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You realize the reason for this is the Republican legislature decided to leave the old rules in place and not allow counting prior to Election Day and also, this is nothing new? https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/2020/10/pa-republicans-have-no-plans-to-act-so-counties-can-start-counting-mail-in-ballots-before-election-day.html

The bipartisian groups counting the ballots must be in cahoots! And getting it all done overnight. That's some next level stuff. Biden acts as the moderate he is and claims he can't get anything done for the next 4 years because the R's kept the Senate (which is accurate). He sticks around for 1 term and the R's take the WH back in 2024 because Harris won't win a general election and she has to be the presumptive nominee. Midterms in 2022 become something interesting to watch.

What exactly does something from 5 syears ago have to do with the comparison of deaths from this year vs. last year? Nothing, but regardless, the number of beds available also does not help determine what occupancy was last year compared to this year, which is what I specifically stated needed to be known to show if there was any correlation. My point wasn't specifically to blame or not blame the schools (for the record, I'm in favor of doing everything necessary to keep them open). But people having less contact with others will absolutely slow the number of cases. I don't understand you could argue any different. The question becomes whether the difference is meaningful enough to make it worth while. Also the "masks saves lives" argument is pretty tired. No one said they were going to eradicate the virus but they will help lower the R value. Kind of like seatbelts don't guarantee you won't die in a car crash, nor do airbags, but yet we continue to think those are a good idea. Most cars even have both now!

So the numbers are only through August and the deaths between April and August were lower than last year, wouldn't that show that shutting down the schools helped lower the death rate, since you know, schools were shut down and the death rate was lower during that time frame? Regardless, they are stating the number of deaths is lower due to lower occupancy. It is tough to compare year over year without having the occupancy numbers to calculate an actual death rate.

The Intercept's Editor in Chief's response:

The package didn't actually contain physical documents. It contained a flash drive. They chose to mail a flash drive with the "incredibly important" documents on it across the country. If only there was a more secure, faster and reliable way to get electronic copies of documents across the country. Especially ones that were going to expose one of the biggest scandals we've ever seen. Let that sink in: They mailed a flash drive. There's a reason even Fox News doesn't take things Tucker Carlson says seriously. Entertainment only. For $10 million/year, not a bad gig if you can get it.

It wouldn't. Which absolutely no one had excused. I do believe it would shed light on how/why things have been presented and perceived since then though.

You emphasized the wrong word but I helped you out. No one knows what actually happened because the full story is not out there. Nor does anyone know what advice he was given inregards to the situation from attorneys/advisors/parents. Its incredbily complicated beyond what was reported but there are reasons that not much has been heard from him on it. No one, including the UND staff, is condoning what he did. But they obviously saw something that made them think he was worth a second chance and help him redeem himself. Hopefully this thing doesn't go too far before he even has a chance to do so.

Just for reference because numbers are fun: Expectation was 32% The 33.1% growth follows Q2 results of -31.4% End result: Current GDP is at 91.3% of where it was at end of Q1 instead of expected 90.6%. Beating expectations is never bad.

Probably because even Fox News argued (successfully) in court that Tucker Carlson isn't a news source and that no "reasonable viewer" would take him seriously. https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9

I'll say it again, crazy how high the positivity rate continues to be with such a huge amount of people doing it just for those incentives.... At worst, at least they know to stay home and not further spread it. If they choose not to, they are epitome of selfish.

Seems odd people would go through the trouble of getting tested and trying to figure out whether they have CoVid only to ignore the results. Guess it comes down to personal responsibility and respect for others. Not saying there aren't people who are doing exactly that, but that lack of consideration for others isn't new to society. "If you are knowingly sick and therefore can spread that disease, yet choose to ignore that, I don't know what to tell you. Does it suck and can it be incredibly inconvenient? Absolutely no argument from me. But you clearly have zero consideration for other people by doing so. *Note that I'm applying both of these responses to people who are knowingly positive and ignoring guidelines.

Maybe. Maybe not. I haven't seen the breakdown for tests by age group. But in the grand scheme of things, is it a bad thing for these people to know they have the virus and can't take the appropriate precautions?

Just like any set of numbers, there is plenty of information to frame whatever argument you please. For example: Today, the positivity rate was 14.8% for all tests and 19.8% for those testing for the first time. 7 day rolling average for those numbers are 11.2% and 20.1%. 14 day rolling average is 10.9% and not calcualted for first time testers.

For starters.....webpages don't have pages 40s, 50s and 60s. But since you posted this, and I'm sure verified its accuracy, can you point to where these tax plans are? I'd love to read them for myself. Note - I don't agree with almost any of Biden's tax plans. But stupid Boomer memes like this along with people sharing flatout inaccurate information are a huge part of the problem on both sides.

There is quite a bit of information related to the story that isn't public and it is rightfully causing a lot of assumptions on what did/didn't happen and reasonings behind those decisions. Not excusing what happened, but as with everything, there is more to the story, particularly as it relates to how it was handled after the fact. UND was aware of the entire situation well beforehand. Going to trust Berry's gut on this one. Character is incredibly important to him. Not that everyone's past should be dug into all the way back to when they were in junior high, but why Schlossman hadn't covered this at all prior is a bit of a headscratcher, it wasn't exactly a new revelation.

Not disputing that but it is a separate argument than blaming a huge increase in cases on increased testing. If those who were claiming people were testing just to get free stuff were actually right, than the positivity rate would theoretically be significantly lower.

Based on your logic, positivity rate should be pretty low with all these people just getting tested to get free stuff. Yet here we are with a 10.6% 14-day rolling average positivity test rate that continues to trend upward. And that number is the better on of the two, the positivity rate for those testing for the first time is near double that. We'll find out if today's numbers were just the standard Monday downtrend or things are finally heading the other direction.

There has been various redevelopment plans for that building for 15 years or more now.

There are a lot of bad takes in this thread, but this one is definitely up there regardless of your thoughts on the virus. To legitimately think that knowing if you are CoVid positive or not adn who you may or may not have exposed to the virus absolutely won't make a difference is impressive. Especially considering early detection has been huge in treatments. So let me get this straigth: China owns the Biden's and because of that, it would obviously be in their best interest to have Biden elected, yet China is the one releasing videos that will hurt Biden? That takes some mental gymnastics to comprehend how that makes any sense.

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For you and a lot of others? Not much. But for the surprisingly large number of people who don't want option #1, they can finally have peace of mind that they can get their refunds or be rest assured their money isn't going to be "taken" from them. That's why they had to send an email out.

So you want UND to assure people of something that, at this point, is 100% out of their control? They are fully aware of what lack of games and/or fans at those games will do to the bottom line. They'd be more than happy to be able to tell people as many fans that want to can attend games, or hell even confirm that games will actually happen. Unfortunately, you're right on your second point and that's up to each indivdiual person to make that choice. Despite it not being in the athletic department's best financial interest, they are allowing full refunds of everything which is not the case with every college. Obviously you don't want to upset your customer base by keeping their money, but if you can't survive this because you don't have any funds, then I guess it doesn' t matter in the end? @iluvdebbies nailed it....

They gave everyone what they wanted. People were already mad they haven't heard anything yet or hadn't been able to get their money back. Since they literally have no clue what capacity will be allowed by the state, county and/or city, it makes it impossible to determine an actual ticket plan for those that want to attend (nor do they know how many are interested). Those who want to wait it out still have all refund options available to them down the road. There is literally something there to make everyone happy. I don't think there is any other way they could handle it given the hand they have been dealt.