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So...how about we do 24 days instead of the minimum 14 days?
economictimes.indiatimes.com

14 days isolation in some coronavirus cases may not be enough: Study

Currently, the World Health Organisation advises 14 days of quarantine for people who may have come in contact with other Covid-19 patients or may have visited affected countries like China or Italy.
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sebastiantombs said:
Side saddles are missing from those. Eight more handy rounds that way.
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I have the 5-round elastic type saddles which are off-camera. And those aren't just any shotgun shell belts Sebastian...those be Eagle Industries belts. :)

But my Franzen combination cable locks suQ. Do you know of a top-end brand of combination cable lock? Need combination, not keyed. Been looking around but can't seem to locate anything that looks of quality.
 
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Prof Ricciardi added that Italy’s death rate may also appear high because of how doctors record fatalities.
“The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus.
“On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three,” he says.
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MSM will never tell you this.
 
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anijet said:
...only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three,..
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As I've written previously, obesity may be many an American's undoing.

Obesity in America - PublicHealth.org

Why are Americans Obese? To understand the true size of the American obesity epidemic, we first need to understand what it really means to be overweight. Generally, doctors and nutritionists classify people as either underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. These different...
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erkme73 said:
It would be very telling if they could test for titers (antibodies) for COVID. I'm sure by now they must have isolated the IgG for COVID. Testing for this instead of (or in addition to) would reveal how many people have had the infection (presumably without knowing it). If it turns out that many/most have the titers, then it would go a long way in determining if/when herd immunity is obtained.
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Supposedly South Korea has had success by testing for both the antibodies AND the antigen. This way, they can see If someone is infectious or not, if they've already had it, or if they've currently got it. That allows quarantine only of those who can currently transmit the virus, protection of those still susceptible, and allows people who have already had it and are no longer contagious to work freely.

This obviously requires a lot of testing, but it has allowed good control without completely shutting down the country.

We absolutely need readily available, fast testing for both antibody and antigen. In the mean time, complete isolation is the only course of action available.
 
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We're locked down in the great state of IL. Neighborhood kids running a muck, so I'm on here now...
 
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In addition to Italy having the 2nd oldest population per capita they are known (especially the old population) for smoking a shit ton of cigarettes. Maybe they'd die of lung cancer if the Covid-19 didn't get them first.
 
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Sybertiger said:
In addition to Italy having the 2nd oldest population per capita they are known (especially the old population) for smoking a shit ton of cigarettes. Maybe they die of lung cancer if the Covid-19 didn't get them.
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I've been reading this a lot on other forums. It will be interesting to see how this whole thing shakes out.
 
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And the beat goes on.

You may have read that I've been sick for 17-days and Mrs. Q™ is now feeling the same symptoms, plus chills. Blah. Blah. Blah.

So Mrs. Q™ gets a robocall this Sunday evening advising that a staff member at the school she works in has tested positive. Of course they can't release the individual's name "because of HIPAA law" but that Mrs. Q™ should wash her hands. Really. So I tell Mrs. Q™ to call the NY State "Covid-19" Hotline (the same number I posted about calling earlier earlier this week) in order to make an appointment for New York State drive-through Covid-19 testing (which is available not too far away). She calls; "Wait time is 4 hours and 9 minutes." "FuQ this" Mrs. Q™ mutters and hangs up.

Meanwhile so nice that Senator Rand Paul was tested “out of an abundance of caution “ (per his official tweet). I’ve been refused testing 2 separate times, and now Mrs. Q™ says "FuQ this."

WHERE ARE THE TEST KITS YOU FUQERS.
 
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And the beat goes on.

You may have read that I've been sick for 17-days and Mrs. Q™ is now feeling the same symptoms, plus chills. Blah. Blah. Blah.

So Mrs. Q™ gets a robocall this Sunday evening advising that a staff member at the school she works in has tested positive. Of course they can't release the individual's name "because of HIPAA law" but that Mrs. Q™ should wash her hands. Really. So I tell Mrs. Q™ to call the NY State "Covid-19" Hotline (the same number I posted about calling earlier earlier this week) in order to make an appointment for New York State drive-through Covid-19 testing (which is available not too far away). She calls; "Wait time is 4 hours and 9 minutes." "FuQ this" Mrs. Q™ mutters and hangs up.

Meanwhile so nice that Senator Rand Paul was tested “out of an abundance of caution “ (per his official tweet). I’ve been refused testing 2 separate times, and now Mrs. Q™ says "FuQ this."

WHERE ARE THE TEST KITS YOU FUQERS.
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I vote you go visit your Senators and your Congressman....cough on them and tell them to have a nice Corona-day.
 
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