Corona Virus

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55 minutes ago, bull123 said:

You are correct in that the 3 sources you list so left leaning that I do not consider them credible...but you guys say that about fox, so I’ll consider that even up

what is surprising is that those states you note allow vote by mail, and that no legal action has been taken...not by the states themselves, but by outsiders, and yes by the RNC specifically 

but I will also admit this goes both ways, as we saw down east in the recent congressional race
 

absentee voting is one thing, complete vote by mail just invites huge fraud, on both sides

 

What you base that on? 

[Tbe]

States should just do drive in voting. Get your ballot in the mail, fill it out, drive to your polling station, present your ID and voter form through your car window, drive away. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Alright enough about voting. This is a COVID thread, not a catch all thread to sneak Tinderbox topics into the main forum.

[Devil Doc]

9 minutes ago, Tbe said:

States should just do drive in voting. Get your ballot in the mail, fill it out, drive to your polling station, present your ID and voter form through your car window, drive away. 

This.. I agree with this.. Or mailing your ballot and then you dropping it off in a box. Voting then mailing it to place, I do not agree with. 

Evidence of Tampering. 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/28_million_mail-in_ballots_went_missing_in_last_four_elections_143033.html?l&fbclid=IwAR2_8F7H6-Wmc1T9zX5YXlF2NKreNqwoz-OXK6P4XKeKS2UDbvGV2gRARns

[LinvilleGorge]

I guess the soft warning didn't work.

The next comment about voting = 24 hour ban.

 

[Tbe]

Yay us!

https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/covid-19-forecasters-slash-projections-for-nc-death-toll/19106241/

New modeling from a group of researchers at the University of Washington has significantly cut the number of COVID-19 deaths expected in North Carolina through August.

Projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now forecast more than 2,500 deaths from the disease through Aug. 4. That's down about 40 percent from the group's projection last week of 4,400 deaths.
 

North Carolina saw one of the largest decreases in the forecast compared to other states. Arizona's forecast, on the other hand, increased by more than 3,000.
 

But they wrote they also expected to see a bigger jump in cases due to rising mobility – a signal that people are social distancing less.

"Yet such a surge has yet to materialize, suggesting that increases in human mobility alone may not fully capture risk of transmission," researchers wrote.

The group is now trying to figure out how to incorporate other social distancing factors, like mask usage consistent with CDC recommendations, into the model.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, bull123 said:

why do we have two separate threads on the same thing?....should combine them

Politics is a Tinderbox topic. This thread constantly plays in a gray area, but it's a topic we'd like to keep on the main forum. This isn't a thread about voting and there won't be a thread about voting outside of the Tinderbox.

[LinvilleGorge]

27 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Yay us!

https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/covid-19-forecasters-slash-projections-for-nc-death-toll/19106241/

New modeling from a group of researchers at the University of Washington has significantly cut the number of COVID-19 deaths expected in North Carolina through August.

Projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now forecast more than 2,500 deaths from the disease through Aug. 4. That's down about 40 percent from the group's projection last week of 4,400 deaths.
 

North Carolina saw one of the largest decreases in the forecast compared to other states. Arizona's forecast, on the other hand, increased by more than 3,000.
 

But they wrote they also expected to see a bigger jump in cases due to rising mobility – a signal that people are social distancing less.

"Yet such a surge has yet to materialize, suggesting that increases in human mobility alone may not fully capture risk of transmission," researchers wrote.

The group is now trying to figure out how to incorporate other social distancing factors, like mask usage consistent with CDC recommendations, into the model.

This disease is a lot less contagious is warmer temps. They don't want to come out and flat out announce that because people act dumb enough already.

[Tbe]

I’m sure that’s true, but it just started getting warm here in Charlotte about a week ago. It’s been really mild (70’s) since March. 

[stirs]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

This disease is a lot less contagious is warmer temps. They don't want to come out and flat out announce that because people act dumb enough already.

All airborne virus bugs are less contagious in warm humid weather.  Germs hit the thick air and pretty much go to the ground.  Cold, dry, thin air however.......

[4Corners]

8 minutes ago, Tbe said:

I’m sure that’s true, but it just started getting warm here in Charlotte about a week ago. It’s been really mild (70’s) since March. 

It’s like that every year. Every year and season is warmer than the previous one. The world is the hottest it’s ever been. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, Tbe said:

I’m sure that’s true, but it just started getting warm here in Charlotte about a week ago. It’s been really mild (70’s) since March. 

Really mild for Charlotte spring is still generally pretty warm for COVID. Multiple studies have concluded that the optimum temperature for transmission is in the mid-upper 40s.

[stirs]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Really mild for Charlotte spring is still generally pretty warm for COVID. Multiple studies have concluded that the optimum temperature for transmission is in the mid-upper 40s.

Which is where we are today, lol

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, stirs said:

Which is where we are today, lol

There's hardly a night out of the year that we don't get down to the mid-upper 40s here.