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Doug85GT
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OCT 12, 08:04 PM
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He has recovered much quicker than I expected. He announced that he was positive on 10/1. Now on 10/12 he tests negative on multiple consecutive tests.
I guess the Covid-19 drugs he is taking actually work.
https://www.foxnews.com/pol...-of-president-trumps
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Rickady88GT
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OCT 12, 08:38 PM
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We have had 200 employees test positive for the vid, our employer in some cases refuses to test again for 12 weeks. Their stance is that a person can shed dead or residual (harmless to others) covid viruses that will cause a false positive for up to 12 weeks.
I am sure that the tests, medical experts and equipment that is available for the President is quite different and nay vary from ours.
They allow a paid 2 weeks off for a positive or inconclusive test and then return to work if no symptoms are present 72 hours prior to return. No second test at all to return to work and no more tests for 12 weeks.
We get tested every week.[This message has been edited by Rickady88GT (edited 10-12-2020).]
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rinselberg
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OCT 13, 02:58 AM
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I'm still going to maintain a very cautious "umpteen miles" of social distancing between myself and the President, or any of his entourage.
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maryjane
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OCT 13, 07:01 AM
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I could be tempted easily enough.
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blackrams
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OCT 13, 07:15 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I could be tempted easily enough.
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As would many but, the question is, would she be tempted. In my case, the answer is definitely no interest in me. From all reports I've seen, she likes puny unattractive dudes. 
Rams
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Rickady88GT
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OCT 13, 07:34 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
I'm still going to maintain a very cautious "umpteen miles" of social distancing between myself and the President, or any of his entourage. |
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I have been in very close proximity and MANY times direct contact with carriers for the last 6 months, I test negative once a week. There is a big difference between being paranoid and cautious. If there is such a thing as being in the trenches with this thing, I am there. It is possible that I may have already had it and didn't know. And it may be possible that I test positive this week? But it is absolutely possible to to be around the virus without contracting it. When people talk about avoiding places because of the vid I respond by saying it is everywhere. You must assume that it is in the grocery store and the gas station pump handles, every single door handle you pull on and in the air EVERYWHERE. Be careful and cautious NOT scared and paranoid. There is a balance in the covd World between paranoid and complacency.
It is like this: we all know driving has a risk of crashing, but we do it anyway. Driving a car has MANY risks, like drunk driver, texting drivers, mentally ill drivers, angry drivers, tires blow out, mechanical failures, weather, malfunctioned street lights and various road hazards including animals running in front of you. ALL of these and more can cause a fatal accident, BUT we brave it every time we get in the car. Why are we still alive? Some of us already survived an accident and some never had the experience but we all have taken the precautions of defensive driving. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, we balance the paranoid and cautious.
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Jake_Dragon
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OCT 13, 11:14 AM
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I believe that we had it, was mild and we are use to dealing with **** not complaining about it. I wont go into it but it was worse than the flu and hung on longer than normal bug.
But we stayed home and avoided people. Order food online. It kind of just turned into a routine.
I work from home and have no issues staying that way. But cabin fever takes hold. I have no idea how I will get my girlfriend out of the house again.
The media has scared her to the point she doesn't want to leave.
I believe we can do things out in the world, we need to be careful but we cant be afraid to live a life.
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Boondawg
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OCT 13, 12:07 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:
I believe that we had it, was mild and we are use to dealing with **** not complaining about it. I wont go into it but it was worse than the flu and hung on longer than normal bug. |
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I believe I may have, too.
I’m so used to dealing with...whatever, that most things like this go hardly noticed.
Or at least admitted to.
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maryjane
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OCT 13, 02:55 PM
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| quote | | Driving a car has MANY risks, like drunk driver, texting drivers, mentally ill drivers, angry drivers, tires blow out, mechanical failures, weather, malfunctioned street lights and various road hazards including animals running in front of you. ALL of these and more can cause a fatal accident, BUT we brave it every time we get in the car. Why are we still alive? |
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Most likely because we all know and have certain decades old defensive measures we take on the highways.
Are any of those things or events microscopic and can be thrust upon you or someone else by you in a single breath?
Do any of those things have the ability to induce the same ill effects on someone else for days or weeks later without you (or they) even knowing it?
Texas highway fatalities for 2019 was 12.7 per 100,000.
Over the last 7 months, the Texas Covid 19 fatality rate was 59 per 100,000. (the first known Covid death in Texas ocurred Mar 17)
In a now ancient OT thread, I once made the observation that we survive driving on busy highways, just feet away from the cars in the adjoining lanes only because we do everything we are supposed to do exactly right and every one around us does the same. As long as we all do things properly, very few accidents happen, and most of us drive as if our lives (and the lives of those around us) depend on it.
The difference in driving and Covid, is that there are huge numbers of people who don't want to do any of the things they are supposed to do to protect either themselves or those around them. Recent polls say as much as 57% of Americans are strongly opposed to masks, social distancing and quarantine/lockdowns, and it is this attitude of "ME ME ME" that has driven the pandemic to it's current state of severity.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 10-13-2020).]
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Rickady88GT
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OCT 13, 05:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Most likely because we all know and have certain decades old defensive measures we take on the highways.
Are any of those things or events microscopic and can be thrust upon you or someone else by you in a single breath?
Do any of those things have the ability to induce the same ill effects on someone else for days or weeks later without you (or they) even knowing it?
Texas highway fatalities for 2019 was 12.7 per 100,000.
Over the last 7 months, the Texas Covid 19 fatality rate was 59 per 100,000. (the first known Covid death in Texas ocurred Mar 17)
In a now ancient OT thread, I once made the observation that we survive driving on busy highways, just feet away from the cars in the adjoining lanes only because we do everything we are supposed to do exactly right and every one around us does the same. As long as we all do things properly, very few accidents happen, and most of us drive as if our lives (and the lives of those around us) depend on it.
The difference in driving and Covid, is that there are huge numbers of people who don't want to do any of the things they are supposed to do to protect either themselves or those around them. Recent polls say as much as 57% of Americans are strongly opposed to masks, social distancing and quarantine/lockdowns, and it is this attitude of "ME ME ME" that has driven the pandemic to it's current state of severity.
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There is a lot in this post so to just simplify my response I will say risk is risk. We can't control what other people do any more than we can control the vid.
I believe my metaphors are accurate in relation to risk of driving and risk of going out into the public that now has covid. Drunk drivers have killed MANY cautious and experienced defensive drivers, the choice to not crash is not always ours just like we can't make the virus stay in other people.
But in ALL situations driving or dinning out, on a highway or a walk way be careful, be cautious and stay safe. If you do not feel comfortable out in public, stay home, just the same for people who have a phobia of cars, stay out of them.
This is in no way a jab at anyone.[This message has been edited by Rickady88GT (edited 10-13-2020).]
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