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Those antiseptic wipes stores are running out of? They are terrible for environment, going right into landfill, and heavily perfumed. If you have respiratory irritation perfume worsens it. Very effective sanitizer: 10% bleach in a plastic spray bottle, but bleach can also be irritating. So to disinfect surfaces in a non-irritating environmentally friendly low cost fashion, fill one spray bottle with hydrogen peroxide and another with 50% white vinegar, the kind sold in gallon jugs, and 50% tap water. Spray one on a surface, the order doesn't matter, wait five minutes, spray the other, wait five minutes, wipe with cloth. You can wash the cloth with your laundry.
 
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump to declare a national emergency over coronavirus - as Brazilian leader he shook hands with tests positive
  • Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive Friday for coronavirus according to local reports
  • President Trump will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. on Friday at the White House on the coronavirus
  • He will declare national emergency, which makes more federal funds available
  • Bolsonaro is being tested for the disease after his press secretary Fabio Wajngarten tested positive for it
  • Bolsonaro, Wajngarten, and staffers were guests at Mar-a-Lago over weekend
  • Wajngarten posed for a photo on Saturday with Trump and Vice President Pence
  • Trump down played concerns
  • White House said first family would not go into quarantine
  • Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he would self-quarantine and be tested for the virus after being at Mar-a-Lago this weekend
  • Senator Rick Scott of Florida also met Brazil delegation in Miami earlier this week
  • Scott says he will self-quarantine 'out of an abundance of caution'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-Donald-Trumps-hand-POSITIVE-coronavirus.html
 
Kenneth Copeland healed viewers of the coronavirus through their televisions last night.

 
I wonder if public transit and airlines will be shut down at some point.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
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This is the strangest graph I’ve ever seen. There is literally no data, it’s just a picture that explains the sentence “taking protective measures could keep the healthcare system from going over capacity”. I’ve never seen a sentence turned into a graph before. It looks kind of baloney-ish, I have to admit. I would expect a little more scientifically backed data coming out of the CDC, but hey, if it gets people to wash their hands then fine.
 
jonnyboy said:
This is the strangest graph I’ve ever seen. There is literally no data, it’s just a picture that explains the sentence “taking protective measures could keep the healthcare system from going over capacity”. I’ve never seen a sentence turned into a graph before. It looks kind of baloney-ish, I have to admit. But hey, if it gets people to wash their hands then fine.
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It’s an illustration, not an actual graph. It’s showing that if we’re going to have however many million cases in this country, if they all happen at once the medical system falls apart. If you can stretch the time frame out, we can stay within capacity.
 
jonnyboy said:
This is the strangest graph I’ve ever seen. There is literally no data, it’s just a picture that explains the sentence “taking protective measures could keep the healthcare system from going over capacity”. I’ve never seen a sentence turned into a graph before. It looks kind of baloney-ish, I have to admit. But hey, if it gets people to wash their hands then fine.
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I've seen multiple versions of the graph on the internets in the last couple of days. If I see one with better data I will post it.

It does explain this story:

This is the coronavirus math that has experts so worried: Running out of ventilators, hospital beds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...us-numbers-we-really-should-be-worried-about/
 
e_blazer said:
It’s an illustration, not an actual graph. It’s showing that if we’re going to have however many million cases in this country, if they all happen at once the medical system falls apart. If you can stretch the time frame out, we can stay within capacity.
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I understand what the illustration shows. It just seems like overkill to make something appear as a graph with no actual data. It just explains a very basic idea, which you explained in words above. Not really knocking it, I’ve just never seen an extremely basic idea put forth in a graph that is probably more confusing than the idea itself. Like I said though, if it gets a few more people to follow protocols then good.
 
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e_blazer said:
Or he’ll do something and the Dems will blame him for it. Blame is the new substitute for policy work and compromise. I’m independent because both policy parties are total shit shows.
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I'm independent is the new "I criticise both parties but always vote republican."
 
e_blazer said:
Think again. I didn’t vote for the orange man last time and I sure as hell won’t be this time.
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It's just a stupid "bullying" tactic that the parties use. It's if you aren't us you're against us. Tribalism at it's finest.
Wouldn't vote for anyone either of these parties has to offer me.
 
jonnyboy said:
I understand what the illustration shows. It just seems like overkill to make something appear as a graph with no actual data. It just explains a very basic idea, which you explained in words above. Not really knocking it, I’ve just never seen an extremely basic idea put forth in a graph that is probably more confusing than the idea itself. Like I said though, if it gets a few more people to follow protocols then good.
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Thanks for the explanation of what you meant. I agree that it's not a very good illustration.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
It's just a stupid "bullying" tactic that the parties use. It's if you aren't us you're against us. Tribalism at it's finest.
Wouldn't vote for anyone either of these parties has to offer me.
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I wish that they would put the same effort into getting good candidates. There is absolutely no way that there should be any chance that Donald Trump gets reelected and what to the Dems do? End up with a choice between a Democratic Socialist who will be 79 by election day and Joe Biden, who will be 78 and by all appearances seems to be in the early stages of dementia. Holy crap, you can't make this stuff up.
 
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