died anyway would apply to any pandemic. This is up there with some of the worst we have encountered in the US. And that number is with social distancing, masks, stay at homes etc and modern medical care. https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/09/01/comorbidities-and-coronavirus-deaths-cdc/

I’m sure there will be more but it seems to be somewhat rare at this point. Hopefully our immune systems can squash a second infection.

There have only been two documented reinfections, maybe this is a third. Of the millions of infections, these reinfections don't even move the needle. Time will tell though, but I think we would have heard of more cases if it were a big problem. Yeah The two others were confirmed RE infections via genetic analysis or something.

2nd morning in a row below 30. 29.4

You're not doing it right...

Out daughter’s piano teacher has a house from 1762 or something. Many fireplaces. Many years of big snow edit. 1729. Wow!

Our guy has been offering a decent number of older films for cheap prices.We booked it for under $100 but we will buy lots of snacks to help him out. 25 maximum people per theater. If there is something you want to see that he isn't offering he will make attempts to work a deal with the distributors. There will just be 8 of us in the theater for this one. He has been selling popcorn, candy, etc since back in April or so to try to stay open. We have eaten a ton of popcorn!

Prob a little. Month should finish slightly AN in SNE is my guess.

Radiators will radiate

Our local cinema has been allowing small private showings of films for a number of weeks. I just booked a screen to show Empire Strikes Back for my family for next Saturday.... a 40 year old film that I own in several formats

48F here now This is great ORH still a bit AN this month +0.5F before today By Tues it should be a smidge below

I dont think I have ever seen bugs like that before

31F. Chilly

We use our oil furnace for our hot water so it runs all year. Just much less in the summer. I do need to get mine cleaned though

I’m a cheap bastard

34F low here. I put the heat on for a few minutes downstairs