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We know so much more about this than we did 2 months ago. it is very contagious person to person, but not really from contaminated surfaces. it is highly lethal if you are older than 70. it is lethal if you are north of 50 with health conditions. Lethality is close to zero for kids (much better than flu) lethality looks like normal flu between 25-50, underlying conditions increase severity. traditional immune systems builders tend to help as per any ailment: take your daily multi-vitamin, eat healthy foods, get outside and exercise. hospital treatments not a panacea- no silver bullet, but people are getting lucky. HCQ now the most debated 20 cent generic on the planet. anti-virals and IVIG therapies all being tested and administered with random efficacy. Ace2 meds Still being investigated. 99.97% of people in US neither dead nor critical. jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself

Or in a SNF

DNA vaccines make me nervous

According to the WSJ, 15M credit cards and 3M auto loans went unpaid in April

Yeah, I’m pretty sure he gets that and was being sarcastic. Everyone’s so busy with the wolves that they fail to notice the bear.

Lots of people with apartments in Manhattan have summer places on Long Island, Jersey Shore, Connecticut. I woulda gone out to Long Island too if I was in the city and had all my mail forwarded.

Ha!

Totally. If you don’t have six months of expenses stashed away in cash, you are playing with Fire, and there is absolutely no reason to be spending on nice to haves and entertainment. Live spartan for a bit like a college student (at least back in my day) and sock away some coin.

Really interesting but the Chinese nationals that I know are extremely fearful of Covid. Not sure how much is cultural vs how much is due to firsthand information they have that was buried by the Chinese Government and the WHO. Like so afraid they won’t leave their homes whatsoever.

These politicians on both side of the aisle sure love spending my money... you think I’d at least get the Sunday morning mimosa treatment for all I give them to spend.

If the average home houses 3 people that’s another 12.3M that are now insecure in their housing.

Right- he is not taking fish tank cleaner. Under the supervision of an MD, he is taking a widely prescribed and generally safe med that millions of people take for malaria, Lupus, RA...likely in a similar dose. Off label prescribing is also not unheard of. If he tolerates it and feels better about not getting covid because he’s on it (whether anecdotal or not) why do we care?

Trump is taking zinc as well. I’d be shocked if he also wasBy taking C and D supplements.

I get people want to blast the statement, but analogous vector approach is far from stupid. Clot busting agents are analogous to draino, chemotherapy for cancer, radiation...all analogous vector thinking

Right- big difference between I’m going to Indonesia on vacation vs I’m going to stress my heart to try and not die.

Prophylactic doses are generally very well tolerated. The drug is safely taken by millions Of people every year

Give me back half of what I paid into social security and cut it off.

Speaking of Ponzi schemes, I’d also say for anyone under 50 they should just kill social security too.

The pension piece sucks. I don’t like my tax dollars funding underfunded pensions. I don’t work in a world with a pension...essentially I am just giving my wealth to someone else living in another State.

If you allocated federal spending evenly to the States based on population, you would still see net donors and net recipients based on the federal tax code being progressive.

If only economics were considered, I’d leave in a second under the current tax environment.

I’m also pro vaccination...most of the time. To me it will depend on the type and source. I am totally against DNA vaccines, but am cool with RNA. Not that I’m a vaccination expert, but replicating proteins is different than affecting the genome in my lay person understanding.

I think we’ll have vaccine and treatment available by Q4. If there is treatment that is proven effective, logistical challenges with vaccine availability can be mitigated. Get the vaccine to the vulnerable first, allowing us to re-open. I’m happy to wait until next year for a vaccine for myself and my family.

That’s great- I had TV on and didn’t hear anything about it. Glad it’s being reported. i also didn’t use liberal or conservative in my post. I tend to dislike those terms, because many people who consider themselves one or the other are actually neither in their thinking! At least not in the classical definition. Totalitarian belief in liberal embraced ideology is the antithesis of liberal thought.

Moderno RNA vaccine showing promise. so we’ve got a potential antibody treatment and a RNA vaccine both in the pipeline. Why are no major media screaming this from the mountaintops?