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And in my home state of New York, the governor has done absolutely nothing to promote manufacture the machines here. We are in a state of over 30 million people, with more wealth than most countries. We dozens of distilleries and breweries, Pot dispensaries and of course organized crime. We...

Prediction is hard, especially about the future.

Is this the correct thread to speculate or ask how we are likely to fare after catching this bug? Seems like a different topic, but I don’t know where to post the question/topic.

Is your power from a state-owned utility, regulated monopoly and just random private utility? (I don’t know that the latter actually exists).

Depends where you are. So far, most of the US power grid still runs on the standard if 24/7/365, with suburbs expecting occasional localized outages due to a downed wire. While I don’t think things are as well-run as they once were - there was a massive, cascading multi-day blackout caused by...

But it's blessed by the UN, so it must be The Right Thing.

Where? 61 is towards the risk zone. Wuhan ncv seems to be highly age-targeting, under 21 they barely feel it. It ain’t an influenza.

I recall reading about cases of permanent damage to sense of smell from an OTC zinc spray. Are the lozenges (which are a different delivery route) known to be safe? Further commentary: The gloves won’t help unless you always use the correct technique to remove them without touching the...

Feynman said that in science, the easiest person to fool is yourself. Psych seems to be saying "Fool me? Where's the money? Step it up to Fool U!"

Duty ethic: ** This was formerly stated in the USA (and probably the Anglosphere) a honoring, upholding and whenever necessary fighting for "God, Family, Country". The notion has been mostly chased out of modern society. Try getting your local public school to teach it, along with honoring the...

What definition does the Levine/Hanson paper use? If there is a pre-catastrophe stage that expands the group size. I'm sorta fond of the kindling/developing idea, but actually have no reason to believe it happens in any particular % of cases, or even exists at all. But, uh, it feels true...

3/4 of 1% seems high, that's higher than the incidence in adults. What are the criteria, and what is the severity threshold? From personal experience I believe there is - OK, there may be - a pre-ME warning stage, where one gets "weird" episodes of brain fog and lethargy for no reason but...

TB;DR (too bullchitty, didn't read). and Sounds like using a bundle of stimulants which most wouldn't recognize as such to juice sick people up. For us, that works great. Until the crash. Ooop, study's over, no more sequalae data accepted, you must have some other thing going on.

More like playing with a hand grenade where the play involves pulling the pin.

So far this one appears to be taking down the old, those with co-morbidities and, curiously, otherwise healthy medical staff who fit neither criteria. It hasn't caused severe or even uncomfortable trouble in children under ... ummm... whatever the Chinese cutoff for 'child' is. Mild cases are...

I'm at a loss to know what to think here. 1st reaction is "so much hype, thus too much hype". Most cases are mild and never recorded, blending in with common colds. Financial markets care very much care about such events and are aware of supply chains, consumer confidence etc. Outside of China...

My MD reccomends CQ10 for cardio health. Then again, the office email 'news' recommended dark chocolate (iirc, no net benefit but lotta calories). I seriously doubt any net health benefit, it seems like those pop 'eat this magic stuff' things that circulate on social media and cynical...

It could be motivated reasoning; if you want to believe something, you'll find or accept reasons to believe it. Or we could go with the same quality of logic used with regard to the notion of "30% somaticization": Those who propound this position are clearly practicing witchcraft, and their...

hm. Watching others may be step one in breaking the habit. Next is becoming aware of a reflexive habit in oneself.

" 1. Never touch your face or mouth unless you are washing it with soap. This sounds draconian but it may be the single most important thing not to do. Even if it is not essential now it is worth practicing. Rub an itch with a shoulder or sleeve, not your hand. Wear gloves outdoors if you have...