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It’s either weaker or it’s already killed off those most susceptible. If it is weaker, it’s not surprising. The same thing happened in previous flu pandemics. The weaker the symptoms, the more biologically successful the virus is.

USPS forgot to deliver it.

You guys will argue about anything.

My USPS guy today had a broken horn on his truck. It was blaring like a stolen car as he drove around the neighborhood. Good times.

People in NC can now get tested via a CVS drive through as of today.

Singapore has seen similar results. Masks are not a cure, but all evidence points to the fact that they help. Some studies show they help significantly. Show me a credible study that says they do absolutely nothing, and I’ll be with you. https://theconversation.com/masks-help-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus-the-science-is-simple-and-im-one-of-100-experts-urging-governors-to-require-public-mask-wearing-138507

Not normal. Modified normals. Some restrictions still make sense. Look, Hong Kong has now gone 14 days without a single case of local transmission. This is a place with a much high population density than NYC. They did that without resorting to a full stay at home lockdown. If wearing masks (along with other reasonable measures) means no more lockdowns and saving the economy, isn’t it worth it? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-04-22/how-hong-kong-flattened-the-curve-without-total-lockdown%3fcontext=amp https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/asia/hong-kong-coronavirus-recovery-intl-hnk/index.html

Research on masks and Covid is starting to come in and it disagrees with you. In short, they’re finding that universal mask wearing is more effective than lockdowns. Hong Kong’s situation gives a lot of weight to that claim. https://www.vox.com/2020/5/18/21262273/coronavirus-hong-kong-masks-deaths-new-york https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/05/19/coronavirus-wearing-a-mask-can-reduce-transmission-by-75percent-new-study-claims.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/to-curb-the-coronavirus-hong-kong-shows-the-world-masks-work-11586338202

I’m doing the same. They are requiring masks, temp checks, waiting outside, etc. They are taking no chances.

To follow up on my own post, the nytimes had another article on this. Basically, they have no idea how many of these extra deaths are Covid and how many were other causes. They think most were Covid, but a good number were heart attacks or other issues. “It is too soon to know the precise causes of death for New Yorkers in this period. Although many of the deaths not currently attributed to coronavirus may represent an undercount of the outbreak’s direct toll, the broader effects of the pandemic might have also increased deaths indirectly. Throughout the city, emergency rooms have been overcrowded, ambulance response has been slowed, and many residents might have been reluctant to seek medical care because of fears of contracting the virus. Hospitals around the country have reported reductions in admission for heart attacks, one sign that some people may be dying at home from ailments they would survive during more normal times.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/27/upshot/coronavirus-deaths-new-york-city.html

This is excellent. The bottom line is NYC’s historical average weekly death rate. Red is this year.

Exactly, that’s my point. Even if someone believes that hospitals are over counting deaths, that number wouldn’t be enough to overcome the huge numbers of people who died at home.

They all think we are over-counting?

At the very least, the undercounting would cancel out any over counting. There were a LOT of cases in NYC where people died at home and were never tested because they didn’t make it to the hospital. Firefighters were reporting thousands of at home deaths. Some of those cases are now being counted as likely Covid deaths, but no one knows the true number. “Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged on Tuesday that the vast majority of deaths taking place at home were likely also due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, meaning the death toll could be as much as 70% higher than currently reported figures.”

I don’t think what happened in Georgia is as malicious as you are portraying. At least from the reporting I’ve read. Either way, they aren’t doing those things now and numbers aren’t spiking and hospitals are reporting falling case numbers. It could be a blip, but we’ll see.

Four weeks later and Georgia is still flat. If this holds, it will be good news. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/georgia-coronavirus/index.html

I’m skeptical that will hold, but we’ll see. I did a little digging and realized my zip has had 34 cases total since Jan. The last reported case was weeks ago. I feel a lot better about being around my neighbors now.

The closer to uptown you buy, the better your return will be. For 500k, you can get a 2500sq townhouse in south end. That area seems to be appreciating the fastest.

That house is definitely in the far outskirts of Charlotte, but it’s in a nice area. The owner of that house would have a long drive to get to anything worth doing. Perspectives are interesting though. I would never consider that house to be a mansion. It’s all in what a person is used to.

1. Politicians and their families and staffers 2. Celebrities 3. The very wealthy 4. Hospital executives 5. Medical personal. 6. People with insurance 7. everyone else It will be easy to get since so many people think it is too risky/used by Bill gates to implant microchips.

Yeah, let’s spike Charlotte’s infected total. A packed arena of 15k yelling people who just got off planes. What can go wrong?

Woah...flex check. You don’t think there are a lot of parallels with the way people react? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/health/coronavirus-plague-pandemic-history.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/bubonic-plague-inspired-eerily-similar-reactions-among-the-rich-as-todays-pandemic

Read about how people reacted to the Black Plague. It’s all the same. People don’t change. This is predictable. This pandemic will end like all others. People will start to ignore it long before it really goes away.

Maryland....working on their social distancing and mask wearing.

We don’t really know what’s happening yet. Phase 2 just started yesterday. The higher “infection rate” mostly comes from the state exceeding its testing targets. More testing = more know infections. Before the lock downs, very few tests were being done. Our ‘estimated death total’ was revised down by 40% last week. NC’s positive test rate continues to fall. The number of Covid hospitalizations are rising some, but it’s hardly a spike. We won’t know the effects of easing restrictions for another two weeks. Remember, lock downs were not implemented to eradicate the virus. It was just to ease the burden on hospitals.