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| Hudini...from your unique perspective, thoughts on the new Chinese corona virus (Page 133/146) |
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Lambo nut
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APR 15, 12:05 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
More than a third of Americans believe winning the lottery is the only way they will ever retire comfortably. But the odds of winning either the Powerball or Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 292.2 million and 1 in 302.6 million, respectively.
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Have a brother in law that bought lottery tickets all the time and a few years ago made a huge ass deal about winning $1000 playing the lottery. All I asked was how much had he spent before winning the grand. (knowing he had spent much more than that).He was a little pissed for about a month.[This message has been edited by Lambo nut (edited 04-15-2020).]
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cliffw
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APR 15, 12:06 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
You have a much better chance with the lottery. 50/50. You'll either win it or you won't.
Odds of dying from covid19 is still pretty slim.
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Hmm … odds of dying from Covid are either you will, or you won't.
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maryjane
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APR 15, 12:25 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Lambo nut:
Have a brother in law that bought lottery tickets all the time and a few years ago made a huge ass deal about winning $1000 playing the lottery. All I asked was how much had he spent before winning the grand. (knowing he had spent much more than that).He was a little pissed for about a month.
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wife calls lottery 'the bad math tax'
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williegoat
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APR 15, 01:38 PM
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I just found this:
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In the year of 19 and 18, God sent a mighty disease.
It killed many a-thousand, on land and on the seas.
Well, we done told you, our God's done warned you,
Jesus coming soon.
We done told you, our God's done warned you,
Jesus coming soon.
Great disease was mighty and the people were sick everywhere.
It was an epidemic, it floated through the air.
Well, we done told you, our God's done warned you,
Jesus coming soon.
We done told you, our God's done warned you,
Jesus coming soon.
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I think this was recorded in the late 1920's. The intro is from an interview with "Blind Willie" McTell recorded by John Lomax* around 1940.
*John Lomax, and later his son Alan, were responsible for preserving a lot of 20th century American folk music. Anyone interested in such things should look them up.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 04-15-2020).]
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Lambo nut
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APR 15, 03:07 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
wife calls lottery 'the bad math tax'
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Had to laugh, my wife says the same thing!
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 15, 06:50 PM
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maryjane
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APR 15, 07:16 PM
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It's possible that smoking or one of it's chemical effects protects one against covid-19of course, but there are other possibilities as well.
| quote | "And data from multiple Chinese studies shows that COVID-19 hospital patients contained a smaller proportion of smokers than the general population (6.5 per cent compared to 26.6 per cent), suggesting they were less likely to end up in hospital.
'This preliminary analysis does not support the argument that current smoking is a risk factor for hospitalization for COVID-19,' it reads.
'Instead, these consistent observations, which are further emphasized by the low prevalence of current smoking among COVID-19 patients in the US (1.3 per cent), raises the hypothesis that nicotine may have beneficial effects on COVID-19.' |
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Not sure how smoking in public works in China where about 50% of the male population still smokes, but we all know how tobacco use in the USA is frowned upon.
Smokers in the US are far less likely to closely interact and intermingle with the general population, due to the large numbers of 'no smoking/tobacco free' public places and the general stigma that smokers have attached to them. And, only about 14% of the USA still smokes, so that would immediately decrease by like percentages the likelihood that smokers would show up in the total infected population.
Factor in the aforementioned societal segregation from the non-smoking public and it's reasonable to believe that percentage would fall even farther.
Like everything else, I would have to see some real science behind this to believe it to any great degree. The article only visits whether smoking itself increases or decreases the % of infections, but does not present Covid related evidence regarding the usual side effects of smoking. Considering that the usual effect of smoking on the human body is heart and lung disease (high risk factors adversely affecting Covid19 survivability) it would have to be shown to be worth the risk. Obviously, from the article's own data, some smokers do still get infected. If the small sampling #s hold true across the entire number of cases,...6.5% of 82,295 or 5,349 in China and 1.3% or 8364 in the US, how many of those died? I also noticed, that the patient age of the China data was relatively low. Age 38-59. lots of unknowns. I wouldn't be willing to take up smoking again just to decrease my odds of contracting coronavirus..or for any other reason[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 04-15-2020).]
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Patrick
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APR 15, 09:25 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Not sure how smoking in public works in China where about 50% of the male population still smokes...
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My neighbors across the street are from mainland China. The father (middle of three generations in the house) is a chain smoker. He appears to be incapable of going without a smoke in his mouth for more than a minute. I've noticed in the last few days when he drives off, he's wearing a mask. Of course, with a cigarette sticking out of his mouth, the mask is down around his chin.  Might be an excellent time for smokers to consider switching to a nicotine patch![This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 04-15-2020).]
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olejoedad
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APR 15, 11:30 PM
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Or a marketing opportunity for surgical masks with holes.....
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Patrick
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APR 15, 11:47 PM
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How best to allow the smoke (and/or the actual cigarette) free passage through the mask while at the same time preventing the virus from doing so....
Hmmm... I think just using a nicotine patch would be a whole lot easier. 