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by Cortopassi
Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:46 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Here's our HS district plan. At least they are giving it a shot. There is an option for being at home as well.

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by Cortopassi
Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:18 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

WiseOne wrote:
Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:57 am
I give that about another 6 - 8 months....doubt very much it will take a year.
Yeah, that's the good thing. There will be an end to this one way or the other. It can't keep on this way forever.
by Cortopassi
Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:58 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I am not saying anyone here is necessarily hard left or right (but there are examples...) I have at least one friend who has quit Facebook over this. When I look at my feed (rarely) it is completely populated by those who say masks are BS, Covid is just the flu on one side and and those who don't th...
by Cortopassi
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Goddamit does everything have to be political? Is there no one without a hard right or hard left agenda? To the lefties, I would say, send kids back to school. You have to assume there will never be an effective vaccine. Live with it and be safe, but not to the point of complete disruption. Or are y...
by Cortopassi
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 8039

Re: George Floyd

What are the guidelines, and did the POLICE Follow them? I'm hoping there doesn't need to be a guideline against "kneel on the offender's neck until he's good and dead" But you are right: The manual of the Minneapolis Police Department states that neck restraints and chokeholds are basically reserv...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:58 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Regarding the risk of sending children back to school in-person, the evidence strongly suggests it's minimal. This study found that children under 16 years old account for < 2% of COVID cases , with "no documentation of child-to-child or child-to-adult transmission": https://pediatrics.aappublicati...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 8039

Re: George Floyd

What are the guidelines, and did the POLICE Follow them? I'm hoping there doesn't need to be a guideline against "kneel on the offender's neck until he's good and dead" But you are right: The manual of the Minneapolis Police Department states that neck restraints and chokeholds are basically reserv...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

Don't worry, this only stressed a few years of life out of these kids. "The Trump administration has rescinded its policy that would bar international students who only take online courses from staying in the US, a federal judge announced Tuesday in Boston. The decision comes a little over a week af...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

That's right! You guys are underhandedly discriminating against us Italians! O0 This morning read in Trump's niece's book that Trump's father, Fred, was scandalized when in the 1950's the first Italian American family moved into his neighborhood! Far cry from where I grew up in Rhode Island during ...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

jalanlong, I am sorry to hear that. I am in a suburb of Chicago. Most suburbs tend red around here, but I am sure nowhere like Texas. I have yet to find anyone hard against going back to school. We are supposed to get an update from the district this week. I dare say that it is partially due to the ...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Why aren't more people speaking up about this? My sense is they are starting to speak up. Especially when it comes to schools. There is a very vocal minority about wanting online only, maybe in perpetuity. But the vast, currently mostly silent majority want schools to reopen. If it comes to a head,...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I suppose the best thing about this is we do have strong disagreements and multiple opinions at the political and medical groups, so when this is all analyzed over the next few months we'll see where things fall. I feel better about there being disagreements vs. all being in the same boat, esp. when...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:05 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

I know plenty of smart people who think that big government can solve all known problems. In fact big government creates many more problems than it solves, but that doesn't stop a lot of smart people from believing it. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends o...
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:03 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

That's right! You guys are underhandedly discriminating against us Italians! O0
by Cortopassi
Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:58 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Interesting discussion of risks vs benefits of mask-wearing: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/07/to_mask_or_not_to_mask.html As a caution - the concept of pneumonia induced by mask-wearing is a hypothesis, not a proven fact. It sounds like there might be enough evidence to warrant a cl...
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:29 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Another related thought - I went to a party last PM given by members of my division for someone who is leaving to take a director position elsewhere. Everyone at the party was either an MD or a nurse practitioner, and all of us have spent time in and around COVID patients. I expected to hear and se...
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

Ah, the death knell. Last week, the president told Fox News Dr Fauci was "a nice man but he's made a lot of mistakes" Soon, Fauci will be a low IQ individual and in retirement. For me that is the equivalent of a basketball discussion wherein someone says, "Michael Jordan, LeBron James. Okay players...
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
Replies: 840
Views: 251286

Re: Is Trump doing a good job?

Ah, the death knell.

Last week, the president told Fox News Dr Fauci was "a nice man but he's made a lot of mistakes"

Soon, Fauci will be a low IQ individual and in retirement.
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

And now, behind curtain number 2, Chuck Woolery, our new infectious disease expert!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53392817

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOEfDhoo0_0

I used to watch that show.
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:31 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: George Floyd
Replies: 32
Views: 8039

Re: George Floyd

If the cop was genuinely concerned about Floyd's well being, did he remove his knee? Say a buddy of mine shoots someone through the heart. Fatal shot. But takes one minute to die. I shoot him again in the stomach. I'm free and clear, man! He was going to die anyway! How long was he on the ground unr...
by Cortopassi
Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

The lockdowns were reasonable at the beginning, when it was about preventing hospitals from being overrun. That is no longer an issue and hasn't been for months. I truly don't understand what the rationale is now. WiseOne, my attitude is exactly yours, but the mantra has started again, if the rise ...
by Cortopassi
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1783465

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

vnatale wrote:
Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:42 am
Bill Nye Is Here to Demonstrate That Face Masks Get the Job Done

https://time.com/5865625/bill-nye-coronavirus-masks/
I found this one a bit more satisfying.

https://www.chemedx.org/blog/demonstrat ... d-nitrogen
by Cortopassi
Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:26 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Roger Stone Freed by Trump
Replies: 36
Views: 7897

Re: Roger Stone Freed by Trump

The gist of all this is the investigation should have never happened in the first place, so he would have never done the things he did without the investigation, right? So, just curious if anyone knows -- if police had a search warrant for my house to find something particular, say a gun (are these ...
by Cortopassi
Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some 2020 General Election Polls
Replies: 439
Views: 101973

Re: Some 2020 General Election Polls

I agree completely.

It seems that whenever that problem is raised, even by black men and women, you get crucified. It is like a third rail that is untouchable by anyone.
by Cortopassi
Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:46 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some 2020 General Election Polls
Replies: 439
Views: 101973

Re: Some 2020 General Election Polls

This is really blowing my mind. Are there really people out there who don't understand that quality of life is inversely correlated with crime rate? So I'm supposed to be concerned about high crime only if it demonstrably impacts schools in poor neighborhoods, and never mind things like whether I f...