DeSantis for the win

[Tsing Tao]

I'm amazed that anyone still regards Covid as an issue. It dropped off the radar screen weeks ago around here.

As an aside I've changed my patronage from businesses that closed when they didn't have to over to businesses who stayed open when they were allowed to.

If I was your customer and you failed to operate your business when allowed to then you've permanently lost my business. Democratic capitalism, the hidden hand lol.

Hard to say. There are eateries that did not open and as a result, they've lost patrons to those who have. Breakfast place in our neighborhood has been packed. I don't hold it against a business if they don't want to open, that's their choice. I'll go back once they do.

The only thing I won't do is go to get a massage from my massage therapist because she says we have to wear a mask. That's not comfortable, so I've said forget it.

 

[Tsing Tao]

You're doing fine. Whatever...

Florida reports another 2,610 cases and passes 3,000 deaths from COVID-19
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/06/17/coronavirus-florida-cases-spike-3000-deaths-covid-19/

Florida reported another 2,610 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday morning and saw its coronavirus death toll rise over 3,000. Those numbers come one day after the state set a record with 2,783 new cases.

(more at above url)

Deaths at all time lows. We're fine, thanks for caring.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Enjoy your eating out...

Florida woman and 15 friends test positive for COVID-19 after eating out
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/fl...itive-for-covid-19-after-eating-out/19148486/

A Florida woman and 15 of her friends tested positive for the coronavirus after having dinner at a restaurant in Jacksonville.

Erika Crisp, a healthcare worker, said after being stuck inside for months during the pandemic, she and her friends decided to have dinner at Lynch's Irish Pub on June 6. She said she has been sick since.

"We were careless and we went out into a public place before we should have, and we weren't wearing masks," she said, adding that she believes reopening happened too soon.

Seven employees from Lynch's also have COVID-19, and the general manager shut down voluntarily last weekend for a deep cleaning

On May 18, phase one of Florida's reopening plan went into full effect, and restaurants, malls, libraries and gyms were able to open at 50% capacity.

And they'll all live (assuming this is where they got infected in the first place). Better than the business owner being put out of business because he can't reopen.

We were told to stay inside until we "flattened the curve". Done.

 

[Snarkhund]

Enjoy your eating out...

Florida woman and 15 friends test positive for COVID-19 after eating out
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/fl...itive-for-covid-19-after-eating-out/19148486/

A Florida woman and 15 of her friends tested positive for the coronavirus after having dinner at a restaurant in Jacksonville.

Erika Crisp, a healthcare worker, said after being stuck inside for months during the pandemic, she and her friends decided to have dinner at Lynch's Irish Pub on June 6. She said she has been sick since.

"We were careless and we went out into a public place before we should have, and we weren't wearing masks," she said, adding that she believes reopening happened too soon.



Seven employees from Lynch's also have COVID-19, and the general manager shut down voluntarily last weekend for a deep cleaning

On May 18, phase one of Florida's reopening plan went into full effect, and restaurants, malls, libraries and gyms were able to open at 50% capacity.

Had a killer steak last night at our best steak joint. Allen Brothers porterhouse cooked suvie and finished on a flat top. They have reduced capacity so it was a nice quiet experience in a place that is normally a bit loud. Not a mask in sight.

You've been on a bit of a rant about this for some time. I'm trying to reconcile that with the normally-rational-gwb. Perhaps you've a medical background I am unaware of. But you seem to expect the country to be quarantined until there are no cases and that, of course, is a very extreme position. Expect push back to say the least.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Had a killer steak last night at our best steak joint. Allen Brothers porterhouse cooked suvie and finished on a flat top. They have reduced capacity so it was a nice quiet experience in a place that is normally a bit loud. Not a mask in sight.

You've been on a bit of a rant about this for some time. I'm trying to reconcile that with the normally-rational-gwb. Perhaps you've a medical background I am unaware of. But you seem to expect the country to be quarantined until there are no cases and that, of course, is a very extreme position. Expect push back to say the least.

I've given up trying to reconcile what is an exceptionally logical mind in every other topic, but when it comes to covid, he loses his mind.

He doesn't have a medical background, he has family he says are in the field. Ok. But when he told me that me breaking social distancing was akin to putting a gun to his family's head and pulling the trigger, I knew he had gone over the falls. He actually considered flaunting social distance norms as the same thing as homicide by firearm. Boggles the mind!

 

[gwb-trading]

Deaths at all time lows. We're fine, thanks for caring.

Yeah the 55 deaths yesterday taken from their daily report is an all time low...

 

[Tsing Tao]

Yeah the 55 deaths yesterday taken from their daily report is an all time low...

So 55 people died yesterday, but 2 died the day before, eh? And this seems to happen every week? This virus has amazing patterns!

By the way, wasn't it you who said to provide the data source or it was meaningless?

 

[gwb-trading]

So 55 people died yesterday, but 2 died the day before, eh? And this seems to happen every week? This virus has amazing patterns!

By the way, wasn't it you who said to provide the data source or it was meaningless?

Why don't you try using a 3 day or 7 day moving average.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Why don't you try using a 3 day or 7 day moving average.

Ah, and when that doesn't work, I should use a 10 day or 15 day one right? Whatever trend line helps the bullshit!

Still doesn't explain the spike and then fall pattern each week.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Could be double or triple this amount and it still wouldn't justify shutting the state down.