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Tried that. Abstaining until I get back under 190.
Tried that. Abstaining until I get back under 190.
Weight or proof?Tried that. Abstaining until I get back under 190.
Weight. I don't drink Everclear anymore.Weight or proof?
Burning the Western US has been done before. I think 2020 is starting to run out of ideas at this point.Hmm 2020 you are a committed mofo! We can add burning western US to your list with a side of school cancellations due to either toxic air or power outages or in lucky cases both!
We've had coronavirus before too. 2020 is all about seeing what things look like when you turn it up to 11.Burning the Western US has been done before. I think 2020 is starting to run out of ideas at this point.
If your location is like mine it's a spike in the under 30 crowd. They go out more and party/ heavily socialize. As long as they keep to themselves the hospitals should stay fine but if they go visit grampa we'll start to see problems.Well it seems the number of cases is on the rise again. Fortunately, at the moment, less people seem get so sick that they end up in hospital or the IC or die from it. It all has to do with certain age groups doing the majority of the infecting.
Yeah, also, the majority is happening in a few of our larger cities. But these people also mingle with other age groups in work places or stores for example, so where social distancing is difficult to maintain there's a risk.If your location is like mine it's a spike in the under 30 crowd. They go out more and party/ heavily socialize. As long as they keep to themselves the hospitals should stay fine but if they go visit grampa we'll start to see problems.
A town got wiped out here in Eastern Washington by a wildfire a couple of days ago. We almost never get wild fires that bad here.
We've had coronavirus before too. 2020 is all about seeing what things look like when you turn it up to 11.
Burning the Western US has been done before. I think 2020 is starting to run out of ideas at this point.
This was a perfect moment for a Rodents of Unusual Size reference and it was wasted. I hope you're proud of yourselfEeeeep! Don't goad it, its incredibly petty. We might end up up to our backsides in rabid, radioactive Giant weasels or something. O.O
Fair point. As someone living on the East Coast, I made a point of moving out of an address on the water to a location westward of the flood plain at the beginning of the 2020 hurricane season. Still, I'm not sure that living in a place that has never flooded before is any real guarantee this year.We've had coronavirus before too. 2020 is all about seeing what things look like when you turn it up to 11.
You moved off the water?!?Fair point. As someone living on the East Coast, I made a point of moving out of an address on the water to a location westward of the flood plain at the beginning of the 2020 hurricane season. Still, I'm not sure that living in a place that has never flooded before is any real guarantee this year.
Yes. I was renting there anyway. While the house was raised, the flooding was becoming regular enough to make me nervous about the safety of my game collection. I'll miss having a steady supply of fresh crab meat though.You moved off the water?!?
Ok I was going to say you're crazy! But my if you have to choose between waterfront and your game collection I agree the games are more important.Yes. I was renting there anyway. While the house was raised, the flooding was becoming regular enough to make me nervous about the safety of my game collection. I'll miss having a steady supply of fresh crab meat though.
This is going to make it really hard to get that new Shakespeare play written.I'll just leave this here.
America is facing a monkey shortage as demand skyrockets for COVID-19 research, experts say
With more than 100 vaccines in development around the world, there aren’t enough monkeys to go around.eu.usatoday.com
If you need a million monkeys with typewriters there's always twitter ...This is going to make it really hard to get that new Shakespeare play written.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials in Washington state said.
After weeks of searching, the agency said it found the nest of Asian giant hornets in Blaine, a city north of Seattle near the Canadian border. Bad weather delayed plans to destroy the nest Friday.
The world’s largest hornet at 2 inches (5 centimeters) long, the invasive insects can decimate entire hives of honeybees and deliver painful stings to people. Farmers in the northwestern U.S. depend on those honeybees to pollinate many crops, including raspberries and blueberries.
Despite their nickname and the hype around the insect that has stirred fears in an already bleak year, the hornets kill at most a few dozen people a year in Asian countries, and experts say it is probably far less. Meanwhile, hornets, wasps and bees typically found in the United States kill an average of 62 people a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.
Wierd. I have a friend who had one in their yard in Vancouver WA. They're getting around.Washington State Discovers First 'Murder Hornet' Nest In US
Washington state discovers first 'murder hornet' nest in US
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials said.apnews.com
I come from New Zealand, where they handled the epidemic spiffingly, but I live in the UK, home to the first world's second most incompetent government. Sometimes I regret my life choices.Ok we're entering flu season here on the correct side of the globe. Time for a check-in on how your country is handling our current favorite pandemic.
If you would could you please as much as possible state the country you're in and/or ones you feel you have sufficient contact with, what requirements they have, how that's change recently, how people are actually behaving, level of fatigue with the requirements, and level of infection. Also anything I missed you think might be important.
Vespula Germanica is a major invasive pest in New Zealand, in spite of their Stalin-level paranoia on matters of biosecurity. If Asian Giant Hornets were found in New Zealand I suspect MAF would have kittens.Wierd. I have a friend who had one in their yard in Vancouver WA. They're getting around.
Here on the incorrect side where cats chase dogs and birds walk, we skipped flu season completely. Pandemic precautions have stopped the spread of completely ordinary rhinoviruses as well. I have no doubt that once we're all vaccinated against Covid, the government is going to continue encouraging masks and social distancing for people with nuisance diseases.Ok we're entering flu season here on the correct side of the globe. Time for a check-in on how your country is handling our current favorite pandemic.
We've kept the coffee on.I come from New Zealand, where they handled the epidemic spiffingly, but I live in the UK, home to the first world's second most incompetent government. Sometimes I regret my life choices.
Fascinating. I am curious how much weather impacts transmission as well as population density. So is daily life where you are pretty normal except you wear masks?Here on the incorrect side where cats chase dogs and birds walk, we skipped flu season completely. Pandemic precautions have stopped the spread of completely ordinary rhinoviruses as well. I have no doubt that once we're all vaccinated against Covid, the government is going to continue encouraging masks and social distancing for people with nuisance diseases.
We've kept the coffee on.
I'm going to piggyback on what EmperorNorton said, since I live in a rural part of said state. Technically, where I work at requires masks for entry, but no one bothers to enforce it, since they don't want to risk someone going psycho and shooting employees as a result.United States, state of Georgia, AHAHAHAHA HHA AHAA AHAA HAHHAHAHAHA ;_;
(I do at least live in Athens, which is a college town, and other than the dumb students and a few middle aged crazies, people here seem to be taking it more seriously. When I went to early vote the other day, people were actually spreading the line every 6 feet and I only saw one person not wearing a mask. But the moment you are outside of Athens or Atlanta it is horrendous.)
Masks were very common three weeks ago when we had just come out of a partial lockdown to wait out a community cluster (that came into the country on a shipment of frozen food, which is a worry). Now it's mainly the elderly that wear them.Fascinating. I am curious how much weather impacts transmission as well as population density. So is daily life where you are pretty normal except you wear masks?
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I'm assuming schools are all fully open. Are you seeing/hearing much about transmission/outbreaks there? Especially interested in Student vs teacher infection. If schools are open are they doing any mitigation?