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That alone shouldn't have much impact on hospitalizations

Weird that Manitoba has far fewer "cases" than ND but pretty much the same number hospitalized. Anyone focusing on active cases to compare different states or countries isn't comparing apples to apples. With that said, the residents of midwest states and provinces need to take some personal responsibility to delay the virus a bit and spread out hospitalizations.

I'd wager the majority weren't voting for Biden, but against Trump.

https://www.inforum.com/opinion/columns/6763734-Port-Theres-personal-responsibility-and-then-theres-obstinance

I realize you're trying to argue, but I don't think we've disagreed on most issues relating to the virus response.

Sure. Everybody who hasn't tested negative within the last 30 minutes needs to wear a mask when in public and social distancing can't be ensured.

IMO, the CDC is a government agency that, like any political organization, will say things that aren't necessarily true in order to reach a desired outcome. For example, in March they said not to wear masks. Now we know they said that, not because masks don't help, but because they were attempting to conserve mask supplies for medical personnel.

A person who isn't actively shedding the virus doesn't need to wear a mask. Now tell me, definitively, who is shedding the virus and who isn't. It's very clear, based on spread, that people shedding the virus are still interacting with others.

Are you agreeing with the CDC on everything now, or are you still picking and choosing? Certain studies support that masks protect the wearer, others (such as the Danish study recently referenced) don't. So the science is unsettled at this point, although there is some support there, no doubt.

What science did I deny? The science is clear that masks worn by infected persons reduce (not eliminate) spread. The science at this point doesn't fully support that masks protect the wearer. It's very strange to me that masks are the hill some have chosen to die on.

But because the virus is transmissible even in the absence of symptoms, we don't know who is infected and who isn't. If masking gets people out of their homes and allows businesses to remain open, it's an incredibly small price to pay.

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That would be my assumption as well. It appears in the "public data download" they are backdating the deaths to the date the death actually occurred. In their tweets, they identify the number of deaths reported for the day, rather than the number that actually occurred.

I'm assuming Oxbow's number came from What spreadsheet do they put out?

A taco with white sauce and enchilada sauce.

Bread was still awful when I had it a couple months ago. Tacos Schneider are the way to go now.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/progressives-knives-heitkamp-usda-race-225712023.html Interesting article on the potential (and opposition) for Heidi Heitkamp to become the Ag Secretary under Biden. Gotta think Heitkamp would be far better for ND and other rural areas than the other candidates.

https://undfootball360.com/news/hawks-head-back-down-to-kansas-for-latest-commit/ 360 write-up on him.