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Absolutely NOT!!!!!

You should’ve known better........

She’s a story teller, a good one. Great character development. She’s one screenplay away from fame.

I replaced my khorn ‘tops’ and sold them. Got Hoover elliptrac horns and use jbl tweeters w/jbl 2482 mid range drivers. Had granite built for the bass bins and everything sits on top of the granite.

......warm and squishy feet.

Gobble that......😃

Thinking that especially in this instance that there will lots of folks watching for safety responses

Hi Maynard..... Well we’ve discussed this before. Nothing is risk free and you are correct..... there have been some huge pharmaceutical mistakes in the past. PhenPhen was another. Still for the most part vaccines have shown their merits to be well worth the risks. And they are typically optional. So I hope everyone is aware of their own tolerances to every drug they may use and every food they may be allergic to. I’d much rather take the covid19 vaccine than read about any other people dying from the disease. And dying they are, about 1,500 daily just in America. I do have confidence in the expedited covid19 vaccine development, its safety and its efficacy.

Moderna has released the data for its covid19 vaccine and it looks really good. They say they can have 20 million doses available by the end of THIS year if they get approval to distribute. 94% effective. It will require a booster dose. Jeeez from nothing to this in what 10 months time? If you’re not impressed/pleased check your pulse. And with this on the immediate horizon maybe we can collectively get back to complying with the wisest public health guidelines. This is what we’ve been waiting for. So knuckle under and stay healthy, keep your communities healthy. And over this next year medical science will deliver us from covid19. https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/16/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-is-strongly-effective-early-look-at-data-show/ Once we get covid19 under control I do hope we remember the troubles and misery it caused. I hope we recall how covid19 came to humanity and learn to respect the perils of expanding our cultures into the wilds. Hope we do not forget covid19.

Notice the single lug nut......

“If I’ve told you once - I’ve told you a thousand times.....”

So sorry to hear the hard news.

I assume you’re attempting to keep them somewhat isolated from others. Hopefully you have an intercom that will allow them to call you 24/7 if they feel they need help. I would obtain a pulse oximeter. Get some baseline values on room air, while at rest. Note their respiratory rate and heart rate, temp during the reading. This way you’ll have a comparison data base if you need to try and grade any changes. Home O2 systems are readily available and simple. O2 concentrators can be DC powered for portability. If they should start struggling to keep O2 saturation levels in the 90’s while breathing room air start to be concerned. Do not delay in getting additional assistance should they start to degrade. Hope all stays benign. Hope for the best - plan for everything else. Be prepared - it’s relatively easy and inexpensive.

Sounds like a Stephen Hawking’s joke......

How’s it going? I knew one person who got covid19 from food and his course was less respiratory in presentation. Hope you have some help there as you’re sort of running a clinical setting now. If you don’t have one get a pulse oximeter and see if they’ll prescribe home oxygen now so you’ll have it if you need it. Did the docs give you any sort of care plan or action plan?

Sorry to hear about your dad. A suggestion - fake a cold and nobody will get near you.

I found 1 ...... Precor is made in Washington state. Pricey stuff too.

This is a distributor and they carry products from a variety of manufacturers.

Looking for home based exercise equipment NOT made in China. Bowflex, Nordic Track and Peloton are all made overseas (mostly China).

You may be correct. Immunity imparted from either getting covid19 or getting inoculated for covid19 may not last long. It may require ‘booster’ type shots to sustain the immunity. The notion of herd immunity is real. If enough of a fixed population is immune to any disease the rest of that population that is not immune becomes protected by those who are immune. Can this be achieved for covid19? That is unknown. Fortunately science isn’t relying on vaccination alone to manage covid19. They are deriving other medications aimed at stifling active covid19 infections early. Several of these plan to use nasal spray type applicators. Too many do not appreciate the quick efforts taken to fast track the work for these new medicines and vaccines. From the top down this was a smart move taken expeditiously. Corona viruses are tough critters and this we understood from the outset. We have several less serious forms of these that do cause types of common colds. And we had seen other type of novel coronaviruses that were deadly. Fortunately all of those except 1 was contained and ended. The sole outlier is covid19.

There’s risk to oneself and then there’s risk that contributes to the public well being. The proper use of risk aversion methods and becoming vaccinated both fall into the later category. One is aimed at limiting the physical spread of the virus whilst the other contributes to achieving herd immunity. With both applied covid19 could be on the ropes and we could see a recipe for future diseases. Fortunately if we do get to the position of covid19 control these hospital care ethical conundrums will not ever take place. As to whether employers could mandate covid19 vaccinations I don’t know. Perhaps as a requisite for health insurance?? Tell ya what I’d do right now. Anyone who does not want to mask should be required to get a formal waiver. They can obtain a personal waiver that requires no proof of need or they could get a medical waiver where a physicians statement of need would be necessary. The waivers would have to be presented upon command and anyone unmasked w/o a waiver would be cited/fined/etc. But I want these anti maskers to make a formal stand and accept culpability for their actions. Then if they ever get covid19 we would see where things go.

Similar or worse stats here.

Every method available that can impede viral spread matters. So yes, masks and social distancing and hand washing and any layer of added protection will help. You are also correct in that they are finding that many new covid19 transmissions are occurring in home style settings. This is because this is where people let their guard down. They trust that the people they allow in to their homes are smart and safe and covid19 free. And if you have 15 over for thanksgiving and 1 is infected with covid19 most of the rest will get the disease. Essentially it is proof of how infectious covid19 can be. Close contact for a period of time and that’s all you need. The other areas where we see lots of covid19 transmission were the high density eateries/bars etc. This is why they felt that the Sturgis event was such a disaster. Look at the covid19 rates in the Dakota’s now. People are still not taking covid19 seriously. Here locally we’re seeing the same loose skeptical mentalities and the same surge of covid19 infections. People are just too sheltered from understanding just how awful a systemic infection really is and they do not fear covid19.

Sadly parts of America are seeing enough serious covid19 cases that their health systems are nearing full capacity. We saw this in NYC last spring and in other countries as well. In some areas we’re starting to have concerns about access to health services as covid19 commands attention. Once again rationing of services is possible. Some covid19 victims may receive better care than others for a variety of reasons. As usual medical ethicists are prognosticating. Which patients should get top priority and why? https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/rising-covid-cases-means-americans-may-face-health-care-rationing-ncna1246635 Last spring when covid19 was relatively ‘new’ to our community those who got infected did so less by their own doing and more by happenstance. That’s not the situation now. Today we know more about covid19 and how best to try and contain it. This information has been widely shared and advocated and for too many silly reasons been found to be controversial. Masks are clearly the best strategy to curb the spread of covid19. In countries like New Zealand where the population sincerely embraced preventive measures covid19 is well contained. So the question is this: If you refused to wear masks/etc you refused to assist your community in controlling covid19 and put everyone at risk...... if you got covid19 and required hospitalization should your care be set a a lower priority?

Best I’ve heard ....... Alex was a welcome guest in everyone’s home.