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Obesity as measured by BMI...and HTN now at anything over 130/80... 6’ 225 with 140/90 hardly seems like a trainwreck...especially among those of Scandinavian and Germanic ancestry but I get your point.

Sorry- I’m frustrated by the academics and the politicos....I don’t have time for either other than over a beer or two

Why is there no damn protocol for return to normalcy? What do we need to measure? How hard is it to get out antibody tests? Honestly?? I mean I’m worth a lot of money...how about the guys who dwarf me: Bezos, Gates, old !@#$ in Nebraska...he’s probably in New Zealand in a bunker...figure it out...Plan a course...this is like the worst battlefield decision making ever...blame both parties. I’m an exec...call it, and deal with the consequences

I’m still waiting on Allianz for trip insurance on a couple Delta flights

I wish I shared your confidence, but I do share your opinion that all of the doom and hope smothering is not good for anyone.

We have a winner!

I made a few quick bucks off CYDY 2 weeks ago...sold...debating another play here.

so way fewer than die from complications of surgery for example

Not a money maker.

There is a very academic approach that is interested in studying this thing and learning everything about it... While intellectually curious, I am more concerned with how it informs actions on the go forward.

This is in the same vein as I heard from Newsome today. No nothing, ever again. Not until every possible covid death is prevented. Oh and if you aren’t in favor of perpetual lockdown, you are heartless...one death that could be avoided with totalitarianism is too many!!!!

Futures mortgaged...no doubt

Who determined if someone was clear of infection? Did someone have to get sick first or was everyone presumed sick until they had a test to prove otherwise? This is the slope that I am worried about. The idea of having to prove that you are "healthy" in order to function in society is scary.

Were they imposed by police force or were people responsible and laid low if those in their home were sick?

I keep getting frustrated with people calling out testing as the key. To what end? Do we force quarantine those positives? That's a scary slippery slope. You are positive for the virus, therefore you don't have the same rights as others...imagine substituting coronavirus as the virus with influenza or pneumonia or HIV... Forced vaccination? I believe in the science of vaccination, but a new, DNA editor vaccine...sorry, but I am not going to the front of the line for that one. Again, I could buy-into all of us self-quarantining with a goal of not overwhelming the delivery system, but if the delivery system is stable, then what is the goal?? Prevent all viral deaths? never going to happen... If the healthcare system is stable and can handle those people who need to be hospitalized for COVID, I think that is what I'm looking for to re-open. Right now, in CA, hospital censuses are stable and manageable. New authorizations for and admissions themselves related to COVID are trending down and have been for 3 weeks.

I thought the shutdown was to flatten the curve so we didn't overwhelm ICUs and vents...I bought into that as logical in major metros. It was a real issue in NYC and NOLA. I am not advocating for the end of all common sense related to this...but don't we have the right to peacefully assemble under the constitution...don't we also have inalienable rights...oh, I forgot that "TJ" is no longer respected by many... Someone needs to describe what "taking Berlin" looks like in this fight and call out what happens then. It will certainly be a political hot potato, but we can't go on indefinitely without hope.

Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Whitey Bulger, Ted Bundy, Mafiaman

you are pure evil...LOL

Gov. Newsome was just on the national media signaling for extended shutdown. I receive the same data that he does, but apparently I see things differently. I see trailing indicators remaining steady but leading indicators trending down...significantly. We also just had a study come out of USC with the belief that there is higher immunity in the general population than previously believed. Newsome signaled that the rules in CA could apply through the summer into the fall. He reinforced vaccine and testing... Looks like the goal posts moved. I am fortunate to have job security through this with the ability to work from home and to be in a healthcare sector that is not hurt by this. I do feel the pain of my children missing their friends and their activities. My daughter especially misses her friends and teacher. My son is reeling in fear that the Brick Hockey Tournament he worked so hard to earn a place at will be canceled. I can't imagine if financial insecurity was added to my plate as it is for many. Everybody needs hope of normalcy returning before we all break down. Public Health is not the superordinate objective of a people or their government. It is one of a number of things- our politicians need to remember that. America is literally a month from chaos...I pray that politics does not blind policy makers.

hands down we need to do this. We could be looking at stagflation on an unprecedented level...high unemployment, high inflation, negative GDP...

Now the real danger looms...inflation...only way out of this economic disaster will be massive inflation across sectors.

Insurance isn't a gift where you spend $40/mo to get $1M. Its pooled risk. You can't get a new policy while being hospitalized for pneumonia, but you can get it after you recover.

Of course not.

I'm guessing that you couldn't buy a new policy if you had COVID, not that COVID nullified an existing policy.

I don't think anyone is being forced to go out into public. This is about when the government goes from policing activity to recommending activity. Recommendations: Elderly, immune compromised, poorly managed pre-exisiting conditions...stay at home, be smart. Think you might be sick or have been exposed...stay home, be smart. Otherwise healthy, no reason to be concerned...limit potential exposures, be smart. Sidenote- we are DEFINITIVELY seeing a decline in COVID leading indicators in CA...knock on wood. We've seen leading indicators drop now for the third week.