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joeyrupption

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I haven’t really seen this specifically answered, but where, exactly, are ALL THE ******** TESTS?

I mean, seriously, it is preposterous that we are so far behind the curve on f*cking testing.

Every day I hear about some new bad *** test that never seems to make it here, and no stories about ramping up production of said tests. And then I see other countries just testing the absolute f*ck out of people.

What in the hell are we doing here? Get busy dickheads.
To make it even dumber, I believe one of the biggest limiting factors is not figuring out the chemicals or whatever, it’s not having enough of the stupid little plastic bits for the swabs.
 

_Chase_

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My water heater (gas) and furnace/ac are in a separate room upstairs, not really in "the attic." It's basically a larger utility closet, so I don't know if that makes any difference.

I'll have to check on the water sensor detector. There is some kind of sensor on the bottom side of the water heater they just installed, but again, I'm basically a mongoloid so I don't have any idea WTF it is for.
 

Bonzo_Cat

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- Had been having this unsubstantiated feeling for the last half year or so that everything was running too smoothly and our economy had to have a dip coming.
A *slight* correction was coming but nothing of this scale and magnitude. At the start of 2020 our firm's economists and most others did not see a large sell-off until 2021, with 2020 still being positive, but not at the 30% clip like '19. Interest rates were still historically low as was unemployment and there were no outside factors to disrupt a humming system. Going off historical data that matched up with every year the Dow hit 25% growth or higher; the economy wouldn't match it but still be positive then slow two years later.

Only world wars have bucked that trend. In many ways, this is the equivalent or worse for our country as we could actually ramp up production of certain goods, ration others and also you know, leave our homes without fear of an undetectable threat.
 

anthonys735

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My water heater (gas) and furnace/ac are in a separate room upstairs, not really in "the attic." It's basically a larger utility closet, so I don't know if that makes any difference.

I'll have to check on the water sensor detector. There is some kind of sensor on the bottom side of the water heater they just installed, but again, I'm basically a mongoloid so I don't have any idea WTF it is for.
Then the vent was already there. Gas is far better.
 
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Why would anyone get on a ****ing cruise ship with everything going on, and ESPECIALLY after watching that ship float off the coast of California for a month? I don’t get it. I understand some of the ships may have been out on longer cruises, but most of them not.

Out of the box idea here: we ought to load up every college kid without any preexisting conditions or obesity and give them a two-month long cruise. Have a few ventilators on it just in case, but the hospitalization rate for this cohort is like 0.2%. Gets the teens out of the way for a while so they don’t unknowingly give the virus to seniors.
 

UKwizard

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UKStoleMyFish

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Read a 1997 Gladwell article this morning about the (no offense, Spaniards) Spanish Flu. That thing killed 20M to 40M worldwide (equivalent to 60M to 120M today) and 670k Americans (equivalent to 2M today). In other words, it was roughly 10 times worse than this one in terms of its effect on the U.S.

And the average victim was in their 20s, not their 80s.

Can you imagine how self-righteously indignant 1918 Kyle Tucker would have been about people leaving their house to go on a horse & buggy ride in the midst of that?
 
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anthonys735

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After seeing that chart I can't believe people are worried about Covid-19. Smallpox is what we need to focus on.
Ol' Ed Jenner. One of the greatest people to ever live. Saved more lives than just about anyone in history along with Pasteur and Lister. Shout out to Pinker for this useless information.
 

Century Cat

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If you need a test you can get one. TS. They just don't want every Karen and Doug running down there b/c they have a runny nose.

Yet yesterday PTUKO was urging healthy people to get tested so New Orleans wouldn't close down its drive-thru testing centers for lack of use. :oops:
 
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Indeed, I think we should be mass testing. You reading anything about COVID? Turns out “healthy,” asymptomatic people are spreading this, not just “sick” people. In a city/state with a death rate around 4-5%, it’s extremely sad that more people aren’t getting tested voluntarily, and for free. Sites were being shut down due to lack of demand.

Sorry to be such a wacky contrarian.
 
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Hank Camacho

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Last week my wife called and said a pipe upstairs had burst and water was pouring into the garage ceiling. So I told her to turn the water off, left my office (because I’m essential) and rushed home. Checked the upstairs, no water. Cut a big hole in the garage ceiling, no water. I told her to turn the water back on. Turns out, the expansion tank on the water heater had burst so it was shooting water up at the ceiling. I went to Lowe’s, picked up the coronavirus and a new expansion tank and had it replaced myself in less than 20m. Still got a hole in my garage ceiling tho

Hole in ceiling >>>>>>>>>>>>> hole in yard, imo.
 
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UK_Dallas

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Unless you plan on welding people into their homes or test everyone daily.....I'm not sure mass testing can make a huge impact.
 
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anthonys735

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Can't use traditional venting for tankless. Look, either go ask your Dad before you give advice, or don't give it at all.
I know dumbass but the hole is already cut which is the hard part. Stay in your lane, bub. Whatever that is. Also since it's gas it doesn't need new electric and a drain pan up there will only hold a couple gallons of water and if he can run a drain expell enough to fit through a 3/4 pipe. So that's pretty useless when you're dropping 40 gallons of water.

Basically everything you said was incorrect.
 
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Matt Jones comes off as a whiny ***** on twitter.

Will he survive a Mitch McConnell win? It's coming regardless of who was/is running against him.

I know Mitch will win. Anyone who knows me knows I am not a big fan of McGrath. But I don't get my personal happiness (or sadness) about the political success (or failures) of people not important in my life.

I preface this by saying, I don't know you (unlike some of the folks on here who I do know) and you may be wonderful.

But just from reading your comments on here, you are without question the weakest link of the regular commenters on the thread. Your combination of low creativity, lack of intelligence, belief in absurd conspiracy theories, insertion of political dogma into every conversation and overall uninteresting viewing points is truly unparalleled.

Others in here have weaknesses. Some talk politics too much, some say stupid things, some are uninformed, some are boring, some are jerks and some are amazingly self-absorbed. I share some of these traits as well. With all due respect though, you find a way to combine them all into an unbelievable combination of awfulness that hits a heretofore unreached peak of GYERO suckitude. It really is impressive

Of course I don't know you. You may be awesome.
 

anthonys735

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I know Mitch will win. Anyone who knows me knows I am not a big fan of McGrath. But I don't get my personal happiness (or sadness) about the political success (or failures) of people not important in my life.

I preface this by saying, I don't know you (unlike some of the folks on here who I do know) and you may be wonderful.

But just from reading your comments on here, you are without question the weakest link of the regular commenters on the thread. Your combination of low creativity, lack of intelligence, belief in absurd conspiracy theories, insertion of political dogma into every conversation and overall uninteresting viewing points is truly unparalleled.

Others in here have weaknesses. Some talk politics too much, some say stupid things, some are uninformed, some are boring, some are jerks and some are amazingly self-absorbed. I share some of these traits as well. With all due respect though, you find a way to combine them all into an unbelievable combination of awfulness that hits a heretofore unreached peak of GYERO suckitude. It really is impressive

Of course I don't know you. You may be awesome.
[laughing] Knew you couldn't let that one go.
 
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